ened upon earth, let it be alfo loofened in the heavens. Of whomsoever he fhall have made faft the fins, be they made faft; and of whomfoever he fhall have remitted, be they remitted by thee. Whofo fhall have curfed him, to him let malediction be; and whofoever have bleffed them, let him be replenished with benedictions. Let him be the faithful and provident Llave, whom thou, O Lord, fhalt eftablish over thine household, that he may diftribute to them food in their feasonable time, and reprefent every man full grown and finished. May he be fleepless in folicitude, may he be fervent in fpirit, a hater of pride, a lover of humility and truth, nor at any time defert this, overpowere by praises or by fear. he not inaintain light to be darkness, or dar efs to be light, nor entitle evil good, nor good evil May he be bounden to the wife and to the fimple. alike, that he may reap an harvelt from the improvement of all. Appoint him, O Lord! to the epifcopal feat, to rule thy church, and the flock fpecially entrulted to him. Be thou for him authority, be thou command, be thou immoveable ftrength Multiply over him thy benediction and favor, that by thy appointment he may be always fitting, and by thy grace may be unremitting to implore thy mercy with fuccefs. ay In a lower voice. Through our Lord, and fo forth. The choir continues this anthem to the end, which the Confecrating Bishop leads. Anthem. The chrifin upon the head and fo forth, being the fecond and fourth verfes of this following pfalm. After which the pfalm itself is recited. The Elect with hands joined, kneels before the C. B. who fits in func. tion, and who firft anoints with the chrifm in the form of the Crofs the hands of the Elect, and then anoints both palms, faying: Be anointed thefe hands of the bleffed oil, and of the chrism of confecration. As Samuel anointed David to be king and prophet, fo be they anointed and confecrated. In the name of God the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghoft, thus bearing the likeness of the holy crofs of Jefus Chrift our Lord, who hath redeemed us from death, and conducted to heavenly kingdoms. Hear us, favourably, O piteous Almighty Father, eternal God, and vouchfafe, that as we befeech fo we may obtain this through the fame our Lord Jefus Chrift, and fo forth. he abundantly caufe to overflow upon thee, the perfume of his hidden confecration, and enrich thee with the plenty of fpiritual benediction, that whatsoever thou shalt blefs be blef. fed, and that the impofition and touch of this confecrated hand may to all be profitable to faving health. The bands of the fleet re bound up. The C. B. ftands up and pays, bareheaded. PRAYER. Bleffing of the Crozier. O God, the ftayer of faint human kind, blefs this ftaff, and may thy condefcending grace work interiorly in the morals of this thy fervant that which vifibly is reprefented herein. Through Chrift. A. Amen. C. B. fprinkles the staff with holy water, and gives it to the Flat, thrutting it, as it were, between his fingers, faying; Receive the staff of a fhepherd's office, that thou mayeft, in the correcting of vicioufnefs, be compaflionately exafperate, holding judgment without anger, confoling the affections of thy hearers, when thou cherisheft virtue; in calmnefs of mind not furrendering the feverity of reproof. tive mark of inviolable fidelity, may travel, in thy mighty protection, to life everlafting. Through our Lord, and fo forth. C. B. fprinkles the ring with holy water, and fitting, unaflifted, he fets the ring on the finger of the Elect, faying, C. B. Receive this ring, by which is fignised the pledge of affiance, to this end, that thou mayefl guard without dishonour the Spouse of God, which is his holy Church, bearing the ornament of unpolluted faith. A. Amen. The Book of the Gospels is delivered to the C. B. who fhuts it, and, affifted, delivers it to the touch of the Elect, faying, C. B. Take thou the Gospel, and go forth, preach this to the people, who are trufted to thee. For God is powerful, fo as to augment his grace for thee, and he liveth and reignetha for ever and ever. A. Amen. Confecrating Bibop and his Affiants receive the Elect, by a kiss, iuto the College of Bishops. Giving the Peace, they fay each, C B. Peace to thee, C. B. ftands unmitred, and bleffes The Elect returns to his chapel, and he ring, praying, Bling of the King. O Creator and Preferver of mankind, Beftower of Spiritual Grace, Great Giver of Eternal Welfare! fet thy benediction upon this Ring, that be, who fhall be wearer of this diftinc having his head and hands wiped from the chrifm, with crumb and clean linen, washes his hands, and both he and the C. B. continue the Mafs at their feveral altars. kneeling, of two loaves, two lighted wax torches, and two veffels of wine; doing reverence to the C. B. who receives them fitting and mitred, The Confecrating Bishop, Elect and Affiftant Bifhops, proceed to the great altar, and the Elect accompanies the Mafs, standing at the Epiftle fide. The Agnus Dei being finished, and the firft Communion prayer of peace, the C. B. gives the peace to the Elect, and he to each of the Affifting Bishops. At the Conmunion the C B. and Elect partake out of the one chalice. After the Poft-communion prayers, the C. B. folemnly bleffes the affembly, as ufual, and immediately fits before the altar. The Elect kneels before his chair. The mitre of the Elect is blessed. Blessing of the Mitre. O Lord God, Father Almighty! of whom the goodness is renowned, and the power is without bounds, from which every worthy prefent, from which each perfect gift, and all honour and grandeur defcends, vouchfafe to blefs and make holy this mitre, which is to be placed on the head of this thy fervant and Pontiff. Jhro' Christ our Lord. A. Amen. Confecrating Bishop fprinkles with holy water, and, aflifted by the Bithops, fets it on the head of the confecrated. We place, O Lord, on the head of this thy Bishop and combatant, an belmet of defence and falvation, to the end that having his forehead en. nobled, and his head fafe guarded by the conquering horns of both Tetaments, he may make fearful fhew to the adverfaries of the truth, and by the grace thou wilt beftow, may prove a robust champion against them. For thou didst mark the forehead of Moyfes thy fervant, when ennobled by a communication of discourse with thee, by unfufferable rays derived · from thy fplendor and truth; and thou commanded ft a diadem to be fet on the head of aron, thy High Prieft. Through Christ our Lord, A. Amen. Bleffing of the Gloves, the Confecrator, ftanding uncovered, fays, LET US PRAY. Almighty Creator, who, framing man to thy likenefs, gaveft hands numbered by parts, as an inftrument of intellectual working, that he might act righteously; and commandedit, that they should be kept clean, that the foul might fitly by them be reprefented, and by them thy myfteries fhould be confecrated worthily :vouchfafe to blefs and to fanctify thefe coverings for the hands, that as he, being of thy facred Minifters, the Bishops, thall in humility cloathe his hands in thefe; thy mercy may moreover fupply to him a cleannels as well of heart as of works. Thro' Chrift our Lord. A. Amen. C. B. throws holy water on the gloves, fits mitred, and, with the help of the Bifhops, draws them on the new Bishop, faying, in prayer. (To be continued.) COM COMMEMORATION OF AMERICAN LIBERTY. Cralien delivered at Washington, July 4, 1809, at the request of the Citizens of the Difirit of Columbia, by Joel Barlow. The day we now commemorate. will never ceafe to excite in us the moft exhilarating reflections and mutual gratulations. Minds of fenfibility, accustomed to range over the field of contemplation, that the birth of our empire spreads before them, muft expand, on this occafion, to great ideas, and invigorate their patriotic fentiments. The thirty-three years of national existence, which have brought us to our prefent condition, are crowded indeed with inftructive facts, and comprife an interefting portion of history. But they have only prepared this gigantic infant of a nation to begia its own developement. They are only the prelude to the greater events that feem to unfold themfelves before us, and call for the highest wisdom to give them their proper direction. It appears to have been the practice of the public fpeakers, called to give utterance to the feelings of their fellow citizens on the anniversary of this day, to dwell chiefly upon thofe memorable transactions which neceffitated, and those which afterwards fupported, the Act of Independence, that gives name to the prefent feftival. Such were the oppreffions of Britain, and our effectual refiftance to thofe oppreffioas Tranfactions fo eventful, are, doubtlets, worthy to be held in perpetual remembrance. And as they ought never to be forgot ten they should frequently be recalled to the notice of our younger brethren, who can know them only from their elders. But thofe conflicting fcenes are now become every where matters of record. They are detailed fo copioufly in our annals, and fo often by our orators, as to render the repetition of their story, at this mo. ment, far lefs important than to turn our attention to other fubjects, growing out of the interélts of our bieffed country. Our departed heroes and statesmen have not gone without their fame. Cur tears have mingled with the afhes of thofe fallen in our battles, and thofe who have defcended in peace to a later tomb. Our gratitude attends the precious few who remain to us of that lift of worthies; the illuftrious relics of fo many fields of danger, and fo many years of labour; who led us in all our darings, when refiftance to tyrants, as well in the forum as in the field, was deemed rebellion, and threatened with death. Their whitened locks that ftill wave among us are titles to our veneration; they command and they will obtain it, while the virtues they have taught us to practise fhall continue to warm our hearts. But our refpect for the memory and the perfons of all our leaders will be beft evinced by the pious culture we bestow on the rich heritage they have fecured, and are handing over to our poffeffion. The prefent race is likewife paffing away; but the nation remains and rifes with its years. While we, the prefent race, are able to call ourselves the nation, we should be fenfible of the greatness of the charge that has devolved upon us. We have duties to pofterity as well as to ourselves. We muft gather up our strength and encounter those duties. Yes, my friends, we are now the nation. As fuch we have arrived at that epoch, when, instead of look. ing back with wonder upon our infancy, we may look forward with folicitude folicitude to a flate of adolefcence, with confidence to a state of manhood. Though as a nation we are yet in the morning of life, we have already attained an elevation which enables us to difcern our courfe to its meridian fplendor: to contemplate the height we have to climb, and the commanding ftation we must gain, in order to fulfil the deftinies to which we are called, and perform the duties that the caufe of human happiness requires at our hands. To prepare the United States to act the diftinguished part that Providence has affigned them, it is neceffary to convince them that the means are within their power. A familiar knowledge of the means will teach us how to employ them in the attain ment of the end. Knowledge will lead to wifdom; and wifdoin, in no fmall degree, is requifite in the conduct of affairs fo momentous and fo new. For our fituation is, in many refpects, not only new to us, but new alfo to the world. The form of government we have chofen, the geographical pofition we occupy, as relative to the most tur bulent powers of Europe, whofe political maxims are widely different from ours; the vast extent of contiment that is, or must be, comprifed within our mits, containing not lefs than fixteen hundred millions of acres, and fufcepible of a population of two hundred millions of human beings; our habits of induftry and peace, instead of violence and warall thefe are circumftances which render our fituation as novel as it is important. It requires new theories; has forced upon us new and bold, and in fome cafes doubtful, experiments; it calls for deep reflection on the propenfities of human nature; an accurate acquaintance with the biftory of human actions; and what is perhaps the most difficult to attain, a wife difcrimination among the maxims of wifdom, or what are such in other times and nations, to determine which of them are applicable, and which would be detrimental, to the end we have in view. I would by no means infinuate that we should reject the councils of antiquity in mafs; or turn a deaf ear to the voice of modern experience, because it is not our own. So far as the policy of other nations is founded on the real relations of focial man, on his moral nature undifguifed, it may doubtlefs be worthy of imitation; but fo far as it is drawn from his moral nature, difguifed by habits materially different from ours, fuch policy is to be fufpected, it is to be fcruunized, and brought to the teft, not perhaps of our experience, for that may in certain cafes be wanting, but the teft of the general principles of our inflitutions, and the habits and maxims that arife out of them. There has been no nation, either ancient or modern, that could have prefented human nature in the fame character as ours does and will prefent it; becaufe there has exifted no nation whofe government refembled ours. A reprefentative democracy on a large fcale, with a fixed conftitution, had never before been attempted, and has no where elfe fucceeded. A federal government on democratical principles is equally unprecedent. ed, and exhibits a fill greater innovation on all received ideas of fatef men and lawgivers. Nor has any theorift in political fcience, any among thofe powerless potentates of reafon, the philofophers, who have taught us fo many valuable things, ever framed a fyftem or conceived a combination of principles producing fuch a reful... Circunftances beyond our controul had thrown in our way the materials for this wonderful inflitution. Our |