both of our little periodical and its title too, contributed many articles to its earlier numbers, and will, we hope, when health and leisure permit, do so again. We owe, therefore, something to a parent; this, however, is but a feeble claim compared with that of the merits of the lecture itself. We are confident that every reader will concur in the judgment of the "Scottish Association for opposing prevalent Errors," at whose request it was delivered in Edinburgh, and at whose urgent request, com

bined with that of two public meetings in Sheffield, it is now printed,-that it is both admirably calculated to give a clear insight into the essential evils of Popery, and to arouse Protestants, by its eloquence, to a just sense of their duties. There is, indeed, nothing in it of the "Orange," "No Popery," or "Protestant Ascendancy" temper, but there is a call upon those who love evangelical truth, not to sink the Christian in the Lover of Civil Liberty,-not to join in a mawkish Whig and Whig-Radical bepraising of Popery, through a very natural revolting from the cant of those who at the same time laud to the skies a "Popish liturgy" and denounce Papists; the chief cause of whose bitterness seems to be, that there is not room for Popish and Anglican priests in the same national churches and endowments.

The main points dwelt upon in the lecture are:-I. The assumption by Papists of Catholicity. II. The doctrine of Apostolical Succession. III. The Hierarchy. IV. The machinery of Sacramental Rites. Each of these topics is, we are bound in justice to say, both acutely and eloquently handled, the real nature and working of each pretension clearly shewn,- and the arguments alleged in their defence demolished, by reasonings at once popular, conclusive, and justly and witheringly satirical. We can assure every reader of a treat in its perusal.

THE PILGRIM FATHERS: OR THE JOURNAL OF THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH, NEW ENGLAND, IN 1620, WITH HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF PRINCIPLES, PROVIDENCES, AND PERSONS. By GEORGE B. CHEEVER, D.D. Pp. 309. London: W. Collins.

The journal of the pious band who were first driven from England to Holland, then left that country to enjoy, unmolested, the worship of their God in the wilds of America, must be, and is, a document of no ordinary interest; an interest greatly enhanced by its unaffected and homely simplicity. It occupies about 90 pages of the volume, and Dr. Cheever's Historical and Local Illustrations about 200. We do not think Dr. C.'s part equal to his former well known productions; we mention this from mere honesty; yet we are quite sure that all who have been interested by his former volumes, will not like to be without this one.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER; HIS DISCOURAGEMENTS AND SUPPORTS: AN ADDRESS TO SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS. By WILLIAM HEATON. Pp. 16. London: Benjamin L. Green.

Our Sunday School Teachers will, we are sure, be much gratified by this address from "one of themselves;" and the younger portion of them will be justly proud to claim the writer as belonging to them. It is an essay of considerable promise. Indeed we regard it as being itself an encouragement to Sunday School Teachers, since, we presume, the writer, like so many others, has been led to speak and write thus well, through the stimulus supplied by Sunday School teaching. The essay was originally read as a Lecture to Teachers in connexion with the Leeds Sunday School Union. ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. A PAPER READ AT THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFerENCE, HELD IN BIRMINGHAM, April 6th, 1849. By the Rev. ISAAC NEW. Pp. 26. London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co.

Mr. New's object is to urge the importance of a close connection between the church and the school, by requiring all teachers to be members of the church. The subject is one of the highest importance, and we prefer referring our readers to Mr. New's tract, leaving them to decide for themselves. We only remark that what we consider to be the real question is thisnot, whether it be desirable that every teacher should be a christian,-this all parties strenuously affirm,-but whether, if a number of pious teachers cannot be found, adequate to the instruction of the children who present themselves, teachers of good character, though not pious, may not be employed to teach the children. In a word, if we cannot teach them all under the most favourable circumstances, shall we decline to teach them by less perfect means? Does ability to read, and to read the scriptures, countervail the evil of its being acquired through one who does not love and obey those scriptures?

A BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY, DESIGNED AS AN ILLUSTRATIVE COMMENTARY ON THE SACRED SCRIPTURES. With numerous wood engravings. Fourth edition, greatly enlarged. By SAMUEL GREEN. Pp. 416. London: Benjamin L. Green. We are glad to find that this excellent work, of which three large editions have

been exhausted, has been so well appreciated by those for whom it was compiled. To those who know it, it is only necessary to say, that the present edition has been most carefully revised, many of its articles have been re-written, and others have been greatly enlarged. To those who do not know it, we strongly recommend it as the best work of the kind we know. It is just the thing for Sunday school teachers, and for those who have not access to larger works, but who wish to be intelligent readers of the Bible. It is-what in works of this kind is very important-correctly and clearly printed, and surprisingly cheap.

LECTURES TO YOUNG MEN: DELIVERED BEFORE THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, IN EXETER-HALL, from Nov. 21, 1848 to Feb. 6, 1849. London: Religious Tract Society.

This volume, which we earnestly commend to the notice of our young and intelligent readers, consists of twelve lectures on various interesting subjects, by Drs. M'Neile, Cumming, Archer, and Raffles, and Messrs. Bickersteth, Brock, Stovel, James, Arthur, Noel, Martin, and Binney. All the lectures are good, several of them are excellent, and that on Sir Fowell Buxton, by Mr. Binney, is worth more than the cost of the entire series. We cannot forbear expressing our cordial sympathy with the objects of the Young Men's Christian Association, and our warmest hopes for its continued success.

DIVINE AUTHORITY FOR THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OF MURDERERS, DERIVED FROM GEN. IX. 4, 5, 6, AND THE ECLECTIC REVIEWER REVIEWED. By GEORGE GROVE. Pp. 28. London: Longman & Co.

The author of this pamphlet concludes his speech" in the following terms:"I have now fulfilled my engagement to exhibit the strength of the fortress, which, I said, the advocates of the abolition of capital punishment for murder had not taken. I have gone round its walls, told the towers thereof, marked its bulwarks, and find it impregnable. As the herald of Him whose I am, and whom I serve, I now blow a loud blast of defiance against all its assailants. They will never be able to overturn it, they may sooner uproot the Malvern hills and throw them into the Bristol Channel."

Though we cannot

agree with Mr. Grove in this conclusion, and though there is very little that is new in the arguments by which he defendshis position, the tract is forcibly written, and its reasonings not undeserving examination, the blowing of trumpets by which they are accompanied, notwithstanding. For our own part we can but think capital punishments utterly opposed to the spirit of that religion to which all other systems, patriarchal and Jewish, were only introductory and as, too, they are proved to be utterly inefficient in the prevention of crime, -as they are, rather, causes of its increase, we look for their speedy and utter downfal, as relics of a barbarous age.

THE CHRISTIAN MINISTER PORTRAYED; OR A BRIEF MEMORIAL OF THE REV. ELIEL DAVIS OF ST. IVES, WITH A FUNERAL DISCOURSE, CONTAINING SKETCHES OF HIS. CHARACTER. By J. B. MILLARD, B.A. Pp. 27. London: Benjamin L. Green. We have already expressed our deep sympathy with the bereaved family of our friend Mr. Davis. We shall be glad if the publication of this memorial, the profits of which are to be given to the widow, should be the means of considerably increasing the fund which christian sympathy is contributing for her comfort.

SCRIPTURE SITES AND SCENES FROM ACTUAL

SURVEY, IN EGYPT, ARABIA, AND PALES TINE, CHIEFLY FOR THE USE OF SUNDAYSCHOOLS. Pp. 190. London: Arthur Hall and Co.

This excellent work does great credit to all parties concerned in its publication. It is from the pen, though the writer's name does not appear on the title page, of the author of "Walks in and about Jerusalem," and "Forty Days in the Desert," and conveys a great amount of information written in an interesting style, and admirably adapted for Sunday - school teachers and young persons generally. We have been especially pleased with the author's description of Egypt, and the scene of the Exodus; also, with the chapters on Jérusalem, past and present. The volume is beautifully

MRS. REES, BRAINTREE.

BY HER NIECE, MISS E. a. dodd.

"There is a moral power in truth, in example, in prayer, in exertion. All these combine in every sincere consistent christian." This happy combination of moral excellencies was strikingly developed in the life of the subject of this brief sketch, so that of her it may be said, "She was an example to them that believe."

Mrs. Rees was born in London in 1811. She was the child of pious parents, and the youngest but one of a large family. Her father, Thomas Curtis, Esq., was for many years a member of the Baptist church under the pastoral care of the late Mr. Upton, Church-street, Blackfriars. He was a man of eminent piety. He died in the year 1821, when Mrs. Rees was only ten years old; but although young, the active and devout piety, the fervent prayers, and especially the happy and peaceful death of her beloved parent, left deep impressions upon her mind, which exerted a salutary influence upon her character through life. It was not, however, till about the year 1830 that she appears to have experienced a decided change of heart. During a season of bodily affliction, she became intensely anxious about her eternal interests; and for some weeks her mind was oppressed with the most gloomy and distressing apprehensions, and could realize no comfort. Upon her recovery she became a hearer of the late Dr. Andrews, of Walworth, under whose ministry she was led to the true source of peace, and was enabled to repose unwavering confidence in the atoning sacrifice of the Lamb of God, as the only ground of hope. From that period to the time of her decease she continued to enjoy almost uninterrupted spiritual peace. Entertaining very decisive views on the subject of baptism (and her mother being a Pædobaptist), she did not connect herself with any church till 1834, when she was baptized by the Rev. S. Green, of Walworth.

In the year 1835 she was married to the Rev. D. Rees, then of Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire. Conscious of the peculiar responsibility of her new position, she devoted herself with untiring perseverance to the promotion of the prosperity of the

church and the Sunday school under the care of her husband. The poor, the afflicted, and the aged members of the congregation found in her a kind and sympathizing friend in every time of need. She always

took great delight in visiting and conversing with aged christians, and these attentions were uniformly reciprocated with fond attachment and grateful confidence. In speaking of the universal and high esteem which she secured among the members of the churches over which Mr. Rees has successively presided, it would be difficult to convey an exaggerated representation.

It would be foreign to the design of this brief sketch to trace her life at the several places where her beloved partner laboured in the service of the Redeemer; suffice it to say, that the same testimony was every where borne to the excellence of her character, and to the value and efficiency of her exertions in doing good. And there are reasons to believe that in that brighter world, to which her happy spirit has passed, she will reap some fruit of her self-denying exertions at every place where, for a season, she was permitted to labour here on earth.

How mysterious the ways of Providence in thus suddenly removing the tender mother of six young children, in the prime of life, who had enjoyed uninterrupted health, surrounded by an affectionate and happy people, and in the midst of a career of great usefulness! "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!"

The following extracts from a letter of an intimate friend, the Rev. C. Elven, of Bury, to the deeply afflicted husband, will be read with interest by the friends of the dear departed:-"I have thought and sympathized the more with you, my dear brother, because I always thought there was a personal resemblance between dear Mrs. Rees and my own beloved partner.

"As a christian, I esteemed her conversation; for I found that she had 'tasted that the Lord was gracious.'

"As a parent, she was deeply concerned for the spiritual welfare of her children.

“As a pastor's wife, I can bear testimony. to her concern for the peace and prosperity. of the church.

Its aching and thinking are o'er;
That quiet immoveable breast

Is heaved by affliction no more.'

We would not if we could bring the happy spirits of those we loved back to earth again, to tread its thorny maze. They might indeed soothe our sorrows amidst our various cares and trials; but then, at what a cost to them! Once for all they have felt the parting pang, and we dare not wish them to know it again. Oh, no; let them without ceasing wave their palms, and wear their crowns, and sweep their golden lyres, and sing the glories of the Lamb. May we be followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises, and soon we shall rejoin them

'Where death will all be done away,

And we shall part no more.'

It appears quite evident from the testimony of the nurse and that of an old and trustworthy servant, who were with her from the commencement to the close of her sufferings, that she did not expect to survive her illness, yet her mind was perfectly calm; she did not seem to have the slightest dread of dying. She occasionally adverted to the difficulty of giving up her dear and young family, but at the same time expressed her full confidence in God's all-sufficiency to provide for them. At one time, and when enduring great suffering, she said, "Well, I shall soon be with my heavenly Father." Afterwards she called the nurse to her bed-side, and requested her to rub her hands; but in a few minutes she suddenly clasped them together, assuming the attitude of intense supplication and "calling upon God," and she spoke no more. The vail was rent, and her happy spirit left its frail tabernacle, and exchanged it for a house "not made with hands."

Her mortal remains were conveyed to their final resting-place on Friday, Jan.

19th, when the Rev. T. Craig, of Bocking, delivered an affectionate and solemn address to a very numerous audience who had assembled on the occasion. On the following Lord's-day, the Rev. J. Angus, M.A., preached a funeral sermon to a deeply-affected congregation from John xi. 14, 15.

"Thou art gone to the grave, but 'twere wrong to deplore thee,

For God was thy ransom, thy guardian and guide, He gave thee, he took thee, and he will restore thee; And death has no sting since the Saviour has died."

Islington, March 13, 1849.

THE REV. J. S. HUGHES.

It is our painful duty to record the demise, after a protracted lingering illness, of the Rev. J. S. Hughes, the zealous, estimable, and beloved pastor of MountPleasant Baptist Chapel, Swansea. He terminated his earthly career on Monday, May 28th, in the twenty-seventh year of his age. His death has involved in sorrow an extensive circle of friends, and the most poignant regret is experienced, that one so distinguished should be cut off in the morning of his existence from the prosecution of the great, glorious, and holy work, to which he had been solemnly consecrated. It has especially affected the youth of his congregation, some of whom have been deprived of a sincere and kind friend, of one deeply interested in their welfare, and who anxiously and diligently laboured in the promotion of their mental, moral, and religious improvement. He was amiable and unaffected in his demeanour, liberal and catholic in spirit, and honest and uncompromising in the advocacy of the senti ments he entertained. A profound and accomplished scholar, an able and effective preacher, and a truly pious and enlightened christian, which is the highest possible praise we can accord him,-a christian being "the highest style of man."

DISREGARD ΤΟ PARENTAL AUTHORITY SIGNALLY PUNISHED.-A gay and thoughtless young man, who had often opposed a pious father's wishes, by spending the Sabbath in idleness and folly, instead of accompanying his parents to the house of God, determined to ride to the country on a Sab

bath morning. His father, after he was gone, earnestly engaged in prayer for him, beseeching the Almighty to arrest him in his mad career, by whatsoever means He might employ. After riding for some time at great speed, he hastily pulled up his horse, which, by stopping more suddenly than he