Select passages from the diary and letters of the late John Blackader, Esq.

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MR KEWTONTS PREFACE.
ried man, and happily married. The
Letters, moft of which were written to
his wife when he was engaged in milita-
ry duty, and fome of them from the field
of battle, are chiefly in the fame ftrain,
and do not afford that variety which may
be expected from writers who have much
leifure. But they exhibit a beautiful pic-
ture of tender conjugal affection, height-
ened and fanctified by true religion ; the
fure tendency and effects of which, when
it really pofTefTes and influences the heart,
are to increafe the relifh of our temporal
comforts, and to fvveeten and alleviate
the cares and trials incident to our re-
fpective fituations in life.
The officers and men who compofe our
armies, are juftly entitled to our refpecl,
gratitude, and prayers ; and, on fome ac-
counts, to our compaffion They are ex-
pofed to many hardfhips and dangers,
*' For us they fufFer, and for us they
bleed." They hazard their lives to pro-
tect our liberty, property, &c. The like
may be faid of the officers and feamen of
our navy. They are daily and equally
liable to be called into conteft with the
enemies of our country, in which, if they