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pliitions ; comprehending the whole history of ci- 

 vilized man, all antiquity, in the retrospect, and 

 anticipating what thousands of years may produce. 

 Whatever alludes to Britain in this prospect ex- 

 presses what has been the fate of all other countries; 

 and it is lamentable for any, — but not less inevita- 

 ble. Has not the progress of Christianity been 

 from east to west ? So we are taught to trust it will 

 embrace the globe. She does not say Columbia is 

 the temple of freedom or science, but that it pro- 

 bably will be. Far indeed is she from descending 

 to the paltry speculations for which you give her 

 credit about the petty parties of the day, there or 

 elsewhere ! Now, my good friend, forget all party, 

 and be (not a false, but) a true Christian philoso- 

 pher ; take this excellent woman to your heart as 

 a congenial spirit ; for if you knew her as I do, I 

 will do you the justice to believe you would love 

 and admire her as much. My wife is copying two 

 productions of hers*, that abundantly evince her 



* Mrs. Barbauld's Hymn before mentioned. Long as it is 

 since it first appeared in print, the writer makes no apology for 

 inserting it at length in this place. 



HYMN. 



Jehovah reigns : let every nation hear, 



And at his footstool bow with holy fear ; 



Let heaven's high arches echo with his name, 



And the wide peopled earth his praise proclaim ; 

 Then send it down to hell's deep glooms resounding, 

 Through all her caves in dreadful murmurs sounding ! 



He rules with wide and absolute command 

 O'er the broad ocean and the steadfast land : 



