havior showed his natural character, and the other by virtue of the divine promise, so unbelieving Jews are in their natural sinful condition, and act accordingly, while true Christians are born of the Spirit, and persecuted by their blinded opponents."

We shall only add the hope that the life of the author may be long spared to instruct the Christian Church with his varied learning and his reverential and luminous exposition of the SACRed Scriptures.

QUESTIONS ON THE SUNDAY EVENING LESSONS IN THE CHURCH SERVICE. By a LAYMAN of the Diocese of Connecticut. New York: Gen. Protestant Episcopal S. School Union and Church Book Society, No. 637 Broadway. 1857.

A superintendent of one of the largest Sunday Schools in New England is the modest "Layman of the Diocese of Connecticut," who writes this unpretentious little volume. It is therefore a working book, thoroughly practical, and carefully adapted to satisfy a want that every S. School Teacher has felt, in endeavoring to make plain and interesting, to inquisitive little ones, the “things hard to be understood" of Prophet and Apostle. In this view, it would prove an admirable Sunday Evening exercise for every Christian family. The author breaks new ground, as neither diffuse Jackson nor admirable Burgess nor any other writer we are cognizant of, has prepared questions on the Evening Lessons. Hence it will be of great service to more advanced classes, who are about to leave S. School because there is nothing more to study. The question s arelead ing and suggestive, thus aiding both scholar and teacher. Add to these obvious considerations, the low price of the book, and we are sure it must be regarded as superior among the valuable little books that all find so useful in teaching a child "the way it should go."

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HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, STATICAL AND DYNAMICAL; OR THE CONDITIONS AND COURSE OF the Life of Man. By JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER, M. D., LL. D., Professor of Chemistry and Physiology in the University of New York. Illustrated with nearly 300 Wood Engravings. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1856. 8vo. pp. 649. The author of this work, by his previously published researches in chemistry and other departments of science, has acquired the character of a ripe scholar, an ingenious experimenter, a philosophical observer, and a logical reasoner. remarked in the preface to this work, "The Science of Physiology is the result of the labors of thousands of the ablest men continued for centuries." A complete text book of the science must therefore be mainly a judicious compilation of these labors. Prof. Draper's book, however, is by no means a mere compilation. Much original observation and reasoning are exhibited throughout the work, which will of course be more liable to criticism than a work possessing less claims to originality. It is a learned and labored effort to extend the application of physical principles to the explanation of the phenomena of life. Perhaps the author may be regarded as enthusiastic in his expectation of a complete subjection of physiology to the domain of exact science. Most physiologists of the present day will hardly venture to expect a philosophical explanation, on strict physical principles, of all the influences and operations of what is termed the "vital principle," or of the "plastic power "of our author. This volume, however will be studied with interest by all who have a taste for an ingenious and profound investigation of the science of life.

The illustrations, many of which are new and well devised, are numerous, and much better executed than are found in most works of this class.

CONSTITUTION, &c., of the Alumni of the Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Va. 1856.

Register of THE COLLEGE OF ST. JAMES, Maryland.

1856.

SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT of the New England Female Medical College. Bost on 1856.

Constitution, &c., of the Hartford (Conn.) Young Men's Association.

1856-57.

DIED, at St. Andrew's Parsonage, Richmond, Staten Island, on Tuesday evening, Sept. 30th, Rev. David Moore, D. D., in the 70th year of his age.

In the death of this venerable man, a link of the chain connecting the present generation with the past has been sundered. Around his memory cluster many associations of by-gone days. Dr. Moore was the eldest son of the Rt. Rev. Channing Moore, late Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia. For 46 years he has ministered at the altar of St. Andrew's, succeeding his father, who for nearly 25 years was Rector of the same Church. Naturally robust and healthy, and of a very active and nervous temperament, he has ever faithfully performed the duties of his sacred office, and for many years no change could be observed except as his locks whitened with advancing age. For nearly half a century has he upheld the banner of the Cross, and exerted a wide influence for good. In his intercourse with his parishioners, his simplicity, his kind-heartedness, and the unaffected dignity of his deportment commanded and won the respect of all. No one could see him in their midst-his noble form with all the adornments, without the infirmities of age; his eye, beaming with the love and peace which dwelt in his heart-without doing him involuntary homage. Well may we say of him, that he died, "full of years, and full of honors." After a long term of service, faithfully discharged, has he been taken from his flock and the community, to rest in the bosom of his God. Few men have lived who performed all the duties of the Christian pastor with such devotion and zeal; and never was one more beloved by the people entrusted to his care. Through snow and rain, sunshine and shade, by day or night, would he travel through his parish to administer to the spiritual wants of his flock; and his forgetfulness of self in his arduous duties has, doubtless, shortened his useful life. His funeral was attended at the Old Parish Church where the deceased and his father had minis. tered for 70 years, by a large concourse of people, the Clergy of the Island, and many of the Clergy of the city of New York,-Rev Dr. Bedell preaching the sermon. Suitable resolutions of respect to his memory were passed by the Clergy present, and also by the Wardens and Vestry of St. Andrews', who directed that the Churches of which the deceased was Rector, St. Andrews', Richmond, and Trinity, Castleton, should be draped in mourning for one year.

DIED, in Worcester, Mass., on Tuesday, 4th of November, 1856, the Rev. NaTHANIEL T. BENT.

Rev. Mr. Bent, at the time of his death, was the Principal of Herbert Hall, Worcester, where his talents caused him to be highly appreciated as a teacher. During the active years of his ministry, he was the popular and efficient Rector of several prominent churches in the Diocese of Massachusetts, and at one time was also Rector of St. John's Church, Bangor, Maine.

In accordance with his dying request, the Rev. Dr. Vinton, of Boston, and the Rev. Thomas. R. Lambert, of Charlestown, officiated at his funeral.

DIED, on Monday, September 8th, at Cave Spring, Georgia, the Rev. WILLIAM MCAULEY, aged 26 years.

The subject of this brief notice commenced his classical education in the London University, and resumed his studies after an interruption of a few years, in this country. He was admitted in December, 1855, as a candidate for Holy Orders in the Diocese of Western New York, under the Right Rev. Bishop De Lancey; but in consequence of the delicate state of his health, was transferred to Georgia, where he was ordained Deacon by the Right Rev. Bishop Elliott, 12th May, 1856, at St. James' Church, Marietta, Georgia. He was immediately called to take charge of the Church at Cave Spring, Floyd county, Georgia, but on account of his declining strength was unable to officiate.

In the midst of kind friends, and attended by the assiduous care of a devoted sister, he gently sunk into the arms of death, having the testimony of a good conscience, in the communion of the Catholic Church, in the confidence of a cer tain faith, in the comfort of a reasonable, religious and holy hope, in favor with his God, and in perfect charity with the world.

DIED, at Charleston, South Carolina, Sept. 11, 1856, the Rev. JOSEPH AUGUS TUS SHANKLIN, Rector of St. Peter's Church, aged 34 years.

Mr. S. was a native of Pendleton, South Carolina, and graduated at the Virginia University at the early age of 19 years, with the degree of Master of Arts. After receiving his degree he commenced the study of Law, and from his talents and industry, had every prospect of becoming distinguished in his profession. But about this time, returning to Pendleton, his attention was attracted to the Episcopal Church, his connections in boyhood having been with another religious body. After a careful examination, he formed a warm and enlightened attachment to the Liturgy, doctrine and Worship of the Church, and feeling himself called of God to preach the Gospel, he soon after became a candidate for Orders, and entered the Theological Seminary of Virginia. Having completed his course of study, Mr. Shanklin was admitted to the diaconate by the Right Rev. Bishop Elliott, of Georgia, in January, 1845, in Christ Church, Savannah, and was immediately appointed by the Bishop, missionary to St. Mary's, where he remained nearly two years. On the 15th of August, 1846, in the chapel attached to St. Luke's Church, Montpelier, Bishop Elliott ordained Mr. Shanklin to the priesthood. In January, 1847, Mr. S. took charge of Christ Church, Macon, Georgia, where he officiated till the fall of 1854, when he received and accepted a call to St. Peter's Church, Charleston. In addition to his pastoral labors, Mr. S. was at his decease, one of the editors of the Southern Episcopalian. In the October Number of this Periodical, we find a warm tribute to his fidelity as a pastor, and to his fortitude in exposure to the fearful pestilence which, in his death, deprived the Church of one of her most valuable ministers. This Periodical states that "Mr. Shanklin's funeral took place at St. Peter's Church, on Friday, September the 12th, at ten o'clock A.M. The church was hung in black; a very large congregation, including the Clergy of all the denominations in the city were present; the service was read by the Rev. C. P. Gadsden, and the remains were conveyed to their last resting place, in the rear of the church, by the Clergy of the Episcopal Church. Never have we seen a more affected congregation than was present. A deep solemnity reigned over all; and, while our tears flowed, we felt that it was not for him we wept, but for ourselves and our children.""

DIED, in Beaufort, South Carolina, October 30th, the Rev. JULIUS W. STUART, assistant Rector of Grace Church, Charleston.

Mr. Stuart had just commenced his career, as a minister of the Church, having been ordained Deacon, by Bishop Davis, the 22d of June, 1856. With the highest prospects of future usefulness it has pleased God to remove him, to the enjoyment of eternal felicity.

The above and following Tables are compiled from the Report of the Committee on the State of the Church, to the General Convention for 1856. Of course the official acts reported, are for three years. The only State of our Union, in which there is no organized Diocese, is Arkansas.

BISHOPS.-Besides the 33 here enumerated, are the Missionary Bishop of Oregon, the two Foreign Missionary Bishops, the returned Bishop Southgate, and the two Bishops Onderdonk, the latter of whom, since the remission of his sentence of suspension, is a Bishop without jurisdiction.