Permit me to request your acceptance of the discourse which I take the liberty to inclose.—1 A hope that what I had prepared for a small congregation in Boston, might in some feeble manner, co-operate with the labours of great and good men, to support those institutions which have raised the American people to the rank they hold among the nations of the earth, overcame the reluctance which I feel to appear before the public.

It has been our lot to live in an age of tumult and revolution. Whether the earth will be more quiet, or the heavens more serene, before the present generation shall be removed God only knows.— I feel concerned for our beloved country.— When men whose virtues have been tried & found more precious than the gold, are called out of the world, as General Washington has been, or decline public services, as in the case of Governour Jay, or are left out of place, by the people, as President Adams now is, but most of all, when the enemies of the Gospel and of Christ appear bold & impudent, we should be quite discouraged, did we not confide in the wisdom and goodness of God. A wise and good God may however see fit to chastise an ungrateful and wicked people.— It is our consolation, that He who rules over all, will make the wrath of man to praise him, and the remainder of wrath he will restrain.— Having endeavored to do our duty, we may look forward, and indulge the pleasing hope, that in heaven we may shall enjoy the rest and happiness, which mortals must not expect.— With the greatest esteem, permit me to Subscribe, your most obedient and humble Servt