thian Church was not made up of Jewish converts, as is clear from the whole of both the epiftles; and, therefore, the Lord's Supper, the nature and perpetual obligation of which St. Paul explains and defends, could not be a Jewish rite. With this fubject Mr. Clarkfon clofes his fecond volume. In the third he states and vindicates the objections of Quakers to the taking of civil oaths; to war; and to the payment of tithes. On thefe points we shall make no other remarks than these, that the arguments are loofe, and the reasoning declamatory. As to wars, it is contended that if all men were Quakers there would be no fighting; but we are not quite of that opinion, having ourselves known many ftaunch profeffors of that fect, who on feveral occafions have vented their paffion and refentment in the active exercife of their corporeal prowess. The queftion of tithes has been fo often agitated, that we fhall not enter into it; but as this mode of maintenance is part of the ftatute law of the land, and is therefore a matter of human right, the refufal to pay tithes may be called by any other name, than a fcruple of confcience. The work concludes with a view of the moral character of the Quakers, which is drawn in the most flattering terms, and thefe people are exhibited as being the only confiftent fociety of Chriftians upon earth. Much of what is praise-. worthy may no doubt be found among them, and many good leffons might be obtained from their practice in a civil view, but neither their ftrictness in the peculiarities of their pro feffion, nor the general regularity of their moral conduct, ought to permit an apology for their religious errors, which come much nearer to Socinianifm, and even Deism, than to pure Christianity. 30 Vol. XIII. Churchm. Mag. for December 1807. Poetry. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCHMAN'S MAGAZINE. SIR, LTHOUGH in common with every ferious and re Aflecting perfón, I cannot but bewail the general evil tendency of modern novels, whose hackneyed and improbable incidents, whofe fickly style and fentiments, and whofe very questionable morality are as venomous as the poifon of a ferpent, equally peftilential to the reafon and to the feelings, to the head and to the heart; I look upon fuch productions as affording an innocent and profitable relaxation from feverer ftudies, when without any immoral or impious alloy they exhibit a ftriking picture of folly and extravagance, like thofe of Mrs. d'Arblay, or lead the imagination into the delightful regions of romance, like thofe of Mrs. Radcliffe; or especially, when like Mrs. Weft's Tale of the Times, they contain an antidote to the venom of modern philofophy (falfely so called), and are made the vehicle of evangelical and unadulterated morality. I fpecify one production of the last authorefs, because it is the only one which has hitherto fallen in my way; the fatisfaction however, mingled as it is with painful fenfations, which I have derived from the perufal, will not fuffer me to remain long ignorant of her other productions.--Under the immediate influence of the impreffion occafioned by that perufal, I wrote the following fonnet: and I take the liberty of fending it to you, Sir, with whofe publication I conceive it to be not at variance, with the defire of paying my tribute of applaufe (however feeble) to a meritorious writer, and of recommending a work, the plan and execution of which are not unworthy the noble object of its author, the promotion of the cause of morality and religion. I remain, Sir, TO THE AUTHOR OF A TALE OF THE TIMES. "Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Forsaking thee, what shipwreck have we made COWPER'S TASK.. TAKE thou the meed, to fenfe and feeling due! 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LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. OCIETY for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Church union, in the diocese of St. David's.--At a meeting of the Rural Deans, at the palace, Abergwilly, July 1. 1807, the Society's Premiums of Ten Pounds for the best Summary of the History of the Church of England, with an account of the Sects which have separated from it, and short answers to the Tenets of each, was adjudged to the Rev. Johnson Grant, M. A. of St. John's College, Oxford, and Curate of St. Pancras, London. The Premium for the best Dissertation on the Pelagian Heresy, and the Refutation of it by St. David, at Llanddewi Brefi was adjudged to the Rev. John Williams, Master of Ystradmeirig School, and Vicar of Nantmel, Radnorshire. Ten Guineas were awarded to the Rev. Richard Evans, Vicar of Llanbadarn-fawr, Cardiganshire, for his Eight Sermons, preached eight Sundays subsequent to Easter-day, in the year 1807. The Easter Premiums to the Scholars of the Licensed Grammar-schools in the diocese, were adjudged as follows: To John Hughes, of Ystradmeirig, aged 19 years. To John Barker, of Caermar then, aged 17. To John Davies, of Brecknock, aged 19. PREMIUMS FOR THE YEAR 1808. 1. A Premium of Ten Guineas will be given for the best Summary of Whitby on the Five Points. 2. Also a Premium of Ten Guineas for the best Essay on Elocution, as it regards the delivery of Sermons, and the Performance of Public Prayer. N. B. The Dissertations must be delivered in to the Rev. Mr. Barker, at the Vicarage, Caermarthen, on or before the 1st of May, 1808, with the names of the writers inclosed in a sealed paper, marked on the outside with the motto which is prefixed to the Dissertation. 3. A Premium of Twenty Shillings worth of Books will be given to the best proficients in the Recitation of Sermons, among the Divinity Scholars of the licensed Grammar Schools in the diocese. 4. A Premium of Twenty Shillings worth of Books will be given for the best composition in the form of a Sermon, to the same scholars. N. B. These two premiums to be decided at the same time, and by the same judges as are appointed for the Easter Exami nations. 5. A Premium of Twenty Shillings worth of Books will be To James Evans, Haverford- given to the best proficient at the west, aged 15. |