has raged rather angrily. It is urged that this practice is a direct violation of the original contract of the Society with its members; is at variance with the injunctions of the word of God itself; and not only tends to maintain and vindicate the superstitions of some of the continental churches, but to bring the word of God into contempt. If this opinion should prevail, it would essentially curtail the foreign operations of the Society, as most nations, it is asserted, would refuse the Bible if unaccompanied by these books. But there seems no sufficient reason for tearing the peace of that noble Institution by the violence and abuse in language which seems to be used in the discussion. It would not be very edifying to quote examples of that to which we allude; we will however, copy an amusing piece of rhetoric, whether from old Lightfoot, or from Mr Gorham we do not know. What do the Papists, then, when they put and chop in the Apocrypha for canonical Scripture between Malachi and Matthew, Law and Gospel? What do they but make a wall between the Seraphims, that they cannot hear each other cry? What do they but make a step between the Cherubims that they cannot touch each other's wing? What do they but make a ditch between these grounds that they cannot reach each other's coasts?'

Slave Trade. The ship Minerva, of two hundred and seventy tons, had a passport from the Emperor of Brazil for six hundred and seventy five slaves, a little more than one third of a ton for each. A brig of three hundred and four tons had a license for seven hundred and sixty one slaves, and a schooner of one hundred and eight tons for two hundred and seventy slaves. Twenty five thousand slaves are annually shipped for Brazil alone. It appears from a secret correspondence of the slave dealers, that the commandants of certain places on the territories of the very powers, which have concluded treaties with England for putting down the slave trade, are devoted to that abominable cause, which their governments have formally forsworn.

Sierra Leone.-By the official returns in August, 1822, it appears that the population of Sierra Leone, consisted of 16,671 souls, of whom more than 11,000 were negroes, rescued by our cruisers from slavery. Perhaps so much happiness and unmingled good were never before produced by the employment of a naval force. Eleven thousand human beings had then been rescued from the horrors of the middle passage, (horrors be it remembered, which have been aggravated by the abolition of the slavetrade; such is the remorseless villany of those who still carry on that infamous traffic,) though the mortality among them, when

they are first landed, arising from their treatment on board the slave ships, has been dreadful. They are settled in villages under the superintendance of missionaries or schoolmasters, sent out from this country, and of native teachers and assistants, whom the settlement now begins to supply. The effect of this training has been such, that though, when the population of the colony was only four thousand, there had been forty cases on the calendar for trial; ten years after, when the population was sixteen thousand, there were only six; and not a single case from any of the villages under the management of a missionary or schoolmaster. It is affirmed that the authority of the word of God, in connexion with Christian discipline, supercedes among them almost all necessity for human laws. 'Most of those with whom I live,' says a missionary, (whose life has since been sacrificed in this good cause,) 'I have seen brought from the holds of slaveships. I have seen them rise from the chains of the slave dealers, to become industrious men and women, pious Christians, affectionate husbands and wives, tender fathers and mothers, and peaceful neighbours. Considering these things, I have always thought myself among the happiest of men, in serving, in this way, our Lord Jesus Christ.'

Theological School. The directors of the Theological School at Cambridge, have provided for the establishment of Scholarships in that Institution, and published the following resolutions.

1. Any person who may give a sum not less than two thousand five hundred dollars, for the support of a student in the Institution, shall be considered as founding a Scholarship, and may nominate to the Directors from time to time, as vacancies shall occur, a person to whose support the income of said Scholarship shall be appropriated. The Scholarship in all cases shall bear the name of the founder, or such other name as he may direct. And in case any parish or association of persons shall found a Scholarship, said parish or association of persons may, in like manner, give a name to said Scholarship, and nominate a person to be supported on the foundation.

2. Any person or association of persons, who may subscribe and pay annually not less than one hundred and thirty dollars for the support of a student at the Theological Institution, may nominate to the Directors a person, to whose support said subscription shall be set apart.

If the income of any Scholarship, or the sum subscribed and paid annually, be more than sufficient for the support of a student in the Institution, the surplus shall be appropriated to the purchase of books, to be given as premiums to the most deserving students, at the discretion of the Directors.

At the annual meeting of the Society for the promotion of Theological Education, the Hon. Richard Sullivan was chosen President, (Mr Pickman having declined,) Rev. James Walker, Secretary, and Mr Samuel A. Elliot, Treasurer.

The friends of the Institution have readily and liberally subscribed toward the erection of the contemplated building, to the amount of about sixteen thousand dollars. Further subscriptions are yet to made, and it is hoped that they will not fail of the full sum required. About ten thousand dollars are still needed to complete the building, which is in a good state of forwardness, and will be open for the accommodation of students another season. The Trustees have appropriated two thousand dollars toward an immediate supply of books, and the erection of a Theological Library. The prospects of the Institution are at this moment flourishing, the call for its preachers increasing, and nothing seems to be needed to insure its continued prosperity, under the blessing of heaven, but the devotion and liberality of its friends. May they feel it a duty to remember it in their prayers, and cherish its interests by every means in their power.

Evangelical Missionary Society. The semi-annual meeting was held at Dorchester, third parish, on the 2d of November. A Sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr Field of Weston, and a collection taken in aid of the funds. We publish a list of collections made during the last twelve months.

Street for 1824

48 00

Evangelical Treasury of 2nd Church in Boston
Princeton Auxiliary Evangelical Missionary Soci-

ety by Rev. S. Clarke

April. North Andover, by Rev. Bailey Loring

May. By Rev. J. White, of Dedham, contribution

Contributed at the Annual Meeting

Ladies of the North Church in Salem

50 00

15.00

25 00

8 50

97 26

50 00

May.
June.

Aug.

Female Aux. E. M. S. of 1st Church in Salem
Princeton Female Benevolent Society, by Rev. S.

Clarke

From the West Church in Boston, by Rev. Dr
Lowell

38 00

16 34

94.00

Sept. Ladies of 2d Church in Springfield, by Rev. Mr

66

Peabody

30 00

Subscriptions for 1825 from the New South Church 90 20
Subscriptions for 1825 from the Church in Fed.

Street

122 00

Evangelical Treasury of Second Church, Boston 100 00
Collection at Semi-Annual Meeting

General Subscriptions

56 12

28 33

List of New Publications.

A Sermon on the Introduction to the Gospel of St John. By Samuel Gilman. Published by the Charleston Unitarian Tract Society. pp. 16.

This discourse consists of a very clear statement of several of the modes in which this passage has been interpreted, and a defence of that interpretation, which the writer adopts. This is followed by inferences and practical application, which are drawn up with great point and vivacity, and in a most admirable spirit of seriousness and charity. The temper and tone of the whole are deserving all praise. If Unitarians would always write so, they would bring back the days of Tillotson's eulogium upon them.

A Discourse delivered before the Society for the Promotion of Christian Education in Harvard University, at its annual Meeting in the Church in Federal Street, Boston, on the Evening of the 28th August, 1825. By John Brazer, Pastor of the North

Church in Salem.

This is a plain, manly, convincing exhibition of the duty of Christians to disseminate what they believe to be the truths of the Gospel. It ought to be read and pondered. The perusal would gratify as well as instruct. The passage in which the Theological School at Cambridge is alluded to, presents its character and claims in a light in which we wish all might see and reflect upon it.

This institution has a peculiar and distinctive claim upon our encouragement, which, as it seems to me, has not received the attention it deserves. It is an institution where not only the mind is to be aided by faithful and enlightened instruction, but it is one where the mind both of teacher and pupil is left free to follow out its own conclusions, untrammelled by any creeds of men's device. I would make no unfriendly allusion to those schools which are fenced round with these restrictions; for they have doubtless been resorted to as necessary aids in the preservation and advancement of what was believed to be the truth. But having a totally different opinion of these restrictions upon conscience,-believing that they proceed from a principle utterly erroneous in itself, and that they are unhappy in

their effects, we may rejoice in claiming for the institution, whose interests we advocate, a freedom from them. We ask not, then, your patronage for it because certain tenets of faith are inculcated therein, however much we may value these tenets. But we ask it because the mind is there left free to seek the truth in the full exercise of that ability, which God had vouchsafed to it, and in the only method in which it ever was made known, or ever will be made known, or ever can be made known,-namely, by unrestricted inquiry. My friends, it is time to feel as we ought the claims of an institution like this. The spirit of the age requires such a one, our free civil institutions, and those habits and manners which have been formed upon them, require such a one, the moral and religious condition of our community requires such a one, the mind of the country requires such a one,-above all, the interests of the Gospel of Jesus Christ require such a one. We value the privilege of free thought in everything else let us awake to its unspeakable importance in the concerns of religion.'

An Appeal to Liberal Christians for the Cause of Christianity in India. By a Member of the Society for obtaining Information respecting the State of Religion in India. Boston. Office of the Christian Register. 8vo. pp. 63.

This is a publication which has evidently grown out of the interesting situation of things in Calcutta, since the conversion of Mr Adam and the writings of Rammohun Roy. It is the work of one who obviously has felt much and inquired far; and has brought together from various sources, within the compass of these few pages, much information respecting the condition of India and the past labours of Christians there, which has not before been made so easily accessible. It consists of three parts; 1. A statement of the number and expenses of the Missionary Stations. 2. A View of the moral and religious state of the Hindoos. 3. Considerations to encourage liberal Christians to unite in a mission to India. We hope that it will be read by those to whom it is addressed; if it be, it cannot fail to impress them both from the interest of the facts, and from the fervent spirit which breathes from every page. The point to which the writer would bring them, may be read in the following sentence.

With Christians, who ask for facts to encourage them to exertion in this work, we here leave our appeal. There is, indeed, no ground for doubt, whether, by the means which are now in operation for that end, Christianity will ultimately be established in India. The only questions, Christian reader, which concern you on this subject, are, is it desirable, or is it not, that more just and rational views of our religion, than Calvinism has to offer, should be presented to the Hindoos?-And will you aid in the support of a mission to that country, upon enlarged and liberal principles, from which we may hope for the more speedy establishment, and the wider extension there of the uncorrupted truth, as it is in Jesus?'

Biblical Repertory. A Collection of Tracts in Biblical Literature. By Charles Hodge. Vol. I. No. 4. Princeton, N. J. D. A. Borrenstein.

This completes the first volume of a work, which has proved to be far less valuable than it might have been or ought to be. We hope for more important matter in future. We trust, also, that greater pains will be taken in the correction of the press, which is unpardonably negligent in the present number. We find within the compass of a few pages such errors as the following principle for principal, twice; ioformed for informed; indicate for indicates; Sammuel for Sammael; and many others. A book so handsomely printed should be correctly printed.

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