against,' according to Dr. Beecher, in our religious discussions. 'If our personal attachments, and literary friendships, and courtesy of manner, should bring down the high and holy subject of contending for the faith to a cool and amicable trial of classical and polemical skill, the publick feeling would soon be chilled, and fall to this low level of practical estimation.' (p. 42.) We can assure Dr. Beecher that the possession of a cool and amicable temper, and the observance of a candid and courteous manner, are by no means the only nor the greatest temptations, to which theological disputants are exposed. And we sincerely hope that he may himself be convinced of this, before he shall give his next publication to the world; for it may help him to give one which shall do him much more credit as a scholar, a Christian, and a man.

Entelligence.

Baltimore Unitarian Book Society.-The third Anniversary Meeting of this active and useful Society was holden in the First Independent Church, on the 25th of last December. After religious services, the Report of the Managers was read. The following are extracts from it.

"Their efforts have been animated by the assurance, that a lively curiosity exists in different parts of the Union with regard to the peculiarities of Unitarian belief. Many are anxious to know what that faith is, which has been so much spoken against, that they may examine its pretensions, and judge of its truth for themselves. To answer these calls, a great variety and number of tracts, explaining and defending the leading articles of Unitarianism, have been distributed in the several states of Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana.

In the interiour of New York and Pennsylvania, this desire for information seems particularly to be manifested; as a more than ordinary demand for tracts has been made from those sections of the country.

'The Managers beg leave to state, that though it has not been deemed expedient to publish any tracts during the past year, they have made many exchanges with other societies and with indi

viduals; and that they now have at their disposal a greater variety of books and tracts, than at the beginning of the year. They would also take this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging the receipt of several valuable donations of books; one particularly from the Rev. Mr. Sparks, of a large number of copies of his "Inquiry into the comparative Moral Tendency of Trinitarian and Unitarian Doctrines."

Henry Payson is President of this Society, and William G. Appleton, Secretary. In the list of books which they offer for sale, we find nearly twenty of the most popular American publications in defence of Unitarian views.

New Religious Paper.-We have received, and read with uncommon satisfaction, two numbers of The Christian, a weekly paper, devoted to religion, morals, and literature,' published by John Mortimer, of Philadelphia. We have not learned who has the direction of this work; but, if the numbers which we have seen, are a fair specimen of the manner in which it is to be conducted, we venture to predict for it great success and usefulness.

Massachusetts Evangelical Missionary Society.-The Treasurer of this Society acknowledges the receipt in January, of $25 93 from the Female Cent Society of Worcester, by the hand of Rev. Dr. Bancroft.

Letter from America.-The Number of the Christian Observer, (English) for November, 1823, contains some extracts from a letter to the editor from Rev. Dr. Jarvis, of Boston, in the course of which that gentleman remarks:

'No one in England can feel the effects of schism as we feel them here. The conflict of religious opinions unsettles the minds of the laity, produces religious indifference, leads to the neglect of publick worship, destroys the respect paid to the clergy, and consequently their influence, and naturally terminates in the cold skepticism of Unitarianism, or in the wild ravings of enthusiasm. The most illiterate sects, and those who accord best with the corrupt and depraved nature of the unrenewed heart, are likely to become the most numerous ;' &c.

Have we estimated so very erroneously the state of things among us? Does justice require it to be reported of us, that this is the part of the world where, to a peculiar degree, the minds of the laity are unsettled, religious indifference prevalent, publick worship neglected, respect denied to the clergy, and their influence destroyed? where unbelief and fanaticism divide the publick suffrage, and the most ignorant and profligate sect is the most sure of prose

lytes? Is this a picture exact enough to be transmitted to the other side of the ocean as our likeness?

American Colonization Society.-Accounts from the colony of this interesting Society at Cape Mesurado, or Liberia, as it has lately been called, have been received by the packet schooner Fidelity, which arrived at Baltimore early in February. The colonists, to the number of about one hundred and fifty, were generally in good health and spirits. Lands have been laid, and measured off into lots and plantations for the blacks; the latter have been for the most part cleared, and fences and houses are erecting in various degrees of improvement. Monthly agricultural reports are made

The settlers in this little colony are engaged in building, fencing, planting and ploughing, some of them in the cultivation of gardens laid around their temporary huts. Notice has been given that their rations will cease in June next, and they must depend on their own exertions, unless superseded by some unforeseen accident, such as a general sickness or invasion. Since the last report no mortality has taken place among the old settlers, whose constitutions have been seasoned to the climate, excepting one, which was an accidental death.'

We extract the particulars given above from the Baltimore papers. The following paragraphs are from the Report of the Secretary of the Navy to the President, dated Dec. 1st, 1823.

The Cyane, Captain Spence, and the Shark, commanded by Lieut. M. C. Perry, have, for short periods, cruised upon the coast of Africa, to carry into effect the intentions of the government in the suppression of the slave trade, and the protection of the agency for liberated Africans, established at Cape Mesurado.'

'During the time that Capt. Spence and Lieut. Perry were cruising, they neither saw nor heard of any vessel, under the American flag, engaged in the slave trade. If citizens of the United States are still employed in that traffick, they seem to have been driven to conceal themselves under the flags of other nations.

The agency at Cape Mesurado, for receiving the re-captured and liberated Africans, enjoyed favourable prospects until last fall, when it was assailed by a large body of the natives, and was in danger of being entirely destroyed. Some of the liberated Africans were killed in the contest. The extracts of letters from Capt. Spence, Lt. Perry, and Messrs. Ashmun and Ayres, will shew the manner in which they were able to defend themselves, with the aid of a midshipman and several men belonging to a British vessel of war, then in the neighbourhood. The establishment having passed through this trial, now promises to accomplish all the benefits anticipated from it. In order to afford it the necessary protection, and to continue our exertions to repress the slave trade, it is proposed,

as the most efficient and economical arrangement, that the commander of the West India squadron shall, from time to time, detach one or more of the vessels belonging to his command, to cruise along the African coast, occasionally touching at Cape Mesurado, and ministering to the wants of the people there; and following, in their return, the usual track of the slave ships.

'So far as the department is yet apprized of the expenditures for the agency during the present year, they have amounted to 7287

dollars 48 cents.'

Early in February another party of colonists sailed for Cape Mesurado from Petersburgh, Va.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Notes on the Epistle to the Romans, intended to assist Students of Theology, and others, who read the Scriptures in the Originals. By Samuel H. Turner, D. D.

Address delivered at the Eighth Anniversary of the Massachusetts Peace Society, Dec. 25, 1823. By Tyler Bigelow, Esq.

The Christian Journal for January, 1824. New York.

A New Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship. Compiled by a Committee of the West Parish in Boston.

A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, including the Biblical Chaldee from the German of Professor Gesenius. By J. W. Gibbs, A. M.

We hope to give some account of this learned work in our next Number. Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching. By Henry Ware, jr. 12mo. Boston, 1824.

A Tract which cannot be too highly recommended to the attention of theological students. The author ably points out the advantages of this method of address, and gives several valuable rules for acquiring the habit.

A Sermon preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Orville Dewey, Pastor of the First Congregational Church in New Bedford, Dec. 17, 1823. By Joseph Tuckerman, Pastor of the Church in Chelsea.

A Collection of Essays and Tracts in Theology. By Jared Sparks. No. V.-Containing, Selections from Robert Robinson's Works; Uniformity in Religion; Right of Private Judgment; Nature and Objects of Baptism; Reflections on Christian Liberty; Hints concerning the Institution and Discipline of the Primitive Church; the Spirit of God the Guide of Good Men; the Christian Religion easy to be understood; the Jews.

This valuable publication continues to be very favourably received by the

religious publick. The last Number seems to have been the most generally interesting of all which have appeared.

Unitarian Miscellany, Nos. 37, and 38.

A Sermon preached at Newburyport, Sunday, Oct. 26, 1823. By John Pierpont, Minister of Hollis Street Church, Boston. Second Edition.

Sermons illustrative of the Influence of a Life according to the
Commandments on our Idea of the Character of our Lord, de-
livered before the Boston Society of the New Jerusalem. By
Thomas Worcester.

A Sermon delivered at Billerica, at the Interment of Rev. Henry
Cummings, D. D. By Rev. W. Allen. Second Edition.
The Oracles of God, four Orations; for Judgment to come, an
Argument, in Nine Parts. By Rev. Edward Irving, Minister of
the Caledonian Church. 1 vol. 8vo. New York.

Historical Account of Christ Church, Boston. A Discourse delivered in said Church on Sunday, Dec. 28, 1823. By the Rector. 8vo. Boston, 1824.

Sermons by the late Rev. Samuel C. Thacher. With a Memoir, by F. W. P. Greenwood. 8vo. Boston, 1824.

It gives us true pleasure to announce that the wishes of all who were acquainted with the character of this eminent and lamented man are at length complied with. It is justly remarked by the editor of the Sermons in this volume, that they 'form a valuable addition to our treasures of practical divinity. As discourses for family reading they will not suffer, perhaps, in comparison with any which have been published.'

An Examination of the Divine Testimony concerning the Character of the Son of God. By Henry Grew, Minister of the Gospel. in Hartford, Conn.

The Advertisement to this work is as follows. Assured that "this is life eternal, to know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent," I have for some years past endeavoured to examine the Scriptures with particular reference to this interesting subject, "looking unto Jesus" for the guidance of that spirit of truth which he promised his disciples. The result of these researches is a full belief, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not revealed in "the word of the Lord." To excite all to "search the Scriptures," I now offer to the public, An Examination of the Divine Testimony concerning the Character of the Son of God.'

Two Letters on the Genuineness of the Verse 1st John, v. 7. and on the Scriptural Argument for Unitarianism; addressed to the Rev. Alexander M'Leod, D. D. of New York, by Henry Ware, Jr. Third Edition.

The Monitor, Vol. II. Nos. 1 and 2.

A Sermon preached in Brooklyn, Connecticut, at the Installation of the Rev. Samuel Joseph May, November 5, 1823. By James Walker of Charlestown.

The American Baptist Magazine. Vol. IV. No. 7.

The Christian Spectator.

Vol. VI. Nos. 1 and 2.

The Objection to the Inspiration of the Evangelists and Apostles, from their Manner of quoting Texts from the Old Testament,