not fly from society as a misanthrope, incapable of tasting its pleasures; but he has the courage to withdraw, and the fortitude to refrain, from all situations and all amusements, which are unsuited to his circumstances, or which must deprive him of "leisure to be good.' He is persuaded that Paley is right, in pronouncing re

i" Advice, addressed to the young Clergy of the Diocese of "Carlisle, in a sermon preached at a General Ordination at Rose"castle, July 29, 1781, by William Paley, A. M. Archdeacon of "Carlisle."

This short sermon contains the clearest and simplest exposition of the duties of young clergymen, that we have ever seen. It was recommended to our perusal by Paley's most intimate and valuáble friend, Dr. Law, Bishop of Elphin :

"And the first virtue (for so I will call it) which appears to me "of importance for this purpose, is frugality—if there be a situa"tion in the world, in which profusion is without excuse, it is that "of a young clergyman, who has little beside his profession to depend upon for his support. It is folly, it is ruin.—* * * * "The habit I would next recommend, as the foundation of almost "all other good ones, is retirement. Were I required to comprise my advice to young clergymen in one sentence, it should be in "this, learn to live alone. Half of your faults originate from the "want of this faculty. It is impatience of solitude, which car"ries you continually from your parishes, your home, and your "duty; makes you foremost in every party of pleasure, and place "of diversion; dissipates your thoughts, distracts your studies, "leads you into expense, keeps you in distress, puts you out of "humour with your profession, causes you to place yourself at "the head of some low company, or to fasten yourselves as despi"cable retainers to the house and society of the rich. Whatever may be the case with those, whose fortunes and opportunities can command a constant succession of company, in situations

tirement and economy to be the first virtues of a curate; those, without which they cannot long practise any others, or sustain independence, or preserve respect. A good curate has ample employment for his time and thoughts: he has the most important, and unremitting succession of duties to perform. It is his first duty to instruct his parishioners fully in the doctrines of the Christian religion; and to impress on their minds the belief, that the practice of moral virtue is essential to their salvation. Every means, which benevolent and prudent zeal can suggest to inculcate these plain doctrines, he assiduously employs.

The church service he reads in a distinct voice, and in an unaffected manner; when he preaches, he does not declaim to display his own eloquence, nor does he, to show his orthodoxy or his learning, quote tomes of casuistry, or discuss nice points of polemic dispute; he does not, by defending and proving what none of his parishioners would question or attack, suggest doubts and cavils to those, who are quiet and happy in the possession of undisturbed belief. His sermons are plain discourses, suited to the capacities, situation, and characters of his congregation. In his mode of preaching, he does not aim at the graces of an

"like onrs, to be able to pass our time with satisfaction alone, "and at home, is not only a preservative of character, but the very secret of happiness."

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orator; for he is aware, that in pulpit eloquence, the chief thing is to be thought in earnest. Being in earnest, he is sure to be thought so, and consequently secure of making a salutary impression upon the minds of his auditors: after listening to his sermons, they are better informed, and better disposed: he is rewarded, not by the vain celebrity of the day, but by the certainty, that he is of service to his flock. He does not, perhaps, hear his plain sermons quoted in the drawingrooms of the opulent, but he finds his intelligible instructions remembered in the cottages of the poor-and he is a man who does visit the poor, and his visits are always welcome; for if he cannot bring with him pecuniary relief, he ever brings kindness and consolation. He takes an interest in all the temporal as well as spiritual affairs of his parishioners, and by this honest sympathy he wins his way to their hearts, and to their confidence. He has it consequently in his power to suggest useful advice, and to render reproof efficacious. Our good curate is peculiarly attentive to the children of the poor; he does not content himself with hearing them on Sundays repeat by rote their catechisms, nor, if he keeps a school, does he confine his attention merely to the tasks of the day; but whenever he happens to meet his little pupils in their homes, at their plays, in those happy moments, when the heart of childhood is open to the warmest and

the best impressions, he seizes the opportunity to instruct, while he delights them. The little children come, and are never forbidden. Age, as well as youth, sees his approach with pleasure, and the feelings of misery are suspended whilst he is near. As far as he is able, he administers to the wants of the sick; he has some knowledge of medicine, and of surgery, so that upon sudden emergencies, he is able to counsel or assist; but he is no quack, no dabbler in medicine. Nor is he skilled in law; yet he knows enough of its evils, to warn his parishioners against law-suits, and enough of its salutary forms, to be able to settle equitably their trifling quarrels: enough too, in cases of emergency, to direct how to dispose of their property by will, without leaving behind them a source of vexatious litigation. His neighbours all look upon him as a peacemaker; yet he is no meddler in their families, no spy upon their actions or conversation; they resort to him for advice in all their affairs, and he gives it with affectionate sincerity. But his principal concern is to prepare them for another world: to console them for their misfortunes in this life, by pointing to a better; by the precepts of religion he sustains indigent virtue, sooths incurable disease, and charms agony with words of peace and hope. He does not despair, even where he meets with persons of vicious dispositions and refractory tempers; he hopes, that

truth and mild benevolence will in time have

power to persuade and convince.

To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard,

Wrapp'd in his crimes against the storm prepar'd;
But when the milder beams of mercy play,

He melts, and throws his cumbrous cloak away.

DRYDEN'S, from CHAUCER.

A curate so occupied, so intent upon his duties, and with duties so extensive, cannot probably have much leisure; but whatever time he has for reading or society, he devotes to the best books, and to the best company; to such his character will introduce him, and will ensure him its respect; and if his rector be a man of worth and talents, his friendship will be the necessary conse quence of the curate's merit. In all his conduct and manners he will show becoming deference and attention to his superior clergy, and he will conform to their regulations with cheerful and punctual obedience; he will thus recommend himself to the esteem and good will of his superiors, without practising any servile arts, to obtain their patronage, or to accelerate his own advancement.

There should be no difference between the mind and general conduct of a good rector and a good curate, except the distinction, which must necessarily arise from the rector's superior station and affluence. He will, in the first place, treat his curate as he, when a curate, wished to be