Jonah's Gourd (C. M. Burnett, esq.), Dxi. 142 JUVENILE READING- Prasca Loupouloff, Dxvii. 219; Dxviii. 283. Erick's Grave, DXX. 270. Forget-me-not, Dxxiii. 310. Helmsman, the, of Lake Erie, Dxxvii. 365. Knowledge amongst the People, Diffusion of (Dr. Huie), Dviii. 94. Liturgies, or set Forms of Prayer, Dvii. 77. Madras Education, Origin of, Dxvi. 215. Migration of Birds, the (Chronicles of the Seasons), DXXVII, Buenos Ayres (Lit. Gaz.), Dxiv. 192. Butler, Dr. (Bartlett's Life), Dxxi. 288. Carnal Principle, the (Dr. Cheyne), Dvi. 72. Chinese Disposition to receive Christianity (Capt. Pidding's Church Restoration (rev. J. Sandford, M.A.), DX. 136. Daughter of Tyre, the (Davis's Voice from North Africa), Egypt (rev. R. M. Macbriar), Dv. 64. Egyptian Winds (Mrs. Poole), Dxii. 160. Freedom (Archæologia), Dxiv. 192. Florence (Laing's Notes of a Traveller), Dxi. 141. Goa (Journal of Mr. Hume, American Missionary), Dxvi. 216. Guerf Hassan (the Crescent and the Cross), DXXV. 352. Heliopolis (Mrs. Poole), Dxxv. 352. Hierarchy in France, the, Dxvii. 232. Homilies, the (Graham's Essays), Dviii. 104. Jesuitism in South America (Moritz Bach), DXxvii. 876. Jews, the (Dr. Rae Wilson), Dxxi. 288. Jews in Poland, Div. 48. Locusts at Severinowka (Life of a travelling Physician), Dii. 16. Nineveh (Lit. Gaz.), Dxvi. 216. Origin of the Censorship of the Press, DXxx. 424. Pastor's Troubles, a (Boston Recorder), Dxxviil. 992. Poisons, Dxi. 144. Popery at the Reformation (Homily of Good Works, part 3), Rubric, Dv. 64. Sabbath for Professional Men, Dxxviii. 392. Spirit of Liberty and the Spirit of Slavery (Youth's Cabinet), Sunday Evening in a manufacturing Town, a (R. H. Horne, Triumph of Christianity over the Jesuit Priests (Boston Chris- tian Witness), DIV. 208. Uncalled for Vows, Diil. 32. Wedding Ring, the (Historical Register), Dxix. 264. Nathan's Mission of Love, DXxv. 349. Nellore, the Mission Church at, Dv. 49. Northernmost Christian Flock in Europe, the, Dii. 11. Oil upon the Waves, the Action of (Chronicles of the Seasons), Pastoral Letter to the Clergy and other Members of the Pro- *Addressed to one who wished to look into the Future, DXX., Blind Girl's Hope, the (Scattered Leaves), Dvii. 87. Brotherly Love (Mahalath), DXXviii. 392. Change (M. C. L.), Dxvii. 232. Choice of the Christian Heroes, the, Dxix. 263. *City of the Skies, the (rev. G. Bryan, M.A.), Dxv. 207. *Coral and Bells (rev. T. A. Holland), Dxvi. 215. Cuckoo, the, nxxvi. 360. *Deaf and Dumb Man Cured, the (Mrs. Abdy), Dxxviii. 39. Father of Lights, the (rev. J. S. Broad), Dxxvii. 375. Fifth Sunday after Trinity (T. E. Poole, M.A.), Dxxix. 408. *Five Empires, the (Mrs. H. W. Richter), Dxxiv. 320. Grieve not that the Young should die (Amelia), Dvi. 72. Hymn (H. Downton), Dxiii. 175. Hymn for a Sunday School Festival (H. Downton), DX. 135. Hymn (rev. J. A. Fenton), DXXX. 424. Invitation to Christ, Dxviii. 248. Lays of Palestine (T. G. Nicholas, B.A.), No. XVII., Dxxi. "Let there be Light" (Mrs. H. W. Richter), Dii. 13. Lines written on reading the Description of the Holy City in XXXI. Conversion of St. Paul and Sexagesima Sunday, Dv. 61. XXXII. Quinquagesima Sunday, Dvii. 86. XXXIII. Quadragesima Sunday, Dviii. 102. XXXIV. Second Sunday in Lent, Dix. 115. XXXV. Third Sunday in Lent, DX. 134. XXXVI. Fourth Sunday in Lent, Dxii. 159. XXXVII. Fifth Sunday in Lent, Dxiii. 171. XXXVIII. Sixth Sunday in Lent, Dxiv. 181. XL. First Sunday after Easter, Dxvi. 214. XLI. Second Sunday after Easter, Dxvii. 232. XLII. Third Sunday after Easter, Dxviii. 238. XLIII. Fourth Sunday after Easter, Dxix. 255. XLIV. Fifth Sunday after Easter, Dxx. 269. XLV. Sunday after Ascension-day, Dxxii. 303. XLVI. Whit Sunday, Dxxiii. 319. XLVII. Trinity Sunday, Dxxiv. 335. XLVIII. First Sunday after Trinity, DXXV. 850. XLIX. Second and Third Sundays after Trinity, DXxvii. LI. Fourth Sunday after Trinity, Dxxviii. 390. LII. Fifth Sunday after Trinity, Dxxix. 407. LIII. Sixth Sunday after Trinity, DXXX. 422. Scottish Episcopacy, No. III. DXX. 277. SERMONS, by the following Divines :- BALL, rev. J., B.D. (Reading), The Peaceful End of the Per- fect and upright Man, Dxxix. 401. BISSLAND, rev. T., M.A. (Hartley Maudytt), The EAST, rev. J., M.A. (Bath), The Poor, Dvii. 80. EDEN, rev. R., M.A. (St. Mary's Chapel, Lambeth), Christ in the Word and Sacraments the Treasure and Power of the GARBETT, rev. J., M.A. (Canon of Chichester), Salvation to GRAVES, rev. J. D. (Borris in Ossory), The Call to follow HOARE, ven. C. J., M.A. (archdeacon of Winchester), The Church's Warning), Dxiii. 168. HODSON, ven. G., M.A. (archdeacon of Stafford), The Chris- KAYE, right rev. J., D.D. (bp. of Lincoln), The Ruin of a MOREHEAD, rev. G. J., M.A. (Easington), National Exalta- PEARSON, very rev. H., D.D. (dean of Salisbury), The In- fluence of the Spirit, Dxxiii. 318. RAIKES, rev. H., M.A. (chancellor of Chester), God's Pre sence with his Ministers, Dix. 112. ROBINSON, rev. G. W., M.A. (Sutton Coldfield), Spiritual SANDFORD, rev. J., M.A. (Dunchurch, hon. canon of Worces- SANKEY, rev. R., M.A. (Farnham), the Imperfection of the SCHOLEFIELD, rev. J., M.A. (professor of Greek, Cambridge), SHIRLEY, ven. W. A., M.A. (archdeacon of Derby), Simple, STEVENSON, rev. H. J., M.A. (hon. canon of Worcester), TAYLER, rev. C. B. (Chester), Love to God: its Source and TOWNSEND, rev. G., M.A. (canon of Durham), The Cha- XXVII. Dxi. 140. Sketches from Natural History- No. XXI. Part 2, The Camel, Diii. 17. No. XII. The Wild Palm, Diii. 29. XIV. The Fir and the Pine Tree, Dix. 116. XV. The Willow, Dxiv. 188. XVI. The Poplar, Dxviii. 244. Village Improvement (Rev. F. B. Ashley), Dxvii, 223. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. XVIII. Buildings and Views- Augustinian Monastery, Adare, the, DXxviii. 378. Brechin Cathedral and Round Tower, Dii. 1. Mosque of Sultan Hassan, at Cairo, DX. 121. Mosque of Sultan Achmet, at Constantinople, Dxiv. 177. Nellore, Mission Church at, Dv. 49. Newtown Priory, County of Meath, Dvii. 73. Newark on Trent, Church of, Dxiii. 161. Pantheon at Rome, the, Dxxiv. 321. Parthenon the, Athens, Dviii. 95. Petersburgh, the Residence of the Emperor, Dxviii. 232. DUNBRODY ABBEY. THE abbey of Dunbrody, situated at Port St. Mary, once a small town near the conflux of the rivers Suire and Barrow, in the county of Wexford, was founded by Hervey de Montmorency, marshal of Henry II., and dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, for Cistercian monks, of whom he himself became the first abbot. The abbots sat as barons in the Irish parliament; and the establishment continued to flourish until the dissolution. By the especial favour and decree of the pope, they were exempt from the episcopal jurisdiction of the bishop (of Ferns); a privilege always highly esteemed, as supposed to confer additional rank and influence. The ruins of the abbey are peculiarly interesting. They are situated on a slope gently inCining to the shore of the harbour, on a fine bay in the Barrow, and comprise the remains of the VOL. XVIII. conventual church, the refectory, the foundations of the cloisters, and a portion of the domestic buildings. The church, which is a noble cruciform structure 200 feet in length and 140 in breadth, is principally in the early English style. Its central tower, very massy, is supported on four pointed arches. A large portion of it was built by Herlewen, bishop of Leighlin, who, dying in 1217, was interred in the abbey. "The ruins are great, and have a grandeur which at first inspires reverential awe, to which the solitude of the place and its wilderness not a little contribute. The walls of the church are pretty entire, as is the chancel. In the church are three vaulted and groined roofs. The great aisle is divided into three parts by a double row of arches, supported by square piers: the inside of the arches have a moulding, which springs from beautiful consoles. The tower is rather low in proportion B an to the building, and is supported by a grand arch. The foundation of the cloisters only remains: they were spacious. The western window is of uncommon order, and the western door, under it, magnificent, with fillagree open work cut in stone, of which one single bit now survives, and that almost worn smooth by time, but raised enough to put the finger under it" (Grose's Antiquities). "I remember," says a correspondent of the "Dublin Penny Journal," "when at school, visiting this ancient pile, and I shall never forget the awe which the grandeur of its stupendous arches produced on me. The entrance is on the north side, and a winding staircase brings you to the top of the northern wing, over whose broad wall you may walk in safety to the body of the building, which is ascended by stairs of cut stone till you arrive at the turrets: some are bold enough to stand on its giddy heights; and, some years ago, a Mr. Gordon, of Arthurstown, in attempting the feat, fell to the ground, and was killed on the spot." In 1810 a large bronze seal, supposed to have been the ancient seal of the abbey, was discovered among the ruins. Other relics have been found at different times; among which have been various skeletons. The lowing of the owner's cattle and the murmuring wind have taken the place of the matin and vesper song. SHORT READINGS FOR FAMILY PRAYERS. No. XXIV. BY THE REV. HENRY WOODWARD, M.A., Rector of Fethard, Tipperary. JANUARY 1. How prone are we, amidst the various calls of life, to forget the one thing needful, the only concernment worth our care! It is, then, a merciful provision that the stream of time does not run on in one continuous flow, but that it is broken up and separated into larger portions, which are for "signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years." These changes and vicissitudes present us successively with renewed occasions and encouragements to amend our lives, and to set out, as it were, on a new course. Deeply conscious, as we all must be, of the negligences, sins, and follies of the past, it gives fresh vigour to the mind, to fix on some given point, that we may start from thence anew, and, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, may press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." It is this very thought which gives its vitalizing energy to the gospel message, and renders it, when it reaches the heart," the power of God unto salvation." I mean the thought, the transporting thought, that now "the former things are" as if they had never been; that all the endless items of our accounts with God, confused, entangled beyond our power to calculate, arrange, or settle, are clean blotted out of the book of life, and have vanished like a dream when one awaketh; that we are henceforth become as other men; that the future is a free field of action, and is now all that we have to look to; that, in a word, "old things are passed away, and all things are become new :" this. I say, is the germ of that regenerating principle, the spring of that new being, the spark of that celestial fire which God imparts to the soul when he "gives to us eternal life, that life which is in his Son." In the very nature of things there is something encouraging to the mind and elevating to the spirits in the simple idea of setting out afresh. Let us avail ourselves then of the present opportunity. A new year this day opens to our view. Let us hear its voice, for it is the voice of him who calls it into being. Its voice is like the striking of the clock to one who has but a few hours to live, or who may never hear the solemn stroke again. The new year emphatically repeats the lesson of all former ones: "Prepare to meet thy God:" "Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day," still less a year, "may bring forth." Remember that, if you outlive these coming months, they will leave you, only to reappear again, and to bear their testimony for or against you at the day of judgment. But, while we do not disregard the warnings, let us look to the encouragements which this renewal of our lease of life suggests. For the past, let it remind us that there is full and unreserved forgiveness, if we repent and accept of mercy freely offered. For the future, the voice of the new year says (and shall not all that is within us echo to the sound?): "Keep those commandments which are their own reward: continue in those ways of pleasantness and paths of peace: walk as children of the light, as children of the sunshine of God's presence: 'live no longer unto yourselves, but unto him who died for you and rose again."" If we purchase some valuable, rare, and ornamental article, when it is new and fresh we watch vigilantly and anxiously, that nothing should touch it or come near it which could injure its polish, or put the least part of its machinery in disorder. Let us then consider this rising year as an instrument, of value beyond all conceivable calculation, placed in our hands, that we may thereby fit and prepare our souls for heaven. Let us say, each of us individually, to ourselves, "Now, with the blessing of God, I will start from this point, and begin my life afresh. I will watch and pray against every sin, and more especially against whatever may be the sin that doth most easily beset me. I will guard with a holy jealousy against the first encroachments of the tempter. I will, with the grace of God, preserve this new page, which now opens in the book of life, free from every blot or stain of impurity and defilement. I will, in the language of the collect of this day, seek the true circumcision of the Spirit, that my heart and all my members being mortified from all wordly and carnal lusts, I may in all things obey his blessed will, through Jesus Christ my Lord."" JANUARY 2. Assembled as we are on this second morning of the year, we cannot perhaps improve the occasion better than by asking ourselves how we have kept the resolutions formed yesterday. How would it be with us, if this were to serve as a sample of the whole, and if the year were to de altogether such as this first day of it has been? |