O! WOMAN! were it not for thee, With all thy frailties still about thee, THE CHURCH. BY WILLIAM RAY, ESQ. A Pure and holy is the source, Whence thy stream, O Zion, rose; See majestic in its course, Regions vast it overflows, Fertilizing, like the Nile, Barreu continent and isle. Angel-ministers attend- On its flow'ry margins meetHeavenly-choral anthems blend, (Music ravishingly sweet) With a Saviour's voice divine, Turning all its floods to wine. Ho, ye thirsty, gather round, Christ, the Bishop of our souls, As the billows of the deep; "Ev'ry creature go and teach, Lo the Church of Christ appears Life dispensing as she goes, By the power of boundless grace- TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. To make room for the interesting Biographical Sketches of all the principal commanders engaged in the existing war between Spain and France, we are obliged to omit the continuation in this number, of "Sophia, or the Girl of the Pine Woods," together with several other miscellaneous articles of interest, which shall appear in our next. J****m is premature. It is not our intention to interfere, at present, with the affairs of the grand lodge of the state of New-York; and far be it from us to "fan the embers" of discord, or to blow its coals into a flame. "A Royal Arch Mason," will please to excuse us in the rejection of his communicatior, inasmuch as it infringes upon several of the LANDMARKS Of the chapter. Thespian," on the Park Theatre, is entirely without interest to any but a few lovers of the drama, in the city of New-York. 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