And  like  the  baseless  fabric  of  a  vision —
Leave  not  a  wreck  behind."


Buchanan  at  once  admitted  the  beauty  and  sublimity  of  the  lines,  but  said  that  he  had
a  book  at  home  from  which  he  could  produce  a  passage  still  more  sublime,  and  repeated
the  following  verses : — '*  And  I  saw  a  great  white  throne,  and  him  that  sat  on  it,  from
wliose  face  the  earth  and  the  heaven  fled  away  ;  and  there  was  found  no  place  for  them.
And  I  saw  the  dead,  small  and  great,  stand  before  God:  and  the  books  were  opened;
and  another  book  was  opened,  which  is  the  book  of  life:  and  the  dead  were  judged  out
of  those  things  which  were  written  in  the  books,  according  to  their  works  And  the  sea
gave  up  the  dead  which  were  in  it ;  and  death  and  hell  delivered  up  the  dead  which  were
in  them:  and  they  were  judged  every  man  according  to  their  works."  *

He  published  his  "  Hymns"  about  the  year  1767.  The  demand  for  this  little  work
has  continued  since,  and  every  year  adds  to  its  popularity — a  sure  proof  of  its  merit.
There  have  been  at  least  fifteen  editions  of  it  printed  ;  while  of  the  works  of  the  celebrated
bards,  Macdonald  and  Macintyre,  there  have  been  only  four  editions.
•  Rev.  XX.  11—13.
DUGHALL  BOCHANNAN.
