Thy bounty has with food in store,
My humble table daily spread;
My body has been all along,

With food convenient for me, fed.
And when the timely hours of sleep,
Did to refreshing rest invite,
Thou did'st my peaceful slumbers
⚫ watch,

And safely guard me through each
night.

When distant friends secure I reach'd,
Thy providence I freely own;

Or whilst I travell'd on the road,
And lodg'd in towns to me un-
known.

Through thy permission every place,
Did to thy servant health afford;
Safe I went out, and safe return'd,

For thou wert ever with me, Lord,
Oh! may thy presence guard me still,
And guide my steps in virtue's

OBITUARY.

DIED, at Arlington, (Ver.) on the 27th Oct. Mrs. Chloe Hard, Et. 67, consort of Zadok Hard, Esq. of that place, and daughter of Mr. Thomas Nobles, formerly of New-Milford. As a wife, as a mother, as a Christian, and as a member of society, she had but few equals. She passed her life with honour, and finished her course with joy, in the most confident expectation of meeting her Lord in glory. An extensive circle of relations and friends is left to lament her loss, and to profit by her pious and virtuous example.

AT Elizabeth-Town, (New-Jersey) on Thursday morning Nov. 6th, 1806, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Dayton, Et. 42, daughter of the late Rev. Thomas B. Chandler, and wife of Mr. Elias B. Dayton. In her death, her husband laments the loss of a beloved wife; her children, of a tender and affectionate mother; her sisters, of an endeared companion; her numerous acquaintance, of an esteemed friend. Her remains were conveyed to the silent tomb on Saturday, when together with the usual service of the Church, a pathetic sermon was delivered on the mournful occasion by the Rev. Mr. Rudd, Rector of St. John's Church, from 1st Samuel xx. 3. There is but a step between me and death. During the delivery of the discourse, the numerous relatives and friends testified with their tears, the high esteem which they entertaired for the amiable person, whose breathless body lay before them.

To enumerate the many virtues that ennobled the character of the deceased, would be unnecessary; for they are so well known as to need no encomium. The gentleness of her manners, the affability of her address, rendered her respected and beloved by all who had the honor of her acquaintance.

Consoling to her afflicted relatives and friends will long be the remembrance of those virtues, which blessed by the mercy of her Saviour, have followed her to her eternal rest.

THE correspondent who sent us a file of papers concerning the Ame rican Episcopate, will be pleased to accept of our hearty thanks. We shall commence publishing them with the first number of next year, in order that they may all appear in one volume.

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