adjudicators for publication, or otherwise, as they might determine. A large number of MSS. was received; and, after careful consideration, we, the adjudicators named by the donor, award the prizes to the following essays, viz. :— Essay I., entitled "CHRISTIAN CHURCHES: the Noblest Form of Social Life; the Representatives of Christ on Earth; and the Dwelling-place of the Holy Ghost." Writer, the Rev. Joseph Angus, D.D., Principal of Regent's Park College. Essay II., entitled "CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH HISTORY in England and Wales, from the Reformation to 1662." Writer, the Rev. John Waddington, D.D., Southwark. Essay III., entitled "CONGREGATIONAL UNION: the Problem Solved." Writer, the Rev. Austin Lord, Hersham, Surrey. * In virtue of the discretion left with us, we have decided upon the immediate publication of the first and second essays.* We commend them to the ministers and members of our churches and congregations, as concise, trustworthy, readable, and cheap hand-books upon our principles and early history. We believe they will supply a want, generally felt and expressed, of convenient and accessible material for the information of our people, and for the vindication of our principles. The first essay is an able exposition of that form of ecclesiastical polity prescribed by Christ and His apostles, and exemplified in the practice of the early Christian churches;-the second will be useful in removing erroneous impressions in regard * Bicentenary Essays. Christian Churches, by Joseph Angus, D.D.; Congregational Church History, by John Waddington, D.D. Crown 8vo, Is. each, in paper covers, or the two Essays bound together, 2s. 6d., cloth boards. Ward & Co., 27, Paternoster-row, London, E.C. Adjudicators' Award. V to our origin and antecedents. While correcting historical blunders, it will authoritatively disprove assertions, assiduously circulated at the present time, in disparagement of the noble Pilgrims driven from our shores to seek freedom of worship across the Atlantic, who have been confounded, even by writers of distinction, with commercial adventurers who followed them to the land of the West.. With reference to the third essay, we have postponed its publication for the present, and have suggested the addition of an Appendix, which will, we believe, add to its value. This competition has elicited several essays on Subject I., which, though not occupying the first place, yet, in our estimation, display considerable merit. We think that some of them may be advantageously published, if the authors should so determine. It is our intention, after a careful reconsideration of their respective claims, to give a list of those deemed deserving of honourable mention. Signed, SAMUEL MORLEY. LONDON, July, 1862. Ubi Spiritus Dei, ibi etiam Christus.-BENGEL. Ubi agnovimus Christum, ibi agnovimus et Ecclesiam.-AUGUSTINE. The Church is a congregation of faithful [i.e., believing] men. ART. ENG. CHURCH. 'I believe in the holy Catholic church, the Communion of saints." THE WESTERN (CALLED THE APOSTLES') CREED. Man a social being, par. 1. The church the noblest form of social life, 2; and the representative of Christ, 3. The word 'church'-what, 4. The church universal— what, 5. decay, 7. of equals, 9. Proved from Scripture, 10. This equality remarkable, 11. Its equality not conducive to insubordina- tion or confusion, 12. Its equality further defined, 13. The church an independent association of equals; explained, 14. This independency consistent with co-operation, 15. Good working of this system dependent on what condition, 16. The church a voluntary association of moral agents, 17. What meant by voluntaryism, 18. A spiritual association of avowed Christians, 19. Proof from Scripture, 20. Im- portance of this distinction, 21. No church of Christ ideal; in what way, 28. By care in admitting to her fel- lowship, 29. Scripture proofs; the Acts; the Epistles, 30. What is essential to church membership, 31. By disci- pline in preserving and promoting her holiness, 32. Errors and sins that are to be rebuked; admonitions, 33. Exclusion the act of the entire church, 34. The purpose of discipline twofold, 35. What exclusion implied, 36. Objections to inquiry into the reality of Christian charac- ter; answered. Judgments are fallible, and yet men must Page Simplicity of the New Testament system, par. 40. Three classes of officers, 41. Pastors: their powers. The rulers of the church, and its servants, 42. Difficulties of the pastorate. 43. Threefold duties of the pastorate ministry of the Word; men of prayer; and examples of believers, 44—46. Piety essential to the ministry, 47. Deacons; the nature of their office; wider than is generally supposed, 48. Deaconesses, 49. Evangelists, or apostles of the churches, 50. All the members of the church might pray and teach, 51. All appointed by the people, or with their consent, 52—54. The support of church officers; the principle, 55. Who are to be supported, 56. The sonal activity of Christians not superseded by church offices, 57. This activity essential, 58. The service of the church not a trade or profession, 59. What the amount of support should be, 60. Remedy for inadequate support, 61. How funds are to be raised; what each Christian should give, 62. How far the duties of these offices interchangeable, 63. No details in the New Testament on the government of the church, 64. The church government of the New Testament neither a democracy nor an oligarchy, 65. Advantages of this system, 66. Abuses; divisions; jealousy; isolation, and loss of power; indifference to truth; worldly maxims and spirit; expediency; forgetfulness of the secret of their |