any man, and his form more than the sons of men: so shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told WISDOM REJOICING IN THE HABITABLE PARTS OF THE EARTH. Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my SINNERS IN EDEN WITH ADAM: SAINTS IN GETHSEMANE WITH CHRIST. THE CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION. rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent, &c.-MATTHEW, XXVII. 50-54, . PAGE 152 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land THE WORLD'S GREAT DISEASE, AND MAN'S FRUITLESS REMEDIES. For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wis- dom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness THE WORLD'S GREAT DISEASE, and God's effecTUAL CURE. For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wis- dom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness MEMOIR. NATHANIEL MORREN, the author of the following Discourses, was born in Aberdeen on the 3d day of February 1798. He had the misfortune to lose both parents in very early life-his father having died when he was but an infant of eight months; and his mother, when he was a child of only seven years. But, in the house of their maternal grandfather, a kindly home was prepared for Nathaniel and the other members of the orphan family; and under the fostering care of two devoted relatives-unmarried sisters of their mother-they experienced all the attention which even maternal affection could have secured. At the age of four he was sent to school, and with remarkable facility acquired the first elements of education. In 1806 he entered the grammar-school of Aberdeen, and four years afterwards was enrolled as a student at Marischal College. He graduated in 1814, having by his correct deportment, industry, and talents, secured the marked approbation of his teachers and professors, and already exhibited some promising indications of that eminence which, as a scholar, he was destined afterwards to attain. At a very early age his love of learning developed itself; indeed, from mere childhood, his studious habits were conspicuous. Though endowed with a cheerful disposition, he had no taste for trifling amusements. His books were his constant companions; and, almost as soon as he could use a pen, he commenced the practice of making extracts of such passages as he deemed peculiarly interesting and instructive. Several little volumes of these, still preserved by his friends, at once indicate the prevailing bias, and attest the remarkable industry of the child. Meanwhile his religious instruction was not neglected; and "From a child he was taught to know the Holy Scriptures." Besides the family training of his pious and intelligent aunts, he enjoyed the advantages of attending a Sabbath-school. In its exercises he seems to have taken the deepest interest; and of the benefit which he there received, he cherished a grateful remembrance in after life. "He often," says Mrs Morren, to whom the writer is indebted for many of the facts recorded in this brief memoir of her lamented husband, "spoke of the pleasure he took in the Sabbath-school; and the privileges he there enjoyed may have qualified him for becoming the successful teacher, when he entered himself on that work." Mr Morren's literary studies at Marischal College having been completed, an arrangement was entered into, through the recommendation of Professor Glennie, for his entering the establishment of Mr Joseph Lowe, ---a gentleman resident in Caen,-who, having devoted himself to literature as a profession, was in the habit of employing several young men as coadjutors in his labours. To a youth of Mr Morren's inclinations and habits, no species of employment could have been, in anticipation, more congenial than this; and, accordingly, his dis |