An Address to Deists The Equanimity of a true Christian......Kirwan. 29 The Consolation to be derived from Christianity. The Deathbed Comfort of a Christian..... Logan. 35 108769 Danger of deferring Repentance On the Creation of the World.......................... ....Blair. 86 The fatherly Goodness of God.... .Irving. 88 On the Instability of earthly Things......Hervey. 90 The World and the Gospel contrasted...Kirwan. 92 The worldly minded Man...........Miss H. More. 95 On Resignation to the Will of Providence. On the too eager Pursuit of worldly Things. Of Self-Deception, and the Danger of it..Johnson. 105 Reflections on Evening and on Autumn...Alison. 110 Reflections on the Return of Spring.................Alison. 116 The Congregation of the Wicked sufficient to The Advantages of early Piety..... Tillotson. 120 The Faculties of Human Nature, and their Per- The Mutability of Human Life.............Logan. 132 Page On the Origin and Prevalence of Calumny..Sterne. 138 On the Fleetness of Life Insufficiency of earthly Possessions On Prayer... On Pride.... Rennell. 146 Bacon. 147 Blair. 150 Irving. 152 ....Kirke White. 154 ·Anonymous. 158 Utility to Man of the Power of Habit. Character of Christian Charity Bishop Horsley. 160 The Advantage of acquiring Knowledge...Alison. 168 The proper Use of Knowledge.... ...Alison. 171 The Advantage to Youth from the Society of old Age.... Hewlett. 175 The mere Profession of Christianity not suffi cient..... Anonymous. 177 The Invisibility of God no Argument against his Existence........ Paley. 178 Wealth not productive of a proportionate Degree of Enjoyment................. Jeremy Taylor. 182 Reliance on the Deity the best Source of Patience and Fortitude......... .......Sterne. 186 The Wisdom of persevering in our active Duties. Sir Henry Wellwood. 199 PART II. Tales, Allegories, &c.. MORAL AND SERIOUS.. THE Hermit of the Athyras Margaret... Kirke White. 193 ...Anonymous. 200 The Vision of Theodore........ ..Johnson. 204 Superstition and Religion............Mrs. Carter. 221 Knowledge not necessarily productive of Happi ness Goldsmith. 228 Page A Mother's Funeral ........................... On our Passage through Life. Anonymous. 234 A Reverie. Miss Talbot. 240 The proper Employment of Time........................Addison. 246 The Law of Amasis The Adventure of Obidah.. ..Abercromby. 252 Pride not made for Man... The Sailor's Widow Alcander and Septimius The Vision of Carazan..... Johnson. 261 Addison. 266 .Anonymous. 270 Goldsmith. 277 ........Hawkesworth. 283 The handsome and the deformed Leg...Franklin. 288 The Wonders of the Microscope..........Addison. 291 The History of Abouzaid, the Son of Morad. The Trial of Melancholy.. Johnson. 296 .Kirke White. 301 .Anonymous. 308 The Danger of Indulgence of the Imagination. Miss Talbot. 323 Asem, an Eastern Tale; or, The Wisdom of Hacho, King of Lapland; or, The Danger of Luxury.... T. Warton. 377 ELEGANT EXTRACTS. PART I. Religious, Moral, and Preceptive. OUR ON THE GOODNESS OF THE DEITY. UR great Lord and Master has taught us, that "there is none good but one, that is God:" by which expression we may understand, that there is none so perfectly disinterested, so diffusively and so astonishingly good, as God is. For, in another place, he instructs us both how to comprehend, and rely on, this unchangeable and never-failing attribute of the divine nature; resembling it to, or representing it by, a human quality or virtue, namely, the affection and tender regard of parents to their children. "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father, which is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him!" From whence it is obvious to remark, that as the humane and generous man has a peculiar tenderness for his more immediate descendants, and, proportionally to his power and influVOL. I. B |