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the society it was determined to alter the constitution, in such a manner as to provide for the creation of a permanent fund. This object was deemned important to the stability and usefulness of the institution, and well calculated to ensure, ultimately, a regular supply to the wants of an establishment which, to be efficient, must receive a constant support. It was accordingly provided, that every person who should contribute a sum not less

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payment should thereby be entitled to the privilege of a member during life; and that the sums received for life subscriptions should form a permanent fund, of which the interest only should be used. And by a resolution of the board of managers, subsequently passed, it was determined to add the interest of the said fund to the principal, un til the income should amount to $150 per annum. All sums paid in by auxiliary societies, as life subscriptions of their members, are also added to this fund.

"Five life subscriptions were immediately received, and these, with the sums paid into that fund by auxiliary societies, as hereafter mentioned, amount, with interést thereon, to the sum of three hundred and fifty-one dollars and fifty-three cents. A foundation is thus laid for the lasting utility of our society, and we trust that all those whose means are adequate will not neglect the opportunity of increasing this fund, which will continue to provide for the spiritual wants of our land, when the benevolent hearts, and open hands of the givers, shall have mouldered into dust. When thus contributing to such an object, we surmount the power of time, and death itself cannot obstract the continuation of our bounty and usefulness.

"The annual sermon for the benefit of the society was preached in St. Paul's chapel on the 12th of December last, by the Rev. Mr. Wainwright; upon which occasion a collection was made of 285 dollars.

"In the course of the ensuing month the board had the satisfaction of receiving the accession of a new 'auxiliary, in the Female Missionary Society of St. Paul's chapel, which has already given testimony of its efficiency and zeal, by the payment, during the year, into our

treasury, of one hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-six cents, of which the sum of ninety-five dollars has been appropriated to the permanent fund."

The missionary association of St. John's chapel, whose formation was announced in our last report, has liberally contributed to our funds the sum of 150 dollars, of which 80 dollars has been placed to the credit of the permanent fund.

****Our valuable auxiliary, the Female Missionary Society of St. Stephen's church, in this city, has this year contributed to our disposable fund the of 131 dollars.

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**“An association of the ladies of Grace church, in this city, auxiliary to our society, has also rendered us a most important assistance, in a contribution of three hundred and sixty-four dollars, paid this day into our treasury. This liberal donation, the collection of the current year, shows the importance of parochial associations, and the zeal and industry of those engaged in that of Grace church.

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which have not yet organized similar societies, will be animated with the same zeal, and aid in like manner to extend the inestimable blessings and privileges of the church of Christ.

"The whole receipts of the last year, together with the small balance in the treasury at the date of the last report, amount to $1923 26, of which $351 53 has been placed in the permanent fund. The sum of $1000 has been paid to the order of the bishop of the diocess, towards the support of missionaries in various parts of the state. The contingent expenses amount to $106 92 leaving a balance in the treasury of $464 80.

"If your board of managers could have collected their outstanding subcriptions for the past year, and the previous, arrearages, they would have been highly gratified in contributing further to the missionary service. The funds this year, at the disposal of the bishop and committee for propagating the gospel, have not enabled them to extend the salaries of the missionaries to an average exceeding $125; and even this slender pittance cannot be continued if your bounty is withdrawn or withheld."

From the Churchman's Magazine, Jan. 1823. Society Lands in Vermont.

WE are indebted to a friend for the following account of the lands claimed by the episcopal church in Vermont : The "Society Lands" were originally granted by the WENTWORTHS, the 'colonial governors of New-Hampshire, to the society in England for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, out of the tract of country lying between Mason's Patent and the then co lony of New-York; and comprehending the present state of Vermont, and the three western counties of NewHampshire. This territory, lying on both sides of the Connecticut river, was mostly surveyed and granted before the revolution, under the administration of the Wentworths, who, being strongly attached to the established church of England, reserved, in every township they granted, among other public rights, a lot of three hundred acres for the use of the society in Eng

land. The revolution coming on before this tract of country was generally settled, and the church falling into disgrace under the new order of things, these lots were of course neglected, and were soon disposed of for various purposes, by the new authorities. When Vermont was made a state, and the Connecticut river became the boundary line between it and New-Hampshire, a part of these lands fell of course into the latter state, and the rest into the former. Those in New-Hampshire were, several years ago, conveyed by the society in England, to certain trustees in this country, and have been sued for before the federal court, recovered, and are now in the hands of the incorporated board of trustees for donations to the Protestant Episcopal Church.— Those in Vermont, about the year 1795, were appropriated by an act of the Le gislature for the support of schools in the several towns where they lay. But, about ten years since, a conveyance of these lands was obtained from the society in England to trustees in the state, and the suit was commenced, in 1820, before the federal circuit court for their recovery, and carried up to the supreme court at Washington, where it was heard at the last session, but their decision was held over to their next term in the coming February.

The principal claim set up by the state to these lands is, that, as they were not in the actual possession of the society in England at the time of the revolution, they became, after that event, liable to seizure and confiscation. On the other hand, it was pleaded that the treaty of peace, in 1783, and the subsequent treaty of Greenville, secured to British subjects the right of reclaiming their property in this country. The claims of the church were advocated by Mr. Hopkinson, of Philadelphia-those of the state by Mr. Webster, of Boston, The decision of the court will probably be made known in February next.

Of the value of the lands sued for, it is impossible to form any accurate conjecture. Grants were made of about 120 townships before the revolution, and 300 acres in each township, of greater or less value, were made over to the society.

To the Editor of the Christian Journal.
SIR,

ANECDOTES of literary men are always interesting to the scholar. The following one I send you for insertion in the "Journal," provided you deem it worthy of preservation. It was related to me by a clergyman of our church, who was an intimate friend of the late Mr. Pentycross, while they were together at the University of Cambridge, in England.

Anecdotes.

SAM. CRELLIUS was a Socinian, and leader of that party. The endless mercy of our Lord was also manifest in him. He not only rejoiced to see his daughters bow their knees to the crucified [Saviour,] but he himself, turning to that Lord, called upon him as his Lord and his God: and found, at the latter end of his life, no consolation but in the atonement by the blood of Jesus, and wished that all his books could die with him.This has been testified not only by his daughters, but by all who were with him before his end. Latrobe's Hist. of Un. Breth. p. 201, note.

When Mr. Pentycross was a boy at school, he was strongly attached to a young lady in the vicinity. His teacher, being acquainted with the circumstance, and knowing him to possess poetical talents, remarked to him one dayThe famous painter Raphael, being "Pentycross, Collins has written an blamed for making the face of St. Peter Ode on the Passions, and, what is in a picture toò red, said, that he had strange, has left out a description of the done so on purpose, that he might remaster passion: can you not supply the present the apostle blushing in heaven defect?" From this request originated to see what successors he had on earth. the additional stanza which is subjoined. It will be remembered, that in the original ode, Collins only mentions the presence of Love :

The Whisper from the Grave.

The last gleam of day glimmer'd faint on the bill; The breeze of the evening was dewy and still; “And Love with Mirth danced a gay fantastic As I pensively sat on a turf-covered grave. The streamlet its border did ripplingly lave,

round."

An additional stanza to Collins' Ode on the
Passions, by the Rev. Mr. Penlycross.
Another sweetly pallid maid was there,
Of downcast, melting eye;

Her head alternate o'er each shoulder laid,
Herbosom orb'd by many a deep drawn sigh.
Love was her name.
She touch'd the strings,

But thought the while on other things;
And desultory as she play'd,
"Dear sweetest swain," full oft she said,
"Dear sweetest swain, for who:n I pine,
Would mine thou wert, and I were thine."
She started, sigh'd, and talk'd alone;

And, ever as she said,

"Dear sweetest swain," her looks were motionless as stone.

It cannot but be noticed that the au

thor has very beautifully represented Love as a female, and not like the Cupid of the ancients.

Whether these lines have ever before been published I do not know: I have never seen them in print: nor do I know whether the anecdote respecting their origin has ever before been made public. I remain, &c.

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"Alas! that the hero should ravage the plain, Or tinge the green tide with the blood of the slain;

The craven shall rest by the side of the brave, And the brand of the chieftain shall rust in the grave.

"Alas! that the niggard should covet a store,
And delve for the vein of the perishing ore;

The glitter of treasures unceasingly crave,
But forget that the casket is found in the grave.

"Alas! that the children of strife and debate
Should bicker for trifles, and mortally hate:
Their querulous claims the same sentence shall

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Of fashion, the lovely but mutable slave!

Prepare!' is the warning that comes from the pendicular front of 900 feet in length up on cob work, and presenting a per

grave.

"O son of Festivity, madly enjoy

The cups that betray, and the pleasures that cloy;

In revels nocturnal inebriate rave!

and 30 in height. From this cob work rafters are laid up the stream, 70 feet in length; and the whole is closely planked and covered with gravel to the depth of

But ah! the remonstrance will come from the from five to twelve feet. At the east end

grave.

"Ye friends, in the league of affection sincere, That share in a smile and partake in a tear! The wheel of existence rolls quick round the [grave. And its course is direct to the brink of the

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"Tis sooth, by your hand to be tenderly press'd, And sooth, by your lip to be fondly caress'd; But the path that with jewels so precious ye

pave,

Allures by a lustre that leads to the grave.

"Would you hear of a love that, shall never decay?

Would you witness a transport without an allay?
There is that hath suffer'd immortals to save,
And gilded with glory the gloom of the grave.
"The 'smitten of God,' and 'acquainted with
grief,

Who felt for the widow, and pitied the thief;
Who hung on the cross, and was laid in the cave,
Will teach you, will bless you, will raise from
the grave."

On the ins ant, to cheer and illumine the scene,
The moon from a cloud burst in splendour se-

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of the dam is the feeder, to conduct the water into the canal, about half a mile distant. The water is let into the feeder by means of a guard lock of great strength. When we saw it, the water, current. The whole body of this mighty was running into the feeder with a rapid river is thus piled to the height of 30 feet above the common level: and here the grand division takes place, one portion tumbling over this immense pile of timber, in an unbroken sheet of 900 feet in length, dashing on the rocks below with a violence that creates a surface white as snow, and a noise that completely stuns the ear: but at length, resuming its composure and serenity, winding its way down its natural channel to the ocean at New-York; while the other portion glides peacefully and silently through an artificial river into Lake Champlain, from thence through its outlet into the St. Lawrence, and finally, passing under the towering wall of Quebec, mixes with the Atlantic.The distance between New-York and Quebec is not less than 400 miles; and yet the waters of the Hudson, which AT some future period, when the great were intended by nature to discharge work shall be completed, we hope to re- themselves at the former place, are by cord in our Journal a description of the the perseverance of human industry, northern and western canals now, to the turned from their destined course, and infinite honor of the state, and of those made to traverse this long and unnatuwho projected, and have been engaged ral distance, to find a resting place in in conducting the stupendous undertak- the bosom of the ocean, in the frigid ing, drawing to a close. In the mean regions of the north.” time we insert, from the Lake George Watchman, the following account of the great dam erected across the Hudson river at Fort Edward, and not far from the place where the unfortunate Miss M'Crea met her untimely fate in the revolutionary war.

rene;

And while its dark volume asunder she clave,
I recorded the Whisper that came from the

Grave.

Christian Guardian.]

The Great Dam.

J. W. M.

Episcopal Acts.

ON Wednesday, January 15th, 1823, in St. John's Chapel, New-York, the Right Rev. Bishop Hobart admitted the Rev. Benjamin Dorr, deacon, minister of Trinity church, Lansingburgh, Rensselaer county, and Grace church, Waterford, Saratoga county, to the holy order of priests.

"This dam is situated about a quarter of mile above the village of Fort Edward, and about two miles below Baker's Falls at Sandy Hill. The river at this place is about 300 yards wide, enclosed in high banks. The dam is in At a special ordination held at St. a straight line across the river. The Philip's church, Charleston, South-Calower side is built of heavy timber, laid rolina, on Friday, 17th January, 1823,

tor of St. Mark's church, Mantua.

Mr. Mellish J. Motte, of that city, was of the Rev. JAMES MONTGOMERY, admitted, by the Right Rev. Bishop Bowen, to the holy order of deacons. Morning prayers were read by the Rev. *Allston Gibbes, assistant minister, and an appropriate discourse delivered by the Rev. Dr. Gadsden, rector of St. Philip's church.

At a special ordination held in St. Mi-. chael's church, Bristol, Rhode Island, on the 1st of January, 1823, being the festival of the Circumcision, the Right Rev. the bishop of the Eastern Diocess admitted Mr. Lot Jones to the holy or'der of deacons. Divine service was performed by the Rev. Professor Adams, and an address suitable to the occasion delivered by the bishop.

On Sunday, the 27th of October, 1822, the Rev. Seth B. Paddock, of Norwich, was admitted to priests' orders, in St. Peter's church, Cheshire, Connecticut, by the Right Rey. Bishop Brownell.

On Sunday, the 22d of December, 1822, the Rev. Joseph Jaquett, minister of St. James's Bristol, Pennsylvania, was admitted to the holy order of priests in St. James's church, Philadelphia, by the Right Rev. Bishop White.

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The highest consolation which can possibly be enjoyed under the bereavement of relations and friends, and one calculated not only to dispel murmuring, but to assuage and soften grief, is the conviction, on proper grounds, of their having passed into the abodes of happiness. This consolation is allowed, eminently, to the surviving relations of the lady whose death is recorded above. If having entered at an early age the paths of piety, and pursued those paths upon the principles of the gospel, exhibiting their influence without ostentation or parade in her own character, sentiments, and deportment, and in the various situations of life as child, sister, wife, and parent ; if having carried the power of Christian prin ciple into all the lesser details of life, and exhibited on all occasions its consistency; if having evinced, under a sickness of many months continuance, and of the most painful and excruciating character, the most submissive patience, and having met her dissolution not only without fear, but in the midst of calm devotion, and with a composure so sweet, that the sleep of death appeared but the slumber of nature; if such a life, and such an end, afford proper foundation upon which to rest the hope of future happiness, this heavy dispensation of divine providence must be greatly alleviated to her afflicted relatives. They have, indeed, been separated from one whose character and virtues, whose piety, intelligence, and prudence, rendered her highly adequate to communicate temporal felicity; but the separa tion has occurred under circumstances which teach them "to sorrow not as those without hope," and which ensure to them a reunion hereafter in a state of undivided as well as eternal enjoyment.

To correspondents-The account of a young man desirous of holy orders, with the sermón by him, will appear in our number for March; as will also the explanation of Exodus vi. 3, by X.

We beg to inform our friends in Ohio, that we have not yet been favoured with a copy of the Journal of their last diocesan convention, and that the extracts we have seen from it are not so full as we could wish to record on our pages.-The Journal of the last Virginia convention has also not reached us.

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