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recitatives, and choruffes, are written in 
the full oratorio ityle; and the following, 
for their merit, cannot be too highly 
fpoken of, ** Think not in vain the pitying 
tear, isan elegant Soprano fong. a De- 
plore the fate of human kind,” is a ferious 
chorus, finely wrought in the minor key” 
of G.. The duetto “ Here fhall foft cha- 
rity repair,” I obferve hag lately been 
performed by Mr. Harrifon and Mr. Bar- 
tlemon, (the only part of the work 
which, I believe, has found its way into 
the mufical world) and which could not 
fail to give a favourable opinion of the 
work; efpecially when executed by fuch 
unrivalled talents, which thofe gentlemen 
are known to poflefs. ; 
«¢ Awake in high enraptur’d ftrain, 
Breathe louder yet, and yet again,” 
3s an animated air, well calculated to 
thew the extenfive powers of Mad. MARA, 
and in which the trumpet has a moit 
diftinguifhed part. This fong forms a 
prelude to the concluding chorus : 
‘¢ To hail the work, the full voice’d choir we 
ralic, 
And all uniting, fing Jehovah’s praife.” 
For grandeur and fublimity, this chorus 
may dare a comparifon with any thing; 
‘ancient or modern. It is conceived in a 
moft lofty ftyle, and clothed with pon- 
derous harmony, which at intervals is 
happily interrupted by a bold and {pirited 
fugue. 
As the parts approximate the end, they 
form a climax, which Handel would have 
been proud to‘own: 
There isacelerity which invariably at- 
tends the operations of genius. I recollect 
having been told, by the prefent celebrated 
Mr. Boyce, that his father from the time 
of his undertaking this work, finifhed it 
in ten days! It is difficult to conceive 
how a work foelaborate could be executed 
in fo fhort a time. 
finifhed, and ornamented with ingenious 
accompaniment, and the chorufles are 
conftruéted in eight and twelve parts: 
from my own knowledge of the fcore, it 
would take a ready hand near half the 
time to tranferibe it. Mr. Cradock very 
hand{fomely paid Dr. Boyce 300l. for fet- 
ting this ode to mufic, and I mention it 
to the credit of the mufician, that his 
rectitude would not permit, him to referve 
a copy for himfelf. Mr. Boyce has long 
wifhed to procure a tranfeript of it in ho- 
nour of his father, by which he would 
complete his colle€tion; but I believe no 
part has been tranfcribed, except the du- 
etto betore {poken of. : 
Lezccfler, Fam. 1799. 
pee 
Initial Capital Letters... fehovah. 
The fongs are highly ~ 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, “he 
iG anfwer to your correfpondent E. M. 
I beg leave to inform him, that the 
ufual mode in writing, of prefixing a ca- 
pital initial ietter to {ubftantive nouns, is 
inelegant ; and as a proot of my affertion, 
I refer him to the writings of twe men 
of oppofite opinions, but both men of 
great celebrity for their knowledge and 
learning; I mean the BisHor of Ro- 
CHESTER and JouHN Horne Tooke. 
M. E. 
To the Editor of the Montily Magazine. 
SIR, 
N order to reconcile the contradiction 
di fubfifting between the books of Ex- 
odus and Genetis, Mr. Simpfon propoies 
in your laft to change the ufual fignifi- 
cation of the words xame and known, 
into the collateral, or metaphorical ferfe 
of them, employed moftly in the poetical 
parts of {cripture. This proceeding is 
not very allowable: however, I will, for 
the prefent, admit the frequent ‘changes 
in the meaning of words, on which Mr. 
S. and alfo Mr. Wife infifts, but which 
tends to deftroy the authority of f{crip- 
tures. Let us then examine Mr. Simp- 
{on’s elucidation of the paflage, Ex.vi. 3. 
in his own terms, ‘* I appeared unte 
Abraham, unto Tiaac, and unto Jacob, 
by the name (or title of) God Almighty, 
but by the name (or title) Jehovah was I 
not known(or diftinguithed, or diftinguifh- 
ingly manifefed) to them.” 
Mr. Simpion adds, ‘ when I appeared to 
Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, I did not 
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then appropriate the name Jehovah as my 
diflinéiive tile from falfe Gods, and as the 
God of my people,-but 1 appropriated the 
appellation of God Almighty to thefe 
purpofes, under the Abrahamic difpen{a- 
tion.” If Mr. S. had attended to the 
numerous paffages quoted formerly from 
Genefis and Exodus, ae would furely 
have hefitated before he drew this conclu- 
fion. The only proper arguments to be 
adduced again his explanation, muft be 
taken froin fcripture; and many paflages 
yet remain, which appear contradi€tory to 
his {tatement. In Genefis, chap. ix. Feha- 
vah is declared to be the God of Shem, 
(the Father of all the children of Eber, 
chap.x.21.) 5:and it fs foretold, that he 
fhould abide amongit, or prefide over, 
Shem’s pofterity. ‘* And Noah faid, Biefled 
be Jehovah, the Godof Shem: Ged fhall 
enlarge Japheth ; and (but) he /hadl dewell 
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