session for some four-and-twenty hours, the insurrection at Maghera amounted literally to nothing: no battle, not even a skirmish, was fought; and, without hurting any person or doing any damage, the people, when they had time to reflect, saw their folly, separated, and went home. A day or two after, a band of soldiers and yeomanry marched into town, and proceeded to inflict on the neighbourhood summary vengeance. They took up their quarters inside the Presbyterian church, and burned everything in it except the Bible. They sentenced by court-martial, hanged, and beheaded two persons, one of them a respectable farmer, named Walter Graham, another an unoffending Covenanter in the town, named Cuddy, who was guilty of nothing except making an unseasonable jest. They burned the dwelling-houses of such of the country people as were suspected to be ringleaders, and subjected the whole neighbourhood to a severe and unnecessary chastisement. Mr. Glendy was one of those whose houses were burned, and he himself with some difficulty escaped to the United States. He sailed in an old, unseaworthy ship, and after a long and dangerous passage landed at Norfolk, Virginia.

For some years he lived at Staunton in Virginia, and it was there that he delivered his Oration upon Washington-" a florid and eloquent panegyric upon the celebrated general and patriot."

In 1803 the second Presbyterian church in Baltimore was built for Mr. Glendy, and he became minister of a congregation which in later times has done itself honour by associating with itself the name of Breckenridge. Here Mrs. Glendy, originally Miss Eliza Cresswell of Derry, who had never thoroughly recovered the alarm of the Irish rebellion and the sufferings of the Atlantic passage, died on the 13th of June, 1804.

In 1806 Mr. Glendy was chosen chaplain to the House of Representatives, and in 1815 and 1816 he filled a similar office in the Senate of the United States. He numbered among his personal friends the leading American statesmen of his time-Jefferson, Monro, Madison and John Quincy Adams.

The University of Maryland conferred upon him in 1822 the degree of D.D., and he held the pastorate down till 1826, when Dr. John Breckenridge became his assistant. Two years before his death he went to reside in Philadelphia, and died there on the 4th of October, 1832. The following description of him, written by one of his elders, is given by Dr. Sprague :

"He was singularly neat, even elegant, in his dress. His hair was thrown into artificial curls, and powdered as white as the snows of Mont Blanc. His complexion was pale, his eyes intensely blue, his gesticulation animated and graceful, but somewhat profuse. He read the hymn with an eyeglass, but the Scriptures with spectacles; and in due time dashed off into his discourse with a rapidity of utterance which would have distinguished the King of Pylos, or John C. Calhoun. The sermon was a perfect torrent of Irish eloquence, and much more like Philips than Grattan. His voice was as sweet as the harp of David, but as unlike as possible to the horns that demolished the walls of Jericho. The whole impression produced by his preaching was at the time perfectly delightful, though I cannot say that it was very enduring."

One of the sons of Dr. Glendy held the rank of Commodore in the navy of the United States.*

GENERAL WASHINGTON.

We detest the spirit of party; it is the bane of social life, it is the curse of dear communion. When the fell monster lifts his head, every loyal citizen, every gentleman, every considerate father of a family, indeed every man of common humanity, beholds it with horror.

In the vile brain of this pernicious monster, this murderer of social bliss, you may easily perceive the snakes of envy, the black features of malice, the yellow tinge of jealousy, and the distorted grinnings of disappointment. We early admired the speaking importance of one borrowed device in your national arms, to wit, this BUNDLE OF RODS. To break them when combined exceeds

*Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit: MS. Minutes of Derry Presbytery and local tradition.

your power; separate them, they are easily shivered. Who can resist American valour combined? UNITED, you bid defiance to the universe; SEPARATED, you might be easily crushed, and become the prey of every daring invader. On you I call, ye heroes, officers, and men, brave soldiers! who fought and bled and triumphed with your dear General, at the tap of whose drum you marched quick through perils, toils, and blood to fame and glory; when nakedness, cold, and hunger were your portion, his generous soul, his feeling heart, was agonised; he bemoaned your fate with bowels of compassion. And shall Washington, the great and good, "born to save his country," die without regret? Can you retain the memorials of his gallant spirit and withhold the tear of sorrow? Happy America that gave him birth! Her sons will be black ingrates, indeed, if ever his dear remembrance is erased from their hearts. Men of valour! soldiers! you will never be taught to cringe and stoop and lick the hand of tyranny; your untamed, generous souls will dare to assert your independence and your freedom. My soul is up in arms against EVERY EUROPEAN FOE who shall dare to insult your great Republic, and we adore the memory of your patriotic brothers who nobly died in asserting the independence of your States and the liberty of your nation.-Oration, p. 22.

CHAPTER XCIX.

THOMAS CUMING, M.A. (1784-1816),

MINISTER AT DROMORE, COUNTY DOWN, AND AT ARMAGH,

1. The Duty of Preaching the Gospel to the Poor explained and recommended. A Sermon preached before the General Synod of Ulster at their Annual Meeting in Lurgan, on Tuesday, the 25th of June, 1799. [Matt. xi. 5.] 8vo, pp. 40. Armagh, 1799.

J. E. A.

2. Funeral Sermon for Rev. Samuel Livingstone of Clare. 1802.

MR. CUMING belonged to the neighbourhood of Ballymena, and was educated at Glasgow. He was a good classical scholar, and in the early part of his life acted as assistant to the Rev. William Mercer in conducting an Academy near Dublin.

In 1784, when Mr. Black removed to Derry, he succeeded him as minister of the Old Congregation of Dromore, in County Down.

On the 9th September, 1795, he resigned the charge of Dromore, and accepted a call to the First Congregation of Armagh, where he was installed on the 26th January immediately succeeding.

He was Moderator of the Synod of Ulster at its meeting in Lurgan, held on the 28th of August, in that eventful year, 1798. The address presented to Lord William Bentinck by the inhabitants of Armagh, on the occasion of his relinquishing the command of the troops in the neighbourhood, after the country had quieted down, was written by Mr. Cuming, and is an illustration at once of his classical style and correct literary taste.

His printed productions consist of two sermons only, one a Synodical sermon in 1799, the other a funeral sermon for his friend Mr. Livingstone of Clare. The Synodical sermon only has come my way. In it, after calling attention to the position in Scripture of the statement of the text, as the last member of a sublime climax, and furnishing an evidence of the Lord's Messiahship, he proceeds to account for the importance attached to this fact: it was the fulfilment of what the prophets said of Him; it was so extraordinary for a prophet to be sent to the poor and not to the great, thus showing that the soul of the peasant is of equal value with that of the prince; and to overcome their ignorance and prejudices against a pure and holy faith did not require less divine power than the performance of a miracle. He then goes on to explain the leading circumstances in the matter and manner of our Saviour's teaching. Christianity consists of plain facts and practical precepts, not of speculations. Its two distinguishing doctrines are pardon and the resurrection, appealing to men's hopes and fears, and making it better adapted for the reformation of the poor. The Divine Teacher restored piety, a regard for the invisible, to its deserved rank among the principles which regulate human conduct. He settled our duty on the broad basis of subjection to the authority of God; and all the virtues involved in piety were not only taught but strictly practised by Him. He was a successful preacher to the poor, because He stood on the same social level with them; He felt for their infirmities and wants; and because the consolations of Christianity are adapted to the suffering. Mr. Cuming concludes by an exhortation to the ministers to seek the spiritual and the temporal good of the poor.

"His style," says Dr. Stuart in his Historical Memoirs, "was clear and nervous, and it is to be regretted that he has left no other monument of his literary talents."

He was appointed Clerk of the Synod, and filled that office of trust and responsibility up till his death in 1816. The inscription on his tombstone in St. Mark's