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of the church constitution, &c.,(German,) delusive, 322 ; purity of communion,
169; merits of the work, ib.; notice of 324 ; additional warning applicable to
its author, 170 ; difficulties of his con- the Baptist churches in this country, 325;
gregation, ib. ; causes of his tour and deaconesses in use in these Mennonite
its results, 171 ; necessity of caution in congregations, 326 ; the application of
estimating the motives of others ex- female energy in the service of the
emplified, 172; peculiar instance of re- church of Christ advocated, 327; the
ligious zeal at Amsterdam, ib.; public rite of baptism among the Mennonites,
services of religion in the Dutch churches, 328 et seq.; the mode of its administra-
173 ; constitution of the established re. tion among the three surviving churches
form church, 174; comparative view of of the old Flemish Baptists slightly
theological education in Holland and differs, *322; the class of Baptists called
Prussia, ib.; description of Rotterdam, the Collegiants or Rynsburgers, *323;
175 et seq.; contemplative character of the Jansenist communion, or the church
the author, 177; the friendliness of of Utrecht, ib. ; rise and proceedings of
nature appreciated by him, 178; the the party, *324; the points of difference
Downs of Haarlem, 179; the water- between the Jansenists and the Roman
country between Dort and Gorkum, ib. Catholic church, *325; their obedience
et seq. ; voyage from Amsterdam to to the pope, *326 ; other circumstances
Friesland, 181; the Friesland dialect connected with their church discipline,
related to the English language, 182 et ib.; their inconsistencies, *327; de-
seq.; notice of Harlingen, 185; female scription of the principal service in the
costume in Friesland, 186 ; interior of a Dutch reformed church, *328; the
farn-house, 187; the improvisatore, De mode of public worship discussed, 329 ;
Clercq, 188; his religious faith, 189; manner of prayer, 330 ; power of
important differences among the Pro- sympathy in devotion, 831 ; order of
testant clergy of Holland previously to prayer in the Dutch reformed church
1609, 308; struggle between the Goma- very different from that of our con-
rists and the Arminians or remonstrants, gregational churches, 331; suggestions
309; the religious parties in Holland of mr. Walford respecting public prayer
after the revocation of the edict of considered, 332; worship of the con-
Nantes, 310; present actual condition of gregational churches as distinguished
the several denominations, 311; the from that of the episcopal, 333; division
Dutch reformed, or old established of the principal prayer, 335 ; variations
church, 312 ; subscription required of its suggested in the order of service, 336;
ministerial candidates to the acknowledged on the admission of responsive forms,
symbols of the church, 313; exceptions 337; dr. Pye Smith's objection to the
stated to the examination of candidates, utterance by plurality of voices, 338; on
ib.; the Walloon or French reformed the prayer after the sermon as used in the
church, 314; differs from the Dutch Presbyterian and Established churches,
church chiefly, if not entirely, in retain- 339; general character of pulpit minis-
ing the French language in the divine trations in the Dutch reformed church,
service, ib.; the evangelical Lutheran 481; the doctrines prevalent in the
communion, ib.; complaint of the mem- larger section of that body are far from
bers separating from the Amsterdam the truth, 482; extract from a modern
congregation on account of the prevail- Mennonite catechism, 483; extracts
ing neology, 315; the symbolical books from a former catechism of the same
of the Lutheran church enumerated, nole, body in a better spirit, 485 et seq.; the
ib.; the causes of the above separation, declension from the pulpit to the pro-
316 et seq. ; appeal of the accused minis- fessor's chair, 487; siunilar declensions
ters to the voice of the majority, 317;

to be found in this country, ib. ; progress
present state of the restored Lutheran of neology in England, 488 ; the neo-
congregation at Amsterdam, 319; its logical views of Professor Van der Palm
spirit and principles, ib.; the Mennonites, set forth in his bible for the young, 489;
Baptists, or Anabaptists, 320; their his- additional evidence of these sentiments
tory suggests a lesson of importance to adduced, 490; earlier manifestations of
the congregational and Baptist churches the declension in faith, 491; the esta.
in England, 321; specimen of Menno's blished church in Holland and its di-
theology, nole, ib.; the supposition that vines, 492 ; professor Lampe's Theologia
the congregational order of church go- Activa, 493; the Lutheran church cor-
vernment presents a peculiar security rupted, 494 ; theological education in
against doctrinal and other declensions is the Dutch universities, 495; examina-

tions of the students, 497 ; digest of di. of substitution, 52; the special bearing
vinity lectures in the university of Halle, of atonement, 58; qualities essential in a
498 et seq.; exercises in the royal theo- valid substitution, 54; character of the
logical seminary, 500; defects in the work, 55.
system of religious instruction in Ger- Great metropolis (the), 423 ; observations
many, 501 ; some of these particulars on the work, 424; different parts of the
applicable to our own practice, 1502 ; metropolis contrasted, 425 ; the streets
reference of these particulars to the before day-break, 426; number of people
duties of the Lutheran and reformed daily entering London, ib. ; probabilities
clergy, ib. ; atrocious exercise of the of meeting, 427 ; number of strangers
civil power in sacris put forth by the in London, 428; alleged ardour for
king of Prussia, note, 503; duties theatricals, ib.; anecdote of mr. Borth-
of the congregational pastor, 504 ; wick, 429; the Carlton clab, ib. ; gaming
neglect of instruction in psalmody, ib.; houses, 430 et seq.; tragical results
on the importance of interchangiog ex- of gaming, 434; the higher ranks, ib.;
position with synthetical preaching, 505; religious condition of the lower classes,
our author's complaint regarding cate- 485 et seq.; metropolitan periodical lite-
chizing, 506 ; Aug. Hermann Francke rature, 437; opinion of the work,
on the dearth of catechizing, 507 ; an 438.
acquaintance with the popular writings on
religious subjects should be obtained by Harris's Mammon, or covetousness the sin
the university pastor, 508 ; application of of the Christian church, 189; selfishness
these remarks to our own country, 509 ; the source of covetousness, 190 ; au-
remedial suggestion of the appointment thor's mode of speaking of the acts of
of an university pastor, 510; his special the Deity reprehensible, 191; nature
duties, ib.; Francke's parænetic lectures, of covetousness described, 192-3; biblical
511; existing state of theological edu- import of the phrase, 194 ; definition
cation in this country, 512; advan- of worldliness, ib.; its opposite is spiritual.
tages on this point possessed by the mindedness, 195; the cardinal fault of the
Congregational and Baptist bodies, 513; present essay stated, 196 ; difficulty of
eminent advantages of the latter body, stating the exact point at which cove-
ib.; ought not the Congregational body tousness begins, 197; dangers of the
to afford equal advantages to their Christian in his pursuit of gain, 198 ;
students ? 514; arrangements suggested, covetousness denounced as the sin of
ib. et seq.; opinion of the present work, the church, 199; its power on the pro-
516.

fessed servants of God, 200; justice
Forget-me-not (the), 544 ; its illustrations to man should be the basis of our cal-
and contents, 548.

culations, 201; the composition of
Friendship’s offering and Winter's wreath, true liberality, 202 ; present predomi-
438 ; extract, 441 et seq.

nance of covetousness in Britain, ib. ;

the love of Christ as an incentive to
Gell's topography of Rome and its vicinity, liberality, 205 ; opinion of the work,

137; his materials excellent, and know- ib.
ledge unquestionable, ib. ; the map, scien- Heath's book of beauty, 544 ; its em-
tific and picturesque, 138; description bellishments, 546 ; contributors, 547.
of the Campagna, 139 ; early history

picturesque annual, 544.
of Rome, 140; qualifications of the au- Hemans's (Felicia) poetical remains, 31 :
thor, 141.

critical estimale of her productions by
Gilbert's Christian atonement, 47; the car- her biographer, 32; her style of thought

dinal doctrine of divine revelation is ap- and feeling, 33; her early life, ib. ;
proached in a firm though cautious causes of her separation from capt. He.
spirit, ib.; man is designed for a different mans slurred over by the biographer, 35;
end, and governed by different laws, than notice of her poems published at this
other creatures, 48 ; the highest happi- period, 36 ; estimation of her poems
ness to be found in supreme love to in America, 37; her visit to Scot-
God and entire benevolence towards our land, ib. ; removal to Dublin, 38; ber
fellow creatures, 49; the interposition health declines, ib.; letter relating to
of the redeemer, ib. ; relation subsiste the state of her health, ib. ; the ' sabbath
ing between God and man, 50; the op- sonnet,' her last composition, 39; reli-
ponents to the doctrine of atonement, gious subjects acquire a deeper interest
ib. ; doctrine of vicarious suffering dis- in her mind, 40; beautiful lines to her
cussed, ,51; functions and bearings mother's bible, ib.; " the wish," 41 ; " the
mountain winds,” 42 ; despondency and Jennings's landscape annual for 1837. See
aspiration, 43 et seq. And see Lawrence's Roscoe's tourist in Spain.
last autumn, &c.

Jesse's Angler's Rambles, 537 ; deriva-
Henslow's botanist. See Maund.

tions of the present names of the British
Holden's Christian expositor, or practical rivers, 542.

guide to the study of the holy scriptures, Jireh, a scene in the pastoral life of the
61; his exposition of chapter iv. of Ge. author, 345; extract, ib.

pesis, 65 et seq.
Holland, tour in; see Fliedner.

Keepsake (the), for 1837, 544; its illustra-
Hoppus's sketches on the continent in 1835, tions, 545; contributors, 546.

464 ; description of Soleure, 465; sketch Kennedy's instruct, employ, don't hang
of the Mer de Glace, 466 ; progress of them; or, Ireland tranquillized, 353;
the Protestant faith in Belgium, 468 ; his remarks on the diabolical law" li-
proposal to publish the new testament in miting the period of leases, &c., 376;
the vulgar tongue, 462 ; state of religion the destitution of the Irish peasantry to
in Germany, ib.; theology of Germany be justly attributed to the misconduct of
corrupted by infidel speculations, 470 et the landed proprietors, 377; pauperism
seq.; a change for the better is now fostered for political purposes, ib. ; what
working in her theological character, might have been done for the peasantry,
472 ; government of the

church in Prus- 378; waste lands must be brought
sia, 473; sketch of Napoleon at his into cultivation, 379; mischievous prin.
zenith, and his downfall, 475; opinion ciples of the tithe bills relating to Ire-
of the work, 476.

land, 381; author's energetic appeal
Hymn-books ; see psalms and hymns. to the lords of the soil', 382 et seq.;

what has Protestantism done for Ireland?
Illustrations of the pilgrim's progress, with 384.

extracts from the work, and descriptions Keyworth's pocket expositor of the New
of the plates by Bernard Barton, and a Testament, 61; notes on the fifth chap-
biographical sketch of the life and writings ter of Matthew, 80 et seq.
of Bunyan, by Josiah Conder, 82; the
illustrations, ib.; mr. Barton's description Laborde's journey through Arabia Petræa
of the escape from Giant Despair, ib.; to Mount Sinai, and the excavated city
* the pilgrims,' 83; Bunyan's refusal to of Petra, 1; alterations affecting the
desist from preaching, 84.

genuineness of the translation, 2; Egyp-
Ireland, state of. See Stanley's Ireland ; tian cemetery and ruined temple sup-
Kennedy, Real grievance, &c.

posed to belong to a mining establish-
Irons's whole question of final causes, 111; ment, ib.; Dahab conjeclured to be the

author's aversion to Calvinism, ib.; he Midian of Jethro, 3; this conjecture has
has exchanged one species of ultra- nothing to recommend it to attention, 4;
Calvinism for another, 112; on the de- caravan route from the Red Sea to Je-
molition of the church establishment, 113; rusalem, ib.; translator confounds Wady
Romanism, as a religion, 115 ; liberalism, Garandel with the Wady Gharendel of
its true origin, 116; the progress of Burckhardt, and Girondel of Niebuhr, 5;
popery and infidelity to be attributed to the saphan of the Scriptures mistaken
the deficient discharge of the sacred for the gazelle, ib.; approach to Petra, 6;
duties of the clergy, 117; the Catholics ruins of cemeteries, &c., 7; the deco-
regarded as Helots, 118; real object of rations of the grave adapted to blunt the
the book is to expose the imputed deism idea of death, 8; date of these se-
or infidelity of lord Brougham, ib. ; qua- pulchral excavations, ib.; that Petra was
lifications of the author, 119; his anim. at a very early period a commercial en-
adversions on Paley's illustration of the trepôt is historically certain, 9; natural
watch, 119-121.

boundaries of this territory, 10; occasion

of its ruin, ib.; one of the remarkable
Jackson's memoirs of the life and writings excavations stated by capt. Mangles to

of the rev. Richard Watson, late secre- have evidently been used as a Christian
tary to the Wesleyan Missionary Society, church, ib.; the archives of Petra have
396 ; effects of Watson's conversion on perished, 11; author's departure from
his intellectual character, 400; his ar- Petra to Akaba, ib.; remains of a theatre,
dour in the pursuit of knowledge, 402; and other vestiges of a suburb, near Wady
the difficulties in his course, 403 ; his Moosa, ib.; the theatre supposed to have
alleged heterodoxy, 405 ; opinion of the been applicable to naval games, 12;
Work, +16.

doubts upon that point, ib.; Ameimé, .a

Maund's (and Henslow's) Botanist, 537.
Mexico, Latrobe's rambler in, 122; see

Latrobe and Texas.

city of cisterns', ib.; our traveller's re-
turn to Mount Sinai, 13; character of

the present work, ib.
Latrobe's rambler in Mexico, 122; the ar-

riero, or carrier ant, 123; route through
the Canada, 124; ruins of Indian
temples and towns, 125; the mines of
Regla, ib.; Real del Monte, '126; ap-
proach to the capital, 127; description
of an earthquake, 128; the religion of
Mexico, 128, 129; natural antiquities of
that country, 130; the comparative
mountain formations of Europe and the
New World, ib.; state of political affairs,
132; affairs of the Texas, 133; speech
of John Quincy Adams concerning the
same, 134-136; important nature of the

contest, 137.
Lawrence's (Mrs.) last autumn at a fa-

vourite residence, with other poems, and
recollections of mrs. Hemans, 31 ; mrs.
Hemans's early love of poetry, 33; her
childish effinsions subjected to the bitter-
ness of criticism, 34; the homage sub-
sequently offered to her, ib.; her attach-
ment to capt. Hemans, ib.; her marriage
and separation from him, ib.; professor
Norton secures her the copyright of her
poems in America, 37; fragments of
letters written during her visit to Scot-
land, 38; her dying moments, 41; cha.

racter of the present volume, 45.
Le Bas's life of archbishop Laud, 148; his

biographers faithless, 151 ; character of
Laud, 152; the author's defence of him,
153; his elevation to the see of St. David's,
ib. et seq.; his ingratitude to the lord
keeper Williams, 155; author's apo-
logy for Laud's threat of the rack to
Felton, ib.; case of Leighton unfairly
stated, 156; opinion of the present work,

157.
L. E. L.'s drawing-room scrap-book, 438;

elegant verses to lord Melbourne, 446 ;
picturesque ballad, 447; 'the delectable

mountains', ib.
Little scholar learning to talk, 261; object

of the volume, 262.
Lives of the most eminent foreign states-

men, 148; the inquisition, 149; charac-
ter of cardinal Ximenes, 150; why has
mr. Crowe omitted to notice the car-
dinal's appointment as inquisitor-general?

ib.; opinion of the work, 150.
Loudon's Arboretum et Fruticetum Bri-

tannicum, 537; nature of the work, 543.
Love of money, 248; the desire of ac-

quiring is not a sinful propensity, ib.; the
best age of Christianily recognized the idea
of trust anul stewardship for Christ, 249;
delusions now opposed to this idea, 250;
the tendencies of wealth, 251.

North American Review, No. XCIL, art.

• Texas ', 236; occurrences in Mexico
since the revolution in 1810, 236; the
first abortive attempt to establish inde-
pendence in the Texas, 237; description
of the theatre of those operations, 238;
the origin of the recently flourishing co-
lonies of Texas ascribed to col. S.T.
Austin, 239; causes of the rupture with
the government of Mexico, 240; arrest
of Austin for treason, 241; declaration
of independence by the Texians, ib.;
flagrant misrepresentation contained in
that document, ib.; the other enumerated
grievances frivolous and audacious, 242;
suppression of secret societies in Mexico,
243; election of a president, ib.; Santa
Anna first began to take a distinguished
part in public affairs, ib.; narrative of
events until 1835, 244; character of
Santa Anna, 245; the pretended war for
Texian independence is a mere struggle
of the land jobbers and slave jobbers of
the United States, 246; anneration of
the province to the United States dis-
cussed, 246, 47; result of the struggle,

248.
Nursery book, 261; object of the, 262.

Ominous Isle, by the Portland Shepherd,

262.
Oxford papistry, 45.

Pastoral epistle from his holiness the pope

to some members of the university of
Oxford, 45; papistical tenets of the high

church party, ib.
Peru, journey in; see Smyth.
Physical theory of another lise, 85; singular

dissimilarity between this work and the
author's • Spiritual Despotism', 86; re-
formation of the church, 87; requisite
qualifications of the missionary, 88; the
agitation of the times is in furtherance of
the gospel, 89; catholic emancipation,
ib.; the reform bill and abolition of
slavery, 90; grievances of the dissenters,
91; the great change in the relative po-
sition of religious parties, 92; church
and state in permanent collision, 93; the
spirit of piety among dissenters has not
suffered deterioration, ib.; their political
spirit is fed from moral sources, 94; the
extant spirit of the Establishment de
scribed, 95; murims of the church essen-
tially despotic, ib.; church reform en-
trusted to the episcopacy, 96; the church
in captivity to the establishinent, 97;

hymns, 291; Willcock's collection, ib.;
Pratt's selection, 292; version of the
Psalms by rev. Wm. Goode, 292 ; ver-
sion of the Psalms by Wrangham, 299;
ertract, ib. et seq.; a revised edition of
Watts remains a desideratum, 295; the
division of the Psalms, 296; selections
supplemental to Watts, ib. ; true design
and use of psalmody, 298. See also
Allen's psalms and hymns for public
worship ; Bulmer's hymns, original and
select; and Farr's new version of the
psalms of David.

physical theory of a future life, 98;
analysis of the theory proposed, 100;
power to originate motion inherent in
the mind, 101; as also perception, ib.;
the memory set free from physical in-
firmities, 102; prerogatives of the future
corporeity, 103; the probability of im.
mortal happiness or misery involved in
this theory, 104 et seq.; the future life,
as analogous to the natural transform-
ations of the animated world, a natural
event, 107; the physical and moral na-
ture being independent of each other, the
greatest revolution of the former leaves
the latter as it was, ib.; present and
future employment of the active prin.
ciples, 108; conjectures of the author
not less magnificent than bold, 109;
Hooker's description of the future cor.
poreity, 110; the strongest evidence of
a future life is in the moral constitution

of our nature, ib.
Pike's Christian liberality in the distribu-

tion of property, 190; opinion of the

work, 205.
Popery. See Young's lectures.
Price's history of Protestant nonconformity

in England, 298; a history of noncon-
formity is a desideratum in our litera-
ture, 299; cause of modern dissenters
identical with that of the Lollards and
Puritans, 300; summary of the reign of
queen Elizabeth, 301; the puritan party
at this period, ib.; letter of Burleigh,
disapproving of the severities of Whit-
gift, 302; character of the queen, 303 et
seq.; accession of James, and his refusal
to redress the grievances of the puritans,
305; progress of nonconformity, 306;
ludicrous panegyric on James, by bishop
Williams, ib.; candour and impartiality of
the author, 307; opinion of the work, 308.

-slavery in America, 158; opinion
of the work, 161.
Psalms and hymns, 265 ; notice of the se-

lections published, 281; injustice of sup-
pressing the authors' names, 282 ; ex-
cuses alleged for the suppression, 283;
the excuse alleged by dr. Urwick is used
by mr. Bickersteth as a reason for giving
the authors' names, ib.; specimen of the
effect of dr. Urwick's alterations, 284;
instance of a favourite but indifferent
hymn, 285; imperfect rhymes of former
versions, 286; the worst specimens of
sacred verse are often preferred to the
most finished productions of art, 287;
instances of hymns wanting sense and
metre, 288; editorial alterations in ex-
isting works of this class, 269; in those
of Watts, ib.; in the hymns of Dod-
dridge, 290; extract, ib.; the Olney

Real grievance of the Irish peasantry, 353;

What is Irish poverty? 361; influence
of the system of letting land to the la-
bourers upon the national character, ib.;
dairy ground system, and its conse-
quences, 362 et seq.; the miscalled farmer
in Ireland, 364; the Irish peasant an
outcast at his own door, 366; remarks
on an Act relating to the letting of small
parcels of ground, 367; labour is not
valued in Ireland, 368; the 'iniquitous'
tithe agistment bill, 369; its operation
as a tax upon industry, ib. et seq.; ex-
aggeration of the author's views in this
mutter, 371 ; influence of the corn law,

ib.
Reid's history of the Presbyterian church

in Ireland, 516; Presbyterianism in Eng-
land, Ireland, and Scotland, ib.; it is the
natural antagonist of prelacy, 518;
causes of the limited progress of the re-
formation in Ireland, 519; origin and
course of the rebellion during the reign
of Charles I., 520 et seq.; the body of
Presbyterians suffered less than other
parties, 523; vindication of the solemn

league and covenant, 524.
Ritchie's Ireland, picturesque and roman-

tic, 544.
Roberts's cruel nature and injurious effects

of the foreign slave-trade, 158; carried
on by British capital, ib.; defect in the
law making it a capital felony, 160; ex-

tent to which it is carried on, 161.
Roscoe's tourist in Spain, 544 ; its illus-

trations, ib.; the present is the best of
the author's works, 545.

Sibthorp's book of Genesis, 61 ; object of

this exposition, 62; paraphrastic com-
mentary on the fourth chapter of Genesis,

63.
Smyth's journey from Lima to Para, 206;

Lieut. Maw's previous journey from
Truxillo to Para, ib.; the town of Cerro
Pasco, 207; interior of the mines, ib.;
the episcopal city of Huanuco, 208; de-
parture from Panao, 209; arrival at the

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