I love thee more than pearls or gold; My heart on thee quits not its hold,— Yet One I must prefer to all, And Him I must obey,— When He leads on, attend His call,— Oh! give me up; let Him dispose JOHN MARRIOTT was born at Edgend, in Lancashire, 1762. In 1786, he lost his mother, an eminent minister in the Society of Friends. In 1795, he married Ann Wilson; and, in 1797, he died, leaving a mournful widow, and a little boy; another son, born after his father's death, died of the smallpox, in his infancy. Several of John Marriott's letters and poems were published after his death. WILLIAM MARTEN was born at Barcomb, near Lewes, in Sussex, in 1764. Until 1776, he was educated as a member of the Church of England. At this time he went to reside with his uncle, a Friend, at Lewes. He successively attended the worship of the Baptists, Calvinists, and Friends. About the age of seventeen, he commenced attending Friends' meetings; and, after a suitable time, was received into membership. He married, at Brighton, Jane, daughter of Thomas Cruttenden, of the Cliffe, Lewes. The following is from W. M's. diary :-" 7 mo. 13, 1790. I was this day married, at Brighton, to my dear friend Jane Cruttenden. Vouchsafe unto us, O Lord! thy blessing; keep us in thy fear; and cause the world, and its friendships, to appear too little and unprofitable for our life to be placed in.' On the 6th of 1 mo. 1823, he quietly breathed his last, and was buried at Lewes, aged 58 years. -- REMARKS. We have now sketched the lives of twelve distinguished members of our Society. Of these (omitting S. Jennings), eight were members by convincement, and three by birth. The life of Anthony Purver is amusing and instructive. A few of the notices partake of a political-the rest of a religious turn. All may be read with profit.-F. J. P. NOTE. Two of the above accounts, not included in the author's MS. have been added, and one other account enlarged. — ED. SELECTIONS FROM RARE VERSIONS AND COMMENTARIES UPON JOHN, I. 18. 3 mo. 27, 1831. From "The Byble in Englyshe of the largest volume, 1541.”—" No man hathe sene God at any tyme. The onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared hym." From Erasmus, translated by N. Udall, 1548. "And truly these be the secretes of God the Father, these be the hidde counsails of ye Divine mynde, by the whiche it hath pleased him that God shoulde becum man, and after a sort to make men godlyke: to mixe most high thinghes with the lowest, and to exalt the lowest unto the hiest." " The Holy Bible, appointed to be read in Churches, 1676. "No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." From Purrer's Translation, 1764. - ،، None has ever seen God: that only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him." From "Le Saint Evangile de notre Seigneur Jesus Christ, selon Saint Jean, 1828."-" Personne ne vit jamais Dieu; le Fils unique, qui est dans le sein du Père, est celui qui nous l'a fait connoître." From a Translation of the above, by Hamilton, 1828. - “ Nobody saw not never God ; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, is he who has made him to be known to us." A Translation of the above, by F. J. Post, 1831. - Nobody ever saw God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, is he who, to us, has him made known. A CONCISE SYSTEM OF THEORETICAL GEOMETRY: ALSO, A BOOK UPON PRACTICAL GEOMETRY AND MENSURATION; TOGETHER WITH METHODS OF FINDING THE SQUARE ROOT, AND BY F. J. POST. ISLINGTON, 1831. PREFACE. The author has availed himself of several standard publications, as Rossignol's Geometry, Darley's Geometry, and the works of Bonnycastle, Larkin, &c. &c. He has aimed at brevity, clearness, and elegance; but though very careful, he pleads the benefit of the motto,— Humanum est errare.-F. J. P. NOTE. Then follows the work, so far as he had proceeded with it. It evidences great painstaking and accuracy, both in drawing the diagrams, and working the propositions.-ED. E E |