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8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down,

From the field of his fame, fresh and gory: We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But left him alone with his glory.-Wolfe.

The "Burial of Sir John Moore" requires a low key, slow time, and long quantity.

LAST WORDS OF ROBERT EMMET.

1. If the spirits of the illustrious dead participate in the concerns and cares of those who were dear to them in this transitory life, O, ever dear and venerated shade of my departed father, look down with scrutiny upon the conduct of your suffering son; and see if I have, even for a moment, deviated from those principles of morality and patriotism which it was your care to instil into my youthful mind, and for which I am now to offer up my life.

2. My lords, you seem impatient for the sacrifice-the blood which you seek, is not congealed by the artificial terrors which surround your victim; it circulates warmly and unruffled, through the channels which God created for noble purposes, but which you are bent to destroy for purposes so grievous, that they cry to heaven. Be yet patient! I have but a few words more to say. I am going to my cold and silent grave-my lamp of life is nearly extinguished-my race is run-the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom !

3. I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world,—it is the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives, dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can do justice to my character. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.

The above extract is the concluding part of the speech of Robert Emmet, Esq., (a distinguished Irish orator and patriot,) before Lord Norbury, of England, on an indictment for high treason. He was condemned

before he was tried; and, under the combined influence of prejudice and tyranny, he was executed in the year 1803. The extract from his last speech, here given, requires quantity in its elocution.

LINES RELATING TO CURRAN'S DAUGHTER

TO WHOM EMMET WAS ENGAGED IN MARRIAGE.

1. She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,
And lovers around her are sighing;

But coldly she turns from their
gaze, and weeps,
For her heart in his grave is lying.

2. She sings the wild song of her dear native plains,
Every note which he lov'd awaking-

Ah little they think, who delight in her strains,
How the heart of the minstrel is breaking.

3. He had liv'd for his love-for his country he died;
They were all that to life had entwin'd him—
Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried,
Nor long will his love stay behind him.

4. Oh! make her a grave where the sunbeams rest, When they promise a glorious morrow;

They'll shine o'er her sleep like a smile from the west, From her own lov'd island of sorrow.-Moore.

These beautiful and pathetic lines were written by Thomas Moore, a celebrated Irish poet, in relation to Curran's daughter, to whom Robert Emmet was engaged in marriage. The fate of young Emmet produced "a deep impression on public sympathy," and especially on the heart of his betrothed. Irving says: "She wasted away in a slow and hopeless decline, and at length sank into the grave, the victim of a broken heart." The above lines should be read or recited on a very low key, with slow time, and long quantity.

THE TEMPERANCE REFORMATION, A HARBINGER OF THE MILLENNIUM.

1. Ages have gone by since the fact was revealed in the predictions of inspired men, that there shall ere long dawn

upon the church, while her residence is yet on the earth, a day of triumph and jubilee-a period in which her light and glory shall fill the world. To this period she has been looking forward amidst all the oppression, and darkness, and conflicts, to which she has been subject; keeping an eye out continually upon the signs of the times, to see if there were any thing that betokened the dawn of millennial glory. 2. In these later years there have been streaks of light seen purpling the distant horizon, and the light has been gradually increasing in brightness, until it is now with most christians no longer a question, whether it is not the beginning of that which will terminate in the "perfect day." No, it is not enthusiasm to imagine that we are standing at this moment on the margin of the latter day glory; and that the church will soon strike up, in loud and thrilling hosannas, her song of millennial joy.

3. Who that looks abroad upon the world and surveys the moral machinery that is now in operation, can doubt that we are fairly brought to this cheering and triumphant conclusion? And who that looks at the progress and present state of the temperance cause at the strength which it has gained in this nation, and which it is gaining in other nations, and at the increasing rapidity and majesty with which it moves forward-who can let his eye rest upon all this, without being full in the conviction that this very cause is at once a harbinger of the millennium, and destined to be one of the most efficient means of its introduction ?

4. That blessed period is to be characterised by the uni. versal prevalence of good order, of social happiness, of the influence of evangelical truth and piety. Say then whether the temperance cause can prevail without lending a mighty influence towards this glorious result? Take out of the world all the misery of which intemperance is either directly or indirectly the cause, and the change would be so great, that for a moment you would almost forget that the earth was still in any degree, laboring under the original

curse.

5. Take away all the vice and the crime with which in. temperance is identified or connected, and it would almost seem as if the "holy Jerusalem had descended out of hea. ven" to dwell with men. Limit your views to a single neigh.

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borhood or a single city, and suppose intemperance to be entirely banished, and imagine the greatness of the change; and then extend your views all over this great nation, and this wide world, and in each case suppose the temperance reformation to have become universal, and to have done its perfect work, and say whether its direct influence in bringing forward the millennium does not far exceed your most vivid conceptions.

6. But it exerts also an indirect influence towards the same result. One grand reason why the millennium is delayed, is that the church cannot command the means necessary for sending the gospel among all the nations. There is wealth enough in the world, but hitherto it has to a great extent been applied to other purposes than that of fulfilling the Redeemer's command to carry abroad his gospel; and one of these purposes has been to extend the triumphs of this demon Intemperance.

7. And now as the monster is becoming chained, he cannot to the same extent waste those treasures which God meant for the advancement of his cause; and as he becomes tame and powerless, and finally writhes in his last convulsions, he will leave to the church (not because he desires to do it, but because he cannot do otherwise) the almost boundless resources from which he has been accustomed to draw the means of his malignant triumph.

8. Men who were once drunkards, but have been reformed, instead of devoting their property to the work of selfdestruction, will consecrate it to the service and honor of the Redeemer. Talents and influence too, which had been worse than lost, will be reclaimed for the use of the church. Who will not say, 66 success, honor, glory, to a cause which is to result, which has already resulted in such wonderful achievements!”

9. Christians, is it not part of almost every prayer you offer, that God will soon open upon the world the millennial day? Are you acting in consistency with your prayers, by lending your influence to help forward this glorious cause of moral improvement, which must prevail ere the millennium shall fully come? Are you exerting any influ ence, directly or remotely, to retard this cause? Do you make the poison, or do you use it, or do you sell it? Ne.

ver open your lips then to pray for the millennium. If the millennium should really come, it would ruin your business for ever!-Rev. Dr. Sprague.

These observations from the Rev. Dr. Sprague, of Albany, will be likely to convince every unprejudiced mind that the suppression of Intemperance must precede the approach of the millennium.

The noble cause of Temperance is greatly indebted for its prosperity to the philanthropic efforts of Edward C. Delevan, Esq., of Saratoga. That gentleman has for many years devoted himself and his fortune to its advancement. In the year 1839, he visited Europe, where he obtained much valuable information relating to the progress of the cause, and upon his return, he communicated it to his fellow citizens. Under the auspices of such men, with the blessing of God, the monster Intemperance, which has already been successfully assailed, will, ere long, it is devoutly hoped, be completely destroyed. May the eternal Deity write the great principles of Temperance upon every heart.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

1. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connented them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind, requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

2. We hold these truths to be self-evident :-that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;

3. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of govern ment becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

4. Prudence, indeed, will dictate, that governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly, all experience hath shown that

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