That trembles at his feet:-his soul hath made Greenwich, April 24th, 1833. WILLIAM ROGERSON. NOTICES OF ANIMATED AND VEGETABLE NATURE. FOR JULY, 1833. "Now let me tread the meadow paths While glittering dew the ground illumes, And hear the skylark whistling nigh, 1ST WEEK. The golden-crested wren chirps at intervals, and the stone curlew is occasionally heard to whistle late at night; numbers of young birds are to be seen: insects are numerous; the glow-worm shines on mossy banks, &c. The garden is now adorned with one of its richest ornaments, the white lily; the banks are strewed with the maiden-pink, and the cool strawberry is lavish of its ripe and pulpy fruit. 2d Week. The blackcap and garden-warbler still continue in song; but the rest of that genus are mute: the casual song of the lark is heard in a fresh morning, and occasionally the notes of a blackbird or thrush in a fine evening. This is now the general season of hay-making; the weather is very hot, and frequently the loud thunders roar, and the forked lightnings play. We have now the kidney-bean for the table; the jessamine climbs about our windows, and sends its sweet white blossoms to peep in upon us ; the raspberry is ripe, and the fragrant lime is in flower. 3d Week. The quail calls; young partridges fly; and young frogs migrate the hen moults; the great horse-fly appears; swallows and martins congregate. Sandy banks are covered with the rest-harrow, which attracts us by its beauty, while it repels us by its scent; the hedge-bottoms are adorned with the gracefully drooping clusters of the poisonous night-shade; and the brooks and ditches are fragrant with water-mint. 4th Week. The feathered songsters are now mute, except the yellow-hammer, which, from the top of some low bush, gives out its monotonous wail: the grashopper sings merrily in the fields; the termes-deathwatch is heard in our houses; bees kill the drones; frogs begin to leave the water, and resort to the long grass. We mountain ash; lavender is now in blossom; and the beautiful but evanescent flowers of the convolvulus now open; they live but for a day, opening their cups in the morning, and at sun-set closing them for ever. Greenwich. WILLIAM ROGERSON. BRIEF ASTRONOMICAL NOTICES, FOR JULY, 1833. "THY chains, O God! the universe surround, As sparks mount upward from the fiery blaze, So suns are born, so worlds spring forth from thee; Shine round the silver snow, the pageantry Of heaven's bright army glitters in thy praise." THE SUN rises on the 1st at forty-nine minutes past three, and sets at eighteen minutes after eight: on the 15th he rises at two minutes past four, and sets at nine minutes after eight. The Sun enters the sign Leo on the 23d: on the 26th he rises at sixteen minutes past four, and sets at five minutes before eight. On Wednesday, the 17th, in the morning, we are favoured with a large and visible eclipse of the Sun. The eclipse begins at four minutes past five in the morning; the greatest obscuration at fiftyfive minutes after five; and the eclipse ends at eleven minutes before seven o'clock, mean time. Digits eclipsed, 8 dig. 50 min. on the Sun's northern limb. The following type represents the appearance of the Sun at the time of the greatest obscuration at Greenwich, and will serve tolerably well the whole kingdom.-V. the Sun's upper limb. The MOON is full on the 2d, at twenty-three minutes before one in the morning; at which time she is eclipsed: she rises on the 3d at half past nine, and on the 7th at a quarter past eleven, at night. The Moon enters on her last quarter on the 10th, at twelve minutes past four in the morning; and changes on the 17th, at sixteen minutes past seven in the morning: she sets on the 20th at a quarter after ten, and on the 22d at two minutes before eleven. The Moon enters on her first quarter on the 23d, at forty minutes past nine at night; and souths on the 26th at a quarter after eight: she is full on the 31st, at eight minutes after three in the afternoon; and passes the meridian at about half-past twelve at night. MERCURY is invisible. VENUS is a beautiful object in the mornings: she is in conjunetion with the Moon on the 13th. MARS appears very small, and near the western horizon after sun-set. JUPITER rises on the 11th at a quarter of an hour before midnight; and on the 29th at half-past ten. SATURN is to be seen in the evenings: he sets on the 7th about eleven at night; and on the 21st, one hour earlier. Greenwich. WILLIAM ROGERSON. JUVENILE OBITUARY. DIED, March 10th, 1832, Miss Mary Jenkin, daughter of Reginald Jenkin, Esq., of Penhole, Launceston Circuit. She was the youngest but one of six sisters; the first of them who felt the power of true religion, and the first to enter into everlasting rest. She was born September 30th, 1813. From her childhood she was silent and thoughtful above her years; sought to be alone, and would often retire to muse by the side of a little brook which glides along near the residence of her father. She had a fondness for reading; and at an early period of her life evinced a judgment and taste in the choice of books, well worthy the imitation of many of maturer years, and which deserve especially to be regarded by the young. Whenever her attention was directed to novels, even when she was quite old enough to understand and be pleased with such publications, she would turn from them, saying, "I never have read a novel, and I never will." Nor was this resolution formed with the pertinacity of mere prejudice: it was the result of observation and conviction. She had known the time-wasting and soul-corrupting tendency of such reading, as exhibited in the example of others; and she felt determined to learn wisdom by their folly. It is but just to remark, that she faithfully kept her vow; and the sequel of this account will show how prudent was her conduct. She was at all times remarkable for a conscientious regard for truth; so that while yet a stranger to personal piety, she was so tenacious of her - word, that it was found useless to persuade her to a thing after she had said yes, or no. It was her privilege to be favoured with parents who for many years have possessed the pearl of great price, and who now esteem it their honour and comfort to be attached to hospitably entertained beneath their roof, and are still received with kindness and affection. Accustomed therefore to the ordinances of God's house, and allowed the opportunity of frequently joining the servants of the Lord in conversation and prayer, it is not a matter of surprise, that the late Miss Jenkin and her surviving sisters should have been led to see a beauty in true religion, and secretly to cherish a wish for its enjoyment. Nor is it a circumstance of trivial importance, that the influence of this early and continued association with what is spiritually good appears to have produced a desirable effect on the minds of all her sisters; while Mary has the honour of being the first in the juvenile circle to "point the road, and lead the way." At a suitable age she was placed for education under the care of the Misses Browne, of Tavistock, who were highly and deservedly esteemed by their pupils; many of whom have derived much benefit from their religious example and instructions. When about to leave home to resume her studies, at the close of the Christmas vacation, 1829, while walking with her sisters, she felt a hopeful impression on her mind that some material mental change would soon be experienced by one of them; but never mentioned the circumstance till the Midsummer following, when she brought to the recollection of her sisters a trifling incident with which this delightful presentiment was connected, and spoke of the pleasure she felt in having become herself the subject of that change. Soon after this occurrence her mind was sweetly susceptible of more spiritual and vivid convictions of the desirableness of real religion; and she was often inclined to court solitude for prayer; and thus her heart was gently opened, until she realized that sound and clear conversion to God, which she had been led to anticipate and desire. The way in which the Lord led her was indeed of a gentle kind; the voice of the earthquake, the thunder, she never heard. She was frequent and fervent in her application to the throne of grace; but the suggestion would frequently arise in the mind," It is time enough yet for me to seek the Lord;" when as often it was met by the recurrence of the lines, "Sure none but madmen would delay After thus going on some time, enduring a conflict in her heart, she spoke of it to one of her young school companions, who was known to possess pious principles: these two were soon joined by others, who used to rise an hour earlier than the rest, in order to unite in prayer. Though young, she with them was made sensible of her state as a sinner before God; and she became earnestly desirous of pardon. On one memorable evening, when all were in bed, about a month after she had been seeking a sense of the divine favour, and hope at times having almost failed her, she was enabled to lay hold on Christ as her Saviour, rejoicing at the same time with exceeding joy. The following lines were impressed on her mind with considerable energy, and she repeated them with great con "With Him I on Zion shall stand, · The first intimation of this change was communicated to her sisters in a letter from herself, of which the following is an extract :"May 15th, 1829.-Glory be to God, I can now praise him from a sense of his goodness. I wish you could all feel what I now do. I can say with truth, Jesus is mine, and I am his.' I am ready to depart this life whenever my heavenly Father shall see fit to call me; and I feel assured that if I were now to be summoned from time into eternity, I should be found at God's right hand in glory. I shall have to adore him for ever and ever. Now praise sits silent on my tongue, but then I shall praise him through one eternal day: I shall never be able to express his love to me, till in immortal language I can speak; then the transporting story will begin, which never shall end, but be beginning still. My dear sisters, let me entreat you no longer to defer repentance; but now begin to seek the Lord, and he will assuredly be found of you. He has said, that those who come unto him he will in no wise cast out. And I prove that whoever comes to him trusting alone in the merits of Christ Jesus, who left his throne above, and died the death of the cross for the express purpose of saving sinners, will be accepted of him. "Let not the transitory things of time call off your minds from the great end of your being; which is to glorify God here, and to enjoy him hereafter. What is time compared with eternity? It is but as the drop from the ocean, as a second from a thousand ages. I am resolved, 'I'll praise my Maker while I've breath; "This week has been to me as the beginning of weeks: it is the first I ever spent in the favour of my heavenly Father. I am lost in wonder when I consider what precious privileges I have enjoyed, and what little improvement I have made of them, that God has not long ere this cut me down as a cumberer of the ground, and appointed me my portion with hypocrites and unbelievers in that place where hope never comes. My much-loved sisters, though I am younger than yourselves, do let me entreat you to seek the Lord now, whilst he may be found. He does not say, he will be found of us next week, next month, next year; but he says, 'Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation.' I long to see my dear friends again: not that I am uncomfortable, for I can assure you I never was so happy as I have been for several days past; but I want to tell you all what the Lord has done for my soul. I wish my dear parents were returned, that they might hear of this news; for I am sure they would be rejoiced at it. "Your truly attached sister |