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ACROSTIC,

Presented to a Young Man, under trials about preaching the Gospel-by myself.

Go, blow the Gospel Trumpet, blow:
Eternal truth proclaim:

O'er mountains high, and vallies low,
Resound a Saviour's fame.

Go, spread the joy;-go, bear the news;
E'en, unto Gentile men, and Jews.

Will not, the tawny, Savage race,
And Afric's sable train;

God's word, and righteousness embrace,
Nor wear, the slavish chain?

Ere long, to Heaven, then may you bring, Rich sheaves; and be complete-Amen.

HYMN,

By myself-on leaving America.

1. Farewell to my dear native land,
Ye Plains, and Ye Wild-woods, I leave,
O'er you, with delight, I have rang'd;
But now, my last homage receive!

2. To climates, unknown, I repair;

Rough billows, will bear me away;
For the, "Isle of Brillania," I steer,
There, allied to its dust, I may stay.

3. Farewell, my lov'd Parents, for me
Fear not, nor grieve for your loss:

Your faces, in Glory, I'll see,

When the "swellings of Jordan" we cross.

4. For "One is our Father in Heaven;" Though to earth's distant verge I may fly: In His hand, will He hold each secure, And bring us to mansions On High.

5. Farewell, my dear Sisters,--with you, And Brothers, God calls me to part: Though the ocean, between us may flow, We are still, undivided in heart.

6. O, hasten to finish your work!
I too, will be faithful in mine:
And soon, we in triumph shall meet,
In glory celestial, to shine.

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APPENDIX.

LETTER I.

York Terrace, Salmon's Lane, Londori:

My very dear Sister in the Lord,

We were pleased to hear from you-though sorry that we did not have all the information, you had on your mind to communicate. But what

remains behind, helps to keep alive our hope and expectation; therefore, you must not disappoint us in writing frequently, and fully. I felt thankful, in reading Brother N's letter,-and my own,that God mercifully preserved you from shipwreck; and landed you safe on "that happy shore," where you would be.

I have to inform you that, *Brother Padman sailed with captain Ward to Halifax, on Tuesday last, May 18th. I believe it is his intention to remain in Halifax, for a short time, and then go to the United States.

I feel myself extremely obliged to you, for the present of books, papers, &c. you have sent me. They have afforded me several feasts, and I should like to see some of them republished in England. Especially in the Reformer,-I have read some excellent arrticles, on Primitive Simplicity: And I pray God, to give us the love, that would lead to

*One of the three, expelled from the Methodist Conhexion, for suffering a woman to speak in their chapel: who told me he had been rejected before by them, as a travelling preacher; because he was not acquainted sufficiently with Wesley's works.

the practices, so frequently enjoined in His Word, and in that publication. For I see, more than ever, that all systems and modes,-are a bodily exercise that profiteth but little. Even Scripture modes of worship, and Scripture systems of church government, are but a "dead letter," without the spirit;-a shell, without the kernel; and a shadow, without the substance. O for the substance!--the substance!--the substance!-the love of God, shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost. That love, which "is the fulfilling of the law"--"the end of the commandment"--that worketh no ill, to any soul of man-that is long-suffering and kind-en vieth not-does not boast - nor is inflated with pride-nor acts unseemly-seeks not her own advantage-is not passionate-thinks no evildoes not rejoice in unrighteousness, but in the truth-beareth all things-believeth all thingshopeth all things-endureth all things;-without which, (whatever else I may possess,) I am nothing!

"For love, I eigh; for love, I pine;
This only portion, Lord be mine;
Be mine, this better part."

"My soul breaks out in strong desire,
The perfect bliss to feel!

My longing soul is all on fire, to be dissolved of love!

Give me this, or I die!"

You did not mention a word in my letter, about Elizabeth.--How is she? Where is she? What is Elizabeth doing? Tell me in your next. Your father and mother, are they yet living?

I see, by our good Friend Dow's pamphlet, That America is not what it once was; and that there is cause of complaint, even in this happy land. And by the papers you have sent, it appears, that instances of distress frequently occur. But I see plain enough, by every thing I hear on the subject; that the "industrious poor" are much better circumstanced in America, than in England.

Affairs in England, continue much in the same state, as when you were here. There is no more trade now, than then. Business, with almost every one, is flat; and complaints, in almost every one's mouth. Religion, amongst us, is characterized by deadness, and want of feeling.-This formality, still continues. We have preachingpreaching and praying, and singing, but no fruit. Few, or no sinners converted; but plenty of backsliders. There must be some sore, radical evil at the root of our work; and on which account, the Lord cannot do, many mighty works. I am still, however, looking out for a brighter day. Things in this state, will not always last.--God, I believe, will ere long, take the matter into his own hand; and maintain his own cause, in opposition to every obstacle. The cause at Salem, is much in the same state, as when you were here. Those who were brought in, at that time; still hold on; and are perhaps the most lively.

T. Prime desires to be remembered to you, but you omitted his name in your last. He is a young man of God. Few like him. W. Potts*

*The second, who said, "I would not lay a straw in her way."

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