a New Series of Dr. Kitto's Journal of Sacred Literature. It has rendered valuable service in the cause of Biblical science; and will, we doubt not, under new arrangements, hold on its way with still growing success. The department it occupies is one of great importance to the interests of inspired truth. In this country we have been, perhaps, somewhat negligent of the higher departments of Biblical criticism. Still, notwithstanding, we have had a fair supply of sound critics on sacred subjects; and in entering upon a new course, nothing is more vital to the cause of truth than that we should eschew all the loose and doubtful speculations of the German school. Upon the whole, the Journal of Sacred Literature has pursued a faithful course; though there have been articles which we could have wished to see omitted.

The present number is full of promise as to the future; and we do most heartily wish abundant success to the indefatigable Editor, who is a prodigy of literary diligence, and deserves the most generous patronage of the entire Christian world.

The subjects treated are the following :1. A New Explanation of the Taxing in Luke ii. 1-5. 2. The Jesuits. 3. The Sabbathday. 4. Davidson's Introduction to the New Testament. 5. Wycliffe's Bible. 6. The Septenary Arrangement of Scripture. 7. The Rephaim, and their connexion with Egyptian History. 8. Modern Judaism. 9. Scripture Parallelisms. 10. Queried Texts. 11. On the Evangelization of Judea. 12. Correspondence. 13. Notices of Books. 14. Biblical Intelligence. 15. List of Publications.

The article on the Sabbath is of standard value, and should be read with great care by all who wish to understand the argument for its Divine authority.

IN THE PRESS.

THE TRIPLE CROWN: the Papacy Analysed, Traced, and Doomed. By W. URWICK, D.D.

THE design of the work is to lay before the public, in a simple and compact method, information upon a subject of high moment to them as men and as Christians, and which events are making one of the great questions of the age. A complete outline of the Roman Pontificate is given under seven views; namely

I. Its Prerogative:-Presenting an account of the Papal authority as explained in the Roman Catholic Church.

II. Its Credentials:-Ascertaining how far the Papal office is entitled to be considered a Divine institute.

III. Its Origin:-Describing the beginnings of a Papal government in connexion with Christianity.

IV. Its Establishment:-Detailing the advance of Papal dominion in the Roman episcopate, till it became a sovereignty.

V. Its Ascendency: - Illustrating the strength and supremacy acquired by the Papal throne during the middle ages.

VI. Its Decline:-Describing the gradual decay of the Papal power from the Thirteenth century to the Nineteenth.

VII. Its Fall:-Showing the certainty of its overthrow, as deserved, foretold, and provided for in the Divine arrangements.

A NEW YEAR'S GIFT.- In the Press, to be ready by the 1st of January, "The Dayspring, or Diurnal of Youth:" a series of short, original Meditations upon Passages of Scripture, for every morning in the year; designed for the use of young persons, contributed by Evangelical Ministers of several denominations. Edited by the Rev. O. T. Dobbin, LL.D., Principal of Hull College.

TESTIMONIAL TO THE EDITOR OF THE

EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE.

A VERY interesting meeting of the Trustees of the Evangelical Magazine was held at Baker's Coffee-house, Cornhill, on Tuesday, the 18th November, for the purpose of presenting a Testimonial to the Rev. Dr. Morison, on the completion of the twenty-seventh year of his editorial labours. The following gentlemen were present: the Rev.

Drs. Burder, (Treasurer,) Henderson, Harris, and Tidman; and the Rev. Messrs. Craig, of Bocking, Goulty, of Brighton, Thodey, of Rodborough, James, of Birmingham, Legg, of Reading, Smith, of Poplar, Mannering, of Holywell Mount Chapel, Sherman, of Surrey Chapel, Hunt, of Brixton, Binney, of the Weigh House, Stratten, of Paddington Chapel, and Clayton, of Walworth. Several letters were address

ed to Dr. Burder, Mr. Legg, (who has acted most efficiently as Secretary), and Dr. Morison, apologizing, in the kindest terms, for their absence, and expressing the warmest sympathy in the object which the Trustees had met to accomplish.

Dr. Burder, the Chairman, read a letter from the Rev. Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool, of the most fraternal character, in which the most delicate and kind allusions were made to the labours of Dr. Morison as Editor of the EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, and in which he expressed his deep regret that he could not be present on an occasion so perfectly in harmony with cherished wishes.

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After the preliminary arrangements had been gone through, Dr. Burder delivered the following address:

"On the present occasion of pleasurable interest to us all, I may congratulate my honoured Brethren, the Trustees of the EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, and my beloved friend, the Editor, on the long continuance of the efficient services, which, by the goodness of God, he has rendered to our important periodical. The EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE has now existed and prospered during more than half a century, and for more than a quarter of a century, Dr. Morison has ably and successfully discharged the duties of Editor.

"The first Editor, the Rev. John Eyre, of Homerton, was well qualified, in many respects, for his office, especially by his warmth of Christian love and holy zeal. I well remember the interest which he felt in conducting the work, having been one of the pupils in his school.

"On Mr. Eyre's death, my beloved and revered father was invited to succeed him, both as Editor of the Magazine, and as Secretary of the Missionary Society. These united offices, combined, as they soon were, with the duties of a pastoral charge, were more than sufficient for any man; and

yet he did not, for many years, feel oppressed by their weight. He found in them great delight, and by his calmness, his readiness, his order, and his assiduity, he accomplished much without exhausting fatigue.

Having persevered in his Editorial labours beyond the age of threescore years and ten, he relinquished them, not without reluctance; when, at my suggestion, he recommended the Trustees to direct their views to the Rev. John Morison, whom I had regarded as a student of great promise, valued as a minister of rising reputation, and loved as a friend in whom I could confide. He was invited to the office, and accepted the invitation; and, during the long period of twenty-seven years, he has persevered in his labours with increasing ability, assiduity, and efficiency.

"He has sustained, unimpaired, the evangelical spirit of our periodical, and rendered it uniformly the vehicle of the great principles of the faith once delivered to the saints.' By its essays, its memoirs, its intelligence, and its reviews, it has powerfully promoted the edification of its readers, maintained and defended the truths of the gospel, and exposed the false principles and the fallacious reasonings of the enemies of Divine revelation.

"Our Editor has had one difficulty to overcome, which most men would have found formidable-the difficulty of combining a due regard to the avowed and unsectarian catholicity of the Magazine, with a proper deference to the course of events, which rendered it progressively apparent, that the mass of its readers were to be found among Nonconformists. Your Editor has steered a course both safe and judicious; and has gained, if I mistake not, the general approbation of his readers, by his endeavours to combine a spirit of comprehensive love and candour, with a due regard to the distinctive principles held by himself, by the

and the churches by which the publication is sustained.

"Your Editor has justly attached a high degree of importance to the connexion originally subsisting between the EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE and the London Missionary Society. Each of these has rendered substantial service to the other; and from the commencement, our Magazine has been the faithful recorder of the transactions, and the devoted advocate of the claims of that noble Institution. May the connexion between them [never be dissolved !

"On the present occasion, we should be culpably wanting in gratitude to the God of all grace, if we did not acknowledge, with devout thankfulness, the encouraging prosperity which has distinguished the history of our Magazine from its commencement to this day.

"That its circulation should not now be equal to the extent which it attained in very different times, when religious periodicals were almost novelties, can occasion neither surprise nor discouragement. That its present circulation, surrounded by so many competitors, should extend to more than 10,000 copies, may well call forth our thankfulness to God.

"It has always been regarded as a recommendation of our Magazine, that its pecuniary proceeds are devoted to the relief of the widows of evangelical ministers of irreproachable character.

"The amount of its profits, aided by the munificent bequest of the late Mr. Hill, enables us to grant annual gratuities to one hundred and fifty widows: and, without going into exact calculations, I may express it as my persuasion, that more than £30,000 have been applied to this benevolent purpose.

"And now, my dear Dr. Morison, I have the high gratification of presenting to you, in the name of the Trustees, a small testimonial of our fraternal regard, and of our appreciation of the

long and so efficiently rendered, as Editor of the EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE,—I request your acceptance of this Time Piece, together with a purse of a Hundred and Ten Guineas.

"May the blessing of our God and Saviour rest upon your time and your talents, your strength and your labours, upon your flock and your ministry, upon the endeared companion of your life, and upon the children of your love; may you long be sustained in your career of usefulness; and then, in a higher sphere, may you shine with the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever!"

To this address, which was listened to with deep interest and cordial approbation, the Editor replied in the following terms:

"Beloved Brethren, you must place yourselves in my position, in order fully to understand my feelings. I am subdued and almost silenced by this extraordinary mark of your respect and kindness. So generous a token of regard, from brethren with whom I have so long and so cordially acted, is truly soothing to the heart. And the fraternal tone in which my esteemed and honoured friend, the Treasurer, has indulged in his touching address, has rendered the costly gifts now before me doubly precious. Coupled with other acts of kindness and confidence which I have experienced, during the period of my official connexion with the EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, I feel that this Testimonial calls alike for gratitude and humility:-gratitude, that my imperfect services have been so generously estimated, and humility, that I have not better deserved the great liberality evinced towards me in the performance of an anxious and arduous duty.

devoted to the pages of the EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, for the space of more than twenty-seven years, by far the largest portion of a man's working existence; -nor shall I fail to regard it as a monitor, ever reminding me of the powerful claim which you have upon my best services.

"And although I did not desire this pecuniary gift, -so large beyond all that could have been anticipated,-I | value it for its own sake, for the sake of the respected donors, and, most of all, for the sake of that noble and Christian spirit with which it has been contributed and presented.

"Receive, dear brethren, my heartfelt acknowledgments, for so gratifying an expression of your personal and collective regard, in the relation in which I stand to you, as the Editor of your Magazine; and believe me when I say, that it will be the study of my every-day life, to make the work what it must be, in order to secure your enlightened and discriminating approbation.

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That this Testimonial should have been presented to me at a time when I have just recovered from threatening and protracted indisposition, is a circumstance which, though, perhaps, accidental, greatly enhances, to my mind, the delicacy of the offering;-but, with restored health, and with as much of mental vigour, if I mistake not, as I ever possessed, I feel strongly and conscientiously the duty of husbanding my powers, that I may the more efficiently discharge the duties which you have devolved upon me, at a time when the competition of the periodical press requires of every Editor the most sleepless exertions.

"Only, dear brethren, let me have your most fervent supplications at the throne of grace, your literary co-operation, and your continued friendly greeting, and I will yet hope to render you acceptable and successful service, in carrying out your best wishes for the

prosperity of the EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, which, next to my own salvation, the happiness of my dear family, and the religious progress of my attached flock-lies nearest to my heart."

After Dr. Morison had resumed his seat, amid the warm greetings of his brethren, addresses, of a most friendly and instructive character, full of kind reference to the efficient manner in which the EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE is now conducted, were delivered by the Rev. William Legg, B.A., of Reading; the Rev. James Stratten, of Paddington Chapel; the Rev. John Angell James, of Birmingham; the Rev. Dr. Harris, President of New College; the Rev. Thomas Binney, of the Weigh House; the Rev. Dr. Henderson, of Islington; the Rev. Samuel Thodey, of Rodborough; the Rev. Dr. Burder, Treasurer; and the Rev. Dr. Tidman, Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society. The whole proceedings, which were characterised by a spirit of fraternal confidence and love, were closed in a solemn act of devotion, in which the Rev. E. Mannering commended the Magazine and the Editor to the special blessing of God. Few meetings have been more harmonious or edifying.

CONFERENCE ON VOLUNTARY EDUCATION.

THE friends of voluntary education, in their efforts to promote the instruction of the people, besides the ordinary labours and diffi the additional embarrassment of being comculties incident to such enterprises, have had pelled constantly to leave their work, in order to defend their principles. For years past, it might be said of every one devoted to this cause, as it was of those engaged in building the walls of Jerusalem, that "with one of his hands he wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon." We would fain hope that that time is nearly passed. The constant variety and succession of the schemes of compulsory education that have of late claimed the public suffrage, and the hopelessly irreconcilable principles which they severally espoused, must convince every reflective mind, that there is no rational prospect of any system emerging out of this class, that can be universally acceptable to the people of England.

The earnest convictions of large classes of the community revolt against each of these projects, and yet it is clear as the day, there can be no national system of education without the general concurrence of the nation.

Such being the case, we think the advocates of voluntary education may, and ought to go to their work with better faith, and a deeper sense of security than ever. They may safely leave the rival theories to dispute the ground, and mutually to neutralise each other, while they proceed patiently and diligently to their appointed task. We believe there are not a few who have been keeping aloof, deluded, by the pretensions of one or other of these schemes, into the expectation that some great and comprehensive plan might at length be elaborated, which might respect the rights of all, without infringing the principles of any, but are now beginning to tire of conflicts which serve only to suspend the real work of education, and to feel that it is in vain to look in that direction for any solution of the problem which shall respect liberty of conscience, be free from social injustice, and exempt from danger to the liberty and independence of the people of England.

It is pleasant, therefore, to observe, that the friends of voluntary education are earnestly betaking themselves to a practical illustration of the soundness and sufficiency of their principles. The Congregational Board of Education has recently set its machinery in motion with a fresh and accelerated impulse, and now we rejoice to hear that the Voluntary School Association is about to call a large conference of its friends, from all parts of the country, to strengthen its present position, and to enter upon a new and enlarged sphere of activity. Without instituting any invidious comparisons between this organization, and other bodies having similar objects in view, we may be permitted to say, that the broad and unsectarian platform which this society erects, affords an opportunity which, we venture to think, a large body of persons in this country covet, to promote feelings of kindness and charity between Christians of different denominations, while uniting in some work of common interest and utility. We earnestly hope, therefore, that large numbers of those who have been hitherto neutral or expectant, will rally round this Institution, and that its approaching conference will be productive of such results as will constitute a memorable era in the history of voluntary and unsectarian education in this country.

THE PROTESTANT ALLIANCE.

THIS Confederation of enlightened and strong-hearted Protestants, composed of various Evangelical denominations, has resolved

unanimously, at a meeting of the General Committee, held at the Caledonian Hotel, Adelphi, on Tuesday, the 4th of November, the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair, to commence, without delay, a vigorous effort for the discontinuance of the Endowment for the support of Maynooth College. This is indeed good news, which every one who believes Rome to be the antagonist of God and man will hail with delight. It is high time that the anomalous, and, as we believe, sinful support of the Papacy by the British nation should cease, and that so corrupt a system should be left to bear its own burden. Opposed on principle to all government Endowments of religion, as unjust and unscriptural, we regard the direct or indirect support of Antichrist in the light of an awful affront to the truth and holiness of God, who has expressly threatened its utter consumption and ruin, that it may no longer deceive and corrupt the nations.

DR. CAMPBELL AND HIS LABOURS.

ONE of the greatest prodigies of Literary labour in the present age, is the respected Pastor of the Tabernacle. We have sometimes thought ourselves moderately diligent; but we shrink from comparison with our Brother-Editor, who does the work of at least three competent men. Long may he be spared for that high service which Divine Providence has evidently assigned to him!

From a late article in "the British Banner," we were much gratified to find that it so nobly stands its ground. Among our religious newspapers, there is nothing answering to it in circulation, and nothing exceeding it in useful and stirring composition, on all subjects connected with politics, religion, social economy, and Christian philanthropy. Happily, the Stamp Office demonstrates its unprecedented success; and, if we are not greatly deceived, its character, in various ways, is immensely improved. Dr. Campbell even, like all wise Editors, feels that he is still at school; and no one will suspect him of being a dull scholar. The "Banner" deserves well of the entire nonconforming community; and many, beyond its pale, would do well to ponder its spirited articles, and to gather wisdom from its seasonable and faithful warnings. We venture to anticipate a great increase in its circulation, proportioned to its merits, during the coming year. Our Literature should be promoted earnestly by every one interested in the destiny of Nonconformity; and the "Banner," with its Supplement, issued quarterly, is one of our cheapest

papers.

"The Christian Witness," too, and "the Christian Penny Magazine," are more than entitled to their original standing. No one, capable of judging, can take up a single