and in other ways, twelve hundred dollars, yet never lost a term, or failed to keep up with his class. He graduated in 1837; his only classmates were Robert Patterson, D. D., of Chicago, and Rev. Edward Scofield, of Indiana or Ohio. When he graduated, two friends were at hand to assist him-Rev. Artemas Bullard and Miss Catherine Beecher. He was then penniless; and ladies in Jack sonville provided funds to pay his fare to Cincinnati. But what should he do for board when he got there? A question which Miss B. answered at once: "Come to father's and teach the boys, and that will pay it." He spent three years in Lane Seminary, completing his course in 1840.

In June, 1840, brother Blood was married to Mary B., daughter of Nathaniel Coffin, Esq., a lawyer of Wiscasset, Me. Her mother's maiden name was Mary Porter, daughter of Dr. Aaron Porter of Portland, Me., and sister of Dr. Lyman Beecher's second wife. They had no children. He had been, two months before, installed pastor of the Presbyterian church in Collinsville, Ill., a relation blessed to many and continued for seven years. Having resigned his ministerial charge, he taught school for five years in the same place; when, feeling it to be his duty to resume his more appropriate' work, he accepted a call to the church in Farmington, Sangamon County, Ill. That people at once became, and ever continued, attached to him, and together they rejoiced in much good done.

Here we reach a very important period in the life of the deceased. We remember what a furor of excitement there was throughout the country in 1854. Shall Kansas be a free State? was the question. The North said "Yes;" the South, "No." Our brother felt it to be his duty to go and help save that embryo State to freedom. After deliberation and prayer, his people, realizing that they were making a great sacrifice, consented to give him up. Then we see him, on the 11th of October, the same year, on his way to a new field, with his wife and another family in company. "They hardly knew whither they were going, what reception they would meet, and how they could live when they arrived there." But the Lord shielded them from all evil and made ample provision for many of their more pressing wants. Two

weeks' travel brought them to the banks of the Missouri and to the house of a former acquaintance by whom they were hospitably entertained, and where the women and children found a home, while the two men went through the territory in search for a place on which to locate. They traversed the Big Blue river country and planted stakes for a town on the site where Manhattan now is, and then returned, a distance of one hundred and twenty miles, for their families. The first winter was spent in building log cabins, the whole company meantime living in little slab pens, about nine feet by ten, and so open as to be only a partial protection from the rain and snow. As the weather was less severe than usual, they did not suffer much.

Thus far, the writer has had before him the outlines of brother Blood's life, prepared by himself, at the request of his wife, a few weeks before his death. It is a matter of regret that he did not complete the narrative, so well begun; at least, furnish us with his entire history during a residence of about eight years in the "far West." To his usefulness there, where he was sustained by the American Home Missionary Society, we have ample testimony; though to what extent he was the instrument of strengthening the church of Christ and winning souls to him, we are not informed. But this we know, that wherever he resided he was constantly about his Father's business. Indeed he was foremost in every enterprise for the furtherance of the temporal or spiritual interests of those whom he was called to serve. His last years, four of them, were spent in Wataga, Illinois, where, as on other fields of labor, there are many monuments of his skill and executive ability and ministerial efficiency.

A few months since, the health of our brother so failed as to render it necessary for him to resign his pastoral charge again. Yet, during the period that elapsed between that event and his death, he conducted the prayermeetings of the church and preached quite as often as was safe for him, and continued to teach a large Bible class to which he had become very much attached. The gratuitous services thus rendered were duly appreciated by the people. When called to give their last expression of attachment to him as their friend and spiritual guide, they crowded the house of worship to overflowing, and there

sighed and wept because they should hear his voice no more.

There is in my hands a closely written sheet, with this heading, "Record of the last sad week." It is from the pen of the widow of the deceased. A few extracts only, and those greatly condensed, can here be made. Though cut down so suddenly he was prepared for the event. Nothing needed to be done for the world he was leaving or for that upon which he was entering." When, early in his sickness, it was intimated to him that his case was doubtful, "he said, with emphasis, I am nothing but a poor sinner. Christ is a great Saviour: all my hope is in him."" At another time, as his physician said, "Mr. Blood, you are a very sick man," he responded, "You think I must go now?" After a pause of a moment, he added: If it be the Lord's will, I am ready. But, oh! I would like to stay a while longer with my dear wife and my poor old mother. What will they do without me?".. .. . "A few minutes before his death," says the widow, "he turned his head, pillowed on my arm, his eyes fixed on mine, and sweetly said 'Home.' I asked, 'In heaven?' 'Yes.' 'With Jesus?' 'Yes; and then added, 'Same work.' 'You mean for Jesus your work of praise and love.' 'Yes.' . . . He gave me a last kiss as I put my lips to his; and then I said ‘Farewell,' and left him with the Saviour; for his feet had almost reached the other side of the river. He soon ceased to breathe; and I laid his head back and closed his eyes in their last sleep."

Rev. HORATIO BARDWELL, D. D., died in Oxford, Mass., May 5, 1866, in the 78th year of his age. His death was occasioned by congestion of the brain, resulting from injuries received during the burning of his dwelling-house and other buildings two days before.

He was born in Belchertown, Mass., a son of Elijah and Sarah W. (Smith) Bardwell, and a descendant in the fifth generation from Robert Bardwell, who came from London to Boston about 1670. He was graduated at Andover Theological Seminary in 1814, was licensed 6 July, 1814, by the Haverhill Association at Salem, and was ordained to the ministry at Newburyport, 21 June, 1815; Rev. Samuel Worcester, D. D., of Salem, preaching the sermon. Soon after, he sailed for Ceylon, as a missionary of the American Board. By direction of the Board he went to Bombay, and there labored till 1821, when his health became so much impaired that he found it necessary to give up the missionary work and return to America.

In 1823, having regained his health, he commenced preaching in Holden, Mass., and was there installed pastor in October of that year. Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D., preached the sermon. After a pastorate of nearly eight years, he received and accepted an appointment as agent of the American Board, in which service he spent about five years. He was installed, 9 June, 1836, pastor in Oxford, Mass. Rev. John Nelson, D. D., of Leicester, preaching the sermon, and was dismissed 8 June, 1864.

His publications are a Sermon on the Duty and Reward of Evangelizing the Heathen, 1815; two Sermons on the Subjects and Mode of Christian Baptism; and a Memoir of Rev. Gordon Hall, 1834, pp. 260.

He was not a graduate of any college, but received the honorary degree of A. M. from Dartmouth College, in 1814, and of D. D. from Amherst College, in 1857. P. H. W.

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rance; to have interested the humane and benevolent in the Newsboys' Lodging House," so as to give their thousands in its

1 Short Sermons to Newsboys, with a history of the

Let the war-worn veteran tell his own story. Who can do it so appropriately, so truthfully, so feelingly? If General Scott is more than tolerated in detailing his life-long work as the leader of our army, which, indeed, he had few occasions to lead, why may not such a warrior—in a harder contest — as Dr. Marsh give the reading world the results of his conflicts? He has contended against a relentless foe, with the peers" of the beasts of Ephesus," and he has given the hydraheaded monster many a death-dealing blow in his thirty years' war. We are glad he has been spared to do so much; and not the least of his good deeds is this faithful and valuable record of the great temperance reform with which he has been so closely identified. We heartily wish this book as large a sale as its merits richly deserve.

Popery, with its usual èffrontery, stands forth, assailing the battlements of Christian and civil liberty at every point. Let every one, who can, hurl the missiles of truth against this common enemy of our race until its power for mischief is broken. We welcome every well-directed effort to enlighten the public mind and educate the public conscience upon the great topics in controversy between Protestantism and Popery. Mr. Curtis's "Seven Discourses "2 are a valuable contri

formation of the Newsboys' Lodging House. By Charles Loring Brace. New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 124 Grand Street. 1866. pp. 244.

1 Temperance Recollections. Labors, Defeats, Triumphs. An Autobiography. By John Marsh, D. D., Secretary of the first three Temperance Conventions, and thirty years the Corresponding Secretary and editor of the American Temperance Union. New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 654 Broadway. 1866. pp. 373.

2 The Mystery of Iniquity Unveiled; or, Popery Unfolded and Refuted, and its Destination Shown in the Light of Prophetic Scripture. In Seven Dis

bution to this end. While his topics may not be especially new or striking, his discussions and facts are suggestive and helpful to those who may wish information about and stimulus in the great work now before our Christian churches.

An ecclesiastical council (Baptist) was called, in January last, to act upon the case of a church member who had married a woman who had obtained a divorce from her (first) husband because of unkind treatment. The council was desired to answer the question whether the Scriptures allow an entire dissolution of the marriage tie "for any cause save one." Unprepared to answer the question, it appointed a committee to report upon this subject. That report, prepared by Professor Hovey, of Newton, and adopted by the council, has been given to the public. question is examined with all the patient skill of the able writer, and the conclusion reached that while the Scriptures allow a separation in some cases, they allow entire divorce only on one ground, "namely, fornication." The question is exciting much attention, on account of the laxity of laws in some States, and the great increase of divorce cases. This book is timely, and is worthy of careful perusal.

The

Few books known to us are better

filled with important truths, plainly, powerfully stated, than are found in Daily Meditations. A "meditation" for every day in the year, with a fitting text, fittingly expounded and made eminently practical. "The reader," as the preface well says, "will here find deep, precious, and suggestive thoughts, made vivid by a glowing imagination and striking inferences. His faith will be strengthened by contact with the author's faith, and his zeal be kindled by his passionate jealousy for the glory of God." In connection with the

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courses. By Chandler Curtis. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. 1866. pp. 417.

3 The Scriptural law of Divorce. By Alvah Hovey, D. D., Professor of Christian Theology in the Newton Theological Institution. Boston: Gould and Lincoln. 12mo. pp. 82.

4 Daily Meditations, by the Rev. George Bowen, American Missionary, Bombay, India. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Publication Committee, 1334 Chestnut Street; New York: A. D. F. Randolph, 170 Broadway. 429 pp.

cannot fail to captivate and instruct all who read them. These volumes will grace many a library.

Mr. Wilson's Presbyterian Historical Almanac1 is issued for the year ending with the sessions of the assemblies and synods of 1864 -being the seventh volume of this work. It contains the names and members and proceedings of ten Presbyterian General Assemblies or Synods in the United States, and of twelve in Canada and other foreign countries; biographies of deceased ministers, and other information; and is illustrated by eight portraits on steel. As a historical work, this volume is invaluable. We are sorry that the compiler omits, for this year (with slight exception), the lists contained in earlier volumes, of "all the Presbyterian ministers throughout the world," with their respective church connections; and has reduced the statistics to a brief summary. We think that full statistics and complete lists of ministers are essential. But, without these, the volume is indispensable to all who wish to know the conditions and doings of the various Presbyterian churches. It ought to be supported much more liberally than we are afraid it is. Dean Stanley's great work on the

1 The Presbyterian Historical Almanac and Annual Remembrancer of the Church, for 1865. By Joseph M. Wilson. Volume seven. Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson. 1865. 8vo. pp. 407 (including advertisements).

Jewish Church 2 eminently merits the high commendations it everywhere receives. The first part has been for some time before the public. Mr. Scribner has brought out the second part in a manner well fitted to the topic, and to the ability with which it is treated. And though the entire work was prepared for Dr. Stanley's class at Oxford, and delivered in lectures, it still has the form of a narrative, and is really an unbroken history from Saul to the Captivity. It is not dryly statistical, nor on the other hand are the facts which are the basis of the history ignored. These are so arranged and connected as to beguile the reader through the entire record without weariness. Take the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon; and we venture the affirmation that the oldest students of the Old Testament will find a new charm, even to them, in this part of inspiration. Ewald, Millman, and many others have written copiously and well upon "the children of Israel," "the history of the Jews," etc., etc.; but it has been reserved to this author to give to the reading world a work more attractive, more thoroughly analytical, and hence more valuable than any which it has been our privilege to examine. It should be in every good library.

2 Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church, Part 2d. From Samuel to the Captivity. By Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, D. D., Dean of Westminster. New York Charles Scribner & Co., 124 Grand Street 1866. 556 pp.