3044; and the Septuagint 3716. According to an ancient tradition, M. Klaproth says the Messiah was to appear in the sixth millenium after the creation, a period which the Jews considered it as much their interest to throw back, as the Christian translators sought to advance it; hence the great difference between them; and he therefore adopts that of the Samaritan text, which in this particular he thinks may have remained most uncorrupted. The first ruler of China was Fu-chi, and in his time the Chinese historians say, a rebel named Kung-Kung caused a great flood: this, according to M. Klaproth's calculation, occurred about 3028 years before Christ. The fourth Indian period, Kalijuga, begins about 3101 years before Christ. This epoch, he supposes, must have been preceded by some great revolution in the earth, probably the great flood mentioned by Moses and the Hindoo traditions. Thus (he concludes) we find here three remarkable and almost cotemporary epochs: Noah's flood, according to the Samaritan text, 3044 years before Christ; Indian flood, beginning of the

Kalijuga, 3101 before Christ; Beginning of the Chinese state, 3082 before Christ. Assuming the average of these three numbers, he obtains as the year of the great flood 3076 before Christ.

GERMANY.

At Weimar, in Hesse Darmstadt, the Jews, by a recent edict, are rendered admissible to the public gymnasia and the university. They are even authorised to intermarry with Christians, on certain conditions.

UNITED STATES.

It is stated, that there are in the city of Philadelphia, 13 Presbyterian Churches; 10 Episcopalian; 8 Baptist; 14 Methodist; 5 Friends; 5 Roman Catholic; 2 Dutch Reformed; 1 Evangelical Lutheran ; 1 Swedish Lutheran; 2 German Presbyterian; 1 Associate Reformed Church; 1 Moravian; 1 Free-Will Baptist; 1 Free Quakers; 1 Covenanter; 1 Mariners' Church; 1 Prison Chapel; 1 Christian Church; 1 Jews' Synagogue; 1 Dutch Jews; 1 New Lights; 1 New Jerusalem Temple; 1 Unitarian; 2 Universalist; 3 churches unknown-Total 80!

THEOLOGY.

A Familiar Address on the Lord's Supper. Fcap. 8vo. 6s.

An Historical Connection between the Old and New Testaments. Is.

A Catechism of Prophecy, for the use of Sunday Schools. Is.

A Short View of the Harmony of the New Testament. 1s.

An Analysis of Paley's Evidences of Christianity, in the way of Question and Answer. 12mo. 4s.

Sermons of Hugh Latimer, now first arranged according to the order of time in which they were preached. To which is prefixed a Memoir of the Bishop; by John Watkins, LL.D. 2 vols. 8vo. II. 4s.

A Key to the Greek Testament, being a Selection of Chapters, philologically explained; by C. Hook. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Songs of Israel, consisting of Lyrics upon the History and Poetry of the Hebrew Scriptures; by W. Knox. 12mo. 5s. Human Subordination; an Elementary Disquisition concerning Civil and Spiritual Power; by Francis Plowden, L.C.D. 8vo. 68.

A Selection of Tracts and Observations on I John v. 7; by the Bishop of St. David's, 8vo. 5s.

The Two Rectors. 12mo. 10s. 6d.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Narrative of an Excursion to the Mountains of Piedmont, and Researches among the Vaudois; by the Rev. W. S. Gilly, M. A. 21. 26.

Life of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D. D., with a Critical Examination of his Writings; by Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta. 2 vols. post 8vo. with portrait. 15s.

Biography of celebrated Roman Characters; by the Rev. W. Bingley. 12mo. 7s.

The Life and Remains of E. D. Clarke, LL.D.; by the Rev. W. Otter, A. M. 4to. 31. 3s.

Part I. of the Etymologic Interpreter ; by J. Gilchrist. 8vo. 8s.

Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery; by W. Stevenson. 8vo. 14s. An Essay on Poisons. 32mo. 3s. 6d. The Characters of Theophrastus. 8vo. 15s.

Gesta Romanorum; or Entertaining Moral Stories, invented by the Monks as a Fire-Side Recreation, and commonly applied in their Discourses from the Pulpit; from the Latin, with Notes; by the Rev. C. Swan. 2 vols. 12mo. 15s.

The American Mariners: a moral Poem. 12mo. 8s.

Observations upon Slavery; setting forth, that to hold the Principle of Slavery is to deny Christ; by Robert Lindoe, M. D. 8vo. Is. 6d.

Best Intentions; or Thoughts and Reflections for Youth, Maturity, and Age.

12mo. 6s.

Moral Inquiries on the Situation of Man, and of Brutes, &c. ; by Lewis Gompertz.

12mo.

FOR

PROMOTING

SOCIETY - CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. AT the last anniversary meeting of this institution it was stated, that the Society have issued 4038 packets of books to their members, between the audit of 1823 and 1824, consisting of 43,867 Bibles, 59,455 New Testaments and Psalters, 124,395 Common Prayer Books, 94,429 other bound books, and 805,380 small Tracts. There had been delivered gratuitously 723 Bibles, 820 Testaments, 1536 Common Prayer Books, 713 bound books, and 6569 small Tracts, and a considerable number of religious papers for Sunday Schools.

AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. This society lately celebrated its tenth anniversary in Boston. It appears from the Report, that new editions of ninety-five tracts have been printed. The number of tracts printed, during the last year, is 770,000, which is a greater number than were printed in two preceding years. The whole number printed since the society was formed, is 4,217,500. The whole number of volumes bound is 8,950. Stereotype plates have been procured for some of the tracts. Twentyeight new depositories have been established; making the whole number one hundred and twelve. Of the new depositories fourteen are beyond the Allegany mountains. The Committee have sent 10,000 pages to a missionary among the Penobscot Indians; 20,000 pages to Machias, Maine, and 25,000 pages to the Sandwich Islands. No less than 175 new auxiliary societies have been formed during the last year. Among the recent donations made to the society, the Committee mention 6,500 Homilies, from the Prayerbook and Homily Society in London.

From a former Report of the society (the ninth), we quote the following incidents on account of their reference to two well-known and excellent tracts from the pens of two English clergymen, the Rev. T. T. Biddulph, and the Rev. Legh Richmond.

"The Tract entitled Sixteen Short Sermons,' was handed by an aged lady in this state (Massachusetts) to a little boy. He read till he came to the third sermon, which is from this text, All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.' This appeared to be for him. He felt that he had sinned, and in a thousand instances

come short of the glory of God. He became deeply distressed, began from that time to search the Scriptures daily, and to seek the salvation of his soul. In a few months he obtained, as he hopes, joy and peace in believing. He was admitted a member of the visible church, has since been preparing for the ministry, and is now about to enter upon its sacred duties. Four other cases of hopeful conversion, and indirectly upwards of forty cases more, already known to the Committee, appear to have been connected with the reading of only five copies of the above mentioned Tract."

"As a young man, in a neighbouring state, was about to set out on a voyage at sea, a pious friend put into his trunk a parcel of tracts. While on his voyage, curiosity led him to examine this little bundle. On opening it, his eye fastened on 'The Young Cottager.' It arrested his attention and he read it through; and there is reason to hope that it has left an impression on his mind which will never be effaced. He separated from his companions, and spent much of his time in reading, meditation, and prayer. He continued this course until his return; when he found that his relish for former pleasures was gone, and he was led to say, 'I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.' He has since made a public profession of religion, and relates with humility and gratitude the kindness of God in causing to be put into his trunk that little tract."

AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. From the Report read at the last annual meeting of the American Bible Society, we learn that the receipts for the eighth year have been 42,416 dollars. During the year, there have been printed at the society's depository, 34,000 Bibles, and 42,875 Testaments; making a grand total of four hundred and three thousand three hundred and fifty-two Bibles and Testaments, or parts of the latter, printed from the stereotype plates of the society, or otherwise obtained for circulation, during the eight years of the society's existence.

There have been issued from the society's depository, during the past year, Bibles and Testaments 60,439; making a total of three hundred and nine thousand and sixty-two Bibles and Testaments,

and parts of the latter, issued by the American Bible Society since its establishment.

There have been added forty-four new auxiliaries during the past year, making the whole number four hundred and four. Very considerable and valuable additions have been made by the liberality of Bible Societies abroad, and inviduals in the United States, to the Biblical library. A set of stereotype plates has been procured for a Testament of large size, and another is partly completed for the Bible in the Spanish language.

MISSIONARY SPEECH OF A TUSCARORA INDIAN.

At a late missionary meeting at NewYork, Sacharissa, a venerable chief of the Tuscorara tribe, delivered, through his interpreter, the following interesting speech.

"Friends and Brothers,-I first thank the Great Spirit for preserving your lives and mine. I rejoice to meet you this evening, and I rejoice that your love to my poor countrymen has brought you all together on this occasion. You are holding a council to-night, to hear what has been done the past year; and God has permitted me to meet with you, and hear and see great things which I never heard or saw before.

"My countrymen have long been in darkness, but now I see the light is spreading among them. My poor countrymen have long been neglected, but now I see the White brothers opening their eyes and looking upon us. In time past there were only a few who loved and pitied us: now there are a great many. I now meet with friends every where, and I see and hear that every year my Christian brothers are doing more. They are getting the dust out of their eyes and ears, which had been thrown into them by the evil reports of bad men. Now I see old and young, and little children, and men and women engaged to do us good. These things make my heart rejoice. Many years ago, I was in darkness, and even now I am poor and ignorant. I cannot read for myself; but I have heard the Gospel, and now I hope that I have received it into my heart. It is true I have always been a sinner, and now I am a very old sinner. But you have sent me the Gospel, and I have learned that Jesus can save me. For this Gospel and this Saviour I have thrown away the foolish things I received from my fathers.

"I am now near my grave, and I wished to see you once more before I go to meet your fathers with whom I made this first

MORAVIAN MISSIONS.

The following extracts from recent letters of the Moravian Missionaries in Labrador and Greenland, furnish an interesting view of the nature of the society's labours in that remote quarter of the world.

From Hopedale, on the coast of Labrador they write :

"During the year past, our Lord and Saviour has shewn much mercy unto us, and preserved us in the enjoyment of peace and brotherly love. With the exception of occasional slight indispositions, we have all been favoured with good health, and enabled to perform our several duties without interruption, being greatly encouraged by perceiving that our labour was not in vain in the Lord. He has granted us to see some pleasing fruit, among the souls committed to our care, and has blessed the ministry of his Gospel.

"Some of our Esquimaux have experienced the particular protection of God, in the preservation of their lives. And as to their spiritual course, we cannot find words sufficient to express our thankfulness for the mercy, truth, and grace of our Saviour, made manifest among them. Most of them have grown in grace and in the knowledge and love of Jesus; they know that his atonement and meritorious death are the foundation of all their hopes, and experience the power of the word of the cross in their souls. Of this not only their expressions, but their lives have testified. The solemn festivals of the Christian church, the daily worship, and especially the celebration of the holy communion, were seasons of great blessing, when we were truly refreshed by the presence of our Lord and Saviour.

"The Esquimaux delight in music; and, as several of them can play hymn-tunes on the violin, they accompany the singing of the congregation and the performance of some short anthems, which the children and young people have learnt to sing. This contributes to the solemnity and beauty of our worship, especially at festival seasons.

During the year past, two adults and nine children were baptized, one person partook for the first time of the Lord's supper; one was received into the congre.

utility of these institutions. Even therefore, where the children of the poor can enjoy the advantage of attending a daily school, the superadded instruction of a Sunday School is still highly valuable; but much more so where the former is not attainable, or where the parents cannot or will not relinquish the time and services of their children during the week. In these cases Sunday Schools will go far towards supplying all that is absolutely essential for the education of a child in humble life, especially if grounded on the preparatory training of an Infant School during those tender years in which the child is unable to assist its parents by domestic or manufacturing industry. We strongly recommend to all the friends and teachers of Sunday Schools the warm encouragement of Infant Schools, which will form a most hopeful seed-bed for their future labours.

We have lying before us the Fourteenth Report of the Sunday-school Societyfor Ire land; from which, and from other sources, we rejoice to learn that Sunday-school instruction is hopefully extending throughout that unhappycountry. The following are the principal facts contained in the Report. "The cause of Sunday-school instruction has generally made progress within the last year, and the Committee report an increased number of schools and of scholars; for although in some districts failures have occurred, yet in others the increasing zeal and exertion of all classes of the population have more than counterbalanced these failures, and have added to the list many schools filled with eager candidates for the most important and valuable knowledge."-The Society's receipts for the past year amounted to 2,4211.; of which sum, 316/. 19s. was the produce of books and monthly extracts sold at the depository. The Committee acknowledge with gratitude the continued friendship of the British and Foreign Bible Society, in a very liberal grant of 12,000 Testaments fully bound. The expenditure of the Society, is principally caused by publications containing information on the subject of Sunday-school instruction, and procuring books for the schools. During the past year the following editions have been published: 17,500 sheet Reports, 3,500 pamphlet Reports, 30,000 Spelling Books No. 1., 30,000 Spelling Books No. 2. Since the year 1809, in which the Society commenced its operations, 1915 schools have been established. The Committee, in reporting on the state of Sunday-school instruction in different

parts of Ireland, give the following details :

"Ireland, with respect to Sunday-school instruction, may be divided into two districts, exceedingly unequal in extent both of population on the one hand, and of Sunday-school exertion on the other. The one district embraces six counties of the province of Ulster; the other is composed of the other counties of Ulster, and the remaining three provinces. In the six counties of Armagh, Down, Antrim, Tyrone, Fermanagh, and Londonderry, lies the principal seat of Sunday-school instruction. In these six counties, whose population is by the late census 1,379,970, there are 999 schools in connexion with your society: the pupils in attendance are reported to be 108,970-bearing a proportion to the population of about one to thirteen. Of the above-mentioned pupils, 14,510 are mentioned as adults, above the age of fifteen; and 40,252 reading the holy Scriptures. The increase of scholars in this district was in the past year 4,174: in one county, that of Down, there were reported an increase of 1,875 scholars. In these six counties the number of gratuitous teachers is reported to be 8,229, composed of all ranks, from the highest to that immediately above the lowest : in some parishes there are upwards of 150 of these disinterested and zealous agents. In some cases they have formed themselves into parochial and district associations or unions, and co-operate thus in vigorous exertions, that every poor child or ignorant person within their sphere of influence, may be brought under instruction.

"Your Committee dwell with peculiar delight on this part of their Report, because in such a band of benevolent agents they perceive a machinery provided for the furtherance of every moral benefit to the lower classes. If disease, distress, or want of employment prevails; if information is to be procured, or industry promoted; the Sunday-school teacher, from his intercourse with the families of the poor, is well qualified to decide respecting the characters and habits of each: from the nature of that intercourse he is well disposed to further their best interests, and possesses influence to prevail on the poor to adopt such measures as may tend to their improvement. Such an agency must prove of great importance to the parochial and other ministers, or to the landed proprietor, whether resident or absentee; and the tendency of such a connexion formed between the different classes of society, to preserve the peace and improvement of the country, must be evident to the most