mise efficiency to these published Discourses, the parishioners of High-Roding ought to take heed to this their day of visitation. The Popish and AngloRoman notion of justification, the former taught in the Council of Trent, and the latter in Mr. Newman's Lectures on Justification, is proved antiscriptural, heretical, and dangerous, in direct and manifest opposition to the teaching of the Articles of the English Protestant Church, to the Homilies which were compiled by our noble Reformers, and to the sentiments of those Divines who, in the early days of the Reformation, suffered and died in the hallowed cause. We cannot but express our ardent wish, that Mr. Ridgeway's Discourses may be extensively perused.

The Teacher's Offering; or, SundaySchool monthly Visiter for 1843. 18mo. pp. 376. Ward.-The articles which are contained in this manual are judiciously selected and well arranged; and to Sabbath-school Teachers, who have to bring out of their treasury things both new and old, for the edification and interest of the children around them, this manual will prove, we doubt not, effectively serviceable.

The Christian's Walk with God. By the Hon. Mrs. M- 18mo. pp. 77. Groombridge. To foster and maintain personal religion, while the various Churches in Christendom are agitated with subjects of general and, in many instances, we may assert, momentous, controversy, this unpretending tract has been published. The excellent writer evinces a mind deeply imbued with devout sentiment, and manifests an ardent desire to be useful to all classes of professing Christians. No one can rise from the perusal of this treatise without being more alive to his duty and privileges as a believer.

Old Humphrey's Country Strolls. 12mo. pp. 320. Tract Society.-A pleas ing and entertaining volume, fraught with much that is amusing and instructive, which will not fail to create an interest in places to be met with in our own country; abounding in that variety of romantic scenery, and historical reminiscence, in search of which many have been induced to visit foreign shores, before they have made themselves personally acquainted with the resources and capabilities of their father-land, to gratify a curiosity, however refined, poetic, or antique. Through inadvertence, a few errors have crept into the work; which, although not of any great importance, may, nevertheless, tend to mislead those

for whose benefit the work is published. We refer to one. Pont y Monach, or the Devil's-Bridge, in Cardiganshire, is spoken of as being situated in North Wales it is not, we grant, many miles on the southern side of the boundary; but we wish to see those popular works, which we place in the hands of our children, as correct as possible. A new edition, we hope, will be speedily required, when the above mistake, with a few others, can easily be rectified.

Memoirs of Gaspar de Coligny, Admiral of France. With an Account of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's-Day, August 24th, 1572. Translated and edited by David Dundas Scott, Esq. 12mo. pp. 228. Hamilton.-We are gratified that a Life of this ill-fated but generous-minded individual has at length, in an English dress, been presented to the public, and executed by one who has proved himself so well qualified for the undertaking. A chasm in our ecclesiastical literature is now hap pily supplied, by which a flood of light is thrown upon the diabolical and murky deeds of the Papacy in France, in order to eradicate and destroy the Reformed faith. In the general history of that eventful period we behold the great De Coligny struggling to reconcile his duty to his King, with the allegiance he owed to his God, the indomitable asserter of a good cause, guiding it through apparently inextricable difficulties; often, indeed, sacrificing both its interests and his own, to his love of peace; yet, by an admirable union of wisdom, promptitude, and courage, driving his enemies at last to the desperate resource of a perfidious massacre. Something still more interesting presents itself in this history: the first Captain of his age turning to the simple Scriptures for comfort when in prison, and an invalid; asking counsel of a poor Protestant Pastor; entreating the sympathy and prayers of a persecuted Christian flock; relinquishing the honours of a court for domestic retirement; regulating his household, and instructing his brothers, children, servants, and followers, according to the Scriptures of truth; and yet, when the occasion required, asserting the cause of Christ with unflinching courage and constancy. On the bloody day of St. Bartholomew, he met with his death. A large painting, descriptive of the assassination of Coligny dis-graces one of the Halls of Audience in the Vatican at the present day.

Sketches of Irish History, Antiquities, Religion, Customs, and Manners. By

the Author of "Three Years in Italy:" with an introductory Preface by Charlotte Elizabeth. 12mo. pp. viii, 340. Groombridge. We do not exaggerate when we say, that there exists generally throughout England a lamentable state of ignorance respecting the leading points of history, as relating to Ireland, whence has arisen, in a considerable degree, that apathy which among numerous classes has prevailed with regard to the moral and social condition of that distracted country, which has for years been the football of a factious and revolutionary party, who, while they have been propelling the object of contention from one side to the other, have actually fattened upon the miseries which they have occasioned. The volume now on our table is written in a pleasing style: it contains a mass of information, at all times important, but now especially so. The size of the work, also, is portable, which we hope will secure for it a general circulation.

The Life of Edward VI.: compiled chiefly from his own Manuscripts, and from other authentic Sources. By the Rev. R. W. Dibdin, M. A. 18mo. pp. 148. W. H. Dalton.-The materials are selected with great discretion, and judiciously arranged; so that the volume forms a most interesting record of that peculiar but momentous part of English history to which it refers. The book ought to be introduced into every Protestant family; the juvenile portion of which it will not only interest and instruct, but also admonish and warn.

Ancient Christianity, and the Doctrines of the Oxford Tracts for the Times. Supplement, including Index, Table, &c. By the Author of "Spiritual Despotism." 8vo. pp. 142. Jackson and Walford. The concluding part of this important and valuable work equals in interest those which have preceded it, In addition to several indices and tables, it contains a treatise, representing the manner in which the Fathers have been cited by the writers of the Formularies of the Church of England; and attempting to show, that the Homilies especially abound with various inaccuracies and misquotations, by which it would appear that the authors have actually quoted various patristical testimonies, either from memory or from some work containing varied extracts therefrom. The articles on "Compulsory Ordination," "The Essenes," and on "The Calendar," deserve an attentive perusal.

Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, converted into an Epic Poem, according to the

suggestion of the late Dr. Adam Clarke. By C. C. V. G. With a Life of John Bunyan, the Author, by Robert H. Wetherell, Esq. 12mo. pp. 353. Parsonstown and Co. We never thought the suggestion of Dr. Clarke to be of much value; and are now more than ever confirmed in that opinion. The volume before us is certainly a failure, inasmuch as the authoress has not caught the spirit of the original writer. On the whole, the work displays occasionally poetic talent; many of the characteristic sentiments of Bunyan are aptly expressed, and now and then his quaintness of style is perpetuated; but we are persuaded that no one can successfully imitate plain John Bunyan, the tinker of Bedford.

A Glimpse into the World to Come, in a waking Dream. By the late George P. Phillips, Preacher of the Gospel. With Extracts, illustrative of his spiritual Progress. 18mo. pp. viii, 84. Hamilton. Published from the papers of an esteemed and pious individual, who, in comparatively early years, was called to exchange mortality for life. It contains the devout aspirations of a soul, deeply engaged with the solemn subjects of death, judgment, and eternity. There are also pleasing extracts from his note-book, a journal that he kept when travelling abroad in search of health; which tend to render the book exceedingly instructive to all, and especially to youth, who are seeking the kingdom of God and his righteousness. It cannot fail to be useful.

The promised Glory of the Church of Christ. By the Rev. Edward Bickersteth, Rector of Watton, Herts. 12mo. pp. xi, 412. Seeley and Co.-With the exception of certain views entertained by the respected author of this work on the subject of prophecy, we can speak in high terms of its character and object. It professes to treat on the following topics: the progress and triumph of divine truth; the growing union of the people of Christ; the reward of works at the coming of Christ; the glories of the heavenly kingdom; and the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the glories given to his people. The Appendix contains a contrast in parallel columns between Tractarian errors and evangelical truths; an account of what is termed the "Christian Union Society;" some recent manifestations of the real character of Popery, especially on the head of Mariolatry; and also a few remarks on the maintenance of brotherly union with the Foreign Protestant churches. The volume is replete with holy thought,

quondam friends; but will briefly remark, that although he may imagine he possesses the better side of the argument, many of his own positions are seriously defective, which we would advise him carefully to reconsider.

Tangible Arithmetic and Geometry, an easy and effectual Method of teaching Addition, &c., &c. Illustrated by Cuts and a Box of Cubes, forming a permanent Fund of Amusement and Instruction for all Ages. By Henry Butter. 12mo. pp. 40. Simpkin.-A very ingenious and amusing manual, worthy the attention of all who are engaged in domestic or infantile education.

Rome's true Character: a Sermon Preached in Cottingham Church, Nov. 5th, 1843. By C. Overton, Vicar. 12mo. pp. 46. Seeley. For ourselves, we should be glad to see every Protestant pulpit in Christendom, on the 5th of November, made the vehicle of a sermon on the errors and dangers of Popery, as one means of exciting the gratitude of the people on a deliverance so great and glorious as that which on that day was providentially effected from Papal tyranny and superstition. this, provision is made in the liturgical service of the Church of England, of which we rejoice to see Mr. Overton avail himself. The Sermon is what it professes to be, a delineation of "Rome's true Character." We hope it will meet with an extensive circulation, and therefore cordially recommend it.

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The Wrongs of our Youth: an Essay on the Evils of the late-hour System. By R. B. Grindrod, LL. D. 8vo. pp. 76. Brittain and Co.-This is a valuable treatise on a subject which, in our last Number, we brought before our readers. The author adverts to the origin and progress of the evil; illustrates its nature, extent, and causes; exhibits, in various ways, its baneful effects; and brings for ward powerful motives for the removal of the mischief. We hope all philanthropic and right-minded people will peruse it. The author's facts, which unfold a very fearful and demoralized state of society, are well authenticated, and cannot fail to produce an influence on the public mind, mournful, we grant, but, in the end, salutary.

The Protestant Dissenter's Catechism: containing, I. A brief History of the Nonconformists. II. The Reasons of the Dissent from the national Church, By the late Rev. Samuel Palmer. The Twenty-third Edition. With a Preface by the Rev. John Pye

Smith, D. D., F. R. S., &c. 12mo. pp. xiii, 80. Jackson and Walford.-A new edition of a work which originally appeared upwards of sixty years since. After the death of the author, in 1813, several editions were printed, in which his name was suppressed on the title-page, various passages were altered, and others were excluded: in the present edition many of the original paragraphs and sentences are restored. The work contains an epitome of the history of, and a digested statement of the reasons for, Nonconformity. The Appendix embraces documents of general history; and the illustrative Notes of Dr. Smith will be read with interest.

Trial of Petro de Zuluetta, jun., in the Central Criminal Court of the City of London, on the 27th, 28th, and 30th of October, 1843, on a Charge of Slavetrading. With introductory and concluding Remarks. By the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Second Edition. 8vo. pp. viii, 95. Ward.-We regret that our limits forbid our entering at large on the merits of this most important case, and advise our readers to procure this pamphlet, and to give it a careful and patient perusal; observing that, for some years past, the Committee of the above-named Society have had too much reason to believe, that British commerce has been, to a considerable extent, made subservient to the slave-trade; and that some of the merchants and manufacturers of England have ministered to it a practical, and not always an innocent, support. To prevent the continuance of so disgraceful a state of things, the Com mittee have heretofore suggested various measures, and not altogether without effect; as may be seen from the exposures which have been made in Parliament, and the Act of last session, extending the provisions of the slavetrade abolition to British subjects residing abroad. It is not perhaps too much to say, that out of these measures, remotely, the "trial" before us arose. How far these forebodings of the Committee have been correct, a perusal of this pamphlet will enable our readers to judge.

The Sequential System of Musical Notation. An entirely new Method of writing Music in strict Conformity with Nature, and essentially free from all Obscurity and Intricacy. With explanatory Plates. By Arthur Wallbridge. 8vo. pp. 14. Strange.-The author recommends his scheme as being in perfect accordance with nature, and combining

simplicity of construction, with capability of expressing any degree of complexity, and conceives that it will obviate all the objections which have been urged against former systems of improved notation. He moreover tells us, that it is the production, not of a musical Doctor, but of an amateur, who, finding the old path to the temple crooked, miry, and full of sharp, ugly brambles, suggests the desirability of making a new one, and submits a plan for that purpose! We have carefully examined the plan recommended, and honestly confess, we have no faith in it.

(the only portion of the work we have seen,) we seriously protest against be ing expected to give a characteristic notice of any single and isolated Number, such as the present, which consists only of a few pages, and cannot be supposed to be a fair specimen of the work as a whole;-as not being just either to our readers, the publishers, or ourselves. When we have seen other parts of this production, we shall be able to speak more confidently respecting it.

Thoughts on Popery. By the Rev. William Nevins, D. D., late Pastor of a Church in Baltimore. 18mo. pp. 210. W. H. Dalton.-A very useful and comprehensive elucidation of the theory and practice of Roman Catholicism.

years from that time.

As early as 1749, Mr. Wesley found it needful to put some check upon the eagerness of his people to build places of worship, by making the Assistant, or Superintendent, responsible to the Conference; and afterwards, by refusing aid to those who wilfully plunged the societies into these difficulties. He frequently said, "Tell every one expressly, We do not make collections for paying debts.'"

"I have been with Mr. Wesley," observes Mr. Myles, "when proposals have been made for building chapels. His plan was, to take a sheet of paper, and ask what each person present would subscribe; and according to the sum subscribed he would form his opinion whether the time for building was come or not. Our Lord has directed us to count the cost before we begin to build."

In 1775, it was required that the consent of the Conference should be obtained before any new chapel was built; and although no accounts appear for several years, yet permission is recorded for the erection of five hundred

At the Conference of 1790, the first Chapel-Building Committee was appointed. It consisted of six Preachers for England, and four for Ireland; Mr. Wesley, of course, presiding. All new erections, and all alterations, were to be referred to them; and no building was to be undertaken until an estimate of the expense was made, and two-thirds of the money raised. Three years afterwards, the power of granting permission to build was lodged with the DistrictMeeting; to whom also "all matters relating to the payment of the debts of houses, collections for houses, and every thing that appertains to preaching. houses and dwelling-houses," was referred. In 1796, the Conference required that no chapel should be built but where it was absolutely necessary, and where two-thirds of the expense was subscribed. "If men build of their own accord, without the consent of the District-Meeting, we are not answerable for the consequences."

Cautions, entreaties, and prohibitions followed in frequent succession, the people, "of their own accord," and against every remonstrance, being determined to build. One great object was, that they might secure to themselves a