THEOLOGIAN AND ECCLESIASTIC. VOLUME VIII. JULY TO DECEMBER, MDCCCXLIX. LONDON: JOSEPH MASTERS, ALDERSGATE STREET, AND 78, NEW BOND STREET. MDCCCXLIX. Holy Eucharist, (on the Celebration of the) Helmore's Psalter Noted. Illustrations of the State of the Church during the Great Rebellion Life and Remains of Professor Butler Primary Charge of the Archbishop of York Religious Teaching of Rugby School Report of the Commissioners for the Subdivision of Parishes Rock's Church of our Fathers PAGE 180 293 24 361 169 193 276 106 34, 123, 345 375 63 158 1 217 321 41 207 247 14, 141 77 347 191 333 231 257 356 301 131 Alford's Commentary on the New Testament. 380 Bunbury's (Miss Selina) Visit to the Catacombs 319 Booker's (Rev. John) Exposition of the Church Catechism 378 Cavendish's (Hon. Richard) Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury 188 Chandler (Rev. J.) on Unchastity before Marriage. Crompton's (Rev. J. L.) Prefaces on the Communion Service 59 Cutts' (Rev. E. L.) Manual for the Study of the Sepulchral Slabs and Crosses of the Middle Ages De Burgh's (Rev. William) Christian's Life in CHRIST Day's Pleasure (A) Dollman's (Francis) Examples of Ancient Pulpits existing in England Eamonson's (Rev. Mr.) Observations on Mr. Goode's work Freeman's (E. A.) History of Architecture Gregory's (Rev. Robert) Plea in behalf of Small Parishes Hopwood's Progressive Exercises on the Church Catechism Houghton's Examination of Calvinism Jackson's Sermons on the Sinfulness of Little Sins Jenkin's (Rev. W. W ) Prose Hymn for Children Johns' (Rev. B. G.) History of Spain for young persons Landon's (Mr. E.) General Ecclesiastical Dictionary Lady Alice Lindsay's (Hon. Colin) Tradition, Easter, and the Church . Madan's (Rev. George) Sermon at the opening of Thornbury Church Manual of Devotion Markland's (J. H.) Bishop Ken's Prayers for those who come to the Baths of Bath for cure Martin's (Rev. John) Sermon on Christian Burial and unconsecrated land. Sister's Care. Stephen's (Thomas) Guide to the Daily Service of the Church of Eng PAGE 254 62 61 189 317 191 320 317 190 380 130 130 256 191 51 129 59 61 320 130 62 190 62 320 191 61 191 256 190 56 256 380 320 130 62 129 129 51 130 190 188 130 129 320 129 62 378 380 55 191 380 62 191 The Theologian AND ECCLESIASTIC. LIFE AND REMAINS OF PROFESSOR BUTLER. Sermons Doctrinal and Practical. By the Rev. WILLIAM ARCHER BUTLER, M. A., late Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Dublin: edited, with a Memoir of the Author's Life, by the Rev. THOMAS WOODWARD, M.A. Dublin, 1849. A THOUGHTFUL mind, as it contemplates the works of nature, cannot fail to be struck by this remarkable fact, that the most valuable gifts of Providence are either entirely disregarded by men, or are far less fruitful than they were designed to become. Some of the most precious natural treasures are enveloped in mystery and in secrecy, carefully concealed from the knowledge of mankind. Some lie before our eyes inviting observation, and yet are passed by from day to day without detection. Some literally go to waste, and so far as we can see, answer no end whatever in the complex machinery of creation. In one country there is so great a profusion of corn, that after all the wants of its inhabitants are provided for, an abundance still remains, which from peculiar local circumstances, cannot be exported, and must therefore go to waste. In another, the unhappy people are perishing through lack of food. Again, who has observed the clusters of seed weighing down the delicate branches of a delicate tree, and not asked himself the question, what purpose in creation were these innumerable seeds intended to subserve? If they are food for animals, their virtue is unknown, and in most cases, they remain rotting upon the ground. If they have within them a generative principle, a secret source of future life, we know that not one seed in ten thouVOL. VIII.-JULY, 1849. B |