this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee."

The last address, which is one of great worth; turns solely on the condition of Women in India, and the necessity of promoting to the utmost, Female Education in the East. There is here much that is interesting to all, and especially to the female sex. The facts are ofttimes heart-rending, and the appeals wholly irresistible. It cannot be too extensively diffused amongst the friends of India Missions.

The Discourse on the Protestant Missions of Denmark is one of great worth in relation to the subject of which it treats, and concludes the book. The Free Church of Scotland must not be proud, but she may well rejoice in the possession of such men as Dr. Duff, who has contributed incalculably more than any other of her many distinguished sons, to excite a flame of moral zeal in the once cold region of Caledonia-cold, we rejoice to say, now no longer!

Dr. Duff is an excellent illustration of the importance of talents of the highest order being embarked in the enterprize, and of these talents being thoroughly cultivated with the addition of a fervent spirit and great popular eloquence. The first-class men of the Free Church know and feel that this glorious enthusiast in the cause of the world's salvation is in all points their equal, and that, had he chosen to tarry at home, he might have stood side by side in the front rank with the ablest, and most illustrious of the throng of eminent men who adorn that communion. These are the facts which give such weight to his words. When such a man is let loose upon a Presbytery, Synod, or General Assembly, it is a serious hour for the ministerial portion of it; the greatest of them, under the application of the apostolic standard, consciously sink into smaller dimensions as compared with the Evangelist. His arguments admit of no reply. He bears down everything before him, and tramples in the dust all opposing obstacles. His rhetorical explosions, and fiery expostulations cannot be withstood; all, convinced, quail before him, and while they admire, perhaps, envy the impetuous and daring spirit who stands before them as he hurls the thunder of reproof, and darts the lightning of irresistible remonstrance. The practical consequence of all this is, that the hearers begin to doubt whether they ought not to have been Missionaries themselves; and, for the time to come,

each determines to do what in him lies to further the cause which has so entirely absorbed, and inspired, and inflamed the objurgative orator.

The Foundling; or, The School of Life. Paxton and Ritchie.

This is a German story by Nietritz. The thing is well-conceived, and not badly told, but is greatly more adapted to amuse and intoxicate with a fondness for romance, than to instruct or improve.

Our State Church; Her Structure, Doctrines, Form, and Character. A Manual of Dissent. By W. R. BAKER. Green.

This is an excellent volume, which, notwithstanding the numerous publications on the same subject, which recent years have brought forth, is still a valuable addition to the sum total. In Part I. the Author descants copiously on the strictures of the Church, bringing his facts and arguments powerfully to bear upon all State Establishments. In Part II. he expatiates on the doctrines of the Church, showing the utter absurdity of Baptismal regeneration. He deals honestly with the pretended power of the priest to absolve sin, and of the Bishop to communicate the Holy Ghost, showing that the tendency of the whole thing is to foster scepticism, while it presents one of the worst assumptions of Popery, involving fanaticism and impiety. In Part III. he dwells on the Forms of the Church, Confessions of Faith, Liturgical Worship, Ceremonial Acts, and Ritual Observances, and the Appointment to the Ministry; and here, too, the whole is brought to bear with great cogency on the Establishment. Part IV. constitutes a sort of summing up, involving the main points of a comprehensive indictment of the Church, on the ground of her formalism, exclusiveness, intolerance, and injustice towards the working clergy, indifference to the extension of Christ's Kingdom, to Christian morality; her unchristian mode of exercising discipline through her Ecclesiastical Courts, and resistance to the spirit of reform. The Volume closes with an earnest and eloquent appeal grounded upon the preceding pages. Mr. Baker, while alive to the difficulties, deems them not insuperable, and very correctly observes, that "the dissolution of the tie which binds Church and State, must be the work of the Civil Power, as existing in the collective people." The Author is right! The power that tied the knot alone can untie it, and hence the separation of Church and State must partake very largely of a political character.

Lectures on the Fulfilled Prophecies. By the Rev. F. ARNOLD, B.A. Nisbet.

This volume comprises ten Lectures. The ground has been trodden so frequently, and with such ability, by Mr. Arnold's predecessors, as to leave him little to do, but to collect, combine, and shape his materials to his present purpose; and this he has done in a workmanlike manner. For young people and the less literate among the elder, the work is highly suitable.

The Doctrine of the Cherubim; being an Inquiry, Critical, Exegetical, and Practical, into the Specific Character and Design of the Cherubic Figures of the Holy Scriptures. By G. SMITH, F.A.S. Longman.

Mr. Smith, as our readers are aware, has been devoting himself with intense application to the study of the Old Testament Scriptures; and the results have already been given in his Sacred Annals, a work of great learning and labour. Those volumes supplied an important chasm in our Biblical literature, and the present volume will more than sustain its predecessors. The subject of the Cherubim is one on which we have not a single complete work. Mr. Smith, sensible of this, has set himself, with great earnestness, to supply the deficiency, and has succeeded to condense into one volume the sum of human knowledge upon the subject. The treatise may be considered complete, and is destined to occupy an important place in the Theological Library.

The Teacher's Offering for 1850. Ward and Co. A pretty book, forming a valuable present to a young scholar, and not beneath the attention even of some old people, since it comprises much knowledge, abounds in interesting facts and Gospel instruction.

Spiritual Heroes; or, Sketches of the Puritans, their Character and Times. By JOHN STOUGHTON. Snow.

WE have already spoken in strongly-approving terms of the first edition of this work, and are pleased, though not surprised, to find it in a second, with improvements; for the author has added a new chapter respecting Baxter, of Kidderminster, compiled chiefly from his unpublished manuscripts in Red Cross-street Library. There is also appended a copious and valuable Index, exhibiting at one view all the material points of the volume. If any of our readers still remain unacquainted with the work, we have much pleasure in introducing them to the noble presence of these Spiritual Heroes, a body of the best men the world has seen. The work is written in a sprightly, spirited, sometimes touching, and ofttimes eloquent style. The Three Martyrs-the Pilgrim Fathers-The brave Lord Brooke-The Westminster Assembly-Oxford under Owen-Baxter at Kidderminster-The East-Anglican Churches-Black BartholomewThe Plague Year-Tolerance and PersecutionThe Three Death-beds-The Three Gravessuch are some of the titles of the chapters of this pathetic volume, which show that it constitutes one of the most momentous sections of Nonconformist history, blended with many fine strokes of the highest biography. We hope it may have a place in every library, whether domestic or congregational, and become the property of thousands upon thousands of our intelligent and educated Nonconformists.

Ashton Cottage; or, The True Faith. A Sunday Tale. Nisbet.

Of all tales which for some time have come before us, this is the best. It is well told, varied, and vivacious, much calculated to instruct the young and edify the old.

Gems from Matthew Henry. Partridge & Oakey. THIS pretty volume is what it bears on its titlepage. They are "gems" indeed, excellently chosen, and well arranged under a variety of heads, such as holiness, hope, heaven, prosperity, providence, service, sincerity, trouble. It will be a fine pocket-book for the Christian in travel.

Diamonds of Time. By W. RANCE, a Competitor for the Sabbath Prize Essay. Simpkin. WHAT makes Mr. Rance tell the world he was a competitor for the Sabbath Prize Essay, when he lost it? Competition for that, or for anything, followed by failure, is a matter of exceedingly doubtful prudence. He is, nevertheless, a man both of sense and merit, with an element of poetry in his constitution. Judging from these pages, we should say, respectable success is within his reach, if not already attained. His thought is good, and his pen is not without discipline. He closes well with a lofty and merited rebuke to

"Those daring spirits that denounce
The sacred volume as a priestly cheat."

An

The Last Enemy and the Sure Defence. Earnest Call on Man to prepare for Death. By the Rev. W. LEASK. B. L. Green. MR. LEASK has here presented himself to the public, with considerations which entitle him to a hearing. This book will take its place with Grosvenor and Cranford. The volume comprises six chapters, setting forth the Cause of Death-The Necessity and Preparation for Death-The Nature of that PreparationFalse Security-Dying Testimonies-and The Conqueror of Death. With such topics, in the practised hand of Mr. Leask, we need hardly say that the volume is highly instructive and very awakening, while it is also edifying and consolatory. It is a valuable, popular addition to the somewhat limited class of books to which it belongs. The chapter on False Securities is one of great value, while that on Dying Testimonies presents a constellation of noble spirits on the precincts of eternity, filled with peace, hope, and joy, without fear and without a sigh plunging into the Jordan; while it contrasts with this a body of men of an opposite character, men just leaving the world, and going into eternity, to stand at the judgment-seat of Him, whom time, talents, influence, wealth, and fame, have been employed by them to resist and to insult. We very cordially commend the volume.

An Apology for Don Juan. A Satirical Poem, in Two Cantos. Third Edition, to which is added a Third Canto, including Remarks on the Times.

THIS is the production of a man of undoubted genius. The vein of poetry which pervades the volume is deep and strong; and its entire force is on the side of reason, truth, and religion. It is no marvel, therefore, that it has already reached a third edition. Its merit is sterling. We only regret that he should have polluted his brilliant pages by a burst of bitterness against the Wesleyan Reformers, which, however it may gratify a certain portion of the public, will have no charm for the rest.

OUR readers have already been apprised of the projected publication of a complete Edition of the Works of Robinson, commonly, but most improperly, called the "founder" of that system of ecclesiastical polity denominated Independency or Congregationalism; that, however, is an honour which belongs exclusively to Emanuel; "the God of heaven hath set up a kingdom" which is to swallow up all other kingdoms, to fill the earth, and to outlive the stars. He is the founder of the system known as Independency; his is the throne, his are the laws, his the people. His rule is marked by a special peculiarity; his right is grounded on his love and sufferings for his subjects; by his death all such have been redeemed from destruction, and by his power emancipated from thraldom. They are all the subjects of a mysterious spiritual renovation, by which they are made new creatures; they are all born again,-born of God. His empire is, therefore, composed of brothers and sisters,-all the sons and all the daughters of the Lord God Almighty. Of these, then, the first-born is king. The law by which they are ruled is love to their Brother, Redeemer, and Renovator; the privilege to which they are called is liberty and peace, perfect and eternal. He is the sole head and chief, the judge and lawgiver in his own kingdom, which knows no other founder but him, who made the worlds, and upholds the worlds he made.

Robinson, then, was not the founder of Independency; that highly-honoured man but revived the knowledge of forgotten truth; he but pointed to the old, neglected paths. For that great, and every way admirable man, it was honour enough to recover the great principle which had been so long lost, and to proclaim it to the sons of men; having first shown his fuli preparedness to suffer for it the loss of all things, and, if needful, of life itself. It was honour enough for him to plant a New World with a right seed-to lay the foundations of the first, greatest, wisest, noblest empire on which the sun ever shone, with a people who have embodied the great principle which bids fair, in due season, to regulate the entire religious economy of the Western Hemisphere-a principle which has already taken an ineradicable hold in the soil of British mind, and is as sure, one day, to

fill the entire ancient world as that that world is now enlightened by the sun. What England's own immortal Locke was in the matter of civil, that, in the main points, was Robinson in religious liberty, while it cost him incalculably more: Locke obtained immediate fame and promotion; the reward of Robinson was infamy and exile! These two illustrious men-Robinson, on the ground of his subject and his sufferings, by far the more illustrious-shone as stars of the first magnitude. Their fame will-grow with time and the spread of truth, and live as long as their noble native language. The glory of Locke is not founded on his work on the Human Understanding, but on his treatises on Government and Toleration; nor does Robinson's rest on his theological productions, eminently excellent although they are, but on his treatises on the Rights and Privileges of Christian Men.

It is not a little remarkable, that the laurels of both of these men should so long have been allowed to fade. Till the recent Life of Locke, by Lord King, nothing at all worthy of his character, powers, and services, appeared in the shape of a memoir; and, indeed, nothing at all beyond a meagre sketch. The mighty name was occasionally sounded in the ear of men, but its full import was known to only a few. Nor were Robinson and Locke alone. The glorious men of the Commonwealth have been also overlooked till of late, and are now most of them still forgotten. The mighty Cromwell himself the glorious Oliver, worthy to be a king of men, a king of Englishmen! - owes more to a mere man of letters now living in our midst Thomas Carlyle-than to all the generations of those who inherit his principles united. Is it a marvel, then, that, under these circumstances, John Robinson should have been so long overlooked? Ought it not to be a wonder, rather, that he should have ever been again remembered? To the Congregational Union of England and Wales is due the honour of at length wiping away this deep reproach.

The Memoir of Robinson is now finished, and preparations fully made for the publication of his Complete Works. The edition will be at once cheap, popular, and elegant,-far beyond anything of this sort that has yet been given to the

Nonconformist public. It is much to be desired that this Edition should be within the easy reach of men, even of humble circumstances-within the reach of all who have an understanding to appreciate its intellectual worth, and a heart to sympathise with its ever-memorable author in his honourable aspirations after the full enjoyment of spiritual freedom for himself and the Universal Church. Among the Nonconformists of England, this class of men is large. Many there are with superior minds but small means; to a vast extent wealth and wisdom are dissociated. Nonconformity boasts of not a few, both wise and opulent; but her far higher boast is, that she has a multitude, rich in intellect apart from this world's good. It is an unquestionable fact, that the great majority of Nonconformists are far from opulent. They belong mainly to that class that are the subjects of neither poverty nor riches; but they lean much more towards the former than the latter. After meeting the demands of personal and social duty, they are generally straitened on every side in carrying on their works of faith and labours of love, and have but little to expend on the luxuries of literature; it is, therefore, we conceive, a matter of great moment to meet the case of this very important class of men with respect to the publication of such works as those of Robinson; and on this principle the project is being carried on. The idea of profit, in any shape whatever, has not been suffered to mingle with the speculation; all that is required of the Edition is, that it should defray the cost of its own production and of publication. It is therefore proposed to furnish it to all Subscribers on these terms: but, that this may be done, the exact amount of demand must first be ascertained; and that the price may be low, the demand must be great. These two points comprise the whole of the economics of such undertakings. The larger the edition, the smaller the price. The whole matter is now brought into a practicable compass; it is known with the utmost precision what can be done under certain contingencies. It may be well to explain the thing, which may be done in a very few words.

We cannot do better than transcribe from the Circular which is about to be issued by Mr. Ashton, which is as follows:

CONDITIONS.

1. That the entire works of the Rev. John

Robinson, without abridgment, shall be re-published, under the supervision of the Rev. Dr. Campbell, and the editorship of the Rev. R. Ashton, who will also furnish an introductory sketch, a memoir, and a copious index.

2. That they shall be pirnted according to the specimen page, and handsomely bound in cloth boards, in three post-octavo volumes, containing about 500 pages each.

3. That, provided 2,000 copies be subscribed for, the price to subscribers shall not exceed nine shillings for the three volumes; and to nonsubscribers, eighteen shillings.

4. That they shall be delivered in London free of expense; and in the country also, when six or more copies are subscribed for in one place.

5. That, in the first instance, only the names and addresses of subscribers, with the number of copies required, be solicited.

6. That should the number of subscribers be sufficient, and the work be printed, the publisher, Mr. Snow, Paternoster-row, shall inform the subscribers when it will be ready for delivery, and the subscribers shall thereupon transmit their subscriptions before the books are forwarded to their respective destinations.

7. That as a definite period must be fixed for receiving names of subscribers, the list shall be kept open till the first day of April next.

8. That the names of subscribers be received by Mr. Snow, the publisher, 35, Paternosterrow; by the Rev. R. Ashton, Putney, Surrey; and at the Congregational Library, 4, Blomfield-street, Finsbury.

9. That a thirteenth copy shall be presented gratis to every person who shall procure and remit subscriptions for twelve or more copies.

Such are the terms on which the Nonconformists of England, by subscription, may obtain the precious treasures of this immortal man, of whom "not one drop should be lost." Surely something is due to the man whom the Head of the Church so signally honoured to the man who, to keep a conscience towards God, became an exile from his country, and the pastor of an exile Church on the Continent of Europe-to the man who, in public disputation with the renowned Episcopius, ground to powder the system of Arminius-to the man who, in 1620, led in the project of forming the first settlement in the wilds of America-to the man whose Ruling Elder, with a portion of the Church, went to pioneer the way, and first to plant the standard of Civilization, and the standard of the Cross, on Plymouth Rock-to the man who bad made up his mind himself to follow with the rest of his flock, but was prevented by death, and removed to glory;-to such a man, we say, a monument is due! But what is worthy of him? A monument of hewn stone, marble, or brass? No! Materials dug from the bowels of the earth are meet instruments to celebrate that which is earthly--but the truth which emanated

from his own cultivated, powerful, and heaven-taught intellect-that, and only that, forms a proper material for such a structure. The Congregational Union of England and Wales, in Assembly met, as with one voice, has said-" Let the monument, thus composed, arise! the materials are most abundant; let the fabric ascend, thoroughly digested, cemented, and inscribed! The Congregational Union has thus done its part; it only remains now for the Nonconformists of England to do theirs, and the pillar of truth will forth with ascend from its base, and point its apex to the skies.

It may be desirable to illumine our readers a little on the nature, number, and character of these reverend productions; and, to meet this very reasonable demand, we shall subjoin the titles of most of the works, with a glimpse at their subjects, passing strictures on their general merits:

WORKS OF ROBINSON.

Religious Communion, Private and Publique. This interesting publication first appeared in the year 1614, and is an exquisite piece of correct thinking, and good writing. After discussing the subjects of public and private communion, he launches forth into a dissertation on Persecution, merging into an able disquisition on Infant Baptism. We have next a discussion on Original Sin, Free Will, the Fall of Man, Universal Redemption, Apostacy from Christ, Repentance, Regeneration, the New Creature, Christian Perfection, the Visible Church, the Magistracy and Oaths. Under these heads there is a large amount of profound, and yet luminous thinking.

A Just and Necessary Apologie of Certain Christians, no less Contumeliously than Commonly Called "Brownists" or "Barrowists."

This work is dated 1625, comprising dissertations on the Largeness of Churches, Baptism, Written Liturgies, Ecclesiastical Presbyteries, Holy Days, Celebration of Marriage by the Pastors of Churches-a point on which the author was greatly a-head of his own, and, indeed, of our times. He contends that such work is no part of pastoral duty. The Sanctification of the Lord's Day, the Exercise of Prophecy among the Members of the Church, of Temples, of Things Indifferent, of the Civil Magistrates of the Church of England- under all of these heads we have, with singular compactness, a large amount of profound thought, and strong reason, showing how intensely the excellent author had revolved the subjects in his own mind.

Justification of Separation from the Church of England against Richard Bernard; His Invective, entitled the "Separatists' Schism." This work is dated 1610. They who want logic will find it here, The writer enters, at great length, into the kingdom of Christ in most of its aspects, viewing it in relation to its bap

tism, to communion, to polity, and to the kingdoms of this present world. This volume, which is one of considerable magnitude, extending to nearly 500 pages, does admirable execution, both against the Church of England and the Church of Rome. Here the ample resources of the author upon these subjects are made strikingly manifest. There are few points affecting the great subject which are not more or less discussed or referred to. The question of the Keys, and the ministry of Ecclesiastical Law, both as affecting the true Church and the Church of England, are most ably discussed. A perusal of this work, from the novelty of the aspects in which many things are presented, will be found an exercise of no ordinary interest, and will very materially help the candid student to sound the depths of subjects on which he may not hitherto have thought with sufficient closeness, or attained conclusions sufficiently clear and convincing.

New Essayes ; or, Observations Divine and Morale, Collected out of the Holy Scriptures, Ancient and Moderne Writers, both Divine and Humane: as also out of the Great Volume of Men's Manners, Tending to the Furtherance of Knowledge and Vertue.

This volume is entitled, more than most others which have come to us from ancient times, to be classed with Lord Bacon's Essays. It extends to nearly 330 pages, comprising no fewer then seventy-two Essays upon a great variety of religious and moral subjects, such as Atheism and Idolatry; Knowledge and Igncrance; Truth and Falsehood; Speech and Silence ; Books and Writings; Society and Friendship; Discretion, Experience, Labour, Liberality, Slander, Flattery, Zeal, Hypocrisy, Marriage, Old Age, and Death. The volume need to be no further characterised. It is a piece of beaten gold.

A Defence of the Doctrine Propounded by the Synod of Dort, against John Merton and his Associates, with a Refutation of their Answer to a Writing Touching Baptism.

This great work was printed in the year 1624, and is now nowhere to be found, and comprises nearly 300 quarto pages of MS, which was expressly transcribed for this edition, from a copy found in the University Library at Oxford. This, theologically considered, may be viewed as the masterpiece of Robinson's writings. Here he plunges into the depth of his subject at once, starting with the Doctrine of Predestination, which he elaborates to the utmost, candidly stating from page to page the views of its adversaries, and, by the authority of Scripture and the force of reason, successfully crushing them. Seldom has the subject received a more ample, never a more candid and spirited discussion. No theme he has touched has been more calculated to test him: he has stood the test in a manner worthy of his character, and such as will be gratifying to those who revere his memory. Next comes the subject of Election, which is discussed with the same breadth of argument, and marked by the same candour of spirit, clearness of statement, and force of reason. There is nothing ancient in the cast of his thought, expression, or mode of viewing the subject. Had the public not been told, the work