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The following errors, in the present number, escaped notice till too late for
correction in the press, viz.-

Page 565, line 6 from the bottom, for production, read productive.

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"619, line 7 from the top, for truisms, read tuisms.

Also the omission of accents in the Greek sentence on page 615.

In the number for June, page 169, for 1833, read 1834.

Page 296, line 22 from the top, for His plan, read This place.

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TO THE

SIXTH VOLUME

OF THE

QUARTERLY CHRISTIAN SPECTATOR.

ABOLITION of Slavery, 332: meaning of terms, 333-339.

Academy, U. S. Military,-Report of the Board of Visitors of the, 345: its re-
lations, military, academical, moral, and religious, 346-380: its design, mili-
tary, 348 standard of scholarship high, 353: deficient in moral and religious
instruction, state of morals, 358: infidelity prevalent in, 361: duties re-
specting it, 362.

Adaptation of the body to the intelligence, instincts and wants of the indi-
vidual, 58.

Africans, Mrs. Child's appeal in favor of the, 445.

American Temperance Society,-Seventh Report of the, 593.

Animals, Cuvier's distinction of from plants, 298: his classification of, 301:
vertebrated, its four classes, 304, 305: orders of mammalia described, 306:
Animal body, its functions, 299.

Anti-Slavery Society, their definition of slavery and emancipation, extracts, 333.
Apostles, not chosen for the distinctive and peculiar work of ordaining, 10:
but as original witnesses, 12.

Ardent Spirits,-traffic in, sinful and immoral,-ought to be a penal offense,
606, 607.

Barham, Lord,-his regard for the sabbath, 440.

Bell, Sir Charles,-his Bridgewater Treatise on the Hand, 54.

Benevolence,-circumstances favorable or unfavorable to, at the West, 516, 517.
Biblical use of the word Son, 156–159.

Brain,-dependence of the mind upon it for its exercise, 506: a congeries of or-
gans, 525-528: size of its organs the measure of its power,-in what sense true,
529: difficulties in determining its organs, objections, 536-541.

Burke, Edmund,-character and writings of, 226: a serious man, 227: had a
sacred regard for his opinions, 228: his lamentation on the loss of his son, ex-
tract, 229: his intellect, philosophical, reflecting rather than speculative, 234,
237 not an orator for the people, 238: social and domestic character, 243:
value of his writings, 244–247.

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Child, Mrs., Appeal in favor of the Africans, 445: unfair view of prejudices
against people of color exposed,446-450: statements respecting colonizationists
corrected, 451-456.

Christian ministry, power of holiness in the, 542.

religion, influence of, on poetry, 196-208.

Christians, excuses of, for neglecting the contemplation of eternity, etc. 77-80:
reasons of their remissness in this duty,-want of self-denial, of assurance of
hope, 80-83: mistaken views with regard to excited religious feeling, 139:
violations of the sabbath by, 588.

Church, instrumentality of the, in the conversion of the world, 559.

Claims of the West, 513-524

Combe, George and Andrew, works on phrenology, 497–501.
Colleges, needed at the West, 522, 523.

Coleridge, S. T.-bis character as a poet, philosopher, etc. 617-629: demands
of his readers, a voluntary production of consciousness, 618: philosophical
opinions not derived from Plato, or the English Platonists, but from Kant, etc.
619, 620 his distinction between reason and understanding considered, 621-
624: his views on inductive reasoning, 626: obscurity of his philosophical
writings, 627, 628.

Competency of reason, how limited, 260.

Conscience,-Dymond's view of its nature and authority, 412.

Cornelius, Rev. Elias,-memoir of, 308-331: his early life, and his conversion in
college, 312: Agent of the A. B. C. F. M. at the south, his success, 315: col-

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league with Dr. Worcester, 316: secretary of American Education Society,
intercourse with the beneficiaries, spirit and discharge of duty in this office,
316-319 secretary of Presbyterian Education Society, and corresponding
secretary of the A. B. C. F. M., 320: his character in social and domestic life,
321--323: as a public agent, 324, 325: intellectual, religious and pastoral char-
acter, 326-328.

Cuvier, Baron,-memoir of, 291: his early life and proficiency, 292-295: honors
conferred upon him, 296: his great work, The Animal Kingdom, described,
299-308: sensation and motion the grounds of his system, 300: his Fossil
Anatomy described, 458-460: Eulogy on Priestly, and extracts, 463, 464:
Lectures on the progress and history of the natural sciences, 466-470: bis
private history, loss of his daughter, his character in social life, etc. 470-474.
Cuyler, Rev. Dr.-his discourse on the death of Dr. G. R. Livingston, 187.
Depravity,--a state of the will itself, an inordinate love of self, 144.

Dick, Thomas, LL. D.-on the general improvement of society, 632: character
of his work, 638.

Divine Influence,--manly views of, 286.

Sovereignty and Election, 151-153.

Doctrinal Truths, of great practical importance, 141: the foundation of right af-
fections, the reasons of precepts, 142: influence of, on the intellectual pow-
ers, 143.

Drunkard, reason why his reformation is so difficult, 375.

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Dymond, his Essay on Morality, etc, 406 his views of expediency, 410: of
conscience, 412: on insolvency and bankruptcy, 415, 416: of slavery, 418: of
litigation, 421 of promises, etc. 422.

Education, academical,--moral science as a branch of, 561.

Efficacious prayer, 250: idea of objections answered, 253-256.

Efforts of religion upon the advancement of knowledge, 649-654.

Emancipation, Immediate,―meaning of, by Anti-Slavery Convention, extract,
334: by Rev. A. A. Phelps, 338: by Anti-Slavery Society in Lane Seminary,
336: Dymond's views of, 418.

Emigrants to the West,-character of those needed, 524: number of, who have
landed at Quebec, etc.,-effect on this country, 583.

Episcopacy tested by scripture, 1-36: origin and character of this tract, 1: outline
of Dr. Onderdonk's argument, 5-7: burden of proof lies on Episcopalians, 7:
their claims, 8, 9: the argument examined and refuted, 10-33.

Eternity Realized, 73-88: nature and importance of eternity and eternal things,
74-77: excuses of christians for neglecting them considered, 77-80: Reasons
of their remissness in this duty, 80-83.

Expediency, the doctrine of, Dymond's objection to, 410 may be a subordi-
nate rule, 411.

Fanaticism, 118-140: author's definition of, 121: the offspring of enthusiasm,
129 varieties, 131: rise and progress of the malign emotions in, 121–126.
Female Character,-to be formed by a union of cultivated intellect and taste
with fervent piety, 393.

Fossil Anatomy,--Čuvier's, described, 458–460.

370.

Graham, Miss Mary Jane,-memoirs of, 381: her early conversion, 282: apos-
tasy, 383-385: her return to God, 386: studies and pursuits, 388-391: illness
and death, 392, 393: her intellectual and spiritual character, 394–396.
Habit,-Philosophy and Influence of, with relation to intemperance,
Hand,-Mechanism and Vital Endowments of the, 54--73.
Hart, Rev. Luther,-Sketch of his Life and Character, 470: early life, conver-
sion, his college life, 475--479: his character as a man, an author, preacher,
pastor, and his success, 479: author of a Doctrinal tract on Presbyterian Ordi-
nation, 486: articles furnished by him to the Christian Spectator, 489: favors
New-Haven Theology, 492: his death, etc. 494.

Heaven, realizing views of,-how obtained, 83--87: an end of suffering, 83:
perfection in knowledge, 84: society of, and communion with, exalted beings
and with God, 85: eternal progress in blessedness, 86.

Hill, Rev. Rowland,-Life of, 426--445: his ancestry and family, early conver
sion, etc. 427 a lay preacher, 428: ordination and success in the ministry,
429, 430: his personal appearance, characteristics as a preacher, peculiarities,

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