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Review Of New Publications.

We have all the flowers of prose and poetry culled from the English garden of literature , and p . ese . ited to-us as so many bouquets , at once charming and c ! eii . . ; ht !\ ii . To the selection , at present under our consideration , is prefixed a memoir of the Rev . J . vnej Saurin , wi-, D was a justly celebrated divine , born at Nismes , in the year 16 77 . His father was an eminent protestant lawyer , in high esteem a . i . l reputation ; but upon the commencement of" the savage

persecution nisei against the pro testa nts byLouisXIV . Mr . Saurin , to avoid the fury of tne r . ' . o .- ' . n , retired with his family to Geneva , soon after the revocation of the Edict of Nantz . The education of Saurin was well calculated to impress his mind with the solemn duties of reli gion , and to establish his heart in ll . e principles ofthe reformation . He early discovered an at . tachment to literature , in which his proficiency was rapid , so as to give a

presage of his future eminence . At seventeen , however , we lind him abandoning- his studies , and serving in a military capacity ; but upon the return of peace in the year 16 9 6 , he quitted the profession of arms , and again prosecuted his studies with unremitted ardour . Upon his entrance on the ministry he was appointed Chaplain to some of the nobility at the Hague . The place of worship at which he officiated wa » in the palace of the Stadtholder , and the congregation who attended him was

brilliant and respeCtable . Such was his pathos of expression , and so close did he apply to the human heart , that his congregation was frequently dissolved in tears . Between the years 1708 and 1715 . Mr . Saurin published five volumes of Sermons , which he dedicated to Queen Caroline . In consideration of his eminent abilities , George the Second granted him a pension . His next work of celebrity was ' Dissertation , historical , critical , and

moral , on the most memorable Events ofthe Old and New Testament . ' But he lived only to see two volumes of them finished . He published , iu 17 : 7 , a little volume on the state of Christianity ia France , and this last effort proved fatal to his peace . Amidst the war of Synods and ecclesiastical proceedings , the innocent sufferer breathed his last , and died a martyr to illiberal critics , literary rivals , and ungenerous brethren . The wound he received was too deep to be healed , and he died of grief , on December 30 th , 1730 , aged 53 .

The various ^ quotations made from his Sermons , in this small volume , exhibit a mind filled with the noblest ideas , and must in the still moments of reflection impress the heart with seriousness and religious awe . They are calculated to excite and keep alive in the breast those sentiments of piety which are truly rational and divine . Virtue ' s Friend ; consisting of Essays , first published feriodicall y , on SubjeSs conncEled

-vjith the Duty and Hapjimss of Mi . r . kind . Vol 1 . nmo . zs . id . Johnson . 1798 . ^ THIS volume consists- of ingenious little essays and stories , compiled , as the writers tell us , with a view ' to oppose the pure attractions of conscious virtue tothe fascinating allurements 01 ' vicious pleasure ; to inspire an ardent passion for all that is noble , great , and excellent ; to rouze men to emulation in useful and laudable pursuitsabove ailto the malice of parties

; , repress , auay those unhappy animosities that tear and distract society , and to diffuse tnroug-hout the calm of mutual forbearance , the sweets . of social harmony , and the infelt joys of a self-approving mind . ' The work seems well calculated to answer these laudable aims , and may be read with benefit , especially by young persons ,

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Review Of New Publications.

We have all the flowers of prose and poetry culled from the English garden of literature , and p . ese . ited to-us as so many bouquets , at once charming and c ! eii . . ; ht !\ ii . To the selection , at present under our consideration , is prefixed a memoir of the Rev . J . vnej Saurin , wi-, D was a justly celebrated divine , born at Nismes , in the year 16 77 . His father was an eminent protestant lawyer , in high esteem a . i . l reputation ; but upon the commencement of" the savage

persecution nisei against the pro testa nts byLouisXIV . Mr . Saurin , to avoid the fury of tne r . ' . o .- ' . n , retired with his family to Geneva , soon after the revocation of the Edict of Nantz . The education of Saurin was well calculated to impress his mind with the solemn duties of reli gion , and to establish his heart in ll . e principles ofthe reformation . He early discovered an at . tachment to literature , in which his proficiency was rapid , so as to give a

presage of his future eminence . At seventeen , however , we lind him abandoning- his studies , and serving in a military capacity ; but upon the return of peace in the year 16 9 6 , he quitted the profession of arms , and again prosecuted his studies with unremitted ardour . Upon his entrance on the ministry he was appointed Chaplain to some of the nobility at the Hague . The place of worship at which he officiated wa » in the palace of the Stadtholder , and the congregation who attended him was

brilliant and respeCtable . Such was his pathos of expression , and so close did he apply to the human heart , that his congregation was frequently dissolved in tears . Between the years 1708 and 1715 . Mr . Saurin published five volumes of Sermons , which he dedicated to Queen Caroline . In consideration of his eminent abilities , George the Second granted him a pension . His next work of celebrity was ' Dissertation , historical , critical , and

moral , on the most memorable Events ofthe Old and New Testament . ' But he lived only to see two volumes of them finished . He published , iu 17 : 7 , a little volume on the state of Christianity ia France , and this last effort proved fatal to his peace . Amidst the war of Synods and ecclesiastical proceedings , the innocent sufferer breathed his last , and died a martyr to illiberal critics , literary rivals , and ungenerous brethren . The wound he received was too deep to be healed , and he died of grief , on December 30 th , 1730 , aged 53 .

The various ^ quotations made from his Sermons , in this small volume , exhibit a mind filled with the noblest ideas , and must in the still moments of reflection impress the heart with seriousness and religious awe . They are calculated to excite and keep alive in the breast those sentiments of piety which are truly rational and divine . Virtue ' s Friend ; consisting of Essays , first published feriodicall y , on SubjeSs conncEled

-vjith the Duty and Hapjimss of Mi . r . kind . Vol 1 . nmo . zs . id . Johnson . 1798 . ^ THIS volume consists- of ingenious little essays and stories , compiled , as the writers tell us , with a view ' to oppose the pure attractions of conscious virtue tothe fascinating allurements 01 ' vicious pleasure ; to inspire an ardent passion for all that is noble , great , and excellent ; to rouze men to emulation in useful and laudable pursuitsabove ailto the malice of parties

; , repress , auay those unhappy animosities that tear and distract society , and to diffuse tnroug-hout the calm of mutual forbearance , the sweets . of social harmony , and the infelt joys of a self-approving mind . ' The work seems well calculated to answer these laudable aims , and may be read with benefit , especially by young persons ,

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