unto fables." Do not approve of anything from the pulpit but the "word of life.'

And let us, my young brethren in the ministry, give our hearers the salutary truths of the Gospel; while preparing our sermons, let us prepare our hearts. "We have no account of an eminently successful minister, in any age, who did not give his chief concern in preparing for the pulpit to the preparation of his heart. Let those who would understand well the elements of pulpit power, examine the matter in the light which the biographies of such men as Flavel, Baxter, and Whitefield reflect upon it." Luther remarked, after having nearly finished his great course of service, "I am now an old man, and have been a long time employed in the service of preaching; but I never ascend the pulpit without trembling."

In our humble opinion, the pulpit has more to do with unbelievers than with the church; for we have our separate meetings, at least, we could get them, to speak to Christians, to teach and encourage God's people. Christ called his disciples aside when he was going to speak to them. When he addressed the mixed multitude, he said, "Repent ye, and believe the Gospel." The salvation of souls was near to Paul's heart; he was made all things to all men, that he might by all means save some. Let us bring the power of our sermons to bear upon those that have not "the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord." However unlikely the salvation of many seem to us, let us remember, that which is impossible with men is possible with God. Let us do our duty, and leave the consequences to Him who alone can save. Rhose. T. E. E.

THIS volume is a specific reply to the Rev. Mr. Macnaught's recent work on the Doctrine of Inspiration.

The public will hail the present performance with great satisfaction, since, apart from the work to which it more particularly refers, it is a valuable manual on a most important theme. The state of the public mind renders it peculiarly seasonable, since an effort has been extensively made to unsettle popular convictions. With a view to counteract this unhappy movement, we desire for the present volume a most extensive circulation. From its clearness, simplicity, spirit, and conciseness, itis peculiarly fitted to popular purposes. The book is to be had for a price which the majority can pay; and its limits are such that all may find time to read it.

The fact of the volume being a reply, has, of course, in part determined its structure. As Mr. Macnaught's treatise is divided into five books, the first, second, and third of which are noticed directly by Mr. Lowe, because they contain Mr. Macnaught's arguments in opposition to the infallible authority

of Holy Scripture, with which alone Mr. Lowe is concerned, that argument is presented in the following order-In the First Book an endeavour is made to disprove the infallibility of the Bible by showing that it abounds with errors and discrepancies in matters of science, history, morality, and religion. Book Second professes to examine and reply to the arguments generally relied on in support of the infallibility of the word of God. Book Third is devoted to establish what Mr. Macnaught considers to be the true doctrine of Inspiration.

Mr. Lowe replies to both arguments as follows:-His First Book contains an examination and refutation of Macnaught's Theory of Inspiration; his Second Book contains the statement of the argument in proof of Scriptural Infallibility; and his Third Book replies to the alleged errors and discrepancies with which Macnaught charges

the Divine volume.

But while such is the scope and object of the book, it has been wisely so constructed as to render it, not merely a reply to Mr. Macnaught, but also a

compendious outline of truth on the various subjects which it comprises.

To discuss questions so numerous and various, with brevity and perspicuity, was doubtless a task of some difficulty; but that has been fairly overcome by our intelligent, painstaking, and manly Author. The publication does credit alike to his head and his heart; and we trust it will most materially contribute to promote that which is the main object-the cause of truth and righteousness-to a great extent, not only in his own community, but wherever else the new heresy may appear.

Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir W. E. Parry, Kt. By his Son, the Rev. EDWARD PARRY, M.A. Longman and Co.

ADMIRAL PARRY, as Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, was a great favourite with the best portion of the public. He was a splendid type of England's seamen-full of manhood, overflowing with generosity, and every way thoroughly English. His piety assumed a peculiarly masculine type. There was nothing small about it; no twaddle; no sickly sentimentality. Everything bore the stamp of the man and of his profession.

With respect to the work, the Biographer may congratulate himself on having such a father, supplying such materials to be embalmed in the biographic page; while the father may congratulate himself on having a son competent to do it as it is here done.

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The Admiral was born in 1790, and finished his career in 1855. It will thus be seen that he has lived throughout one of the most important periods of England's history, and that during most of that period he was extensively engaged in the service of his country. The latter period of his life had more to do with land than with ocean matters. At an early period-and that is so early as 1825-his religious character begins to be developed, and the progress went happily onward to the close of his career. True to the manly instincts of his noble nature, he was not satisfied to acknowledge his Creator and Redeemer merely in secret; he came boldly forth, and declared himself on the side of truth, Scripture, and God, taking a deep interest in those

societies the object of which was the promotion of piety and of human welfare. He had a good deal to do with Colonial matters professionally, and he is remembered with feelings of grateful respect in divers places in Australia. Our readers will be somewhat amused in turning over the volume to find in the contents, "His Farewell Sermon at Carrington," that is, at Port Stephens; but the truth is, that our brave British tar, ever true to his profession, published the tidings which had gladdened his own heart whenever opportunity occurred; more especially he devoted himself to the furtherance of the spiritual interests of the convicts of an extensive establishment, contending with and overcoming not a few of the countless difficulties which stood in the way of their reform, For this purpose he erected a small edifice on the borders of Karuah, and where a flock soon gladly assembled to join in the exercise of praise and prayer where such sounds had never before been heard. The following paragraph is worthy of criticism. Referring to this same place, the Admiral goes on:

It was at the close of a beautiful Sabbathday, that I once sallied forth for an evening's stroll, and almost unconsciously wandered to a convict's hut, which stood on the borders of the coast. Attracted by the sound of voices, as of children reading, I paused to listen, and, although too far from the dwelling to hear distinctly, I saw, through the open doorway, what was passing within. The father of the family, a convict, sat near the entrance with a young child on his knee, while three older ones were grouped around him, reading from the Scriptures, which, from time to time, he explained to them. Unwilling to intrude upon a family thus engaged, I returned home, unperceived by those who had thus attracted and interested me, but on the following day I heard, from the lips of his wife, the circumstances of the convict's transportation. Providentially, he had been assigned to the service of the Agricultural Company, and, under the Christian teaching of Sir Edward Parry and his wife, had been led to see the folly of worldly wickedness, and the deep importance of those better things which now formed his highest privilege and consolation. These blessings were among the many fruits of the missionary exertions of Sir Edward Parry and his now sainted wife, who both lived in the grateful affections of many a chastened heart, long after they had ceased to take a personal share in the interests of that far distant colony.

Admiral Parry, although a Churchman, was yet a man of the most catholic spirit, acknowledging his brother Christians of every name, in whatever

circumstances he found them. All such will, therefore, receive and read his interesting memoir with satisfaction and profit.

The Education of Character: with Hints

on Moral Training. By MRS. ELLIS. Murray.

WE need hardly say that the Authoress of this book is none other than the celebrated Mrs. Ellis, authoress of "The Women of England." It is now a long time since that work burst on the public view, exciting admiration wherever it came, and securing for the writer great praise. "The Daughters of England" followed,-a volume not unworthy of its sagacious and vivid predecessor.

The present publication, while materially, if not essentially, different from its predecessors, is yet entirely homogeneous with them. Its great subject is Education; and we know not how we can better communicate to our readers the views of Mrs. Ellis than by simply transcribing her own statement, which is as follows:

I feel it necessary to enter at some length into these views of education, because I am about to take up the subject of moral training as good in itself, even supposing the religious element not to be present. Of course I can only mean socially good-good for this world, and for our interests while we remain in it. No one who reads the Bible, and believes it, will attach to morality any higher importance; no one so reading and believing will suppose that morality has to do with the salvation of the soul, any inore than as it cannot be dispensed with in that great work which has to be transacted betwixt the soul and its Maker.

It is my intention to place moral training in all respects on the same level with intellectual training. I ask for it no higher place, because I believe that both are equally demanded of the Christian, with all his other gifts, powers, or capabilities, to be consecrated to the glory of God and the benefit of mankind. The remarks I am about to offer in the following pages will tend to show, that in our systems of education we have been guilty of grievous neglect of this portion of human nature; and that until a more equal balance can be maintained between the moral and the intellectual faculties, we may look in vain for any great improvement in our social condition as the result of education. Some of the suggestions which I shall venture to offer as to the means of re-adjusting this balance, will be entirely experimental. Of others I can speak more confidently. But all are laid before the public with a deep conviction, that if clearer minds than my own, and more experienced workers, would each bring forward their own contribution to

the great sum of moral science, we should soon be able to construct plans and systems of education, in all respects as wonderful in their results upon character as those which now astonish us every day in their operation upon matter-as wonderful, but far more beneficial to the human race.

The views of the authoress are here distinctly enunciated, and it will readily appear that she is entitled to attention, as she proceeds to develope her own benevolent and enlightened scheme. We have some nine chapters of what may be termed moral philosophy, teaching what has to be Educated -the Elements of Character-Governing Motives-Benevolence-Conscien

tiousness-Veneration-and Woman's

Influence.

Mrs. Ellis having opened up her way by these disquisitions, proceeds to the subject proper to her volume under the following heads: - Principles of Moral Training; The Mother's Part; The Governess; Conductors of Schools; The Structure of Schools; Standard of Merit; Crime; Poor Men's Wives; High and Low; after which we have a closing chapter on the Grounds of Encouragement.

Those who are conversant with the writings of Mrs. Ellis, will be at no loss what substantially to expect in the discussion of these topics. She is everywhere herself-enlightened, benevolent, and intensely practical. There is much in the volume calculated in no ordinary degree to further the interests of true education. If it be remembered that Mrs. Ellis is not simply a practised writer, but a practical teacher, it will tend to inspire confidence, and to enhance the value of her disquisitions. She is no mere theorist, but a lady recording and embodying the facts of her own experience, and from these adducing principles which she endeavours to expound and to apply to the great subject of her work.

George Whitefield: or, Centenary Commemoration of the Opening of Tottenham-court Chapel. London: John Snow.

THE name of Whitefield is one which will last as long as language, and Tottenham-court Chapel will, we hope, remain till the end of all things as an appropriate memorial of the great evangelist's memory. The first Centenary has arrived and been commemorated

under circumstances of the most agreeable character. Originally this farfamed edifice was built on leasehold property; it is now, however, copyhold, and, consequently, as the Scotch law says, it is in the possession of the people "as long as grass grows and water runs. Amid all the mutations of time, the Tottenham-court church and congregation can never be dispossessed, even for an hour. From age to age they will sit under their own vine and fig-tree, none making them afraid.*

The present volume presents the Centenary services, comprising an address by the Rev. J. W. Richardson, in which, in a clear, concise, and most captivating manner, he sketches the progress of the edifice from the first hour down to the present time. The second address was delivered by Dr. Campbell, in which he has followed up the idea enunciated in the Centenary services of the Tabernacle, Moorfields. On that occasion he attempted to delineate the progress, state, and prospects of Christianity up to the period of Whitefield's appearance. On the present occasion he resumed the subject,

and gave a "Glimpse at the gains of a Century" to the cause of Christ, commencing with Great Britain, traversing Europe, the United States, Canada, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Austria, Polynesia, China, and Hindoostan. The Sermons on the occasion were delivered by the Rev. Dr. Leifchild, Rev. James Sherman, and Rev. C. H. Spurgeon. A public meeting was subsequently held, when some 700 people took tea in the spacious school-room abutting on the chapel, after which came the crowded meeting which was held in the latter, Sir Culling Eardley most worthily occupying the chair. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. J. C. Harrison, Dr. Fletcher, Dr. Tidman, Rev. W. Roberts, Rev. George Wilkins, Thomas Thompson, Esq., Peter Carstairs, Esq., Dr. Campbell, the Rev. John Graham, and Dr. Hoppus.

It is unnecessary for us to give any recommendation of this singularly interesting and multifarious volume, which we deem incomparably the most interesting thing of the kind that has yet appeared; and when we add that

Since the above was written, a fire has broken out in the Chapel, by which immense damage has been done, but it is insured to the extent of £3,200, which, it is hoped, will

cover all.

the whole, amounting to nearly 150 closely printed pages, is sold for the trifle of 1s. 6d., it will be seen that there is no obstacle in the way of its very extensive diffusion.

Bibliotheca Sacra and American Biblical Repository. Trübner and Co.

THIS is a noble number, opening with a very masterly article, entitled, "Character in the Preacher," by Dr. Storrs, of New York. There is also an elaborate dissertation on the "Mosaic Six Days, and the Deluge," by Benjamin Barrows, of Andover. "Jehovah Considered as a Memorial Name, Begun in the Promise, Invoked by the Patriarchs, Affirmed to Moses, Proclaimed by the Prophets, and Completed in Christ," is certainly a very ingenious outline of a great and awful theme.

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The next article of importance is that on John Calvin," by Professor Schaff, already well known to the public on both sides of the Atlantic, by his Church History.

The next article is one of a peculiarly recondite nature, entitled, "The Testimony of the Assyrian Inscriptions to the Truth of Scripture," by the Rev. T. Laurie, formerly missionary of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions at Mosul. This is only one of the many illustrations of the advantage to learning resulting from missionary labour in the East; and there is reason to believe we are only at the beginning of the discoveries thence to be derived.

The next substantial article is one on the " Knowledge and Faith of the Old Testament Saints respecting the Promised Messiah an excellent theme, which is well worked out by the Rev. Daniel Green, recently one of the Secretaries of the American Board of Commissioners.

Religion in Earnest; or, Tales Illustrative of Christian Life in Germany, with a Prefatory Note by Dr. Hanna. Shepherd and Elliot, Edinburgh; Hamilton and Co., London.

THIS work is translated by the skilful pen of Mrs. Stanley Carr. Dr. Hanna has literally prefaced a "note," in which he merely-almost unceremoniously-testifies to the intellectual and spiritual qualifications of the trans

lator, who is extensively and most favourably known by her labours in this walk of literature.

Mrs. Carr has resided, throughout the long period of thirty years, in the midst of German society. It may, therefore, be justly supposed she knows thoroughly both the people and their language, and is very competent to deal with all matters touch-. ing their literature.

The volume comprises not so much "tales," as treatises. We have, first, some 120 or 130 pages of what is called the Pastorate-a publication of very great interest, pervaded throughout by a thoroughly evangelical spirit, blended with exquisite sentiments. To this succeeds the Peasantry, another treatise of the same magnitude, and which throws a flood of light on the soul of the German people. This is followed by a dissertation, comprising nearly half the volume, entitled Mammon. Such is the work, which will amply reward perusal.

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: with a Memoir and Dissertation. By the Rev. GEORGE GILFILLAN. Nichol, Edinburgh; Nisbet and Co., London.

MR. NICHOL is now proceeding to do for the Modern Poets what he has done so sumptuously for the Ancient.

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have here two of Scott's great works"The Lay of the Last Minstrel" and "The Lady of the Lake," in a style never surpassed even in those guinea costumes in which they originally appeared. Mr. Gilfillan's Memoir is rather more copious than usual, and very carefully elaborated. It abounds in facts and incidents of an interesting character. We may cite the following as not a little remarkable:

While employed on this poem, Scott lost two of his friends very suddenly - President Blair and Lord Melville. Scott tells a curious story about a dentist called Dubisson, who met the President the day before his death, who used a particular expression to him. He met Lord Melville the day before his death, near the same spot, who, to the man's surprise, used the same expression. Dubisson, after the second death, jocularly remarked, that he supposed he himself would be the third to die. He was taken ill, and expired in an hour's space! Lord Melville had been hurried from Dunira, in Perthshire, to Edinburgh by the news of Blair's death. While driving through the village of Comrie, a young lad, playing in the street, got a

glimpse of him as he passed, and cried out To his companion, "That's a dying man.' We were not then born, but can vouch for this as a fact. Probably there had been so e pallid and ghastly expression on his countenance, although he was thought in his usual health.

The memoir closes with some critical matter, which, however, will be continued in the next volume. We hope the public continue to give Mr. Nichol the support so justly due to his magnificent enterprise.

Sketches of Dr. Livingston's Missionary Journeys and Discoveries in Central South Africa, with an Illustrative Map. John Snow.

It is sufficient simply to announce this pamphlet to command attention to it. For years past the name of Livingston has been the greatest in Africa. Hitherto, however, a special vagueness rested upon it. From time to time he was heard of now here, now there; now escaping the jaws of the lion, and now plunging into the thick darkness of Central Africa, discovering new tribes and new nations, lakes and rivers. At length, however, having shot across the Continent, and formed the first path the white man ever trod; after four journeys and a pilgrimage of ten thousand miles, he was announced as having arrived in his native country, strong and well, and fired by enthusiasm for fresh service in this great cause of discovery. It only now remains to observe, that Mr. Snow, as Missionary Publisher, has performed a great service by sending forth nearly fifty columns of close and crowded letterpress, comprising all the main facts of Dr. Livingston's history, for the insignificant price of 3d. Truly we live in wonderful times; and if this is not geographical and missionary knowledge made easy, we know not where to find it. We hope Mr. Snow's zeal in the cause will be adequately acknowledged, and that before the year shall close, at least 100,000 copies will find their way throughout the land.

The Friends of Christ in the New Testament. By N. ADAMS, D.D. Nisbet and Co.

THIS is a volume of a somewhat peculiar character, pervaded by a thoroughly Christian spirit. It comprises