be more apt to share with the Bible in the hatred of the scoffer, than be considered his coadjutor in profanity.

But though Mr. Jefferson's opinion on certain religious points should be hostile to our own, how is he more culpable than the thousands who have embraced different forms of belief? In what respect do his religious tenets differ from those of his yenerable predecessor, or from those of his equally celebrated son? In dissenting from the opinion of others, whose piety and wisdom are entitled to veneration, he has not undertaken to advance his own with pride or bitterness. He has not condescended to disguise his sentiments for fear of provoking opposition, nor has he been ambitious to obtrude them on the publick in the conceit of making converts.

His death tested the sincerity of his faith, and he died with that calmness, serenity, and full reliance on the mercy of his Maker, which both philosophy and religion desire.

THE END.