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around mn * on the deck , the course of Divine Providence , with respect to him in tl ^ e year that was jus t completed , and how it had conducted Mm to that true peace of roind which he had sought in vain before . * I could call upon the whole world ,
* Praise Jehovah , all the world , Serve Jehovah with joy ! Come into his presence with rejoicing Confess that Jehovah is God . He has made us and we are his , His people and the sheep of his pas ture .
Enter his gates with thanksgiving , His courts with songs of praise . Bless him , praise his name ! For Jehpvah is good , his mercy is everlasting , And his faithfulness from generation to generation /—( Psalm c . )
u * And through all the vicissitudes of my life , in calamity and in death , these words shall be my comfort , which the last of the prophets spoke , when the oracle of prophecy was about to be closed in silence : * 4 The Lord whom ye seek will come
speedily to his temple , And the angel of the covenant whom ye desire . Behold he cometh , saith Jehovah of Hosts . ' " While he thus spoke , delightful anticipations of futurity seemed to
take possession of his soul . All who sat around him were silent ; for the power of his faith seemed to communicate itself by an indescribable operation to their minds . All at once , confused voices exciaimed throughout the ship , a storm , a storm ! The
heavens grew black with clouds , the tempest rose , and the waves beat on every side against the ship . They endeavoured to avoid the shore , which was rocky and produced breakers which threatened every moment to overwhelm the vessel . The Phoeni
cian marinera ^ alled on eir gods , the children of Israel prayed to Jehovah . Helon stood in the midst of threatening waves and terrified men , tranquil and full of confidence . At once the
ship received a violent shock , and sprung ^ a leak * Their efforts wereiu ycujql * Sftlflrt \ iith flftw t 4 >~ E"CfillQn fir T ¥ 1 ^ i and each repeated to the other paseogra fr + mttm Psabns . All hope of
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safety was at ttn end ,, jm § strand * of tertor and lamentation were hgarct oa every side * Suddenly , the ship struck violently upon a rack and wen * to pieces . The crew sunk , and ma mate could bid another farewelL Helon
supported himself for a short time upon a spar , and looking round saw Sal ^ ui Uh and her father sink . Alone and scarcely conscious , he struggled for a few moments with the stormy waves . One of tremendous height came rolling onward ; Helon exclaimed amidst the uproar of the elements , ,
* The angel of the covenant—Behold ne cometh * saith Jehovah of Hosts / ' and was buried in the waters . - *? After an liour the storm had ceased . And the storms of this world , too , had ceased for those who had found death in the waves and life in
the bosom of their God . " The melancholy impression which the close of this story will leave on the mind of every reader of feeling , even in this imperfect sketch , is the
best proof how well the author has succeeded in the fictitious part of h& work ; and it is this circumstance which distinguishes it above all the stories which , have been written ad
vehicles of antiquarian information . He has deprived us of the means of judging how far it is an exact picture of the Jewish life and sentiments in the period assumed , by entirely withholding references to authorities , on the insufficient grouud , that they would be useless to the unlearned and
superfluous to t ) ie learned * We are glad , however , to perceive that the remonstrances of his German readers have induced him to promise to supply this great deficiency , by giving his own notes , and those Which the IXuteb Professors , Vanderp&lfu and Olarisse * have added to a translation vtfndb has
appeared in Hott&nd , Full and accurate references alo *> e can enable Us Id use s « eh a work witb any confidence for the purpose of instruction , ' and correct , in some measure , the fallacy which leads the reader to feel « ts if he
realty hod confcempofary authority for the facts and descriptions vvhleh it < 5 oataiosr . The picture of the Jewish people fe probably kl < miized > andwt
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1823, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1780/page/21/
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