"Enter into thy Closet;" or Secret Prayer and its accompanying exercises. By the Rev. JAMES M'GILL, Hightae, Lochmaben, Second edition, Glasgow. 24mo. pp. 276 Price 2s. There is no religious exercise more important and profitable, and none which existing circumstances render more incumbent, than that of secret praver. It is only as the Christian is found in the habitual performance of this duty, that he is likely to avoid that worldliness of character which necessary devotedness to the interests of business is calculated to induce, or to possess that wisdom and energy which are requisite for a persevering and successful engagement in the benevolent enterprises of the age. The work before us, therefore, while it would not at any time have been unsuitable, is peculiarly adapted to the present period. The author describes the nature, enforces the practice, and furnishes a variety of directions calculated to assist in the performance of private devotion. The sentiments expressed are uniformly scriptural, and the style is remarkable for ease and perspicuity. Gathered Flowers from a Bible Class; being a Brief Memoir of Two Young Believers. By the Rev. OCTAVIUS WINSLOW. Edinburgh. 24mo. pp. 135. Price 1s. A simple relation of the conversion, religious experience, and happy death of two young female friends. Their having derived great benefit from connexion with a bible class, has supplied the author with an occasion for some valuable hints on the best methods of conducting such classes, and for some powerful and scriptural appeals to those who compose them. Lessons on the Miracles of our blessed Lord. By the Author of "Lessons on Objects," "Lessons on Shells," "Model Lessons," Scriptural Instruction," &c. London. Foolscap 8vo. pp. 234. Price 3s. 6d. 66 The production of a pious female member of the church of England, who by the frequent use of the expression "our church," and by repeated references to the book of Common Prayer, has adapted, and appears to have intended, her work only for the use of schools in connexion with her own denomination. It consists of questions suited to the capacities of children in junior bible classes, with an occasional answer or observation where deemed necessary; and is calculated to be of service to teachers, not simply as a lesson-book on the miracles, but as suggesting the method in which examinations on other portions of scripture may be advantageously conducted. The Two Shoals, and the True Passage. By J. H. MERLE D'AUBIGNE, D.D., being his Opening Address as President of the School of Evangelical Theology, Geneva. Delivered 8th October, 1845. Edinburgh: pp. 35. The author observes, that "in 1789, people saw nothing but the excesses of arbitrary power, and it seemed as if there never could be enough of liberty. In 1800, and, above all, in 1814, many saw only the excesses of revolutions, and against these it seemed to them impossible to employ too many precautions. Such narrow and limited views re-appear in our days in religious matters; but the man who advances under the double light of the word of God and the hisThis skilful pilot, the moment his hand has distory of the church, thinks very differently. engaged the vessel from the shoal it had struck upon, discovers at the other extremity of the horizon another shoal, and quite of an opposite nature, but not less formidable; and his wisdom consists in so manoeuvring the vessel, that while escaping from the old danger he does not run into the new."-These sentences are a sufficient indication of his design. Some illustrations of the state of religion on the continent given in this Address, will be found in our Intelligence. Elements of Mental and Moral Science. By GEORGE PAYNE, LL.D. Third edition, enlarged. London: 8vo, pp. xvi. 456. Price 7s. 6d. The low price at which the present edition of Dr. Payne's profound treatise is issued might excite a suspicion that it is either curtailed or sent out in an inferior style. So far, however, is this from being correct, that while the paper, print, and binding equal those of the last edition, there are forty additional pages filled with new illustrative matter. These consist of notes, intended principally to confirm the author's doc trine in cases in which he differs from other eminent writers on the same subjects. Some of them are original; others are taken from Mill, Spalding, Ballantyne, McCombie, Chalmers, and the higher class of periodicals. Young men desiring to exercise and discipline their minds, cannot do better than to apply themselves diligently to the study of this volume. Exercises in Logic: designed for the Use of Students in Colleges. By J. T. GRAY, Ph.D. London: Taylor and Walton. 12mo. pp. 148. An apology is due to the respected author of this work for apparent neglect. Our delay in adverting to it has been purely accidental. Its adaptation to the use of "Students in Colleges," we shall leave to the judgment of the legitimate authorities in those institutions; but we can venture cordially to recommend it to students out of colleges. If they find themselves unable to master the whole of these exercises without the aid of a living teacher, they may gain from them much that will prove valuable; and should they enter a college subsequently, they will find what they have learned from them an excellent preparative for what they have still to learn. The Life and Times of John Bunyan. By the Rev. GEORGE B. CHEEVER, D.D. With a Preface by the Rev. Ingram Cobbin, A.M. London: Aylott and Jones. 32mo. pp. 212. cloth, gilt. A very handsome little book, containing five lectures relating to Bunyan's history, taken from Dr. Cheever's volume which we commended to our readers in October last. Many interesting stories, told in simple language, and some of them illustrated by woodcuts, are contained in this pretty volume. Life of Julius Cæsar. London. 32mo, pp. 192. Price 6d. This is the first volume of a cheap monthly series commenced by the Religious Tract Society, with this expressive motto, taken from the writings of Dr. Arnold,-"I never wanted articles on religious subjects half so much as articles on common subjects, written with a decidedly Christian tone.' "This series," say the committee, "with the exception of a few reprints, will be original; from the pens of authors of ability in their respective departments in literature and science :-Scriptural; in the principles in which they are written :-Popular; in their style; so that instead of being limited to one class of the community, they may be generally acceptable: - Portable; that they may serve as hand-books abroad and at home: -and Economical; the twelve volumes of a year costing less than three-halfpence per week." The volume before us includes nearly the whole of the life of Cæsar given by Suetonius, combined with statements not in Suetonius, but derived from the highest Latin, Greek, and German authorities. The information is substantial, the style perspicuous, and the tendency Christian. If the series continue as it has begun, it will be a great public benefit. We only regret that it should have no covers corresponding better with the character of the interior, than thin glazed paper. The Congregational Calendar and Family Almanac, for 1846, being the Second after Bissextile, or Leap Year. Compiled pursuant to a vote of the Annual Assembly of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. London. Price Is. Having had occasion to examine many Almanacs the last two or three years, we think it right to say that we have not seen any one that contains more information adapted for the use of dissenting families than the Congregational Calendar; and it affords us pleasure to add, that in accuracy and comprehensiveness no former number has been equal to that for 1846. Two new articles, in particular, add to the value of the work: a monthly notice of the weather in Palestine, and an elaborate statistical view of protestantism on the continent of Europe. Of some of this information we intend to avail ourselves before the conclusion of our present number. The Juvenile Missionary Herald for 1845. London. 32mo, pp. 284. Price 1s. halfbound; 1s. 3d. cloth. The first twelve numbers of the Baptist Missionary Society's juvenile periodical. It is not necessary to introduce this work to our readers, as most of them have seen it and formed their own opinion of its merits; but if any of them are unacquainted with it, we can assure them that it is admirably adapted for the purpose for which it is designed. The preface About 45,000 have been sold each month. An says, "The sale has been large and is increasing. additional sale of 15,000 will enable the Society to improve the little work, and promote its usefulness. Can we not begin next year with 60,000?" It is added, "We do not intend to tell our friends any secrets about the Juvenile Missionary Herald for 1846, but advise them all to buy it as it comes out each month."Should the younger branches of families be unwilling to follow this advice, we venture to advise their elders to buy it for them. The Church. Vol. II., 1845. London: Simpkin and Marshall. 8vo. pp. 195. A Baptist Penny Magazine, adapted principally, though not exclusively, to Yorkshire, and edited by some respectable baptist ministers in editors, "that members of baptist churches, too that county. "It was thought," say the young or too poor to take in our larger magazine, are frequently but imperfectly acquainted with the principles of dissent from state churches-in other words, with the difference between Christian churches and political or worldly churches; and that the times demanded custom, accident, or prepossession merely-but an effort to make them dissenters-not from from principle." Into this work, the small publication, entitled The Northern Baptist, now merges, Mr. Evans, by whom it was conducted, becoming one of the editors of The Church. The Daily Monitor. Being a portion of Scripture, an Anecdote, and a Verse of a Hymn, for every day in the year. Designed for the Moral and Religious Instruction of the Young. By JOHN ALLEN. Sixteenth Thousand. London: Simpkin and Marshall. 32mo. pp. 211. The Diet of Worms. D'Aubigné's History of the Reformation. London: A Metrical Fragment, from (Tract Society) 12mo. pp. 48. Price 8d. Jesus Christ fully shadowed forth in Prophecy. By the Rev. C. J. YORKE, M.A., Rector of Shenfield. London (Tract Society) 32mo. pp. 64. Eclectic Review for December, 1845. London: Ward and Co. 8vo. pp. 124. INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. CANADA BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. THE quarterly reports recently received from the missionaries employed by the society, contain statements of various interest. In most instances, the low state of religion is referred to, and the necessity of deep humiliation and fervent prayer urged, as peculiarly important to the present time. Nevertheless, our brethren are not destitute of tokens of divine favour. Numerous cases of conversion are reported, and the ordinance of baptism has been administered during the quarter at Bytown, Brock, Niagara, and Kingston. On Lord's day, September 28, a baptist church was formed at Bytown. It consists of fifteen members. Others are expected to join shortly. The Rev. W. Hewson, late of the baptist college, Montreal, has been ordained pastor of the church at St. Catherines, C. W., and has commenced his labours with cheering prospects of success. The Rev. D. Marsh, late from England, has left Montreal for Quebec, intending to labour in that city during the winter. Revival services have been held at Lochaber and Chatham, which have been followed by some cheering results, especially at the first mentioned place. The quarterly meeting of the churches in the eastern townships was held at Eaton, Sept. 26, 27, and 28. The services were well attended. Discourses were delivered by the brethren Mitchell, Green, Gillies, and Merriman. There was a missionary meeting on the 27th, when appropriate resolutions were passed and a collection taken up on behalf of the Canada Baptist Missionary Society. One of the agents says, "O how it becomes me, and every other professed minister of Christ, to walk humbly before God, and depend entirely upon his grace, to accomplish the great work of the conversion of souls! My health is much impaired by so frequent speaking, and travelling through bad roads, often in very inclement weather: but I could rejoice in all this if I could see the baptists in Canada united; for then I should expect to see the Redeemer's kingdom built up, and sinners converted to God." We heartily concur in these sentiments.-Montreal Register. A few weeks since, the committee examined closely the state of the society's funds, and discovered that responsibilities were incurred up to the 31st of December amounting to more than £600; and that, from ordinary sources, not much more than £300 could be reckoned on as an income up to the same period. This produced considerable anxiety in the minds of the committee. Extra exertions, it was evident, would be required to meet this deficiency. Under these circumstances, the ladies connected with the church and congregation in St. Helen Street, were requested by the committee to make arrangements for a tea-meeting, at which the state of the society might be brought before its friends in Montreal. To this proposal was given a prompt and liberal response. The meeting was held on the 5th instant, when over £200 were subscribed towards the deficiency, to be paid before the 31st of December next. The ladies defrayed every expense connected with the tea, and the proceeds of the tickets, £5 138. 9d., were added to the subscriptions of the meeting. The committee now look to the numerous friends and supporters of the society throughout Canada to make up the £100, or thereabout, which will still be deficient, notwithstanding the extra subscriptions in Montreal. This exigency has arisen solely from the increased missionary operations of the society. It has no connexion whatever with the erection of the new college building.-Montreal Register. DEARTH OF REVIVALS. The following observations in an American periodical deserve serious consideration. We fear that the evil is not confined to one hemisphere. The season that is past has been one of drought throughout the churches of our country. Our eyes have not been gladdened by accounts of powerful and extensive revivals of religion, as in former years. Instead of looking over the religious journals which come to us from every quarter, expecting to read new and cheering details of the triumphs of the Holy Spirit, we are rather startled by the notices we now and then see of a moderate work of grace, in some small portion of the church thus specially favoured. What can be the cause of this spiritual dearth? It cannot be that God is unwilling to be gracious-that souls are less preciousor that the interests of the Redeemer's kingdom require now less consecration of heart in his followers. The reason is not to be found in the scarcity or want of adaptedness of the ordinary means of grace; for the gospel which is still as ever the power of God unto salvation, continues to be statedly preached, and often with great earnestness. The bible and religious tracts, books, and periodicals, are scattered broadcast over the land, and additional colporteurs are employed to present, through the printed page, the bread of life to multitudes who were perishing for lack of knowledge. Neither has the noble instrumentality of Sunday-schools been neglected or suffered to languish. Greater efforts have likewise been made to secure the better observance of the sabbath, and to promote the temperance cause. Whence then is this sad change? Is it not owing to the increasing worldliness of the people of God, manifesting itself in a sinful conformity to the principles, fashions, and follies of the world, and an eager pursuit of its riches and honours? And have not many Christians been contaminated by the vile trash which is constantly issuing from the press, and spreading moral pestilence and death? Whatever is the true cause, it is evident that it is not with God but with his people. The desires of their hearts have been after that which was not pleasing to him, and he has sent leanness into their souls. It is incumbent then upon Christians to humble themselves before God with deep repentings, that he may not visit them with some signal judgment, but again smile upon his people, and show them his salvation.-N. O. Protestant. EUROPE. GERMANY. From a letter addressed by Mr. Oncken to the treasurer of the American and Foreign Bible Society, and published in the New York Recorder, we extract the following passages: "Our work generally is progressing in every department. The circulation of the holy scriptures at Hamburgh and in other parts is most encouraging, and you will learn from the statements which I shall transmit from Hamburgh, that between 4 and 5000 copies have been circulated since my last account. These have found their way almost to every part of Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and Norway. It is not in the nature of the case for us to point out the amount of spiritual good produced by them, but we have the solemn and encouraging declaration of a faithful God, that his word shall not return void, but accomplish the things whereunto he has sent it." "Some of our female members in the churches at Hamburgh and Berlin have taken an active part in the circulation of the scriptures. They have in various ways supplied different classes of society, to which no one else probably would have access, with this treasure from heaven. I have met these dear "Dear Brother Lange, who labours chiefly among the seamen visiting our port, was quite unexpectedly hindered in his labour of love. For upwards of twenty years the vessels in our harbour have been regularly visited and supplied with the scriptures and tracts in the German, English, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, French, Spanish, and Portuguese languages without having experienced any interference from the authorities. But the devil, I conclude, has lost so many of his faithful adherents, by these means, that he is roused in defence of his tottering empire. Brother Lange was summoned before the chief magistrate, when he was prohibited from supplying the ships with the holy scriptures, assigning as a reason, that hawking was no longer allowed in the harbour. Brother Lange understood the senator who made this prohibition to say, that if orders were sent on shore, he might execute them. Brother Lange waited for a week or two, and resumed his work, but was forthwith arrested and treated as a common felon. His pockets were ransacked, his watch taken from him, and himself locked up for the night along with vagabonds of the worst description. On the following morning he was again brought before the senator, who threatened with severer measures, if he did not desist. Our brother was then charged for his night's lodgings about 5s. 6d. sterling, but as we never pay such iniquitous demands, they retained the watch, worth about fifteen dollars. Through the conversion of some Roman catholics from distant parts, as Bavaria, Baden, and Hungaria, we are trying to introduce the last edition of the New Testament into these countries. One of these brethren has been engaged in the Lord's work in Silesia, and circulated both the holy scriptures and a considerable quantity of tracts. Of course this roused the priests, who threatened the recipients with purgatory, if they did not give up these heretical books. The people had, however, previously read the books, and in many cases the contents had taken such hold, that rather than give them up, they would endure the worst. The brother to whom I now allude is at present with us, to refresh his spirit and to gather new strength for another crusade on the kingdom of darkness early next spring." 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