upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation he is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God." N.T., RECENT DEATII. REV. RICHARD OWERS. THE Rev. Richard Owers, Bap interred in the Baptist Chapel on the 14th. The Rev. Daniel Miall, of Portsea, delivered the funeral oration at the grave; and the Rev. Thomas Adkins, Independent Minister at Southampton, concluded the solemn service by prayer. In the evening, the Rev. Daniel Miall preached a funeral discourse to a uumerous congregation, from the text chosen by Mr. Owers; John xi. 28, The Master is come, and calleth for thee." N. B. We have inserted this enfist Minister, Southampton, depart-larged account to oblige a Corres ed this life May 4, 1820, and was pondent. Review. tratecribe the principal part of it for this review; but we cannot persuade ourselves that the respectable brethren who are addressed in it The Work and the Reward of faithful, Deacons: a Sermon addressed to the Baptist Monthly Association, August 21, 1806, at the Rev. Mr. Hutchings's Meeting-house, Uni-will do themselves the injury to corn-yard, Tooley-street; with an Appendix, including a Sketch of the Character of the late Rev. Abraham Booth, Second Edition, corrected by William Newman, D.D. Offer, Pp. 36. 1s. . THERE are many articles which are valuable on account of their rarity; others on account of their intrinsic worth; and there are some in which both these qualities unite such are the precious metals! and we may add, such is this sermon! It is the only sermon of the kind which we have seen; for where besides can the Deacons of our churches find their "work and reward" the topics of discourse? It is also a good sermon, scriptural, perspicuous, faithful, and evangelical. We consider it perfect in its kind, without deficiency-without redundancy; abounding with suitable exhortations, necessary, cautions, and appropriate encouragements to that class of church-officers for whose use it is chiefly intended. Were we apprehensive that the copies of this sermon would not be purchased, we should be inclined to neglect procuring it, from the con viction which they must feel, that an office so responsible as that which they have undertaken, makes it desirable they should avail themselves. of every assistance, that they may 66 use the office of a Deacon well;". and finally give an account of their stewardship with joy, and not with grief." In reply to the question, "What is the reward of faithful Deacons ?" The Author replies, 1. "They shall be rewarded in the growing reputa tion of a bold, decided profession." 2." In the prosperity of their secular affairs." 3. "In the prosperity of their souls;" and 4. “In the "approbation of our final Judge.” Under the second particular there is a paragraph,Mr. Bragge, which for its just-a quotation from ness should be universally known, viz. "I have for years past made it my observation, that as churchmembers carry it towards the church to which they belong, either in seeking its welfare, or in neglecting it, so their families are built up or pulled down, blessed or blasted, according to that awful. word, Psalm cxxix. 5, 6, ' Lét them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion: let them be as grass upon the house-tops, which withereth afore it groweth up.'" Feeling extremely anxions that this excellent sermon should be generally read, we suggest it to the pastors of our churches, that it will be a delicate way of stirring up the Deacons to a sense of their duty, if they find that they have not purchased it; to lend a copy to each of their Deacons, earnestly requesting them to read it; and perhaps wishing them to notice a good remark in Page 19, "Statues on the top of a house must be larger than the life!" The Appendix contains some admirable sentiments, and the description of the character of the late Rev. Abraham Booth, will be recognized as an exact and fulllength portrait by all who were acquainted with that truly apostolic man. A Brief Memoir of His late Majesty George III. Whittemore. Price 6d. are thus presented to the Christian public, which give them the appearance of novelty, yet no one can read them without being convinced that she was one of "the excellent of the earth;""an Israelite indeed!" Some Account of William Lee who was executed at Salisbury, March 21,1820), in a Letter to a friend, by John Saffery. Hobson. Price 4d. THE character of the writer is a pledge for the faithfulness of the affecting account which is given us of the depravity and awful end of a young man executed for uttering forged Bank of England notes. The evidences of his repentance are perhaps as satisfactory as could have been expected under the circumstauces of the case. The pamphlet might be considered as another faithful commentary upon the inspired text, "When Just hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death." James i. 15. THIS little Selection of the inte- Fourteenth Report of the British and resting Anecdotes of his late Re- Foreign School Society to the Gevered Majesty, was made for the neral Meeting, May 15, 1819. use of our Sunday Schools; and is THE instruction of the rising gewell adapted for that purpose. Weneration is a very sublime object. recommend it to those who conduct those useful establishments, for the purpose of impressing it upon the minds of children that religion was a principal feature in the character of the late king. A Brief Memoir of Mrs. Martha Tilly of Ringwood, Hants, who died February 27, 1820, aged 63 Years. By Thomas Tilly. Whittemore, pp. 64. Price is. WHO has not admired the delicate touches of affection which appear in Cowper's lines on the picture of his mother? The Author of this short account of his late excellent parent appears to have been influenced by similar feelings; and though there was nothing in the life of the good woman, whose memoirs It will, no doubt, change the face of the world. If, as Dr. Watts sug gests, the boys and girls of the present age are to be the men and women of the next-if, according to Mr. Locke, nine out of ten of all mankind are what they are by education-then the labours of this So ciety are incalculably important. Every friend of God and of man will rejoice to hear, "That it is established throughout France by authority of the government; that it is also established by law in the and highly patronized in various parts states of New York and Pennsylvania;' of Europe, viz. in Russia, Germany, Spain, and Italy-in the United States, in British America, in the East Indies, in Ceylon, and in Hayti, Antigua, Dominica, and other parts of the West Indies, making rapid progress, and ex tending its influence in all directions," Daily Bread; or Meditations, Practical and Experimental, for every | Day in the Year, by more than one hundred of the most eminent and popular Ministers of the last half Century, &c. T. Williams, Editor. Pp. 610. Simpkin and Marshall. 8s. 6d. 66 THIS book is what its title states it to be; and such a declaration is no mean praise. The names of Cecil, Pearce, Faller, Jay, Mason, Ryland, and others, whose sermons are here given, are a sufficient proof that they are suitable for family and closet reading. We have heard of a lady who when asked her opinion of a Volume of sermons replied, They are very pretty, but they are not fit to read on a Sunday!" We can assure our Readers that the sermons which compose this "Daily Bread," may be read with advantage on any day, and every day. We agréé too with the Editor in his preface, that the publication " may be particularly useful to ministers and students, who will find examples of all the methods of treating a text, recommended in the celebrated Treatise of M. Claude." Memoir of Wm. Green, who died, aged eleven Years and five Months, at Hadleigh, Suffolk. By John Hayter Cox. 2nd Edition. 3d. A boy who is eleven years old is capable of being very wicked, and therefore is capable of being very holy. But piety, and more especially eminent piety, is so rarely seen in childhood, that some appear to think it is impossible. The Early History of a Sailor, &c. written by Himself. 2nd Edition. THIS interesting work is designed chiefly for seamen and seaboys. The writer is entitled to very has made to render his book as usehigh commendation for the effort he ful as it is entertaining. The style is a little inflated at the commencement, but assumes an air of greater simplicity as we proceed. The sce and we anticipate for this little book nery of the ocean is well described, a widely extended circulation. We cordially recommend it to all our young readers, and especially to all those who have begun to feel an interest in the spiritual welfare of the long-neglected myriads of our countrymen who are destined to spend the greater part of their lives among the wonders of the deep. Sixth Annual Report of the Baptist IN this little tract we have another striking instance of the importance and value of ministerial instruction by catechism. Mr. Cox THE rapid progress of this Socie has written the memoir evidently ty, and the exertions it has made in with a strong and earnest desire to the short period of seven years, must be useful to those of tender age, fill every friend to Ireland with deand we think he will not be disap-light and astonishment, and will expointed. Many a child of Wm. Green's age may receive instruction, reproof, and comfort, from what is here recorded. cite feelings of the most lively gra- 22 An Essay on Unbelief; describing its Nature and Operations, and showing its baneful Influence in distressing awakened and renewed Souls. By the Rev. James Churchill. Second Edition, enlarged. 109 pages. Simpkin and Marshall, 1819. We regret that this Essay should have remained so long unnoticed; but we assure the worthy author it was not intentionally neglected. An Essay on Unbelief is well calculated to excite the attention of the truly serious, who feelingly deplore the pain ful remains of the still lurking evil. Indeed it seems from the writer's preface, that the frequent" complaints" of pious friends" against this very injurious principle," and their consequent enquiries "as to the evidence of it, its operations, causes, remedies, &c." led to the composition and publication of the work. It is divided into six chapters. The first of which contains "introductory observations." 2. "The nature and operations of unbelief particularly as leading to a rejection of the Gospel." 3. "On its causes." 4. "Its particular effects considered in reference to newly awakened souls, and real believers." 5. "Remedies, and cautions against it." 6. "Concluding address," first to unbelievers, lastly to believers. In each of these divisions are many serious and excellent remarks, although we confess we found much occasion for the following apology in the preface: "The reader will probably discern sometimes a thought before expressed somewhat in the same form, but which he trusts will be readily excused with other defects by a candid public, when he assures them that in general, not more than a page or two was written at the same time, and that occasionally weeks intervened before he could proceed, owing to his being much occupied in the various duties of his pastoral office." We think also the work would have been more interesting and useful if it had contained fewer subdivisions. castle, in the chapel built at Newcross, so near to his residence, especially as he was not only the principal contributor to the erection of this house of God, but the principal supporter of the preaching of the Gospel, and of the instruction of the rising generation within its walls. Mr. Purkis has taken his text from Luke ii. 29, 50. whence the following observations are deduced. 1. "That the death of a believer in Jesus is a departure from his state in this life to a better in the heavenly world." 2. "That the servant of Christ, having finished his master's work, though desirous to depart, is content to remain until dis missed in peace." 3. "That there are two things which, when enjoyed, powerfully tend to rejoice the heart of the heliever in the immediate prospect of his departure-viz. A clear view of salvation by Jesus Christ; and a lively expectamade known to the ends of the earth, tion that this glorious salvation will be and will be received by all mankind.”” Under each of these heads we have plain good sense, and scriptural doctrine communicated in a right spirit. The character of the departed saint, as it appears in this sermon, is bright and beautiful. May all who read it approve and imitate it! Education for the Christian Ministry.— A Sermon preached in the MeetingHouse, New Broad-street, London, June 23, 1819, at the Annual Assembly of the Ministers educated at Homerton Academy. By William Chaplin. THIS discourse is founded on 1 Tim. iv. 15. It is an appropriate and good performance, well calculated to evince the importance of learning and knowledge to a Christian minister, and to excite and sustain ardent zeal in the cause of God. At the same time the neces sity of religion in the heart of the minister of the sanctuary is fully maintained, and the superiority of gospel sentiment to all other information is clearly set forth. This sermon should be read by the enemies of academical institutions that they may be convinced, that like Saul before his conversion, they also in this instance, are contending in ignorance-we do not say in unbelief, but, certainly, in disregard of many facts and sentiments which observation, readThe Prospects of the Dying Christian; a Sermon, occasioned by the Death of Jo. It should be perused by the friends of ing, study, and scripture would supply. seph Hardcastle, Esq. By Isaac Purkis. such seminaries, that in supporting them Ir was natural enough that some one they may not relax in their wise and beshould improve the death of Mr. Hard-nevolent exertions. This little volume, however, may be most unhesitatingly recommended as containing very many excellent remarks expressed in a plain and neat style. Nothing is more conspicuous throughout than the writer's aim that his work should be useful. The Leper; or an attempt at the Moral | perform, is not able to give so much at- Tis. THIS is a very useful book; the style is pure and very perspicuous; a a spirit of humility and kindness pervades it; and its sentiments are pious. It abounds in pertinent, practical, generous, and holy remarks. Our author is a very skilful, moral, and religious extractor of good out of facts, and seems to have taken out of his stories all they contained capable of benefiting his readers. We think "The Leper" is the best part of this book; and while we commend it all for good tendency, we think the essay on the pleasures of religion too often informs us in a general way what religion will effect, rather than gives us the specific truths that will produce the good to which reference is made. This is an abounding fault in the productions of the present day. We have often heard preachers talk about religion and the gospel, informing us of much good they would do, without enough explaining their nature, or giving the principles that must produce these happy effects. We, however, would warmly recommend this work, especially to our younger friends, as entertaining and useful, as not containing an expression or opinion they should not see, but as replete with sentiments they should ever remember, and perpetually use. consolatory Address to Christians upon the Death of their believing Friends. By W. Hamilton, Minister of Strathblane. THE highest authority has informed as that pure religion and undefiled before God is this; to visit the fatherless and the widow in their affliction. And, not only the express command of the Lord, but the doctrines and promises of his word manifest it to be the duty of his ministers to bind up the broken hearted, and to comfort the servants of God. Many are the sorrows of man, and the afflictions of the righteous are not insignifi: cant nor few; but we never more need the kindly administered consolations of God, than when lover and friend are put far from us, and our acquaintance into darkness. The minister of the Gospel of peace, having in these times of unparalleled activity so many important duties to sires to do; and it is important that he should be able to recommend an appropriate, short, cheap, and well-written pamphlet, which, under the divine blessing, may supply his deficiency of serthe one now on our table as the best we vice. For this purpose we recommend have ever seen. Messiah. In Twenty-four Books. By Joseph Cottle. Part II, 234 pp. 12mo, Boards, 65, THE first part was in royal 8vo. and was sold for 21s. This part is divided into twenty-four books. The prominent personages, besides the Messiah, are Zacharias and Elizabeth, Joseph and Mary, Gamaliel and Nicodemus, Herod and the Wise men, Chuza, Simeon, John the Baptist, and Herodias and her daughter, This part begins with the vision of Zacharias, and ends with the commencement of our Lord's personal ministry, The work is hereby completed. 1 Memorial respecting the Diffusion of the Sacred Scriptures throughout the United Kingdom; particularly in the Celtic and Iberian Dialects. Edinburgh, 1819. THIS memorial was originally presented, and is here inscribed to the committee of the Edinburgh Bible Society, who, after perusing the manuscript, solicited of the author, Mr. Christopher Anderson one of their secretaries, its immediate publica tion, as the facts" (to use their words,) "Are such as should come before the eye of the public, and must be of service for some time to serve in regulating as well as increasing the zeal of those, who desire the general diffusion of the word of God throughout our native country," After refuting the pretences of that selfish feeling, which under the name of charity still limits its views and exertions to home, and would leave the moral wilderness at a distance wholly uncultivated, forgetful of the divine maxim, "There is that scattereth and yet increaseth," Mr. A. proceeds to enumerate all the editions of the Scriptures which have hitherto been published in the |