LITERARY NOTICES, continued.
Lange's "Life of the Lord Jesus Christ," 929 Lewin's "Siege of Jerusalem by Titus," 259 Lewis's "Threshold of Revelation," 538 Lyth's "Zion's Harfe," 929
M'Cullagh's "Memorials of the Rev. T. 0. Keysell," 1026
M'Oran's "Christian Sabbath," 74
Memorials of Children of Wesleyan Ministers, 74
Moon's "Poems," 261
Morning on the Mountains, 261
Nichol's "Puritan Divines:" Charnock, vols. I., II., 1121-Sibbes, vol. VII.; Clarkson, vol. I.; Airay; Cartwright, 1122 Pattison's "Religious Life in England," 647 Pressense's Discourses on "the Redeemer," 541 Prest's Sermon on the Death of the Rev. J. Mason, 644
Priestley's "Sin and Suffering reconcilable with Divine Benevolence," 646 Raffles, Dr., "Memoirs" of, 1123 Reed, Dr. A., "Memoirs" of, 68
Religious Tract Society, liberal offers of, 1122 Richard's "Memoirs of Joseph Sturge," 1123 Rousset's "Histoire de Louvois," 1118
Schaff's and Roussel's “ Christ of the Gospels," 262
Smith's (Charles W.)" Clerical Elocution,"1123 Smith's (Rev. Thornley) "Memoir of the Rev. Horatio Pearse," 648
Southey's "Life of Wesley," 1122
Steward's "Mediatorial Sovereignty," 73 Strickland's (Miss) "Queens of England,"
The Christian Code, 541
Vanderkiste's "Lost-but not for ever," 261 Wesley's "Journal," 1027
Wiseman's" Christ in the Wilderness," 540 Loewenthal, Isidore, biographic notice of, 791 Lord's table, the approach to, not sufficiently guarded, 813
Lovefeasts, rule on admission to, 812
Machpelah, cave of, 1004, 1006, 1091-visit to, by the Prince of Wales, 1092, 1098; by Ali Bey, 1096; by Signor Pierotti, 1096 Marlborough, first Duke of, in old age, 919 Mariner's compass, account of the, 51 Martyr, joyful experience of a, 150
Martyred missionary, grave of the, 17, 122 Mary in heaven, portrait of, 1114 Materialism, inconsistency of, 223 Maternal influence, illustration of, 255 Mecca, Moorish pilgrims to, 27 Melchizedec, notice of, 432
Men for the age: an inquiry into the constituents and practical value of Christian greatness, by the Rev. R. Bell, 961, 1057
Methodism, Wesleyan, introduction of, into Milton-Ernest, Bedfordshire, 424-preparation of local histories of, suggested, 427-"History" of, in Barnard-Castle, mentioned, 579-doc- trinal integrity of, 520-duties of, suggested, 521-facts illustrating the growth and activity of, during the last ten years, 602-who would quench its light? 893-in Armley, interesting facts relating to, 1118
Methodists, mission of the, to whom? 210 Middle ages, the, and the Renaissance: a lecture by M. Demogest, 895
Military hospitals and prisons, pastoral visita- tion in, by Wesleyan Ministers, 32
Millon-Ernest, Methodism in, 424
Missionary, advices of a, to one entering the work, 61
MISSIONARY SOCIETY, WESLEYAN. Africa, South, 557. Bechuana, 175, 932- -Eastern Province, 174-Graham's-Town, 1031-Kaffraria, 174, 462-Namaqualand, 272, 367-Natal, 175, 464, 655, 851 Africa, Western, 268, 557, 740, 749 America, British. Hudson's Bay, 1134 Anniversary of the Society. Annual Meeting: speech of the Right Hon. Joseph Napier, Chairman, 55abstract of the Report, 553-60-speech of Rev. Dr. Osborn, 738; Rev. E. E. Jenkins, 740; Mr. Garland, 745; Rev. H. J. Piggott, 746; Mr. J. Howard, 749; Rev. W. West, 749; Mr. W. Smith, 750; Rev. Dr. Crook, 750; Rev. W. But- ters, 751
Australasia, 751. See also Polynesia. Bly, Sergeant Robert, death of, 1933 Ceylon, 554, 655
China, 78, 555, 1031
Contributions, 80, 176, 272, 368, 464, 560, 636, 853, 936, 1034, 1136 Deaths, 560
France, 557 Germany, 553 Gibraltar, 554
India, Continental. Appointment of Sir John Lawrence as Viceroy and Governor-General, 76,740-national education, 77-the " Brab- mo Samaj," 1032-Bangalore, 555, 850- Barrackpore, 555, 655-Calcutta, 173, 555, 655, 744-Cawnpore, 745-Godavery, 744- Lucknow, 555, 654-Madras, 461. 554, 654, 742-Mysore, 77-Negapatam, 365, 1032— the military, 555-Tinnevelly, 744 Italy, 553, 746, 1130, 1133
Jubilee celebration. Bahamas, 463—Fiji, 653 Gibraltar, 461-India, 78, 461, 654-South Africa, 464,655-Sweden,739-West Indies, 461, 462, 853
Ladies' Committee for Female Education, 359 Medical Aid Society, 464, 559 Pacific. Vancouver's Island, 368 Polynesia, 272. Fiji, 79, 270, 558, 633, 851, 852, 935-Friendly Islands, 269, 558-New- Zealand, 271, 558
Toase, Rev. W., mentioned, 738
West Indies, 557. Antigua, 461-Bahamas, 462-Barbadoes, 176-Demerara, 176, 853 -St. Domingo, 80-St. Vincent, 461 Missions, Christian, chronological notes relating to, 889-antiquity of, 891-the age of the Re- formation not propitious to, 891
Missions, Wesleyan, amount raised for, during the last ten years, 603. See also Jubiles. Mont Blanc, ascents of, 719 Montanism, notice of, 299
Nablous, or Nabulus, Passover-celebration at, 338-a visit te, 621, 698 Nain, the village of, 145, 248
Napoleon I., defeat of, at Acre, 704 Nebuchadnezzar, King, observations on the his- tory of, 617-a King of Spain not acquainted with, 1070
Neepe, Mr. William, of Epperstone, conversion and usefulness of, 47
Newton, Sir Isaac, anecdote of, 919 Nicene Council, references to, 297, 483
Pages for the young: XIII. Memory, and its education, 223-XIV. A Persian youth to a Christian teacher, 351-XV. Science and revela- tion, 726-XVI. The natural history of a leaf, 979-XVII. A few words about an old Roman wall, 1079
Palgrave, Mr. G., journey of, across Central Arabia, 323
Parisian student of the fourteenth century, oc- cupation of a, 899
Pastoral visitation, complaint of the want of, noticed, 814
Peripatetics, Lucian's description of, 386
Persia, communion seasons in, 153-book on Missions in, noticed, 261-reformation of reli- gion in, by Zoroaster, 437, 620 Peru, three centuries ago, 986 Peter, the imprisonment and release of, 592 Pew and the Pulpit, a few words between the, 25 Pharaoh, contest of, with Moses, 529 Pierotti, signor, subterranean explorations of, in Jerusalem, 1096-visit of, to the Mosque at Machpelah, 1097
Pilgrim Mission in Nubia, Report of the, 1012 Plague period, a heroine of the, 913 Platonism, references to, 386, 387, 483 POETRY.
The little child, 1130
The new song, 460
"The Prince of the kings of the earth," 363
The Sabbath, 364, 1129
The suppliant, by R. C. Trench, 737 Wild flowers, by Benjamin Gough, 549 Polycarp, writings of, 290
Pope Pius VII., a Quaker's visit to, 1071 Popery, brigandage aided by, in Naples, 65- portrait of, done to life, by order of His Holi- ness Julius III., 1020-interesting case of rescue from Mariolatry, 1114-efforts of, to suppress Protestantism throughout France under Louis XIV., 1119-notices of, in Australia, 662; in the Friendly Islands, 270; in India, 329, 418, 533; in Ireland, 458, 470, 750; in Italy, 746; in Kensington, London, 660; in Mexico, 953; in Nubia, 1013; in Poland, 320; in Tuscany. 1044-other references to, 88, 89, 111, 331, 344, 552, 554, 1136. See also GLANCE AT PUBLIC OCCURRENCES and Rome Papal. Post, Mr. Charles, of Hull, mentioned, 2, 3, 4 Preachers and preaching, anecdotes of, 56 Prince of Wales, birth of an heir to, 164-visit of, to Mount Gerizim, 338; to the cave of Machpelah, 1092, 1098
Rachel's Tomb, notice of, 995 Radiant characters, 731
Ratcliffe, Rev. William, outrage on, in Ja- maica, 23, 128
Rationalism, 264, 353, 354, 403, 840-in Hol- land, 642-work on the " Rise, Progress, and Decline" of, in Germany, noticed, 1122 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
See also HOME-MISSIONARY CORRESPONDENCE and MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
A Lord's-day-observing Railway Company, 277 A Mussulman expounding the Bible, 90 Address, Annual, of the Conference to the Methodist Societies, 835
Africa, South. Judgment of the Metropolitan on the Bishop of Natal, 279
America (United States of). Help for the freedmen, 954
Australia. Religious statistics of Victoria, 662 Bible Society's funds and issues, 469 Canton de Vaud. Scriptures for the blind, 473 China, Chinese scholars and Christianity, 278 -Annual Meeting of Methodist Mission- aries, 567
Chinaman, in Australia, Missionary speech of a, 374
Conferences of 1864. Irish, 818; British, 819
-stations of the ministers and preachers on trial in Great Britain, 822; in Ireland, 833; on the Irish Missions, 834; on the Foreign Missions, 936; in connexion with the Affili- ated Conferences, 942, 1034, 1038, 1040 "Dedication festival," a strange, 85 Denmark, religion in, 854
France, rural parts of, 1044
French army, the, 470
Geneva, the Calvin commemoration at, 473 Greece, the King of, at the Lord's table, 950 Highland superstition, 469 Iceland, 277
India. "Missions in India have begun to tell," 181-Juggernaut again, 182-idola- trous endowments, 182-baptism of con- verts, 278-progress of Christianity, 952- Lepers' Asylum at Almora, 1047 Ireland Education of Roman Catholics, 470 -religious movement at Bray, 949 Italy. Protestant periodicals, 87-progress of evangelization, 87-cemeteries for non- Catholic Italians, 88-a Protestant preach- ing in a monastery, 88-Florence under the new régime, 89-education in Sicily, 90- church-members in Milan, 181-remarkable incident in Como, 181-Protestant worship at Rome, 181-the Evangelical party in the Tuscan provinces, 1044-general survey of Protestant progress, 1142
Jew, baptism of a, 372-Rhienish Jews, 373 Jewess, baptism of a, 854 Koordistan, 950
Labrador, the Moravians in, 376 Lyons, Evangelical Church of, 87
Religious Societies formed in London in the time of Charles II., notice of, 1008 Religious neutrality unreasonable, 912 Renewal of the Covenant, stricter rules on ad- mission to, needed, 814
Rest and change, Hugh Miller on, 725 Revival in Ulster, Dr. Kirkpatrick on the, 10 Revivals, ancient and modern, Rev. J. Stoughton on, 330-Rev. Dr. R. Scott on the province of faith in relation to, 1072
Roads in Palestine, described, 622 Rome Papal, glimpses of, 245 Rose, the finest in the world, 1019
"Royal priesthood," duties, qualifications, and privileges of the, 794
Russia, conquests of, 718-a Quaker's visit to Alexander I. and his family, 1067
Sailors on shore, protection needed for, 1 Saints' days, origin of, 295 Samaritans, remnant of the, 338-notices of, 699-704
Scriptures, canon of, in the second century, 297 SERMONS.
From the least unto the greatest, by the Rev. W. L. Thornton, M.A, 880 Godliness and its profit, by the Rev. Thomas Jackson, 199
The honour paid by Christ to the Scripture, by the Rev. Dr. Osborn, 111
"The way of Balaam," by the Rev. T. Ak- royd, 133
Shakspeare, genius and religion of, 919 Shechem, or Sychar. See Nablous.
Sheffield, the late disaster at, 352, 355, 544 Shirley, James, stanzas by, 920
Shunem, village of, 248, 249
Sight for the blind; or, the portrait of Popery, 1020
Sinful glorying, essay on, 915
Slavery, in Jamaica, 24, 192-among the early converts to Christianity, submitted to, 292- advocacy of, in the present day, censured, 293 Sleep, and death, analogy between, 155 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, notice of, 1009
Society for the Reformation of Manners, notice of, 1009
Society-meetings, loss by the infrequency of, 813 Soldiers and sailors, on public prayer for, 920 Solomon, gardens of, 998-pools of, 1000
Southwell, Notts., Methodism in, 47 Spain, portrait of Popery published for the good of, 1020-a Quaker's visit to the late King and Queen of, 1070
Speke, Captain, journey of, to the source of the Nile, 145-extracts from his narrative, 265, 651
Sumner, Bishop, on religious conversation, 121 Sunday-schools, encouragement for teachers in, 159 appointment of a minister to visit, 820, 822, 835
Sweden, letter from the Evangelical Society of, to the Wesleyan Conference, 739. See also RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Syria, Divine testimonies to the inhabitants of, against idolatry, 614
"Systematic beneficence," a bishop's, 313
Tabor, Mount, described, 139
Tertullian, references to, 298, 299-quoted, 387 Texts, origin of, 724
TEXTS ILLUSTRATED.
Hora Biblica, and Quesnel. Genesis i...538
Genesis xxiii. 3-20..1094 Leviticus xvii. 3-5; xxi. 6..258 Deuteronomy vi. 6, 7..121 Joshua viii. 33, 34..629 1 Kings viii. 41-43..615 2 Kings ii. 23, 24..447
2 Chronicles xviii..714, 786 Job xxxi. 26-28..343 Psalm lxxxii...113 Ecclesiastes iii. 4..316 Isaiah xix. 6, 7..1127 Jeremiah i...509
Jeremiah xxii. 18, 19; xxxvi. 30..948 Amos v. 5..446
Zechariah iv. 1-5, 11-14..883
Zechariah iv. 10..880
Matthew iv. 11..119 Matthew v. 17..116 Matthew xii. 1-8..118 Matthew xix. 3-9..117
Matthew xxii. 42-46; Galatians ili. 16; Samuel, xxiii. 1, 2; Acts i. 16; xxviii. 25; 1 Corinthians ii. 13..115 Mark xii. 18-27..118 Luke i. 15..961, 1057 Luke viii. 22-25..690
Luke x. 25-28; Matthew xix. 17; Mark xii. 28-31..117
Transfiguration, scene of the, uncertain, 141 Trypho, Justin's Dialogue with, noticed, 391, 395, 491
A publisher's drawing-room, 266
A royal burial and African superstitions, 651 Acre, or Ptolemais, the ancient Accho, 360 Bees, 267
Bells of Russia, 548
Central heat of the earth, 266
Decrease of the agricultural population of England, 171
Earthquakes in our country, 1128 Ethnology of Australia, 735
Facts about the General Post-Office, 1126
Father Mathew's interview with Brougham and Wellington, 1030 Foreigners in England, 362 Glass, 169
Hot springs, 929
How to form an apiary, 1126 Influence of the Gulf-Stream, 75 Milk, 74
Miserrimus, 1128
Mushrooms, 1028 Music, 362
Nile, arrival at the sources of the, 265 Our ancient tin-trade, 459
Patents in 1863, 459
Pompeii, bread found at, 172-a recent visit to, 931
Sir Walter Scott's estimate of Thomas Camp- bell, 652
Strength of memory, 172
Suicide in Europe, 1029
The cost of new plants, 1125
The Egyptian papyrus, 1127
The extreme north-east of North America, 736 The Irish and Scotch in England, 548 The Madagascar silk-worm, 170
VARIETIES, continued.
The tomb of Ezra the Scribe, 266 What does man live upon? 736
What have the English done for the Ionian Islands? 737
Waldenses, Church of, in Florence, 89-refer- ences to, 1132, 1142
Walls and bulwarks: or, the spiritual life of the church her best defence against "all false doc- trine, heresy, and schism," 403, 515 Watson, Rev. Richard, mentioned, 123 Walls, Dr., as a hymn-writer, 633, 635, 636 Wesley, Charles, and Methodist hymns, essays on, by the Rev. F. M. Bird, 632
Wesley, Mrs. Susanna, biographic notiees of, 450 Wesley, Rev. John, quoted, on John x. 36, 114; on the faith of heathens, 344, 345-first visit of, to the north of Ireland, 553-letter of, to an Irish nobleman, 553-anecdote of, 812- references to, 889, 892-new edition of his "Journal "noticed, 1027-Southey's "Life" of, noticed, 1122-Sermons" of, in Italian, 1131
Wesley, Rev. Samuel, notice of, 451
Wesley, Rev. Samuel, jun., anecdote of the father-in-law of, 451
Workhouse, death-register of the, 37
Young, religious claims of the, 839. See also Pages for the Young.
Zelah, or Beit Jala, notice of, 996
Ziegenbalg and Beschi: No. 1. Their entrance on Mission-work among the Tamil people, 327 -No. II. Beschi's Hinduisms and superstitious practices, 418-No. III. Christianity introduced into Tanjore, 533
Zoroaster, religious reforms of, 437, 620
INDEX TO THE BIOGRAPHY, &c.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Armes, Mrs., 1149
Bailey, Mr. John, 379
Barlow, Hannah, 476 Beach, Mrs., 753
Beacham, Mr. Francis, 957
Bowman, Mrs., 754 Bradford, Miss Catherine, 857 Braithwaite, Mrs., 1147 Butterfield, Mr. Joseph D., 666 Buxton, Mr. William, 188 Clarkson, Mrs., 186 Cooper, Mrs., 665
Darling, Mr. Benjamin, 285 Dawes, Mr. Thomas, 189 Ellidge, Mrs., 766
Fernley, Mrs., 861 Ford, Mr. William, 284 Foster, Mary, 574 Fowle, Mr. James, 186 Goodwin, Mr. George, 570 Goodwin, Mrs., 1049 Guiton, M. Francis, 859 Harper, Mr. Charles, 1146 Harrison, Mr. Samuel, 760
SKETCHES, continued. Hateson, Mrs., 959 Hensman, Mrs., 1052 Hirst, Mrs., 377
Innes, Mrs., 1144
Littlewood, Samuel, Esq., 857 Lomas, Miss Mary H., 283 Longbottom, Mr. Thomas, 954 Lord, Mrs., 1054 Lovel, Mrs., 765 Marshall, Mrs., 1148 Mead, Mrs., 1051 Methley, Miss, 185 Milner, Mr. George, 959 Mosby, Mr. Joseph, 858 Packer, Mrs., 756 Peacock, Mr. John, 283 Pearse, Miss Grace, 860 Pennington, Mrs., 759 Penny, Mrs., 282 Pye, Mr. Thomas, 856 Raine, Mr. Robert, 380 Randall, Mr. Daniel, 573 Read, Mr. John, 378 Rice, Mr. John, 667 Ross, Mrs., 475
SKETCHES, continued. Rudkin, Mrs., 956 Shaw, Rev. John, 91 Sheldon, Miss, 281 Shepherd, Mrs., 766
Slater, Mr. John, 93 Smith, Mrs., 663
Sowden, Miss Eliza, 762 Tomlinson, Mrs., 763 Toothill, Mrs., 1055
Wallis, Mr. Thomas J., 94
Walthew, Miss, 1050
Watson, Mr. William, 667 Webster, Mrs., 761
Wetherell, Mrs., 1054
Whitworth, Mr. John, 474 Wilde, Mrs., 183
Attfield, Mrs., 1062 Barlow, Rev. Luke, 102 Biddulph, Mr. Sampson, 585 Dixon, Rev. James, 684 Hay, Mr. John, 493 Hunt, Mrs., 305
Hunt, Rev Joseph, 300
Lidgett, John, Esq., 1
Craig, Mrs., 1056
Dalby, Mr. David, 672
Dauber, Miss Mary Ann, 381 Davis, Miss Jane B., 479 Dickins, Mrs., 864
Dixon, Mrs., 478
Edmondson, Miss Martha, 571
Edwards, Mr. Lewis, 671
Field, Mrs., 96
Fox, Mr. Nicholas, 477
France, Mr. Samuel, 862 Gair, Mrs., 383
Gardner, Miss Sarah, 477 Garnett, Mary, 96 Gibson, Mr. William, 575 Goodwin, Mrs., 478 Greathead, Mr. William, 478 Hall, Mrs., 863 Hardcastle, Rev. Philip, 288 Hardy, Mrs., 960
Hay, Miss Sarah S., 864 Hilliard, Mr. H., 382
Hinde, Mr. John, 287 Hirst, Mrs., 1152
Houghton, Mr. William, 478 Howarth, Mr. James, 192 Hulme, Mr. Richard, 1056 Hutchinson, Mr. James, 862 Kay, Mr. Thomas, 381 Kay, Mr. William, 1151 Keare, Mr. Richard, 669 Keare, Mrs., 669
King, Mrs., 382 Langdon, Mr. Francis W.,1056 Langridge, Rev. William, 671 Leach, Miss Eliza, 864 Leece, Mr. E., 382 Loutit, Mrs., 383 Lumb, Mr. Thomas, 95 Mason, Rev. John, 384 Medcraft, Mr. Richard, 1056 Middleton, Mr. James, 477 Mitchell, Rev. B. G., 96 Moon, Mr. Thomas, 286 Mousir, Mrs., 478 Muse, Mrs., 286 Nelson, Mr. Jolin, 1055 Ormond, Mr. Thomas, 382 Oughton, Mrs., 863 Parsonson, Mrs., 288 Pawson, William, Esq., 192 Phillips, Mr. Roger L., 864 Phillipson, Mrs., 286 Pilley, Mrs., 1150 Poley, Mr. Mark, 863 Potter, Mr. Thomas, 478 Raynar, Mrs., 671 Reinhardt, Mr. George, 288 Richards, Mr. Thomas, 476 Richardson, Mr. Charles, 960 Richardson, Mrs., 1151 Riley, Sarah, 479 Robinson, Mrs., 1151 Robinson, Mr. William, 863 Robinson, Mr. William, 1152 Russell, Miss Sarah, 287 Sadler, Mrs., 576 Sanderson, Mr. Jolin, 286
Scott, Mrs., 286
Shule, Mrs., 380 Spencer, Mr. John, 574 Spencer, Mrs., 96 Spink, Edith H., 287 Stead, Mr. Richard, 668 Taylor, Miss Theodosia, 1151 Teeson, Mr. Samuel, 575 Thompson, Hannah, 477
RECENT DEATHS,
tinued. Timms, Mrs., 960 Titterton, Miss Anne, 1150 Towler, Mrs., 670 Tregaskis, Mrs., 289 Turner, Mrs., 576 Turpin, Mrs., 960 Turton, Mrs., 576 Underwood, Mrs., 670 Ward, Mrs., 960
Wass, Mr. William, 381 Watson, Mr. Richard, 575 Watson, Mr. William, 862 Whitaker, Mrs., 287 White, Mrs., 383
Wigan, Mrs., 575
Williamson, Mr. J. C., 1056 Williamson, Mrs., 381 Wilson, Mrs., 479
who have died during the year, Conference record of: Allen, James, 1st, 841 Ash, William, 843 Bickersteth, Edward, 849 Blackwell, John, 848 Burrows, George, 848 Catton, James, 841 Chambers, John R., 847 Day, Robert, 845 Etherington, John M., 844 Foote, William, 848 Garner, William H., 849 Guest, Edward, 846 Hardcastle, Philip, 844 Harris, Thomas, 842 Jones, John S., 841 Lancaster, James, 846 Langridge, William, 846 Longden, William R., 849 M'Cormick, Charles, 848 Mason, John, 845 Milner, Joseph T., 843 Mitchell, Benjamin G., 842 Parker, William, 848 Patterson, James, 849 Philips, John S., 849
Robson, Thomas, 849
Rogers, Thomas, 847 Spiers, William L., 846 Staton, Thomas, 843 Taylor, William, 844 Toase, William, 842
Trethewey, Humphrey B., 846 Wilson, John W., 844
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