"I would," said Lord son, "have inscribed on your bed 'Rise early!' fo you can make progress in "I reasoned and deba "but I found no Gordon, received it as a babe." came to the gospel as a li Well Cloudy, is it? silver lining to every clou only lifted up high enoug had faith to believe it. To put off our religion called to mix with men o like taking off our shoes going to walk. True pleasure is paid enjoy it-false pleasure mu afterwards, and always cos As the sails of a ship ca harbour, so prayer carries the bosom of God. Religion consists in red as our only Saviour; the for ever. walking in him, we shall dy Jesus Christ lives and watches over, and pleads f to be gracious to every pe lieve in him and be happy. All the restraints under has laid us, may be summ word, "Do thyself no harm Robert Hall loved to thi as a rest, and Wilberforce, ceaseless activity. They we Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest! Whose waking is supremely blest; No fear no wee shall dim that hour Asleep in Jesus! oh, for me Waiting the summons from on Asleep in Jesus! time nor space Thy kindred and their graves m Reviews. rrior-Statesman. By J. . London: J. F. Shaw. n and War. By Newman don: Snow. n and Victory. By Dr. vn. London: Snow. Clay. By J. De Kewer London: Snow. timate of Wellington. By Tanly. London: Partridge n, as Warrior, Senator, and y T. Binney. London: who sooner or later con en, was commissioned to almost suddenly, one of iest sons-a man who, on Ele field had escaped his who, for many years by perance, had warded off all mations of his approach man at length fell beneath le stroke, it might be exThe pulpit would notice the ce the numerous sermons preached both at his death Some of these have been we give above a list of those have received copies. We that all these discourses are vangelical, and worthy of al. the Manchester Educationists. of the Evidence taken before ee of the House of Commons to the State of Education in r and Salford. By John Hinton, M. A. Prepared hed under the direction of a - formed in London for oppoManchester Education Bills. John Snow. new parliament met, other ng matters have occupied the both Houses, and it may be s ere the Education question e brought forward. But as will be, as soon as opportuwe earnesly recommend, in ime, the careful perusal of mphlet to all who feel any matter of such vital import national welfare The Last Beatitude. A Sermon occasioned by the death of Edward Hatfield, Esq., Stamford. By John Baxter Pike. Stamford: Wrigby. WE regret that this pamphlet is without the name of a London publisher; for it is decidedly the best we ever perused from the text, Rev. xiv. 13. Comprehensive in range, evangelical in sentiment, eloquent in language, and rich in consolation, it cannot be read without personal edification, and emotions of gratitude to God for the hope set before us in the Gospel. We hesitate not to state our conviction that Mr. P.'s preaching capabilities have never been duly appreciated, and that they are worthy a more extended and influential sphere than any he has yet occupied. The Heresies of Rome. By J. F. Sparke. London: Houlston and Stoneman. Or making of books against popery there seems just now to be no end. Every month we are receiving volume after volume. We hope they may all find readers, and thus will the late impudent aggression on the realm of England meet with a decided repulse. Mr. S. has arranged his chapters of nearly 300 pages under distinct headings, with a chronological list of the popes, and an appendix of racy facts. Our author, who is minister at the baptist chapel, Waterloo Road, London, is not a man to mince matters-he speaks out fearlessly and faithfully of the manifest and glaring errors of the Great Heresy. Mr. G. J. Holyoake Refuted in his Own Words. London: Houlstons'. THIS is the leading title of a series of penny tracts, written and sold by our neighbour, Mr. Sanders J. Chew, formerly a student in Bristol College, and now a bookseller in Leicester. We have read them with much satisfaction. Mr. C. displays considerable dialectical skill, and has placed the "representative" of atheism in some awkward positions. We hope the christian public will circulate these tracts extensively, not only in sanction of such efforts for the vindication of the truth, but to diffuse among the victims of atheism a distinct knowledge of the outrageous orrors and follies of their public teachers splendid affair-and, wh imagine? an "Uncle To nack," rich in pictorial slavery tales, and music have only had opportu at their contents, but which Mr. Cassell has himself as a caterer of food to the public is their general excellence. 1. Union Magazine, for Bible Class Magazine 3. Notes on the Scripture 4. Child's Own Magazin 5. Class Register and Di 6. Teachers' Class Regis THESE annual publication School Union, have, as u Sir,-Permit me to direct your attention to lectures announced by Mr. G. J. Holyoake, (Ed. Reasoner, author of Logic of Death, &c.) to be delivered in the Assembly Room, Three Crowns Hotel, on the evenings of May 19 and 25. Subjects:"Roman Catholicism the Type of all the orthodox churches around us. A new development of the principles of Free Inquirers." I am not one who thinks accredited ministers are bound to take notice of, and rebut, all that any one may say in opposition to popular doctrines, but Mr. Holyoake being considered a representative man" in sceptical circles, having great influence with many in the metropolis and the provinces, I think it would be well to notice what he says, and to correct (what) may be disapproved of. Should you, sir, feel disposed to attend, I could guarantee that your convenience and comfort would New Hall Company have no in truth, and our common p and sincere party in a free that they wonld trade with manner, and then, sir, you w the town. But, sir, as it is th invited to the recognised 1 phy to put up with what can may I again ask you the presence and company. May 17, 1852. To this note Mr. W. pa but in a few days the wri Mr. W. who gave him ra lecture on its contents, tell his note was like the mo boa-constrictor, slavering low afterwards he did note, for there was in it a sumption that he to whom was either a vain or a silly of all things he never liked a fool, with whom such tri played off successfully-“ tive man" was representati and "our common protestant daub and a fetch. This p started the scribbler, who without any promise that M attend the meetings; and it passing the rooms to the Po He went up, and found, but a small assembly, dels. Mr. H. was closing saying some unfounded Estianity and its teachers, afterwards contradicted. wo former occasions, disRobert Owen and Lloyd delity, the appearance of ited no little commotion ti-bible men, but he gave r of Mr. James Cecil, a nan of superior talents, a o, after puzzling Mr. H. etaphysical questions, gave ge for public discussion, ff in May, Mr. W. acting or Mr. C. This discussion by many too abstruse for g working men, and hence tion was offered by Mr. W., by Mr. H., and the displace on the evenings of 7, in the New Hall. The -owded to excess, so that e locked to prevent further e proceeds allowed to each ers, about £5 after all expaid. Mr. W. stated that iating 21s. to the Infirmary sum to the Dispensary, he e rest in printing his collaure texts and his replies to ⇒ form of a tract, for gratuition, at the same time inI. to publish his "Views" , that they might appear o this proposal Mr. H. said rably disposed, but did not istinct promise. Arrangein progress between Mr. W. of Mr. H., that they might ther, an equal number of allowed to each; but another fering improperly with the s, Mr. W. refused to proublished his own separately. W.'s tract appeared he has copy of an atheistic publicach the person who interfered owed to publish a letter conost untrue representation of This is all the notice Mr. to take of James Plant, the at letter, who seems as if he - forget the ludicrous position r. W. was once compelled to when, with the most consumess he stood up before a large and called on Mr. W to bo lieve that the gas then blazing before his eyes was not burning! The atheistic periodical contains a copy of the whole of the tract published by Mr. W., texts and all; for which Mr. W. desires to thank its Editor. And then follows Mr. H.'s statement in reply, in which this pertinacious man reiterates his outrageous misrepresentations of christianity and its friends, and as if not satisfied with these, crosses the Atlantic to drag before liberty-loving Englishmen those unprincipled men, who, professing to be disciples of the Saviour of all men, would not offer a single prayer for the liberation of three millions of their fellowmen from unbearable and brutal bondage. But Mr. H. is too late! Harriet Beecher Stowe, a christian, had already held them up to the scorn_of an indignant world. No, George Jacob Holyoake, you will not be allowed, however skilful you may be in such tricks, so to mix sterling coin with "brummagem" counterfeits. Having furnished these details we have only to add that the tract published by Mr. W. will be sent to any person who sends a stamped envelope with his own name and residence written thereon to "Mr. Winks, Publisher, Leicester." Two thousand of these were printed for gratuitous distribution. The texts were also published in full in the Christian Pioneer for Dec., 1852, a little monthly publication sold at one halfpenny, which may be had in any quantities of the publishers of the Reporter. Mr. W. forwarded copies of his tract to various eminent ministers who take an interest in such matters. He has received numerous replies all expressive of strong approbation of the course pursued, especially in the selection and arrangement of texts in proof. One, who has lately written some admirable papers on the Divine Attributes, remarks:: "The words of God are tried words.' Every word of God is pure.' I heard that the texts floored him.' There is a power and authority, a majesty and a grace, in the soul of the infidel attests their divinity. sacred scriptures, which even to the inmost When I saw your well-arranged battery of well-selected texts, I did not wouder that the poor sinner quailed and fell before it. If Holyoake does not bow down and confess that the christian system is more favourable to the secular interests of man "Dear Sir, I have recei tract with great admiratio ability. Nothing could b than your collation of te answerable. Holyoake wa once. He could not rise persuaded he only needs cool clear head, and a war be foiled before any audien to his "Views" were very sure that those who were p gone away satisfied that a to say for itself before on speak for Revelation. Holyoake was a boy in m five years. He then went, suasion of a companion, to a short time-then to the (I believe)-entered a deba soon became an infidel. H and kind to his mother, w of one of our baptist churc BREWIN GRANT'S LECTURES ON ATHEISTIC the wisdom, and holiness On the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 30, Dec. 1, the Rev. B. Grant, B.A., delivered two powerful lectures against modern infidelity, to crowded audiences, in the Rechabites' Hall, Blackburn. That on Tuesday evening, on "the Literature of the Atheistic Secularists," was a complete exposure and condemnation of the unfair and dishonest mode in which the advocates of atheistic secularism defend and propagate their pernicious principles. The name Freethinker, which they affect to assume, in no respect designates these men. Others not only think as freely as they, but far more fairly. In all their writings there is not found one full and fair statement of christian truth, or of one argument by which Divine Revelation is defended. With all their pretence of fair inquiry and becoming candour, their opposition to christianity is marked by ignorance, bigotry, inso lence, and intolerance. And after showing, with admirable ability, the endless contradictions, absurdities, and blasphemies, that appear in their writings and public lectures, Mr. Grant called on the secularists present, to renounce their ness of the christian, and seat amidst great and prolo An opportunity was then of the infidels who chose, lecture, or defend their lit two of their leaders came occupied the time of the half-an-hour. But instead the lecture, they introduced had no connexion with it them made a disgusting a bible, quoting several passa the bible itself, but from a lication that he held in his h in his reply to these men tha Mr. Grant, especially show rable fitness for the wor Providence has called him. of their ignorance, folly, a was complete and triumpl the interest excited, and the given, on the Tuesday eve expected that the place of m be too small for those who be present on the Wednes Accordingly the hall was pa part. The lecture for this Christianity the true Secul best security for the duties and Kindness." This lectu |