Edinburgh Review, great services of the, to the cause of peace, 338; a fine passage from the, on peace, 341;-importance of its embracing the cause of mis- sions, 361;-its early hostility and injury to missions, ib. 364; -its favourable notice of Tyer- man and Bennet, ib. Education, Lord Brougham's ideas
of, 136-138;-in Polynesia, 178; -chiefly promoted by missions,ib. Emigration indispensable to Eng- land, 427-429.
England, admirals of, 30:-Chris-
tians of, address to, on the effect of missions, 61;-ships of, sent for destruction, ib. ;-noble ef- forts of, against slavery, 67 ;- condition of, under the Normans, 77;-present state of the law in, 78;-her naval rejoicings, 91;- her chief glory the promotion of missions, 366; her war-debt and taxes, 423;-owes every thing to missions, 422 ;-her su- periority to all the continental nations, 423;-her colonial terri- tory, 424, 425.
England and America, fearful posi- tion of, 455, 456.
English, the, not a military peo- ple, 406.
Essays, the American Prize, 49. Experiment, a grand, in relation to missions, 456.
Faith of the gospel, what it is, and what it is not, 164;-apostolic view of it, ib. ;-hurtful distinc- tions, 166-duty of believing, ib. ;-error of Lord Brougham relative to, 167;-how Divine influence becomes necessary to, 168;-ground of man's obli- gation to believe the truth, ib.; -purifying influence of, 169;- source of good works, ib. Finau's threat of destruction to
such as become Christians, 72. Force not to be used to promote Christianity, 72.
Foster, Rev. John, opinions of, on the Classics, 264, 265;-"Es- says" of, 268;-appeal to, in behalf of the missionary charac- ter, 313;-his capabilities of ad- vancing the cause of missions, 334, 335.
Frederick the Great, character and wars of, 376, 377.
Genius defined, 242. Gillespie, the Rev. Dr., 231;-pre- face to Atticus applied to, 232; -claims of missions on char- tered colleges, submitted to, 258. Glory, what constitutes, 245;- true, attains its utmost height only in the missionary character, 246.
God, the idea of, comprehends all others, 26; the knowledge of, the only true renovator of human nature, 137;-wherein the know- ledge of, consists, 159;-how the knowledge of, is diffused, 158;— the knowledge of, can be diffused only by missions, ib.;-the knowledge of, differs much from that of the mere philosopher, 160; things comprehended in the knowledge of, ib. Government, British, baffled in at-
tempts to civilize the Indians, 98. Government, blessings of, secured by the labours of missionaries, 69;-influence of missionaries upon, 70. Governments, all will be changed or improved, 125;-effects of righteous and pacific, 155. Gospel, Sir T. F. Buxton on the power of, 64;-case for the, now closed and waiting for judgment, 65; the restorer of lost happi- ness, ib.;-mission, the, 114;- the faith of, what, 164;-simpli- city of, 165;-what the, consists of, 160;-the, believed upon evi- dence, 164;-the, remedy for all evil, 172.
Grand experiment in relation to missions, 456.
Greatness, moral, the highest ele- vation of, attained in the mis- sionary character, 12;-entitled to first distinction, ib.;-moral and intellectual, compared, 200, 201;- popular errors respect- ing, 201;-magnanimity. 203;- instances of,in Alexander, Cæsar, Columbus, and Napoleon, 205;- intellectual and moral, not ne- cessarily connected, 241;-intel- lectual, defined, ib.;-intellec- tual, not an object of moral ap- probation or disapprobation, 242; -Cicero's description of, 243;- most fully exemplified in the missionary character, 244; - M'Combie's definition, ib.; - Divine influence necessary to,
246;-Christianity imparts to its receivers the elements of, 247;— Tyrian Hercules an example of, ib. ;-Minos, Lycurgus, and Solon examples of, 248;- Pe- ricles distinguished for, 249;- Socrates the most remarkable heathen example, ib. ;-illustra- tions of, among Old Testament worthies, 269-286;-illustra- tion of, in John Baptist and the apostles, 286-289;-in Paul, ib. Greatness, military, what, 353. Greek poets, characters of the, 254 -256.
Greek prose writers, characters of the, 251-256.
Ground of battle in Polynesia, 57.
Hesiod, qualities of, as a poet, 84; -preferred to Homer, ib;-his view of man, 85.
Holy Spirit, influence of, not a matter of debt, 168. Hope of the future depends on missions, 331.
Howard, Burke's eulogium on, 116;-not to be compared with the missionary, 117. Human Nature, a description of, by Juvenal, 86.
Idolatry, a crime and a calamity, 15;-its horrors described 16;- eternal consequences of, 17 ;— renounced at three islands, 27. Idols, interesting exhibition of, 19; -burdens of rejected, brought to Williams, 25. Infanticide, 89.
Infidelity, spirit of the age opposed to, 65.
Intellect, the great academic idol,
232;-of European worship, 314. Intellectual power, without moral worth, a picture of, 237. Islands, three, renounce idolatry, 27.
James I., speech of, to his parlia- ment, 77;-his definition of se- dition, ib.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, character
and writings of, 319-321. Jones, Peter, on Indian civiliza- tion, 97.
Jnrists and Economists, works
and merits of, compared with those of Christian missionaries, 322, 323.
Jury, trial by, 71. Justification, distinction between, and pardon, 169; - distinction between, and sanctification, ib. ; -by faith, ib. Justification by faith, aversion to the doctrine of, 170;-errors of philosophers concerning the doc- trine of, 171.
Juvenal's description of human nature, 86.
Kings "nursing fathers," what is meant by, 76;-almost all bad, 133.
King of Babylon, sublime invec- tive against, 128, 129. Kingdom of Christ, happiness of the, 134;-how to be established, 135. Knowledge, the sphere of human,
enlarged by missions, 173;-the proper objects of, God and his works, 137;-saving, the Divine character, not nature, the object of, ib. ;-merely secular, cannot renovate the world, 415. Kremlin, conflagration of the, 24.
Labour, manual, of the Rev. John Williams, in the arts, 99. Law, international, established in Polynesia, 73.
Laws change with the character of subjects, 69;-a code of, prepared by Williams, 71; -moulded by Christianity, 73.
Laymen, importance of their advo- cacy to missions, 93. Leonidas, character of, 248. Liberty, civil and religious, but imperfectly enjoyed in Europe, 331;-piety the sure and only source of, 332.
Literary men, errors of, in relation to faith, 168.
Literary and philosophic character, men ambitious of the, 314;- unduly exalted, ib.;-illustra- tions of the, 315-325.
Macaulay, Right Hon. T. B., merits of, as a writer, 336;-his l'terary bias, ib. ;-his high re-
sponsibility, ib.;-eminent capa- city to serve the cause of mis- sions, 360, 361;-urged to con- secrate his talents and genius to it, 367. Mackintosh, Sir James, deathbed of, 185-187;-his remarkable sayings and confession of faith in Jesus Christ, 187;-his vast powers and attainments, 188;- his dying scene presents a great lesson to men of letters, ib.;- inaugural oration at Glasgow, 189; his writings, 190; his great capacities wasted, ib.;- might have rendered immense service to the cause of letters, humanity, and religion, ib. Magistrate, power of the, in mat- ters of religion, 72.
Makea's remarks on war, 58;-on the effects of Christianity, 59. Malietoa, noble assurance of, to Williams, 75.
Man, the sole means of renovating the character of, 156;-Paul's description of, 157.
Manua, the Africa of Polynesia, 74.
Matetau, the gigantic stature of,
70; his offer to coerce his sub- jects to become Christians, ib. Mauke, lamentation of the chief of, on war, 60.
Me, affecting history of, 44-46. Mental philosophers, merits and claims of, 322.
Messiah, pacific representations
of the, by the prophets, 122, 123; -manner of his coming to the kingdom, 123;-his extinction of war, 124;-happiness of his reign, 125.
Military genius, object and merit of, 346;-greatness, what, 353. Military and moral greatness com- pared, 353.
Military and missionary conquests compared, 408.
Mission colleges, necessity of, and stations for, 457-460. Missions, Christian, importance
of cultivating right feelings con- cerning, 5;-how the spirit of, is to be cultivated, 8;-wonderful effects of, 18;-effects of, in the West Indies and in Africa, 79;- opinion of Douglas on the me- thod of conducting, 82, 83;- entitled to universal encourage- ment and support, -172;-their claims on the ground of educa- tion; 180;-happiness of pro-
moting, 334;-all things ready for the prosecution of the enter- prise, 358;-becoming a national object, 366;-literature more friendly to, ib.;-require more centres, 429;-will receive more centres from efficient coloniza- tion, 422;-state of the field of, fifty years ago, 434-436;-cause of, advanced in the public mind, 436-440;-advance of in foreign lands, 440-444;-present em- barrassments of, 444-447;- afflictive state of the, in Ame- rica, 447-450.
Missionary, the Christian, des- cribed by Lord Brougham, 110; -his great sacrifices, 208, 209;- his merits on literary grounds, 258; his claims to academic honours, 259;-the prime agent in civilization, 358;-the only real civilizer, 400;-his noble character and exalted views,
Missionary character, comparative claims of the, 12;-not duly ap- preciated, 92;-surpassing ex- cellence of the, 358;-Missionary and philosophical character com- pared, 328-330;-this world's great men hardly admit of com- parison with, 418;-perpetuity of its fame, 80. Missionary enterprise, Williams's estimate of the, 9;-worthy the son of a British peer, 11;-all things ready for, 358. Missionary meeting in Polynesia, speeches at a, 39-41. Missionary publications, 172, 173. Missionary societies, encourage- ment of, 461, 462.
Missionary spirit, power of the, 7;-awakened in Britain and America, 437, 438.
Moffat, Rev. Robert, wonderful career of, 420, 421. Monster, a human, 89.
Moral influence, the creation and power of, 307-309.
Moral power, the price of, 135. Morality, a leading object of gospel doctrine, 170;-its superiority to that of philosophy, 171. Moscow, Napoleon's march to, 22. Mourning an example of, in Poly- nesia, 91.
Napoleon stills the civil commo- tions of France, 225;-his march
to Moscow, 22;-compared with Williams, 355-357;-his letter to King George, 356;-wanted true moral greatness, 357;-his opinion of war, ib.;-his code, 358;-merits as a legislator, ib.; -character, genius, power, and military crimes, 378, 379;-bane- ful effect of his wars, 380;- grounds for denouncing him, ib.;-his generals in the Penin- sula, 387.
New Hampshire, memorial from the ministers of, 453. Nobles of England, pursuits be- coming the, 180;-folly and pro- digality of some of the, 181. Numa's remarkable character, 151;-happy reign, 152;-death, 153;-reign an experiment on human nature, 153–156.
Peace flowing from the gospel, 124. Peace societies, 48.
Peace, illustration of the doctrine
of, from Williams, 50;-prize essay on, 48;-speech on, by Tamatoa, 54-56; nations begin to study, 337;-best time for propagating the doctrine, 339; -national debt, a help to the study of, 339, 340;-fine passage from the Edinburgh Review on, 341.
Peel, Sir Robert, noble passage from, on peace, 338.
Pericles, character of, 249;-com- pared with Chatham, ib. Philanthropist, encouragements to the, 332.
Philanthropy, Cicero on, 206;- heathen and philosophic, com- pared with that of the mission- ary, 207;-greatness of mission- ary, 208.
Philip, Dr., lasting honour of, 79.
Philosophy offers no relief but from the tomb, 417. Philosophic and missionary cha- racter compared, 328-330. Philosophers, address to, 87 ;- works, merits, and defects of, 322-324.
Pilgrim Fathers, the, arriving in America, 424.
Pitt, Mr., Lord Brougham's invec- tive against, 134.
Planters, West Indian, views held by the, on missions and educa- tion, 176.
Plutarch's views of Numa, 150. Police and crime, cost of, 428. Polygamy, abolition of, at Raro- tonga, 96.
Polynesia, idolatry of, 15;-picture of, under the gospel, 421, 422. Poor, the aspect which the Bible bears towards, 127. Popery, mighty efforts of, to spread its principles, 455, 456. Praise, Malebranche,
Leibnitz, Condillac, &c., objects of gene- ral, 322.
Press, conductors of the, address to, 33; their high position, ib.;-their duties, 34.
Price of moral power, 135. Property, rights of, established by Christianity, 74.
Public opinion, why changeful, 132.
Qualities of Hesiod as a poet, 84. Quarterly Review, excellent ser- vice done by the, to the cause of missions, 366.
Queen of Otaheite, council of the, relative to legislation, 73.
Rarotonga, discovery of, 30;-ex- traordinary wickedness of the natives, 31;-idols abandoned, 32;-affecting departure of Wil- liams from, 90, 91.
Reader, address to the, 32. Religion, state of, in the days of Numa, 155.
Revelation, Pascal's requirements of, 141.
Righteous, the character but little known, 132.
Roman prose writers, character of
Roman poets, character of the, 255, 256.
Roma-tane, remarkable conver-
sion of, 25;-his exhortations to destroy the temples of idolatry,
Samoan chief's description of his countrymen, 57.
Schoolmasters, Lord Brougham's eulogium on, 117.
Schools, Sunday, superintendents of, 36.
Science, not the object of the stu-
dents of, to make men happy, 78; dreary condition of a man seeking God by the lights of science, 146.
Scripture, antiquity and peculiar- ity of, 144.
Ships of England sent for destruc- tion, 61.
Simpleton, picture of a, 235. Sinner, the convinced, perplexity of, 147, 148.
Slavery, African, its present state, 66; its cost to England, 67 ;- has baffled England, ib.;-Chris- tianity alone can crush it, 68;- its alliance to murder, 74;- guilt of American, ib. ;-bearing of missionary enterprise upon, 173;-Guizot, opinion of, 174;- destroyed in Europe by Chris- tianity, 175;-abolition of, in the West Indies mainly promoted by missionaries, 176. Society for civilizing Africa, testi- mony of the, to the power of Christianity, 64; - important auxiliary to Christianity, ib. Society, progress of, in Polynesia,
Societies, peace, 48.
Societies, royal, geographical, &c.,
&c., not for a moment to be com- pared with Missionary, 173. Socrates, character of, 249;-his extraordinary eminence, 250. Solomon, address to, by David, 145;-wisdom of, 146;-surpass- ing greatness of, ib.;-directions of, how to find the knowledge of God, 149;-results of his enlight- ened reign, 149, 150.
Sons fighting with their fathers, 87.
South Sea, isles of the, human nature may be advantageously contemplated in the, 15;-arts, vegetables, and animals intro- duced by the missionaries, 99. Speech, a remarkable, 29. Speeches of natives, 39-41. Speeches of Tuahine, 20, 29.
War, impolicy and madness of, 341;-laudable spirit of M. Gui- zot, ib.;-influence of poetry in upholding war, 344, 345;-im- provers of war, 347;-science and practice of war not distin- guishable, ib.;-spirit of, en- tirely unchristian, 348;-a foul crime, ib.;-its awful conse- quences, 350-352; Buona- parte's opinion of, 357;-Web- ster on, 358;-national debt on account of, 380;-Wellington's opinion, 405;-all the nations of
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