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writer is sometimes severe and even harsh in his language, but never illnatured or malignant.

Churchman's Library. No 3. The Authority of Tradition in matters of religion, By the Rev. George Holden, M. A. Philadelphia: Hooker and Agnew. 1841. pp. 124.

In a preceding number we commended to our readers the enterprise of Messrs. Hooker and Agnew, in the execution of which the third number of the Churchman has just appeared. While so many and such vigorous efforts are making to introduce into Protestant churches, the spirit and tenets of the Romish apostacy, it is the duty of all who have the interest of religion at heart, to do every thing they can to vindicate and propagate the truth. The question as to the rule of faith is the pass of Thermopylae in the contest between Protestants and Romanists. If we, Protestants and Presbyterians, maintain the ground that the Bible is the rule of faith, all is safe; if we lose that position, all is lost.

Mr. Holden's book is worthy of an attentive perusal, as he vindicates in a satisfactory manner the main points in the true doctrine, as to the rule of faith.

The Sermon before the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Epis. copal Church in the United States of America, in General Convention, at the consecration of the Rev. Alfred Lee, D. D., to the Episcopate of the Diocese of Delaware. By the Right Reverend Charles P. McIlvaine, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of Ohio. Published by order of the convention. New York: 1841.

The character of this discourse may be inferred from that of its author. It is faithful. The text is a pregnant one. Take heed unto thyself and the doctrine; continue in them; for in so doing thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee. "The preaching of the gospel," says Bishop McIlvaine, "as distinct, though not separated, from all other means, is the one great ordinance for the bringing of sinners to repentance, and for the building up of penitent believers in their most holy faith." He thus takes ground against the doctrine that the sacraments are the great means of communicating spiritual blessings; the sacraments as administered by men prelatically ordained; and hence, that those who do not receive those sacraments at the hands of such men, are out of the pale of salvation; and those who do receive them, even without faith, provided they do not positively resist their influence, are saved. This is the great doctrine of antichrist. The pith and spirit of the dreadful apostacy, by which religion is transferred from the heart, to outward ceremonies. We know nothing in the history of the present century which forbodes greater evil to the church of Christ and the souls of men, than the revival of this doctrine among nominal protestants.

Another great truth to which the Bishop bears his testimony is that the Holy Scriptures are the only divine rule of faith and practice. So long as this is maintained, the church, under God, is safe. But when tradition is brought in, either as "an authoritative interpreter," or as a joint rule of

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Faith," then the allegiance of the church is transferred from God to men. Now, as in the days of Christ, men make void the law of God by their traditions, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. If any man wishes to know what tradition comes to, let him look into the twenty folios of the Talmud, containing the mass of folly with which the Rabbins have perverted and made of none effect the law of Moses; or into the ritual and formulas of the Romish church, which contain the perverse inventions with which the Christian Pharisees have set aside the gospel of the grace of God. But what has been, will be. Though we admire the fidelity with which Bishop McIlvaine and others of kindred spirit, resist the mystery of iniquity which doth already work, we greatly fear that the evil will not be arrested, even among us, till that Wicked be fully revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. A Grammar of the New Testament Dialect. By M. Stuart, Professor of Sacred Literature in the Theological Seminary at Andover. Second edition, corrected, and mostly written anew. Andover: Allen and Morrill. New York: Dayton and Saxton. 1841. pp. 312.

Prof. Stuart states that his object in preparing this work, was to make “a Grammar which in itself would serve to introduce any student to a knowledge of the xov diáλexros of the Greek, with appropriate notices of departures from this by the writers of the New Testament." It may be commended for this end, to the students of Greek, as a copious, satisfactory, and elegantly printed book.

The Retrospect or Review of Providential Mercies; with anecdotes of various characters. By Aliquis, formerly a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and now a minister in the Established Church. From the Seventeenth London Edition. New York: Robert Carter. 1841. pp. 255.

Any work that reaches a seventeenth edition, must possess solid merit, or great attractions. There is in the above work such a mixture of naval adventures and pious remark, that we should not be surprised if the popularity of the work in America, should equal its success in England.

Onesimus: or the Apostolic Directions to Christian Masters, in reference to their slaves, considered. By Evangelicus. Boston: Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln. 1842. pp. 53.

This is a calm, scholar-like, and Christian examination of the teachings of the sacred writers as to a most important class of duties. Its whole spirit and tendency are the opposite of the Anti-Slavery publications, which have produced so much evil. It states simply, and, as far as a cursory examination enables us to judge, correctly, the leading principles of Christian duty, on the subject of which it treats.

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ART. I.-Revivals: or the Appropriate Means of Promoting True Reli-
gion. 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.

ART. II.-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,
Lord Archbishop of Dublin.

ART. III.-1. The Nestorians, or the Lost Tribes, containing Evidence
of their Identity, an Account of their Manners, Customs and
Ceremonies, with Sketches of Travel in ancient Assyria,
Armenia, Media and Mesopotamia, and Illustrations of
Scriptural Prophecy. By Ashbel Grant, M. D.

2. The Remnant Found, or the Place of Israel's Hiding Dis-

covered. By the Rev. Jacob Samuel, Senior Missionary to

the Jews, for India, Persia, and Arabia; Author of a He-

brew Sermon on the "Evidences of Christianity," and a

Journal of Five Months' Residence in Cochin.

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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 Assumptions of Popery and High-Churchism, in a Series of Lectures. By Thomas Smyth, Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S. C.

Aur. 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 Sermons of the Author ever published.

Quarterly List of New Books and Pamphlets.

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