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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 ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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 ,