tures at Boston, however, she arraigns before the tribunal of that "Modern Athens" the Laws and Lawmakers of the civilized world, and especially French, English and American Law; and by quoting from Vishnu Sarma, and the old Blue Laws of Connecticut, and interlarding her Lectures pretty plentifully with stories of Parisian profligacy, &c., she doubtless got up a very savory dish for the nice people who are said to congregate on such occasions in that "Centre of Civilization." A respectable looking audience could not have been gathered, we venture to say, to listen to such diatribes in any other city in this country. Woman's civil position under existing Laws, her position as it respects Marriage and Divorce, her exclusion from the right of suffrage, and from public affairs generally, these are the main points at which Miss Dall levels the shafts of her invective. There is, after all, some reason and good sense in Miss Dall; but there would be no true women left in the country, if Miss Dall could have her way; for she would unsex them as effectually as she seems to have unsexed herself. A COURSE OF SIX LECTURES on the Chemical History of a Candle, to which is added a Lecture on Platinum. By MICHAEL FARADAY, D. C. L., F. R. S., Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution; Foreign Associate at the Academy of Sciences, &c. Delivered before a Juvenile Auditory at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, during the Christmas Holidays of 1860-1. Edited by WILLIAM CROOKES, F. C. S. With numerous Illustrations.. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1861. 16mo. pp. 223. These Lectures of the distinguished Chemist, Prof. Faraday, show how the commonest objects in Nature may be analyzed and their wonderful properties and powers brought within the comprehension even of the young. The entire absence of every thing like pedantry, and the clearness and perspicuity of the Lectures will commend them to the attention of others besides children. The wide scope of the Lectures, which would hardly be inferred from the title, may be gathered from the following:-"There is not a Law under which any part of this Universe is governed," says the author truly of the Candlelights, "which does not come into play, and is touched upon in these phenomena. There is no better, there is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of Natural Philosophy than by considering the physical phenomena of a Candle." FORMS OF PRAYER to be used in Families, as set forth in the Prayer Book; to which are added some occasional Prayers and Thanksgivings, with Hymns for Family Devotion, chiefly from the same source. Claremont, N. H.: G. G. & L. N. Ide. 1861. 12mo. pp. 32. The Rev. Mr. Swett, the compiler of this little Manual, in his Introduction has strongly set forth the duty of Family Prayer, and the Occasional Prayers and Thanksgivings and Hymns are very well selected. Of such books there can never be too many. THE TENTH ANNUAL ADDRESS of the Bishop of the Diocese of Illinois. Aside from the record of Episcopal labors, one of the most important parts of this Address relates to the factious withdrawal from the work of Domestic Missions as conducted in the regular authorized Channels, and the attempted working of party machinery on the part of a few men, who, we suppose, claim to be better than other people. There is no breach of charity in saying, that the real object of such efforts, in Illinois and elsewhere, is love of place and power, and the gratification of a spirit of insubordination. Recent events prove this conclusively. The Convention responded to this portion of the Address in a strong Resolution. Another matter touched upon was a late Act of the State Legislature. A committee reported that the Act was unconstitutional and void, inasmuch as it would jeopard a large amount of Church property in the Diocese, and wrest from the Bishop rights and immunities which every Bishop possesses by virtue of his office, and of which he cannot be deprived by mere legislative action. They claim also that the Act was secured without the sanction of the Convention, and without the knowledge, and irrespective of the wishes of the Diocese, expressed or implied. In a proposed resolution they advised the Bishop to regard the Act as unconstitutional and void, and pledge the Convention and Diocese to sustain him. They also re commended that the Bishop and Standing Committee memorialize the State Legisla ture to restore to their original provisions the Acts of 1849 and 1853, and to repeal the Act of 1861. BAPTISM OF THOSE OF RIPER YEARS. Christ Church, Watertown, Conn. 18mo. pp. 66. By the Rev. WM. H. LEWIS, D. D., Rector of The prevalent neglect of Baptism, the great numbers of adults who, though unbaptised, are utterly indifferent about it, the alarming degree to which Doctrine is already following Sacrament in this general declension-all this has rendered a popular and faithful treatise on the subject a great desideratum. Dr. Lewis's little Tract is moderate in tone, kind in spirit, plain in style, and cannot fail to be useful. The great fact that Christ's Gospel consists of Institutions as well as Doctrines is too generally ignored, under a sickly, slavish dread of not being thought "Evangelical!" If Christianity is to be saved to the American people, and they are to be saved by it, we must come back to the Christianity of earlier and better days. THE (LONDON) CLERICAL JOURNAL. Oct. 1861. THE (LONDON) LITERARY CHURCHMAN. Nov. 1861. The Clerical Journal of Oct. 8, has the following Notice of an English reprint of an Article which appeared in.our July No. A Critical Examination of the "Essays and Reviews." By an American Layman. Edited by the Dean of Carlisle. (Hatchards, 8vo. pp. 84.) This treatise first appeared in the American Quarterly Church Review, and in its present form will, no doubt, have an extensive circulation. The editor says of it: Vigorous in its style, forcible in its reasoning, happy in its illustrations, and pointed in its sober humor, it appears well calculated to restore the equilibrium of faith just among that class of readers who may have been disturbed by these subtle "Essays." The Literary Churchman congratulates English Churchmen, that in the reprint of the Article they have an antidote to the insidious poison-and says it is equal to anything produced in that country. We may add that we have received numerous letters and testimonials, expressing the highest commendation of this Article, as being better calculated to counteract the mischievous tendencies of that dangerous volume than anything that has hitherto appeared anywhere. To such of our subscribers as wish to see the best resumè of English news, and the most thorough examination of the current literature of the day, &c., &c., we recommend The Clerical Journal," and the "Literary Churchman.” The former is a folio of 24 pp., is published on every alternate Tuesday, by John Crockford, No. 10 Wellington Street, Strand, London, at about $5.00 per year. The latter is published Semi-Monthly, at 377 Strand, London, at about $3.00 per year. BROWNSON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. Oct. 1861. New York. This able Quarterly, which we once quoted at length, as teaching the most UltraMontanism and the most entire abnegation of every vestige of manhood, and which bore upon its covers the strong endorsement of the whole corps of Romish Bishops in the country, has now turned a complete somerset, and is out, in its Oct. No., in a tone of independence and defiance, which surprises us, or would surprise us if any thing could from such a source. Brownson now advocates the "reading and study of the Scriptures;" disparages the Douay Version, and eulogises that of King James; speaks of the Romish Manuals, the "Loves" and "Months of Mary," &c., as diluted from purer sources and from a higher standard of faith and devotion and morals, &c., &c.; and he closes this remarkable No. by declaring that "we will not sacrifice our manhood, and we will not be the tool of any man or any set of men." He elsewhere confesses that Romanism has little hold on the conscience and the moral principle; and says that the Irish "have a greater horror of eating meat on Friday than of lying or stealing." This is honest and true, but it is a terrible admission; for it owns that Romanism makes the commandments of God of none effect by its traditions. All this has at last roused the attention of Archbishop Hughes; and, in his official organ, the Metropolitan Record, a long and strong Article sounds the note of alarm. We, of course, have nothing to do with the con troversy between Brownson and Archbishop Hughes; but we may and do point to the present position of Brownson as a pregnant example of warning and instruction. He began his career as a Rationalistic Puritan; and, having run the whole round of modern devices and modern developments, having been a Presbyterian, and a Unitarian, and a Deist, and an Atheist, and a Pantheist, and a Socialist, and published to the world his confession of perpetual unrest, he finally sought refuge in the iron arbitrary dogmatism of the Church of Rome. He seems to have done this in sheer despair, or from what he would call a philosophical necessity. In losing Reason in Faith, he has made shipwreck of both. As a fitting moral we beg to declare to our brethren of the Church, especially in rationalizing New England, where Brownson began his erratic course, that they cannot do a greater service to the Faith of CHRIST than by holding forth in that region the authority of the Church faithfully and boldly; at the same time exhibiting with all fidelity the conditions and limitations of that authority. THE WAR FOR THE UNION, AND THE SOUTHERN REBELLION. New York. This work is published by Jas. D. Torrey, New York, in octavo, weekly. Each No. containing 32 pages. It professes to give a consecutive narrative of events from the first development of our present national troubles. It contains the most important official documents on both sides, extracts from speeches, records of votes, statistics, &c., &c., and is in all respects the most complete summary of the eventful history of the War that has yet appeared. We need not say it is written from a Northern stand-point. We are making History now at a rapid rate for all future time to read. Newspapers are necessarily superficial, and often erroneous, and so are thrown aside. The work before us, valuable as it is now, will be invaluable by and by. STREAKS OF LIGHT; Or Fifty-two Facts from the Bible for the Fifty-two Sundays of the Year. By the Author of "More about Jesus;" "Reading without tears," &c. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1862. 18mo. pp. 344. Like everything we have seen from this writer, this charming and beautiful little volume is admirably suited to the young. Its spiritual appreciation of God's Word, its simplicity and elegance of style, its deep and earnest sympathy with our moral wants, render it a choice book for Sunday Schools, and for Juvenile readers generally. THE SCRIPTURE HISTORY OF OUR BLESSED LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST; arranged to illustrate His Divinity, Doctrine and Mission. By M. B. STERLING CLARK. Third Edition. New York: H. B. Durand. 1861. 18mo. pp. 135. That this little volume has within a few months reached a third edition is proof enough of its good claims to popularity. It is written in a devout, reverential, and loving spirit, and its influence will be of the very best kind. The following publications have been received. THE FIRST BEREAVEMENT, &c. By the Author of "The Faithful Promiser," &c. Boston: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1861. 18mo. pp. 63. THE REJECTED STONE; or Insurrection vs. Resurrection in America. By a Native of Virginia. Boston: Walker, Wise & Co. 1861. 8vo. pp. 132. THE SCRIPTURAL TERMS of Admission to the Lord's Supper. By ALBERT N. ARNOLD, D. D. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 1861. 18mo. pp. 121. BISHOP UPFOLD'S SECOND CHARGE, June 5th, 1861. "The Ministry of Reconciliation the divinely appointed Instrumentality for the conversion of the world." An able and timely Charge. BISHOP WILLIAMS'S ADDRESS, at the Funeral of Rev. Dr. Ambrose S. Todd, in St. John's Church, Stamford, Conn., June 25, 1861. BISHOP ELLIOT'S ADDRESS to the 39th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Georgia. Worth reading by Northern Christians. BISHOP SOUTHGATE'S SERMONS in Zion Church, N. Y. City, May, 5, 1861. "Subjection to the Powers that be, a Christian Duty." REV. DR. FRENCH's Lecture at the West Point Academy. "Law and Military Law." 1861. REV. J. L. TOWNSEND'S SERMON, in St. James's Church, Danbury, Ct., on the National Fast Day, Sept. 26, 1861. REV. THOMAS GALLAUDET'S DISCOURSE, in St. Ann's Church, New York City, on the National Fast Day, Sept. 26, 1861. Mr Gallaudet goes to the very root of the matter in searching the real causes of our National troubles. He says it is National Infidelity: and he is right. In urging Christian duty, he says; "We have withdrawn into our families, into our daily routine of individual duty, into the privileges and blessings of our beloved Church, and left unscrupulous politicians, Bible-defying essayists, monomaniac reformers to light the fires, which have been permitted by the Holy One to spread into this present, raging, national conflagration." REV. DR. F. H. HEDGE'S DISCOURSE, in the First Church, Brookline, Mass., on the National Fast Day. "The Nation's Weakness." 1861. INSPIRATIONAL DISCOURSE through Emma Hardinge, by the spirits, at Dodworth's Hall, New York, Aug. 25, 1861. GOVERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT, or the Question of State Allegiance. A Tract for Churchmen. Mobile, Ala.: 1861. 8vo. pp. 16. REV. DR. E. E. BEARDSLEY'S SERMON, on the death of Rev. Stephen Jewett, A. M., in St. Thomas' Church, New Haven, Conn., Sept. 1, 1861. REV. WALTER MITCHELL'S SERMON, on the death of Rev. Dr. Ambrose S. Todd, in St. John's Church, Stamford, Ct., June 30, 1861. PRESIDENT ELIOT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS, at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., April 8, 1861. REV. A. G. CUMMINS'S ADDRESS before the House of Convocation of Trinity College, Hartford, Ct., June 26, 1861. REV. LEWIS P. CLOVER'S ADDRESS before the State Teachers' Institute, at Quincy, Ill., Dec. 27, 1860. "Importance of Drawing as connected with the common and higher pursuits of life." PARISH STATISTICS of Christ Church, Elizabeth, N. J., and Eighth Annual Address of the Rector. 1861. HISTORY, &c., of Brown University, Providence, R. I. 1861. THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT, &c., of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, in the City of New York. 1861. 8vo. pp. 80. SECOND ANNUAL CATALOGUE of Griswold College, Davenport, Iowa. 1861. ECCLESIASTICAL REGISTER. SUMMARY OF HOME INTELLIGENCE. ORDINATIONS.* DEACONS. Place. Oct. 19, 1861, Milwaukee, Wis. St. Ann's, New York City. St. Luke's, Davenport, Iowa. Time. Dec. 1, 66 Crary, Robert F. Potter, H. June 30, แ Day, Samuel D. Burgess, De Wolfe, James, Estabrook, Wm. W. Lee, H. W. แ Holden, Robert, Potter, H. Trinity Chapel, New York City. Trinity, St. Charles, Mo. Trinity Chapel, New York City. Grace, Providence, R. I. St. Mary's, So. Portsmouth, R. I. Trinity Chapel, New York City. St. Paul's, Chester, Penn. Trinity Chapel, New York City. *The Ordinations at Nashotah, reported in the July No., were held May 26th, not June 3d. |