am innocent alfo, knew not that I did ought against your will. Be yourself his executioner; and then take back your wife and daughter, and name yourself what I fhall do to atone for the injuries I have ignorantly done you. The Emperor was going to facrifice the villain Ofmyn to vengeance; but recollecting it would be better to keep him alive to fatisfy the people, he threw down the fword, and difcovering himself, caught Moraldin in his arms, and like a true friend comforted and forgave him. It was foon known that the Emperor was there in person, and the day following the peafant's caufe was examined before a public affembly of the people. The confequence was, that the mob tore Ofmyn to pieces; the Emperor was extolled to the clouds; the eftate of Ofmyn (which was fix times as great as the Governor's) was confifcated to make amends to the injured; and the Emperor added from his own coffers what was wanting to fatisfy every man who had fuffered. The injured peasant had a profitable employment given him, and the province enjoyed a long and uninterrupted tranquillity. [From Mifs J. T. to the Rev. J. Wesley.] Rev. Sir, London, July 8, 1775 OD who comforteth thofe who are caft down, hath GOD comforted us by graciously refloring you to us again. All glory and praife be to his gracious name for this interpofition in favour of a life so precious. The prayer of faith has faved the fick. Admit Sir, the congratulation of a heart inflamed with gratitude to the Source of good, for this inftance of of his good-will to man. The voice of joy and gladnefs is now found in the dwellings of the righteous: where eight days past was mourning, lamentation, and woe. Every focial repaft was embittered, and we literally mingled our drink with our tears. Could you from the bed of ficknes have caft your eyes on the Congregation, the first fabbath in the month, and beheld the folemn ailembly! diftreis in every face, keen anguish in every heart, while ftreams of tears bedewed the place; your generous foul would have been willing to have tarried awhile abfent from your Lord to return to comfort thofe mourners in Sion. Surely thefe Chriftians do love one another! And furely they do love, not in word only, the man to whom under God they are all indebted. The tidings of your recovery was received in general with melting gratitude, with joyous tears. I hope both the affliction and mercy will have the intended effect, and be a means of flirring up thofe that are at cafe in Sion, and of encouraging her earnest mourners. My worthy brother G. fhewed such unfeigned forrow, and poured out fuch fervent prayer, that you must love him better and better for it. O Sir, what a week of fufpenfe and anguish had I! You will not furely blame me that I could not give you up; that my prayers helped to detain you in the vale below. Forgive your weeping friends if they have brought you back from the fkies: furely in the end you will be amply recompenfed! O yes! being longer employed in the work of faith, and labour of love, your crown will be the brighter. P. G. who has been long in darkness, received a manifeftation of divine love with the news of your recovery. She found an uncommon power to intercede for your life, and after prayer, opened on thefe words, "Epaphroditus was fick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him, and not on him only; but on me alfo, left I fhould have forrow upon forrow. And being told you were better, the following VOL. X. 3 X words words came to her mind, They fhall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God." Accept of this fmall token of duty and love from, Rev. Sir, your obliged and affectionate, LETTER CCCCXXXVII. J. T. I Rev. Sir, [From Mifs P. B. to the fame.] Hoxton, July 8, 1775 Cannot refrain from this teftimony of joy on your account; and yet I am not fure, whether my overflowing gratitude will fufficiendy juftify my addreffing you at a time when you will moft likely receive more warm congratulations, than it may fuit your convenience to attend to. But I have been favoured with too many proofs of your goodness, to think you will quite overlook my fmall tribute of congratulation. The anxious fufpenfe in which we were fo long kept, was, I hope, an univerfal bleffing; as it was a time of selfexamination and prayer. Every one mourned as if they had loft their great earthly good; and yet it did not feem a felfifh forrow: "We mourned for millions:" for fouls yet unconverted; for children yet unborn. For my own part, I faw no human poffibility on which to ground any hope of your recovery; and yet I could not help pleading the promises of your future fuccefs. But now you are, I hope, restored, we fhall honour you more than ever, for your work's fake. And I hope it will be the universal ftrife, who fhall beft improve by your future miniftrations. May you increase in health and ftrength, and every bleffing our gracious Mafter can beftow! We are all greatly obliged to good Mr. B. for his care of you; and truft he will be rewarded in this life, as well as in the refurrection of the juft. O Sir, confider yourfelf! and confider your friends and children, and be content to guide the helm, without undertaking the laborious part, which others may do, though they may not be able to pilot the veffel. I trust I am making fome proficiency in the school of Chrift. I defire to devote myfelf afresh to his fervice, in return for every inftance of his mercy. I remain, Rev. and dear Sir, your obliged and affectionate Friend, P. B. ེ་ POETRY. BED LA -Major Parcas Infane minori. [By the Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald.] M. WHERE proud Augufta, bleft with long repose, Her ancient wall and ruinéd bulwark fhows; Close by a verdant plain, with graceful height, And fweet proportion crowns the whole design, 3 X 2 Thus, Thus, when in fome fair human form we find Within the chambers which this dome contains, In endless swarms crowd in upon the brain: Not fo, when gloomy the black bile prevails, His active powers their uses all forego, Nor fenfes, tongue, nor limbs their functions know: Informs, and juft informs the liftlefs frame. If brifk the circulating tides advance, Now |