Fathers in Christ, from Britain far remote, Ye saw the God, the men, the cause, he lov'd.. Alike the gen'rous flame of love ye feel, He lov'd his country, and with ardour strove He felt the int'rest of the rising race And led their doubtful feet to Wisdom's ways; And gave to God the blossom of his days. And from his death-bed catch a sermon new. "To God I leave my charge, from whom it came; "Soon shall my feeble pow'rs be lost in death; "But his firm love and care remain the same." And ye who bear his name, who felt the ties Of dearest kindred twine about your heart, A husband lov'd, a father valu'd dies; And ye are wounded in the tend'rest part. Yet sorrow not as those of hope devoid, For he has finish'd well his course below; Nor death dissolves the bonds of love again. The spirits of the just made perfect shine: O blissful scene, thy prospect cheers the mind; ALIQUIS ✦ R- promotias Iuneranov By W. H. of Oxford. THE MUSIC BY THE REV. DR. HAWKER. United to its mother Earth, And we expect the sale. Te life, eternal life, we haste, To bliss without alloy; Where all believers soon shall taste Perpetual endless joy! Boast not, O Death, before our eyes, Of holy cherubim, the voice Angels shall watch this sleeping clay, LONGING TO DEPART. COME, my dear Lord, dissolve the chain That binds me down to cares and pain: Fain would my toiling heart be free, And rise from cares and pain to thee. Come, my dear Lord, I long to prove The boundless riches of thy love. Sighing, I bid my wishes y To Christ and immortality! What do I here of good for thee? Thy grace is all in all to me! I would fulfil th' appointed day, Then stretch my wings and soar away. Tes; I would seek thee in the grave; E'en there, my God hath pow'r to save : The sacred regions of the d ad No fears molest, nor sins invade. Hope fills with tears my lifted eye, Thy chariot shakes the sounding sky; My heart rebounds, thy glories shine, And life, eternal life, is nine! J. R. ODE TO THE LARK, At the Approach of Spring. LOVELY Chantress of the dawn, Welcome the returning spring; Take the pinions of the morn, Shake thy plumes, and sweetly sing: Now the day-spring beams from far, Higher, higher still aspire: Yon blue vault, divinely bright, Sweetly strikes the ravish'd eye; Take the swiftness of the light, Seek, O seek, thy native sky I There, in softly-warbled lays, Chant the great Creator's praise ! JACOBUS, EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE. JUNE, 1803. MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. JOHN EYRE, A. M. WHILE we narrate the lives of others, we ourselves are dying. The hand is now cold in death which first introduced this Work to the public, and has, in the course of ten years past, recorded so many bright examples. It is a debt we owe, both to our late respected Editor and to the public, to add his example, as another instance of holy zeal in life, and blissful piety in death. "The great ends of Christian Biography," says Mr. Fuller, "are instruction and example. By faithfully describing the lives of men eminent for godliness, we not only embalm their memory, but furnish ourselves with fresh materials and motives for a holy life*" This observation will be found to apply to the subject of these memoirs, no less justly than to the amiable PIERCE as they were natives of neighbouring towns, they were also men, in many respects, of kindred minds. Of the earliest part of Mr. Eyre's life, our materials are, unhappily, very scanty. He was born at Bodmin, in Cornwall, of very respectable parents, in the month of January, 1754.It appears they gave him a liberal education; for he was taught Latin at an early age: not, however, being intended for any of the learned professions, he was, at fifteen, removed from school, and placed as an apprentice with a Mr. Oliver, clothier and shopkeeper at Tavistock. Prior to this event, even so early as at four years old, he was not without serious thoughts. At that period, a godly man, taking him up in his arms, said, "There is such a thing as the pardon of sin, and there is such a thing as knowing it ;" an impression was made thereby on his mind, which, when recollected at the age of fourteen, urged him to pray, in order to obtain this blessing for himself. Of such importance is it to implant the |