ing Unitarian authors, I have proved it. If I have charged you with mutilating Scripture, I have proved it. If I have charged you with misrepresenting a Unitarian translator, I have proved it. If I have charged you with ascribing to Unitarians the objectionable sentiment of an orthodox writer, I have proved it. And now, Sir, I call upon you, by all the violated sanctions of truth and justice, in the name of the body of Christians whom you have traduced and vilified, for the sake of those whom your misrepresentations may have deceived, and, if you will allow me to add, for the sake of your own reputation, I call upon you to come forward and justify your assertions, or else to retract them as publicly as you have made them." We have read Unitarianism Vindicated," with care as well as pleasure, and can testify that Mr Bishop has proved most undeniably these various charges. The man who could be so ignorant or reckless as to make the mendacious assertions upon which Mr Bishop has animadverted, was not likely to do homage to truth and justice; and, as might be anticipated, the " Incumbent of St Thomas's Church, Appleton, Cheshire," has preferred inglorious silence, and suffered judgment to pass by default. The Importance of the Doctrine of the Unity of God, preached before the Southern Unitarian Society, at Poole. By the Rev. J. R. Beard, D.D- London, J. Green; Manchester, T. Forrest. THIS discourse is another valuable contribution on the part of Dr Beard to the cause of Christian truth, for which he merits the warm approbation of all its friends. The origin of the great cardinal principle of religion and morality, the Unity of God, is rightly ascribed to Divine revelation, and its moral value as affecting individual and social interests is powerfully pourtrayed. Reason and Scripture, existing facts, and ancient history, are all brought to bear their illustrative force in demonstrating the practical importance of viewing God as purely, simply, One being, or person; that with the conception of Oneness, the character of God as the universal Father is indissolubly connected, and that polytheism necessarily springs up, if men indulge the lax and fallacious idea, that, provided moral qualities be ascribed to Godhead, numerical number is of small concern. We rejoice in the publication of this discourse. It should be disseminated far and wide; studied by Unitarians as well as Trinitarians; the one it would stir up to the more earnest love of their distinctive faith, the other it would convince that the doctrine of the Trinity is the source of numberless evils. Nine Sermons on some of the most Important and Stupendous Miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ. By William James. London, J. Mardon; J. Green. Pp. 401. THESE sermons on our Saviour's first miracle; the cure of the nobleman's son at Capernaum; the healing of the infirm man at the pool of Bethesda; the gift of sight imparted to the man who was born blind; the resurrection of the widow's son at Nain; the stilling of the tempest; the cure of the Gadarene demoniac; the feeding of the five thousand; and the resurrection of Lazarus, cannot be read by any seriously disposed person without instruction and profit. Plain and practical in their treatment of the great subjects discussed, they at once impress the mind with the reality of the mighty works which they bring vividly before it, and lift it in adoration to the Omnipotent Power, who, through Jesus, thus displayed his designs of mercy to mankind. MONTHLY RECORD. DECEMBER 1. 1842. DIED, August 23, at Islington, London, in the 76th year of his age, the Rev. Thomas Moore, formerly, and for many years, minister of the Unitarian Chapel at Kingswood, near Birmingham. Mr Moore's talents were of no mean order, and having in his younger days enjoyed the advantage of prosecuting his studies at the academy of Daventry, under the able and faithful superintendence of the Rev. Thomas Belsham, he subsequently acquired an honourable distinction in the literary world. Among the various productions which he has given to the press, may be mentioned, an admirable Sermon against Cruelty to Animals, an elaborate and beautifully illustrated History of Devonshire, and a most interesting and ingenious Essay on Social Worship. His last illness was of a painful and lingering nature, but the fortitude, patience and resignation which he uniformly evinced, and his meek and calm submission to the Divine will, exemplified in a striking manner the value of his religious principles, and how eminently they are calculated to sustain and cheer the Christian in the near prospect of dissolution. Mr Moore has left to mourn his loss an aged and infirm widow, and a large family of children and grandchildren, by whom he was greatly beloved. T. C. Jun. OUR readers, of every locality, and of every station of life, will, we are sure, participate in the feelings of sorrow with which we record, in our pages, the death of the Rev. Dr Channing. He died on the 2d of October. Eulogy, on our parts, of this pre-eminently great and good man, this faithful citizen, this practical disciple of the Saviour, were a vain labour. He is honoured and reverenced by the thousands and tens of thousands whose minds his writings have enlightened, whose hearts they have tended to purify, whose pathway of life they have brightened, whose trust in the Father of mercies they have deepened, whose hope of immortality they have rendered firm and abiding. The newspapers of Great Britain of every party, have vied with each other in expressions of admiration of the character and labours of Dr Channing. In most of the pulpits of our denomination services in reference to the melancholy intelligence have, we believe, been conducted. In this city, Mr Harris preached on Sunday morning, November 6, a discourse founded on Philippians iii. 13, 14, in illustration of the character and writings of this apostle of Christian truth, freedom, and righteousness; and at the request of numbers who were disappointed of hearing it, redelivered the discourse on Sunday evening, November 13. The chapel, crowded in every part, was filled with an audience composed of persons of every differing sect, all evidently deeply sympathizing in the preacher's delineation of departed excellence. We copy from the Inquirer newspaper the following account, taken from the Boston Christian Register, of the services at the funeral of Dr Chauning :— "The last offices of affectionate and melancholy commemoration were performed over the remains of this eminent di vine and philanthropist on Friday last. Everything which depended upon the few and simple arrangements for the solemn occasion was appropriately performed. The mortal remains had been brought to the city and deposited in what was lately the dwelling-house of the departed. There a multitude had been gathering, renewed and supplied from hour to hour, to take one parting view of that countenance which by those who have looked upon it will never be forgotten. At the time appointed for the services, the remains, followed by the immediate mourners, were borne to the church in Federal Street, and placed before the pulpit, and the table from which he had spoken the words of Jesus Christ to his flock. The gallery of the church was open to all, the side aisles and a portion of the broad aisle were occupied by the members of the Society, and the front pews and many others were filled by the Committee of the Society, and by the clergy. Every part of the house was crowded by an assemblage constituted of such various classes in the community, as to offer in itself a tribute to the eminence and influence of the departed. There was no funeral parade, no sackcloth hangings, no swinging of censers, no strewing of dust upon the coffin. There was deep feeling, and solemn thought, and treasured remembrance enough to supply the place of all the usual garniture of the obsequies of the dead. There was the high place of instruction from which the eloquent divine had opened the lively oracles of God; there was the table of commemoration, at which he had offered the prayers of a holy faith, and spoken from the fulness of a heart intimate with the love of Jesus Christ. Familar forms occupied the places where his eyes had gazed upon them, and the representatives of three generations-the aged, the active, and the young gathered around the bier of the great and good man. Probably no other occasion could occur, even in the unceasing round of sad and solemn experiences in life, which would have brought together the individuals who composed that assemblage. There was a touching tribute of respect paid to the character of that honoured and reverend man, which will atone for much that is unworthy in human life. Around the bier where he was laid low in death, were gathered as sincere mourners, multitudes of every place and profession, especially of the eminent in all the departments of professional life. Men of the most opposite tastes, pursuits and opinions were there side by side. A dense multitude were collected around the exterior of the church and filled the neighbouring streets, but a solemn stillness seemed to hang over the assembly within. The following was the order of services. ANTHEM. I heard a voice from heaven, Saying unto me, Write, from henceforth blessed are the dead Even so, saith the Spirit, For they rest from their labours. Reading of the Scriptures, by the Rev. Mr Lathrop; prayer, by the Rev. Dr Parkman. HYMN. Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime, A Christian cannot die before his time; The Lord's appointment is the servant's hour. Go to the grave, for there thy Saviour lay, Go to the grave! no, take thy seat above, Address, by Rev. Mr Gannett; prayer, by Rev. Mr Young. HYMN. Calm on the bosom of thy God, Dear spirit, rest thee now: E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust to its narrow house beneath, Soul to its place on high, They that have seen thy look in death No more may fear to die. BENEDICTION. It seemed wonderful to us, and we think it must have been equally so to all who listened to him, that Mr Gannett, under |