Wendescans, Mazaracians, Gora Hans, Hanacians, Copanie zars, and Czechs. Most of these reside in the mountainous parts; are of robust constitutions, and capable of supporting the fatigues of military duty. Their whole number is estimated at 14,115,071. The Sclavonians of the List of New Publications. PRECIOUS Truth; or, some points in gospel doctrine vindicated in a series of letters addressed to Christians of every denomination. By Rev. John Anderson. To which is added, "The stone rolled away," a Bermon. Pittsburgh. Zadok Cramer. An Inaugural Öration, delivered at the Author's Installation, as Boylston, professor of rhetoric and oratory, at Harvard university, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. By John Quincy Adams. Boston, 1806. Munroe and Francis. A discourse, occasioned by the death of Thomas Allen, jun. Esq. one of the representatives of the town of Pittsfield in the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who died in Boston, March 22, 1806. By Thomas Allen, A. 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By Andrew Fuller 2 vols. 8vo. The works of Dr. Isaae Watts, (being the last of the practical works) 8vo. with a newly written life of the author prefixed. Installation. Ox the 19th of June, the Rev. James P. Wilson was installed pastor of the first Presbyterian Congrega tion in Philadelphia. The Rev. James Boyd of Newtown presided on the occasion; the Rev. Doctor William M. Tennent of Abington preached the sermon, and the Rev. Jona than Freeman of Bridgtown delivered the charge to the minister and people. :::: Dbituary. We are sorry to hear of the death of that celebrated and useful traveller, MUNGO PARK; to whom the civilized world is indebted for much important knowledge of the interior of Africa, and from whom we hoped to have received a valuable addition to his former discoveries. We announced to our readers some time since, that this traveller had entered, the beginning of this year, on a second tour of discoveries into Africa. It appears from the public journals and papers, that in March, 1805, he landed at, Goree, whence he proceeded, accompanied by 35 soldiers, under the command of a lieutenant, to Fatatenda, on the river Gambia; whence, after making the necessary arrangements, he proceeded to the nearest point on the river Niger, on the banks of which it was his intention to encamp during the rainy season, and then to explore the course of the riv er. One man of his party had died before he left Fatatenda, which was about the middle of April. Account since received state, that Mr. Park and his party penetrated about 1500 miles into the interior of Africa, to Sago, a walled city, considered the largest in Africa; where the king, after he had shown them the curiosities of the place, ordered them to be cruelly and brutally murdered. The account of this melancholy affair was brought by some traders, who have arrived at Rio Pongus. It is feared this event, should it prove true, will damp the ardor for making discoveries in this part of the world. We announce, with regret, the death of the Rev. MATTHIAS BURNET, D. D. of Norwalk, Connecticut, a worthy minister of Jesus Christ. In this town, on the 20th inst. RICHARD SMITH, a respectable religious character, and a deacon of the Second Baptist Church. He attended public worship on the Sabbath,. and died in the evening Poetry. THE BUTTERFLY. BY. MRS. STEELE. PRETTY vagrant of the air, Summer's day, from youth to age, TO CORRESPONDENTS. To give room for the interesting life of Mr. Tennent, we have been oblig ed to discontinue, for this number, the life of Luther, and to omit several communications prepared for insertion. We invite the particular attention of our readers to a piece on Religious Sincerity, inserted in this number, which is from the pen of a highly respected foreign correspondent. Z. will accept our thanks for his seasonable, pious, and useful thoughts, excited by the late eclipse. We wish an carly communication of the remain'der for the next number. PASTOR'S Survey of the Churches, No. 3, shall, if possible, appear in our next number. We are happy, after so long silence, to hear again from our esteemed and able correspondent, CONSTANS. We hope soon to gratify our readers with his seventh Letter to a Brother. IMPARTIALITY is received. It is our pleasure to gratify our friends and correspondents in all cases consistent with the nature of our work, especially where the honour of American literature is concerned. We readily admit, with our correspondent, that the Review in the Anthology, referred to, and several others in that work, deserve severe censure, as being without correct taste, and indicating not only strong prejudices against the genius and literature of our country, but in other respects a very bad spirit. But as it is our fixed determination to avoid filling our consecrated pages with angry and fruitless controversy on any subjects, our correspondent, we presume, will readily excuse us in declining his request, and in advising him to seek another and more appropriate channel for his communication. The wishes of his friend can be better fulfilled by us in a different way. We have on our files, reviews of a number of sermons lately preached, and of other recent publications, which shall appear, as fast as the pages in that department of our work will admit them. AGENTS FOR THE PANOPLIST. Messrs. CUSHING & APPLETON, Salem; THOMAS & WHIPPLE, Newbury. port; W. BUTLER, Northampton; WHITING & BACKUS, Albany; GEORGE RICHARDS, Utica; COLLINS & PERKINS, New York; W. P. FARRAND Philadelphia; ISAAC BEERS & Co. New Haven, O. D. Cook, Hartford: BENJAMIN CUMMINS, Windsor, Vt.; JOSEPH CUSHING, Amherst, N. H.; Mr. DAVIS, Hanover, N. H.; Rev. ALVAN HYDE, Lee, Me.; J. KENNE DY, Alexandria. OR, THE CHRISTIAN'S ARMORY. No. 15.] AUGUST, 1806. [VOL. II. No. 3. Biography. LIFE OF THE REV. WILLIAM TENNENT. (Concluded from p. 67.) WHEN the late Rev. George Whitefield was last in this country, Mr. Tennent paid him a visit as he was passing through New Jersey. Mr. Whitefield and a number of other clergymen, among whom was Mr. Tennent, were invited to dinner by a gentleman in the neighbourhood where the late Mr. William Livingston, since governor of New Jersey, resided, and who, with several other lay gentlemen, were among the guests. After dinner, in the course of an easy and pleasant conversation, Mr. Whitefield adverted to the difficulties attending the gospel ministry, arising from the small success with which their labours were crowned. He greatly lamented, that all their zeal, activity and fervour availed but little; said that he was weary with the burdens and fatigues of the day; declared his great consolation was, that in a short time his work would be done, when he should depart and be with Christ; that the prospect of a speedy deliverVol. II. No. 3. ance had supported his spirits, or that he should, before now, have sunk under his labour. He then appealed to the ministers around him, if it were not their great comfort that they should soon go to rest. They generally assented, excepting Mr. Tennent, who sat next to Mr. Whitefield in silence; and by his countenance discovered but little pleasure in the conversation. On which, Mr. Whitefield turning to him, and tapping him on the knee, said, "Well! brother Tennent, you are the oldest man amongst us, do you not rejoice to think, that your time is so near at hand, when you will be called home and freed from all the difficulties attending this chequered scene?" Mr. T. bluntly answered, "I have no wish about it." Mr. W. pressed him again; and Mr. T. again answered, "No Sir, it is no pleasure to me at all, and if you knew your duty, it would be none to you. I have nothing to do with death; my business is to live as long as I can-as well as I can-and to serve my Lord and Master as faithfully as I can, until he shall think proper to call me home." Mr. W. still urged for an explicit answer to his question, in case the time of death were left to his own choice. Mr. Tennent replied, "I have no choice about it; I am God's servant, and have engaged to do his business, as long as he pleases to continue me therein. But now, brother, let me ask you a question. What do you think I would say, if I was to send my man Tom into the field to plough; and if at noon I should go to the field, and find him lounging under a tree, and complaining," Master, the sun is very hot, and the ploughing hard and difficult, I am tired and weary of the work you have appointed me, and am overdone with the heat and burden of the day: do master let me return home and be discharged from this hard service?" What would I say? Why, that he was an idle, lazy fellow; that it was his business to do the work that I had appointed him, until I, the proper judge, should think fit to call him home. Or, suppose you had hired a man to serve you faithfully for a given time in a particular service, and he should, without any reason on your part, and before he had performed half his service, become weary of it, and upon every occasion be expressing a wish to be discharged, or placed in other circumstances? Would you not call him a wicked and slothful servant, and unworthy of the privileges of your employ?" The mild, pleasant, and Christian like manner, in which this reproof was administered, rather increased the social harmony and edifying conversation of the company; who became satisfied that it was very possible to err, even in desiring, with undue earnestness, "to depart and be with Christ," which in itself is "far better" than to remain in this imperfect state; and that it is the duty of the Christian in this respect to say, "All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come." Among Mr. Tennent's qualifications, none were more conspicuous than his activity both of body and mind. He hated and despised sloth. He was almost always in action-never wearied in well doing, nor in serving his friends. His integrity and independence of spirit were observable on the slightest acquaintance. He was so great a lover of truth, that he could not bear the least aberation from it, even in a joke. He was remarkable for his candour and liberality of sentiment, with regard to those, who differed from him in opinion. His hospitality and domestic enjoyments were even proverbial. His public spirit was always conspicuous, and his attachment to what he thought the best interests of his country, was ardent and inflexible. He took an early and decided part with his country in the commencement of the late revolutionary war. ******** About the latter end of February, or beginning of March, 1777, Mr. Tennent was suddenly seized with a fever, attended by violent symptoms. He sent for his family physician, who was in the act of setting off for the legislature of the state, of which he was a member. He |
