TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. I. On the death of a beloved pupil, preached September 1, 1754, with copies of verses to his memory, by sun- II. At the Funeral of the Rev. Robert Jenney, L. L. D. III. At the funeral of David Griffith, D. D. Bishop-elect,. of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of Virginia; de- IV. Death conquering and conquered; the first of the Ser- mons from 1 Thess. Chap. IV. v. 13-18, inclusive; preached the first Sunday in December of 1793, being the first of eight Sermons on the great visitation, by VI. Preached December 12th, 1793, on Psalm Ixviii. v. 34, &c. being the day set apart for a general thanks- * N. B. All the Sermons, mentioned in this table of contents, were I. An Oration in memory of General Montgomery, and of the officers and soldiers, who fell with him, December 31, 1775, before Quebec; délivered, February 19, 1775, - II. An Eulogium on Benjamin Franklin, L. L. D. deliver- ed, March 1, 1791, in the great Lutheran Church Phi- ladelphia; before, and by appointment of, the Ameri- can Philosophical Society; the president and congress of the United States, and sundry other public bodies, also attending by invitation; with an appendix, con- 42 III. The Hermit, in eight numbers; first published at Phi- ON DEATH, A RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD, A FUTURE JUDGMENT, AND AN ETERNAL WORLD TO COME. THE following verses, having been originally printed with the first of the following Sermons, ought not now to be separated from it. When the goodnatured reader is acquainted that they are a collection of the tears of a few young gentlemen, who were fellow students of the deceased, the author knows that he may depend on that candour in favour of them, which he can only hope for, in favour of himself. The truly promising youth, who is the subject of them, died at Philadelphia, August 28th, 1754, being a student in the senior Philosophy Class of the College there. He was the second son of the Hon. JOSIAH MARTIN, Esq. of Antigua, and cousin to SAMUEL MARTIN, Esq. member of Parliament for Camelford, Treasurer to the Princess Dowager of Wales, and Secretary of the Treasury, to whom the Sermon was most respectfully and gratefully inscribed. TO THE AUTHOR, ON HEARING HIS SERMON, UPON THE DEATH OF HIS HOPEFUL PUPIL, OUR DEAR FELLOW STUDENT, MR. WIL. LIAM THOMAS MARTIN. I CALL no aid, no muses to inspire, Or teach my breast to feel a poet's fire; } VOL I. A 2 For when, in all the charms of language drest, O! could I boast to move with equal art Some virtue lost be wept in every line; For virtues he had many....'Twas confest That native sense and sweetness fill'd his breast. But cooler reason checks the bold intent, And, to the task refusing her consent, This only truth permits me to disclose, That in your own, you represent my woes; And sweeter than my song, is your harmonious prose! } F. HOPKINSON. College of Philadelphia, September 5, 1754. ON THE SAME, BY A FELLOW STUDENT. AND is your MARTIN gone? Is he no more, Yet hark! soft-whispering reason seems to say, College of Philadelphia, September 6, 1754. } S. MAGAW. ON THE SAME, BY A FELLOW STUDENT. WHILE for a pupil lost, your sorrow flows, |