with our principal citizens; the prison and prison limits with
many of the survivors. The rest are _feasting_, _dancing,_ and
_revelling_, or weeping over feigned woe in the theatre--a few
excepted, who have fled for refuge to the hope set before them,
whose eyes have been opened to discern the danger and accept the
offered Saviour: among which number, I dare, through grace, reckon
your sister and her children. 'Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget
not all his benefits.'

"The city, indeed the United States, have been swallowed up in
the loss of Washington. The utmost stretch of human eloquence has been
called forth in panegyric. His eulogium has been sounded in every
possible mode--not excepting our pulpits. The 22d of February, his
birthday, was set apart to his memory. Two of our ministers were
appointed to pronounce an eulogium on his character: one of whom was
Dr. Mason, the other Dr. Linn. The last I admired; it had its due
influence over me; but of my own minister I could form no judgment:
the church, the pulpit, the man, the words, seemed so connected with
the 'Lord Jesus Christ,' his favorite theme, I could not realize the
_mere_ orator.

"Great things were said of Washington, and they were due.

"The Lord himself called him by name, girded him, subdued great
armies before him, with handfuls, like Gideon. He gave him wisdom in
counsel, and prudence in executing justice. A nation blessed him
while he lived, and with all the power of language lamented his
death. Ah, human depravity, how striking. Bursting with gratitude to
a creature--with enmity to a Saviour God; to God, who 'so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
on him should not perish, but have everlasting life; and to as many
as receive him gives power to become the sons of God,' by putting
his Spirit within them, and causing them to love and walk in his
statutes. But alas, the carnal unrenewed mind is enmity against God
and his Christ. O that men were wise, and could see their disease,
and the remedy.

"What misery is in the world at this day. It is only equalled by
the wickedness. How does potsherd dash against potsherd, mutually
destroying each other. How consoling to the Christian 'that the Lord
reigns. The Lord sits King among the nations,' even our own Jesus,
'Head over all principalities and powers, and dominions, and every
name that is named in heaven and in earth;' all these shakin