up into heaven, thou art there. If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day. The darkness and the light are both alike to thee."

Eternity thy fountain was,

Which, like thee, no beginning knew:
Thou wast ere time began its race,
Ere glow'd with stars the' ethereal blue.

Greatness unspeakable is thine;

Greatness, whose undiminish'd ray,

When short-lived worlds are lost, shall shine

When heaven and earth are fled away.

Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord,
Essential life's unbounded sea;

What lives and moves, lives by thy word;
It lives, and moves, and is from thee!

The simplicity and grandeur of the solar system must appear evident to the student. He has seen how infinite wisdom has arranged the planets in this system; and that their arrangement secures the whole from any possibility of coming in contact with each other: each planet, from century to century, shining in its own orbit, without disturbing or deranging the order and harmony of the whole.

As it is one great demonstration of the skill of an architect to give due proportions to his work; so we discover this proof of wisdom in all the bodies of the universe that come under our notice. They exhibit the most beautiful and curious order; and the most perfect proportions are observed in their situations.

The annual and diurnal motions of the planets fully demonstrate the agency of an all-wise and powerful Being, who created and governs the whole system of the universe, and "who upholdeth all things by the word of his power."

To give motion to such immense lifeless globes, is the work of an almighty Being. For what but infinite power could have projected such vast bodies as the

planets are, to move at the rate they do; and that from century to century? And who but an all-wise Being could have adjusted the projective to the gravitating power, or the centrifugal to the centripetal forces, so as to preserve each planet in its own orbit from century to century, without encroaching on the orbits of the other planets, or flying off or forsaking the system? It is evident that the divine energy pervades the whole universe, from an atom to a world.

The great regularity of the motions of every globe, is a demonstration that God is the grand mover; and that the whole system is every moment under his control and direction. PHILIP GARRETT.

HISTORICAL AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE HOLY LAND-No. I.

This country has in different ages been called by various names, which have been derived either from its inhabitants, or from the extraordinary circumstances attached to it. Thus in Jer. iv. 20, it is termed generally the land; and hence, both in the Old and New Testament, the original word, which is sometimes rendered earth, land, or country, is by the context in many places determined to mean the promised land of Israel: as in Josh. ii. 3-Matt. v. 5-Luke iv. 25. But the country occupied by the Israelites, Hebrews and Jews, is in the sacred volume more particularly called, I. The Land of Canaan, from Canaan the youngest son of Ham, and grandson of Noah, who settled here after the confusion of Babel, and divided the country among his eleven children. II. The Land of Promise, from the promise made by Jehovah to Abraham, that his posterity should inherit it; who being termed Hebrews, this region was thence called the Land of the Hebrews. III. The Land of Israel, from the Israelites, or posterity of Jacob having settled themselves there. Within this extent lay all the provinces or countries visited by Jesus Christ, except Egypt, and consequently almost all the places mentioned or referred to in the four gospels. After the separation of the ten tribes, that portion of the land which belonged to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, who formed a separate kingdom, was distinguished by the appellation of

Judea, or the land of Judah, which name the whole country retained during the existence of the second temple, and under the dominion of the Romans. IV. The Holy Land, which appellation is conferred on it by all christians, as having been hallowed by the presence, actions, miracles, discourses, and sufferings of Jesus Christ.

This celebrated mountain, near Kadesh in Galilee, where the territories of Issachar and Naphtali almost met,* stands west of Hermon, but on the other side of Jordan, and in the great plain of Jezreel. Josephus says, it is about four miles high, and on the top is a beautiful plain about three miles and a half in circumference, and inclosed with trees, except towards the south; but according to Maundrel, Thevenot, and Pocock, one may ride to the top, and it is little more than one mile and a half of ascent; and on the top is but half a mile long, and a quarter broad-It is supposed by some that since the time of Josephus an earthquake may have sunk it and altered its form. The mountain is in the form of a sugar loaf, and from its top is one of the most delightful prospects in the world. It was once surrounded by a

* See Joshua xix. 12, 22.

wall and trench. It was on this mount that Barak assembled his army, and at the foot of it defeated the host of Jabin.* On the top of this mountain, it was long thought our Saviour was transfigured out, it is so far distant from Cesarea-Philippi, where he was before and after, that it is now doubted by most people of judgment.

YOUNG LADIES' GARLAND.

ELIZABETH-MARY-LADY JANE GREY.

In reading the interesting history of England, it seems not a little striking to find living in the same country and at the same time, three of the most remarkable women that the world has ever seen-Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, and the Lady Jane Grey. Elizabeth, of England, is celebrated as one of the greatest sovereigns that ever filled the British throne. The beauty, the accomplishments, and the misfortunes of Mary, Queen of Scots, are a favorite theme of the historian and the poet-and the life of the Lady Jane Grey was never read by any person of feeling without the deepest interest. It is a natural and pleasing employment to compare together those who are held up by fame to the admiration of posterity. Let us then consider for a moment the character of the persons just mentioned, and award to whom it is justly due, the preference.

In Elizabeth we perceive a manly strength of mind; a firmness and decision of character; an acuteness in judgment, and prudence in execution, which excite our astonishment. Few are the monarchs who have promoted and secured, as well as this princess, the welfare of their subjects. But the brightness of these noble qualities is dimmed by the shade of others, which would render disgusting the most exalted character in other respects. Elizabeth was vain-she was jealous-she was cruel.

The character of Mary Stewart cannot be contemplated without a sensation of sorrow. Formed as she was by nature to taste the sweetest enjoyments of life

* Judges iv. 6-8,

and to be the source of comfort and gladness to all around her, it is melancholy to reflect on the evils and misfortunes of her life, and the bitterness of her unti:nely end. Unlike the Queen of England, her heart was mild and yielding, full of all the tenderness peculiar to her sex; and to this disposition we may naturally attribute many of her indiscretions. But whatever may be urged in her defence, the crimes with which she is charged, throw a deep shade upon her character.

We come now to a person who presents to the virtuous mind a most interesting subject of reflection. If ever there existed a human being, whose heart was pure from the depravity of our nature, and whose life was spotless, such was the Lady Jane Grey. Consider the beauty of person with which nature had endowed her -consider her age and station in life, and the manners of the time at which she lived-and, above all, consider the particular events of her life; and you cannot but assent to the assertion just made. There is another remarkable trait in her character; it is her love of learning, and the genius she displayed in its cultivation. It is no uncommon thing at the present day to hear of a learned female; but at the distance of almost three centuries past, it must excite our surprise. The Lady Jane received her education with Edward the Sixth, whose age was about the same with hers; and although this prince is celebrated by historians as a prodigy in literature, yet Mr. Hume tells us that "she seemed even to surpass him in acquiring every part of manly and polite literature." The reply which she made to a gentleman who found her reading Plato, while the rest of her family were engaged in hunting, exhibits a singular taste of mind, and a remarkable application to ancient learning. Thus fond of study, and endowed with such genius, her time was spent in pursuits pleasing to her

taste.

The melancholy end of so much innocence and worth, demands a pen more gifted than mine-but her eulogy is written in the heart of every one who has read her story. Who that thinks of her unhappy fate does not grieve at the folly and madness of ambition? She loved —she clung to the retirement of private life-she sought VOL. II.

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