the prospect and hope of his being more extensively useful in the cause of our Redeemer, and particularly in that department of the Christian church in which we mostly rank. But while we act this disinterested part, it is with the just proviso and reserve, that we have first a suitable successor, at least in prospect. This is the ground of our first and renewed application to yourself: and as we cannot find a single dissenting voice, either in the church or congregation, we hope, dear Sir, you will make no difficulty to comply with our request.

March 24, 1793."

We return to the Juvenile Poems. One of these seems to have been written in allusion to his own religious exercises. It is founded on the passage of Scripture from which he received encouragement to put his trust in Christ.

PARDONING LOVE.

ISAIAH I: 18.

Involved in guilt, and near despair,

Depressed with shame, o'erwhelmed with tears;

To God I raised my humble prayer,

He scattered all my groundless fears.

He spake :-(for I, abandoned wretch,
Lay so estranged to power divine,
Omnipotence alone could reach}

This heart, or these deaf ears of mine-)

"Come, sinner, exercise thy thoughts;
Although thy crimes, of deepest dye,
Enormous follies, boundless faults,
May with the worst of rebels vie :

Grace shall abound much more than sin,
Thou shalt my pardoning mercy know,

Thy scarlet shall be white and clean,
Thy crimson guilt as wool or snow.

For thee, on Calvary, I died,

And bought thee pardon with my blood;
Look to a Saviour crucified,

And live, and know that I am God.

My strength shall equalize thy day,
My love shall sweeten every toil:
Follow thy Jesus-watch and pray,
Live to my praise-wait heaven awhile."

Ah, my dear Lord, and can it be !

Hast thou the wondrous ransom paid?
Can love like this extend to me?

O, 'tis an act of grace indeed!

Thou bleeding love! thou dying Lamb!
Prostrate beneath thy feet I fall;
Receive, receive me as I am :

I'm less than nothing-thou art ALL.

We close this chapter with two more specimens of the "Juvenile Poems," exhibiting a poetic taste of considerable merit:

A PASTORAL.

SONG 1:7,8.

"Thou object of my love!

Tell a poor wanderer where,
Amid the verdant pastures, move

Thy fleecy care:

Say, do they pass along,

Or lay them down in ease,
Where gentle zephyrs play among
The nodding trees?

Tell me, my Lord, the Lamb,

Ah! tell me where they feed!

Is it beside the curling stream,
Or fertile mead?

For why, why should I rove,

My thoughtless footsteps roam, As one who seeks another love, Another home?

Ye intervening hills,

Sink down! remove, ye rocks! That soon my laboring chariot wheels May find his flocks:

Ye neighboring shepherds, say,
And mitigate my pain,

Does my beloved pass this way,
Or drive his train?

Chirping through all the grove,
I hear the songsters' lays;
But still I mourn an absent love
In all my ways."

Then fall the fluent tears,

And sorrow sinks her head; When on a sudden he appears, And thus he said :

"My dove, my fairest one!

My sister, and my spouse!
Nor can thy lover leave his own,
Or break his vows.

Thee, my eternal choice,

I heard thee tell thy grief; Now let the broken heart rejoice, I've brought relief.

Beneath yon craggy rock,

On the ambrosial green,
Go, by the footsteps of the flock,
And bless the scene."

He healed her wounded soul,

He kissed away her tears; Ineffably his smiles control Her futile fears.

LOVE TO JESUS.

"Unto you that believe He is precious."

I love my precious Jesus' name,

How sweet and charming is the sound! I can but love thee, thou dear Lamb, O, what a Jesus I have found!

'Twas Jesus set my conscience free

From guilt, that painful, pond'rous load! Now he reveals himself to me,

And calls a worm a child of God.

'Tis he sustains me day by day:

He hath his gracious promise passed, To bear me o'er life's changing sea,

And land me safe in heaven at last.

And can I too much love his name?
Impossible! it cannot be :

Rather, dear Lord, I blush with shame,
I feel so little love to thee.

CHAPTER II.

Circumstances which led to his settlement in this country-the high sense which his brethren in England entertained of his character-arrival in Charleston, S. C. and marriage-preaching in Georgetown, S. C.-removal to New-York, and his afflictions there-removal to Bordentown, N. J.-his ordination-circular on infidelity-removal to Burlington, N. J.-received degree of D. D.-visit to the West in 1804-death of his eldest child.

THE circumstances which led to his settlement in this country, where his name will long be cherished with grateful remembrance, exhibit the high estimation in which he was held by his ministering brethren in England. The Rev. Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Furman, of Charleston, wrote for a young man of promise and character, to supply the church in Georgetown, S. C. The letter was read at a meeting of ministers, and all, with one voice, exclaimed, Staughton is the man.'

The following testimonials, which accompanied him to the land of his adoption, indicate the high moral and intellectual standing of our deceased friend and brother.

Extracts from Letters.

I.

From the Rev. Dr. Rippon, London, to the Rev. Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Furman, of South-Carolina.

"Rev. and dear Sir,

"London, July 18th, 1793.

"Your inquiry, concerning a Baptist minister for Georgetown, arrived at a time when one of our junior ministers is disposed to cross the Atlantic, and you have, in my opinion, described him in every respect, except his name,