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CHURCHILL'S ANECDOTES-PENGILLY'S SCRIP. GUIDE.

He never knew how much that man is blest,
Whom woman bath preferr❜d above the rest;
Towards whom she turns her heart's immense de-
sire,
Unquench'd by floods, and unconsum'd by fire;
For whom her wishes and her prayers arise
Daily on earth and nightly to the skies:
Stronger than death, affection for his sake
Where woman loves, life is a ready stake;
Risk'd through all perils, faithful at his side,
In battle, shipwreck, toss'd on earth or tide,
For him alone she owns a tender heart,
With him in thought she acts a parent's part:
In his affliction she is more distrest,
Sad in his sorrow, in his welfare blest."

The treacherous arts and base triumph over virgin innocence, are finely and severely censured in the following lines:

"Too oft hath man's ungrateful nature cursed
The sex that bore him, suckled him, and nursed:
Oft hath the strength ordain'd to shield a form
Weak as the tulip in the summer storm,
In desperate cruelty broke loose, and shed
Wild passion's whirlwind-rage on woman's head;
Or worse-hath gain'd, with serpent wiles, her

breast,

Murder'd her peace, and stabb'd her future rest;
With felon purpose bribed her heart, and stole
Her virgin worth-the jewel of her soul."

We have space for only one extract more, which is, we think, in the author's finest style, combining solemnity and richness of description with all that is exquisitely pathetic; a passage which does equal honour to his head and his heart.

Yet where-oh where, amidst created space, Does WOMAN's presence shed the sweetest grace ? Not in the North, where Greenland's winter

strows

Stern desolation o'er the realm of snows;
Where dwarfish men with boreal vigours strive,
And bears, and ice-bergs, seem alone to thrive.
-Not where Khorassin's Harem-gardens gem
The sun-nurst regions of the land of Shem,
Where houri-beauties traverse fields of spice,
The Meccan prophet's type of Paradise,
Not in the East, where the sage Bramin roves
Through Hindostan, or Ceylon's spicy groves;
Where superstition triumphs o'er the fire,
And woman burns alive on her dead husband's

pyre.

No-most divinely nuptial bliss excels,
Where pure religion with refinement dwells;
Where ALBION's land a glorious spot is seen,
The world's just wonder, and the ocean's queen;
And, bound within the girdle of her smile,
Scotia's proud hills, and Erin's emerald isle.
Hither, howe'er th' unchanging Briton roam
Hope flies for country, friendship, wife, and home.
How fair is HOME, in fancy's picturing theine,
In WEDDED LIFE, in LOVE's romantic dreain!
Thence springs each hope; there every wish re-

turns,

Pure as the flame, that upward, heavenward,
burns;

There sits the WIFE, whose radiant smile is given,
The daily sun of the domestic heaven;
And when calm evening sheds a secret power,
Her looks of love emparadise the hour;
While children round, a beauteous train, appear
Attendant stars revolving in her sphere.

We mean not to say, that Mr. H.'s work is without blemishes; but, in our

opinion, they are very few; and we can trust to his own eye and judgment to detect and rectify them. We have seen a limping line, and a grammatical error, occasioned perhaps by oversight, or the imposed necessity of a rhyme-but we forbear.

Verbum sapienti sat est.

Analecta; or, Pocket Anecdotes, with Reflections: designed as an agreeable companion for the social circle. BY THE REV. JAMES CHURCHILL. London: Cox and Son, Borough; and Simpkin, and Marshall, Stationer's Hall Court. 1822. p.p. 400. 18mo. Price 4s. 6d. boards.

WE thought the late Mr. Charles Buck had furnished the religious public with a sufficient supply of anecdotes to serve in the way of small talk, for at least a century to come. Perhaps, indeed, Mr. Churchill is of our mind, that by publishing three duodecimo volumes, filled with jokes, many of which are stale enough, he has overshot the mark, and that a selection of the best of them was become necessary. The number of anecdotes contained in the present work amounts to two hundred and sixty-seven; and, in justice to the compiler, it ought to be told, that a considerable number of them is original. But that which to many will be a high recommendation of this book, is, that the author has added to each anecdote, a kind of "Moral," like those that are subjoined to Æsop's Fables. For ourselves we must say, that retailers of anecdotes are not the most agreeable companions we meet with; but to such as are differently minded on the subject, we may safely recommend Mr. Churchill's collection.

The Scripture Guide to Baptism; or, a faithful citation of every passage of the New Testament, which relates to this Ordinance; accompanied with brief Explanatory Notes, and the sense support ed by numerous Extracts from eminent writers; to which is added, a Short Ex amination of the Rise and Grounds of Pedobaptism. By R. PENGILLY. Sold by Waugh and Innes, Edinburgh; Chalmers and Collins, Glasgow; and W. Jones, London. Sixth Edition. p.p. 60. 12mo. Price 1s. 1822..

Ar a moment when there is evidently an unprecedented effort making, to

of that patronage which it deserves, and which we sincerely hope it will obtain from the friends of truth. The moderate Calvinists have not exerted themselves as they ought to have done, in

write down the Baptists, and the works of Messrs. Booth, Gibbs, Stennett, &c. are suffered to remain out of print, we are glad to see Mr. Pengilly's little Tract keep the field. From the unusual pains now taken by the advocates of In-stemming the torrent of Huntingtonifant-sprinkling, to raise a dust, and thereby involve a very plain subject plain as it lies in the New Testamentin the mazes of intricacy and confusion, one would imagine that that human rite was gasping for breath, and that its defenders were driven to desperation. Be this as it

anism, but have allowed this pestilence to deluge the land, the terrible effects of which are now severely felt in most of the congregational churches throughout the country. We thank Mr. Shoveller for his exertions in this good work, and once more recommend his book to our

Letters on Faith. By JAMES DORE,
(of Walworth.) London. Second edi-
tion. Edinburgh: E. West and Co,
and sold by Nisbet, and Ogle, Dun-
can, and Co. London.
18mo. Price 2s. boards.

may, we are decidedly of opi-readers. 1822. nion, that the Baptists need no better defence of their cause than a simple appeal to the New Testament, such as is made in Mr. Pengilly's pages. Those who can make a plausible defence for the baptism of infants, would be at no loss to produce an apology equally plausible for any other human invention in the worship of God. Prejudice may clamour and call ill names-sophistry may wrangle and perplex-and bigotry may go further and anathematize; yet, after all, the Bible is as profoundly silent about infant baptism, as it is about purgatory or the doctrine of transub

stantiation.

p.p. 145.

THIS is a republication of a little work, which we remember to have read with much satisfaction, five-and-thirty years ago, and which we hope many that come after us will appreciate as highly as we did, and derive from it equal benefit. It comprises six Letters on the nature, the grounds, the effects, the reasonableness of faith in Christ, with author's views of faith are simple and an improvement of the subject. The scriptural, beyond that of many of his cotemporaries; and we are happy to find him, by means of this little volume, still holding forth the word of life, and directing his fellow-creatures into the paths of peace, at a time when the infirmities of nature, to which we are all of us incident, have laid him aside from public preaching. May the truth for which he contended while in health and the vigour of life, cheer his declinWe gave our readers some account of ing days, and be his support and conthe first edition of these "Plain Dia-solation in his latest moments. logues" in the number for August last, (see page 251, of this volume) and are

Plain Dialogues, designed to relieve from various difficulties, connected with the Doctrines of Election, Spiritual Inability, Christian Perseverance, and the relation of the Law of God to the Believer, and to correct some unscriptural representations of those subjects. By JOHN SHOVELLER, jun. Second edition. London: sold by W. Jones, Lovell's Court; also by Messrs. Westley, Holdsworth, and Sherwood and Co.

1822. Price 1s.

not a little gratified at finding the fa-Clark's Chart of the World; exhibiting

vourable opinion which we then expressed of their useful tendency, seconded by the public voice, in consequence of which, another edition is called for in the space of three months. We must tell our readers also, what Mr. Shoveller has not told them, that he has attended to the hints which we dropped, and his little piece now appears, in several respects, in an improved state, and consequently by so much more worthy

VOL. VIII.

the prevailing Religions, the form of Government, state of Civilization, and the Population of each Country, together with the various Missionary Stations. London: Souter, 73, St. Paul's Church Yard. 1822. Price 3s. 6d. or on canvas and rollers. 7s. 6d.

THIS Chart is the completest thing of the kind that we have ever seen. It is constructed with extraordinary inge

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nuity, and executed with all the ability | which a key is furnished at the foot of the chart. But one of its most striking peculiarities is the exhibition which it makes of the degree of civilization peculiar to each country, whether savage, barbarous, half civilized, civilized, or enlightened, and this is indicated by the various shades of colouring, a key to which is also furnished. The missionary stations are likewise marked, the total of which is two hundred and six

that the art of engraving in its present advanced state can well exhibit. The information which it furnishes, and which is presented at one view, free from the trouble of turning over leaves, would fill a moderate sized volume. For instance, it presents us with a map of the world on Mercator's projection its division into empires, kingdoms, states, with the name of the capital, or seat of government in each country-teen, and an explanation given of the the religion professed in it, whether Christian, Mahomedan, or Pagan; and if the former, whether Catholic, Protestant, or the Greek church-its form of civil government, whether imperial, republican, limited monarchy, dukedom, or that of viceroy. These are denoted by hieroglyphical emblems, of

society to which each belongs. We shall only add, that the variegated colouring confers a beauty upon the Chart, which renders it as ornamental as it is useful. We should indeed have mentioned, that the degrees of latitude and longitude are accurately marked.

Religious and Literary Intelligence.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL | that schools connected with that institution,

SOCIETY.

The Seventeenth Report of this Noble Institution, has recently been handed us, and we hasten to supply our readers with a few extracts from its pages.

It must be particularly gratifying to every friend of his country, to learn, from Reports of the Society for promoting the Education of the Poor in Ireland, the rapid strides which education continues to make in that island. This institution now numbers 513 schools in connection with it (containing upwards of 40,000 pupils), all of which have been established since the year 1814. By the appointment of an active inspector over all the schools, by offering judicious rewards to the most deserving teachers, by the wide dissemination of their valuable publications (of which since the month of November 1817, no less than 556,522 copies have been circulated), by the attention paid to to the state of gaols, and the establishment of schools in them, this Society has spread blessings over Ireland, the continuance of which it is gratifying to reflect, will not be withdrawn by the melancholy distress under which a certain portion of her population so severely suffers.

The Hibernian Society also contains its labours with increasing success. It appears

have increased during the year ending last scholars under instruction was then 53,233. February, 534 to 575, and the number of That Society, acting on the same liberal basis which forms the fundamental principle of the British and Foreign School Society, as well as its sister institution," the Society for promoting the Education of the Poor in Ireland," has stated an important fact which merits the most attentive consideration:

"Whenever the sanction of the Catholic priest can be obtained, the schools are crowded to excess. In a large village in which a correspondent had laboured for years to preserve a school in existence, owing to the interference of the titular bishop of the diocese, the school room has now become so numerously attended, that it proved insufficient to contain the numbers who flocked to it. The boys were removed to another room, and the two schools increased to between six and seven hundred."

From the Report of the Society of Elementary Instruction at Paris, read at the General Meeting of April 10th, 1822, it appears that the zeal and activity of the members of that institution are unabated. The Society has taken the lead on the Continent, and set an example worthy of imitation to every country of Europe. The

Report states, that 157 new schools have been formed during the year 1821, making, with those formerly reported 1,400. The | Government of that country has uniformly supported, and continues to aid, the establishment of schools by grants of money towards their building or outfit, which liberality has been equally extended to the voluntary efforts both of Roman Catholics and Protestants, and has materially contributed to the unparalleled success of the Society of Paris.

In Spain, the schools which were mentioned in former Reports, are continued under the sanction of the Cortes. In the mean time, the Government of that country have assigned a convent (of Capuchin Fri-, ars) for the establishment of a Normal or Training School, and provided funds for its support. It is intended for 500 boys and 400 girls. Lieutenant-colonel Kearney, who first prepared himself for his present honourable career under the auspicies of the Society in its central school, is an indefatigable labourer in the cause, and has lately opened several schools in the principal towns of Spain, and others attached to military corps. At the opening of those belonging to the regiment of the Infantry Don Carlos, the minister of the interior, the governor-general, and the whole garrison, were present. It is intended to establish a Normal school at Valencia. All the schools, says Colonel Kearney, are making rapid progress. The Cortes have, by a decree of April 30th, ordered the general establishment of new schools in every district, and in all the military departments.

With regard to India, the attention of
your Committee to that extensive region, is
more seriously attracted every year; but a
sufficient time has not elapsed since the
mission of Miss Cooke, for the purpose of
establishing female schools there, to enable
your Committee to report upon the success
of the measure.
Miss Cooke arrived at
Calcutta in November last, and your Com-
mittee may therefore soon hope to receive
an account of the first steps which the
friends of education in India have thought it
advisable to take. The great success which
attends the labours of the Baptist, the
Church, and London Missionary Societies,
in the establishment of Native Schools,
clearly points out the way in which the be-
nighted natives of the East may most effec-
tually be relieved, and the obstacles to the
reception of Christianity removed. There
are reported to be under the tuition of the
different Societies as follows:-

The Baptist Missionary Society - 9,349
The Church Missionary Society,
North India -

2,500

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At Bombay, a school society, similar to that at Calcutta, has been for some time established, and co-operates with its sister institution in the other presidency. From the island of Ceylon your Committee have received accounts of the establishment of several schools, in which more than 10,000 children receive the benefits of education; and at Malacca, Dr. Milne, who has been laboriously employed in the translation of the Scriptures into the Chinese language, is now not less ardent in promoting the instruction of the young. He has called upon your Committee to aid him in his endeavours; and he adds in his letter, can the Society meet with an object meriting a more serious regard ?" At his earnest request, the London Missionary Society have determined to send out a suitable person to the Anglo-Chinese college at Malacca; and your Committee have agreed to initiate that person in the British System; and upon his arrival in India, Dr. Milne has promised him his assistance in acquiring the language, in translating the Manual, and in qualifying for masters, young persons in the habit of visiting China.

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In Nova Scotia, the active and judicious exertions of Mr. Bromley, have effected a decided improvement in the schools at Halifax and the surrounding country. His Excellency Sir James Kempt, the Governor of the province, pursues the footsteps of his predecessor, Lord Dalhousie, in his attachment to the cause of education.* Your Committee are about to send out a master for the conduct of a Model School at Montreal, in consequence of an application from that city, sanctioned by the approbation of His Excellency Lord Dalhousie the Governor.

In South America, Mr. Thompson continues to render very important services to the cause. After establishing schools at Buenos Ayres he visited Santiago in Chili, and at the request of the Governor, has instituted schools there also. He writes to your Committee, that he finds every where a considerable anxiety to receive instruction, and that he is determined to visit all the States of South America, with a view to examine into and promote the means of education on the British System, before he returns to Europe. Mr. Thompson has received authority from the Government of Chili to print the Lessons in the Spanish language for the use of the schools of that country; and your Committee have assisted him in procuring suitable printing types, and have transmitted to him copies of the new Scripture Lessons in the Spanish

version.

Mr. Eaton, who studied the British SysDitto Madras and South India - - 3,300 tem in the Central School for the express Loudon Missionary Society

- 5,000 | purpose of establishing schools in Chili, ar20,149 rived at Santiago in September, and was *The House of Assembly granted 6001, towards the new schools, which contain upwards of 400 children of both sexes. Several teachers have been trained; and the system is spreading around that city.