Addison's piety, we may well gather from his writings, was, as Mr. Macaulay observes, of a cheerful character. The feeling which predominates in all his devotional papers, is that of gratitude; do we not find it also strikingly developed in his hymns? We all remember the beautiful lines,
"Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ,
Nor is the least a cheerful heart,
That tastes those gifts with joy."
Let Bishop Ken and Addison retain their divine hymns—dear as they are, and let us hope ever will be, to man, woman, and child—whilst the English language is read or spoken. How greatly is their sublimity heightened, and their beauty enhanced, when we associate with them the purity of character and the assemblage of virtues which distinguished their excellent authors!
J. H. Markland.
WITCHCRAFT—MRS. HICKES AND HER DAUGHTER.
(Vol. v., p. 394.)