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manly good sense, his conscientiousness, and his wonderful prudence secured a universal confidence and respect, and gave him an enduring influence. His forbearance and prudence were constantly manifested. No word from him ever increased the excitements of the trying seasons of his ministry. And when he relinquished its active service, although he had a strong desire to complete his half-century, he did not express his wish, only saying, "It is better for one to suffer for the parish, than for the parish to suffer for one," and joined in all the arrangements for the settlement of another with entire good-will. He was a model, too, in his relations to his several successors; kind and gentle in all his judgments; never censuring, and ever most ready to commend. It would not be possible, perhaps, to state his precise religious views. He did not agree, probably, with modern Unitarians in all respects. His faith in relation to Jesus was once thus expressed, in his own nervous language, "That he was infinitely higher than the highest archangel, and infinitely less than God." But he never preached a doctrinal sermon. He was remarkable for his entire liberality. He utterly rejected all spiritual domination. In 1782, a Confession of Faith was drawn up for the church, to satisfy some of its members; but, although it was expressed in the most liberal form, Mr. Willis felt bound to record his distinct protest against the principle involved in every such instrument. And to that freedom he was always true.

He lived to an extreme age, yet his faculties remained unimpaired to an unusual degree. For three years he had been the last survivor of his class. He was deeply affected when he found himself left thus as the last of his early companions. He has gone to join them now. His life was passed in peace. And when he was borne to the grave, the serenity upon his countenance seemed to say, that he had gone indeed to his rest.

B.

REV. GEORGE MOORE died at Quincy, Ill., March 11, 1847, aged 35 years.

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For more than six years Mr. Moore had been the pastor of the Unitarian or Second Congregational church and society in Quincy. He may be said to have been the founder of that society, having been its first pastor, and been associated with all its interests, trials, and growth from its infancy. From a handful of disconnected worshippers it has grown into a united, devoted, and increasing congregation. In the words of a notice of him in a Quincy paper, "To his little flock his loss may almost be termed irreparable. The spiritual teacher and the loving friend-whose presence was sure to bring cheerfulness into the fireside circle, and consolation to the couch of pain—is gone from them for ever! But they are not the only mourners. The sufferers in prison, in poverty, in affliction, will long cherish the blessed memory of him who so often visited them, and ministered to their wants, both of body and of mind." This was the reputation he had earned among those not of his society. An eminent physician of Quincy, of another denomination, once said, that there was no man whom he so often met at the sick-bed of the friendless poor as Mr. Moore. He had also triumphed over a strong prejudice against the peculiar form of faith which he held, by the force of his Christian character. The severe tone of remark, and the repulsive spirit which pained him in the early part of his ministry,

had given place to a general respect, and in many instances to a cordial sympathy. This was manifested in his last illness and at his funeral by members of other denominations in visiting him, in offering their churches, and in uniting in the funeral services, presenting a beautiful

example of Christian liberality.

Under the auspices of the American Unitarian Association, and of the "Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America," Mr. Moore had done much missionary labor in the West. He has proclaimed the unsearchable riches of Christ, in many a log cabin, to the rude pioneers of the West, who had walked miles over the prairie, to hear what to them was so rare and so precious. He has then lain cheerfully down on their beds of straw, and seen the stars of heaven through the openings in the roof. He has distributed a large amount of books and tracts, and planted seeds of holiness, and awakened trains of thought and spiritual aspiration, that, like the seed of the husbandman, shall bring forth a blessed harvest, while he is sleeping in his grave.

He was born in Concord, Mass., near the spot where the Revolutionary struggle commenced, on the 4th of May, 1811. His childhood was remarkable for nothing except obedience to his parents, a love of home, and great gentleness and purity. Although not forward in the development of his powers, he had a deep-seated love of improvement, and when told by his father that he had decided not to send him to college, he replied, "I shall comply with your wishes until I am of age, but then I shall certainly go." His father then sent him. He graduated at Harvard in 1834, with a spotless character, and a good standing as a scholar. He taught one or two years in Plymouth, and graduated at the Divinity School in Cambridge in 1839. He preached with success in several parishes, and there were indications that he might receive a call from one or two large congregations. But a year or two previous he had made a journey through the West with his brother, and seeing the great spiritual wants of that region, like Paul at Athens, "his spirit was stirred within him," and he made an inward consecration of himself to this work, at the sacrifice of long-cherished plans of happiness amidst the scenes and institutions and friends of New England. Having selected Quincy as the scene of his labors, he was ordained as an evangelist, November 4, 1840, in the old church in Concord, in which service his venerable and beloved pastor, Dr. Ripley, then in his eightyeighth year, took part. In the same month he went to Quincy, where, in spite of the continued allurements of home, and renewed temptations held out to him by two or three societies in New England, he labored on from the smallest beginnings, with the faith, the patience, and the cheerfulness of a martyr. He is one of the best examples our denomination has afforded of the true Christian missionary. With the most practical talents, with a deep moral and spiritual nature, with a thorough culture, intellectual and spiritual, he sacrificed every worldly wish, and devoted his life to Christ and the church, to God, and his fellow-men. And the results were such as to encourage all to go and do likewise. As Unitarians, as Christians, as philanthropists, we all owe him a debt of gratitude. May the same spirit actuate others, until all the most arduous places in the church are as nobly and faithfully filled!

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INDEX.

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life, 228-character, 231-belief,
232- views of moral inability,
235- dedication discourse, 237-
an educated ministry, 238.
Collamore, A. F. See Atlantic.
Colman, J. F. See Poetry.
Consolation in Trials, etc., 298.
Consuelo. See Sand.
Cooper, J. F. See Novels.
D.
Davis, J. See Obituary.
Day, J. Q., Geography by, 144.
Dedications, 308, 466.
Dewey, O., Discourses by, 292.
Diadem for 1847, 148.
D'Israeli, B. See Novels.
Dudevant, Madame. See Sand.

E.

Ecclesiastical Record, 151, 305, 458.
Eliot, S. See Relation.
Emerson, G. B., Report on Trees,
etc., by, 294.

Emerson, R. W. See Poetry.
Estray, The. See Poetry.
Everett, A., Essays by, 296.
Everett, E., Address by, 150.

F.

Fanny Forester's writings, 393-402
light reading, 393 - Miss Chub-
buck's collection, 394-love-tales,
395.

Farley, H., Shells, etc., by, 453.
Fenner, C. G. See Poetry, and Obit-
uary.

Follen, E. L., Hymns, etc., by, 299.
Fosdick, D., Sermon by, 150.
Foster, J., Life and Correspondence
of, 82-100-early life, 83-per-
sonal habits, 85-essays, 86-re-
marks on London, 87- extracts
from journal, 89-views of future
punishment, 91-political opin-
ions, 93-traits of character, 95
loss of his wife, 97- his death,

99.

Fuller, S. M., Papers on Literature,
etc., by, 140.

Furness, W. H., Oration by, 304.
G.

Gannett, E. S., Discourses by, 150,
303.

German Catholic Movement, the,
40

Clough, S., Works of, 227-240
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55-81 Ronge, 55-state of,
Germany, 56 Catholic Remon-
strants, 57. the holy coat, 59-
progress of discontent, 60-Czer-
ski, 62- Rongean party, 64
opposition to, 66-Dr. Regen.
brecht, 67-Breslau Congregation,
68-Schneidemühl Confession, 70
-meeting at Leipsic, 71-the
new congregations, 72- Friends
of Light, 73-parties, 74-Uh-
lich's propositions, 75 - Rongean
movement, 76-Christian Catho-
lic Church, 79-Theiner, 80-
sympathy with the new reforma-
tion, 81.

Gervinus, G. G., Mission of the Ger-
man Catholics by, 55.
Gesenius, Hebrew Grammar of,
translated by Conant, and by Stu-
art, 136.
Goldsbury, J., Theories of Grammar
by, 145.

Gray, F. T., New Year's Present by,
299-Sermons, 303.
Greg, W. R., German schism by, 55.
Grotius, Hugo, and his Times, 1-30

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- lovers of truth, 1- Grotius, 2-
materials for life of, ib.—death of
Barneveldt, 3-early life of Gro-
tius, 4- youthful promise, 5-
residence in France, ib.. - at the
Hague, 6-in England, 7-in-
volved in theological controver-
sies, 9-Arminius, 10- Arrest of
Grotius, 13-Synod of Dort, ib.-
Grotius a captive and exile, 15-
his reception in France, 17- goes
to Holland, ib.-closing period of
his life, 18-death, 19— works
of, 20-poems, 21-theology, 22
-odium brought on him by his
liberality, 24-tendency to Cath-
olicism, ib.- his ethical writings,
26-character, 27- his true place,

29.

H.

Harris, J., Pre-Adamite Earth by,
300.

Harvard University, 308.
Hawthorne, N., 113.

Headley, J. T., on Napoleon and his
Marshals, 174.

Holland, F. W., Discourse by, 150.
Holmes, O. W., Poem by, 150.
I.

Ingraham, J. H., 104.

Installations. See Ordinations.
Intelligence, 151, 305, 458.

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J.

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James, G. R. P. See Novels.
Jesuit Missions in North America,
360-378-Kip's work on, 360
-spirit of the missionaries, 361
Father Rasles, 362- Marest
and Poisson, 363. martyrdom of
the missionaries, 364- Protestant
injustice, 366-Puritan and Jesu-
it, 368 results, 369- cannibal-
ism, 371-capture of Fort William
Henry, 372-French and sava-
ges, 374-
massacre, ib.- efforts
of the Jesuits, 376— results, 377.
K.
Kenrick, J., Essay on Primeval His-
tory by, 139.

Kip, W.Í. See Jesuit.

L.

Laing, S., Notes, etc., by, 55.
Lamson, A., Sermon by, 303.
Liturgy, the Christian, 450.
Livermore, A. A., Discourse by, 303.
Lyra Innocentium, 147.
M.

Mahan, A., Intellectual Philosophy
by, 452.

Mann, H., Reply to Smith by, 457.
Man's Enmity to God, 181-195-

Thom's work on, 181- his scheme
unites Calvinism and Universal-
ism, 182-foundation of his theo-
ry, 183-three Divine "experi-
ments," 184-punishments, 188

human depravity, 190-man's
moral ability, 191-religious liter-
ature, 193.

Manzoni, A. See Novels.
May, S. J., Discourse by, 149.
Mechanic Arts. See Nations.
Miles, H. A., Sermon by, 456.
Moore, Rev. G. See Obituary.
Morell, J. D., History of Philosophy
of Nineteenth Century by, 284-
291 — epitomes of philosophy, 284
modern philosophy, 285-Mo-
rell's method, 286-philosophy in
England, 287. idealism
spon-
taneity, 289-mysticism, 290.
Mountford, W., Christianity, etc.,
by, 141.
My Early Days, 455.

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Nations, Progress of, 46-54-Sea-
man's Essays on, 46-importance
of the mechanic arts, 49- Eng-
land, ib. — America, 50- dangers
of mechanism, 51-duties of men
of wealth and leisure, 53.

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Palfrey, J. G., Papers on the Slave
Power by, 304.

Parker, T., Sermons by, 149, 303.
Peabody, A. P., Sermons on Conso-
lation by, 240-250-character of
the volume, 241-proofs of im-
mortality, 242-consciousness, 244
- faith resting on intuitions, 245
-religious culture, 247- faith in
Christ, 249- Address by, 304.
Peabody, Rev. S. See Reminiscen-
ces. Mrs., ib.

Peace Addresses, 155.

Pickering, J., Greek Lexicon of, 137
- Eulogy on, 457.
Pitts, O. See Atlantic.

Plato's Gorgias, conclusion of, 195–
201-tradition in Homer, 196-
judgment after death, ib.-condi-
tion of the soul, 197-future retri-
bution, 198-regulation of the life,
199. See Pond.

Poetical contributions, 43, 282, 283,

341-345.

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Pond, E., Life, etc., of Plato by, 300.
See Swedenborgianism.

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Pope, A. R., Discourses by, 303, 457.
Prophet, the Jewish, 402-408 -
Scriptural sense of the term, 403
-Jewish prophets, what, 405
- prophetic illumination, 406-
prophecies particular or general,
407-how to be regarded, 408.
Pulpit Eloquence, Thoughts on, 426
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- deficiencies of the pulpit, 427

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causes, 428-want of talent,
ib.-reliance on dignity of subject,
429- unwillingness to labor, 430
- eloquence misunderstood, ib.
its characteristics, 432-honesty,
433-egotism, 434- great princi-
ples, 435-experience, 436-per-
sonal character, 437- mental abil-
ities, 439-temperament, 440-
faith, 441 - knowledge, 442-
style, 443-voice, 444-action,
446-examples of Christian elo-
quence, 447.

Putnam, G., Discourse by, 457.
R.

Randall, S. S., Science of Geology
by, 146.

Read, T. B. See Poetry.
Reformation, the New. See Ger-

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Savonarola, 348-- liberty and
reform, 350-Church and State,
353-progress, 354-Antislavery,
357-past efforts, 358- hope,
359.

Religious Denominations in Boston,
460.

Religious Journals, 155.
Reminiscences pertaining to a New
England Clergyman at the Close of
the last Century, 313-341-jour-
ney to Atkinson, 313-description
of, 315-Rev. S. Peabody, 317 —
early life of, ib.- personal appear-
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habits, 320-good nature and lib-
erality, 321 titles-"Sir Peabo-
dy," 322. character as a divine,
ib.- his library, ib. - reading, 324
- public performances, 325- -an-
ecdote, 327-leaning on the civil
authority, 328-dignity, 330 —
every-day life, ib. treatment of
visiters, 331-deficiencies, 332-

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