i narch, to cast him down from his high estate, and to abase him in the dust. And after he had been for a time in the furnace of affliction, and his proud heart was humbled, God graciously revealed himself to him in his true name and character, and then restored him to his former prosperity and power. The penitent king thus once more exalted, and filled with admiration at the discovery of the ONLY TRUE GOD, immediately issued an edict to the whole world, setting forth the greatness of the Most High, asserting his glory, and inviting all nations to "praise and magnify HIM that liveth for ever, "whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, "and his kingdom is from generation to genera"tion." This memorable edict began in these sublime terms: "NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING, UNTO ALL PEOPLE, NATIONS, AND LANGUAGES, THAT DWELL IN ALL THE EARTH, Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders which the Most High "God hath wrought toward me. How great are his SIGNS! How mighty are his WONDERS!" Having recounted the judgment and mercy of God to himself, he thus concludes; "Now I "Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honour the King of Heaven, all whose works are truth, "and his ways judgment; and them that walk "in pride he is able to abase."* Such a proclamation to the nations of the earth was a noble act of a king, and ought to be had in perpetual remembrance. It reminds us of the last charge of HIM" who ascended up on high:" Go, TEACH ALL NATIONS. It discovers to us the new and extended benevolence, greatness of mind, and pure and heavenly charity, which distinguish that man, whose heart has been impressed by THE GRACE OF GOD. How solemn his sense of duty! How ardent to declare the glory of his Saviour! His views for the good of men, how disinterested and enlarged! It is but too evident, that all our speculations concerning a divine Revelation, and the obligation imposed on us to study it ourselves, or to communicate it to others, are cold and uninteresting, and excite not to action, "until, through the tender compassion of God, "the Day-spring from on high visit us, to give light to them that sit in darkness;" to humble our hearts, at the remembrance of our sins against God, and to affect them with a just admiration of his pardoning mercy. *Daniel, 4th chapter. + Luke. ii. 79. Let Great Britain imitate the example of the Chaldean King; and send forth to all the world, her TESTIMONY concerning the True God. She also reigns over many nations which " worship idols of wood and stone;" and she ought in like manner, to declare to them "the SIGNS and WONDERS of the Almighty." And, in this design every individual will concur, of every church, family, and name, whose heart has been penetrated with just apprehensions of the Most High God; having known his judgments and experienced his mercy. Kirby Hall, Feb. 15, 1811. THE END. G. SIDNEY, Printer, Northumberland-street, Strand. WORKS ON THE CIVILIZATION OF THE EAST. Sold chiefly by Mess. CADELL & DAVIES, Strand, London. BEING The COMPOSITIONS which gained the PRIZES, or were presented to the UNIVERSITIES in competition for the PRIZES, instituted by Dr. BUCHANAN. Published in 1805. 1. A GREEK ODE, on the Subject гENEZON ONE, “Let there be Light." Ode Græca Præmio dignata quod donavit Academiæ Cantabrigiensi Vir Reverendus CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN, A. B. Coll. Regin. Cantab. et Vice-Præpositus Collegii Bengalensis in India Orientali. Auctore G. PRYME, A. B. Trin. Coll. 2. A GREEK ODE, on the Subject TENEZON ONE,“ Let there be Light." Ode Præmio a Reverendo Viro CLAUDIO BUCHANAN, S. T. P. Etonensibus Proposito dignata. Auctore T. RENNELL, Coll. Reg. Eton. Alumn. 3. COLLEGIUM BENGALENSE: Carmen cui Præmium BUCHANANEUM a Senatu Academiæ Glasguensis adjudicatum est. ALEXANDRO MAC ARTHUR, Auctore, |