A short view of New-England's present || Levis est dolor, qui capere consilium potest, The following extract from the above work, giving an account of the public worship in Boston, 12 years after its settlement, is made without any alteration from the original. The publique worship is in as faire a meeting house as they can provide, wherein, in most places, they have beene at great charges. Every Sabbath or Lords day, they come together at Boston, by wringing of a bell, about nine of the clock or before. The Pastor begins with solemn prayer continuing abont a quarter of an houre. The Teacher then readeth and expoundeth a chapter; Then a Psalme is sung, which ever one of the ruling Elders dictates. After that the Pastor preacheth a Sermon, and sometimes extempore exhorts. Then the Teacher concludes with a prayer and a blessing. Any one, though not of the Church, may, in Boston, come in and see the Sacrament administered if he will: But none of any Church in the Country may receive the Sacrament there, without leave of the congregation, for which purpose he comes to one of the ruling Elders, who propounds his name to the congregation, before they goe to the Sacrament. He About two in the after-noone, they repaire to the meeting-house againe; and then the Pastor begins as before noone, and a Psalme being sung, the Teacher makes a Sermon. was wont, when I came first, to reade and expound a Chapter also before his Sermon in the afternoon. After and before his Sermon, he prayeth. After that ensues Baptisme, if there be any, which is done, by either Pastor or Teacher, in the Deacons seate, the most eminent place in the Church, next under the Elders seate. The Pastor most commonly makes a speech or exhortation to the Church, and parents concerning Baptisme, and then prayeth before and after. It is done by washing or sprinkling. One of the parents being of the Church, the child may be baptized, and the Baptisme is into the name of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost. No sureties are required. Once a month is a Sacrament of the Lords Supper, whereof notice is given usually a fortnight before, and then all others departing save the Church, which is a great deale lesse in number than those that goe away, they receive the Sacrament, the Ministers and ruling Elders sitting at the Table, the rest in their seats, or upon forms: All cannot see the Minister consecrating, unlesse they stand up, and make a narrow shift. The one of the teaching Elders prayes before, and blesseth, and consecrates the Bread and Wine, according to the words of Institution; the other prays after the receiving ble relation of all the particulars from some of the of all the members; and next Com Which ended, follows the contribution, one of the Deacons saying, * Once I stood without of the doores, and looked inand saw the administration: Besides, I have had credi members. Brethren of the congregation, now || Lectures in divers townes, and in there is time left for contribution, Boston, upon Thursdayes, when Mawherefore as God has prospered ster Colton teacheth out of the Revyou, so freely offer. Upon some elation. There are dayes of fasting, extraordinary occasions, as building thanksgiving, and prayers upon ocand repairing of Churches or meet-casions, but no holy dayes, except ing-houses, or other necessities, the the Sunday.* Ministers presse a liberall contribu- In some Churches, nothing is tion, with effectual exhortations out read on the first day of the weeke, of Scripture. The Magistrates andor Lords day, but a Psalme dictated chiefe Gentlemen first, and then the before or after the Sermon, as at Elders, and all the congregation of Hingham; there is no catechising men, and most of them that are not of children or others in any Church, of the Church, all single persons, (except in Concord Church, and in widows, and women in absence of other places, of those admitted, in their husbands, come up one after their receiving:) the reason given another one way, and bring their by some is, because when people offerings to the Deacon at his seate, come to be admitted, the Church and put it into a box of wood for the hath tryall of their knowledge, faith purpose, if it bee money or papers; and repentance, and they want a diif it be any other chattle, they set it rect Scripture for Ministers cateor lay it downe before the Deacons, chizing; As if, Goe teach all nations, and so pass another way to their and Traine up a childe in the way he seats againe. This contribution is should goe, did not reach to Minisof money, or papers, promising so ters catechizings. But, God be much money: I have seene a faire thanked, the generall Court was so gilt cup with a cover, offered there wise, in June last, as to enjoyn, or by one, which is still used at the take some course for such catechizCommunion. Which moneys, and ing, as I am informed, but know not goods the Deacons dispose towards the way laid down in particular, the maintenance of the Ministers, it should be done. and the poore of the Church, and the Churches occasions, without making account, ordinarily. But in Salem Church, those onely that are of the Church, offer in publique; the rest are required to give to the Ministerie, by collection, at their houses. At some other places they make a rate upon every man, as well within, as not of the Church, residing with them, towards the Churches occasions; and others are beholding, now and then, to the generall Court, to study wayes to enforce the maintenance of the Ministerie. This done, then followes admission of members, or hearing matters of offence, or other things, sometimes till it be very late. If they have time, after this is sung a Psalme and then the Pastor concludeth with a Prayer and a blessing. Upon the week dayes, there are how They call the dayes of the weeke, * And why not set fasting dayes and times, and set feasts, as well as set Synods in the Reformed Churches? And why not set holy dayes as well as the fifth of November, and the days of Parim among the Jews. Be sides, the commemoration of the blessed and heavenly mysteries of our ever blessed Saviour, and the good ex amples and piety of the Saints? What time is there for the moderate recreation of youth and servants, but after divine services on most of those dayes, secing that upon the Sunday it is justly held unlawfull? And sure, enough, at New-England, the Masters will and must hold their servants to their labour more than in other Countries well planted is needfull; therefore I think even they should do well to admit of some Holy dayes too, as not a few of the wiser sort among them hold ne cessary and expedient. Whereas in England every Sunday are read in publique, Chapters and Psalmes in every Church, be◄ sides the Commandements, Epistle and Gospell, the Creed and other good formes and catechizings, and besides what is read upon Holy dayes and other dayes both in the parish, and Cathedrall and Collegiat Churches, and in the Universities, and other Chapels, the benefit whereof, doubtlesse, all wise men will acknowledge to be exceeding great, as well as publique preaching and expounding. ticularly, one Master Martin for say ing in argumentation, that their Church Covenant was an humane invention, and that they will not leave till it came to the swords point, was fined ten pounds, his cow taken and sold for the money. A Minister standing upon his Ministery, as of the Church of England, and arguing against their Covenant, and becing elected by some of Weymouth to be their Minister, was compelled to recant some words; one that made the election, and got hands to the paper, was fined ten pounds, and thereupon speaking a few crosse words, five pound more, and payed it downe presently; Another of them for saying one of the Ministers of the Bay was a Brownist, or had a Brownisticall head, and for a supposed lie, was whipt: and all these by the generall or quarter Civill Courts. beginning at the first, second, third, || fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh, which is Saturday: the moneths begin at March, by the names of the first, second, and so fourth to the twelfth, which is February: because they would avoid all memory of heathenish and idols names: And surely it is good to overthrow heathenisme by all good wayes and meanes.But there hath not been any sent forth by any Church to learne the Natives language, or to instruct them in the Religion; First, because they say they have not to do with them being without, unlesse they come to heare and learn English.Secondly, some say out of Rev. 15. last, it is not probable that any nation more can be converted, til the calling of the Jews; till the seven plagues finished none was able to enter into the Temple, that is, the Christian Church, and the seventh Viall is not yet poured forth, and God knowes when it will bee. Thirdly, because all Churches among them are equall, and all Officers equall, and so betweenene many, nothing is done that way. They must all therefore equal-ferred to Dr. J. G. Coffin, who bely beare the blame; for indeede I gins the new series, under his edihumbly conceive that by their prin- torial management, on Tuesday ciples, no Nation can or could ever be converted. Therefore, if so, by their principles how can any Nation be governed? They have nothing to excuse themselves in this point of not labouring with the Indians to instruct them, but their want of a staple trade, and other businesses.taking them up. And it is true, this may excuse a tanto. The "Medical Intelligencer," a valuable periodical of our city, and commenced some time since, by Dr. J. V. C. Smith, has been trans next. The elegant Corinthian Hall, in Mr Cunningham's noble building, at the corner of Federal and Milk streets, was opened, on Tuesday evening last, by Mons. Labasse, as a Dancing Assembly. Two of the three captors of major Andre, are now living, and enJoy pensions from the government. They are Messrs. Van Wart and David Williams; the latter aged 72. allowing Churches a Covenaut of Reformation tending to the better ordering and well-being of themselves, and for other politique respects, this is as much as they at Of late some Churches are of opinion, that any may be admitted to Church-fellowship, that are not extremely ignorant or scandalous:but this they are not very forward to practice, except at Newbury. Besides, many good people scruple New-England can justly make of their Covenant, and their Church Covenant, so highly tearmed by the most of them, a part of the Covenant of grace; and par †The Covenant of Grace of the New Testament, it is true makes the whole universall Church of Christ, and every part thereof, or at least beloageth thereunto: but some that are judicious among themselves have acknowledged it: And yet, even this, unlesse it be made and guided by good counsell, and held with dependance and concatenation upon some chiefe Church or Churches may tend to much division and confusion, as is obvious to the understanding of those that are but a little versed in study of these points BIOGRAPHICAL. at the time it was erected. The "Foster, while living, starry orbs explor'd, GENERAL BOLIVAR. One of the late numbers of the "Literary Cadet," gives a brief, but interesting history of the life of this eminent patriot and soldier. The facts, on which the ed JOHN FOSTER. According to Thomas's History, it appears, that the first book printed in Boston, was about forty-five years from the beginning of the settlement. The publisher of this work was John Foster, a native of Dorchester, and a graduate of Harvard College, of the class of 1667. Previous to this period, printing had been somewhat restricted and confined to Cambridge; at length government authorized Foster to set up a Press in Boston, under the inspec-itor rests his narration, appear to have tion as licensers, of Rev. Messrs. been taken from the writings of a distinThacher and Mather. Foster did guished Englishman, who resided several not understand the mechanical part years in South America, in a diplomatic of the business, but hired a journey-situation, and whose credibility is conman printer from the Cambridge sidered as undeniable. press, and commenced printing small tracts for himself and others. He also calculated and printed Almanacks. To his Almanack for 1681, he annexed an ingenious dissertation on the comets, seen at Boston in Nov. and Dec. 1680. He died at Dorchester, Sept. 9, 1691, aged 33, much regretted by his numerous friends and acquaintance. His grave stone bears the following INSCRIPTION. "Astra colis rivens, moriens super ae thera Foster Scande precor, coelum metiri disce supremum; Metior atque meum est, emit mihi dives Jesus, Nec tenior quicquam nisi grates solvere." Two poems, on the death of this amiable and ingenious young man, were printed during the course of 1681. One of them was written by Thomas Tillestone, of Dorchester, and the other by Joseph Capen, afterwards minister of Topsfield.The last concludes with the beautiful lines, given in News-Letter, pp. 127, as attached to an article, respecting Dr. Franklin, who is supposed to have borrowed the idea, which forms the ground work of his celebrated epitaph on himself, from them. The latin inscription on his grave stone, had a number of translations VOL. IP. We record the article on our pages the more readily, because some attempts have been made to him of those brilliant attributes of chartarnish his well-earned fame, and strip acter, for which he has been preeminently eulogized as the Washington of the Southern Hemisphere. "Envy will merit, as its shade pursue; "And like the shadow, prove the substance true." BOL SIMON BOLIVAR is a native of Caraceas, and was descended from an ancient Spanish family of some distinction, the originals of which, migrated to South America, early in the eighteenth century, and were warmly attached to the then reigning dynasty, which oppressed_the South-American provinces. IVAR was born the 17th of April, 1785, and early in his infancy displayed an acuteness of mind, and vivacity of imagination which indicated an ultimate life of greatness. The science of arms was his favorite study; and when he arrived at a proper age, he was sent to Madrid to obtain an education, which the limited literary resources of SouthAmerica, could not afford him. After completing his studies at Madrid, he visited France, England, Italy and Germany, and whilst travelling 14 and plunder, and that patriotism, or through those countries, he made great proficiency in his favourite study of the art of arms. In France, he beheld the effects of a spirit of revolution and the overthrow of the Bourbon family; he beheld a people struggling for liberty, and he caught the fire which the misguided followers of ROBESPIERE had emitted-he looked towards his native country-he beheld her sons groaning beneath the yoke of Spain, and he determined he would become her Liberator. Filled with a spirit of honorable ambition, he proceeded to Madrid, hoping that he could, before he undertook his dangerous project, prevail upon the despot of Spain to do something to relieve the sufferings of the South Americans; and it was whilst he was in that city, that he married the daughter of the Marquis of Ulstariz. Finding that FERDINAND was far from being disposed to meliorate the condition of the South-American subjects, BOLIVAR, in disgust, returned to his native country, and commenced the formation of those projects, which he ultimately carried into effect, and which eventuated in the eatablishment of liberty in regions bordering upon two oceans, and carried it triumphantly over the cloud cap'd summits of the towering Andes.The commencement of a scheme so pregnant with danger, and yet so sublime, required an Herculean mind, and a perseverance of purpose, which thus far, have only been founded against him, and resolved to conin those two illustrious individuals, BOLIVAR and WASHINGTON. Thus, for sometime, he remained a silent spectator to what was going on, till at length, being satisfied that if he waited for a favorable moment to commence his revolutionary career, years might be procrastinated and lost, he entered reluctantly into the service of MIRANDA, and at once laid the foundation of that enviable fame he now enjoys, and gathered those laurels which now encircle his heroic brow. At the commencement of his revolutionary operations, he had many dispiriting obstacles to contend with, but as he had commenced the glorious work of accomplishing the liberties of his countrymen, he smiled at the impediments which were rear quer or to die. Notwithstanding every confidence was placed in him, BOLIVAR arrived in South Ameri- by those who knew him best, he was ca about the time that General MI- suspected by some, and envied by RANDA arrived there with his expe- others, and basely traduced and vildition against Caraccas and Venez-ified by the few, whilst he was apuela; and as it had already been made known, that he was favourable to a revolution, he was invited to participate in the schemes of that desperate adventurer. But as he was convinced that the plans of MIRANDA were not sufficiently matured, and that the objects he had in view were confined to a thirs for rapine plauded, cherished, and encouraged by the many. Envy, that poison to repose, and the malice which grows out of rivalry, assailed him, and no effort was spared by his opposers, to make the South-Americans doubt the purity of his intentions. Among other things, which was calelated to dampen his patriotic |