RUSAN GRAY. or

upon my unhappy situation; for I was, as I
before said, in a very discontented state, and I
allowed myself to wish, and that earnestly,
that I were in a situation of life to be the Cap-
tain’s wife. I thought, and thought, till I be-
gan to weep bitterly; and was almost ready to
cry out, in the agony of my mind, “ How hard
has been my lot in this life! how many hard-
ships have I been put to! what cruel trials!
how friendless, how forlorn am I!”

Such, I am ashamed to say, were the
thoughts which were passing in my mind as
I entered the village church; and, alas! my
heart was not drawn from them till I heard
the voices of the little children, who were
clothed by the ’Squire’s lady, singing a part
of the ninetieth Psalm. These verses 1 had
always loved; and, if you will give me .eave,
I will repeat them to you: and, surely, they
contained a fine lesson to me, and to all other
young people; for though I was then in as
good health as I had ever been in my life, yet,
since that time, I have never been able to
serve my God in his holy house, and never
now shall enter a church till I am carried
thither in my coffin.

“ Thou turnest man, O Lord, to dust,
Of which he first was made ;

And when thou speak’st the word, Return,
"Tis instantly obeyed.

Thou sweep’st us off, as with a flood,
We vanish hence like dreams:

At first we grow like grass, that feels
‘The sun's reviving beams,