ABYSSINIA, journal of a residence in, see Gobat.
Africa, South, see Gardiner and Steed-
Antiquities of Athens, measured and de- lineated by J. Stuart, and N. Revett, 430; contents, 430, 31. Architectural antiquities of Rome, mea-
sured, &c., by A. Desgodetz, 176; par- ticulars of the author, ib.; contents, 176, 7.
Argument drawn from scripture, to prove the ministry of the gospel ought to be entirely gratuitous, 286; it, however, rather aims to shew that there is no occasion whatever for pastors or minis- ters, 299; the present writer substitutes calumny for reasoning, ib.
Ball's holy scripture the test of truth, 181; the Quakers and the Wesleyan Method- ists in a similar position, ib.; in both the authority of the founder is still para- mount, 182; in every private society, reason requires that the recognized rules should be submitted to, ib.; origin of the differences among the Friends, 185; re- marks upon the attempt to substitute hu- man authority for the scriptures, as the test of truth, 186-89; our author's opi- nion of Barclay and Penn, 189, 90; re- ligious error always sets out with dis- paraging the inspired rule of faith, 192; extract, 193; the future character of Quakerism hangs upon the issue of the present crisis, 194; William Penn grew wiser as he grew older; why should not his followers? 197.
Beattie's Scotland, 177; a cheap and beau- tiful work, ib.
Biblical Keepsake, 237; contents, ib.
Canada, backwoods of; being letters from
the wife of an emigrant officer, 158; this book invaluable to the wives and daughters of emigrants, of the higher class, ib.; specimens of the good sense of the writer, 159; further extract, 159, 60; visit to an Indian winter encamp- ment, 161-63; ' sleigh bells', 164; con- cluding extract, 164, 5.
China. See Matheson. Church of England, the, evils in, 167; rea- sons for leaving, 197. See Hargrove and Lee.
Church of Rome, guide from the, 513. See O'Croly.
Copley's history of slavery, and its aboli- tion, 325; contents of the work, ib.; extracts, 326, 27. And see Statements and observations, &c. Copley's scripture biography, 470; spe- cimen, 471, 2.
Cowper. See works of William Cowper. Cox's, rev. dr., and the rev. dr. Hoby's, Baptists in America, 480; America a never failing object of curiosity in this country, ib.; she has much to acquire, and something she should rid herself of for ever, 481; slavery in the United States, 482; extract, 482-85; can emancipation be expected from the Ame- rican philanthropists? 485; the obstacles to be encountered by the few willing to obey the dictates of humanity and re- ligion, 486; slavery as upheld and main- tained by American christians, 487, 88; there exists a great indifference to eman- cipation, 489, 90; the authors vindicate their conduct in not publicly protesting against slavery, 491; treatment of the coloured population, ib.; revivals in Ame-
rica, 493, 4; female establishments, for the purposes of education, 494-6; por- traiture of a christian merchant', 497, 98; dr. Channing, and mr. Robert Hall, 498. Crewdson's beacon to the society of Friends, 181; an admirable work, 199. And see Ball's holy scriptures the test of truth.
Dale's poetical works, 212; contents, ib.;
the widow of Nain,' 213; extract, 213-15; tale of the flood,' 216-18; 'the anniversary,' 218, 19. Dissent, anti-monarchical and democra- tical in its tendency, 177; appropriately commences with a passage from the in- fidel Bolingbroke, 178.
Dissent exploded by Parrhesiastes, 177;
Dissent unscriptural and unjustifiable. See Lee.
Drew's chronological charts, 5F; in chro- nological and geographical accompani- ments to history, three desiderata pre- sent themselves, 52; periods embraced in these charts, 53, 4; the whole value of such a work depends upon its accu- racy, 55; extract, 56.
Edmonds's life and times of general Wash-
ington, 227; executed with ability and judgement, 228; general Braddock's re- pulse near Fort du Quesne, ib.; Wash- ington's reflections on the affair, 229; speech of Charles Townsend on the pass- ing of the stamp act, 230, 31; reflections on the American war, 232-35; sum- mary of Washington's character, 235, 6. Elucidations of interesting passages in the sacred volume, 87; ancient mode of redeeming, 88; high raised seats places of honour,' ib.
English scriptures, the, their first recep- tion, &c., 433. See new testament of our Lord and Saviour.
Establishment, reform of the church. See Fundamental.
First book of geometry, 300; a nice little manual, 303.
Fisher's juvenile scrap-book, 90; 'to my godson,' 90-2; on Gainsborough's pea- sant children,' 92, 3; to little red riding- hood,' 94.
Forster's life of John Jebb, D.D., &c., 454; Jebb's father, ib.; his career at college, 455; is ordained a deacon, 456; anecdotes, 456,7; reflections, 458; mr. Jebb is presented to the rectory of Abington, 459; anecdote, 460; Jebb's
deportment towards his parishioners, 461 remarks upon the sources of the national attachment to the popish faith, 462; his "sacred literature," ib.; an in- surrection breaks out in Abington, 463; the people pledge themselves to oppose any attempt upon Abington glebe, 464; Jebb is appointed to the see of Limerick, 465; the interchange of kindly feelings between dr. Jebb and the Roman Ca- tholic clergy, 466; he is summoned to parliament as a representative Irish bishop, 467; is attacked with paralysis, 468; his death, in 1833, 469; further extracts, 469, 70.
Francœur's lineal drawing and introduc-
tion to geometry, 300; contents, 301; extracts, 301, 2; the present translation betrays negligence, 302.
Fundamental reform of the church estab-
lishment, 165; the bishop's power is both too great and too small, 166, 7; three great evils in the church, 167; extract, 167-70; simplicity of purpose and un- compromising fidelity displayed in this pamphlet, 170; extracts, 170-74; pre. sent pamphlet a sign of the times, 174; further extract, 175.
Gardiner's narrative of a journey to the Zoolu country, 504; replete with novel and curious information, ib.; extract, 505; language of the Zoolus, 506; their objects of worship, 507; chief ob- ject our author has had in view, 508; interesting account of his attempt to reach Cape Colony from Port Natal, 509, 10; 'waggon travelling in South Africa,' 511, 12.
Girl's week-day book, 428; specimen of the work, 428, 9.
Gobat's journal of a three years' residence in Abyssinia, 123; christianity has main- tained its ground in this 'back country of Egypt' through the lapse of twelve centuries, 125; particulars of the Abys- sinian branch of the Coptic church, 126; mr. Gobat's interview with an Abyssi- nian monk, 127, 8; specimen of Abys- sinian justice, 129; sojourn at Gondar, 130, 31; the first lady in Abyssinia,' 132; our author's reflections on taking leave of the Amharic capital, 183, 34; his account of the Abyssinians is upon the whole rather encouraging, 134, 5. Groves's liberty of the ministry in the church of Christ, 286; the labourer worthy of his hire, ib.; if a pastor is worth having, he is worth paying, 287; whence comes the authority to minister in the church of Christ? 288-90; the na-
ture of ordination is the point upon which all the disputes respecting church go- vernment may be said to hinge, 290; Hooker proves the lawfulness of lay- preaching, 291; ordination, in the church of Scotland, 292; our author does not deny the propriety of ordination in reference to office, 293; and recog- nizes the distinction between that and ordination to character, 294; no human authority is needed to confer the abstract right to teach or to administer the sacra- ments, 295; and no bishop or pastor re- quired for the purpose of consecrating the elements, 296; our author speaks the sentiments of the primitive nonconform- ists, 298.
Guide from the church of Rome to the church of Christ, 513; a temperate and faithful exposure of Irish Romanism, ib.; the convert to protestantism in Ireland has small favour shown him by protest- ants, 514; and by others is regarded as a traitor to his country, 514, 15; image worship, 516, 17; the alleged variety of sects among protestants, 517-20. Gurwood's despatches of field marshal the duke of Wellington, 305; extracts, 306, 7.
Gurwood's general orders of field marshal
the duke of Wellington, 304; contains a practical comment on military business in all its departments, 308.
Hall's congregational reform, according to the liturgy of the church of England, 97; extracts, 121, 2. Hampden's inaugural lecture, read before
the university of Oxford, 308; what originated the cry of heresy against our author? ib.; Dr. H. shamefully used, ib.; what are creeds but human inter- pretations of revealed truths? 310; an unqualified approval of all our author's opinions, cannot be given, 312; he ad- mits that the misconstruction put upon his writings may not, entirely, be im- putable to his critics, 314-16; his de- claration of unwavering adherence to the cardinal doctrines of the confession, 320, 21; and his proposed course and plan of religious study, 322-25. And see State- ments of christian doctrine. Hancock's defence of the doctrines of im- mediate revelation and universal and saving light, 181; author cleaves to the obsolete mysticism of Barclay, 197; but advances some admirable sentiments, 198. See Ball's holy scripture the test of truth. Hanna's notes of a visit to some parts of Haïti, 409; extracts, 409, 10.
Henningsen's most striking events of a twelvemonth's campaign with Zumala- carregui, 472.; the author writes in the spirit of a partisan, 472; particulars of Zumalacarregui, 473, 4; our author's first interview with kim, 475; anecdotes, 476, 7.
Hargrove's reasons for retiring from the established church, 411; 'Ireland given in prey to the refuse of the English church,' 411; the Quarterly Review on the subject of the Irish clergy, 412-14; a great improvement manifest in their conduct, but not from the spirit of the establishment, 414; the Christian Ex- aminer on the home mission, 415-18; the chief reason of our author's sepa- rating from the established church, 419; subject pursued, 419-22; the worldliness of the establishment, 422, 23; it will not recognize the ministry of the Spirit without episcopal ordination, 423; God never left his people under the power of moral evil, for whom he did not make a way of escape, 424-26; further extracis, 427, 28.
Hayti, visit to, see Hanna.
Hind's sonnets, and other short poems, 212; sorrow with hope,' 221; 'the efficacy of faith,' 222.
Holland's cruciana, 237; contents, 238; the festival of Holy Rood, 238-40; son- nets, 240, 41. Houlditch's hymns, adapted to the com- prehension of young minds, 261; spe- cimens, ib.
Howe, John, works of the rev., 353; and see Rogers's life of John Howe.
Introductory remarks to a narrative of the irruption of the Kafir hordes into the eastern province of the Cape of Good Hope, 77; an attempt to mislead the public, 84. See Steedman's wander- ings.
Irish poor. See Selection of parochial ex- aminations, &c.
Jebb, bishop. See Forster's life of. Juvenile forget-me-not, 90.
Kempthorne's church-regulating principle.- a national safeguard, &c., 97; see Lee's dissent unscriptural and unjustifiable. Knowles's critical and facsimile pronounc- ing and explanatory dictionary, 303; makes no attempt at etymological de duction, ib.
Koordistan, see Rich's narrative.
Lee's dissent unscriptural and unjustifiable, demonstrated in a second and third letter to dr. J. P. Smith, 97; language and conduct of the established clergy towards dissenters as haughty and intolerant as formerly, ib.; portrait of a 'high-church- man,' 98; 'what is high-churchism?' ib.; 'how stands the case with dissenters?'99; author does not allow that the episco- palians of Scotland are dissenters, ib.; but the Scottish establishment makes them dissenters, 101; no dissenters in the United States, ib.; contents of the present Letter, 103; the author labours to prove that popery and independence stand on the same ground, ib.; extracts, 104-7; specimens of the popery of protestantism, 107; opinion of Stilling- fleet before he had bartered his liberal opinions for a mitre, 109; in things for which man is accountable only to God, the law of man ought to allow unlimited liberty, 110; dr. Lee treats dissenters as, at least in a moral respect, criminals, 111; dissenters are not in the practice of proscribing any persons or any forms, 112; is there any text specifically pro- hibiting a political establishment of Chris- tianity? 114; the fundamental objections against it enumerated, 115; our author's present letter a reply to dr. Smith, but no answer, 117; some considerations for those who maintain dissent to be un- seriptural and unjustifiable, 118, 19; whence did the excited state of the dis- senters, for the last two years, originate? 119.
Letter by Thomas Thompson to the author
of a work entitled "a beacon to the so- ciety of friends," 181. See Ball's holy seripture, &c.
Letters to the English public on the con- dition, &c., of the national universities, 256; the caput, or governing body, the greatest barrier against all reformation in the university, ib.; present condition of several of the professorships, 257, 8. Literary intelligence, 95, 179, 262, 351, 431, 520.
Loudon's architectural magazine and jour- nal, 261.
Masonry, Free, see Stone.
Matheson's present position and prospects
of the British trade with China, 346; commerce and christianity mutually in- debted to each other, ib.; extracts, 347- 50; author's object is to invoke a firm and dignified interposition of the British government, to protect British traders, 350.
Miller's day in the woods, 499; difficulties under which the volume was written, ib.; 'the old fountain,' 500, 1; to the sky- lark,' 501, 2; 'the dying widow,' 502-4. Miller's gardener's dictionary, 261. Ministerial congratulations and counsels; being an address to the churches of Christ, &c., 244; interesting circum- stances which originated this publication, ib.; extract, 244, 5; domestic religion, 245.
Morison's church; a manual, &c., 430; cannot fail to be very useful to young disciples, ib.
Moxon's sonnets, 260; extracts, ib.
New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, published in 1526, being the first translation from the Greek, by William Tyndale, with a memoir of his life, &c., by G. Offor, 433; the re- print of Tyndale's New Testament re- served for a London publisher to under- take, ib.; a life of Tyndale still remains to be written, 434; Tyndale's birth, and youthful days, 435; extract, 436, 7; is domestic chaplain to sir J. Welsh, 437; his zeal and boldness give offence, ib.; lives in London, 438; completes his translation of the Bible at Wittemberg, 439; extraordinary efforts made to sup- press it, 441; all the copies on hand bought up, 442; fines imposed on any having copies in their possession, 443; Tyndale's wanderings for safety, 444; the thunders of the Vatican are launched against him, 445; Henry VIII. places Tyndale's New Testament among the list of prohibited books, 445; the im- potent efforts of that king to exclude the light of the reformation, 446; Tyndale's two letters to sir S. Vaughan, 447, 8; toils laid to entrap Tyndale, 448, 9; is condemned as a heretic, 450.
New Zealand, see Yates's account of. Nightingale's oceanic sketches, 242; won- ders performed in the way of moral re- formation, by the despised missionaries, 242, 3.
O'Croly's inquiry into the principal points of difference, real or imaginary, between the two churches, with a view to religious harmony or forbearance, 1; the Romish church holds many of the orthodox doc- trines which the church of England holds, ib.; yet the present author has been condemned for making the state- ment, 2; the practicability of a union between the two churches, 3; who would surmise, from the language of the tory
press, that they could have anything in common? 4; the tory aristocracy of the reign of queen Anne very like our Eton and Harrow gentry, ib.; no popery, in the mouth of a churchman, means, no dissent, 6; some danger to be appre- hended from the engaging and fasci- nating form that English catholicism as- sumes, 7; the popery of protestantism,' 8; the church of England would prefer, of the two, the romish religion, to fra- ternizing with 'the sectaries,' 9; popery represented as only the corruption of the roman catholic religion, 9, 10; proceed- ings against our author, 11; is a better protestant than many an Oxford-bred divine, 12; analysis of the contents of the present work, ib.; infallibility a mere chimera,' 13; unity of faith no characteristic of the roman catholic church, 14; on the subject of the mass, our author expresses himself as a pro- testant, 15; the doctrine of transubstan- tiation, 16, 17; a full-length portrait of Irish paganism, 18-20; the bishops and rulers of the romish church are responsible for the superstitions and frauds they con- nive at and uphold, 21; has not vin- dictive feeling given colouring to some of our author's statements? 22; auricular confession, 23; the romish church main- tains the duty of exterminating heretics, 25; it is neither by conciliating nor by aping popery that protestantism has ever extended its triumphs, 28; strip roman. ism of its power to persecute, and in its most inoffensive form, it must still be regarded as an awful corruption of chris- tianity, 29.
Peale's graphics, a manual of drawing, 300; a clever book, 303. Periodical accounts of the Serampore mis- sion, 246; state of the mission in April, 1834, 247; Benares, 249; Allahabad, 250; Delhi, 251; Hurdwar, 252, 3; further extracts, 254, 5; what are we doing for the religious welfare of the hundred millions of India? 256. Popery, see O'Croly.
Quaker controversy. See Ball's Holy Scripture, &c.
Ragg's martyr of Verulam, and other
poems, 212; extract, 220, 21. Random recollections of the house of com- mons, 66; extreme minuteness of our author's observations, ib.; mr. Hume, 67-69; sir Robert Peel, 69-71; lord John Russell, 72, 3; mr. O'Connell,
Random recollections of the house of lords, 390; respect of the country for ancient institutions has been greatly undermined, 391; what has contributed to diminish the public respect for the proceedings of the hereditary legislature? 892; 'som- nolent peers,' 393, 4; the leading and com- manding few of the peers are the new ones, 395; analysis of the house, 395, 6; the moral and political strength of the peers lies in the house of commons, 396; not one liberal or popular measure originates in the house of peers, 397; portrait of lord Lyndhurst, 398-402; of lord Brougham, 402-7; inaccuracies of our author, 407; lord Holland, 408; the pre- sent volume displays no ordinary talent, 409.
Rich's narrative of a residence in Koordis- tan, and on the site of ancient Nineveh, 373; a very entertaining narrative, ib.; brief sketch of the life of mr. Rich, 374; is recommended by rev. Robert Hall to sir James Macintosh, 374, 5; whose son-in-law he becomes, 376; dies of cholera, 377; contents of the present volumes, ib.; extract, 379, 80; Suli- mania and the Koords, 381; attachment of the Koords to their chiefs, 383; the principal Koordish clans, 383-5; the town of Sinna, 385, 6; character of 'the real Koords,' 387; the pasha of Suli- mania, 388; speculations concerning the Afghans, 389, 90.
Rogers's life and character of John Howe,
M.A., 353; Howe's injunction to his Oson, ib.; present work contains many hitherto unpublished letters, 354; Howe's character eloquently portrayed, 354, 5; his youth, 356; gives early proof of his superiority to the petty prejudices of the age, 357; marries, 358; is patronised by Cromwell, 358-60; Howe's distaste for the situation he is promoted to, 361; is reduced to beggary, 362; the Act of Uniformity, 362-65; Howe becomes domestic chaplain to viscount Massarene, 365; is invited to London, 366; enters into controversy with dean Stillingfleet, 367; his anonymous letter to lady Russell, 368; and to the bishop of Lincoln, 368; extract, 369; he fixes his residence at Utrecht, ib.; delivers an address of congratulation to king William and queen Mary, 370; his last illness, and death, 371; particulars of his family, ib.; strictures on the style of his writings, 372, 3.
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