well befits one who is truly in earnest in the discharge of his ministerial duties. Mr. Rogers is at home on the ocean, as well as on the land. There is remarkable point, fitness and pathos whenever he touches on the interests of those who go down to the sea in ships. Jesus the Great Missionary: A Sermon, delivered in Bowdoin Street MeetingHouse, Boston, Nov. 13, 1839, at the Ordination of Mr. Samuel Wolcott as a Foreign Missionary. By the Rev. Edward N. Kirk. Boston: Perkins & Marvin. 1839. pp. 32. Mr. Kirk's text is Luke xix. 10:-" For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." The meaning of the term "lost" is examined in the light of the views which Jesus entertained of men, and by his conduct towards them. He regarded man as a depraved and apostate spirit. He looked upon him, also, as a condemned criminal. His views of the human race are most impressively exhibited in his treatment of them. He left the glory which he had with the Father, for their salvation. He died for man. In dying, he showed his conviction of our spiritual state. We were all dead, and he died for the dead. These thoughts are expanded and illustrated with great force and fervency, and, we may add, with no little originality. The Sermon is characterised, more than any discourse which we have read for a long period, by earnestness, unction, close and solemn appeal. It is an impassioned, yet well reasoned exhibition of the lost condition of man, and of the only possible remedy which can reach his case. Delivered in Mr. Kirk's eloquent manner, it must have produced a deep impression. The tender and fraternal right hand of fellowship by the Rev. A. W. M'Clure of Malden, a kinsman of Mr. Wolcott, is subjoined to the Sermon. An Address, delivered before the New England Society, in the City of New York, December 23, 1839. By Robert C. Winthrop. Boston: Perkins & Marvin. 1840. pp. 60. The author of this Address is a lineal descendant of John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts Bay. Well has he vindicated his title. In a true light, has he set forth the deeds of his honored and sainted ancestors, and their heroic contemporaries. The great merit of the Address, which has been justly and enthusiastically commended by all who heard or who have read it, consists in giving fresh life and new interest to a theme pourtrayed (and exhausted as it would seem) by ten thousand orators. The landing of the pilgrims has called out the Otises, the Quincys, the Spragues, the Everetts, the Websters of two hundred years. Yet Mr. Winthrop has not gone on a beaten track. He selected his own point of departure, and he has returned with a well assorted and golden freight. We were much gratified in observing that the author is familiarly acquainted with the Scriptures. The apt and beautiful phrases of inspiration are frequently and skilfully interwoven into the narrative. Mr. Winthrop, also, vindicates, fearlessly, the religious motives by which the pilgrims were influenced, and the special providence of Him who watched over them with compassionate care. Memoir of Joseph Stone, Esq.; with selections from his Original Poetry and Music. Bangor: Samuel S. Smith, Printer. 1838. pp. 88. This Memoir of Mr. Stone, prepared, as we understand, by Prof. Pond, though brief, is interesting and judicious. It illustrates how persons of an independent turn of mind are sometimes led astray to embrace erroneous and infidel sentiments; and yet, if children of the covenant, how they are, at length, recovered, gathered into the fold, and employed to do good. It illustrates, also, the sovereignty of divine grace in the conversion of sinners, and that the Holy Spirit, in his work of renewing and sanctifying the soul, is confined to no certain form or manner of operation, but worketh as he will, however unaccountable to us and beyond our knowledge may be his working, and however unlike it may be in one case from what it is in another. Connected with the notice of Mr. Stone's example in the disposition of his property, the Memoir contains some just and valuable remarks on the evil of hoarding up riches to be left to heirs, and the advantage which parents would secure in giving their children early to understand that, beyond what may be necessary for their education and such assistance as may help them fairly to commence in life, they need not expect any thing from their estates, but rather that these will be appropriated to purposes of general benevolence.-Mr. Stone was a son of pious parents, who in his infancy consecrated him to God in baptism. In subsequent life, he was for many years an unbeliever and a despiser; but he was at length strangely softened and brought into a believing state of mind; and, having once embraced Christianity, he lived the rest of his life in the firm belief of its doctrines and practice of its duties. He gave the principal part of his property to charitable and benevolent objects—a part of it, with most of his library, which was valuable, to the Theological Seminary, Bangor.-Mr. Stone seems to have been very fond of poetry and music, several manuscript volumes of which he left with his library to the Bangor Seminary. From these the selections were taken. The specimens given are plain and simple, but pious and devotional; and considered as the production of a man of only common education, they are remarkable, and worthy of being preserved. Memoirs of the Rev. Samuel Munson and the Rev. Henry Lyman, late Missionaries in the Indian Archipelago; with the Journal of their Exploring Tour. By the Rev. William Thompson, Professor of Biblical Literature, Theological Institute, East Windsor, Ct. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1839. pp. 194. The tragical death of Messrs. Munson and Lyman, who were murdered by the Battas in Sumatra, June 28, 1834, is fresh in the recollection of the Christian community. A brief memorial of their character and labors, with some extracts from their journals and letters, is given by Prof. Thompson in the book before us. It will be read with interest by all the friends of missions, and by the relatives of these zealous and excellent young men, who thus early sealed their attachment to the missionary cause with their blood. Among the most interesting things in the volume is the account of the conversion of Mr. Lyman. We can vouch for the accuracy of this account, from personal knowledge of Mr. L. at the time referred to. The compiler appears to have performed his work faithfully and judiciously. Pebbles from Castalia. By Isaac F. Shepard. Boston: Whipple & Damrell. 1840. pp. 160. Some of the poems in this little volume had been previously published in our political and religious journals, and been favorably received. They indicate, we think, that the author possesses no inconsiderable amount of poetic talent, which, developed and trained by earnest and patient study, will bear rich fruits. We observe, with pleasure, that a religious spirit pervades many of the poems. The Third Report of the New British and Foreign Temperance Society, London. 1839. pp. 140. This document is prepared in an excellent spirit, and is crowded with valuable matter. The numerous facts and testimonials, which it embodies, show that the temperance reformation has taken a firm hold in every part of Great Britain. Scotland, which was among the foremost of all nations in the use of intoxicating drinks, has entered on the work of reform with characteristic zeal and firm resolution. DANIEL HENDRICK, Cong. ord. pastor, Dennis, Massachusetts, Dec. 18, 1839. JOHN C. PHILLIPS, Cong. inst. pastor, Methuen, Ms. Dec 25. WILLIAM H. KINSLEY, Unit. inst. pastor, Stow, Ms. Dec. 25. DANIEL HUNTINGTON, Cong. inst. pastor, North Bridge water, Ms. Jan. 1, 1840. CHARLES PACKARD, Cong. ord. pastor, Lancaster, Ms. Jan. 1 JAMES MEANS, Cong. ord. pastor, Concord, Ma. Jan. 8. JOHN M. MERRICK, Unit. inst. pastor, Walpole, Ma. Jan. 11. DAVID ANDREWS, JR. Cong. ord. pastor, Pepperell, Ms. Jan 29. WILLIAM W. THAYER, Cong. inst. pastor, South Hadley Canal, Ms. Feb. 4. SAMUEL C. CHANDLER, Bap. ord. pastor, Heath, Ms. Feb. 4. GEORGE W. UNDERWOOD, Cong. ord. pastor, Charlton, Ms. Feb. 12. WILLIAM HOWE, Bap. ord. Evang. Boston, Ms. Feb. 26. WILLIAM H. ADAMS, Cong. ord. pastor, Wellfleet, Ms. March. GEORGE B. ELLIS, Unit. ord. pastor, Charlestown, Ms. March 11. WILLIAM B. BOND, Cong. ord. pastor, Lee, Ms. March 18, DAVID M. BURDICK, Bap. ord. pastor, Scituate, Rhode Island, Jan. 9, 1810. BOHAN P. BYRAN, Bap. ord. pastor, Valley Falls, R. 1. Jan. 15. GEORGE H. WOODWARD, Cong. Inst. pastor, East Staf ford, Connecticut, Jan. 29, 1840. HIRAM BELL, Cong. ord. pastor, Marlboro', Ct. Feb. 19. SAMUEL T. CARPENTER, Epis. ord. priest, Hartford, Ct. March 18. Z. H. MANSFIELD, Epis. ord. priest, Hartford, Ct. March 18, JAMES N. GRANGER, Pres. ord. pastor, West Avon, New York, Dec. 10, 1839. JOHN F BLISS, Rap. ord. pastor, Henrietta, N. Y. Dec. 12. ADAMS W. PLATT, Pres. inst. pastor, Hector, N. Y. Dec. 18. SAMUEL W. BUSH, Cong. inst. pastor, Binghampton, N. Y. WILLIAM H. VAN DOREN, Ref. Dutch ord. pastor, Williamsburgh, N. Y. Jan. 29. ROBERT G. ARMSTRONG, Epis. ord. pastor, Montgomery, N. Y. Feb. 5. O. C. BEARDSLEY, Pres. inst. pastor, Silver Creek, N. Y. Feb. 11. ORLANDO HARRIMAN, Ref. Dutch inst. pastor, Hurley, N. Y. Feb. 11. LEMUEL POMEROY, Cong. ord. pastor, Smyrna, N. Y. Feb. 12. B. G. RILEY, Pres. Inst. pastor, Hartwick, N. Y. Feb. 26. SAMUEL SESSIONS, Pres. inst. pastor, Allen, N. Y. Feb. 26. LEMUEL DADY, Cong, inst. pastor, Volney, N. Y. Feb. 26. WAYNE GRIDLEY, Cong. Inst. pastor, Clinton, N. Y. Feb. 26. QUARTERLY LIST OF DEATHS OF CLERGYMEN. JONATHAN CATO, (colored) t. 70, Ref. Dutch, New Market, New Hampshire, Feb. 1840. ELISHA ANDREWS, æt. 71, Bap. Hinsdale, N. H. Feb. 3. AARON WOODWARD, L. 80, Cong. Wilbraham, Massa WILLIAM HARLOW, t. 63, Shaukimo, near Nantucket, AMASA DEWEY, Cong. Petersham, Ms. Jan. 5. -FRENCH, D. D. Meth, Norfolk, New York, Oct. 1839. WILLIAM STONE, t. 83, Pres. Sodus, N. Y. March 20. ISAAC M. FISHER, æt. 43, Ref. Dutch, Bedminster, New CHARLES DOBER, Ger. Ref. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Jan, Unitarian.......... 11 May. June... Total...... STATES. 19 Maine...... New Hampshire..... October.... November.. December.. GENERAL SUMMARY, Of Deaths, for the year ending April 1, 1840. New Jersey.. 14 Delaware... 26 Maryland........... 12 Virginia...... 13 North Carolina.. 13 Georgia.. 6 Alabama. 2 Louisiana.. 34 Tennessee Kentucky. 1 12 AGES. 134 Ohio... Average age......52 1-4 Illinois.... 4 Missouri... Florida Territory. 1 New Jersey.... Mississippi.. 3 Pennsylvania.. 1 Presbyterian...... 21 1 Virginia.......... 1 Episcopalian........................... 10 Not specified...... 8 South Carolina... 1 Baptist.. 27 DATES. F. W. Baptist.. 2 Total................... Sum of all the ages speci- Indiana................... fied.........1,079 Illinois... Average age... 56 3-4 Missouri.......... 27 Ohio........ 1 Methodist..... 27 Michigan........ 1 Dutch Reformed.. 5 1839, November.......... Lutheran... Missionary........... Unitarian.. Not specified...... Total......... DATES. STATES. Baptist..... Methodist... 5 1839. October......... 2 Dutch Ref....... New Hampshire.. Maine..... Vermont.......... Massachusetts.......... Rhode Island........... Total........................................... 27 Total.............................................. 27 New York............... 20 Total............ lg May.. 134 June.... THE LAW OF STEWARDSHIP IN THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAMMON. [By the Rev. JACOB ALLEN, of Sterling, Ct.] THE appearance of Christ on earth was a manifestation of Divine love to men. He came to save them; he preached to instruct them; and he instructed to make them wiser and better-to impart the knowledge of truth and duty, and to make them active in doing good. Among his lessons of piety and utility, he taught men the duty and the benefit of doing good with their property, or their earthly possessions. different occasions, and in various forms of language; as if he intended to He taught this important lesson on make it an essential feature of Christian character; as if he would have men examine this great law of stewardship, that they may understand and obey its requirements. But perhaps in no instance has he presented this more fully, than in his address to the disciples, when he said, "Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations." Here is the sum of the law in question; the fundamental principle, by which the stewardship of men, in respect to the unrighteous mammon, or their earthly possessions, is to be regulated. In the illustration and proof of this position, I proceed, I. To present the subject, which was then under consideration. Christ had stated in a parable, that a certain rich man had a steward, who stood accused of wasting his goods; and that he called the steward to an account, informing him that he must resign his stewardship. This involved him in immediate difficulty. labor, for a subsistence, and was ashamed to beg. But, as he must make some He thought he could not dig or provision for himself, he called his lord's debtors together for a settlement, and adopted the following expedient. On examination, the first debtor owed his lord an hundred measures of oil, which the steward reduced to fifty; or cancelled one-half of this large debt. The second owed an hundred measures of wheat, which he reduced to eighty; or cancelled one-fifth part of the debt. Probably he adopted the same course with others. For he made these debtors his friends. When his lord saw this, he commended, not the honesty, but the policy of the steward; that is, he admitted that he had done wisely for himself. Hence Christ said, "For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light." This unfaithful steward, notwithstanding his palpable dishonesty in principle, had employed so much art and cunning in the use of his lord's substance, that he had made to himself friends for the day of adversity. Having made this statement respecting the steward, Christ turned to his disciples and to all who heard him, and remarked: "I say unto you, make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations." Here, then, is the argument. As this steward had done, so they were to 52 VOL. XII. 4 |