Rev. J. Hodgkinson, to the Vicarage of Strensall-with-Haxby, near York. Patron, his Grace the Archbishop of York. Rev. Henry Humble, of Durham University, to be one of the Domestic Chaplains of Lord Forbes. Rev. John James, to the Vicarage of Pinhoe. Rev. Sampson Kingsford, B. A., has been appointed to the Mastership of the Sevenoaks School. Rev. George Knight, jun., to the United Vicarages of Hungerton and Twyford, Leicestershire. Patron, William Ashby Ashby, Esq. Rev. Thomas Knox, Fellow of St. John's college, Oxford, to the Rectories of Runwell and Ramsden Crays, Essex. Patron, Vicesimus Knox, Esq. Rev. George Lancaster, late Curate of Aughton, near Lancaster, to the Head Mastership of the Free Grammar School of Slaidburn, Yorkshire, and Assistant Curate at the parish church. Rev. Edward Arthur Litton, Fellow of Oriel college, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Thomas's, Stockton heath, Cheshire. Rev. Samuel Jordan Lott, of Downing college, Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Bradninch, Devon. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. Rev. Henry Mackenzie, Minister of St. James, Bermondsey, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth. Rev. George May, jun., to the Rectory of Liddington, Wilts. Patron, the Duke of Marlborough. The Rev. John Mould, M. A., to the Head Mastership of the Free Grammar School of Queen Mary, Walsall, with the Incumbency of St. Paul's, in the same borough. Rev. George Francis Master, M. A., to the Rectory of Stratton, in the county of Gloucester. Rev. William Mulleneux, B.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Luke's, Liverpool. Patron, Sir J. Walmsley. Rev. Cyril W. Page, late Curate of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, to the Incumbency of Christ Church, Broadway, Westminster. Rev. J. Palmer, to the Rectory of Doverdale, Worcestershire. Rev. Benedict Pering, to the Rectory of Fersfield, Norfolk. Patron, F. Nassau, Esq. Rev. Edward Pigot, of Brasennose coll., to the Perpetual Curacy of Longridge, Lancashire. Rev. Henry William Richter, Chaplain of Lincoln Castle. Rev. Charles Richson, Curate of Preston, to be Clerk in Orders in the Collegiate Church, Manchester. Rev. T. Sandon, of Queen's college, Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Barlings, Lincolnshire. Rev. John Benson Skipper, M. A., to the Vicarage of Royston, Herts. Patron, Lord Dacre. Rev. Owen Emerie Vidal, B.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Trinity Church, Arlington, Sussex. Rev. J. Venn, of Queen's college, to be Prebendary of Hereford Cathedral. Rev. J. B. Webb, of Corpus Christi college, to be Prebendary of Hereford Cathedral. Rev. George Donville Wheeler, M. A., to the Vicarage of Great Walford, Warwickshire. Rev. Algernon Wodehouse, B. A., to the Rectory of Carleton-Forhoe, Norfolk. Patron, Lord Wodehouse. MARRIAGES. Rev. J. George Venables. of Jesus College. to Caroline, widow of the late James H. Hosken, Esq., of Ellenglaze, Cornwall. Rev. Francis G. Jackson, to Maria, daughter of the Rev. F. F. Knottesford, Rector of Billesly, Warwickshire. Rev. Chas. Melhuish, Rector of Highbray, Devon, to Eliza, daughter of the late A. Venn, Esq., of Reading. Rev. Charles Bowen, Lecturer of Armley in-Leeds, and Chaplain to Lord Bateman, to Charlotte Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Legh Richmond, Rector of Turvey, Beds. At Bishop's College, Calcutta, the Rev. Arth. Wellington Wallis, to Eliza, eldest daughter of William Wootton, Esq., M.R.C,S., late of Blackheath. Rev. John Atcherly Ashley, of Jesus College, Cambridge, to Sarah Theophila, eldest daughter of the Rev. E. Jermyn, Rector of Carlton Colville, Suffolk. Rev. R. Errington, Incumbent of Burn. wood and Hammerwich, Staffordshire, to Caroline, youngest daughter of T. G. Parr, Esq., of Lichfield. Rev. Wm. Hinson, Incumbent of St. James's, Macclesfield, and Domestic Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Courtown, to Margaret Jane, eldest daughter of the late Philip Antrobus, Esq., of Turner Heath, Cheshire. Rev. John Fletcher, Head Master of King's College School, Nassau, Officiating Minister of St. Matthew's parish, Nassau, and of the Episcopal Chapel at the Creek settlement, to Mary Munnings, eldest daughter of the Hon. John Campbell Lees, Chief Justice of the Bahamas. Rev. John Rushton, Archdeacon of Manchester, and Incumbent of Newchurch in Pendle, Whalley, Lancashire, to Henrietta, eldest daughter of Wm. Leaper Newton, Esq., of Leylands, Derby. Rev. Wm. Bruce, Rector of St. Nicholas, to Mary Elizabeth, only daughter of the Rev. W. D. Conybeare, Vicar of Axminster. Rev. Edward Free Champneys, to Mary Frances, youngest daughter of the Rev. R. F. Davies, D.D., Rector of Pendock, and All Saints, Worcester Rev. John Collingwood, one of the Masters of Christ's Hospital, to Jane, eldest daughter of Richard Hicks, Esq, of Stockwell, Surrey. At Stratford-on-Avon, on the 3d ult, the Rev. J. R. Crawford, M.A., Head Master of the Western Grammar School, Brompton, and eldest son of the late John Crawford, Esq., Captain, Indian Navy, to Harriet Warford, youngest daughter of the late Robert Hobbes, Esq., of Stratford-on-Avon. Rev. Francis Daubeny, Scholar of Jesus College, Cambridge, to Sophia, fourth daughter of the late W. Jones, Esq., of Woodhall, Norfolk. Rev. Edward Lutwyche Davies, Perpetual Curate of Kilpeck and Kenderchurch, Herefordshire, to Ann Hardwick, youngest daughter of the late W. Hardwick, Esq., of Llangarren, Herefordshire. Rev. Chas Deedes, Rector of West Camel, Somersetshire, to Letitia Anne, eldest daughter of the Hon. Pleydell Bouverie. Rev Edward Betenson Edgell, formerly of Balliol College, to Miss Hester Capel, of Balland College, Wiveliscombe Rev. G. L. Fenton, Vicar of Lilleshall, Salop, to Mary Ann, youngest daughter of the late D. Lloyd, Esq., of Homerton, Middlesex. On the 6th ult., at St. John's, Hackney, the Rev. George Christopher Hodgkinson, M.A., of Trinity Colege, Cambridge, to Isabella Lydia, eldest daughter of the late William Spence, Esq, of Upper Gloucester place, Dorset-square, On the 23d ult., at Trinity Church, the Rev. S. N. Kingdon, B.D., Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, eldest son of the Rev. T. H Kingdon, M.A., Rector of Pyworthy, Devon, to Eliza Anne, daughter of Major-General Johnstone Napier, of the Madras Army. Rev. Edward Arthur Litton, Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, to Annie, youngest daughter of the Rev. W. Carus Wilson, of Casterton Hall, Westmoreland. Rev George Martin, Rector of St. Paneras, and Principal of the Diocesan Training School for Masters, Exeter, to Harriet, eldest daughter of the Rev. W. Cowlard, Perpetual Curate of Laneast, Cornwall. Rev. T. Pantin, Scholar of Pembroke College, to Elizabeth Ann, second daughter of C. Layton, Esq., of New Windsor. Rev. John Rogers, Canon Residentiary of the Cathedral at Exeter, to Grace, eldest surviving daughter of the late George Sydenham Fursdon, of Fursdon, Devon Rev. John Stansfeld, of St. John's College, Cambridge, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Birkbeck, Esq, of Anley House, near Settle. Rev. G. F Thomas, of Worcester College, Oxford, to Lydia, daughter of the late Rev R. Loxham, Rector of Halsall, Lancashire. At St. Edward's Church, on the 19th ult., the Rev. W. H. Walker, Rector of Hickling, Nottinghamshire, late Fellow and Bursar of Queen's College, to Catherine, third daughter of J. E Wilson, Esq. Rev. Charles F. B. Wood, Precentor of Gloucester Cathedral, and Vicar of Barnwood, to Caroline, daughter of the late John Page, Esq. Rev. John Williams, of Magdalen College, Cambridge, to Mary Cove, youngest daughter of the late W Herbert Maund, Esq., of Sussex. place, Regent's Park. OBITUARY. Rev. R. G. Bedford, nineteen years Vicar of St. George's Church, Brandon-hill, Bristol. Rev. Edmund Bellman, thirty-one years Rector of Hemingham, and forty-two years Rector of Pettaugh, Suffolk, aged 72. On the 8th ult, the Rev. Thomas Shinton Bomford, Rector of Woodbridge, aged 80. Rev. J. St. Vincent Bowen, son of the late Admiral Bowen, of Ilfracombe. Rev. William Dixon, Incumbent of East Ardsley, near Wakefield, aged 67. Rev. George Pyke Dowling, Curate of Puckington, near Taunton, aged 70. Rev. John Neville Freeman, upwards of forty years Vicar of Hayes, Middlesex, aged 80. At the Rectory, Templemore, the Rev. Dr. Holmes, Chancellor of Cashel, &c. Rev. Thomas Dawson Lumb, Curate of Mathley, Yorkshire. Rev. G. M. Maber. M.A., nearly fifty years Rector of Merthyr Tydvil, in the county of Glamorgan, in the 78th year of his age. At Hadleigh, Rev. W. Powell. Rev. John Stephens, of Pullard Cottage, Montgomeryshire, one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said county, aged 73. At Basle, Rev. Richard Pollard, Incumbent of Parson Drove, in the diocese of Ely, aged 82. Rev. William Johnson Rodber, Rector and Lecturer of the united parishes of St. Mary. at-Hill and St. Andrew Hubbard, London, and Secretary to the Incorporated Society for Building and Enlarging Churches and Chapels, aged 53. Jan. 17, at Hyde Park-p'ace, West, the Rev. Henry Smith, second son of the late Dr Smith, Prebendary of Westminster, aged 70 Rev. Thomas Townsend, presented to the living of Doonas last week by the Lord Bishop of Killaloe, did not live to receive induction, but was carried off suddenly after his appointment. Rev John Winstanley, D.D.. Vicar of the third portion of Bampton, Oxfordshire, aged 58. On the 23d Dec, at Doonas Glebe, the Rev. T. Westropp, M.A., for twenty-one years Rector of the united parishes of Kiltanlea and KilloKennedy, in the diocese of Killaloe, aged 71. On the 1st ult., the Rev. Bulkeley Williams, Perpetual Curate of Pentraeth, Anglesea. On the 14th ult., at 57, Oxford-terrace, Hyde Park, the Rev. William Joseph Wilton, M.A., aged 88. On Saturday, the 6th Jan., at his residence in York, in the 79th year of his age, peacefully fell asleep in Jesus, the Rev. John Graham, sen, Rector of St. Saviour's, and of St. Mary, Bishop-hill, both in the above city. His departure was somewhat sudden, though not without a gentle warning; a second fainting fit, during the same month, having put an end to his long and useful life. His dying was a As type of his living: both were tranquil and lovely. He died in his study, whence had issued from his pen so many preparations for the pulpit and the press, which" do follow" him, as works" mightily blessed of God. He possessed the rare combination of talent and learning with humble piety, and of suavity with firmness. His deportment in society was dignified, yet meek; and his style of preaching was eminently persuasive. He was cotemporary with the late Rev. William Richardson, commonly called "the Apostle of York." the latter clergyman was made chiefly instrumental in reviving religion in that city, so the former was permitted to join in and carry on that revival during more than half a century. He was placed in the livings which he held at his death, through the interest of the late Mr. Wilberforce. The cheerfulness, free from levity, of the lately departed. was another distinguishing feature of his character; and his intelligent conversation, bringing forth the well stored treasures of a richly endowed mind, has been the delight of many a circle. He was beloved by all classes; yet was he not without his share of persecutions, infirmities, and sorrows. The writer of this brief notice has tbought it appropriate, by way of tribute to the late Mr. Graham's memory, to translate, as equally applicable to him, the following Latin Elegy, which was composed on occasion of the death of Mr. Graham's friend and fellowlabourer, the late Rev. W. Richardson, above alluded to. Both were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they are now "not divided." VERSUS In Obitum GUL. RICHARDSONIS, PASTORIS CHARISSIMI. "Quis desiderio sit pudor, aut modus, Tam chari capitis?" Hor., Ode 24, Lib. 1. Si patriæ causa pugnaus in Marte cruento Qui sacra molitur fortior arma Dei. Ecce! Fides linquit terras, Pietasque vetusta, Et spes, que multis non superanda malis: Aspice ! demisso Charitas nunc lumine plorat, Et tundit pectus sola relicta manu. FREE TRANSLATION. Ah me! the drooping of so dear a head ¡ Why blush to deeply mourn his spirit fled ? If fighting nobly in his country's cause, tears. Shed rainbow solace on the mourner Faith, Piety, no more the heart shall thrill, more: Sed quare? heu jam lingua silet, longeque silebit, Dulcior Hyblæo quæ modo melle fuit. Illum plorabunt alio sub sole jacentes Terræ, queis semper verus amicus erat. Illi jucundum vitæ Sapientiæ cursum Monstravit-cunctos suasit inire viam. Ille crucem voluit gentes lustrare remotas, Perque crucem cunctos mittere vota Deo. Huic cordi fuit adventum spectare dierum, cursum, "Felix, si maneat tam mihi vita diu; "Quin tam formosam sortem si fata negabunt, "Vertice de Pisgah posse videre sat est." Nec frustra, menti hic visus solatia summa Præbuit, et vitam morte premente dedit. Quamvis nunc tacitum tua possidet ossa Lapsurum nullo tempore nomen habes: O! utinam tuus usque aderit junioribus ardor, Exemplum nobis sic quoque morte dabis. ALIQUIS. But why? Ah! now, to long-long silence That tongue shall sing no more the songs of Below, nor shed on sinners' listening ears Him lands remote-how deeply shall they moan Their stedfast friend, to land remoter gone. And, through the cross, send up the sacred vow. Deep in his heart the hope he fondly held, "Ah! linger not," said he, "ye Halcyon days, Although thy form the silent worm consume, Ah! would that we, inspired with zeal no less, Seal of a Prophet greater than the last. VI. EDITORIAL RETROSPECT. Ir is not without singular satisfaction that our course has been cheered with additional encouragement, since the appearance of our first Number. We seem, we are happy to say with truth, to have given general satisfaction both to clergy and laity. The communications we have received are highly valuable; and some, even, are of such a character as to supersede labour intended to be undertaken by ourselves. We had designed to deliver our opinions at large on the great subject of JUSTIFICATION; but are relieved from the duty by the kindness of a clerical correspondent, whose valuable contribution we proudly acknowledge by printing it in this place, where we had predetermined to make our own statement on the doctrine. But it is now in better hands. 249 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. In the Ordination service, it is required of the clergy of the Church of England that they preach no other doctrine but that which is contained in Holy Scripture, and that they endeavour, by the frequent comparing of their preaching with the pure Word of God, to adhere to the plain and grammatical sense of this only rule of faith and practice. But even more than this is required of them at that solemn moment of surrendering themselves to the spiritual service of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. They are then enjoined not only to watch over their own doctrine, but they are pointedly asked, "Will you be ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's Word?" and their well-weighed answer should have been, "I will, the LORD being my helper." "Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?" (Job xxxviii. 2,) is the passage of Scripture, which a modern writer of Lectures on Justification has thought to be so applicable to those who hold the doctrine of Justification by Faith alone, that he condemns all such in the person of Luther, as 66 Darkening counsel by words without knowledge." In these Lectures on Justification, however, at page 121 (we quote from the 2d edition), Bishop Davenant is mourned over as under the influence of this theology; and, at page 150, Bishop Beveridge is quoted as holding the views which this modern writer labours to controvert. Now, it is satisfactory to find, that the recent views of this author, which we may designate Tractarian, acknowledge themselves as opposed to "the old paths" of such pillars in our Church as Bishops Davenant and Beveridge for all other of our Divines, who hold with these two on the great doctrine of Justification by Faith alone, must also fall under the censure of "Darkening counsel by words without knowledge." It is, therefore, an immense comfort to find, that we, who differ from these recently broached opinions, are not left without the support of the most honoured names in the Church of England; for, though these new opinions lay claim to a Catena Patrum, and quote the Homilies as confirmatory of their views, yet may any unprejudiced reader easily perceive, that the very passages quoted, especially those on tradition, are contradictory to the views which they so eagerly propagate; and neither may we expect much charstable consideration at their hands; for, at page 134, we are said "to interpret on a theory, or are too heedless or self-willed to learn; and ours is called a contented ignorance, which neither feels the depth nor suspects the difficulty of the question before us." But, if we have the teaching of the Holy Spirit to give us the right understanding of his Holy Word, we will be contented with our ignorance; for then shall we be looking for Justification through Faith alone, in the all-sufficient merits of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. We will therefore go through some of the leading ideas of this author on the doctrine of Justification, being fully persuaded in our own minds that they are unscriptural, and contrary to the whole teaching of the Church of England, if we yield them their favourite authors (which we are willing to do); namely, Archbishop Laud, and Bishops |