May 22. 1852.] 



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that year, however, seems to have been the exact 

 period when the Brethren deemed it advisable, to 

 avoid scandal, to revise and prune their hymn- 

 book. 



" In this part (especially) of our hymn-book," 

 says the Preface, " a good deal of liberty has been 

 taken in dispensing with what otherwise is cus- 

 tomary ' and ornamental : and that for different 

 reasons." Then follow these three reasons : the 

 hymns being printed in prose, to save room ; the 

 retention of German diminutives which, although 

 scarcely known in the English tongue, " have a 

 certain elegance and effect" in the former lan- 

 guage; and the use of "more antique, prosaic, 

 and less polished diction, out of tenderness for the 

 main point, the expressing more faithfully the 

 doctrines of the congregation, rather than seek 

 better at the expense of the sense." 



" So much," continues the Preface, " seemed proper 

 to mention to exempt this Book (which though calcu- 

 lated for our own congregation, will no doubt come 

 into the hands of strangers) from the imputation of a 

 needless singularity. Now we only wish that every 

 Reader may also feel something of that solid and happy 

 Bottom, from whence these free, familiar, and perhaps 

 abrupt Aspirations, both in the composing and using 

 of them, do sparkle forth : And so we commit this 

 Third Part of our Hymn-book to the Providence 

 and Blessing of that dear Redeemer, who with his 

 Ever-blessed Atonement, is everywhere the subject 

 thereof." 



As to the hyrnns themselves, I need say little 

 more to describe them than to observe that the 

 present edition contains not only the one quoted 

 by P. H. from the Oxford Magazine, but all the 

 others which are there to be found, and which 

 have raised a doubt in your correspondent's mind 

 whether they are not rather the fabrications of 

 Anti-Moravians than genuine productions, and at 

 the periods In use among the Brethren. Here, too, 

 is to be found the " Chicken Blessed" of Anstey : 

 In his Bath Guide he correctly quotes it as 

 " No. 33. In Count Zinzendorf 's Hymn-book,"— 

 that being Its position In the present volume. The 

 satirist has, however, given only half of "the 

 learned Moravian's ode," but that faithfully. Be- 

 sides these there are some of the hymns enume- 

 rated by Rimius in his Candid Narrative of the 

 Hernhuters (London, 1753), In support of his 

 charges against them. 



Probably your readers are content with the 

 specimens which have already appeared in your 

 columns. Had It been otherwise, this curious 

 volume would have supplied some of a singular 

 character : as It Is, I cannot resist extracting 

 No. 77. and a part of No. 110. ;, the former relating 

 an adventure between the Arch-Enemy and Saint 

 Martin ; tlie latter, " Concerning the happy little 

 Birds In the Cross's-air, or In the Atmosphere of 

 the Corpse of Jesus : " 



" Once on a time a man there was, 

 A saint whose name was Martin, 

 Concerning whom, Severus says, 

 Satan came to him darting 

 As Lightning quick and bright array'd; 

 ' I am thy Jesus dear,' he said, 

 ' Me thou wilt surely worship.' 



" Martin looks straight towards his side. 

 No Side-hole met his vision : 

 ' Let me," says he, ' in Peace abide, 

 Thou hast no side's Incision ; 

 Thou art the Devil, my Good Friend ! 

 The place where Jesus' sign does stand 

 Blindfold I could discover.' 



"^The same's the case ev'n at this Day 

 With Jesu's congregation : 

 For Larks who round his Body play. 

 Have of his wounds sensation ; 

 Because our dear incarnate God, 

 "Will with his wounds as man be view'd, 

 Be felt, and so believ'd on." 



" How does a cross-air Bird behave. 

 When of the Tent it will take leave ? 

 The Body grows a little sick, 

 The soul may find it long or quick 

 Till she the Bridegroom see ; 

 There stands he presently. 

 She views the Side, Hands, Feet, each Part ; 

 The Lamb upon her weary Heart 



A kiss then gives her : 

 This kiss Extracts the soul quite out. 

 And on his dear Mouth home 'tis brought. 

 The Kiss's Print the Body shews, 

 Which to its Fining-place then goes : 

 When done the Soul does fetch it, 

 And to the wound-hole snatch it." 



Parts I. and II. of these hymns I have never 

 seen ; but besides the above described, I have the 

 following editions: A Collection of Hymns of the 

 Children of God, in all Ages from the beginning 

 till now : in Two Parts. Designed chiefly for the 

 use of the Congregations in union with the Brethren's 

 Church. Thick 8vo. London, printed in the year 

 1754 : this Is the larger hymn-book alluded to 

 by Sigma. A Collection of Hymns, chiefly ex- 

 tracted from the larger Hymn-book of the Brethren! s 

 Congregation: London, printed and sold at the 

 Brethren's chapels, 1769, — noticed by H. C. B. 

 These are both extraordinary productions, but 

 yield to the edition of 1748 : it having already 

 been observed of these hymns, that the later im- 

 pression Is alway the tamer. J. O. 



CAGOTS. 



(Vol. Iv., p. 190.) 



I arrive at the conclusion, that the CacosI of 

 Latin writers, Cacous, or Cagous, represent the 



