Christian Messenger. In the number of this work for April, we find an answer to Hyram's reply published in our last, in which the Editor expresses an expectation that this answer as well as the one which occasioned this reply, will appear in this work. To these, we calculate to give place in our next. Greek and English Testament.-Br. Abner Kneeland of Philadelphia, is publishing a Greek and English Testament, the conditions of which may be seen on the cover. We heartily wish him much success in this work, as we think it must be very useful to every biblical student; and specially to those who have but limited opportunities to study the Greek language. Hyram on the rich man and Lazarus is received, and will be attended to. OBITUARY. DIED-At Weston, of a consumption, Jan. 14, Mr. JEREMIAH BRIDGE, Jun. in the 25th year of his age. His sickness was long and distressing, which he endured with great patience, and, retaining his senses to the last, possessed a hope in the exchange for a better world. At Gaines, N. Y. on the 2d of February last, Mrs. MARY PROCTOR, in the 32d year of her age. Affliction presses on the wearied sense; Stern death, the social joys of life invades ; Opes the dark tomb, shuts from all mortal ken The solaces of life-worth, virtue, all! He comes, like the Simoom,* and blasts our dearest joys; And scathes our hearts! But we will ne'er repine, For death shall rend the veil Which separates heaven from man. A. * "The blast of the desert, fatal to every thing living, and often alluded to in eastern poetry.” At Whiting, Feb. 17, Mr. JESSE WALKER, aged 54.-He was, during his sickness, perfectly calm and serene in his mind. He conversed familiarly upon the subject of dissolution, and manifested a perfect resignation to the dispensations of Divine Providence. He was in the full exercise "of that faith which is the substance of things hoped for, andthe evidence of things not seen," "-a firm believer in "that gospel which was preached before unto Abraham, saying, In thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed ;" and which teaches "the restitution of all things, as spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” He placed his confidence alone on the immutable Rock of ages, even Jesus, "who by the grace of God tasted death for every man ;" "at whose name every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that he is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” At Westmoreland, N. H. Jan. 28, Widow MARY COBB, aged 70.-Jan. 9, an infant son of Mr. Lemuel Willis, aged 9 weeks. At Whiting, Vt. of a consumption, Miss NANCY W. NEEDHAM, eldest daughter of Dea. Moulton Needham, aged 17. She endured her sickness with much patience and christian fortitude, and departed apparently rejoicing in the Great Salvation. At Reading, April 9, Widow ELIZABETH HULETT, relict of Mason Hulett, of Wallingford, aged 81. Extract of a letter from Dr. Cyrus Carpenter, dated Whiting, May 17, 1822. "Respected Sir-You are hereby solicited to publish in the next No. of the Christian Repository the following_notices of the death of the Rev. Caleb Rich and his consort E. Rich, of Newhaven, Vt. He died on the 18th of October, 1821, aged 71. She died on the 1st of April, 1822, aged 61. He, during a long and painful illness, manifested a great degree of reconciliation, and died in the faith that he had for many years promulgated to the world of mankind, to wit, that every creature in heaven and in the earth, and under the earth, and in the sea, would sing, Blessing, honor and power to him that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb forever and ever. She, after an illness of about two months, resigned her spirit into the arms of that Jesus, who has been declared to be the Savior of all men. I was requested to write that he left three Sermons written in full, on interesting subjects; also, his life and religious experience, his trials and exercises of mind, which many of his friends desire may be published." POETRY. [Selected.] PENSIVE REFLECTIONS. Ah, who has power to say, Ah, who is ever sure, Tho all that can the soul delight Is there in life's dull toil We seek hope's gentle aid, We court love's thrilling dart ; We pant for glitt'ring fame, And, when pale envy blots the page That might have charm'd a future age, We find 'tis but a name! We toil for paltry ore, And when we gain the golden prize, How frail is beauty's bloom! Then since this fleeting breath Is but the zephyr of a day, Let conscience make each minute gay, And brave the shafts of death! And let the generous mind With pity view the erring throng, Applaud the right, forgive the wrong, For who, alas! shall say, THE HOLY CITY. [Our female correspondent will excuse the few alterations which she may find in the following lines. They were made to improve the measure, without any alteration of the sense. The poetry, it seemed likewise, would be better understood as embracing two subjects than one; for this reason it is divided into two parts. The second will be published in a future number.] Our sins, O our Lord, wilt thou kindly forgive, And teach us to walk in thy fear, While going like pilgrims, like sojourners live; And in yon fair city appear. The foundations are garnish'd with all precious stones, A Jasper, a Sapphire, a Chalcedony, And fourthly, an Emerald clear. A Sardonyx, Sardius, and Chrysolite next; A Topaz, a Jacinth, Chrysoprasus then, To view those foundations must cause pure delight, There plac'd, you may see the apostolic names, The nations of those that are saved shall walk It needs not the sun, nor the light of the moon, For the glory of God doth enlighten the same, His servants shall serve him, and see his face there, R. P. CHRISTIAN REPOSITORY. No. 2. AUGUST, 1822. Vol. III. From the Philadelphia Universalist Magazine. [The following is the subject of Hyram's reply, found in the Repository, Vol. II. page 141.] CHRISTIAN REPOSITORY, VOL. II. NO. 2. SEPTEMBER, 1821. In this number of the Christian Repository, (which we have just received,) there are two letters addressed to the Editor of the Christian Messenger, signed "Hyram," to which we are disposed to pay some attention. The first seems to be a matter of complaint the nature of which will be perceived by the following remarks which we offer as a reply. We have no disposition to prevent any one from enjoying his own opinion free and unmolested; and if we should ever be disposed to call the consistency of that opinion in question (when it appears to us to be inconsistent) it would be doing exactly as we would wish to be done by and if our sentiments have ever been introduced into the desks of our brethren "who entertain different opinions," it is a circumstance that we never should complain of, should the same privilege be exercised by them; but consider that they have an undoubted right so to do. And if our particular views have been preached, and urged with ardor (not to say "vehemence !") at the General Convention, have not others the same privilege? Was ever a brother found fault with by our order, for preaching what he sincerely believes at the General Convention? Certainly not. This so far as our knowledge extends, has ever been considered the uniform privilege of Universalists. The same will apply to writing, without No. 2. 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