"That man can't be prevail'd upon Tho' with our strong desire, To get prepar'd against the Day When all the World on Fire Shall burn and blaze about their Heads, And they no Shelter have; No Rock to hide their guilty Heads, No, nor no watery Grave. For Rocks will melt like Wax away Before the dreadful Heat, And Earth and Sea and all will flame In one consuming Heap. The Earth beneath abounds with Stores Of Oils and Sulphurs too, And Turfs and Coals, which all will Flame, When God commands the blow. The flaming Lightning which we see Around the Heavens run, Do livelily now represent The Conflagration. Those flaming magazines of God Have fire enough in store, And only wait their Lord's commands To let us feel their power. When once receiv'd they then will run, They'll run from Pole to Pole, And all the strength of Earth and Hell Cannot their power controle. Justly may we now stand amaz'd, At God's abundant Grace, To think so base and vile a World Is not all in a Blaze; When far the greatest part thereof Are poor vile Infidels, Among the Christian part thereof Are sins as black as Hell." In conclusion, these "precious souls" are entreated to join with one accord "In praising of the Holy Name, Of the Eternal God." Earthquakes were at one time rather common in New England, but nothing to be compared to their frequency in England. It is said that in what is called the "mobile district," of Comrie, in Perthshire, during the winter of 1839 and 1840, they had one hundred and forty earthquakes, being at the rate of about one shock a day on an average; and it is added, "They seldom do much harm." The following is a memorandum, probably nearly correct and complete, of earthquakes experienced in Boston, between the years 1636 and 1817; and it may be considered fortunate that they were not all commemorated by Puritan poets. 1638. June 1. Great earthquake in Boston. 1639. Jan. 16. Another earthquake. 1643. March 5. Sunday morning another earthquake. 1658. A great earthquake. 1663. Jan. 26. Very great earthquake. 1669. April 3. An earthquake. 1727. Oct. 29. An earthquake. 1730. April 12. An earthquake. 1732. Sept. 5. An earthquake. 1737. Feb. 6. An earthquake. 1744. June 3. The earthquake commemorated. 1755. Nov. 18. A very great earthquake. About one hundred chimneys thrown down, and other damage. 1757. July 8. An earthquake. 1761. March 12. An earthquake. 1761. Nov. 1. An earthquake. 1782. Nov. 29. An earthquake. 1783. Nov. 29. An earthquake. 1800. March 11. An earthquake. 1810. Nov. 9. An earthquake. 1817. Sept. 7. An earthquake. DEBORAH: A BEE.