It is to the discredit of human temper that this catholic plan was found impracticable. Mr. Walker expressed his decided disapprobation of the scheme, and his determination to give her no aid." Dr. Webster, however, one of the ministers of the Tolbooth Church, a man of considerable talent, "polished manners, and fascinating conversation," though "an avowed Calvinist of the higher class," gave her his cordial assistance. The Sabbath services were intended to be conducted by Presbyterians and Episcopalians, while one day in the week was supplied by preachers in connexion with Mr. Wesley. In 1770, Lady Glenorchy became personally acquainted with that eminent man, and the following observations occur in her diary for May in that year. "This morning the Rev. Dr. Webster and Mr. Wesley met at my house, and had a long conversation together. They agreed on all doctrines on which they spoke, except those of God's decrees, predestination, and the saints' perseverance, which Mr. Wesley does not hold. After Mr. Wesley was gone, Dr. Webster told me in a fair and candid manner wherein he disapproved of Mr. Wesley's sentiments. I must (according to the light I now have, and always have had, ever since the Lord was pleased to awaken me), agree with Dr. Webster. Nevertheless I hope Mr. Wesley is a child of God. He has been an instrument in his hands of saving souls; as such I honour him, and will countenance his preachers. I have heard him preach thrice; and I should have been better pleased had he preached more of Christ, and less of himself. I did not find his words come with power to my own soul. I desire to bless God for baving enabled me in some measure this day to be faithful to the convictions of his Spirit. O, that I may daily receive more strength and courage, to be accounted a fool for Christ's sake."PP. 156. In 1771, the Rev. Richard de Courcy, became minister of St. Mary's chapel, which had been opened for public worship by Lady Glenorchy, on the plan to which we have just adverted. In November of the same year, Lord Glenorchy died, bequeathing to his wife every thing over which he had a disposing power. His father, Lord Breadalbane, behaved in the most kind and liberal manner to the widow, who took up her residence with him, at the Abbey of Holyrood House. Lady Glenorchy was now at the age of thirty, with the uncontrolled command of a considerable fortune, at liberty to pursue her plans for the promotion of religious truth. The chapel, since distinguished by her name at Edinburgh, was completed at her expence; she built or repaired another at Strathfillan, and maintained two Missionary preachers in the Highlands of Scotland. "Lady Glenorchy's chapel at Edinburgh, is a plain but substantial stone building, commodiously fitted up to hold two thousand people, and when very crowded may hold more." It was at first supplied by clergymen of the Scotch kirk, and by Dissenting ministers from England, but when it became expedient to appoint a settled pastor, considerable difficulties presented themselves. The late excellent Mr. Grove preached to the congregation for some time, but when his final settlement was proposed, it was found that the rigid system of the Scotch establishment, and his Dissenting principles, rendered a coalition impossible. Mr. Sheriff, who officiated for some time, sunk under the infirmities of his constitution; "his last days and hours were those of a man of God, full We extract of faith and peace.” from Lady G.'s diary, her pious improvement of this event. "Saturday, June 13, 1778.-Yesterday at nine o'clock, it pleased God to take to himself my very dear friend and pastor, Mr. Sheriff. He was enabled on Thursday, to speak from ten in the morning till near ten at night, almost without intermission, to the praise of glorious grace. He gave me many exhortations, and said, submit, it is the Lord's doing; we shall live together with him for ever; he has saved me; he will save you, my dear friend. His last words were-all is well. The Lord most wonderfully supported me during the last two days and nights of his life, enabling me to attend him during that time, without weariness. I felt uncommon power to believe and acquiesce in the Lord's will. He is now with his God. O that his dying words may make a suitable impression on my heart; may I never forget the awful but instructive scene; may I listen to the voice of God through him, and persevere in his work to the end. May I give up all for Christ, and bear all his dispensations with patience. May I see my friend in glory, and be for ever with the Lord. Amen, and Amen. “Sabbath, June 14.—This day I was enabled to attend public worship, after which, I visited the place where Mr. Sheriff was to be laid. These words came with much force to my remembrance, his flesh shall rest in hope-sown in weakness,-raised in power! Afterwards I was present at the chesting, and I was supported wonderfully through the whole ceremony; and at the evening sermon at the Barnton chapel, I was ena bled to believe that all was well." After an unsuccessful application had been made to the Rev. John Clayton, now of the Weigh House, Dr. Jones, who had been previously on terms of friendship with Lady Glenorchy, became minister of the chapel, and, on sub *The last melancholy services, due to the dead, are not in Scotland left to undertakers and their attendants;-The body is washed and swathed, and laid out by the sick nurse, or servants, of the household. When it is to be put into the coffin, the relations, and most intimate friends, to whom affection and respect are intended to be shewn, are invited to at tend as witnesses. The performance of this duty is done by the nearest relations, with great solemnity, and profound silence. This office being performed, if a clergyman is present, which is often the case, he closes the solemnity by appropriate prayer, and this is called the chesting. When the company invited to the funeral are collected, immediately before carrying out the corpse to the grave, a clergyman also offers a suitable prayer ; and this is the only religious funeral service used in Scotland, excepting by those of the Episcopal church.-pp. 428, 429. scribing the Confession and For mula, was admitted to communion with the Presbytery of Edinburgh. Lady Glenorchy's constitution does not appear to have been, at any time, a very strong one, and during her childhood, she seems to have been subject to frequent attacks of disease. She died at Edinburgh, on the 17th July, 1786, at the age of 45.* The effects of her last attack were such as to produce a languor and heaviness, which gave little oppor tunity for much energy of expression, but the calmness and tranquillity of her mind was unabated, and showed the strong support of Christian principle. The simple phrase which she was heard to utter-" Well, if this be dying, it is the pleasantest thing imaginable!" speaks volumes; it shows how well she was prepared, how thoroughly her mind was settled and made up. Death to her was but the closing scene of a life spent in the fear and service of God, in the faith and love of the Gospel, and the mercy which had guided and sustained her through many a trial, did not leave her to struggle hopelessly with the last. ་་་་་་་་་་ Dwight's Travels in New England and New York. (Continued from page 209.) DR. DWIGHT is a thorough American, and though we like him the better for his hearty nationality, yet it places us under the necessity of receiving some of his statements` with a little caution, not from the slightest questioning of the pure character of the man, but from a long and extensive observation of the effects produced by the extenuating or exaggerating medium, through which facts are viewed by inno *The inscription on Lady G.'s funeral tablet, has July 13, as the date of her death, and states her age at 43. cent or even laudable prejudice. Many of his narratives are, of course, derived from private authorities, and it was to be expected that family attachment and personal friendship would give a favourable colouring to the representation. Enough, however, will remain, after every deduction, to shew the high standard of morals which, though we fear that it is descending on the scale, has hitherto distinguished the Northern States. Valour and piety were their distinguishing qualities in the earlier stages of their history, and we trust that they will never desert the principles of their noble ancestors. Wealth will bring luxury, and luxury corruption of manners, but we have confidence that the blessing of God and the outpourings of his Spirit, will always be abundant on a race so gloriously descended. A minute account is given by Dr. Dwight of the educational establishment at Newhaven, over which he presided. Yale College was founded by charter, in 1701, though it took its name from that of an early benefactor, several years subsequent. Donations in money, land, and books, have been, at different periods, received from the State Legislature, and from different individuals in America and Europe. The College Corporation is partly secular, and partly clerical; the governor, lieutenantgovernor, and six senior councillors of the State of Connecticut, are ex-officio members of the first class, while the president and ten fellows, all clergymen, form the latter division. The consequences of this arrangement are said to have been beneficial. examination for admission be smartly pushed in the direction indicated by the works cited as affording the required tests, the students must bring with them to the College, a very respectable portion of attainment. The system of government is of a "parental character.” "Whenever the faculty are satisfied, that any student is guilty of those inferior trespasses against the laws of the college, or of morality, which in their consequences involve desertion of study, and disorderly or dissolute conduct; the student, after proper attempts have been made to reform him by private remon, strance, is solemnly admonished that he is in danger. If he continues unreformed, he is admonished a second time, and his conduct made known to his parent or guardian; that he may unite his efforts with those of the faculty for the reformation of the youth. If the youth still persists in his vicious courses, he is sent home, and cannot be re-admitted without a vote of the faculty. "This scheme of government has been found to unite in it every advantage. It is more efficacious than the former, more acceptable to the students, and more approved by the public. So far as I know it is, however, singular."-Vol. I. p. 180. The annual expense of tuition is under eight pounds. "Upwards of two hundred youths are in this seminary continually receiv ing benefits from the efficacy of a moderate sum, for the real value of which millions would be a cheap price. There gation, a town-meeting, nor even a fireis not a legislature, a court, a congreside, which, however, insensible of the fact, does not share in these benefits. From this fountain flow, circuitously indeed, but really and ultimately, the laws of the state and its whole jurisprudence; the rules which form its happy society, and the doctrines and precepts which are inculcated in its churches. He, therefore, who is a benefactor to an institution of this nature, becomes a benefactor to his country, and to all the generations by which it will hereafter be inhabited. Vol. I. p. The library and philosophical apparatus of the College are described as extremely valuable. The course of educa tion, though, we think, defective in some respects, and somewhat objectionable in others, seems on the whole, judicious; and, if the 175. The Rev. Thomas Hooker " was one of that small number of men, who are destined by Providence to have an important and benevolent (beneficial) influence on the affairs of mankind." He was born in England, 1586, and ob tained a fellowship in Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was early the subject of a saving change, and maintained through life, a high and consistent character. Having joined the emigrants to New England, he became the guide and director of the infant colony of Hartford. He is frequently styled "the father of Connecticut, and the father of the churches in Connecticut. "The following anecdote, transmitted among his descendants, is in several particulars strongly expressive of his character. In the latter part of autumn, Mr. Hooker, being suddenly awakened by an unusual noise, thought he heard a person in his cellar. He immediately árose, dressed himself, and went silently to the foot of the cellar stairs. There he saw a man, with a candle in his hand, taking pork out of the barrel. When he had taken out the last piece, Mr. Hooker, accosting him pleasantly, said, "Neighbour, you act unfairly; you ought to leave a part for me.' Thunderstruck at being detected, especially at being detected by so awful a witness, the culprit fell at his feet, condemned himself for his wickedness, and implored his pardon. Mr. Hooker cheerfully forgave him, and concealed his crime, but forced him to carry half the pork to his own house.”—Vol. I. p. 206. The constitution of the state of Connecticut, is detailed and discussed at some length; but even if we had felt it expedient to enter on the statements and considerations which would be indispensable to a correct representation, we should be deterred by a note, inserted by the publisher, from which we learn, that "in the year 1818, the State adopted a new constitution." We are sorry to find that the latter editions of the volume of the laws, omit the declaration, prefixed to it in former times, that "if any law of the State shall be found to contradict the law of God, it shall be null and void of course." The advo cates for the omission would pro bably plead that the provision was implied; it may be so, but we must prefer its express and solemn recognition. It augurs happily for the well-being of the State, when its rulers and legislators openly avow their obedience to the supremacy of the divine law. In the old penal code of this colony, idolatry, witchcraft, blasphemy, adultery, man stealing, cursing or smiting father or mother, unless where the child had been grossly neglected in his education, or provoked by cruelty, or forced to strike in self-defence," stubbornness and rebellion in children, were among the offences punished with death. The modern law, is of a milder cast, but adultery with a married woman is punished in both parties by whipping, branding the letter A on the forehead, and wearing a halter about the neck on the outside of their garments, during their abode in the State." Imprisonment in this part of the Union, seems to be unusually severe. '' Newgate prison is the public gaol and workhouse of the state. It is situated in the township of Granby, on the range of Mount Tom, about twelve or fourteen miles from Hartford. It is composed of two parts; a cavern and a building on its mouth. The cavern is the work of human industry, employed in collecting copper ore; and was dug and blown out many years since. All the healthy prisoners among the gross criminals are confined in the cavern. Those of inferior guilt are kept in the upper prison, according to the discretion of the overseers."-Vol. I. p. 246. "There are two advantages attending this prison; its safety from escapes, and the terror with which it is regarded. The apprehension of being confined under ground, and the almost absolute despair of making an escape, have probably had a serious influence to prevent the crimes for which its gloomy recesses furnish the reward.”—Vol. I. 246, 247. Harvard, or Cambridge College, is described less minutely than the institution over which the author himself presided. The original terms of admission were such as, we suspect, would reduce the successful candidates for matriculation, to a number very prevalent among the Bostonians, are excellent, and we regret we can only spare room for the following fragment. Describing the situation of a fashionably trained, romance-reading female, he proceeds easily reckoned up. They were, "that the student should be able to read any classical author into English, should readily make and speak true Latin, and should write it in verse as well as prose." Of course they have been virtually abrogated, and are, probably, now as much too low, as they might be primarily too high. "The greatest disadvantage under which this seminary labours, is the prox imity of Boston. The allurements of this metropolis have often become too powerfully seductive to be resisted by the gay, and sometimes even by the grave youths, who assemble here for their education. Since the erection of West Boston bridge, the distance between these towns is reduced from five to little more than three miles. This fact, as I have been informed by the governors of the university, has rendered the evil alluded to still greater. The bustle and splendour of a large commercial town are necessarily hostile to study. Theatres, particularly, can scarcely fail of fascinating the mind at so early a period of life. At the same time, the opulence and liberality of the capital have often supplied the pecuniary wants of this institution, and through the correspondence, extensively maintained between Boston and Great Britain, have been derived to it, from that country, many important benefactions."—Vol. I, p. 446. But we must absolutely force our way out of the first volume, though Boston lies in our path; we cannot, however, turn from that city, till we have cited, without comment, but with most painful feelings, the following pas sage. "During one hundred and forty years, Boston was probably more distinguished for religion than any city of the same size in the world. An important change has, however, within a period of no great length, taken place in the religious opi nions of the Bostonians. Before this period, moderate Calvinism very generally prevailed. At the present time, Unitarianism appears to be the predominating system. It is believed, that nei ther ministers nor people have had any reason to congratulate themselves on this change."-Vol. I. p. 470. The observations on the showy superficial kind of education, "Besides, this life is always in some degree a season of suffering and sorrow. In what manner can our heroine encounter either? To patience and fortitude, she has from her infancy been a stranger. With religion she is unacquainted. Principles, such as religion approves, she has none. This world has daily blasted all her expectations: with the future world she has not begun a connection. Between the Bible and novels there is a gulph fixed, which few novel readers are willing to pass. The consciousness of virtue, the dignified pleasure of having performed our duty, the serene remembrance of an useful life, the hope of an interest in the Redeemer, and the promise of a glorious inheritance in the favour of God, are never found in novels; and of course have never been found by her. A weary, distressed, bewildered voyager amid the billows of affliction, she looks around her in vain, to find a pilot, a pole-star, or a shore."Vol. I. pp. 476, 477. The Rev. Habijah Weld, upwards of fifty years pastor of the church and congregation in Attleborough, a township apparently about thirty miles from Boston, 66 obtains an honourable mention in these volumes. His patrimony purchased for him a farm of seventy acres, he had a salary of 220 dollars, and a parsonage lot and a little pasture." which furnished him with wood He had fifteen children, four of whom died young. "This numerous family he educated with the means which have been mentioned, in a manner superior to what is usually found in similar circumstances, entertained much company in a style of genuine hospitality, and was always prepared to contribute to the necessities of others. "For the regulation of his domestic concerns, Mr. Weld prescribed to himself and his family a fixed system of rules, which were invariably observed, and contributed not a little to the pleasantness and prosperity of his life. His children, labourers, and servants, submitted to |