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was indeed" moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon him the work and office of the ministry."

As a Christian, which was his highest distinction- distinction not destroyed by death, and indelible through eternity -all who knew him will bear witness that he was vigilant, exemplary, active, devout, fervent, and, if possible, diffident and humble, to a fault.

But why bestow feeble panegyric upon one who has already received the salutations of angels, and been welcomed as a faithful servant into the presence of his God? True; we shall behold his face on

earth no more; no more shall we clasp

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A Sketch of the Character, and a short Account of the Life, of the late Right Rev Bishop CLAGGETT, of Maryland, from a Sermon preached at his Funeral, by the Right Rev. Bishop KEMP.

You have, no doubt, all along perceived the allusion of my discourse to the occasion which has called us together at this time. Death is indeed, under all circumstances, awfully affecting. To follow our fellow-creatures to the grave is deeply interesting But there are considerations which add to this occasion an unusual degree of concern and solemnity. A man of God-a venerable minister of the Lord

Jesus Christ-an aged veteran in the Redeemer's cause-a holy prelate has yield

last offices of love. He has, we are confident, fought a good fight; he has finished his course, he has kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for him a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give him at that day.

him in the embrace of love; no more shall we mingle with him in imperfect Christian fellowship; no more, with a feebleed up the ghost, and now demands our voice and tottering frame, shall he lead the devotions of saints, and recommend to dying sinners the precious salvation of Christ. He has faded from mortal sight; but the eye of faith can follow him beyond the veil-behold him clothed in the resurrection body, possessed of renewed powers and invigorated faculties, prostrate before the throne of the Eternal, and shouting salvation to God and the Lamb!

The following is an extract from his last letter to his parents, written a few hours before his sudden and unexpected departure.

"In an especial manner ought you and I to be grateful to Him who has called us, as we trust, out of darkness into light, and thus armed us against the vicissitudes of this life, and made us meet for the enjoyment of a better; so that if, in our absence from each other, any thing befal either of us, we may know that he has something to support him against despair; or, if death remove any of us, we may still hope to meet again. Without such a hope, our separation would be unspeakably more painful than it is at present. May we therefore labour to make the evidences of our adoption clearer! May it be our study to be daily making progress in the knowledge of God; in the knowledge of his powerful, renewing, sanctifying grace; of his glory, as displayed in our redemption! May we have our lamps trimmed and burning, and be waiting for the coming of our Lord; mindful that we know not the hour of his coming! To me that hour is particularly uncertain. A few months, however, will probably determine what the righteous Governor designs for my lot; whether a longer continuance in this world, or a speedy removal to another. His will be done. But, dear parents, do not forget to pray for me; that whether I live or die, Jesus Christ may be the portion of my soul."

At all times and in every state of things, the ministers of the Gospel have to maintain an arduous fight against the corruptions of the world, the enemies of the Church of Christ, and the influence of sin. But our venerable father fell upon times of no ordinary difficulty. At the American Revolution, when all things both in church and state, were to be new modelled; to preserve the divine order of the Church, in opposition to a spirit of innovation; to maintain her simple ordinances and her holy sacraments, as fixed by a divine hand; to preserve her venerable Liturgy from the rash hand of self-conceit; to defend her truly evangelical doctrines, during a period favourable to every kind of delusion and error; in this severe conflict he had to act a conspicuous part: and in such a season, as a minister, no man could have maintained a more correct line of conduct. Bishop Claggett was a true and genuine son of the Church. Her ministers he viewed as ambassadors for Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Her sacraments he considered as channels, by which all the benefits of the atonement of Christ, and all the consolations of the Holy Spirit, are conveyed to the soul. Her Liturgy he believed to be the finest formula of devotion in the Christian world; founded on the revelations, injunctions, and limitations of the Gospel on that important subject; and calculated both to restrain the imagination and to elevate the mind. Her Articles he received as containing all the prominent points of Christian faith. And although he was no bigot, yet he was sufficiently tenacious of the character and principles of the Church.

As a preacher, Bishop Claggett certainly stood in the foremost rank. His manner was commanding and impressive; his sermons were copious and replete with scriptural matter. To the sinner he opened the regions of torment in hell; to the penitent he displayed all the benefits of atonement, and all the riches of grace; to the striving Christian he held out all the consolations of divine aid and the glorious rewards of heaven. The wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores of the natural heart of man, he faithfully examined; and like a skilful physician, be applied the only remedy-the blood of Christ.

As a divine, his learning was of the most valuable kind. Having enjoyed the advantages of a liberal education, and possessing the precious talent of a most retentive memory, his knowledge of church history was unusually correct; the best divines of the Church he had studied in early life, and the fund of knowledge thus treasured up, he was ready at all times to dispense to his people in suitable portions.

As a Bishop, he maintained the divine order of the Church against all attempts: he was tenacious of her privileges, and anxious to preserve her high standing in the Christian world. To his clergy he was affectionate and friendly; and, with some late exceptions, he received from them every mark of respect and esteem.

Of the estimation in which he was held as the rector of a parish, you are able to exhibit the best proofs. Many of you, I trust, are ready to say-"To him we are indebted for our first religious im. pressions: he was an instrument in the hands of God in checking us in the career of iniquity; he led us to a Saviour; he administered the bread of life to our souls. When we had left our father's house, and become depraved and miserable; when prodigality had reduced us to the most deplorable and vile condition, he kindly conducted us home; when we were borne down by affliction, he uttered words that carried consolation and peace."

But, my brethren, he is gone! Let him still live in your hearts. Act upon the principles that he inculcated; cherish the flame of piety that he kindled; maintain the Church, into which many of you were initiated by him; love your Saviour, to whom he introduced you, and lay hold of those glorious rewards that he display. ed to your view. This will be the most honourable tribute of respect that you can possibly pay.

* This sermon was preached in one of the Bishop's churches, and in the presence of many who had long been his parishioners and his intimate friends.

His private character, in the midst of nearest and dearest connexions, who knew his worth and experienced his kindnessin the midst of his friends and neighbours, who have long known, and, no doubt, duly appreciated his virtues, it would be in vain for me to attempt to portray. He has gone to that state, in which the praise of man is mere empty sound. And although we may be allowed to indulge our affections in dwelling on his memory, the use to be made of all such dispensations, is to impress our minds with a deep sense of the uncertainty of our days, of the value of religion, and of the neces sity of being always ready for the hour of death. In a little time, our eyes, too, must close upon this world and all its machinery-in a little time, we shall pass into that state in which there is no repentance: and you, who have often listened to his instructions, will have to render an account of the use to which you have applied them. His calls to repentance-his offers of merey through a Redeemerhis tender and affectionate admonitions to holiness, will never again be repeated in your ears; but at the day of the Lord, it will distinctly appear what improvement has been made of all the advantagés you enjoyed. If the seeds of piety which he planted in your hearts have been duly cultivated; if the principles of religion which he taught have been duly improved; if the example which he set has been carefully copied, you will appear with unspeakable joy on that decisive day.

But, on the other hand, should it appear that he called you to repentance, but he called in vain; that he displayed to you all the riches of grace, but you rejected them; that he proclaimed pardon through a Redeemer to every sincere penitent, but you remained hardened in sin; that he opened to you the very regions of futurity, but you remained uninfluenced; alas! your condition then will admit of no remedy.

And now, although as to the mortal part of our venerable brother, we are about to close the scene, and pronounce, dust to dust and ashes to ashes, yet we are persuaded that he will never die in your recollection; that his services, like his soul, will be immortal, and furnish the realms of bliss with many a happy spirit.

Eleazar Williams, son of Thomas Williams, a war chief of the Iroquois nation of Indians, has officiated as a religious instructor among the Oneida Indians for nine months past. He is employed as a catechist, lay reader and schoolmaster by the Bishop, and the Committee of the Protestant Episcopal Church for propagating the Gospel in the state of NewYork.

One part of that nation, who have heretofore adhered to Paganism, and have been always denominated the "Pagan party" of the Oneida nation of Indians, have resolved to embrace Christianity. Their communication to the Governor on the subject, will appear in the next nuinber.

The attention of the friends of religion is earnestly called to the following

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY NOTICE.

A general Meeting of the PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL YOUNG MEN'S MISSIONARY So. CIETY will be held in Trinity Church, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock; at which time und place the attendance of all who are friendly to the objects of this Institution is respectfully requested.

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The young men who are interested in this Society, were led to the establishment of it by a consideration of the immense field for Missionary labours in this country. They considered, that as they belong to a pure branch of the universal Church, and are blessed with the sublimest formulary of social worship that the uninspired pen has produced, their zeal ought to be proportioned to the religious privileges which they enjoy; and that it is especially incumbent on those who are thus distinguished, to endeavour to extend to others the blessings with which they are favoured. But whatever be their zeal and their exertions, they can do but little without the patronage aid of their Episcopul brethren generally. They, therefore, indulge the hope, that Episcopalians will come forward on this occasion, and liberally support ay Institution, the object of which is to extend the blessings of religion, and the grace of the Saviour, to those extensive portions of our country that are either entirely destitute of the ministrations of the Gospel, or are unable to support a settled ministry. The Missionaries aided from the funds of this Institu tion, are to be appointed and directed by the authority of the Church; who, as the aggregate amount of the Missionary collections this year, in this city, is much less than in the former year, will not only be compelled, without additional aid, to discontinue many valuable Missionaries, but will

be wholly unable to enlarge the sphere of Missionary labours.

The books of subscription will be open on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of receiving Subscriptions and Donations. The annual Subscription for members is only two dollars; and females are consti tuted subscribers, on the payment of one doliar.

A short account of the life of the late Bishop Claggett, contained in an appendix to Bishop Kemp's Sermon, will appear in the next number.

The following notices appear in English publications.

Speedily will be published, in 2 vols. 8vo with a complete Index, &c.. The Lives of Dr. Edward Pocock, the celebrated Orientalist, by Dr. Twells-of Dr. Zachary Pearce, Bishop of Rochester, and of Dr. Thomas Newton, Bishop of Bristol, by themselves-and of the Rev. Philip Skelton, by Mr. Burdy.

Dr. Badham is preparing for the press, an Itinerary from Rome to Athens, by the route of Brandusium, the Ionian Islands, and Albania; with classical recollections of the various sites that occur in the

journey.

S. T. Coleridge, Esq. has in the press, the Statesman's Manual, or the Bible the best Guide to political Skill and Foresight.

Mr. D'Israeli is printing a third volume of the Curiosities of Literature. He has also nearly ready for the press, a History of Men of Genius; being his Essay on the Literary Character considerably enlarged.

The Rev. W. Wilson, master of St. Bee's School, is preparing for publication, Collectanea Theologica, or the Student's Manual of Divinity; containing several Latin tracts.

The publishers have distributed all the copies of the first number of the Journal în the folio form. It will be reprinted, however, with all convenient speed, in the octavo size, and furnished to new subscribers; and others who have already received it in the folio form, may be supplied with copies of the new edition at a moderate charge.

Printed and published by T. & J. Swords, No. 160 Pearl-street, New-York; where Subscriptions for this Work will be received at one dollar per annum, or 24 numbers.All Letters relative to this Journal must come free of Postage.

No. 6.]

CHRISTIAN JOURNAL,

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LITERARY REGISTER.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1817.

NOBODY'S ENEMY BUT HIS OWN:
A College Story, from the " Proverbialist."

BY THE REV. J. CUNNINGHAM.

FINDING the strong passions so predominant in all quarters of the college, as to promise a large harvest, of "warm friends," I though it desirable to search for some person, who should combine, with this qualification for friendship, the second property named by my aunt-that of 66 being no one's enemy but his own." Accordingly I began my inquiries with much diligence and circumspection. My aunt abhorred precipi tancy, and so did I. I determined, therefore, to make no selection till I had collected the most overwhelming evidence upon the point. At length, however, hearing almost the whole college concur in the praise of one individual, in calling him a fine fellow-a spirited fellow-a real good fellow-a good-hearted fellow-the best fellow in the world-and, finally, in declaring him to be "nobody's enemy but his own," I ventured to decide, and sought by every possible overture to make this individual my friend. And as he was a social, easy sort of person, and, moreover, a prodigious lover of good eating and drinking, I found less difficulty than I had anticipated in accomplishing so momentous an object. Before a few weeks had elapsed we were sworn intimates, and spent almost the whole of our time together. And as some of my readers may have never had an opportunity of very closely examining the life of a person who is reputed to be "nobody's enemy but his own," I shall very liberally give them, without the smallest deduction, the full benefit of my own experience. VOL. I.

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In the first place, I soon perceived that he scarcely ever opened a book. Now, in this, he was plainly enough his own enemy. But whether, in so doing, he was not also the enemy of some parent or guardian, who had sent him to the University for the very purpose of study, I could not at that moment decide, as I knew nothing of his peculiar circumstances. I will own, however, that I could not help, even then, suspecting-in my better moments at least-that, if no enemy to God or man, he was evidently no friend to either, or he would not have consumed talents and time to no purpose, which might have been employed to the honour of God, and to the benefit of his fellow-creatures.

In the next place, I soon discovered him, especially when elated by wine, to be enthusiastically given to every species of riot and disturbance. What is classically termed a "row" was his glory. In this case also, when I heard the casements of a pauper shiver under his fist, or saw the blood of a watchman trickle down his cheeks, I certainly found no small difficulty in conceiving him to be "nobody's enemy but his own."

Moreover, I was not long in ascertaining that he paid no tradesman's bill which he found it possible to elude. And it must be confessed, that neither the tradesmen thus defrauded (especially when they dated their letters from the town gaol), or their wives and children, ever had the generosity to concur in the declaration that he was "nobody's enemy but his own."

Finally, I perceived that his various exploits were not accomplished without a most enormous expenditure. And what was my horror to

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friends those, and those only, who are the friends of God."

MR. FOX's ELOQUENCE.

AN EXTRACT.

DURING the greater part of Mr. Fox's political life, events of the greatest magnitude were in perpetual succession: whatever was vast and awful in the con

learn, after a short time, that this man of "strong passions"-this "goodhearted fellow"-this "best fellow in the world"-this " enemy to none but himself" was, in fact, the only son of a widow living in a garret, who had economised by abstinence, by days and nights of patient toil, by racking and screwing her aged sinews, the sum of money which he in a few months had squandered at college! She was the destitute widow of a clergyman-shame to the country there should be any such!-and the wish of her heart had been, to hear her son proclaim to the world the principles by which her husband had lived well, and died triumphant-him into competition with the oldest poJy. Such was her wish-such her endeavour to realize it-and such the fruits which this "real good fellow" paid back into the bosom of his aged mother. On a visit to London, I accidentally discovered his house; surprised him in the company of his distracted mother; and shall, to my dying day, thrill when I call to mind the tone and countenance with which she exclaimed,

"How keener than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child!"

I left the house in disgust, resolved that, whatever might be the consequence, I would never choose for my friend the man who was said to be "nobody's enemy but his own." And experience has served to confirm me in the resolution. I have generally found such

66 persons warm enemies" perhaps, but certainly cold friendsif men of "strong passions," yet of little real sensibility-men, finally, who, with few exceptions, thought, felt, schemed, lived for themselves, and themselves alone. In short, I have generally discovered reason in such cases exactly to reverse the estimate of the world, and to consider these persons as in fact " every one's enemy but their own." And here I would entreat the reader to consider, whether he can employ for himself, or impart to his children, a safer rule for the selection of friends, than the old-fashioned saying, "Take for your

templation of the patriot statesman was either in agitation or in prospect. A general movement in the moral world was also visibly taking place. It was into such a field of action and enterprize that Mr. Fox was introduced at a very early age; rich in the gratuitous endowments of nature, and with a promptitude of talents for public debate, that at once put liticians. The rapid facility with which his mind spread itself over all the topics of the day was truly surprising. It seemed as if every subject was his own by right of intuition, or as if, instead of acquiring the knowledge necessary to the statesman, he was only recovering by reminis cence what had before been his. His conception of a subject was instantaneous, and what he mastered with so much ease, he imparted with so much simplicity, that all difficulties seemed to vanish at the touch of his genius.

It is not possible to show any thing in the history of the human intellect that cán be compared with Mr. Fox's speeches, in the great excellence of reducing to familiarity a complicated question. His language, too, at least was always thoroughly English,-homebred, pure, and indigenous. Whatever foreign taint faction and disappointed ambition might have introduced into his thoughts, his words and phrases were faithful to their origin; his strange courtesy to the French democracy cabulary. One is totally at a loss to comleft these unsoiled by its heathenish voprehend by what combination of faculties this great orator, without preparation or effort, passed with stupendous ease discussion, rambling and again recoverthrough all the labyrinths of political ing the clue, visiting each recess, digressing and returning at pleasure; sometimes pressing onwards in a series of syllogisms, sometimes roving with confident security through the mazes of illustraalways safe amidst commotion and storm; tion; always certain of his proposed end, most possessed of himself when most excited, and moving with the firmest step in moments when intellectual courage is most apt to vacillate, and to require the There is in mechanical operations, or in succour of surrounding approbation.operations partly mechanical and partly intellectual, a certainty of movement, the

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