death, with such blame as Peter, who " dissembled" with the Judaising Christians, and “led away Barnabas” into the same error. And when the college of the Apostles was assembled to decide an important question; James, if any, was the presiding Apostle. But Dr. B. quickly leaves this subject, to present us with his sixth point of preference. « The Catholic Church has ever preserved the stability of character designated by “the rock against which the powers of hell were never to prevail!... Only the « original church continues undiminished, undivided, and unchanged." —P. 4i. The man must possess no small degree of confidence who could use such language as this. " The original church continues undiminished, undivided, and unchanged !" What does Dr. B. call diminution or division? In the ninth century, the whole of the Eastern churches separated themselves at once: Africa soon followed: six hundred years after, a large portion of Europe became Protestant: and nothing came to repair these losses but the slaves of South America. From being, in fact, the Catholic Church, she has fallen so far as no longer to reckon one half of Christendom within her pale. And yet Dr. B. tells us that she is “ undiminished, undivided, and unchanged." We have now arrived at the end of this discourse ; and have found, as we expected, that its ingenious and plausible representations were not supported by either facts or arguments capable of bearing a close examination. We have scarcely room for another word, but we cannot part with Dr. B. without giving him one question to resolve, which it will rather perplex him, we imagine, satisfactorily to answer. The purport of his sermon is to win us, in a gentle manner, to the conviction that the Romish religion is really the only true, the only safe one, and that Protestants are wandering up and down in mazes of error, from which there is no way of escape but into her bosom. But Dr. B. must believe that the disciples of a church with which Christ promised to be present “all days, even to the consummation of the world,” will naturally be the most exemplary and the most happy of human beings; while the poor wandering separatists from her communion would fall into every description of vice and misery. “Length of days is in her right hand; 66 and in her left hand, riches and honour.” But what are the facts? Look over the whole face of the globe, and, among the nations professing Christianity, say, which are the most prosperous and happy, and which are the most miserable and hopeless. Look at Spain and at Italy, the two countries which, of all the kingdoms of Europe, are the most exclusively Catholic, and say if they are not, also, the most deplorably situated of all. But, if you would look for peace and morals, liberty, industry, and happiness, look towards Protestant Saxony, Protestant Sweden, Protestant Holland, and, above all, Protestant England. And, to come still nearer home, take the three kingdoms which support the British Crown, and observe the remarkable contrast they present. Two of them, differing in origin, in character, in church government, and long estranged from each other by perpetual warfare, are yet now cordially united, and operate together with a power which is felt in every part of the world. To such a point of influence has Providence now raised this little island, that every thing done in it becomes matter of interest even at the farthest extremity of the globe. But there is a third member of this union there is a sister isle.' That isle is blessed with a delightful climate, a most fertile soil, a numerous, active, and ingenious population; and yet this, the most favoured of the three countries in all natural advantages, is nevertheless a dead weight upon the energies of the sister kingdoms. In every kind of circumstance, under every kind of treatment, she continues an absolute drawback to the strength which she ought to augment; a gigantic pauper, reducing the wealth which she ought to increase. And, yet, wherein lies the cause which produces this amazing difference? In this one thing, Religion. England is “a land of heretics:” Ireland continues in the bosom of that church, “with which," according to Dr. Baines, “Christ promised for ever to remain.” Like Spain and Italy, she is pre-eminently attached to the Roman Catholic religion ; and, like Spain and Italy, she is miserable. Is not this, upon Dr. Baines's principles, even more than paradoxical ? We know he would endeavour to attribute the whole to the want of what is called “ Emanci. pation.” Emancipation from spiritual bondage is indeed the greatest want of Ireland; but mere political emancipation cannot be the cure for miseries, the cause of which lies far deeper than any political remedy can ever reach. Her malady is the malady of Rome; it is the same which ruins Italy and Spain; and her cure will be found in that tree alone “ whose leaves are for the healing of the nations." DECISION OF THE APOCRYPHAL QUESTION. We are happy to announce, however late, the termination of this unhappy and alarming dispute, by which the very existence of that noble Institution in which it originated was threatened. On Monday, Nov. 21, at a Special Meeting of the General Committee, at the Bible Society's House in Earl Street, the Special Committee appointed to examine into the question of the circulation of the Apocrypha made their report; after which the following resolution was adopted :“ That the funds of the Society be applied to the printing and circulation of “ the Canonical Books of Scripture, to the exclusion of those books, and parts of books, which are usually termed Apocryphal: and that all copies “ printed, either entirely or in part, at the expense of the Society, and whether “ such copies consist of the whole or of any one or more of such books, be invariably issued bound, no other books whatever being bound with them. “ And, further, that all Money Grants, to societies or individuals, be made "* only in conformity with the principle of this regulation.” RECEIPTS OF RELIGIOUS CHARITIES IN 1824-25. £. s. d. Bible Societies. Societies of a mixed nature. £. s. d. British and Foreign mamm. 93,285 5 2 Christian Knowledge ww62,387 3 4 Naval and Military 2,615 2 0 Propagating the Gospel 32,016 14 5 Merchant Seamen's mmm 911 4 7 Jews 113,715 2 1 Missionary Societies. London Hibernian 8,143 3 11 Church -45,383 19 10 Continental 2,133 15 10 London mom mammamummannanna? 40,719 16 Book Societies. Wesleyan 38,046 9 Prayer-Book and Homily 1,781 12 10 Baptist mum.15,995 11 2 Church Tract Society 737 19 9 London Moravian Assoc.. 3,568 17 3 Religious Tractmomanom 12,568 17 0 Scottishmmmmmmmmmmmmaa 8,257 4 3 Home mmmm 5,092 15 10 IN IRELAND, School Societies. Hibernian Bible Society. 6,728 10 4 British and Foreignum 2,114 19 3 Sunday-School Society2,653 7 2 Sunday-School Union 4,253 12 2 Tract and Book Society - 3,647 6 3 Newfoundland 701 0 6 Irish Society wwwmoran 1,060 3 $ wwwmmm TO BIOGRAPHY, RELIGIOUS COMMUNICATIONS, &c. &c. &c. 9 .... on 10 Page Page 128 409 Canada, Plan for promoting Industry in 399 48 Capital Punishments, Remarks on •.36, 79 291 457 378 Catholic Association, Proceedings of.. 33 Suppression of .. 114 201 144 241 154 367 343 .117, 315 171 Meihudist, at Barbadoes 276 321 | Cheerfulness, Want of in Christians 64 361 Children, House of Reform for Female 277 397 Chillingworth on the Apocrypha 425 132 158 21 21 254 The Dying 332 338 257 75 American Episcopal 158 56 350 Cunningham, Speeches of 228, 233 21 197 197 17 218 35 -MacNeill, Captain 250 407 -Richmond, Mr. Wilberforce 78 407 19 Death, Soliloquy of Christian on 23 14 288 183 254 80 Duties of ihe Christian Minister, 214 231 9 East India Sugar.. 40 48 Eclectic Review on the Apocryplial Controversy.... 386, 482 326 217 Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Discoveries in 101 254 205 Elphin, Speech of the Bishop of 436 199 56 England, on State of Religion in 474 306 158 Floating Chapel Society 315 Evening, Remarks on a Summer's.... 305 86 430 q 'Fauntleroy, Mr. .... 3U 18, 35 Page .... 428 .... ............ ... 241 398 Page 318 MEMOIR of-See ACCOUNT, 214 295 36 Ministerial Unsuccessfulness 91, 172, 339 338 Morning, A Summer's, Reflections on 305 53 Thoughts, Extracts from 88 194 293 385 Naval and Military Bible Society 77 24 380 Noel, Speech of the Hon. B......... 235 vice to Apprentices... .......... 269 .34, 274 201 436 Onnipresenee . ................ 456 denied by Roman Catholics 73 293 O'Hagan, Speech of Rev. Mr. 195 293 | Pastor, the Village ....245, 476 335, 378 35 Peter Martyr, Account of ..., 401, 441 11 Peter, on the Fall of 201 82 POETRY. 208 407 237 - Soliloquy of Christian on.... 23 288 Dying Christian 332 306 53 11 417 260 129 88 ix. 15 i .. 170 18 260 --xlvi. 144 47 491 366 430 392 303 215 231 Pope, Rev. Mr. Speeches of......194, 235 355 Popery and Protestantism, Publications on.... 75 155 Power, Rev. W. Address at Iniermont of 174 61, 304 Secret, Importance of..... 75 in an unknown Tongue. ..... 501 132 ............ .... 293 .... ..... 341 ... ... 503 Page Page Reformation is... .. 113 Irving's Orations for Missionaries, .77, 136 after the Apostolical School.... 145 Leighton, Pearson's Life of Abp... 105 Llogd's Inquiry on preaching Christ 492 Macdonald's Memoirs of Benson 107 M'Neile's Sermon for Irish Society 188 345 380 Marison's Sermon on Amusements 152 · 154, 198, 239 Morrison's Chinese Miscellany 433 Mortimer's Missionary Sermon .... 145 Myers on the Chinese Language 433 Nouveaux Cantiques Chrétiens 270 Pearson's Life of Leighton.... 105 270 86 Simeon's Letter to Lord Teignmouth 307 78 Statement of Edinburgh Bible So- 326 307 Watkins's Advice to Apprentices 273 279 Webster's Prayers for Families .... 150 West's Journal 393 217 345 15 Wesleyan Magazine 345, 439 62 Saints, Popish Worship of.......... 502 227 ........ 344 SERMONS. 17 59 For Whitsunday. 177 of Dr. Baines, on ........ 501 122 141 56 Benefit of early reading.. 9 158 Desire for anong Catholics 27 293 Society, British aud Foreign School o' 275 Seamen 117 228 Bible ........191, 319, 353, 512 Jowett on the 383 492 Merchant Seaniel's .. 357 307 Naval and Military 77, 350 399 110 Missionary, Church, 39, 115, 31 225, 275, 318, 397 Missionary, Scottish 39 Hiberninn ........233, 353, 436 Correspondence with Nir. O'Connelli 274 315 -,ManchesterAuxiliary 192 185 120 110 353 Newfoundland School 358 Poor pious Clergy.... 159 Prayer-book and Homily, 115, 238 500 Religious Inquiry in Ireland.. 159 185 Refuun of Female Children 277 Spanish Translation... .39, 316 307 118 257 234 367 59 -on grieving and quenching .... 389 ings of ..... .... 492 25 |
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