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and his truth, to be borne to our esteemed fellow-labourers, who are looking forward to pastoral life.

We select the following passage in vindication of the high opinion which we have formed of this College address:--

"In the Christian ministry, there are no discoveries to be made, no cardinal ideas to originate, no new truths to evolve. The material with which it has to do is provided to its hand; the high thoughts with which it is familiar are the suggestions of Infinite Wisdom, and the doctrines which it is its province to expound emanate from inspired lips. There are few states of mind (as appears to me) more to be deprecated, in the instance of the student of theology, than a passion for novelty-a want of repose in revelation-a desire to be wise above what is written.

"There is unity, or rather a uniqueness in Christian truth, an individuality, an isolation, a solitary grandeur, which fires the imagination whilst it inspires the heart. It has an independency which is the legitimate consequence of its extraordinary origin. It draws no light and gathers no strength from other complications of thought, other theories of wisdom and knowledge-it stands alone amidst the mental scenery which stretches in fascination or in wildness around it, like some glorious mountain which lifts its inaccessible summit to the skies, while the lower hills lie in homage at its base. We can but regard, therefore, that phase of unbelief which professes to consider a modified Christianity as one among other agencies adopted to work on to some ultimate result-as a link in the chain of causes which is to be prolific of an aggregation of effects-as an improvement in theories which have preceded it, and an introduction to others better than itself as an insidious attempt to conduct it to its grave, with the poor pretext of attending it with polite funeral honours."

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Pontiff ascended the papal throne. The author traces, with great impartiality and discrimination, the character of the reigning Pontiff, Pius the Ninth; and in doing so, shows the necessarily debasing and demoralizing tendencies of the papal system. A man naturally gentle, beneficent, and compassionate, when subjected to the corrupting and malign influences which surround the chair of St. Peter, is found rapidly developing into maturity the darkest and most malignant passions of our nature. The idea thus presented to the mind is truly startling, and should speak "trumpet-tongued " to EnglishThe system that so corrupted the gentle nature of Pius the Ninth, that he could exult in the anguish and dying groans of brave men and helpless women, is fitted to stop the tide of civilization, and is the enemy of all the softer virtues of humanity and the charities of the gospel.

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But whilst Protestant readers cannot fail to execrate the papal system as developed in the impiousness and cruelty of the Pontiff, they will read with sympathy, tears, and prayers on behalf of crushed and bleeding Italy, the masterly, indignant, and picture-like sketch, which an exiled patriot here presents, of the struggles and sufferings of his fellow-countrymen to secure deliverance from their political oppresWe do not, indeed, recollect any thing among the heroic deeds of old Rome more fully invested with the sublimity of magnanimous devotedness and courage, than the gallant resistance of the Romans when besieged by the French; nor do we remember any of the battle scenes or sieges to be found in the pages of Livy, Sallust, or Tacitus, more fraught with thrilling interest than that here sketched by the eloquent pen of M. Nicolini, who himself bore an honourable and distinguished part in the strife for freedom of conscience and liberty of thought. Let all Protestants who would understand aright the tendencies and prospects of the papal system, and the claims and aspirations of Italy, read this volume. It is not the production of a violent partizan, or a disappointed demagogue, but of an enlightened patriot, and a friend of humanity and religion.

The second of these works is one of great interest and importance, especially at the present time. Jesuitism arose for the express purpose of counteracting the Protestant Reformation, and extending the triumphs of the Popedom. Now it is spreading its web afresh over Europe, and England is being ensnared in its toils. It is fitting, therefore, that a. Roman, acquainted with the craftiness and crimes of the papal court, and fully aware of the profligacy and unprincipled schemes of the disciples of Loyola, should expose the iniquities of their system. Judging from the three numbers already published, we should

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN; or, Popular Chapters on Ethnography. By JOHN KENNEDY, A.M.

THE subject of which this volume treats is one of the highest importance. It connects itself most intimately with the origin and progress of the human family and with the authenticity and inspiration of sacred history. It has not yet, it is true, reached that completeness, as a science, to which it is rapidly

imagine this will prove one of the fullest, most comprehensive, and readable histories of the Jesuits yet presented to the world. In the numbers now before us, M. Nicolini traces with great accuracy, distinctness, and force, the origin, constitution, progress, and mission of Jesuitism. To a personal acquaintance with Romanism at its centre, he adds scholarship and patient historical investigation. To our readers, therefore, we very warmly recommend this valuable and import-advancing; but it is already in a position to ant work, which is now being published in numbers at a very moderate price.

In closing these brief remarks, we cannot omit to say that we were struck and delighted with the almost perfect idiomatic purity of M. Nicolini's English style. The reader will find nothing to remind him in the perusal of these works of the fact that their author is a Roman, save, perhaps, their glowing and impassioned eloquence.

THE CITY OF ROME: its Edifices and People. With numerous Engravings. By the AUTHOR of "Athens: its Grandeur and Decay." Small 8vo, pp. 260.

Religious Tract Society.

THE author of this beautiful little work has spared no pains in order to render it at once interesting to the imagination, and instructive to the judgment. "Its aim is to present a brief view of the principal objects of this memorable city (Rome), intermingled with those truths, which are the most powerful counteractions of error, and which are calculated, under the Divine blessing, to make us wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." "As Christianity, in its simplicity and purity, is associated with this city, so is also its grossest corruption. The Church of Rome has stood forth for ages in its most appalling apostasy, the prolific parent of superstition and infidelity, throughout the range of its influence."

The physical delineations, and the moral portraits of this volume, are equally well executed. It is an admirable present for young people of good education; and its religious and moral tendency is unexceptionably excellent. With many other works, now teeming from the press, it proves, to a demonstration, that Popery is "the abomination that maketh desolate." We doubt exceedingly whether Pagan Rome was more thoroughly degraded than Papal Rome. Everywhere, and at head-quarters, Rome is the oppressor and degrader of humanity. Let her read the simple inscriptions in her catacombs, and see in her Fagan mummeries, how she has fallen. But as she will not be taught, she must be destroyed "with the breath of His mouth, and the brightness of His coming."

command the attention of every one who feels an interest in questions that have been asked respecting the oneness of the human family, and the truth of the Mosaic history. Infidelity has attempted to pervert the varieties of the human family, and the multiplicity of languages spoken throughout the world into an argument against the unity of the race, and the truth of the Scriptures. And many, who shudder at the impious conclusions of the infidel, have been perplexed by difficulties which they could not surmount, and questions which they could not solve, when they attempted to harmonize the diversities of physiognomy, colour, and language, found among men, with the scriptural account of the unity of the race. Now, however, every candid inquirer may find the cavils of sceptics ably met, and the difficulties of honest minds satisfactorily removed in the various works, which have been issued by accomplished scholars and divines on "The Natural History of Man." As a very admirably condensed view of the science of Ethnography we cannot recommend to our readers anything superior to that which will be found in the volume now before us. Mr. Kennedy has, with great research, clearness, and argumentative power, put the whole subject, as far as it has yet been investigated, into a shape within the means and comprehension of all classes. In his introductory chapter Mr. Kennedy takes a rapid and comprehensive glance of the classifications and principles of the most eminent writers, who have treated of the natural history of man; in his chapters, containing an "Historical and Descriptive Account of all Nations," he furnishes a remarkably interesting sketch of the habits, usages, and distinguishing physical peculiarities of the entire human family; and in his chapters, entitled "Principles and Conclusions," which we deem peculiarly valuable, he argues with great clearness and force, especially on linguistic grounds, for the unity of the race. To all inquiring minds, but particularly to young men, who have neither time nor means to command larger works on the rapidly advancing science of Ethnology, this volume must be welcome. We trust its circulation will be in proportion to its merits.

WHAT ARE THE BISHOPS DOING? an Appeal | to His Grace the Most Reverend Father in God, John, by Divine Providence, Lord Archbishop of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan; with a Dedication to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell. By a FREEHOLDER OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

London: Charles Gilpin.

THE TWIN PUPILS; or, Education at Home.
A Tale addressed to the Young. By ANN
THOMSON GRAY. Small 8vo, pp. 576.
T. Hatchard.

THIS is a volume of excellent tendency, which may be put with safety and advantage into the hands of well-educated young people of the better circles. Much general knowledge is blended with sound religious principles, and conveyed in a style and manner adapted to the youthful feeling and imagin

ation.

ROMANISM AN APOSTATE CHURCH.
NON CLERICUS. 8vo, pp. 476.

By

A GOOD Contribution to the Protestant cause, none the worse because it is the pro

bestir themselves as they ought, we should have little to fear from Popery and Tract

arianism.

IN these days, when ecclesiastical ques. tions are engaging the attention of all classes, and are becoming the ground of keenest contest within the Established Church, as well as without it, a publication, which discusses the dignities, titles, duties, and revenues of the Prelates of the English Hierarchy, must be invested with peculiar interest to all thought-duction of a layman. If the laymen would ful and inquiring churchmen and Nonconformists. Into these topics the author of this volume enters with great calmness, ability, and varied knowledge. He evinces no asperity or sectarian bias, but appears simply solicitous that his fellow-countrymen, especially within the Established Church, should understand matters of the gravest importance in reference to the triumph or defeat of Christianity in England. He is no sciolist or dabbler in the history and literature of the questions discussed, but is evidently possessed of information on all ecclesiastical questions, at once extensive and accurate. There is scarcely a writer of eminence, from the earliest times down to the present, who treats of the matters under discussion, whose opinion is not adduced. The opinions of ancient

Fathers and modern churchmen will be found in abundance, sustaining and enforcing the conclusions of the author. To all Englishmen, then, especially those who are possessed of influence among their fellow countrymen, or are called upon to legislate in matters ecclesiastical, this volume must be invested with peculiar value. Its wide circulation cannot fail to be eminently useful.

BRIEF NOTICES.

EARLSWOOD; or, Lights and Shadows of the Anglican Church. A Tale for the Times, and all Time. By CHARLOTTE AULEY, Author of "Miriam;" "Prisoners of Australia;""Essay on Body, Soul, and Spirit," fc. fc. Small 8vo, pp. 554.

T. Hatchard.

A MOST melancholy illustration of the pernicious effects of the Tractarian heresy. Let private families be as chary of the visits and the influence of Puseyite teachers, as of Popish priests. They come but "for to kill and to destroy." This tale is singularly well conceived and expressed; and does the fair author great credit.

THE DOMESTIC PRAYER BOOK; a Course of
Morning and Evening Prayer, for Five
Weeks;
with Occasional Prayers and Thanks-
givings. By the Rev. GEORGE SMITH, Min-
ister of Trinity College, Poplar, London.
Second Edition, 8vo, pp. 232.

Ward and Co.

WE are much gratified to find that these excellent and appropriate prayers, for domestic use, have reached a second edition. We have no doubt they will reach many more editions, and, by God's blessing, will continue to do much good.

THE BOYS OF THE BIBLE; consisting of Descriptions and Dialogues. Small 8vo pp. 222.

Simpkin and Marshall. THIS splendid volume is dedicated "To the Royal Brothers, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Alfred Ernest," the children of our beloved sovereign; and it is full of all good things, equally suitable to the palace and the cottage. The work is thoroughly scriptural, and beautifully written; and, after a very pertinent paragraph, on the topic, "The Bible the Book for Boys," we have "The Boy Brothers; the First in the World;" -"The Boy of Promise;"-"The Boy of many Dreams;"-" The Boy of the Bulrushes;"-" The Boy Prophet;"-" The Boy who killed the Giant." We have no doubt this volume, with its beautiful etchings, will have an extensive circulation, which it richly deserves.

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Past, the Present, and the Future. A Poem.
In Four Parts. By THOMAS BODEN,
Small 8vo, pp. 122.

ling worth and useful tendency. This volume | WHAT OF THE NIGHT? A Glance at the embodies a happy thought. It exhibits Portraits of "The Proud,"-" The Humble,""The Sluggard,"-" The Diligent,"-" The Flatterer," "The Sincere,"- The Froward," ,"-"The Obedient,"-" The Pure in Heart," and we can say, with great sincerity, that the Portraits are well and faithfully executed.

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A FUNERAL SERMON, delivered at Billinghurst, Sussex, to improve the Death of the late E. P. Griffiths, who triumphantly entered into his Rest at the early Age of Twenty-five Years, after a brief, but honourable, and useful Ministry in the above Town. By his sincere and attached Friend, the Rev. ALBERT FOYSTER, Independent Minister of Ebenezer Chapel, Cuckfield, Sussex. 8vo, pp. 16.

C. W. Ibbs, Hay, Breconshire. MR. GRIFFITHS was the son of the Rev. David Griffiths, late of Madagascar, and a promising young minister cut off in the bloom of youth. The discourse before us contains an excellent sketch of his character and Christian experience.

Jackson and Walford.

THERE is a fair amount of poetic energy in this volume, which inclines us to believe that the Author is gifted to express his thoughts in their present form. There are many fine passages in the Poem, which afford promise of still higher proficiency.

BRIEF NOTICE OF THE LATE REV. J. J.
WEITBRECHT, Missionary of the Church
Missionary Society, at Burdwan, Bengal.
18mo, pp. 54.

John Farquhar Shaw.

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Obituary.

MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. W. JUDSON. Of all the varied features which endear to their numerous readers the pages of the

EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, there is not one . of deeper interest, and more suggestive of devout instruction, than the faithful record

which they present of the lives and labours, | the dangers and deliverances, the trials and the triumphs, of so many of the excellent of the earth, who, having served God in the gospel of his Son, and finished the work he had given them to do on earth, do now serve him day and night in his temple.

In this department, the achievements of our illustrious dead-and none but those who die in the Lord should be so designated -have been perpetuated and embalmed; and the immortal fragrance of their memory is still refreshing to those of us who are left behind, and who can ever and anon refer to these pages for those precious memorials, which deserve to be forgotten by none, and preserved by all. There is, indeed, a manifold advantage to the church in such biographical sketches. Our tenderest sympathies demand them-they extend the influence of holy example to the ends of the earth-they prove and promote the communion of saints -they vindicate character both human and Divine

-"Assert eternal Providence,

And justify the ways of God to man." while they cannot but serve to explain and enforce the apostolic injunction-" Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation: Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever." Heb. xiii. 7,8.

Entertaining such views we feel that the subject of the following brief notice will appear in his appropriate position, in that long line of departed pastors and elders, to which reference has been made. The few particulars here supplied are, for the most part, taken from the funeral sermon preached by his son, upon whom has devolved the compilation of some select remains as specimens of the singular excellence which distinguished his father as an expositor of the inspired oracles.

Leeds, in Yorkshire, on the 19th day of July, 1770, and was baptized during the same year in the Old Parish Church of that town. He received the first rudiments of education at Rawden, a neighbouring village, where his parents afterwards resided, and by whom he seems to have been trained to the pursuits of agriculture. Though diligent in business, he never felt any very strong predilection for such a calling, and was often discovered in lonely retirement, occupying his leisure hours in reading the Holy Scriptures, and such other books of religious history and biography as his means would enable him to obtain. This turn of mind, so significant of the future man, was seriously discouraged by his father, who would frequently expostulate with him, saying: "What! reading again, lad! Dost thou think to earn thy bread by books?" But his mother, whom, in his brief memorandum of his own life, he calls his "valuable and beloved mother," was disposed rather to favour than to frown upon this development of thought in her son.

He had not completed his nineteenth year when the onward movement of the Wesleyan Evangelists aroused and informed his conscience upon the subject of his relation to God; and by repeated association with the preachers and class-leaders of that body, he was brought to the knowledge of the truth as in Jesus. In reference to that memorable crisis, he records the following reflections:"I lament in having lived so long ignorant of Him that made and redeemed me. Never shall I forget the surprising change. May every one of my dear children be spiritually minded in early years!-For ever shall I love the people called Methodists, though I became an attendant among the Calvinistic Dissenters. This was first through persuasion, afterwards through full conviction. was honoured and blest with the friendship of some of the best of men that ever lived,— men truly judicious and devout."

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Being thus, "fully persuaded in his own

The Rev. William Judson was born at mind," that the doctrines peculiar to Calvin

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