"I thanked you in my last for Johnson; I now thank you with more emphasis for Beattie—the most agreeable and amiable writer I ever met with—the only author I have seen whose critical and philosophical researches are diversified and embellished by a poetical imagination, that makes even the driest subject, and the leanest, a feast for an epicure in books. He is so much at his ease too, that his own character appears in every page; and, which is rare, we see not only the writer, but the man; and that man so gentle, so well-tempered, so happy in his religion, and so humane in his philosophy, that it is necessary to love him, if one has any sense of what is lovely."—Life of Dr. Beattie, by Sir William Forbes, Bart.
J. M.
Oxford.
RUSSIAN "TE DEUM."
(Vol. ix., p. 325.)
The following is a translation of this Greek doxology, as contained in the Prayer-Book of the Greek Church, under the title 'Ὡρολόγιον τό μεγα, Βενατίᾳ, Τυπογ. Νικυλάου Γλυκή, 1845, p. 75.:
1. Glory to Thee, the Giver of light.
2. Glory to God on high, and on earth peace, good-will towards men.
3. We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory;
4. O Lord King, heavenly God, Father Almighty, O Lord, only begotten Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit.
5. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that taketh away the sin of the world; have mercy upon us, Thou that takest away the sins of the world.
6. Accept our prayer; Thou that sittest at the Father's right hand, have mercy on us:
7. For Thou only art holy; Thou only, Lord Jesus Christ, art in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
8. Day by day I bless Thee, and I praise Thy name for ever, and for all eternity.
9. Vouchsafe, Lord, this day to keep me sinless.
10. Blessed art Thou, Lord, the God of our fathers; and praised and glorified be Thy name for ever. Amen.
11. Lord, let Thy mercy be on us, as we trust in Thee.
12. Blessed art Thou, Lord; teach me Thy statutes.
13. Lord, Thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another.
14. I said, Lord be merciful unto me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee.
15. Lord, I fly to Thee; teach me to do Thy will, for Thou art my God;
16. For with Thee is a well of life, in Thy light shall we see light.
17. Extend Thy mercy to them that know Thee.
18. O holy God, holy Strength, holy Immortal, have mercy on us. Amen.
Verses 2. to 7. are identical with the Gloria in Excelsis, or the Angelic Hymn, sung at the conclusion of the Lord's Supper in the Anglican Church, but which commences the Mass in the Romish Church. It is of great antiquity, being attributed to Telesphorus, A.D. 139, and is found in the Apostolic Constitutions, vii. c. 48.