9. The predifpofition of our citizens to be affected by the remote and exciting caufes of the yellow fever, would be very much lef fened by their living sparingly upon fresh animal food and chiefly upon broth and fresh vegetables rendered favoury by fpices, and a fmall quantity of falted meat, during the fummer and autumnal months. A conftant attention fhould be paid at the fame time to bodily cleanliness.” ART. XVI. A Sermon preached in Chrift Church, and St. Peter's Philadelphia, May the 9th, 1-98; being the Day appointed by the Prefident, as a Day of Fafting, Humiliation, and Prayer, throughout the United States of North America. By James Abercrombie, A. M. one of the Affiftant Minifters of Chrift Church and St. Peter's. Published by Requeft. Philadelphia; Printed by John Ormrod, No. 41, Chefnut-ftreet. IN Na well-written Preface, the author informs the public, that this difcourfe, written but a very few days before it was delivered, and with no intention of its being ever committed to the prefs, is thrown on the candour of the public, with a full conviction that, in confideration of the aboverecited and other fimilar circumftances, it will be perufed with all that indulgence to which he hopes it will be thought entitled. Confcious of his not having had it in his power to pay that attention to his ftyle, and the arrangement of his fubject, which both the occafion, and a proper regard to his own reputation required, he ftrenuously refifted the folicitations first offered for its publication, and he would have perfevered in doing fo, had not the moft grofs and malevolent mifreprefentations of feveral fentiments made it indifpenfibly neceflary for him to appeal to the candour of the public. He now gives it to them with all its imperfections, not thinking himself, under exifting circumftances, at liberty to alter or amend it; at the fame time afferting his full conviction of the truth of the fentiments exprelled, and giving his affurances that he publishes them exactly as delivered from the pulpit, without the fuppreffion or flightest alteration of any one of them. The text is, Joel, chap. ii. ver. 15, 16, 17, 18, which is very judiciously explained, and then, being naturally led to it from the nature of his fubject, the author takes a fummary but interefting view of the prefent circumftances of his own country. And, forry are we to obferve, that on the teftimony of this as well as feveral other publications, thefe rifing states appear to be overrun either with fectaries to the destruction of peace, peace, harmony, and all the focial comforts of good neigh bourhood; or with fuch latidunarianifm as is equally deftructive of both religious principle and religious practice; or, finally, with modern French philofophy, which is more deftructive of the moral fenfe, as it has been called, and common honefty, than even avowed infidelity, when infidelity was contended to be a fpeculative thing. Mr. Abercrombie, if fometimes bold in his expoftulations, is no where violent. He addrees his countryman with that manly firmnefs, which becomes a chriftian preacher: his arguments are plain, but convincing, and fufficiently forcible, and his ftyle, though perhaps, not always, fo correct as longer ftudy might have rendered it, is no where mean, nor unworthy of a well-educated writer. How popular or unpopular he may be in the congregation to which he belongs, we have neither enquired nor been informed: but, though we, with every other man, as we fuppofe, who had the pleasure of being acquainted with him, fincerely lamented the death of the amiable man, whom we well remember once filled the Chair of Christ Church and St. Peters, with almoft unexampled eclat. We cannot fo belie our convictions as to condole with the congregation for having loft Mr. Duché, when, at the fame time, they have gained by Mr. Abercrombie (whom we at all know only as the author of this Sermon). As a fpecimen of his ftyle and manner, we transcribe the following paffage; felected for no other reafon than that it appears likely to be most interesting to British readers; and beaufe, alfo, it afferts a fact of great importance to both countries, to the certainty and truth of which it happens that we can ourselves bear teftimony. "The pen of faithful hiftory, and the memory of many now within thefe facred walls, muft trace with pleafing recollection, the purity and fimplicity of manners, the ardour and unanimity of political fentiments, and the zeal and fincerity of religious profeffion, which once prevailed among us. "By that great and illuftrious nation, from whom we derive our origin, we were nourished in the principles of true religion and vir tue; from her we imbibed thofe pure elements of political wifdom which, as far as the infant state of our country would admit, taught us to form our conftitution on the model of her own, juftly confidered, upon abstract principles, by the wifett politicians, the perfection of government; and without a firm and cordial connection with whom (pointed out by nature, from a fimilarity of language, laws, manners, and religion; and by expediency, from the fources of her ftrength) we may, perhaps, in the prefent exigency find it difficult to preferve our liberty and independence.” INDEX. A. A Darelles, poetical, to the French and nglish nations, 439. Abou Mandour, the father of light, 563. amours, 254. Antique Remains on the Heights of Affertion, fpecimen of one proper to be made in a French tribune, 544. 314-its baneful effects on fociety, Attjar, account of a pickle fo call- Bampton Lecture, usefulness of that in Banana-tree, defcription of, 564. Baron de Knigge, unmasked, proved to be an illuminé, democrat, &c. 554. Baptist Bookfeller, the honour of one, Baptift Minifter, the hypocrify of a, Belen (Cardinal) anecdotes of, 256. the the Sabbath makes no part of Chri- Blundell (Mr. Bryan) prefents his Ma- Bottiger Profeffor, his republican prin- British Navy, poetical compliment to, Burgetles, two defcriptions of, in Can- Burke (Edmund) vindicated from the on Mr. Malone, 387-his criticifms Charles de Rofenfeld, a novel, 575- Mary Hays, confifts in only obliging China, account of the state-religion Chinese at Batavia, account of, from Chriftianity, advantages of, to nations Cleeve (Mr.) entitled to public thanks Clergy, French, defence of the, by Clerical character degraded by can- Coinage (English) a confiderable ex- Collot D'Herbois, account of his death, Colnett (Captain) his means of pre- ferving the health of his crew, 412. Cora, the Virgin of the Sun, her cha Coun Counterfeiting of English money, how Custom, a barbarous one, that duelling D. Daniel, a Prophecy of, applied to infi- barous treatment on the road from various attacks, 84-87-their en- Domesday, defcription of the auto- Egypt, defcription of, by Sonnini, 558. Election of a French reprefentative at Elvira, the prostitute heroine of Kot- Encyclopedie, French, originally de- Epic poem, rules for its compofition, 120. Epigrams, on fand being mixed, the bread given to the Englith prifoners Equality, omitted in the French decla- Europe, intercourfe with, indifpenfably Exeter, Literary Society, its difputes Extract from Mr. Deafon's Sermons, F. Farms, the fuperior expediency of fmall Feudal tenants of Edward the Confeffor, Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun (def- Flodden- |