them even in the language of hope, as having "departed in the true faith of Christ's holy name?" This sentence, isolated from its reference to a special case, might, perhaps, be so glossed over or explained away as to appear fraught with little or no mischief; but it must be borne in mind that it is a personal answer to a personal question; that it refers to two individuals named and described in the 'causes of complaint.' Regarded in this view, it is awful language for poor mortal man-so awful, that we feel pressed in spirit to denounce it. O! when we think of God's "uttermost" in contrast with man's narrow, starving, beggarly, bigoted restrictions; ought we not to cry out in adoring wonder, "The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, THE LORD knoweth them that are his !" True, the subject is not dropped without some attempt to qualify this fearful denunciation, by telling us, that such a course as is here sanctioned, implies "no presumptuous denial of the ultimate blessedness of the deceased." "We leave them," says he, "to their and our most merciful Judge, confident that He who knoweth what is in man will make all due allowances for the sins and errors of his creatures, whether they die within his Church, or without its pule !" What! Are those who die out of God's Church (for it is God's Church that is here spoken of)-are those who have no connexion with the Church purchased by Christ's blood, to be henceforth expectants of a glorious immortality, or, at all events, to lay the flattering unction to their souls, that their case is not hopeless. Is there a contingent eternity of blessedness, even, for those who have not departed hence in the Lord; who were never members of his body, or numbered with the faithful upon the earth? Yet this nonentity--this shadow of a shade--this microscopic hope, is all that can be given to the Moravian, the Presbyterian, the Wesleyan, or the Dissenter generally! Slave Trade.-A cautionary notice has been issued by Messrs. Zulueta & Co., of London, stating that they will refuse acceptance to all bills of exchange drawn upon them from Sierra Leone, or the African coast generally, as they cannot obtain any satisfactory opinion how far such a step might affect them with reference to the provisions of the 5th Geo. IV, cap. 113. It may, perhaps, be in the recollection of some of our readers that Mr. Zulueta was proceeded against, about a year ago, by the AntiSlavery Society, for his supposed connexion with the African slavetrade, but was nevertheless acquitted. Capt. Jennings, who commanded the vessel he had assisted in purchasing for him, and which was found hovering off the coast, with the usual equipments for the iniquitous traffic, is now out on bail; his trial in London, having been put off more than once, in consequence of the absence of a material witness. Egyptian antiquities.-A mummy was unrolled at Canterbury, on the 13th September last, the hieroglyphics upon which have been thus englished: 'Royal offering to Anup, attached to the embalment, that he may give wax, clothes, manifestation, all on altar, to go out in the West happy-that he may give air the warmest of breath for sake of Har, truth speaking, son of Unnefer, child of lady of the house Sahereneb. "Royal gift offered to Osiris, resident in the West-great godlord of the east, that he may give a good painted case in Nouteker. "O support Maut, mistress living Nutpe, great one rejoicing in Tetu, with thy mother, the Heaven over thee, by her name of extender of the Heaven, that she may make them to be with the god, annihilating thy enemies in thy name of a god, directing or suffusing with other things all giving great in her name of water-great her name of thy mother over thee, in her name * ✶✶ thee to be with the god annihilating thy enemies in thy name of a god; that she may suffuse, making * * * Har, son of Unnefer, truth-speaking born of the lady of the house, making Sahenneb.” We should like to see a second translation of this jargon into common sense; though it is interesting as furnishing a general idea of the tenor of mortuary inscriptions among the ancient Egyptians, and setting forth the name of the deceased, Har, the son of Unnefer and Sahereneb. But it is not very easy to ascertain how the etymology of these names has been settled, when we remember that the vowels, if expressed at all, are interchangeable in hieroglyphic writing, and that consequently the a, e, and u, may be each of them as correctly rendered by any other vowel. See our volume for 1842, p. 387. et seq. The inscriptions appear to be precatory, and are addressed severally to Anabis, the conductor of the souls of the dead to their resting place; to Osiris, the supreme judge, and to the goddess Nepte, of whom an engraving is given in our last year's volume, (p. 361.) The request made to Osiris is out of character; and that to Netpe, nonsensical; but sufficient is made out to satisfy us, that the Egyptians recognized a future state, and felt something of the powers of the world to come. Stopping the supplies-The Court of Common Council of London determined, on the 12th of December, to afford no pecuniary assistance towards the erection of the new free church in St. Giles'; it having been stated by Mr. Wire, that out of twelve churches to which the corporation had contributed, ten had become Puseyite, POETRY. THE MOTHER AND HER SICK CHILD. SLEEP on, my boy, and o'er thy fevered brow My child, my treasure! I have given thee up His child, above the blue and radiant sky: Perchance, in some fond hour, this heart may wish That I may watch thine opening character 45 Even thus of old a babe was offered up, Oh! it is bliss to live, even on earth-- S. E. P. THE LONELY ONE. Weary and friendless, child of grief, art thou, No gentle voice, amid thy loneliness, Breathes its sweet music; the world's festive throng, Without one passing glance at thy distress. Yet weep not mourner, for thy heart's deep love, Is linked to the bright, purer, world above; And hush the pensive murmuring strains that rise. H. M. W. THE WIDOW OF NAIN. (Luke viii. 11—16.) [Lines suggested by seeing a print of this subject.] Shall bear no memory of this sad day's gloom- Earth has trac'd lines of thought, and shades of care; And yet the God though veil'd, is radiant there: O! to have seen thee, but so lately weeping, Thy night scarce closing ere it turned to day : Like the still moonbeam through the stormy sky : What tender haste to stay the passing bier, What majesty of mercy shew'st thou here; -The God of grace unveil'd before our eyes! While the pale corpse recalled to earth, reveals "THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE" he feels! Jesus my Saviour though thou hast ascended, To thy high throne, of old prepared in heaven, Remember, how the sufferer thus befriended, Speaks peace to all for whom thy blood was given: And visit me in mercy, even me, MY RESURRection and MY LIFE to be! M. S. V. B. |