retardation, could be so far overcome as to gain a patient audience for the calm appeals to enlightened reason and unfettered conscience, which give to a large portion of this Essay so much of the vividness of truth and the majesty of virtue. "Let no man put away from him the substance of this Essay, saying that it is not practical. If there be any moral truth, any foundation of right and wrong, very much of the discussion is of that nature which claims the attention of every conscientious reader; the conclusion drawn by fair reasoning from sound moral principles, are not of a kind to be trifled with; they are capable of application, and they ought to be reduced to practice."-The Eclectic Review. "Although this work has been for some years before the public, in more expensive forms, our conviction of its superlative value constrains us to give it a more lengthened notice than would otherwise have been expedient. The topics which it undertakes to discuss are of infinite importance; they are essentially identified with the highest interests of man; they constitute the elements of his happiness, and furnish him with the means of arriving at moral excellence. To the investigation of these topics, minds of the highest order have devoted their most vigorous efforts, and yet instead of that clear elucidation of principle, and that earnest enforcement of duty, which we might have expected, principle has been obscured, and duty impeded by the invention of finely spun theories, and by the abstruseness of metaphysical disquisition. The intellect has been addressed only to be puzzled ; whilst the heart has been treated as though it possessed neither sympathy nor emotion. In short, morality has been considered by some writers as a science altogether distinct from, and indeed, independent of Christianity; the consequence has been, that many who have undertaken to inculcate the obligations of morality, have, instead of directing and illuminating the minds of others, had to flounder in the midst of difficulties of their own creation. "The work abounds with instruction and interest; what other writers have rendered abstruse and incomprehensible, is here made clear and intelligible; what others have rendered dry and repulsive, is here clothed with the attractions and fascinations of genuine eloquence. 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"The author, whoever he may be, is an admirable writer. He seems not only to hold correct opinions, but possesses great facility in giving them forcible, lucid, and mild expressions: widely, too, as he may differ from others, his charity is unlimited for all-he is no sectarian in spirit.— British Friend. "In contrasting the principal features which mark the views and practice of the Church of Rome with those which we believe to be inherent in pure Christianity, our author has produced an exceedingly able and eloquently written volume; which, whilst it unfolds in glowing and vigorous language the objectionable features of the hierarchical system, does not exhibit the least appearance of jealousy or of ill-will towards any denomination of Christians."-British Friend of India Magazine, June, 1843. "In the volume before us, the Papal and Hierarchical System is compared, or, more correctly speaking, contrasted with the Religion of the New Testament. 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