CONTENTS OF VOL. XXXI.-1849.

JANUARY NUMBER.

ARTICLE

I. REV. JAMES DIXON, D. D.

By R. A. West, Esq., New-York.

IL THE LORD'S DAY, THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH

1. The True Sabbath Embraced and Observed. By Elder Samuel Davidson,

many years a regular Baptist Minister; now Pastor of the Seventh-Day Baptist

Church in Shiloh, New-Jersey.

2. Religious Liberty Endangered by Legislative Enactments. An Appeal to

the Friends of Equal Rights and Religious Freedom in the United States, from

the Seventh-Day Baptist General Conference.

3. The Sabbath Manual. Nos. 1, 2, and 3. By Rev. Justin Edwards, D. D.

4. Tracts of the Lord's-Day Society. Nos. 1-31.

5. "Tracts of the Times" on the Sabbath. Nos. 1-5.

6. Statement of the Proceedings of the Sabbath Alliance. By R. K. Gre-

ville, LL. D.

III. THE LITERATURE OF POLITICS:-THE REPORTER AND

LETTER-WRITER

IV. CHANNING

By Rev. Abel Stevens, Boston, Mass.

Memoir of William Ellery Channing; with Extracts from his Correspondence

and Manuscripts.

V. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF 3ixzi ?

By Rev. S. M. Vail, Professor at Concord.

Veteris Testamenti Sententia de Rebus Post Mortem Futuris Illustrata. Auct.

Gust. Fred. Oehler, Phil. et Theol. Doct. hujusque Professor P. O. in Academia

Vratislaviensi.

VI. THE PROGRESSIVE PRINCIPLE OF LANGUAGE AND

STYLE

VII. THE REV. EDWARD IRVING

1. A Biographical Sketch of Edward Irving. By William Jones.

2. For the Oracles of God; four Orations for Judgment to come; an Argu-

ment. By Edward Irving.

1. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays. By Thomas Carlyle, author of the

History of the French Revolution. A new edition, complete in one volume.

2. Past and Present, Chartism, and Sartor Resartus. By Thomas Carlyle.

Complete in one volume.

3. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, with Elucidations. By Thomas

Carlyle. In two volumes.

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IX. SHORT REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS

1. Latham's English Language, p. 140.-2. Hoole's Year-Book of Missions,

p. 140.-3. Long's Hand-Book of Bengal Missions, p. 142.-4. Davidson's Intro-

duction to the New Testament, p. 142.-5. Davidson's Ecclesiastical Polity,

p. 142.-6. Cooke's Christian Theology, p. 143.-7. Wedgwood on the Develop-

ment of the Understanding, p. 143.-8. Wordsworth's and French's Hulsean

Lectures, p. 144.-9. Richter's Levana, p. 145.-10. Coleridge's Idea of Life,

p. 146.-11. Clarke's Christ Crucified, p.146.-12. Loomis' Trigonometry, p.146.—

13. Morals for Common Schools, p. 147.-14. Porter on Revivals of Religion,

p. 147.-15. Olin's Baccalaureate Discourse, p. 147.-16. Wickens' Bunyan's Pil-

grim's Progress, p. 148.-17. Abbott's Histories, p. 148.-18. Griswold's Sacred

Poets, p. 148.-19. Dwight's Mythology, p. 148.-20. Hunt's Merchants' Maga-

zine, p. 149.-21. Magoon's Proverbs for the People, p. 149.-22. Beecher on

Baptism, p. 149.-23. Warren's Duties of Attorneys, p. 150.-24. Hodgson's

Polity of Methodism, p. 150.-25. Life of Catharine Adorna, p. 151.-26. Ed-

mondson on Self-Government, p. 151.-27. Coffin's Conic Sections, p. 152.-28.

Bangs' Sermon before N. Y. Conference, p. 152.-29. Harper's Illustrated Bri-

tish Poets, p. 153.-30. Schmitz and Zumpt's Classical Series, p. 153.-31. Mrs.

Markham's France, p. 153.-32. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of

Philadelphia, p. 154.-33. Arvine's Cyclopædia of Anecdotes, p. 154.-34. Sar-

torius' Person and Work of Christ, p. 154.35. Anthon's Memorabilia, p. 154.-

36. Lyons' Christian Songs, p. 155.-37. Peck's Christian Perfection, p. 156.-

38. Duff's North American Accountant, p. 156.-39. Bushnell's Christian Nur-

ture, p. 156.-40. Edmondson's Short Sermons, p. 156.-41. Southern Methodist

Pulpit, p. 157.-42. Wheeler's History of Congress, p. 157.-43. Journals of the

General Conference, p. 157.-44. Cheever's Journal of the Pilgrims, p. 157.

45. Report of Commissioners of Common Schools of New-Hampshire, p. 157.

46. Chillingworth's Whole Works, p. 157.-47. Sherlock's Discourse concerning

the Divine Providence, p. 158.-48. Issues of the Sunday-School Union, p. 158.

X. THE CHARGE OF PLAGIARISM AGAINST DR. PALEY

XI. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE

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APRIL NUMBER.

I PLAN AND STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES 173

[Modified from the German of VAIHINGER, in the "Theologische Studien und

Kritiken" for July, 1848.]

II. PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST

By Rev. D. W. Clark, New-York.

A Treatise on the Physical Cause of the Death of Christ, and its Relation to

the Principles and Practice of Christianity. By William Stroud, M.D.

III. THE DUTY OF FASTING.

IV. THOMAS CARLYLE

By Bishop Morris.

By Rev. T. V. Moore, Richmond, Va.

1. Past and Present, Chartism and Sartor Resartus. By Thomas Carlyle.

2. The French Revolution: a History. By Thomas Carlyle.

3. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches; including the Supplement to the

First Edition, with Elucidations. By Thomas Carlyle.

4. On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History. Six Lectures, re-

ported with Emendations and Additions. By Thomas Carlyle.

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205

. 217

V. SPIRITUAL HEROES

By Rev. James Floy, D. D., New-Haven.

Spiritual Heroes; or, Sketches of the Puritans, their Character and Times.

By John Stoughton.

VI. THE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY OF LANGUAGE

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VII. OTTO VON GERLACH'S COMMENTARY ON THE NEW

TESTAMENT

By Rev. G. R. Crooks, Dauphin, Pa.

Das Neue Testament, mit Einleitungen und Erklärenden Anmerkungen.

Herausgegeben durch Otto Von Gerlach. Dritte Auflage. (The New Testament,

with Introductions and Explanatory Remarks. By Otto Von Gerlach.)

VIII. THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH .

By Dr. T. E. Bond, Senr.

History of the Organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; com-

prehending all the Official Proceedings of the General Conference, and the Ge-

neral Convention, with such other matters as are necessary to a right under-

standing of the case.

IX. RELIGIOUS TRAINING

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By Rev. S. Olin, D. D.

X. BAPTIST NOEL ON CHURCH AND STATE.

Essay on the Union of Church and State. By Baptist Wriothesley Noel, M. A.

XI. CRITICAL NOTICES

322

327

1. Macaulay's History of England, p. 327.-2. American edition of Hahn's.

Hebrew Bible, p. 328.-3. Wilberforce on the Incarnation, p. 328.-4. Bushnell's

Three Discourses, p. 329.-5. Turnbull's Theophany, p. 330.-6. Brooke's Bap-

tismal Regeneration, p. 331-7. Our English Bible, p. 331.-8. Jewett's Oration
on Franklin, p. 332.-9. Adler's German Dictionary, p. 333.-10. Cubitt's Co-

lumbus, p. 333.-11. Athens, its Grandeur and Decay, p.333.-12. Life of Frank-

lin, illustrated, p. 334.-13. Tyler's Tacitus, p. 335.-14. Irving's Works, p.335.-

15. Shaw's Outlines of English Literature, p. 336.-16. Causes, Evils, and Cures

of Heart and Church Divisions, p. 336.-17. Thornton's Oregon and California,

p. 337.-18. Parkman's California and Oregon Trail, p. 337.-19. Abbott's Han-

nibal, p. 337.-20. Wikoff's Napoleon, Louis, p. 338.-21. Smith's Mechanics,

p. 338.-22. Mattison's Elementary Astronomy, p. 338.-23. Crane on Dancing,

p. 339.-24. Raybold's Methodism in West Jersey, p. 339.-25. Burkitt's Notes,

p. 339.-26. De Wette on the Apocalypse, p. 339.-27. Claude's Essay, p. 340.-

28. Life and Thoughts of John Foster, p. 340.-29. Longfellow's Poems, p. 340.-

30. Goodrich's Rome, p. 341.-31. Page on Teaching, p. 341.-32. Clark's English

Grammar, p. 341.-33. Fulton and Eastman's Book-keeping, p. 341.-34. Origin

and Progress of Language, p. 341.-35. Woodbury's German-English Grammar,

p. 342.

XII. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE

ENGLAND.-The Established Church

The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith: a Biography, in four books.

By John Forster, of the Inner Temple, Barrister: author of the "Lives of the

Statesmen of the Commonwealth.”

1. Life of Charles Wesley: comprising a Review of his Poetry, Sketches of the

Rise and Progress of Methodism, with Notices of Contemporary Events and Cha-

racters. By Rev. Thomas Jackson.

2. Methodist Hymnology: comprehending Notices of the Poetical Works of

John and Charles Wesley. Showing the Origin of their Hymns in the Methodist

Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal, South, and Wesleyan Collections; also, of such

other Hymns as are not Wesleyan, in the Methodist Episcopal Hymn-Book, and

some Account of the Authors; with Critical and Historical Observations. By

David Creamer.

IIL JULIAN THE APOSTATE .

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By Rev. Dr. Bangs, New-York.

IV. JAMES MILNOR.

407

A Memoir of the Life of James Milnor, D. D., Late Rector of Saint George's

Church, New-York. By Rev. John S. Stone, D.D.

V. PLAN AND STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES.

(Second Paper.).

[Modified from the German of Vaihinger, in the "Theologische Studien und

Kritiken" for July, 1848.]

VL THE PREPARATION FOR CHRISTIANITY IN THE HISTORY

OF THE WORLD, A PROOF OF ITS DIVINE ORIGIN.

(First Paper.)

By Rev. Dr. Schaff, Professor at Mercersburg.

VIL THE BAPTIST PSALMIST

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429

448

By Rev. Dr. Floy, New-Haven.

The Psalmist; a New Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Baptist Churches.

VIIL THE PLANET LE VERRIER

By Professor James Renwick, Columbia College.

Comptes-Rendus des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences.-Paris, 1846, 1847,

1848.

457

IX. CHEEVER'S LECTURES ON "THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS" 466

By Rev. J. H. Wythes, Bethlehem, Pa.

Lectures on the Pilgrim's Progress, and on the Life and Times of John Bunyan.

By Rev. George B. Cheever, D.D.

X. THE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY OF LANGUAGE. (Second

Paper.)

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