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The news is told and echo'd, till the tale
Howe'er reviving, almost waxes stale.
-A second convert Gospel grace allures-
O, but this time he was not ours but yours;
It came to pass we know not when or how;
-Well, are we quite as glad and thankful
now?

Or can we scarce the rising wish suppress, That we were honour'd with the whole success?

Conditions spurns, and triumphs in their fall.
Wisdom mistrusts itself, and leans on heaven,
Says God. It trusts and leans upon itself,
The world replies.
Wisdom retires, says

God,

And counts it bravery to bear reproach, And shame, and lowly poverty, upright; And weeps with all who have just cause to weep.

Wisdom, replies the world, struts forth to

gaze,

There is an eye that marks the ways of Treads the broad stage of life with clamorous

men,

With strict, impartial, analyzing ken:
Our motley creeds, our crude opinions, lie,
All, all unveil'd to that omniscient eye.
He sees the softest shades by error thrown;
Marks where His truth is left to shine alone;
Decides with most exact, unerring skill,
Wherein we differ from His word and will.
No specious names nor reas'nings, to His
view,

The false can varnish, or deform the true;
Nor vain excuses e'er avail to plead,
The right of theory for the wrong of deed.
Before that unembarrass'd, just survey,
What heaps of refuse must be swept away!
How must its search from every creed re-
move,

All but the golden grains of truth and love:
Yet, with compassion for cur feeble powers,
For oh! His thoughts and ways are not as

ours!

WORLDLY AND DIVINE WISDOM CONTRASTED.

POLLOK.

WISDOM is humble, says the voice of God. 'Tis proud, the world replies. Wisdom, says God,

Forgives, forbears, and suffers, not for fear
Of man, but God. Wisdom revenges, says
The world, is quick and deadly of resentment,
Thrusts at the very shadow of affront,
And hastes, by death, to wipe its honour
clean.

Wisdom, says God, loves enemies, entreats,
Solicits, begs for peace. Wisdom, replies
The world, hates enemies, will not ask peace,

foot,

Attracts all praises, counts it bravery
Alone to wield the sword, and rush on death;
And never weeps, but for its own disgrace.
Wisdom, says God, is highest when it stoops
Lowest before the Holy Throne; throws
down

Its crown, abased; forgets itself, admires,
And breathes adoring praise. There wisdom

stoops,

Indeed, the world replies, there stoops, be

cause

It must, but stoops with dignity; and thinks And meditates the while of inward worth.

MUTUAL INFLUENCE OF ERROR AND VICE.

COWPER.

FAULTS in the life breed errors in the brain;
And these reciprocally those again.
The mind and conduct mutually imprint
And stamp their image in each other's mint:
Each, sire and dam, of an infernal race,
Begetting and conceiving all that's base.

JUSTICE AND MERCY.

ANON.

SAID Justice," Man I'd fain know what you weigh;

If weight, I spare you, if too light, I slay," Man leap'd the scale; it mounted : "On

my word," Said Justice, "less than nothing, where's my sword?"

Virtue was there, and her small weight Fill those with joy who leave thee none,

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DR. DODDRIDGE'S EPIGRAM ON HIS FAMILY MOTTO-
"Dum vivimus, vivamus."

"LIVE, while you live," the epicure would say,
"And seize the pleasures of the present day."
"Live, while you live," the sacred preacher cries,
"And give to God each moment as it flies."
Lord, in my view let both united be,
I live in pleasure when I live to thee.

EYERS, PRINTER, DEVONPORT.

THE END.

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