National Education. By Rev. James Carlisle, one of the

Commissioners, &c.

6. Defence of the National System of Education in Ireland,

reply to the letters of J. C. Colquhoun, Esq. M. P. By

the same.

7. State Education; considered with reference to prevalent

misconceptions on religious grounds. By Rev. Baden

Powell, Professor, &c. in the University of Oxford. .

ART. V.-History of the Great Reformation of the sixteenth century, in

Germany, Switzerland, &c. By J. H. Merle d'Aubigné,

President of the Theological School of Geneva, and Mem-

ber of the "Societé Evangelique." Volumes First and

Second. First American, from the Fifth London Edition. 119

ART. VI.-The Prelatical Doctrine of Apostolical Succession Examined.

And the Protestant Ministry Defended against the Assump-

tions of Popery and High-Churchism, in a Series of Lec-

tures. By Thomas Smyth, Pastor of the Second Presbyte-

rian Church, Charleston, S. C.

ART. VII.-Sermons on Important Subjects. By the Reverend Samuel

Davies, A. M., President of the College of New Jersey.

With an Essay on the Life and Times of the Author. By

Albert Barnes. Stereotype Edition, containing all the Ser-

mons of the Author ever published.

Quarterly List of New Books and Pamphlets.

87

129

NO. II.

ART. I.-The Life and Times of Red-Jacket, or Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha;

being the sequel to the History of the Six Nations. By

William L. Stone.

183

ART. III.-Address delivered in Easton, Pennsylvania, August 18tb-

1841, on the occasion of the Author's Inauguration as Pre-

sident of Lafayette College. By John W. Yeomans.

142

170

ART. II.-1. Joannis Calvini in Librum Geneseos Commentarius. Ad

editionem Amstelodamensem accuratissime exscribi curavit

E. Hengstenberg.

2. Kommentar über die Genesis von Dr. Friedrich Tuch,

Privatdocent an der Universität zu Halle.

3. A Companion to the Book of Genesis. By Samuel H. Tur-

ner, D. D. Prof. Bib. Lit. and Interp. of Scrip. in the Theol.

Sem. of the Prot. Epis. Church, and of the Hebrew Lang.

and Lit. in Columbia College, New York.

4. A Family Exposition of the Pentateuch. By the Rev.

Henry Blunt, M. A., Rector of Streatham, Surrey, Chaplain

to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, and formerly Fellow of

Pembroke College, Cambridge.-Genesis.

199

215

ART. IV. The History of Christianity, from the Birth of Christ to the

Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire. By the Rev.

H. H. Milman, Prebendary of St. Peter's, and Minister of

St. Margaret's, Westminster. With a Preface and Notes by

James Murdock, D. D.

236

ART. V.—Mission to England in behalf of the American Colonization

Society. By Rev. R. R. Gurley.

ART. VI.-1. Address delivered in South Hadley, Massachusetts, July

30, 1840,' at the third anniversary of the Mount Holyoke

Female Seminary. By Mark Hopkins, D. D.

2. An Address delivered at the Dedication of the Williston

Seminary, at East Hampton, Massachusetts, Dec. 1, 1841.

By Rev. Mark Hopkins, D. D., President of William's Col-
lege.

ART. VII.-1. Report relating to Capital Punishment, presented to the

House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massa-

chusetts, Feb. 22d, 1836.

2. Report on Capital Punishment, presented to the Assembly

of the State of New York, April 14, 1841.

Quarterly List of New Books and Pamphlets.

NO. III.

ART. I.-1. The Last Will and Testament of James Smithson, Lon-

don.

2. The Letters of John Q. Adams, F. Wayland, Thomas

Cooper, Richard Rush, S. Chapin, to John Forsyth, Secre-

tary of State, on the subject of the trust assumed by the Uni-

ted States, under the will of James Smithson.

3. The Congressional Proceedings and Documents on the

same subject.

ABT. II.-1. Primitive Christian Worship: or, the evidence of Holy

Scriptures and the Church concerning the invocation of

Saints and Angels, and the blessed Virgin Mary. By J.

Endell Tyler, B. D. Rector of St. Giles-in-the-fields, and

late fellow of Oriel College. Oxford.

2. The Virgin Mary. A candid comparison with the Holy

Scriptures of the doctrine of the Church of Rome, respecting

the mother of our Lord. By John Hall, Pastor of the Pres-

byterian Church, Trenton, N. J.

ART. IV.-The General Assembly of 1842.

Quarterly List of New Books and Pamphlets.

ART. III.-The Scriptural Doctrine of Sanctification stated and defended

against the error of Perfectionism. By W. D. Snodgrass,

D. D.

266

280

307

347

359

407

426

472

524

NO. IV.

ART. I.-The works of Nathanael Emmons, D. D., late Pastor of the

Church in Franklin, Mass., with a Memoir of his life. Ed-

Boston Crocker & Brewster.

ited by Jacob Ide, D. D.

1842. Six volumes, 8vo.

ART. II.-The works of Thomas Chalmers, D. D., and L. L. D., Professor

of Theology in the University of Edinburgh, and Corres-

ponding Member of the Royal Institute of France. Glas-

gow: William Collins. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co.

1835-1842. Twenty-two volumes, 12mo.

ART. III.-The Kingdom of Christ delineated, in two Essays on our

Lord's own account of his person and of the nature of his

Kingdom, and on the Constitution, Powers and Ministry of

a Christian Church, as appointed by himself. By Richard

Whately, D. D. Archbishop of Dublin. New York: Wiley

& Putnam, 161 Broadway. 1842.

ART. IV.-1. The Divine Rule of Faith and Practice; or a Defence of

the Catholic Doctrine that Holy Scripture has been since the

times of the Apostles the Sole Divine Rule of Faith and

Practice, against the dangerous errors of the authors of the

Tracts for the Times, and the Romanists, as, particularly that

the Rule of Faith is "made up of Scripture and Tradition

together;" &c., in which also the doctrines of Apostolical

Succession, the Eucharistic Sacrifice, &c. are fully discussed.

By William Goode, M. A., of Trinity College, Cambridge;

Rector of St. Antholin, London. Philadelphia: Herman

Hooker. 1842. Two volumes, 8vo.

Short Notices.

2. A Treatise concerning the Right use of the Fathers in the

Decision of Controversies in Religion. By John Daille,

Minister of the Gospel in the Reformed Church at Paris.

Presbyterian Board of Publication. Philadelphia. 1842.

3. Not Tradition, but Scripture. By Philip N. Shuttleworth,

D. D., Warden of New College, Oxford, (late Bishop of

Chichester). First American from the third London edition.

Philadelphia: Hooker & Agnew. 1841.

4. The Authority of Tradition in Matters of Religion. By

George Holden, M. A. Philadelphia: Hooker & Agnew.

1841.

5. Tradition Unveiled. By Baden Powell, of Oriel College,

Oxford. Hooker & Agnew.

1841.

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PRINCETON REVIEW.

JANUARY 1842.

No. I.

ART. I.-Revivals: or the Appropriate Means of Promoting True Religion. A Sermon preached in the South Congregational Church in Bridgeport, Conn., on the Lord's day morning, June 20, 1841. By John Woodbridge, D.D. Published by request.

WHATEVER diversity of sentiment may prevail in regard to the subject handled in this discourse, there can be but one opinion respecting its vast importance. All who believe in the reality of true religion must be agreed, that it is of the highest moment to understand what are the true and legitimate means of reviving its power and furthering its progress. The views advanced by Dr. Woodbridge in this discourse are judicious, scriptural and timely. Although it was not prepared for the press, the fact that a congregation not his own, on hearing it, requested its publication, because they thought it adapted to subserve the cause of Christ, is an encouraging symptom of a good state of opinion in Christian communities.

Dr. Woodbridge shows first what are not, and secondly what are "the appropriate means of promoting true religion." Among the first class he places "a bitter and censorious spirit in opposing wickedness; a neglect or superficial notice of the distinguishing doctrines of the gospel; en

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couraging innovations in the form of sound words, or the introduction of doctrines unknown to men of former generations; the introduction of a new philosophy into religion, or connecting an old erroneous theory of the divine government and human liberty with Christian doctrines; joining with those who would merge all denominational differences in the general name of Christian; giving special countenance to those who are accounted peculiarly revival preachers, whose business it is not to labour as missionaries in waste places, or among the heathen; nor to take the pastoral oversight of churches at home, but to aid settled ministers in preaching, visiting and other means of awakening and saving their people; the introduction of new measures not inculcated in the scriptures; encouraging young converts to great forwardness in religious meetings, and in public efforts to alarm the careless; projects of reform calculated to divide rather than unite those who sincerely love the truth as it is in Jesus, and which imply no change in the principles and morals of those with whom we are immediately associated."

These points are enforced by our author by cogent arguments. Whenever it is requisite he interposes sufficient guards and qualifications,to avoid those rash and indiscriminate assertions which would expose him to the assaults of antagonists. Among the appropriate means of promoting religion he mentions "the faithful and frequent preaching of the gospel; the faithful instruction and government of families; the maintenance of kindred faithful discipline in the church; a knowledge of the truth, and unflinching zeal in its defence and propagation; corresponding spiritual affections, as ardent love to God, penitence, humility, faith in the Redeemer, and disinterested, active benevolence towards men; earnest attention to the duties of the closet; a suitable religious demeanor and conversation in the family; a strict attendance on the public ordinances of religion, and frequent meetings for exhortation and prayer; abstinence from every known sin, and the performance of every known duty; a consistent example; lastly, direct personal efforts by the devotement of time and property, by counsel, warning, and entreaty, to promote the conversion and salvation

of men."

We presume that these views will meet the concurrence of the great mass of intelligent and spiritual Christians. And the more numerous the experiments made in the way