CONTENTS.

PREFACE

The Example of our Saviour a Guide and an Authority in

the Establishment of Charitable Institutions

On the Necessity of uniting Prayer with Performance for

the Success of Missions

11

The Duty of giving an immediate Diligence to the Business

of the Christian Life: an Address to the Inhabitants of

the Parish of Kilmany

69

The Influence of Parochial Associations for the Moral and

Spiritual Good of Mankind.

123

On the Consistency of the Legal and Voluntary Principles,

and the Joint Support which they might render to the

Cause both of Christian and Common Education

161

Considerations on the System of Parochial Schools in Scot-

land, and on the Advantage of establishing them in Large

Towns

On the Technical Nomenclature of Theology; being the

Substance of an Argument contributed to "The Christian

Instructor" in 1813

On the Efficacy of Missions, as conducted by the Moravians;

being the Substance of an Argument contributed to "The

Eclectic Review" in 1815

On the Style and Subjects of the Pulpit; being the Substance

of an Argument contributed to "The Christian Instructor"

in 1811

191

221

251

299

On the Difference between Spoken and Written Language;

being the Subject of an Argument contributed to "The

Eclectic Review" in 1816

Remarks on Cuvier's Theory of the Earth, in Extracts from

a Review of that Theory which was contributed to " The

Christian Instructor" in 1814

Speech delivered in the General Assembly of 1833, on a

Proposed Modification of the Law of Patronage

A Few Thoughts on the Abolition of Colonial Slavery

323

347

373

THE EXAMPLE OF OUR SAVIOUR

A GUIDE AND AN AUTHORITY

IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

PREFATORY NOTICE.

THE principle expounded in this Essay has been again adverted to in my work on Christian and Civic Economy published sixteen years ago, in my printed Evidence before the House of Commons in May 1830, and in my Political Economy published in 1832.