A

Academic honours due to mission-
aries, 286.

Achilles, Mr. Foster's opinion of,
383.

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Addison's character and writings,
354, 355; - his comparison of
military and moral greatness, 394.
Address to Christians of England on
the effect of missions, 67 ;-to
voyagers, 68;-to the young men
of England, 84.

Address to the American Board, on

slave contribution, 515, 516.
Admirals of England compared with
Williams, 33.

Advocates of peace, 390.

Aitutaki, effects of the gospel at, 23.
Africa, Sir T. F. Buxton's work on
the slave trade of, 72;-effect of
missions in, 88;-missions alone
can rectify the disorders of its con-
dition, 371; anticipated state,
ib.

Army, British, depravity of, 439
composed of the bad only, 452 ;-
feel nothing but corporal punish-
ment, 453;-Portuguese, 439;—
Spanish, 440;-French, 451.
Asia, no hope for, but in missions,
372.

Aunra, wonderful history of, 20.

B

Bacon, Lord, powers and achieve-
ments of, 351–353.
Battle-field considered in relation to
the world of spirits, 392.
Battles, method of counting at Ma-
nono, 57.

Battle-ground in the South Seas, 63.
Bayle, character of, 353.

Bible, its condemnation of war, 135.
Bishop of Chester's view of Wil-
liams's "Enterprises," 401.
Bolingbroke's genius and ambition,
226.

British teachers, great influence of,

2;-may oppose the spirit of war,
and foster that of missions, 3.
Brougham, Right Hon. Lord, his
character a subject of interest,
114;- - attempts to delineate it,
115;-his position, 116;-in ad-
vance of his age, 117;-has much
to hope from posterity, 118;-re-
flections on his religious charac-
ter, 119;-speeches for the mis-
sionary Smith, 120; greatness of
the occasion, ib. ;-his description
of the missionary character, 122;-
correction of his Lordship's view,

123;-dedication to Earl Spencer,
124; wrong views of the gospel
mission, 125, 126;-account of
the gospel mission, 126, 127;-
eulogium on the schoolmaster,
130;-was early filled with a sense
of the glory of peace and of civil-
ization, ib.;-invective against
wars, 132;-his "Colonial Policy,"
133, 134;- his resemblance to
Cicero, 134; anti-scriptural cha-
racter of his Lordship's views,
150;-observations on education,
151; erroneous ideas of, 152, 153;
-aversion to evangelical doctrine,
154;-

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—inaugural oration at Glas-
gow, ib.; mistakes concerning the
nature of faith, 155;-deistical
character of his Lordship's views,
156; errors relative to faith and
unbelief, 184, 185; - "Great
Truth," ib. ;-his letter to Mr.
Williams, 191;-why urged to
support missions, 192; great
senatorial promoter of education,
197;-defective view of educa-
tion, 198; urged to espouse the
cause of missions, 201;-will be
in good company, 202;-entitled
to repose, ib. ;-reminded of the
folly of this world's great men,
203;-is pointed to the example
of his predecessors, 212;-em-
ployments suggested, 213.
Burke's opinion of the power of
Christianity, 107.

Buteve, extraordinary character of,
40; his dialogue with Williams,

Chalmers, Dr., fine apostrophe by,

89.

Charles XII., death of, 249 ;-his
character and wars, 417, 418.
Character of the age, the leading,
the missionary, 479.

Chatham, Lord, compared with Pe-
ricles, 276.

Christ's person, character, and work,
179, 180.

Christians, the first and chief anta-
gonists of slavery, 192, 193.
Christianity, effects of, on Makea,
64, 65; testimony to, by the So-
ciety for civilizing Africa, 71;—
alone able to crush slavery, 75;—
grand support of civil govern-
ment, 76;-reveals the true cha-
racter of heathen institutions, ib. ;
-not to be promoted by force, 78;

progress in Polynesia arose not
from the aid of the civil power,
80;-despotism incompatible with,
88;-how it operates, 106;-grand
civilizer of man, 107;-Burke's
testimony to, ib. ;-only remedy
for the distress of our world, 111;
-impotency of legislation and
morality,112;-unspeakable bless-
ings of, 113;-wonderful effects
on mankind during the apostolic
age, 333; become enfeebled
through the corruption of after
ages, ib.

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Churches of Great Britain, Ireland,

and America, address to the, 483.
Cicero's love of peace, and resem-
blance to Brougham, 134;—on
ambition, 226;-on philanthropy,
229; his preface to Atticus, 257;
-his description of moral great-
ness, 270;-his definition of true
glory, 272.

Civilization the result of missionary
labour, 107;-wonderful instance
of, 107, 108; - all friends of,
should support missions, 191;—
picture of its progress, 335-348;
ought to be the prime pursuit
of all nations, 399;-question of,
mainly a question of missions,
400;-Williams's " Enterprises'
demonstrate that the gospel is the
only instrument of civilization,
401.

Classic writers compared with the

66

Enterprises" of Williams, 284;
benefits of studying the, 289, 290;
utility of, to missionaries, 290;—
anti-Christian spirit of the, 291;-
views of Dr. Thomson and Mr.
Foster relative to, 293;-sug-
gestions for averting the evil of
the study of, 294-296.
Code of Laws framed by the Mis-
sionary for the Raiateans and
Rarotongans, 79.

Colonization will create new centres

for missionary enterprise, 478.
Contemner of missions, an address
to the, 51.

Cook, Captain, the death of, 249 ;-
compared with Williams, 250.
Co-operation, condition of, with
slaveholders, 506.
Cowper's excessive devotion to Ho-
mer, 292.

D

David's condemnation of war, 135.
Death-beds of great men, 204 ;-of
Curran, Sheridan, Fox, Erskine,
Burke, Johnson, ib. ;-of Sir J.
Mackintosh and Sir W. Scott, 206.
Debt, frightful progress of the na-
tional, 479, 480.

Discord, dreadful picture of, 465.
Douglas, James, of Cavers, works
and studies of, 90;-his profound
views in relation to missions, 91;
-his great capabilities of serving
the cause of missious, 103;-
urged to address the higher
classes, 104.

E

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East, Rev. T., life of, signalized by
two events, 215.
Edinburgh Review, great services of
the, to the cause of Peace, 376;—
a fine passage from the, on Peace,
379;-importance of its embrac-
ing the cause of missions, 402;—
its early hostility and injury to
missions, ib. 405;-its favourable
notice of Tyerman and Bennet,

464.

Education, Lord Brougham's ideas
of, 152, 153;—in Polynesia, 198;
-chiefly promoted by missions, ib.
Emigration indispensable to Eng-
land, 476-478.

England, Admirals of, 33;-Chris-
tians of, address to, on the effect
of missions, 67;-ships of, sent
for destruction, ib. ;-noble efforts
of, against slavery, 74;-condi-
tion of, under the Normans, 86;-
present state of law in, 87 ;-her
naval rejoicings, 101;-her chief
glory the promotion of missions,
408; her war-debt and taxes,
423;-owes every thing to mis-
sions, 471;—her superiority to all
the continental nations, 472;-
her colonial territory, 473, 474.
England and America, fearful posi-
tion of, 507, 508.

English, the, not a military people,

453.

Essays, the American Prize, 53.
Experiment, a grand, in relation to
missions, 509.

F

Faith of the gospel, what it is, and
what it is not, 182;-apostolic
view of it, ib. ;-hurtful distinc-
tions, 183;-duty of believing,
184;-error of Lord Brougham
relative to, ib. ;-how Divine in-
fluence becomes necessary to, 186;
-ground of man's obligation to
believe the truth, ib. ;-purifying
influence of, 188;-source of good
works, 189.

Finau's threat of destruction to such
as become Christians, 80.
Force not to be used to promote
Christianity, 78.

Foster, Rev. John, opinions of, on
the Classics, 293, 294; 66
'Essays"
of, 298;-appeal to, in behalf of
the missionary character, 349 ;-
his capabilities of advancing the
cause of missions, 372, 373.
Frederick the Great, character and
wars of, 419, 420.

G

Genius defined, 268.
Gillespie, the Rev. Dr., 256;-pre-
face to Atticus applied to, 257 ;-
claims of missions on chartered
colleges, submitted to, 286.
Glory, what constitutes, 272;-true,
attains its utmost height only in
the missionary character, ib.
God, the idea of, comprehends all
others, 28;-the knowledge of,
the only true renovator of human
nature, 152;-wherein the know-
ledge of, consists, 174;-how the
knowledge of, is diffused, 175;
-the knowledge of, can be dif-
fused only by missions, ib. ;-the
knowledge of, differs much from
that of the mere philosopher, 176,
177;-things comprehended in
the knowledge of, ib.
Government, British, baffled in at-

tempts to civilize the Indians, 109
Government, blessings of, secured
by the labours of missionaries,
76; influence of missionaries
upon, 77.

Governments, all will be changed or
improved, 139, 140;-effects of
righteous and pacific, 171.
Gospel, Sir T. F. Buxton on the
power of, 70;-case for the, now
closed and waiting for judgment,
73; the restorer of lost happi-
ness, ib. ;-mission, the, 127;—
the faith of, what, 181;--simpli-
city of the, 183;-what the, con-
sists of, ib. ;-the, believed upon
evidence, 186;-the, remedy for
all evil, 191.

Grand experiment in relation to
missions, 509.
Greatness, moral, the highest ele-
vation of, attained in the mis-
sionary character, 13;-entitled
to first distinction, ib.;—moral
and intellectual, compared, 223,
224;-popular errors respecting,
224;-magnanimity, 225; -in-
stances of, in Alexander, Cæsar,
Columbus, and Napoleon, 227 ;-
intellectual and moral, not neces-
sarily connected, 268;-intellec-
tual, defined, ib.;-intellectual, not
an object of moral approbation

or disapprobation, 269 ;-Cicero s
description of, 270;-most fully
exemplified in the missionary cha-
racter, 271;-M'Combie's defini-
tion, ib. ;-Divine Influence ne-
cessary to, 273;-Christianity im-
parts to its receivers the elements
of, 274;-Tyrian Hercules an ex-
ample of, ib. ;-Minos, Lycurgus,
and Solon, examples of, 276;-
Pericles distinguished for, ib.;—
Socrates the most remarkable hea-
then example, 277;-illustrations
of, among Old Testament wor-
thies, 299-318;-illustration of,
in John Baptist and the Apostles,
318-320;-in Paul, 321.
Greatness, military, what, 393.
Greek poets, characters of the, 282,
283.

Greek prose writers, characters of
the, 279-282.

Ground of battle in Polynesia, 63.

H

Hesiod, qualities of, as a poet, 93;-
preferred to Homer, ib. ;—his view
of man, 94.

Holy Spirit, influence of, not a mat-
ter of debt, 186

Hope of the future depends on mis-
sions, 368.

Howard, Burke's eulogium on, 129;

-not to be compared with the
missionary, ib.

Human Nature, a description of, by
Juvenal, 96.

I

Idolatry, a crime and a calamity,
16;-its horrors described, 17;-
eternal consequences of, 18;-re-
nounced at three islands, 30.
Idols, interesting exhibition of, 21—
31;-burdens of rejected, brought
to Williams, 27.
Infanticide, 99.

Infidelity, spirit of the age opposed
to, 72.

Intellect, the great academic idol,
257;-of European worship, 350.