Clergymen in that valuable and important colony. This very interesting work, which we cordially recommend to our readers, concludes with a sketch of the state of the Church in our colonies, which we should quote with pleasure did our limits permit.

Family and Parochial Sermons. By the Rev. William Shepherd, B. D., of Trinity College, Cambridge, Curate of Cheddington. Painter, Strand; and Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-court.

This is a volume of sound and valuable Sermons; the doctrines advocated in it are those of the Holy Scripture, advocated and enforced by the Church of England. The lessons taught are simple but powerful, set forth in language within the reach of the meanest comprehension, and yet consonant with the most fastidious taste. Indeed, the author seems not only to write with the pen of a ready writer, but to possess a happy facility in clothing doctrines and instruction in terms of the most pleasing character. His sermons, at least the greater part-for there is a slight diversity of style in some of them, appear to flow warm from the heart; and we can easily picture to ourselves from a perusal of them, the energetic manner of a lively preacher, enforcing heavenly truths with tempered zeal. They read well in the closet, and are therefore admirably adapted for family reading; neither will they be found less useful to the congregation. Many of the subjects are familiar to us, as church-going folks; for they appear mainly selected from the appointed services of the Church; and as such they will be found valuable auxiliaries both to public and private worship. We are at a loss where to begin in our extracts, which will serve to shew, both for ourselves and the author, the truth of our commendations. We, however, take the following, which serves as a good lesson to the advocates of sudden conversions :

"Repentance," says our author, in Sermon III., "is not a single act; neither can it be accomplished all at once. It does not consist in exhibitions of terror, and tumult, and confusion, and profession, which first frighten the guilty soul, and then call it peace. Such are not the true workings of genuine repentance; neither can the soul be rightly said to be made pure, or born again, or pardoned entirely, because of one exhibition of this kind, any more than the ear of corn can be ripened to the full harvest by one single ray of sunshine. No; a true sorrow for sin consists in many and repeated acts of repentance; a continuance of humility, not a presumption of pride; a tender conscience, not one puffed up and exalted by ideas of self-sufficiency; a patient perseverance in well doing, not a sudden impulse or passing flash of feeling, falsely called godliness. The truly repentant sinner, as the Psalmist says, 'goes softly all his days,' not presumptuous in himself or his own ways, neither despising others, but lowly in his own eyes, and earnestly coveting, and with all meekness receiving lessons of instruction, which may at length enable him to receive the end of his faith, the salvation of his soul."

The sermon "Wisdom is Justified of her Children" is a beautiful commentary on the character of the Redeemer and his forerunner, John the Baptist. That of "The Three Tabernacles" contains a striking illustration of the duties of faith, obedience, and repentance, as set forth in the several characters and offices of Jesus Christ, Moses, and Elias. The use of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity is thus expressed :

"The mercy of God the Father is displayed in his accepting the mediation of Jesus Christ, and pardoning us for his sake; the love of God the Son is displayed in that he so loved us that he laid down his life, the just for the unjust, that he might redeem us from death; and the grace of God the Holy Ghost is displayed, that since Jesus is no longer present in his human shape, he dwells in the hearts of men; he sanctifies them from pollutions; he teaches them what is good, and puts into them good desires, showing them the way from earth to heaven. See, then, the greatness of the mystery of godliness! See the advantage of the knowledge of the true God, and how it necessarily promotes the acquisition of eternal life! For we cannot entertain this knowledge of the Godhead, really and truly in our hearts, without being elevated by it, and encouraged and supported in the race for heaven; and advanced and sustained in the contest on earth for eternal glory in the world to come."

Sermon XXI. is an engaging picture of the progress of the Christian life, whilst XXIII. powerfully describes the characteristics of " Nature and Grace."

We cannot dismiss this volume without again expressing a high commendation of its contents, fraught as they are with plainness of truth, holy duties, and sound principles of Christian faith, expressed in a style and manner which cannot fail to win attention, and excite a lively interest in the breast of those who peruse them. We heartily wish it success.

Tracts of the Anglican Fathers. Painter, 342, Strand.

THESE Tracts are highly valuable, as affording, at a cheap rate, and in a neat and convenient size, similar to The Tracts for the Times, extracts from the Fathers which are only to be found in the large and more expensive, as well as scarce works. No. I. Cranmer's Sermon on Holy Baptism; No. II. Cranmer's Apostolical Succession and the Power of the Keys.; No. III. Cranmer on the Communion of the Lord's Supper; with notes to each. These important Tracts ought to have an extensive circulation among Church people.

An Exhortation to the Belief and Practice of Real Religion. Painter, 342, Strand. This is a reprint of a useful practical little book, very suitable for distribution by the Clergy among their parishioners, and as a gift from pious Laymen to their neighbours. We observe with pleasure several similar treatises of former times are being re-published. Such books cannot be too widely circulated.

Sabbath Sanctification and its Blessedness. A Sermon by the Rev. J. Allport, Birmingham. Painter, 342, Strand.

Deservedly this Sermon has been reprinted; it is admirably calculated for distribution amongst Sabbath-breakers, of which, unfortunately, there appears to be an increasing number at the present time.

Sermons by the Rev. Thomas Horn, M. A., Rector of Mursley, Bucks. 12mo. Cloth. Rivingtons, Hatchards, Painter.

These are well-arranged, well-written discourses. We concur in the favourable notice which these Sermons have already received from some of our contemporaries, and hope another edition will speedily be required.

Miscellanea.

ON BOWING AT THE NAME OF JESUS.-Give me an answer to the dissenters, when they ask, "Why do you bow at the name of Jesus more than at the name of God or Christ ?" Answer-The word Jesus signifies a Saviour: the Angel gave it to Him. The word Christ denotes only his office, anointed of God: there were, in the Apostles' time, a set of hereticks, as Corinthus and his followers, who denied Jesus to be the Christ; against these the Apostles wrote to prove that Jesus is the Christ. (Acts ii. 36; John xx. 31; 1 John, ii. 22; Phil. ii. 10.) Bowing is to own ourselves to be Christians. To bow at the name of God does not distinguish me from a Jew, a Mahometan, or a heathen, who all acknowledge a God. There are many who call themselves Christians, in England, who say that the old Romans served Jesus right to punish him with the death of a slave, and we shall not distinguish ourselves from these by bowing at the name of God; but bowing at the name of Jesus is owning that person-the man Jesus-to be the Christ. I say not that it is necessary, or an article of faith, but it is highly decent, and a profession of our Christianity-it is not superstitious; they who refrain from it, out of principle, give ground to believe they are not sound in the faith.—A View of the times, their precepts, and practice.

BISHOP HURD'S DESCRIPTION OF A MISSIONARY.-We have seen the faithful Minister of the Word go forth, with the zeal of an Apostle, and the constancy of a Martyr; we have seen him forsake ease and affluence: a competency at least ; and the ordinary comforts of society; and, with the Gospel in his hand, and the love of the Saviour in his heart, make his way through burning deserts, and the howling wilderness; braving the rage of climates, and all the inconveniences of long and perilous voyages; submitting to the drudgery of learning barbarous

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manners; watching the dark suspicions, and exposed to the capricious fury of impotent savages: courting their offensive society: adopting their loathsome customs: assimilating his very nature, almost, to theirs; in a word “ enduring all things," "becoming all things," in the patient hope of finding a way to their good opinion; and of succeeding finally in his unwearied endeavours to make the Word of Life and Salvation not unacceptable to them. I confess when I reflect on all these things, I humble myself before such heroic virtue; or, rather, I adore the Grace of God in Christ Jesus, which is able to produce such examples of it in our degenerate world."

POPISH DESIGNS.-Mr. Alexander O'Driscoll, a Roman Catholic gentleman, lately attended a Conservative meeting in Youghall, composed principally, as it may be supposed, of Protestant gentlemen. Not satisfied, however, with thus far evincing his sentiments on political subjects, Mr. O'D. addressed the meeting in the course of the evening, and in the strongest terms denounced the conduct and designs of the Romish priesthood and the Agitators. "I tell you," said he, "not to be deceived in the present day, for I fearlessly assert that the end, aim, and object of the Roman Catholic clergy is to subvert your Church of England altogether, and to annihilate it root and branch from the land." This from a Roman Catholic is indeed important testimony, and when we consider the consequences which the tendering of it must entail upon the author-testimony which we are not surprised that few Roman Catholics, however secretly disposed, have courage enough publicly to offer, Mr. O'D. has already provoked the ire of the Register and other pro-popery journals; but all their abuse does not in the slighest degree discredit him as a witness. We could wish indeed that those who go half way towards a protest against Romanism, would leave no part of the good work undone, but pass to the other side altogether, valuable as we may conceive their evidence to be in their present position.

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MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.-A meeting was held on Monday evening at Mr. Young's meeting-house, Alfred-place, Old Kent-road, for the purpose of petitioning against the grant to Maynooth. Richard Pope, Esq., in the chair. The following petition was adopted :-" That your petitioners receive the Word of God as the only true standard of faith and morals, and are convinced by its testimony that the tenets of the Church of Rome, as defined and settled by the Council of Trent, are anti-Christian, idolatrous, and utterly incapable of being reconciled with the doctrines of the Gospel. That, in the judgment of your petitioners, the national endowment of a college to inculcate among the British subjects the heresies of the Church of Rome, is such a participation in the guilt of idolatry, as must expose this nation to the awful judgments of Almighty God. Your petitioners would further beg leave to remind your honourable house, that it has been proved by the most satisfactory evidence before both Houses of Parliament, as well as by actual experience, that the College of Maynooth has failed to accomplish the objects contemplated by the statesmen who proposed its establishment, and that every consideration of sound policy, as well as the higher obligations of Christian duty, demand the abandonment of an institution which has proved the chief source of political turbulence, as well as superstitious delusion and religious discord in Ireland. Your petitioners, therefore, would humbly pray your honourable house to discontinue the annual grant made to the College of Maynooth, and your petitioners will ever pray that the Divine blessing may rest upon your deliberations.” -Church of England Gazette.

THE NEW MARRIAGE ACT - From official returns it appears that, during the year 1837 the total number of marriages in the town of Liverpool and its vicinity amounted to 2,781, Of these the marriages in churches were

In Roman Catholic mass-houses
In the Scotch kirk

In the register-office

2670

83

............

6

9

13

In all the dissenting meeting-houses

Of the 13 marriages in the dissenting meeting-houses, two were celebrated in a meeting-house where the forms of the Church of England are observed; thus reducing the number of marriages under the new act to twenty in a population of at least 180,000. At Liverpool, as well as in other parts of the country, the unfor

tunate "registrars" are heart-sick at their new employment, or rather of their want of employment; and, as an exaggeration of their hard case, they are exposed to the gibes and jeers of their neighbours, who invent nicknames for them, such as "bucklers," "broomstickers." "jumping jacks," &c.

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MIND YOUR OWN FAULTS.-A gentleman riding along the road, passed by a field of furze, in which a man was stubbing; and for every stroke he gave with his hoe, he cried out in a reproachful tone, "Oh! Adam!" The gentleman stopped his horse, and calling the labourer to him, inquired the reason of his saying "Oh! Adam!"—" Why, please your honour," said the man, "only for Adam I would have no occasion to labour at all; had he and Eve been less curious, none of us need earn our bread in the sweat of our brow."-"Very good," said the gentleman : "call at my house to-morrow. The man waited on him the next day, and the gentleman took him into a splendid apartment, adjoining a most beautiful garden, and asked him, would he wish to live there? The son of Adam replied in the affirmative. Very well," said the gentleman, "you shall want for nothing Breakfast, dinner, and supper of the choicest viands, shall be laid before you every day, and you may amuse yourself in the garden whenever you please. But mind, you are to enjoy all this on one condition, that you look not under the pewter plate that lies on the table." The man was overjoyed at his good fortune, and thought that there was little fear of his forfeiting it by looking under the pewter plate. In a week or two, however, he grew curious to know what could be under the plate, which he was prohibited from seeing. Perhaps a jewel of inestimable value, and perhaps nothing at all. One day, when no person was present, he thought he would take a peep there could be no harm in it no one would know it: and accordingly he raised the forbidden plate-when lo! a little mouse jumped from under it; he quickly laid it down again, but his doom was sealed." Begone to your hoeing," said the gentleman, next day, “and ery · Oh Adam !' no more, since, like him, you have lost a paradise by disobedience."

COINCIDENT ROYAL FATALITY. It is a remarkable coincident in the fate of some of the princes who have sat on the throne of England, that all those who have espoused princesses of France have not only been unpopular with their subjects, but have come to an untimely end. For example:-Edward II, married to Isabel, daughter of Philip IV. of France-murdered in Berkeley Castle. Richard II., married to Isabel, daughter of Charles VI. of France_murdered in Pontefract Castle. Henry VI., married to Margaret, daughter of Rene, Duke of Anjou-murdered by Richard III. Charles I., married to Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV. of France-died on the scaffold.

DUM VIVIMUS, VIVAMUS.

"Live while you live," the epicure will say,
"And take the pleasure of the present day
"Live while you live," the preacher also cries,
"But give to God each moment as it flies."
Lord, in my view, let all united be!

I live in pleasure while I live to Thee.-Watts.

TWO FUTURE STATES OF THE DEAD.

1. The Temporary (mediate) State, for all Souls, being to the believer, Paradise, Heaven's antepast; being to the unbeliever, Hell begun, the worm of conscience. 2. The Everlasting State for Bodies and Souls; being to the believer the presence of God, and the absence of sin; being to the unbeliever, the absence of God, and the presence of all evil.—Textuary.

POINTS.-East, West, North, South.
NUMBERS.-One, Two, Three, Four,t
ELEMENTS.-Air, Fire, Earth, Water.
SEASONS.-Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.
VIRTUES.Justice, Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence.
GRACES.-Faith, Repentance, Love, Holiness.—Ibid.

* Cardinals are the hinges, (cardo, cardinis) on which things turn.

† Some reckon the numbers one to nine, to be cardinals.

+ Generically and primarily Four; but each of these comprises several elements.

IMPROVED PENHOLDERS.—Mr. Riddle, of Blackfriar's Road, has recently introduced another improvement in implements for writing, by the invention of an universal pen-holder. This instrument is valuable from its pliability, its adaptation to pens of all sizes, and its greater durability than any other pen-holder with which we are acquainted.

MORAL MAXIMS.

An evil conscience is the most unquiet companion.
An evil heart can make any doctrine heretical.
Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.

Anger is like a ruin, which breaks itself upon what it falls.

An honest employment is a most excellent patrimony.

An idle brain is the Devil's workshop.

A passionate man rides a horse that runs away with him.

A

penny saved is twice earned.

A poor freedom is better than a rich slavery.— Textuary.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The "VILLAGE" Churchman having recently appeared, in shape, size, contents, cover, price, &c. very similar to the first series of THE CHURCHMAN, and in the same town in which it was printed and published as well as the announcement of another similar publication for July, also in the north! the Proprietor feels it his duty to state to the Subscribers and Readers of THE CHURCHMAN, that the REV. MICHAEL AUGUSTUS GATHERCOLE, its original Projector, Proprietor, and Editor, of whom he purchased the Copyright of that Series in December last, still continues the EDITOR of THE CHURCHMAN; and that he has executed an agreement for three years, wherein he binds himself "not to start, or be connected with, any other publication, to the injury of THE CHURCHMAN." The Proprietor thinks it right to be thus explicit, in order to protect the Subscribers to THE CHURCHMAN from imposition, under false

colours.

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THE CHURCHMAN for July will contain a highly-finished Engraving of the Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF EXETER, engraved by the same artist who executed that of His Grace the ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, which appeared in the February Number of THE CHURCHMAN. Proof Impressions may be had at One Shilling each. Plate will be accompanied by a BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of the Bishop of Exeter, written expressly for the occasion, by a Gentleman who has prepared Memoirs of their late Majesties George IV., and William IV., and other celebrated personages. The Numbers of THE CHURCHMAN for February and March have been reprinted, so that complete sets may now be obtained.

Thanks to "CORNEILLE" (who should send us his name); were we to attach, as he wishes, the price, as well as the name of the publisher, to each book we notice, we should be subject to the advertisement duty.

"J. T." is much mistaken.

We shall be glad to hear from G. R. M. again soon.

"C. C. C. C. 1838," must stand over from want of space this month. ADVERTISEMENTS. THE CHURCHMAM (with one exception) has, during the last three years, had the largest circulation of the Church Magazines; and it is hoped will exceed in number the Methodist Magazine (17,000) among Wesleyans, and the Evangelical Magazine (14,000) among Congregational and other Dissenters. Advertisements of Livings, Curacies, New Churches, Institutions, Anniversaries, New Books, Schools, Teachers, Apprentices, and other Situations, Medicines, Sales, and Miscellanies for insertion in THE CHURCHMAN for July 1st, must be sent to Painter's Printing and Publishing Office, 342, Strand, by Friday, the 27th inst.; if from the country, post free, with an order for payment in London.

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