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her soul. The husband was at last made acquainted with these infamous proceedings, and went to the house of the priest to reproach him with them. During the altercation which ensued, Dousset made an attempt to stab M. Corbiere with a knife, but he escaped unhurt out of the house. As he was going away, the enraged priest took up a gun and fired at him. Again he escaped, the charge having only touched his coat. Another violent scene took place between them some short time after, and the paramour struck the husband a violent blow on the breast with an iron bar. M. Corbiere was immediately seized with phthisis, which he attributed to this injury, and soon after died. Dousset then conceived the following stratagem for securing to himself the whole of Madame Corbiere's fortune. He prevailed upon her to consent to marry his own father, a very aged man, to whom her property was to be made over, and which he, the priest, would inherit on his parent's death. But this plan could not be carried into execution until the legal term of her widowhood was expired. To overcome this difficulty, and the consequences which delay might produce, he made the two parties sign a mutual contract of marriage, under very heavy penalties. This was on the 5th March in last year, only a month after the death of M. Corbiere. He at the same time made each of them sign a bond for a sum, left in blank, to be paid to him, in case the mar riage should not be solemnized. This he afterwards filled up himself with a very large penalty. These transactions, on being made known, excited suspicion that M. Corbiere, the husband, had been poisoned, and the magistrates ordered an exhumation and autopsy of his body. No traces of poison could be discovered; but Dousset was indicted for an attempt to murder the deceased by the blow with the iron bar, and also for endeavouring by fraudulent means to deprive M. Vidal, the brother and heir of Madame Corbiere, of the property to which he would succeed on her death. After a long hearing, in which all the facts stated were fully investigated, the jury delivered a verdict declaring the

prisoner guilty of fraud, but acquitting him of the charge of attempting murder. The Court condemned him to close confinement, with labour, for eight years, and to be exposed on the pillory in the market-place of Montpellier. When this judgment was pronounced, Dousset spoke not a word, nor did he show the slightest emotion." "Galignani's Messenger."

AN HEBREW ANTHEM TAKEN FROM THE SERVICE FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE SABBATH. COME, my beloved to meet the bride; the presence of the Sabbath let us receive. Come, my beloved, and keep and remember (the Sabbath-day), both words did the one peculiar God cause us to hear, with one expression; the Eternal is a unity, and his name is unity; to him appertaineth renown, glory, and praise. Come, my beloved, &c. Come, let us go to meet the Sabbath-day, for it is the fountain of blessing; in the beginning of old was it appointed, for though last in creation, yet was it first in the design of God. Come, my beloved, &c.

O thou sanctuary of the king! O royal city! Arise and come forth from thy subversion; thou hast dwelt long enough in the abode of calamity, for he will now pity thee with kindness. Come, my beloved, &c.

Shake off the dust! Arise, O my people! and adorn thyself with thy beautiful attire; for by the hand of Jesse, the Bethlehemite, redemption draweth nigh to my soul. Come, my beloved, &c.

Rouse thyself; rouse thyself; "arise, shine, for thy light is come." Awake, awake, utter a song, "for the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." Come, my beloved, &c.

O be not ashamed, neither be confounded, O Jerusalem! "Why art thou cast down? Why art thou disquieted." In thee, the poor of my people shall take refuge, and the City, Jerusalem, shall be built on her own heap. Come, my beloved, &c.

They who spoil thee shall become a spoil, and they that swallow thee up shall be removed far away. Thy God will rejoice in thee as a bridegroom

rejoiceth in his bride. Come, my beloved, &c. On the right, and on the left, wilt thou be extended; and the Eternal wilt thou revere, through the means of a man, the descendant of Pharez, will we rejoice, and be glad. Come, my beloved, &c.

O come in peace, thou crown of thy husband. Also with joy and mirth in the midst of the beloved and faithful people. Enter, O bride. Come, my beloved, to meet the bride, the presence of the Sabbath let us receive.

ASTONISHING ACCURACY OF
THE BIBLE.

AN astonishing feature of the Word of God is, that notwithstanding the time at which its compositions were written, and the multitudes of the topics to which it alludes, there is not one physical error-not one assertion or allusion disproved by the progress

of modern science. None of those mistakes which the science of each succeeding age discovered in the books of the preceding; above all, none of those absurdites which modern astronomy indicates in such great numbers in the writings of the ancients-in their sacred codes, in their philosophy, and even in the finest pages of the fathers of the Church, not one of these errors is to be found in any of our sacred books. Nothing there will ever contradict that which, after so many ages, the investigations of the learned world have been able to reveal to us on the state of our globe, or on that of the heavens. Peruse with care our Scriptures, from one end to the other, to find there such spots; and while you apply yourselves to this examination, remember that it is a book which speaks of everything, which describes nature, which recites its creation, which tells us of the water, of the atmosphere, of the mountains, of the animals, and of the plants. It is a book which teaches us the first revolutions of the world, and which also foretels its last: it recounts them in the circumstantial language of history; it extols them in the sublimest strains of poetry, and it chants them in the charms of glowing song. It is a book which is full of oriental rapture, eleva

tion, variety, and boldness. It is a book which speaks of the heavenly and invisible world, while it also speaks of the earth and things visible. It is a book which nearly fifty writers, of every degree of cultivation, of every state, of every condition, and living through the course of fifteen hundred years, have concurred to make. It is a book which was written in the centre of Asia, in the sands of Arabia, and in the deserts of Judah; in the courts of the temple of the Jews, in the music schools of the prophets of Bethel and of Jericho, in the sumptuous palaces of Babylon, and on the idolatrous banks of Chebar; and finally, in the centre of the western civilization, in the midst of the Jews and of their ignorance, in the midst of polytheism and its idols, as also in the bosom of pantheism and of its sad philosophy. It is a book whose first writer had been forty years a pupil of the magicians of Egypt, in whose opinion the sun, the stars, and the elements were endowed, with intelligence, reacted on the elements, and governed the world hy a perpetual alluvium. It is a book whose first writer preceded, by more than nine hundred years, the most ancient philosophers of ancient Greece and Asia -the Thalesea, and the Pythagorases, the Zalucuses, the Xenophons, and the Confuciuses. It is a book which carries its narrations even to the hierarchies of angels-even to the most distant epoch of the future, and the glorious scenes of the last day. Well, search among its fifty authors, search among its sixty-six books, its 1189 chapters, its 31,173 verses, search for only one of those thousand errors which the ancients and the moderns committed, when they speak of the heavens or of the earth - of their revolutions, of the elements; search, but you will find none.-German of

Gaussen.

MISCELLANEOUS.

CHOICE OF ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS. Impelled by the ardour of juvenile feeling, and destitute of the weariness commonly acquired by a farther advance in the voyage of life, the young are little aware of the dangers which

arise from irreligious fellowships, the fatal rock against which many a goodly bark launched forth into the ocean of the world, by the hand of parental anxiety, and fraught with rich stores of knowledge and moral worth, has struck, and split, and sank to rise no more.

The cup of social pleasure which is not consecrated to virtue and to God, may sparkle in the view, and contain some ingredients which in the moment of participation, are peculiarly stimulating to the spirits, and agreeable to the taste;-but it is forgotten that it is nevertheless, an intoxicating and poisonous draught, which tends to undermine the moral constitution, and to produce the worst evils.

When apprised of their peril, youth are commonly disposed to think they are able at any time, either to secure a safe retreat from unholy companionship, or to withstand its pernicious influence. But it would be well to remember that however sincere their resolutions may be, it requires a far greater degree of fortitude, prudence, and stability of character, to guard effectually against the danger, than usually belongs to their period of life, and that few have ventured unbidden, and in the spirit of self confidence upon such an unequal contest, without giving in the sequel, melancholy proof of having overrated the strength of their moral principles -Muston.

A MOTHER'S LOVE.-There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart. It is neither to be chilled by selfishness, nor daunted by danger, nor weakened by worthlessness, nor stifled by ingratitude. She will sacrifice every comfort to his convenience; she will surrender every pleasure to his enjoyment; she will glory in his fame, and exult in his prosperity: and if adversity overtake him, he will be the dearer to her by misfortune; and if disgrace settle upon his name, she will still love and cherish him; and if all the world beside cast him off, she will be all the world to him.

THE DOOM OF POPERY.-When God shall arise in awful majesty to judge the world,-when he shall make inquisition for blood-where will Po

pery stand then? Will she dare to repeat her horrible doctrine that the blood of God's saints is of no more value than the blood of thieves, murderers, and robbers. God will teach her differently. God will teach her then, that the blood of his people cannot be shed with impunity; that as the blood of Abel cried aloud to God for vengeance, so the blood of his slaughtered servants calls, trumpettongued, to the Almighty, for judgment upon Rome. When God shall bare his arm and grasp the thunderbolts of his vengeance, where will Popery stand then? will she, can she, endure the power of the holy God? To whom then will she cry? To the blessed Virgin? She will rejoice over her downfall? To the saints? They will shout in a holy rapture of joy and praise to God, for bringing into judgment, the accursed system, which blasphemed his glorious majesty, and dishonoured their names. Will Peter save her? He and all the holy apostles and prophets are described in the Revelations as rejoicing over her. Will angels save her? No; the armies of heaven shall unite in one song of triumph: the vault of heaven shall ring with the triumphant shout, Halleluiah (Rev. xix. 1-3), and her smoke shall rise up for ever and ever.

ASCETICISM. The conduct of the ascetic often conceals under an assumed sanctity, the worst feelings of the heart. How frequently has it been made the cloak of covetousness and the subterfuge of pride!

Nor is religion less libelled by the churl who pours contempt upon the common civilities of life:-or by the pharisaical spirit, which under the pretence of superior purity, acts as though it would be contaminated by coming into ordinary contact with human nature.-Muston.

Books. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these invaluable means of communication are in reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us-give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are

the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am; no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling. If the sacred writers will enter and take up their abode under my roof; if Milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of paradise, and Shakspeare to open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings of the human heart, and Franklin to enrich me with his practical wisdom, I shall not pine for want of intellectual companionship, and I may become a cultivated man, though excluded from what is called the best society, in the place where I live,

HOLY EMULATION.

Every Christian's prayer ought to be the same as that of an apostolic Bishop of former days, who says, "I pray God that the time may be drawing near, when the strife between Christians will not be like that between the aspen and the poplar leaves, as to who shall rustle most and make most noise, but like the olive and the vine-trees, who shall yield most fatness and bear most fruit."

GOD'S RICHES OF PROVIDENCE.

He who fed his prophet by the ravens, made the widow's cruise to yield an unfailing supply, brought relief to a famishing city by the instrumentality of four leprous men, and so multiplied by his blessing a few loaves and fishes, that the multitude had enough and to spare, can never want resources for the fulfilment of all that he has promised.

CABINET.

REVERENCE the writings of holy men, but lodge not thy faith upon them, because but men; they are good posts but no fountains. Build on Paul himself no longer than he builds on Christ; if Peter renounce his Master, renounce Peter. The word of man may convince reason, but the Word of God alone can compel conscience.

The work of Heaven is not likely to be done by a tongue set on fire of hell. The fruits of the Spirit are like links in a chain-one draws on another.

He who acquires his learning at

the expense of his morals is the worse for his education.

POETRY.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

The two following Hymns were composed by Bishop Heber. We do not know that they have ever before been published:

LORD! whose love, in power excelling, Wash'd the leper's stains away, Jesus! from thy heavenly dwelling, Hear us, help us, when we pray. From the filth of vice and folly,

From infuriate passions' rage, Evil thoughts and hopes unholy,

Heedless youth and selfish age.

From the lusts whose deep pollutions Adam's ancient taint disclose, From the tempter's dark intrusions, Restless doubt and blind repose, From the miser's cursed treasure,

From the drunkard's jest obscene, From the world, its pomp and pleasure, Jesus! Master! make us clean.

Lord of mercy, and of might!
Of mankind the life and light!
Maker, teacher, infinite!

Jesus! hear and save!
Who, when sin's tremendous doom,
Gave creation to the tomb,
Did'st not scorn the Virgin's womb,
Jesus! hear and save.

Mighty monarch! Saviour mild!
Humbled to a mortal child,
Captive, beaten, bound, revil'd,
Jesus! hear and save.
Thron'd above celestial things,
Borne aloft on Angel's wings,
Lord of lords, and King of kings!
Jesus! hear and save!

Who shall yet return from high,
Robed in might and majesty,
Heed us! help us when we cry
Jesus! hear and save!

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NOTICES OF BOOKS. History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century. By J. H. MERLE D'AUBIGNE, D.D. A New Trans

lation, by HENRY BEVERIDGE, Esq., Advocate; with a portrait of Luther. Collins: Edinburgh and London.

VOLS. I., II., and III., are now before us, a new translation from the edition of 1842, and in which a translation of all the Latin notes and quotations is given.

This excellent work of D'Aubigné, is now brought out at so moderate a price as to secure for it a very extensive circulation. The more widely it is known and read, the better will Protestants be armed against the torrent of Popery, which now, like an inundation, threatens, if not resisted, to sweep down all before it.

High Treason.-The Trial of Archbishop Laud, in 1644, for traitorously endeavouring to subvert the Laws by arbitrary Government, and to reconcile the Church of England with the Church of Rome. Compiled from authorized records by the Rev. JOHN SPURGIN, Vicar of Hockham, Norfolk.-Pp. 101. Norwich: Muskett, Old Haymarket. London: L. and G. Seeley, 169, Fleet-street. ON reading this tract, which is well worthy the perusal of our readers, it is remarkable to observe how similar are the efforts which are now making, to those which were made by some, two centuries ago, to demolish the work of the Reformation, and build up again amongst us the errors and superstitious ceremonies of Rome. However such efforts may seem for a time successful, their plots will, sooner or later, recoil with terrific force, upon those who contrive them.

The Protestants of this country are not prepared for Popery, and though statesmen and theologians, taking advantage of their position, may seek to force it on them, they never can bring about a reconciliation between the Bible-reading people of this country, and the Romish apostasy.

INTELLIGENCE.

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION will be held (D.V.) in the Large Hall, EXETER HALL, on WEDNES

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WALES. A short time since, we stated that it was intended to introduce into the Principality several priests from Britanny, as the Breton and Welsh languages have a great affinity. Three priests have lately been imported, and it is expected that others will soon follow.

IRELAND.-Reformation in Dublin.-We never witnessed such a mass of human beings within the walls of a Church, as we beheld in Saint Audoen's on Sunday, March 1; and have never seen a more attentive or silent congregation, though some men even fainted by reason of the heat and pressure. Whatever inconvenience the people might have suffered from these circumstances, they were amply repaid by witnessing the interesting ceremony of one priest of the Church of Rome, the Rev. William Davock, and ten other respectable persons, formally and publicly abjuring the errors of Romanism, and embracing the Protestant faith-the ancient and primitive faith of the Church of Ireland, before it was corrupted by the

human and modern inventions of the Italian creed. The Rev. Thomas Scott preached on the sacred occasion on the subject of the Atonement.Dublin Statesman.

FOREIGN.-Constantinople.-The Armenian Patriarch has pronounced

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