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THEY faid and ftriking their celeftial lyres,
To correfpondent notes, while every tongue,
In lofty praife, the pleafing ftrain aspires,
And heaven refounded with their facred fong.
"Glory to God (they fung) and endless praise;
Glory to God, who reigns enthron'd above;
The God of faving univerfal grace;

The God of boundless, everlafting love;
"Glory to thee, Almighty Father, thee!
Great fountain of exiftence, fource of blifs;
Thou awful Father of eternity!

God of all grace, and peace, and happiness!
Thanks to thy name for thy creating love;
All glory, bleffing, honour, pow'r and praise
Be render'd thee by all the hoft above,

And all below, in air, or earth or feas.
«Glory to thee, incarnate Son of God,
Gracious Redeemer of the fallen race;
Glory to thee, through whose atoning blood

We now exist, are bleft, and fing thy praise.
"Great was the grace, ftupendous was the love!
Which made thee not difdain the virgin's womb,
But gladly leave thy Father's throne above,
And there, like us, a little child become:
Glory to thee, Eternal Spir't divine;
Glory to thee, benign celeftia! Dove;
Eternal glory, pow'r, and thanks be thine,
And praise unweary'd as thy patient love.
"Thanks to thy name for thy renewing grace,
Thy fanctifying grace upon the foul;
Whereby, thou doft the works of fin efface,
And all the raging pow'rs of hell controul.

"What thanks from us to love divine is due!

For our almighty Father's tender care;
Who from yon dang'rous fcene our fouls withdrew,
And plac'd them in a state of safety here.

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"What praises to a gracious God we owe,
Whof kind affection fnatch'd us from the womb;
Who featonably call'd us from below,

And timely took us from the ills to come.

"Perhaps our gracious heav'nly Father faw
Some dire temptation forming to betray
Our minds to vice, fome dang'rous fnare to draw
Our fimple, unexperinc'd fouls altray;

He therefore hous'd his pleafant plants in time,
T'avoid the with'ring blaft and fcorching flame,
Remov'd our fpirits to a happier clime,

Before the dread, the fierce temptation came.
"Be everlasting glory to our king;

Unceafing thanks be to our Jefus giv'n;
Honour and bleffing to his name we'll fing,
And praise eternal as the days of heav'n.
Amen: thanksgiving, honour, glory, praise,
Wisdom and ftrength be to our Jefus giv'n;
His praife be fung in everlasting lays,

By all the fons of earth, and hotts of Heav'n."

MUSCULUS the Reformer died 1563, aged 76. He wrote the following Verfes a little before his Death.

MY fainting life is nearly gone

My frame is chill'd with dying cold :

But Jefus, thou, my better life,

Canft neither ficken nor be old.

Why trembleft thou, my parting foul?,
To manlions of eternal reft

That Angel waits to guide thy way,

And bless thee there among the bleft.

Quit then, O quit, this wretched house,
Nor at its ruin once repine:

God foon fhall build it up again,

And bid it with new luftre fhine.

But art thou all-defil'd with fins?

Fear not, my foul, thou ne'er fhalt fall;
Believe his faithful word, and know,

The blood of Christ can cleanse them all.

Can death a thoufand horrors fhew?

It can; but what is death to thee?
Life is at hand, the promis'd life,
And, like its giver, fure and free,

Lo! Chrift, o'er Satan, fin, and death,
Yonder in triumph fits on high
Fly, happy foul, with eager wings;
Away to Jefus fwiftly fly!

MONTHLY

MONTHLY OCCURRENCES.

Nov. 28th.

BY the arrival of two mails from Hamburg this day particulars have been received of the operations in Suabia, which have terminated fo favourably to the allies---No ingle great battle was fought, but the refult of a series of actions on different points was the expulfion of the French as far as Manheim, with the lofs of 3 or 4000 men.

At Vienna, Berlin, Frankfort, and all the towns of Germany rumours of peace prevail, and very little doubt is entertained but that negociations between France and Germany are very far advanced.---A peace with Germany would be a very popular meafure in France, and would greatly confolidate the power of the new governors of that country.

30. Yesterday morning an extraorinary gazette was published, with intelligence of various fuccelles gained by the allies in Italy-A general action throughout the whole line, near Coni and Novi, in the beginning of this month; there is much confufion in the details on both fides, but it appears the Auftrians « happened" to gain the victory, with the lofs, on the part of the French, of 4000 men.

Sanguinary as the engagement was it produced no other confequence than that of checking the attempts of the French to penetrate into Piedmont, by Coni, Novi, and Pignuol; it will probably leave the Auftrians in quiet poffeflion of that province during winter---The most remarkable feature in the gazette is that which affures us the Piedmontefe army is to be embodied, and to take an oath to the king of Sardinia: the reitoration of that monarch will not only be an honourable act on the part of Auftria, but it will be one of the inoit prudent that can be adopted; a monarch fo much beloved by his fubjects deferves to be reinltated; and the foundaft policy on the part of the

allies, is to restore and preserve every old government.

Dec. 2. The letters from France fay, the Chouans are in very great force; a body of them to the amount of 20,000 have taken Quimper; ofs the coaft of Brittany they are faid to be 60.000 ftrong, and all communication between L'Orient and Paris is cut off.

9. Yesterday a fervant of Lord Minto arrived in town, with difpatches from his lordship at Vienna: though ignorant of their contents, it is not difficult to guets at their na→ ture. The whole continent of Europe is at this moment traversed by meffengers, on the fubject of the retreat of the Ruffians or negociation for peace. The court of Vienna wishes to com promife with that of Petersburg till it has obtained from the French re public agreeable terms of peace and with this view it has partly yielded to the reprefentations of the British cabinet, in favour of the reftoration of the king of Sardinia. The hafty and paflionate feceffion of Suwarrow has given great aların to the coalition, who forefee, by that meafure, how much they mult lower their fums, fhould a negociation for peace take place.

12. Advices from China of the 5th of March mention the death of the. Emperor Kien Long; in confequence of which a general mourning throughout the empire had been ordered to take place for 12 months. The royal authority devolves to his fon Ka King, who has reigned nominally for upwards of two years paft. The Chinese are confequently all in white, and remain with unfhaven heads and beards for 6 months out of the 12.

16. By the Paris journals to the 13th inft, which were received yefterday, we have the important and pleafing intelligence of a fufpenfion of arms, which took place on the 6th inft. in Suabia for eighteen days; within that

period it is expected to be ratified by
both governments for the winter, and
to extend to Italy, and every part
where the French and Auftrian ar-
mies are oppofite to each other--
In the mean time, all accounts speak
confidently of negociations for peace.
The court of Spain is exerting its in-
fluence with that of Vienna in be-
half of France, and it is faid the king
of Pruffia is acting the fame path
with Great Britain. Counts Metter-
nien and Lehrbach, who where the
Imperial minifters at Radftadt, are
called to Vienna, and every circum-
ftance fhews that active efforts are
making to put an end to this dreadful
war- -Buonaparte, it is faid, infifts on
the treaty of Campo Formio, as the
balis of any negociation.

19. By accounts received lately
from those parts, there is every rea-
fon to believe that the French are as
firmly established in Egypt, as we
are in India; a truth which has belied
the best founded expectations formed
a year ago.

21. It will be recollected that two
or three years ago fome emigrants
were hipwrecked on the coaft of

France; their cafe has been the fub-
jects of frequent reports to the legif-
lature, and has given rife to repeated
difcuffions; nothing decifive how-
ever was done, and the unfortunate
persons remained in clofe confine-
ment at Calais; from Calais they were
a fhort time ago. removed to the
caftle of Ham, in the c-divant pro-
vince of Picardi---By the order of
Buonaparte and his brother confuls
they have within these few days been
fet at liberty, and permiffion has been
granted them to leave France.

25. No Hambuogh mail has been
received for fome days, owing to the
frolt-one packet with a mail for
Hamburg, which lately returned to
Harwich, has failed for Cruxhaven. It
is hoped that the state of the weather
will prove fuch as to permit this vef-
fel to reach the place of her defti-
nation;
for the prefent interruption in
the regular communication with the
continent is not only to be lamented
as occafioning a want of intelligence,
but alfo on account of the serious em
barafliments it muft create in com-
merce.

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