May that infinitely important and wished-for period soon arrive, “when every invidious distinction, and every hostile passion, shall be banished from religious society; and when all the blessings of christian liberty shall be diffused and enjoyed throughout the whole world!”
“O catch its high import ye winds as ye blow,
“O bear it ye waves as ye roll,
“From the regions that feel the sun’s vertical glow,
“To the farthest extremes of the pole!”
Charles Atmore.
HULL, February 15th. 1813.
ADVERTISEMENT.
When the prospectus of this work was first published, the Editor had no design of adding the Appendix, but intended to give copious biographical notes of the most eminent persons recorded in the work. The matter of the Appendix, however, afterwards appeared to him of such superior importance, that he thought himself justified in changing his plan. And he hopes the subscribers will excuse his having omitted that part of his original design, and accept of this apology for the notes, being so few, and so short, at the end of the volume.