PALMER'S CHURCH HISTORY. A COMPENDIOUS ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY THE REV. WILLIAM PALMER, M. A., AUTHOR OF "ORIGINES LITURGICÆ," &C. WITH PREFACE AND NOTES BY AN AMERICAN EDITOR. 50c. "The truly learned and sound-minded author has set himself honestly to seek out the results of the system devised by Heavenly Wisdom, and set in operation by God himself, when He dwelt among us. He does not puzzle himself and his reader with an attempt at a' pragmatical' investigation of the human motives and propensities that have carried on, while they seemed to thwart and vitiate, the divine counsels for man's salvation. Still less does he stoop to flatter the poor pride of human reason by lowering a narrative of God's doings with and in his Church to the tone of secular history, and making all plain and easy for the most unspiritual comprehension. He writes as a believer of the facts that he narrates; but not a believer without investigation. He writes as one whose own belief makes him in earnest with his reader, and in consequence leaves the impression of reality on the mind. Convinced that God did indeed found his Church upon a rock, immoveable and unconquerable, he looks for it, without fear or shrinking, amid the worst of tempests of controversial strife or secular oppression, and under the deepest mists of ignorance and error, and not only finds it, signalized by its unvarying tokens of peace, holiness and joy, but makes it obvious to others. We see, with him, that though times have changed, and manners varied, the word and promise of God have endured unchanged, and their accomplishment has gone on invariably."-Bishop Whittingham. RECORDS OF A GOOD MAN'S LIFE, BY THE REV. CHARLES B. TAYLER, M. A. One handsome volume. 12mo. 75c. "This is, indeed, a 'golden book-one that cannot be read without as much profit as pleasure by all who feel interest in the life of a good country parson. The narrative exhibits the character of a man who was distinguished, not for talent or learning, but for being in earnest, and heartily endeavoring to live up to his Christian profession-with whom baptism was not a form, but the commencement of a life of Christian faith."-Banner of the Cross. "An elegant reprint of a volume endeared to many a heart by a thousand charms of style, sentiment, and pious meditation. The loveliness of humanity passing through the stages of life under the influence, and illuminated by the divine light of the pure precepts of the Gospel, the surpassing beauty of holiness exhibited in the character of woman as a Christian wife and mother, and the manly dignity and nobleness of the Christian father and husband, are all here exhibited so sweetly, so truthfully, so eloquently, as to touch the soul of the most obdurate. We trust all our readers are so familiar with these pages, as to feel the justice of our praise, and to seize eagerly the opportunity of again meeting an old and beloved companion."-Protestant Churchman. HOBART'S FESTIVALS AND FASTS. A Companion to the Festivals and Fasts of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Principally selected and altered from Nelson's Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England. WITH FORMS OF DEVOTION. BY JOHN HENRY HOBART, D. D., BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF NEW-YORK. One volume. 12mo. 75c. "It will prove a useful companion in the exalted exercises of the Christian life; and, while it serves to impress on the members of the Episcopal Communion the excellence of their truly Apostolic and Primitive Church, it must excite them to adorn their profession by corresponding fervor of piety and sanctity of manners.” PRAYERS BY THE REV. JOHN SWETE, D. D. One volume 18mo. cloth. 25c. "That the habit of family devotion is not inconsistent with the most zealous and unremitted discharge of public duty is evinced by the example which the author of these Prayers afforded. His singular union, indeed, of private religion and public usefulness, may in great measure be attributed to that state of mind of which this custom was at once a cause and a consequence. The Grecian colonists, whose more polished manners, and the simplicity of whose native speech, were endangered through the contaminations of barbarian intercourse, by assembling at stated seasons, to confess their degeneracy, and revive the thought of purer times, retained as well the language which was their common bond, as the superiority which was the birth-right of their race. Amidst the increasing turmoil of our days, the custom of daily worship may be looked to by Christians for a similar result. It has been shown, indeed, that this practice comes commended by the experience of former times. But if it were needed in a period of quiet and repose, how much more amidst the agitation by which our cities are now convulsed, and which shakes even the villages of our land! In tranquil days, the disciples were comforted by the presence of Christ; but it was amidst the waves of Gennesaret that they learned to appreciate that power which could hush the stormy elements into rest. It was when neither sun nor stars for many days appeared, and no small tempest lay upon him, that the captive apostle could be of good cheer, because there was with him the angel of that God, whose he was and whom he served." THORNTONS'S PRAYERS. AND PRAYERS ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. A FAMILY COMMENTARY UPON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. "The present volume contains two works, which have been separately published in England; the Family Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount having appeared there, about a year after the first edition of the Family Prayers. The arrangement now adopted will, it is thought, be found convenient for domestic worship; as combining within the same volume a Manual of prayer, and portions of scriptural exposition for reading. "It may seem presumptuous in the Editor to say any thing by way of introduction to productions bearing on their title-page the name of THORNTON-a name, familiar not to England only, but to the world; and indissolubly associated with our thoughts of whatever is enlarged in Christian beneficence, sound in religious views, and beautiful in consistency of daily practice. He will take the liberty, however, of simply saying, that in regard to the Family Prayers, that, without at all detracting from the merit of other works of the same description, they appear to him to preserve, in a remarkable degree, the difficult and happy medium between verboseness on the one hand, and a cold conciseness on the other. It is believed that none can use them, without feeling that they impart a spirit of gratitude and self-humiliation. They are what prayers should be,-fervent, and yet perfectly simple. "The Commentary upon the Sermon on the Mount, is remarkable throughout for the profound insight into human nature which it manifests: for its clear exhibition of the fundamental truths of the gospel: and for the faithfulness, honesty, and at the same time, the true refinement and dignity, of the language in which its instructions are conveyed.' MELVILL'S SERMONS. SERMONS BY HENRY MELVILL, B. D., Minister of Camden Chapel, Camberwell, and late Felbow and Tutor of St. Peter's College, Cambridge. EDITED BY THE RT. REV. C. P. M'ILVAINE, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Ohio. Fourth edition. One volnme, royal 8vo. $2,50. This volume contains all the sermons yet published by the author, or under his sanction. Many others have been published surreptitiously, which he never prepared for the press, and which ought not to be read as specimens of his preaching. A strong attestation of the merit of these discourses is given in the fact, that flooded as is the market with the immense variety of pulpit composition which the London press continually pours in, so that a bookseller can scarcely be persuaded to publish a volume of sermons at his own risk, and such a volume seldom reaches beyond a single edition, those of Melvill have passed through several, and do not cease to attract much attention. "Heartily do we admire the breathing words, the bold figures, the picturesque images, the forcible reasonings, the rapid, vivid, fervid perorations, of these discourses."-Britisk Critic. Consisting of a Short Explanation of the Lord's Supper, and Meditations and BY JOHN HENRY HOBART, D. D "The writer has endeavored to keep in view two principles, which he deems most important and fundamental. These principles are-That we are saved from the guilt and dominion of sin by the divine merits and grace of a crucified Redeemer; and that the merits and grace of this Redeemer are applied to the soul of the believer in the devout and humble participation of the ordinances of the Church, administered by a Priesthood who derive their authority by regular transmission from Christ, the Divine Head of the Church, and the source of all power in it.” Perhaps no other commendation of this work is needed than the fact, that since its first publication, in 1804, it has successfully withstood the competition of all other works on the same subject, has passed through almost countless editions, and is still steadily increasing in the favor of the pious and devout. JERRAM ON INFANT BAPTISM. CONVERSATIONS ON INFANT BAPTISM. BY CHARLES JERRAM, VICAR OF CHOBHAM, SURRY. These Conversations furnish a complete view of the whole controversy, and a most conclusive defence of Infant Baptism. |