general not necessarily given to every sentiment contained in that useful and entertaining department of the work. He further proposes, without much enlarging the part devoted to Missionary Intelligence, to give more frequent sketches of the operations of other and larger societies than our own. His habitual correspondence with the missionaries, and his personal friendship with every one of them, give him facilities as to the obtaining from them, not their journals which belong to the Society, but sketches of their toils, travels, the scenes they witness, their reverses and successes, &c., which are most pleasing to the general reader. These additions and alterations will render it necessary to husband well the space devoted to news from the churches. He hopes this will be increased rather than otherwise. He therefore requests from all our Churches notices of all Baptisms, Opening or Enlargement of Chapels, brief and characteristic Obituaries of excellent deceased Christians, and notices of every occurrence which has a public character, or is of interest ; but as to the first of these, the number of those added, and the date, and the preacher will be sufficient, except there be circumstances of special interest deserving of mention. It would be a good arrangement if the minister, or the secretary, or some friend in every church were requested by his friends to attend to these communications. They would then arrive in due course, and not, ás now, sometimes by duplicates, and sometimes not at all. These suggestions, if received in the spirit in which they are given, will tend to the improvement of the work, both as to its claims on the general reader, and its value as a Denominational Organ, and very greatly encourage the Editor in the conducting of this periodical. He now commends the work and his labours to the kindness of the churches, and commits them all to the blessing of God. A valued friend writes : “ To yourself, your situation may be attended with hazard; I therefore regard you as claiming our warmest support and consideration.” Many others have freely congratulated us on improvements already manifest, and on the promise of the future. As a printer and publisher has been obtained who will devote considerable energy and attention to the getting-up and circulation of the Magazine, we may hope that, with the help of our friends, our enterprise will not be a failure. November, 1858. CONTENTS TO VOLUME XX. ... ... ... :::: ... ... ... ... ... Essays, &c. Thompson, William and James 262 264 11 United States, Revival of Religion Accountability, On Human 334, 380 Apocrypha and the Scriptures 374 Watch Christian Ministry and the People 253,300 Collier, Mr. Isaac Christian's Victory, The 219 409 Close Communion practically con- Electricity the Union of Nations 370) Christian Greatness Feudal Times, in England 52, 92, 137 Dalton's Key to the Adulteration Finances, Our Sunday School 142 Deluge, The... Gospel in Germany, Triumphs of... 19 | Halifax Lectures Government of India and the Tem- 56 Livingstone's Travels in South Africa 25 129 Memoir of the Rev, S. Marsden 389 Holy Spirit in Regeneration, Work Poole's New Series of Tracts 212 Shorthouse's Theology in Verse 189 India, The New Government of 329 | Vindication and Rejoinder, A 469 223 | Wallace's Christian Baptism Light of Other Days 462 | Wayland's Elements of Moral Magazine, Our 291 White's Eighteen Christian Centu- Nonconformity and Vital Religion 464 Wild Flowers : how to see and how 465 Personal Religion and Ministerial Prayer, Assistance in, from the 89 | Admission of Ministers into the 347 British Christians on Indian Affairs 32 Religious Life, To Those Com- Calvanistic Theology 108, 225 75 225 Selections 312 34 220 Dissenter's Marriages a Century Ago 35 ... .. ... sness ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Magazines and Ministers, The 433 Hathern 399 277 278 Questions for Annual Association 194 | Holbeach Recreations for Sabbath Scholars... 190 Ilkeston Revival of Religion in America 226 Isleham Strict and Free Communion 395 Kirkby Hodgson, Elizabeth 199 Leutchford, Thomas 313 Staleybridge... 158, 398, 438 Roberts, Alice 473 358 Bradford 40 Castleacre 158 158, 472 ... ... Nottingham, Broad-street ... 77, 198 Epworth 37 36, 317 Peterborough 78, 232, 275, 357, 398, 437 Todmorden 437 158, 316, 398 ORDINATIONS, REMOVALS. &c. Rothley 357 Smarden 200, 232 ... ... ... ... ... ... 113, 355 Grantham 78, 159 Jubilee Services, Austrey 399 474 358 159 Practical Exhibition of Christian 436 Rev. W. Bailey, Present to the 200 197 Second Session of the G. B. College, 38 Sheffield 401 232 Sunday School Jubilee, Sntterton 472 396 Tarporley 438 440 78 :::: :::: :::: Nature 311 107 240 311 428 ... ... ... ... Paradise 326 148 | Death of a Native Preacher at Jamaica, West Indies 328 204 Anniversaries of Religious Institutions. Baptist Evangelical Society and Bible Translation Society, The 234 British & Foreign Bible Society 233, 236 Rev. W. Hill 87, 246, 287 British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews ... 236 Naval and Military Bible Society 235 Meeting of the Mission Committee 204 236 Narrative of the Widow of Wila-' Wesleyan Missionary Society, The 235 Baptist Missionary Society, London 125 Visit of Mr. Cooley to our Brethren ... yat Ali |