berg, in common with other celebrated German writers, evinces. There are departments in which English scholars are as much superior to the Germans, as it may be conceded that in some other departments the Germans are superior to the English. There is no portion of the continent, we believe, in which so much independent and powerful thought has been given by men of docile heart

to the study of the scriptures as in Britain; and we beg those of our young brethren who are inclined to surrender themselves to the guidance of German literati, to remember that they are committing themselves to the direction of men profoundly ignorant of that mass of theological literature which for the last three centuries has been accumulating in our own highly favoured land.

A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh. By AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD, Esq., D.C.L. Abridged by him from his larger work. With numerous Woodcuts. London: John Murray. Fcap. 8vo. Pp. xv., 360.

The discoverer of Nineveh having returned from his second visit to the site of "that great city," whose destruction was foretold by Jonah and Nahum, and being dissatisfied with inaccurate and incomplete accounts of his first researches which had obtained currency during his absence, has favoured us with an abridgment of his original work, with additions relating to his more recent investigations. He is confirmed in nearly all the opinions which he formerly expressed, believing that all the ruins explored are those of that ancient metropolis; and, "whilst still assigning the later monuments to the kings mentioned in scripture, Shamanezer, Sennacherib, and Essarhadon, convinced that a considerable period elapsed between their foundation and the erection of the older palaces of Nimroud." In this publication we have the history of the work he had to perform, with descriptive notices of what he saw-his difficulties, his adventures, and his successes, com

bined in a way that will interest general readers of every class; and at the same time laudable endeavours to show how these subterranean antiquities may be made to elucidate the language of those messengers of the great King who said, "He will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness, and flocks shall lie down in the midst of her."

Letters on the Church of Rome, addressed to the Rev. Emmanuel Feraut, D. D., and LL.D., Chaplain to the King of Sardinia, and Italian Missionary to England, by BAPTIST WRIOTHESLEY NOEL. Letter II. The Hierarchy of the Church of Rome. Letter III. The Doctrine of the Church of Rome. London: James Nisbet and Co.

Mr. Noel has now provided for us amusement as well as instruction, by prefixing to Letter II. "the Rev. Abbé Feraut's reply to the First

Letter." He endeavours to hold up Mr. Noel to ridicule, and the clumsy manner in which he does this can scarcely fail to produce an effect on the reader's risible muscles. He declines, however, "to meet Mr. Noel point by point," prudently confining himself to remarks on casual observations, and not attempting to refute his opponent's principal arguments. In the second Letter, Mr. Noel proves that "the pope, prelates, and priests, who compose the hierarchy of the church of Rome, are without a divine mission and are exercising unscriptural functions;" in his third Letter be describes the Roman method of justification, as expounded in the authoritative writings of the papal church, showing that it dishonours Christ, that it discourages sinners from turning to God, that it is injurious to the spirit and character of its recipient, and that it is fatal to his everlasting interests. "The Catholic who seeks sively to Christ, but trusting to his works, will justification by penance, not trusting excluperish; and he will perish because he chose to listen to a priest rather than to the word of

God."

Jean Migault; or the Trials of a French Protestant Family, during the Period of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Translated from the French, with a Historical Introduction, by WILLIAM ANDERSON, Professor in the Andersonian University, Glasgow. Edinburgh: Johnstone and Hunter. Pp. xviii., 129.

Migault, the writer of this narrative, was a schoolmaster in comfortable circumstances, the husband of an affectionate wife and the father of eleven beloved children, when the Bourbon government commenced one of those terrible crusades against its Protestant subjects by which it distinguished itself above all other persecuting dynasties. From 1681 to 1689, this worthy man and his family were despoiled of their property, hunted from place to place, and harassed in innumerable ways of which he who has not heard or read the tale can form no conception. In 1689 the father and many of

his children escaped to Amsterdam, where he wrote this account for their use. A few years ago, the manuscript was found in the possession of a Spitalfields weaver, a descendant of the author. It was subsequently published in Paris; and a copy having been picked up in London by Professor Anderson, he has translated and published it. For this service we thank him; and we hope that many of our readers will make themselves acquainted with its curious details, which do more to show the real condition of the oppressed thousands on whom dragoons were quartered, and every species of tyranny practised, than could be learned from volumes of declamation.

Blots on the Escutcheon of Rome: a Brief History of the Chief Papal Persecutions. By Six Protestant Ladies. Edited by MISS CHRISTMAS, Author of "Glendearg Cottage," &c. With an Introduction by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, M.A., Hon. Canon of Chester. London: Wertheim and Mackintosh. 12mo. pp. lii., 333.

One of the "Blots" pointed out is the treatment of Jean Migault, to whose case a chapter is devoted, which reflects very fairly his own interesting statement. The work is divided into three Parts, The History of the Inquisition in different countries from its establishment to our own times;-The Bohemian Persecution, the Marian Persecution, the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, and the Exiles of Zillerthal; -and The Sufferings of the French Protestants under Louis XIV. The volume is generally well written, without exaggeration or harshness, and it is well adapted to family use. Delicacy, probably, has prevented these ladies from alluding to the atrocities of various kinds to which the Romish hierarchy has subjected their own sex, which constitute one of the foulest Blots on Rome's Escutcheon. We do not blame them; but we think it right to express an opinion that the interests of our families require that these things should not be kept completely out of sight; for there is no class of the British community so likely to become a prey to the emissaries of Rome as accomplished females. This volume is dedicated to the Earl of Shaftesbury, and embellished with a portrait

of that nobleman.

This very valuable paper gives a condensed and epitomized view of the results of missionary labour in India and Ceylon during the sixty years of its exertions, by the agents of no less than twenty-two missionary societies. Those results are not merely gratifying, but for their value and extent perfectly startling. Few, perhaps, unconnected with missionary societies, can be aware of the facts which are here detailed, and we urge every friend of evangelical truth and of missionary operations, to make himself acquainted with them. The care with which they have been collected, and the source whence the paper emanates, give unquestionable authenticity to the whole. No Christian will

rise from the perusal of the pamphlet without the grateful expression of his wonder and delight, "What hath God wrought ?" will involuntarily rise to his lips, and he will be constrained anew to gird himself to a work on which the divine approbation so manifestly

rests.

Divine Mercy; or, The Riches of Pardoning and Paternal Love. By Jou Cox, Author of" Our Great High Priest," &c. Second Edition Enlarged. London: Ward and Co. 24mo. Pp. 150.

The author says, "The object and design of this little work is to draw some of the rays of divine mercy which radiate from the inspired volume into a focus; and to bring this concentrated light and heat to bear upon the hearts of sinners and saints, that the one be melted into flowing penitence, and the other into glowing love." With this view, he has described the Nature of Divine Mercy, and illustrated in successive chapters, its Glory, its Costliness, its Tenderness, its Sufficiency, and its Perpetuity. It is a book of excellent tendency, well conceived and well executed, adapted to the perusal of aged and young, of those who are reconciled to God and of those who are still labouring under fatal mistakes respecting his character

and ways.

An octavo edition of this work, edited by the late Mr. Upton of Church Street, and published in 1813, has been in our possession from that time to the present. It consists of thirteen chapters, one of the longest, and we have always thought by far the most valuable of which is that entitled, "Of the Defects which attended the Doctrine of Morality, as taught by Philosophers and Poets." In the present edition the whole of this chapter is omitted, and that without any notification that we can find that the work is not complete! How unfair this is both to the reputation of the author, and to the purchaser, it is not necessary to employ words to show. For such cases as this, how important it is to the public to be guarded by vigilant literary policemen!

Louis Napoleon the Patriot, or the Con

spirator? Including a Biography; a History of the Coup d'Etat; the Results and Prospects estimated; with Reflections on the Probable Chances of War. By TRUMAN SLATER, Esq. London: Partridge and Oakey. 16mo., pp. 156.

If any of our readers wish to see a sketch of the present ruler of France, perfectly free from adulation and cowardly silence respecting faults, we think that they will find here something to their taste.

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forth in home evangelization? And from whom are heathen nations to receive the gospel, if Christians of a country so rich in all the resources of spiritual power are not forward in bestowing it?-Macedonian.

DEATH OF MOSES STUART.

An American paper says, "It becomes our painful duty to announce the death of the

venerable Professor Stuart of Andover Theological Seminary. He died of influenza on Sunday, the 4th inst. [January], at the advanced age of seventy-one years. Professor Stuart was the oldest acting professor of the seminary. He may with truth be styled the Father of Biblical Philology in the United States."

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Without claiming entire accuracy for table, it may be regarded as a close approximation to accuracy. It shows, taking the States enumerated as a whole, that the communicants of the baptist denomination are as one to every thirty-two of the population. But a similar table, including the statistics of all evangelical denominations, would show their communicants to be not less than as one to six of the whole population of all the States. We submit these statements as being in the highest degree worthy the consideration of those to whom Christ has committed the work of evangelizing the world. Who can estimate the power of the personal effort which so many Christians might put

VACATION ENGAGEMENTS.

During the past summer, several of the students of the Rochester University spent their vacation in colporteur labours, in connexion with the American Tract Society. They have borne uniform testimony as to the value of such labours, in furnishing them with opportunities for usefulness while students, as well as a most desirable and important preparation for the practical duties of the ministry. Two of these young men, who were engaged in Tioga county, Pa., thus sketch their labours :

"Sent into the field formerly occupied by the lamented colporteur, Rev. Henry Ford, we observed at every step the effects of his hallowed influence. Every family residing there at the time of his labours, affectionately remembered the good old man,' his kind exhortation or fervent prayer. Often we found it our best introduction to remark that we were upon the same errand. 'Oh, what a prayer!' said an excellent lady, as she took down a copy of Flavel's Fountain of Life, 'did Father Ford offer to God, when he left me this book!" And she could repeat the substance of the petition that had touched her heart. But he has gone to his rest, and this region has long been languishing for want of faithful labourers and spiritual books. Though sensible of our inferiority, in every respect, to our venerated father, the thought of this destitution urged us on to diligence and prayer.

"We have had ample opportunity to observe that the American Tract Society, like