him who is ever on the watch to sow discord among brethren. It would have been long before our various religious institutions would have recovered the shock given to public confidence, had the Bible Society, the most favoured of them all, been wrecked amidst the storm. Among the topics which have pressed upon the public attention during the year, it was impossible that we could shut our eyes to the absorbing question of parliamentary reform. As Christian Observers, it was our duty to urge what appeared to us to be the right view of the matter, upon religious as well as merely political grounds; and we shrunk not from stating our conviction that it was just and necessary, and our hopes that it would prove beneficial. We are more than ever confirmed in the former point; and we trust, notwithstanding some passing clouds, that the nation will not be ultimately disappointed in the latter. Church reform, law reform, the abolition of West-Indian slavery, and several other important malters which there was little hope of speedily and satisfactorily adjusting under the system of borough nomination, and the denial of the elective franchise to the major part of the wealth, intelligence, and morality of the country, seem now likely to be entered upon with promptitude and vigour. The chief danger will now be from the violence of evil disposed men who take advantage of popular feeling to blend what is good with what is evil, and to pull down and destroy, instead of repairing what is decayed. Against the devices of such men, every man who makes the word of God his standard of conduct ought to be vigilantly on his guard, otherwise our popular institutions will prove our ruin. of church reform we have said much, and we have much yet to say, and we therefore will not dilate upon the topic in this brief retrospect. On the plurality bill and some other measures of church reform we expressed an honest and decisive opinion, and events have more than justified all that we advanced. We have felt the difficulty, when such discussions have arisen, of speaking the truth without seeming to disparage persons or institutions which we delighted to honour; but the times required sincerity, and we do not believe that the way to support the church or its officers is to cloke or palliate abuses. The violation of the Lord's day, which is one of the most grievous sins of this pation, has been touched upon in our volume more than almost any other single topic during the year. We begin to have hopes that at length something will be effected, not only by private Christian effort, but by public opinion and by the legislature, to bring back the nation to a sense of its solemn duly and blessed privilege in regard to the Christian Sabbath; and we purpose keeping the matter conspicuously before our readers in our next volume. The state of the poor, and the means of bettering their temporal and spiritual condition, have been prominent topics of remark. Our effort in these discussions has been, without overlooking the importance of any partial alleviations which may be devised, to keep in view those large principles without which the question cannot be wisely and permanently adjusted. We have not said much in this volume respecting the deplorable outburst of fanaticism which occupied so many pages of tne two preceding volumes. When the eruption commenced and seemed likely to spread far and wide and several clergymen who ought to have known better were found encouraging the wild notion of the revival or non-cessation of miracles, we could not in duty hold our peace; but when the extravagance and unscriptural character of the whole proceeding, and its connexion with awful heresies, became apparent to all, and some who were at first led away by the delusion were retracing their steps, we thought it unwise to give much further prominence to the matter. It will now, we trust, die away; and it were neither kind nor wise to renew the anxieties of iis early victims. We remarked at the commencement of the discussion, that some clergymen who were originating or encouraging the delusion would live to repent their folly when it was too late to restrain ihe extravagancies of their followers; and we repeat the warning, as a wholesome caution against future delusions. Would that all Christians, when tempted by new and exciting speculations, would remember the duty of seeking out ihe good old ways, and keeping in the footsteps of the flock. We live in a dark and cloudy day; yet if infidelity and licentiousness are on the increase, true religion is greaty on the increase also; and in the contest between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan, we know upon infallible authority which shall eventually prevail. Let us, then, gird ourselves manfully for the contest; knowing in whom we have believed, and that greater is lle that is for us than they that are against us. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page RELIG, AND MISCEL. Cox.--Last Days of Dr. Johnson.. letters of Miss Boothby to Dr. Johdann.. Family Library..Fdinburgh Cabinet Library.. Praver against Pestilence ..Communion-Table not an Altar.. Letter from the Rer. Daniel Wilson.. Tears of Rer.os-Simeon on Holy Spirit.. Raikes on. PU B. AFF.- Refim Bil.. Partizanship..Po. litical Duties of the Ministers of Religion Oppressions of the Vaudois.. Episcopate in India..Cbolera.. National Humiliation 58 SUPP. TO RELIG. INTEL..—Bible Society.. RELIG. AND MISCEL. Com.-Cathedrals.. Westminster Latin Play.. Heathen Classics 65-95 Ruv.or-Wilks on Church Establishments.. RELIG. INTL.-Trinitarian Bible Society 117 Pc B. AFF-Past Day: Topics of Prayer and Medita'inn,.Cholera.. Political Excitement ..Infidelity.. lord's Day.. Intemperance.. The Press. . Religious Ostentation.. Animo. sities.. Low State of Religion .. Church Reform.. State of the Poor..Commercial Sins .. Religious Institutions .. Charity . 124 ANSWERS.—Machinery.. Charitable Societies ..Plurality Bill, &c. 131 SUPP. TO RELIG. INTEL.–Bible Society.. 132 NUMBER INI. RILIG. AND MISCEL. Con.-Verbal and Manual Christianity .. Study of Heathen Classics ......133–140 BIBLE-SOCIETY QUESTION. Letter i. Preliminary Letter.-Allegorical illustration .. Charges against the Bible Socirty..Two-fold division of the subject .. Heads of accusation divided into the PRISCIPLE OF THE SOCIETY and ITS PETAILS........ 141 THE PRINCIPLE OF THE BIBLE SOCIETY. Letter i. The Question openert.-What is the principle of the Bible Society.. Is that principle lawful ?..Is it expedient? .. Its working as regards Socinians and Roman Catholics. The Principle of the Bible Society.--Its formation. Fundamental laws..No test of membership., Its object its guarantee.. No Page change by meeting of 1831 .. Pronounces nothing respecting Socinians..Dryden on the Bible and its effects 147 Letter iii. Inquiry into the Laufulness of the Society's Principle. -Partial tests either too much or not enough..The Bible its test..This open constitution early opposed by Bishop Marsh, Mr. Norris, Country Clergyman, &c. &c... New class of oppo- Dents.. Examination of texts urged by them ..shewn not to be applicable.. Society not necessarily connected with Socinians.. Low views of the importance of circulating the Scriptures. . Present objections only old ones revived.. Impracticability of applying tests 153 Letter iv. Inquiry into the Expediency of the Society's Principle.--Practical inox. pedience of tests.. Would exclude many Christians .. A further succession of tests would be requir«d.. Partial tests accredit those pot excluded.. Purity of the Canon preserved by rival sects. . Adoption of tests must lead to strifes, as in the Trinitarian Bible Society 107 Letter v. Case of the Socinians.--Have not abounded in the Society..No Socinian erer on the parent committee .. No practical evils have arisen, as admitted by the Naval. and-Military Bible-Society .. The Society distasteful to Socinians.. They olyject to our Canon, Version, and Headings.. Socinian. ism unpopular .. Qught to be oppoeed.. Injury to the common salvation by misin. terpretation of the Society's regulations respecting sects .. Socinians raised to un. deserved importance. . Many of them bara received spiritual good through Bible Soci. eties.. No inconvenience found from their non-exclusion.. Evils have arisen from other quarters, called orthodox.. Trinitarian tests would not prevent the evil. The Society a protesting Society 172 Letter vi. Case of the Roman Catholics. -Changes in the Trinitarian Bible Society ..Note on the constitution of that Society .. Difficulty of circulating the Scriptures among the Roman Catholics.. Openings for Benefit of the Society to Roman-Catbolica ..Catholics unjustly expelled from the Tripi. tarian Society.. Ill effects of this regulation ..Papists had generally excluded them- selves from Bible Societies.. Testimonies of the Pope and Bishop Milner to that effect.. Society's extensive issues of Scriptures to Roman Catholics RELIG. INTEL.-Church of Geneva 190 OBIT.--Dr. Turner, Bishop of Calcutta (con- tinued) 191 PUB. App.-Fast Day.. Reform Bill.. Cholera .. Irish Tithes and Education. . East-Indian TE ..., 182 Superstitions.. Plurality Bill.. Lord's Day Errata and cancels.. Platt and Henderson's SUPP. TO RELIQ. INTELL.-Bible Society.. 196 Letter xi. Alleged Annexation of Notes and exceptionable Headings.-Þr. Muller on Danish version.. Canstein Institution.. RELIG, AND MISCEL.Com.-Secession from Canstein Hebrew Bible.. Hartwell Horne, Dr. Knapp, and Mr. Orme's remarks on.. Simeon on the Holy Spirit .......197-205 Society not to blame.. Note on beadings of BIBLE-SOCIETY QUESTION (continued). this Bible .. Hanoverian Preface .. Bible Society not connected with.. Mistake of ALLEGED EXCEPTIONABLE DETAILS. Hanover printer.. Character of the Hanover Letter vi. Introductory Letter.-Speci- Preface .: Strasburg Preface ..Corespond- fication of objections : namely, the omission ence and transactions respecting it.. Dr. of oral prayer--the circulation of the Apo- Blessig and Professor Hafiner's letters, . crypha - patronizing improper versions -- Bible Society's anxiety to prevent breach ' and Dr. J. P.Smith's character of controversy .. Unfair course towards the Bible Society.. Its true character..Inter- Letter viii. Question of Oral Prayer:- esting syllabus of its transactions.. 200 scepticism.. Society exposed to a choice of evils.. Continental churches professedly or. Society.. I'rayer not forbidden by its rules 211 .. Bible Societies have not countenanced Question settled in 1826 .. Charges still Neologian journal .. Interesting extracts illustrative of the Society's continental cor- Germany, Sweden, St. Gall, Gothland, Henderson, Wilks, Monod, to Kieffer .. business and funds.. The late W. Green- field..Obituary of him, extracted from the Christian Observer .. Attestations to his nation respecting Italian Bibles.. Quotation character from Waugh, Platt, Bible-Society 221 committee.. His religious principles proved Letter s.' Paironising erceptionable Ver- to be orthodox.. His death-bed 273 Painfulness of controversy.. Christian peace glish translation, and history of..Translators .. Bible Society compared to the Jews build- maligned.. Imperfection of foreign versions ing the wall of the city.. Opposed by Tobiah .. Eminent scholars and Christians employed the Ammo i'e.. Suicidal conduct of mem- by the Society in editing and revising.. bers of the Church of England in opposing clerical brethren. . Religious aspect of the versions.. Mr. P’latt's testimony to the So- times.. Prayer for the Society ciety's versions.. Note on the constitution Relig. INTEL.-Anniversaries in Lausanne 300 and proceedings of the Trinitarian Bible. ANSWERS Society..Accusations against the Lausanne, Danish, and Turkish Scriptures.. Lausanne Bible .. Mr. Melvill's charge Professor RELIG. AND MISCEL, Com.- St. Paul's Church Reform.. Prayers against Pestilence De Foe's Narrative .. Vincent's God's Terrible Voice..“ Preparation for the Plague" ..Shaw's Welcome.. Arch. Hoare's lectures ..Church Worms.. St. Basil on Classical Stu- dies.. "German Rationalist" respecting respecting it.. Levade's remorse and So. “ the Evangelical Class ".. Croker and La ciety's vindication of its rules., Danish Tes. Trobe on Dr.Johnson..Thetern“Altar”301--347 tament..Charges to be received with caution REY, OF-Riland's Extension of the Church Acaster., Remedies, by the saine.. Cox's Newton's Pluralities indefensible not have prevented Danish version..Turk. M.Gavin's Church Establishments ....... 318 ish Testament.. History of Baron von Diez RELIG. INTEL-Trinitarian Bible Society 358 .. Ali Bey..Kieffer's concern with.. Testi. Pub. AFF.- Reform Bill.. Pluralities Bill.. monials to the version.. New Testament Anti-Slavery Questiou..Cholera .. Indian .. 564 370 SUPP. TO RELIG. INTEL.–Bible Society.. 371 Brit. and For. School Society . SUPP. TO RELIG. INTEL.— Bible Society.. British and Foreign School Society RELIG, AND MISCEL.COM.-Church Reform (concluded)..Dr. Chalmers on Pauperism RELIG, AND MISCEL.Com.--Henry Martyn's and Cottage Allotments.. Tears of Parents (continued from January) .. Believers Holy Spirit.. Prayer at the Execution of judged according to their works.. Rector of Mary Queen of Scots .. Oaths .. Special Eyam-Divine Worship.. Life Members of Manifestation of Divine Displeasure. Societies..Origin of the Appellation “Chris. Jewish Prayer on the Cholera.. Calamities tians ” ..Pre-requisites for Baptism.. Pro- 373-395 phetical Query..Confirmation ..Verses on REY. OP-Works on the Church and its ne- Jeremiah, Chap. III. ..565-596 620 621 Speech – Foreign Relations .. Ireland .. 628 ANSWERS 628 428 Bib. Society Prayer-Book and Homily RELIG. INTEL- Anniversaries of Societies 429 Society 028 PUB. AFF.-Cholera allayed.. Thanksgiving at Berlin.. Alarms. . Reform Bill .. Resig- nation and Return of the Ministry.. Ireland RELIG, AND MISCEL.COM.-Tears of Parents ..Plurality Bill.. Poor Laws.. Slavery and (continued).. Believers being judged ac- cording to their Works .. Verifications of 435 Scripture. . Modesty in Dress.. Letter of Dr. SUPP. TO RELIG. INTEL.-Bible Society.. Watts.. Definition of Useful Knowledge.. 436 Special Providence of God..Gracious Ope- rations of the Holy Spirit. . American Di. vines--the Rev. J. Lathrop, D.D. ....629-654 RELIG. AND MISCEL, COM.-On Church Rev, or-Wilks's Duties of Christian Electors Reform .. Our Lord's Second Advent .. ..Southey's Life of Bunyan (continued) 661-668 John xi. 25, 26.Baptism of Adult Converts RELIG. INTBL.-Colony of Carlshuld Relinquished Missions — Moravian to PUB. AFF.-Election Tests.. Church Reform West-Indians .. Outrages in Ireland.. Cholera.. Deaths of Sir W. Scott and Dr. Appearance in the Lansdowne Family 437-470 rature.. Europe.. Death of Baron Cuvior.. REF.of-Literary Policy of the Church of Grand Council of Berne.. Bishop of New MISCEL. LIT. INTEL.-New Religious Society SUPP. TO RELIG. INTEL.–Brit. and For. ..College at Geneva..Censorship in Hano- Bible Society.. Brit. and For.School Society 692 ver.. Polish Bible.. Translation of Mosheim .. Discipline in Germany.. Temperance.. Bequests in the United States .. Intem. RELIG. AND Misc L. Com.- Difficulties of RELIG, INTEL.-Colony of Carlshuld 495 Figurative Expressions in Prayer.. Dese- PUB.AFF.-Reform Bill.. Lord's-day..House- cration of the Lord's-Day .. Anti-Slavery robbery Bil.. Forgery Bill .. West-Indian Reminiscences..Matt. xvi.18.. A little Book 498 trical Sketches by Bishop Mant: The Angels 500 --St. Simon and St. Jude's Day-AnSaints' SUPP. TO RELIG. INTEL.-Bible Society.. Day - Character of Gallio .. Hibernian Society..Peace Society.... 500 Hymns with Tunes.. Taxing ricber Benefices .. Fasting a testimony..Zoological-Garden NUMBER VIII. Quadruped... ..693-724 RELIG. AND MISCEL. Com.-Satan.. Ame- Rev. op-Bishop Ryder's Charge.. Higgins's ..724-742 Reform (continued).. Requisites for Bap- PUB. AFF.- Elections.. Abatement of Cholera tism.. Questions.. Allen on Revivals..The .. Rupture with Holland..Church Reform Woman of Samaria 501-530 ..Negro Slavery 751 Ruv. 05-Jay's Evening Exercises 533 OBIT.--Mrs. M. E. Roberts 754 New Publications 541 ANSWERS 755 RELIG. INTEL.–Colony of Carlshuld (con- SUPP. To Relig, INTEL.-British and Fo- 541 reign Bible Society. Hibernian Society.. OBIT.-Rev. W. Tandey 550 House of Commons' Report on the Lord's PUB. AFF.- Reform Bills .. Obligations of Day 750 Electors.. Christian Efforts of Individuals.. NUMBER XII. Don Pedro at Oporto.. Frankfort and Infidels. . Analogy of Faith..Old and 555 New Testament on the Millennium..En- 564 thusiasm of the Wesleyan Methodists,, On Page Page being led by the Holy Spirit.. Apathy of tinued).. tbe Church of England in Missionary Ex- Johnson, D.D. (continued)..1 Pet. ii. 8.. ertions .. Metrical Sketches, by Bishop Overstrained Texts.. Oxford Prize Poem, is also called Paul-Judas ..., ..757-788 and Cottage Allotments. . Advantages and ..Ivimey's Reprint of Life of Bunyan 789-805 Remarks upon the two preceding papers.. LIT. AND MISCEL. INTEL.-Historical Chart Character of the Montanists.. Versification of the Christian Dispensation .. Sir Walter of the Latin Lines, De amore Jesus ..821-858 Scoti.. Idol temples in India .. Chimney. REV.or--Woman in her domestic and social 814 Character.. Hints to a Clergymap's Wife.. RELIG. INTEL.Church Missionary Society The Annals of my Village. The Scripture .. National School Society OBIT.-M. Le Baron Chabaud-Latour ...... 817 LIT. AND MISCEL. INTEL.-Illuminations.. 818 Cholera Ode .. Montaban Professorship.. 819 Baptism of Jews..Marriage of Leopold SUPP. TO RELIG. INTEL.- Bible Society SUPP. To RELIG. INTEL.–Bible Society 868 |
