efirropf(Ontrt. REV. MR. HAMMOND'S LETTERS FROM ITALY. VERONA; ITALY ) Oct. 18, 1866 MY DEAR MR. MEAns:—Here we are in Italy again, and you will wonder why. I will tell you. We left Vienna for Constantinople on October 4th. We enjoyed the sail on the splendid Ameri. can steamer down the broad Danube very much. In a few days we were hoping to have passed the borders of Bulgaria, where the light• of the Gospel is beginning to penetrate into the dark ness of heathenism, and to have shaken hands with our noble missionaries in the Turkish Empire. When we bought our tickets at Vienna, .we were told there was no quarantine at Constantinople— that we could go there with no fear of the cholera; but soon after we reached Perth, in Hungary, we received a tele gram telling us that we could not enter Constantinople without suffering the ter rible ordeal of quarantine. The accounts we had heard of what many had been obliged to endure, led us to resolve at once to turn back, in search of some other means of entrance to the promised land. Our circuitous wanderings have led us more than once to think of the jour ney of the children of . Israel ; but we have not yet " murmured agaiast the Lord." , . Many travellers go from Vienna to Pesth to get some idea of the beauties of the Danube and to see the capital of Hungary. We enjoyed every mile of the route. We had letters of introduc tion to Rev. Mr. Koenig and Rev. An drew Moody, two most earnest mission aries in Pesth. Their labors are more especially confined to the Jews. I told them the story of the conversion of the Jewish Chicago actor, Charles Ryder, who is now an ordained minister in Illinois. It was just the sort' of a fact they wanted to circulate, in the shape of a tract, among the 40,000 Jews in this city of 100,000 population. At their request, I wrote it out in full, and it is my prayer that the Holy Spirit may use it tl lead some of the lost sheep of the house of Israel to the feet of Jesus. On Saturday, we spent an hour in a great synagogue of the city, which seats three thousand people. It was quite well filled. The men occupied the body of the house: At first sight, with their hats all on, they resembled a mass meeting. Though the high priest, part of the time, was reading from a large, ancient leather manuscript the Old Tes tament, yet I could not. discover the least solemnity. At intervals they en gaged in conversation all over the house. 0, how my heart ached for that great audience of blinded Sews I If the holy Robert McCheyne, in his journey to Palestine, had witnessed such sights, I don't wonder that he.was so anxious to have missions established for the con version of the Jews. On Sabbath evening we heard an ex cellent sermon from Mr. Moody. He is a nephew of Rev. Moody Stewart, of Edinburgh. We were hungry for Gos-• pel food, and we were well fed. I had met Mr. Moody in Scotland five years ago, and we found that in the same meetings we had sought to win souls to Christ. He gave his whole time up to us, and thus made our visit pleasant. Rev. Mr. Koenig took Us out to his hospital. It is the only Protestant hos pital in all Hungary. A band of Chris tian women, called Deaconesses, from his congregation, with a Christian man to superintend, take charge of the insti tution. It is a "Christian COMmission" on a small soak/ It ministers to both the temporal and spiritual wants of its inmates. From:Pesth we turned our steps back to Vienna, and thence to Saltzburgh, in the Austrian Tyrol. We found it one of the most beautifui cities we had seen. At the same hotel with us was Mr. Motley and his family, the American minister to Austria, the well-known au thor of the Dutch Republic. Also, the " Old Emperor," as he is called, arrived in great state. He is, we were told, the grandfather of the present emperor of Austria. He abdicated during the revo lution in 1848. • On the top of a high rock, is ari old' castle where, during the-times of perse cution, many were tortured to death. The very room is shown from which, " faithful unto death," they ascended to " receive a crown of life," saying, with Stephen, " Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." From Saltzburgh our way lay through a wild, Swiss-like country. Old castles from some lofty peak often frowned upon us. We found Innsbruck .a beautiful tgit city. It is 1759 feet 6 the. sea. In the morning we saw what, at first sight, appeared to be an immense cloud, but in a moment we found it to be a mountain rising from`the very ontikirts• of the city, nearly a mile in the air. Nothing in Switzerlapd p astonishecl and impressed us more deeply. In an old cathedral we saw the tomb of Maximilian I. The money with which it was con structed would erect a fine church in the United States. In, the same church is a fine marble statue of Andre Hofen, who was such a terror to Napoleon 1., slaying so many of . his men in their at tempts to penetrate into Austria by the Brenner pass. At ten o'clock we started in a private carriage over the Brenner Alpine pass. It is not quite as,Atigh as -the Splugen and some of the passes from Switzerland into Italy, but I think we enjoyed it as , much. We had seventy-nine miles to THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1866. ride before reaching the railroad at Bat zen. We spent the night, therefore, on the top of the mountain. • We meet thousands and thousands of Austrian soldiers returning from Italy. The wounded were riding in ambu lances. Poor fellows, I pitied them, even if they had been seeking to crush Italy. The sight of streams of water from the mountain tops relpided us of what we often saw in Switzerland. I think 1 spoke, in one of my hasty letters, of how these mountains, year after year, sending down never-failing refreshing streams, reminded me of Christians who live near to God, and who thus continu ally are a source of blessing to others. When thinking of this,one day, I jotted down some lines in my note-book, which I venture to copy. **l‘lie fallowing texts, of Scripture were also at the same time forcibly impressed upon mie : "All my springs are in , " The secret of the Lord is with thnin that fear Him." " Jesus stood and cried; saying, if any man thirst; let him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me as the Scripture saith, out of , his belly shall flow rivers of living waters." " I will pour water upon him that is thirsty." "The water that I shall give him skill be in hint a well of - "Water, a,, fountain of water springing• 4 into everlasting life." Travellers mid the Alpine glade Oft are gladdened with the sight Of the joyous, bright cascade; Leapiag from a wondrous height. To beholders it appeaii ` • • That, within but One brief hour, All their waters, drie&like tears, Soon would cease the vale to shower. Oft it seems a mystery• Whence these waters ever flow; Still they bound as light and free, Never caring we should know. High up, almost in the sky, Are their riehisit hidden springs, Whence they to the valleys fly, While all nature round them sings. Thus the Christian mirch*th God, Watered with the heavenly dew, Brings from the divine abode Blessings that are fresh and new. He can ever truly say, • "All my springs, Lord, are in Thee, Watering others every day; Still, my Father, water me." If by Christ we're daily taught, We shall often hear his voice— " Without me ye can do nought. Drink life's water.and rejoice; For 'tis true that whosoever Drinks of water that I give, He shall thirst again— , no; never— Like a fountain he shall live." Your brother in Christ; E. P. HAMMOND. HOME EVANGELIZATION IN BOSTON. tgo‘Avio:o:ll3<mviou:ol4:s4 , Alo»it:t:stlij This subject is now engrossing the attention of the Chngregational evangeli cal churches of this city. They are hold ing church confeiences, composed of pastors and lay delegates, to devise plans, ways and means to render theii efforts more effectual than they have been for many years. They have had a " City Missionary Society" for a quar ter of a century, through which they have operated, in their way. But Ortho dox churches have diminished in num ber, and, as I stated in my last, they now are less by ten than they were fif teen years ago. It seems the plan has been to ethploy missionaries, male and - female, chiefly, if not wholly, laymen or women. These visit•the poor and the' needy, the sick and the perishing ; talk with. them upon religion, hold neighborhood meetings, en courage Sabbath-schools, and, also, give something for the use and:• comfort of the body. Now All this is very good; and there have been employed in doing it some of the best and most devoted,men and women in the churches. But the whole measure has seemed to want one grand feature of the mission - of the apostles and early Christians, to wit : the establishing . .of chit-ace these destitute fields. Hence, during all these years, the ny,mber , of the ,eknrches-has been diminishing, while it Bay be doubted , whether those `remaining are stronger, or • as efficient, even,: as they were several years ago. If theichUreltes would combine the plan pursued by the early disciples, and labor as they now do, and establish a place• for preaching as well as teaching the children in . Sab bath-schools in those destitute neighbor mheiide, they world be on the right track, and soon find the work of the Lord re viving. Respecting their operations, it may emphatically be said, " these ought ye to have done, and not to have left the other undone." There are some things done better in Boston than in Philadelphia ; but I do not belieVe home .evangelization is one of them. 'Beaton has better public schools,. does more in the cause of tem peranceris under bilfEer'litwsa's respects licensing' men to "put the bottle to their neighboi's month;" astit respects truant, vagrant children, and rowdy .? smoking, &inking, swearing `boys, especially Sun days, on the corners of the'streets, Bos ton truant officers and police-take them off, while of the former kind of officers Philadelphia s):laFy none; and the latter stand still in one Place, from Which tbe boys know enough to keep away. I have thought, sometimes, it would greatly improve both cities, it each would avoid' he bad' wild adopt the good of the other,. Boston has her Sunday cars, and as 'intimated ; is toto ccelo, be hind Philadelphia. Why, good Matthias Baldwin, just gone to his reward, did more for home evangelization than all the evangelical denomination of Congre gational' churches here have done in'the last twenty yeitS He may be said to have established at least four or five churches, and aided many, very many more ; and the way in which he did it was the only true apostolic way, and the only way ever known to succeed. He sent a minister to preach, when he established a Sabbath-school ; and soon there was a flourishing church. This was the case with the Olivet, the North Broad, the Tabor, and how many others I know not, of your denomination, all now - large churches. Boston Orthodox evangelization goes on another principle, namely, to estab lish a Sabbath-school and .endeavor to bring the children and their parents, and such as go nowhere, into their large churches. This plan has always sig nally. failed ; and, always will fail, be-: cause, in the first place, this class of people could never be drawn into these churches even " with a cart-rope;" and, in the second place, the whole scheme savors too much of selfishness, or a , de= sire to Make our own established church " the hub." It should be added, " the Old South" has established a mission church,• and I am told there has been one such, at the " South End" within the last dozen years. But in that time so many have died that there are two less than there were then.. Upon Mr. BaldwWs plan there might and ought to:hava hem a dozen new,.ones now. in a flourishing state. I am well conTinced that ~i t? not mate, one shadow of a shade difference for me - to write these things, for when any class of men have bowl' running in one rut for' thirty Yeari,lt takes some strength to get their wheels 'out, and these good people, in spite of experi ence,.still believe it will come about right, and that all these Nothingarians will by some means be dra'n in to fill their great houses'and help pay their debts. I do wish our good people, who seem now to be much moved upon this sub ject, would take a lesson in home evan gelization from .your city, and especially from your denomination in that city. Yours, &e., **M. C. LETTER• FROM DR. • TUSTIN. REY. AND DEAR BROTHER :—I am so much impressed with tll At touckog ten derness of the follbwing nacidefit, that I cannot refrain from requesting yon to give it a more widely extended circula tion through the miidium of your paper, believing that it will be alike acceptable and proftlable to many of your readers, as I am free to say it has been to me : LIPS TOO • SHORT:FOR. STRIFE Charles Dickens relates the following of Douglas Jerrold :—Of his ; generosity I had a proof within these two Cr three years which it saddens, me to think of now. There had been estrangement between us—not on any personal subject, arid not involving angry words-' r and a good many Months had passed without my ever seeing him in the streets, When it fell - out that we dined, each with his own separate party, in the Strangers' room.' of the club. Our °lnas were , almost back to back, and I took mine after he was seated and at dinner, (I am sorry to remember,) and did not look that way. Before we had long sat, he openly wheeled his chair round, stretched out both , hands in an engaging manner and said aloud, with a bright and loving face that I can see as I write to you, "Let us be friends again. A life is not long enough for this." Jerrold was not a Christian, but his con duct• in this case was worthy f a Christian 'aharaater. On a dying . bed how insignificant will appear many •things about Which we con tend in bitterness and wrath! Life is too short, its inevitable sorrows so many, its re sponsibilities so vast and solemn, that there is, indeed, 'no time to sparein abusing and maligning one another. Let. not the sun go down on your wrath. Never nlose your eyes to - sleep with your heart angry toward your brother and fellow-sufferer. - See ;him and 'be reconciled if you can. If you cannot see himi• write to him. If he is a true man and a Christian, 'he will listen. If he is not, - you will ha4e done right,.and your, soul will -,be bright with the sunshine . of Heaven. " Life , is, indeed, too„ short, for strifei" and yet there are cases in which it,seems almost inevitable. The Rev. William Nevins, .D.D., once a resident of the city of Baltimore; but now a denizen of the New Jerusalem, as I doubt not, related to me an incident- which seems .to be: germain to this intimation. The Rev% Dr. Gliindy; also of the 'city; of Balti-' more, a very eloquent minister of our , Chnrch, and a *arm adMirer of Presi dent Jefferson and his politics, had an unfortunate controversy with several . prominent members of his church, and when they excitement had reached' the culminating point of an open opgusition, the Rev. Doctor tookoccaerthi s t o tkia to • his congregation thatbeantiful and instruc tive chapter, the 12th Of Romans, and when he reached the verse which reads after this manner—" If it be possible as' much as lieth' in you live peaceably : With all men"—he paused, and 'looking to ward his opponents,• who sat directly be fore him, he added with great and sig nificant emphasis—" A plain intimation, my brethren, that it is not possible to live peaceably with some men." • It iS,'ifedeed, a' lamentable fact, there' are to be found, not only among; the laity, but among the' clergy alsq,,those who seem to lie made up of the oddgati, ends of fallen , and depraire'd humanity, whose names arethe synonyms r of arro gance and incivility, and whose special mission, seems to be to annoy and dis tract and destroy. The best weAan c ijc, in such cases, is to leave these , ,inen to enjoy the luxury of doing evil, while those who seek the things which make' for peace, " pursue the even tenor of their way, not turning to the right ~ hand or to the left in pursuit of gan,ap,"--as John Randolph, of Roanoke, once said to the members of Congress from ,Permsy.l 7 vania,-who had assailed him,—" which will not repay the hunter's toil." But I am wandering. 'My object is this note was Aimply , to, request the re publication of. the touching incident re to above. I once was an • eye witness of a similar reconciliation be tween Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun in the Senate chamber of the limited States, after a long period of painful alienation between those distinguished statesmen, brought about by;an unguarded expres- SiOrt from Mr. Calhoun, in .a-moment of excitement duringla debate in the-Senate.. Mr: Calhoun. 'said to Mr'. Clay, Yon Jrnow, sir, I am your master," to which Mr. Clay, ,springing, seat as. if tossetky an elastic spring, replied "Yo my master ! You Thy master ! would not own you for my slave!" This, of course, , produced a suspension, of all friendly intercourse, through many long. and•weary months, if not' . years; which as finally adjusted in — my presence very much in the style of the difficulty between Charles Dickens and . L,tcfuglas Jerrold. I have_ a recollection: of all the incidents of that pleasant. and• touching Interview between these two statesmen. Very; truly, yours, solver et übique, SEPTIMUS TUSTIN. WASHINGTON CITY; -; 1866. SUNDAY TRAVEL. Ric. W. Maims—Dear Sir : The quiet, the orderly, and the thought: ful , among ui,"Owe a debt, of gratitude to yourself and your: estimable coadjutors for the energy by which you have secured to them another leaSe-s—raay 'it - prov& along one—of Sabbath tranquilitY. The bloody and desolating war from ! which l we have but .barely emerged, should: have made us, if not penitent, at least reverent of the Divine hand that controls our affairs, and which, for our former contempt of the Divine behests, has, of . late, so sorely punished us. It wertd natural to suppose that, while clad 'in the hSbiliments of mourning over graves I that are scarely yet , become green, we would have hesitated for awhile at run ruing into fresh transgression ; that while days for thanksgiving and fasting are, from, time to time, being formally proclaimed by our national and State authoritieS, the day set apart as sacred, by all the sanctions of Holy writ, • would. have been safe from our sacrilegious en croachments. But we seem, in our nar row escape from the direst calamities, to have imbibed the idea, that henceforth all is to be prosperous and fair, irrespec tive of our conduct, be it noble or vile. Cowardice and ingratitude are con spicuous here, for it:,edly no resolu tion to run the streenars through our city one. the Sabbath would have been either moved or seconded, by the most sordid of our Shylocks, or the most for-' ward of our infidels, on the day that the rebel Lee's army reached Gettysburg I The operators in this breach of the peace of our city are like those seamen who, in the hurricane, are brought in terror to their knees, but who, on its subsi dencS; return at once to their wonted profanity. It is when base spiritefeel themselves safe, not under impending danger, that they. defy alike the of man and the laiws of God. But let all such be counselled not to forget that, however distant it may seem to them, a day of reckoning surely awaits the guilty; that. bothiihdiVidials and corporations of in dividhals, associated together for selfish and Wicked ends, will be held as strictly to account as the nations, for national crime,' and after our late bitter experi ence, few, we trusty are to belound ready to ignere either aur national guilt, or the merited castigation it has brought down iipon us. E. D. M. NEGATIVE RELIGIONISTS. There is .a wide difference between negative and positive religion. The former l will, destroy the soul, while' the latter ,only will . save it. Those who belong; to the negative school,„ comfort themselves with recounting sins which they dO 'not " practice. They boast 1. That they do not 'profane the Sab bath. 2. They do not neglect the ordinances of God's house. _ _ 3. They do not live without a form of prayer. 4. They do not take the name of God' in vain. 5. They do not defraud their neigh tor. 6. They are not seen on the 'race gro,und. 7. They do not frequent the theatie. . 8. They do not sit down at the card table. 9. They are not drunkards. While all this may be true, there are tliings, required by God which they en tirely overlook and neglect, and without which' the soul cannot be saved :-- 1.. They do not love God They do not, eperience y his r love. shed Oros& in the heart— , 3. They•have•not.received the gift' of the Erplf qheet. 4 !They have not surrendered their and hearts to the service of GO., 6., They do not delight themselves.4l Hini: 6. They do not esteenfHis word more ; thatt i their necessary food.. 7. They do not enjoy the peace of Gqd Which passeth, all understanding. 8. They are not temples '"of the Holy Ghost'. 9. They have-not been born again of the Spirit 10. They are not supremely concerned for. the spread and triumph of the Give - An; old writer very aptly says:—«' A . .hypocrite n*ther is what he seems, , nor MIMM seen 3 , ,§' 17481 he is. He- i1 3 ,-Jukted .hy the world for seeming a Christian, and by God 'for not ; being- one. On ,earth he 'is the picture of a saint, but in eter nity the paint shall all be washed off, an&he 81411 appear at the judgment in his own cOlors and- defortnity" ttitrr'z Cab TUE CONTROVERSY ON PsAidRODY. ANNAN. A Vindication of the "'Letters -on Psalmody;" from-the strictures of John P'ressly,'.D.D. By Wm. Annan. Pitts _ biirkh : W. S. Haven, Jr. 18mo., pp. 144. This dingr`little — hook; which seems to „carry an impress of' the pitchy at. mosphere amid which it was produced, In a fib arp and vigorous discussion'of Dr. Pressly's reply, in ,the IT P. Quarterly ;Review to a fonder ~ v olume; of Mr. - Annan ) on the tame topic. The whole subject is far from uninteresting or un important The assumptions - of our good psalni-einging brethren are indeed mtolorable and their exclusiveness in ,barrin ik allymnLsinging Calvinists from their :cUnniniOn 'Wile, is a scandal to bar' :eotomon-Calviniem, not to say thristianity. on. the other *end, we honor all earnest attempts to guard any part of the worship of God'from dese cration:by the introduction of unfit and nnWeirranted,. elements. On the one hand; it is - altogether , futile to attempt to-,give'us„a literal,lyrrcal version of the 8014113,an44is . ,,EM'Offence agiirist every 'principle good •taste to force the bar harieins‘of -/Rouse upon' the Christian congliewitiOne - :'Of our day;'beiides, the neeOrtiOn thati., 'inspired, matter, and of , all inspired poetry, the. Psalms :only are ;divinely appointed to be sung,' cannot fOr a - moment be stis lained.' .On the other hand„ the weak, sentimental, unworthy .matter, that worke its , wa3r4into our modern hymn booki, ofteii is enough to make the true worshipper sighfor. a ,more rigid regime, hiehWill hold the, churches to the strong, - ct, simple, earnest utterances of the inspired word; as a medium of praise ; even at the sacrifice of some really valu able additions , and enlargements by the Christian poets of later times. Mr. Anima's book is aimed against the ex tremes, to which our Psalm-singing brethren allow themselves to be car ried. It shows that •.Rouse's• version is not en inspired Psalmody ; that there is,no divine warrant for the exclusive use of the Book of Pialms, and it con eludes by handling pretty severely some of Dr. Pressly's ” personalities and mis statements" in the article referred to. Those interested in the discussion will not overlOok this little brochure. winTTimrs HIAIID mrLm]ut. . WHITTIER-HENNESSY. Maud Muller. By, John G. Whittier; with Illustrations by. W. J. Hennessy. Boston : _ Ticknor & Fields. Bto.;.full guilt. We cannot say that the ballad of Maud' Muller is to our taste. It is not the best service a poet can do to repre sent man or woman ,as repining at, their . lot in wedded life, and unconsciously and regretfully going back to the irre vocable "it might have , been" of their early years. Doubtless the poet has written, and the artist has wrought, skilfully and truthfully; but , it is the business of the religions critic, at least, to ,ask, when viewing the finest produc tion of pen or graving tool, cui bow? For elegant, in ,this case, in a remarkti-- . ble degree, are both. The wood-cnts are marvels of finish, not done in the coarse, striking way of Millais and the Dalzierßros„but rouuded and shaded with;un eye to beauty, as well as effect. 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TomunCrieg Improved Sabbath-school Li brary Record, designed foi—kedping an ac count--of books distributed, and showing at a glance.; first, the name and. the Library num ber of those entitled to received books from the Library ; second, the number of each book taken out and the date when taken; third, the, name and number of every book in the Library. Chicago : Tomlinson & Bros.. A compact, comprehensive and sys ternatic record-book. Librarians will find their work simplified and aided great ly by this arrangement. Everything which is needed to be known, in order to the effective management of the Li. brary, appears to have been provided for. BOOKS RECEIVED. LARGE'S COMMENTARY. The Acts of the Apostles. An Exegetical and Doctrinal Commentary, by Gotthard Victor Lechler, D.D., Ordinary Professor of Theology,. and Superintendent at Leipsic, with Homileti cal additions, by Rev. Charlei Gerok, Su perintendent at Stuttgart. Translated from the Second. German Edition, with addi tions, by Charles F. Schaeffer, D.D., Pro fessor of Theology in' the Theological Semi nary of the'Evangelical Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. New York : Charles Scribner & Co. Bvo., pp. 480; 'ss. MARTYR. The Life and Times of Martin Luther. By W. Carlos Martyn, author of the Life and Times of John Militon. American Tract Society, New York. 12m0., pp. 550. $1.50. . Smp GREY. A Year in the City. By the AUthor of the Huguenots in France. American Tract Society, N. Y. Square ‘ 16m0., pp. 264. 85 cts. GRACEE'S Yrsrr. A Tale for the Young. From the London Religious Tract Society. American Tract Society, New York. 16me., pp. 231. 75 ets. PHIL KENNEDY. By H. N. N. American Tract Society, New York. 16m0., pp. 128. 50 cts. VAuGHAN. Characteristics of Christ's Teaching. Drawn from the Sermon on the Mount. By C. J. Vaughan, D.D., Vicar of Doncaster. London and New York : A. Strahan & Co. 18mo., pp. 307. $1.50. For sale by . Smith, English & Co. ANSTIE. Notes on Epidemics ; for the use of the Public. By Francis E. Anstie, M.D., F. R. C. P. First American Edi tion. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 12n.i0., pp. 95. MANNA FOR THE Prr..Gunr; or, Readings fora Month, from various authors ; Hew itson, McCheyne, Adelaide, Newton and others. Selected and compiled by the author of "Drifted Snow Flakes.'! Phila. delphia : J. Hamilton. 24m0., pp... 130. DICK AND HIS CAT. An Old.Tale,in a Drew Garb. By Mary J. - Hamilton, Phila. Square 18mo., pp. 91. PERIODICALS AND PAMPHLETS. PARTON. Row New York City is Governed. By James Parton. Reprinted from the North. American Review. Boston : Tick nor & Fields. For sale by Lippincott. & Co. Rano., pp. 48. Price 25 cts. Any one wishing to know just how it viould fare with our own city and with the whole country,,if the, disloyal, negro-hating, * lrish 'Catholic party, calling itself Demo cratic, had the upper band, need only to read this graphic and overwhelming de scription of the condition of the city, where they now hive 46,000 inajority,in a vote of about 120,000. Nothing more ought to be necessary' to open his eyes. We regard the publication of this article, by Mr. Par ton, the biographer of Burr, Andrew Jack son and Benj. Butler, as most timely, and as likely to be of special service to us, in Philadelphia, who are striving to maintain, the Sunday laws of the Commonwealth! They are the best safeguard against a simii lar demoralization of oar city. THE WESTMINSTER. REVIEW, No. CLXX. October, 1866. New York : Leonard Scott Publishing Co: Philadel phia : W. B. Zieber---Contents : The Irish ;'Church; The Apo'itles, by Ernest Renan ; The English and their Origin ; Menais on Daritec;•. Canadian Confede r4ion. and the Reciprocity Treaty; The Dog--his Intelligence ; (*North Pacific Colonies; The Forest of Fontainebleau; 'Contemporary' literature. ' Price for 'Blackwood or any of the Re vieWs; per annum. THE, , T HEOLOGICAL ECLECTIC for No vember andiDecember, 1866, contains : The Nicene Doctrine of the Holy Trinity, by Dr. Schaff; Chinch Music and'Song, trans lated from Flagenbach by- 40f. Hoppin ; The Mosaic, Dispensation as Introductory to,ChristiMiity, from the _British, Quarterly Review (iltramontane Reaction in France in the Nineteenth Century, Translated by Rev. 'C. M. Butler, D.D.; The Sensational Phildsophy,—Mill and , McColl, from Bri tish and Foreign Evangelical Review. New :York: Moore Wilstaoh St Baldwin. $3 a year.
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