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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 07, 1760
Page
1
The Visitor number XIV reviews a new periodical, the Christian's Magazine, praising its plan, virtue, and entertainment. It highlights contents on divinity, Cranmer, the Jewish synagogue, original sin, reflections on death, Addison’s Psalm, and poetry, urging virtuous readers to support the work.
A diaristic meditation on mortality opens with lines from a classic poem about death’s uncertainty. The narrator recounts being called to lay a departed friend in the grave and reflects on how death disturbs ordinary life yet grounds purpose, judgment, and faith. He grapples with fear, immortality, and the gospel’s promise of eternal reward, urging humility before the grave and a life aligned with divine law. A closing note references mail arrivals from Holland and wartime dispatches, contrasting personal mortality with broader events.
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