THE

METHODIST MAGAZINE

AND

QUARTERLY REVIEW

VOLUME XYH. 18

NEW SERIES, VOLUME VII.

1836.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY T. MASON AND G. LANE,

FOR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AT THE CONFERENCE

OFFICE, 200 MULBERRY-STREET.

J. Collord, Printer.

CONTENTS.

Page

47

ART. I.-Review of the Life of Cranmer.—The Life of Archbishop Cran.

mer. By Charles W. La Bas, M. A., Professor in the East

India College, Herts, and late Fellow of Trinity College,

Cambridge ...

1

II.-An Address, delivered before the Literary Society of the Oneida

Conference, September 28, 1834. By the Rev. G. Peck.......

III.-Reed and Matheson's Narrative.-A Narrative of the Visit to

the American Churches, by the Deputation from the Congre-

gational Union of England and Wales. By Andrew Reed,

D. D., and James Matheson, D. D......

69

IV.-Professor Caldwell's Address.-An Address delivered before

the Trustees and Students at the Annual Commencement of

Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, July 16, 1835. By

Merritt Caldwell, A. M., Professor of the Exact Sciences ....

97

V.-An Oration pronounced before the Philorhetorian Society of

the Wesleyan University, August 25, 1835. By Rev. John

Dempster ....

110

VI.-Scripture explained..

111

VII.-The Criminality of one Offence.-A Sermon by Rev. Z. Pad-

dock, of the Oneida Conference ....

121

VIII.—Strictures on the Rev. T. Merritt's Short Essay on the Char-

acter of the Actions and Sufferings of Jesus Christ. By Rev.

Thomas Stringfield .....

132

IX.-Dr. Reed and the Wesleyan Magazine...

155

X.-An Historical View of the Copnection between Speculative

Philosophy and Christian Theology, particularly during the

Middle Ages. By Rev. Abel Stevens, arch-street Church,

Boston

164

XI.-Prominent Ceremonies of the Roman Church at Rome. By W.

Fisk, D. D.......

176

XII.-State of Protestantism in France..

185

XIII.—Journey to Mount Ararat. By Dr. F. Parrot....

201

XIV.–The Martyr's Triumph, or Last Hours of St. Paul. By J. T. A... 216

XV.-Moral Education. From Essays on the Principles of Morality.

By Jonathan Dymond..

219

XVI.–An Interesting Biography

227

XVII.—The Dying Saint......

230

XVIII.-The Deluge.-Causes and Objects of the General Deluge, its

history, and the traditional evidence corroborating the Mosaic

account....

231

XIX.-Advertisement..

240

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ART. XX.- The Christian Spectator versus John Wesley and the Witness

of the Spirit. By N. Bangs, D. D.

241

XXI.- The Present Age.-Review of Harris' Prize Essay on Covet-

ousness. By the Rev. Abel Stevens, of the Bennett-street

Church, Boston.....

287

XXII.—Strictures on Professor Upham's Philosophical Works.—Ele-

ments of Mental Philosophy, by Thos. C. Upham, 2 vols.

8vo. Boston, 1833.-A Treatise, Philosophical and Practical,

on the Will, by the same, 1 vol. 8vo. Portland, 1834. By

Rev. W. M'K. Bangs, A. M

299

XXIII.—The Hibernian Society

318

XXIV.- Revival of the work of God.-Illustration of Habakkuk iii, 2 319

XXV.-Prominent Ceremonies of the Roman Church at Rome.

By W. Fisk, D. D........

348

XXVI.–Family Worship.—The General Assembly's Pastoral Letter

to the People of Scotland on Family Worship. Copied from

the Wesleyan Methodist Magazine ...

356

XXVII.—Review of Charles W. Upham's Life of Sir Henry Vane,

fourth Governor of Massachusetts. By Rev. Joseph Hol- 361

dich, A. M......

XXVIII.—The Spirit of Christ in his Followers. By William M. Wil-

lett, A. M...

382

XXIX.-Prominent Ceremonies of the Roman Church at Rome.

By W. Fisk, D. D.......

395

XXX. --Historical View of the Calvinistic Theology of New Eng-

land. By Rev. F. P. Tracy.

408

XXXI.- Religious Anniversaries lately held in London...

423

XXXII.-The Divinity of Christ proved by his Works, a Sermon.

By Rev. J. Floy.......

XXXIII.- Religious Liberiy in France,

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