CVI.** THE CHURCH'S PARISH MINISTERS.

STILL, as I turn thy monumental page,

Loved Church, it binds affection's chords to see,
Not less in virtue, though of less degree,
Thy WORTHIES of the humble PARSONAGE,
Thy HOOKERS, HERBERTS, of a simpler age:

How mid their charge, from worldly follies free,

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They ate their bread in peace and privacy,"

Rich in true wealth, in solid wisdom sage.
Hark, as in thought I trace each hallow'd ground,

Soft whispers greet me from the sainted dead:
"Stewards of Christ, and on his service bound,
To train his flock for heaven, we hither fled;
Here sought our bliss; and here through mercy found,
That bliss still harbor'd, where his service led.

CVII.** THE CHURCH'S PEOPLE.

AND well it likes me, in thy bygone days
To see thy PEOPLE's sober footsteps press,
Leagued in one bond of peace and holiness,
The path of penitence, and pray'r, and praise.
Not theirs, with itching ear and curious gaze,

To scan the chance wayfarer's crude address,
Less apt the spirit's wanderings to repress,
Than fitful dreams and groundless raptures raise.
But theirs, their pastor's teaching, line on line;

God's word digested well; the mystic feast Full oft enjoy'd; each stated rite divine :

:

Thus WALTON, EVELYN, NELSON, once were blest;

Learn'd wisdom in communion none but thine,

And in thy bosom found their Saviour's rest.

Ken, and White, afterwards refused to withdraw their allegiance from James II. and were deprived.

CVIII. GOD THE PRESERVER OF HIS

CHURCH.

A SOUND is in the trees and on the flood!

The wind is up; it lifts the waters high,
As if to battle with the eternal sky,

And from its roots to tear the ancient wood.
But there is ONE, the Powerful and the Good,
Who sits above the storm with wakeful eye,
Prompt, if need be, with voice of sovereignty
To speak, as once Tiberias' waves he strew'd
With "Peace, be still!"-Yea, Lord, if aught of ill
Thy Church assail, her griefs thy care engage;
Safe stands she, founded on thy holy hill:

Thou canst the tempest's fearful roar assuage, Tumultuous noise! and more tumultuous still, Lash'd into storm the maddening people's rage.

CIX. TO THE READER.

READER, if aught, these Musings brief comprise, May quell a judgment harsh, or wish unkind, For my lov'd Mother-Church; and in thy mind, Bid thoughts more just, and kindlier feelings rise: Deem them not air-born baseless fantasies!

Scan her by God's own word, and thou shalt find, The more thou scann'st, thy spirit more inclin'd Her name to venerate, her worth to prize. To thee the search a rich return may bear

Of sacred lore, and aspirations raise

Which the earth owns not: nor shalt thou not share
The grateful sense, which, ah! too scantly, pays
Blessings conferr'd with thanksgiving and prayer
"Peace to our Sion, to our God be praise!"

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REV. CHARLES B. TAYLER.

Mark Wilton, the Merchant's Clerk.

Mr. Tayler has written many admirable works, but none better calculated to do good than the one before us. In the character of Mark Wilton we behold the young man of weak moral principle, easily seduced into temptation and sin; his whole life presenting varying changes from evil to good, from sin to penitence; and in the character of his fellow-clerk, one firm in Christian principle, and proof against the fascinating allurements and wholesale temptations of the world. It should be read by every clerk in our great cities.

Scenes in a Clergyman's Life.

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Lady Mary; or, Not of the World.

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Margaret; or, The Pearl.

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