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CONTENTS.

BIOGRAPHY:-

Adam, rev. Thomas, cxxx. 270: concluded, cxxxi. 282.
Athanasius, S., bishop of Alexandria, cxiii. 22.
Bradford, rev. John, cxxxvii. 365: concluded, cxxxviii. 381.
Bradwardine, Thomas, archbp. of Canterbury, cxv. 53.
Cazalla, Augustine, canon of Salamanca, exii. 3.
Curio, Celio Secundo, cxxxii. 293: concluded, cxxxiii. 307.
Donne, John, D.D., dean of St. Paul's, cxxxiv. 325.

Heber, Reginald, D.D. bishop of Calcutta, cxxii. 147: con-
tinued, cxxiv. 182: concluded, cxxv. 196.
Hooker, Richard, cxxviii. 237: concluded, cxxix. 253.
Jerome of Prague, cxxiii. 165.

More, Mrs. Hannah, cxxxix. 398: concluded, cxl. 413.
Skelton, rev. Philip, cxvii. 77: concluded, cxviii. 93.
Stewart, hon. and rev. C. J., bishop of Quebec, cxiv. 35.
CABINET:-Select Theological Extracts, from the following
Authors:

Bather, archdn., cxxxviii. 390. Baxter, rev. J. A., cxxxi. 287.
Bean, rev. J., cxxxv. 351. Beaver, rev. H. N., cxl. 422.
Bissland, Rev. T., cxxx. 278. Blunt, rev. H. cxiv. 47.
Bradford, John, cxix. 119; exxii. 159. Bradley, rev. C.,
cxii. 14; cxxxv, 351. Browne, archdn., cxxix. 263; cxl.
422. Burton, rev. dr., cxxviii. 247; cxxxviii. 390.

Charlotte Elizabeth, cxxxii. 303. Clarke, rev. W. B., cxv. 62.

Coleridge, S. T., cxx. 135. Collinson, rev. J., 138, 390. Cros-

thwaite, Rev. J. C., cxxxiv. 335; cxxxvi. 359.

Dale, rev. Thomas, cxxix. 263; cxxxiii. 319. Davies, rev. J.,

cxvii. 87.

East, rev. J., exiii. 30. Eden, rev. R., cxxxvii. 375. Edward

VIth's Catechism, cxxi. 144. Evans, rev. R. W., cxxiii. 174.

Fuller, Thomas, cxxvii. 231.

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Vaughan, rev. H., cxxviii. 247; cxl. 422.

Walton, Izaak, cxxvii. 230. White, rev. H., cxviii. 103.

Canada (Stewart Missions), cxv. 61.

Canadian Church (Valedictory Address from the Deputation),
clxi. 426.

Chaldee Christians in Tebris, Account of, cxxxix. 395.
Christian Churches and Church Officers, Origin of, exvii. 85.
Christian Mother, the (by Mrs. Milner), No. I. cxv. 59. No. II.
cxx. 126. No. III. cxxii. 156. No. IV. cxxv. 203. No. V.
cxxx. 267. No. VI. cxxxii. 294. No. VII. cxxxv. 340.
Communion, Meditation for, at Christmas (dean Comber), cxl.
421.

Confirmation Service, Meaning of the Answer, "I do," cxxiii.

163.

Duties of Servants to each other (rev. J. E. N. Molesworth, D.D.,
Canterbury), cxxxii. 291.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE (see end of Volume).
ESSAYS on the following subjects:-

The Incompleteness of Man's present Knowledge (by the rev.
James Cooper, M.A., St. Paul's, Stonehouse), cxii. 1.
The Completeness of Man's Future Knowledge (by the same),
cxiii. 17.

The Relation of Masters to Servants, with cautionary Hints,
cxiv. 33.

Preparation for the Lord's Supper (by the rev. Richard
Harvey, A.M., rector of Hornsey), cxv. 49.

The same (concluded), cxvi. 63.

The Eternal Sabbath (by the rev. T. P. Hutton, M.A., Syden-

ham), exvii. 73.

Holy Scripture the Test of Public Teaching (by the rev. E.

Peacock, M.A.), exviii. 89.

Heaven the Growth and Effect of a Holy Character (by the

rev. J. N. Pearson, M.A., Islington), cxix. 105.

Savings' Banks, cxx. 121.

On Prayer for Divine Illumination (by the rev. T. Bissland,

M.A., Hartley Maudytt), cxxi. 137.

On Lukewarmness in Religion (by the rev. C. Lane, M.A., St.

Mark's, Kennington), No. I., cxxii. 145.

The same (concluded), exxiii. 161.

Christianity the primary Means of Mental Discipline (by the

rev. W. G. Moore, M.A., West Barkwith), cxxiv. 177.

Christian Colonisation and Emigration, cxxv. 193.

The Son of God a Head of Grace to Angels, cxxvi. 209.

The Duty and Benefit of seeking God (by the rev. E. J.

Wilcocks, B.A., chaplain of the Scilly Isles), cxxvii. 217.

Christ the Light of the World (by the rev. D. Kelly, M.A.,

minister of Trinity Church, St. Bride's), cxxviii. 233.

Meekness and Peace the Foundation of Christian Holiness and
Happiness (by the rev. Henry Woodward, M.A., rector of

Fethard), cxxix. 249.

Christian Circumspection (by the rev. James Cooper, M.A.,

St. Paul's, Stonehouse), cxxx. 265.

The same (concluded), cxxxi. 281.

Degrees of Glory (by the rev. H. S. Plumptre, M.A., St. Mary's,

Lambeth), cxxxii. 289.

The same (concluded), cxxxiii. 305.

ESSAYS (continued).

The Relation of Masters to Servants, continued from cxiv.: cxxxiv. 321.

Mistakes as to the Character of real Religion (by the rev. G. Clark, M.A., Alton), cxxxv. 337.

What is a good Education? (by the rev. B. E. Nicholls, M.A., Walthamstow), cxxxvi. 253.

Particular Providence (by the rev. John Ayre, M.A., Hampstead), cxxxvii. 361.

Religious Conversation (by the rev. G. Townsend, M.A., prebendary of Durham), cxxxviii. 377.

The same (concluded), cxxxix. 393.

Christian Love the Bond of Social Harmony (by the rev. J. E. Johnson, M.A., Harpenden), Herts, clx. 409.

The same (concluded), cxli. 425.

Faith, Efficacy of, cxxxvi. 358.

Goa (Major Sherer), cxxiii. 167.

Hindoo Shraddha, or Funeral Feast at Calcutta, cxvi. 70.
Holy Scriptures, Value of (bishop Jewell), cxxxviii. 388.
Jordan (Latrobe's Illustrations of Scripture), cxxviii. 244.
Liturgical Hints:-

No. LXIII. St. James the Apostle, exiv. 45.
LXIV. St. Bartholomew, exix. 118.
LXV. St. Matthew, cxxiv. 189.

LXVI. St. Michael and All Angels, cxxv. 214.
LXVII. St. Luke the Evangelist, cxxviii. 246.
LXVIII. St. Simeon and St. Jude, cxxx. 278.
LXIX. All Saints, exxxi. 286.

LXX. Gunpowder Treason, cxxxii. 303.

Lord's Day, Desecration of, in the Metropolis (rev. W. J. E. Bennett), cxxviii. 235.

Man's Superiority over other Creatures, by C. M. BURNETT, Esq.,

cxx. 138.

Marriage in the Primitive Church (rev. W. Pridden), cxiii. 29. Mary Edith, a Narrative, cxxx. 276.

Messiah's Advent, on the Lateness of, by JOSIAH W. SMITH, S.C.L., of Lincoln's Inn, cxl. 411.

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS:

Abuse (Dr. Zouch), cxxxii. 304; Actors, Sufferings of (Memoirs of Grimaldi), cxxvii. 232; Alexander of Russia (Chateaubriand), cxxxvili. 392; Ancient Liturgies (rev. W. Palmer), cxxii. 160.

Bible, Obscure Passages in (Dr. Leiber), cxxxvi, 360; Braying in a Mortar (Scripture Elucidations), cxvii. 88; Burke (Wilberforce's Life), cxl. 424; Butler's Analogy (Rev. W. Sinclair), cxxvi. 216.

Cambridge at the Reformation, exxxvi. 360; Campo Santo (Alexander's Sketches), cxiii. 32; Captain Riou (Life of Wilberforce), cxxix. 264; Charming of Serpents (Browne's Travels), cxxix. 264; Chesterfield, Lord (bp. Horne), cxv. 64; Church in Russia (Christian Remembrancer), cxvi. 72; Church of England (bp. Burgess), cxxiv. 192; Clerical Deportment (bp. Coleridge), cxxix. 264; Confirmation (bp. Macilvaine), cxxxi. 288; Consistency (rev. J. Hough), exxii. 160; Courage of the Early Church (Rev. G. Townsend), cxxxiv. 336; Creeds, Use of (bp. Horne), cxxvii. 232. Deluge, the (Sharon Turner), cxxxiii. 320; Demoniacal Possession (J. W. Smith), cxx. 136. Divination (Harris), cxxxix. 408; Doing the Will of God (Rev. A. W. Hare), cxxxi. 288; Drunkenness (Baron Gurney), cxx. 136; Duties of Servants (H. G. Watkins), cxxv. 208.

Early Education, cxxxvii. 376; Education in Austria, cxiv. 48; Edward VI., cxxx. 280; English Language (C. E. Trevelyan, esq.), cxxi. 144; Excessive Grief (W. Newnham, esq.), cxxxv. 352; Exmouth, Lord (Osler), cxix. 120. French Revolution (Burke), cxix. 120. Gambling (Rev. S. Davies), cxviii. 104; Gresham, Sir T. cxxii.

160.

Indian Tribes (N. Gould, esq.), cxiv. 48; Inefficacy of Intellectual Cultivation, exviii. 104; Infidels (Crichton), cxxvii. 232; Intemperance in Ireland (Rev. B. W. Noel), cxxx. 280. Jolly, bishop, cxxxvii. 376.

Living Hope (abp. Leighton), cxvii. 88.

Marshall, Dr. Adam (Sharon Turner), cxxxix. 408; Military Officer, cxl. 424; Miracles (Sharon Turner), cxiii. 32. Mis

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS-(continued).

sions to the East (Hartley), cxiv. 48; Mohammedan Superstition (W. C. Taylor), cxxii. 160; Mount Tabor (Stephens's Travels), cxxxv. 352.

Obedience to Lawful Authority (Rev. E. B. Were), cxxvi. 216. Palace of Herod (Stephens's Travels), cxl. 424; Perambulation, exxiii. 176; Perceval, Mr. (Wilberforce's Life), cxxxii. 304; Ditto, (bp. Ryder), cxxxiv. 336; Power of the Church (rev. J. Cooper), clx. 424; Prayers and Tears (St. Ambrose), cxxvi. 216; Progress of Popery (bp. C. R. Sumner), cxxiii. 176; Psalms, the (dr. Mason Good), cxx. 136.

Red Sea (Lieut. Wellsted), cxvii. 88; Religious Education (bp. Blomfield), exv. 64; Restoration, the (Lord Clarendon), cviii. 104; Rich and Poor, cxii. 16; Robert Raikes, cxxvi. 216; Romish Missions (Abbé Dubois), cxvi. 72. Sabbath, the (Sir E. Turner), cxxx. 280; Sabbath Desecration (rev. J. Davies), cxxiv. 192; Salmasius, cxxv. 208; St. Anthony and the Cobbler (bp. Latimer), cxxxvii. 376; Santa Casa at Loretto, cxxxii. 304; Schism (No Friend like an Old Friend), cxxvi. 216; Serpent-Eaters (C. M. Burnett, esq.), cxix. 120; Stebbing, dr., cxii. 16; Syriac Language (rev. G. Phillips), exxxiv. 336.

The Jews (dr. M'Caul), cxxxix. 408; The Seven Sleepers (W. C. Taylor), cxxviii. 248; The White Stone (Rev. H. Blunt), cxii. 16.

Tinivelly (rev. J. Hough), cxv. 64; Time (bp. Taylor), cxxxii. 320; Tobacco (J. H. Curtis, esq.), cxxiv. 192.

Vossius and Charles II. (Addison), cxxxi. 288.

West Indies, Religious Improvement (bp. of Barbadoes), cxxv. 208; Wilberforce, W., esq. cxxxv. 352; Wilmot, Sir E. cxxiii.

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Advent Hymn (Miss Barber), cxxxvii. 375.

A Wish (B. Stable), cxli. 430.

Baptismal Hymn (rev. J. S. Monsell), cxxxviii. 391.
Birthday Reflections (rev. J. Hill), cxl. 423.
Burial of the Dead (American Poet), cxiv. 47.
Byron and Kirke White (P.), cxxvii. 231.
•Child in a Garden (Mrs. Abdy), cxxvii. 231.
*Christ stilling the Tempest (T. G. N.), cxv. 63.
Ditto, ditto (Miss Stodart), cxxiv. 191.
Church-Bells (Penny Sunday Reader), cxiv. 47.
Deathbell, the (from "The Church "), cxxviii. 247.
•Fall of Nineveh (H. H. Tucker), cxxiii. 175.
Hindoo Widow (archdeacon Spencer), cxl. 423.
Hooker (The Cathedral), cxxix. 254.
Israel our Warning (West), cxviii. 104.

*Lines written in the blank leaf of a Bible (W. H.), exxi. 144.
•Lines on a Visit to St. Paul's (T. J. R.), cxxxi. 287.
Martyr, the (J. A. W.), cxix. 120.

Martyr's Choice, the (T. G. Nicholas), cxxxvi. 360.

Massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day (Miss Stodart), cxix. 119. Maternal Piety (Mrs. Sigourney), cxii. 15. *National Ballads (by Miss Stodart).

November, cxxxii. 304.

*Oak, the (H.), exiii. 31.

No. 1. The Fifth of

Orphan's Prayer and Consolation (J. J. T.), exiii. 31.

*Psalm I. (rev. W. Gray), cxxiv. 192.

Psalm CXXXVII. (Pastor), cxxx. 279.

Sabbath Thoughts (Mrs. Abdy), cxx. 135.

Sketches from Scripture, by Mrs. Riley. No. V. Noah, cxxii.

159.

Sleeping in Jesus (from "The Amethyst"), cxxxvii. 375.
Sorrowful Nyctanthes (Mrs. Hey), cxxxvi. 360.
Stanzas (Miss Emra), cxiv. 47; cxviii. 103; cxxxiii. 319.
Stanzas (Miss Stodart), cxv. 63.

↑ The pieces marked ⚫ are original.

POETRY (continued).

Stanzas (K. G. S.), cxxx. 279.
Stanzas (Edmeston), cxv. 63.
Summer (H. A.), cxvi. 71.

Suttees (J. F. Longmire), cxx. 135.

The Christian's Ceremonial Law (F. H.), cxli. 430.

The English Church (Miss Stodart), cxxix. 263.

The Fig-tree (Mrs. Hey's "Spirit of the Woods"), cxxxv. 351.

The Lilies of Jerusalem (Strickland), exxxviii. 391.

The Rest of Heaven (rev. E. B. Were), cxxiv. 191.

The Widow's Son raised, cxxvi. 216.

They are fled, cxxxiii. 320.

Tyre (H. H. Tucker), cxxxix. 407.

Walk in a Churchyard (rev. R. C. Trench), cxxxiv. 335.

Watchfulness (Miss Barber), cxvii. 87.
Wayside Fountain, cxxii. 159.

Weep for Yourselves (Mrs. Sigourney), cxvii. 88.

Where is My Grave? (Rev. J. S. Monsell), cxxxv. 351.
Where is Thy Home? (H.), cxli. 430.

Youth's Departure (G. B. Scott), cxxv. 208.

Prayer for our Rulers, Duty of (bishop Blomfield), exxi. 138.
Psalm XXIII., Reflections on, by the rev. E. B. WERE, M.A.,
Chippingnorton, exxvii. 220.

The same (concluded), cxxxi. 284: cxxvii. 220.

Quebec and Montreal, Religious Destitution in Dioceses of, exxviii. 239.

Recollections of a Country Pastor:

No. XIII. Spiritual Despondency, exii. 7.

XIV. The Communion of the Sick, cxviii. 101.

XV. The Strolling Player, cxxxv. 349.

XVI. The Assize-Ball, cxxxvii. 367.

Religious Training-Family Religion (Scenes in the Hop-Gar

dens), exvii. 86.

Ruth and Naomi, cxvi. 69.

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SERMONS by the following Divines:

AITCHISON, rev. D., M.A. (Christ Church, Glasgow), The Christian Pastor, cxxxiii. 312.

AURIOL, Rev. E., M.A. (Newton Valence, Hants), The Prayer for Faith answered, cxxxiv. 325.

BISSLAND, Rev. T., M.A. (Hartley Maudytt, Hants), The Fountain of the Water of Life, cxxxii. 297.

BOONE, Rev. J. S., M.A. (St. John's, Paddington), The Harmed and the Unharmed, cxxxv. 345.

CHEVALLIER, rev. TEMPLE, M.A., (Es, Durham), "We love Him because He first loved us," cxxiv. 185. DALE, rev. THOMAS, M.A. (St. Bride's, London), Waiting for the Coming of the Lord, cxxxvii. 368.

EMRA, rev. JOHN, M.A. (St. Mary, Redlynch, Somerset), The Saviour's Eagerness to accomplish his Father's Work, cxli.

427.

GILBERT, rev. P. P., M.A. (St. Mary, Haggerstone), God's Providential Care over the Believer, cxviii. 96.

HALL, rev. J. R., M.A. (Ch. Ch., Oxon), The Preaching of the Cross, cxx. 128.

HOARE, Ven. C. J., M.A. (archdn. of Winchester), Christ the True Light, cxl. 416.

SERMONS (continued).

HOLLWAY, rev. THOMAS, M.A. (Spilsby), Christian Unity, CXXV. 200.

HOPKINS, rev. W. T., M.A., (Nuffield, Oxon), Christ the Son of the Living God, cxxiii. 168.

HULBERT, REV. C. A., M.A., (Islington), The Gospel preached by Elihu, cxxx. 272.

KINSMAN, rev. R. B., M.A. (Budock, Cornwall), The Widow's Son raised, cxxvi. 211.

LOCKHART, rev. S. J. T., M.A. (Binsted, Hants), The Gain of Godliness, cxxxviii. 384.

LONGLEY, right rev. CHARLES THOMAS, D.D., (Lord Bishop of Ripon), Submission to Divine Providence, cxxii. 152. MEEK, rev. R. (Richmond, Yorkshire), The Blessings connected with Union to Christ, cxxix. 256.

NICOLL, rev. C. (Gt. Cornard, Suffolk), The Cost of following Christ, cxxviii. 241.

PEARSON, very rev. Hugh, D.D. (Dean of Sarum), The Ministry of Reconciliation, exii. 8.

SCOTT, rev. THомAS (Wappenham), Lot's Wife, cxix. 112. SHARPLES, rev. THOMAS, B.A. (Saxton), Benevolence and Self-government enforced, cxiii. 24.

SHORT, rev. T. V., D.D., (St. George's, Bloomsbury), Observance of the Lord's Day, cxxvii. 225.

STONE, rev. W., M.A. (Whitmore, Staffordshire), The Courage and Confidence of God's People, cxxxix. 400.

TOWNSEND, rev. G., M.A. (preb. of Durham), The Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, exvii. 80.

WADE, rev. W. M. (Paisley, Scotland), The Rich Worldling, cxv. 56.

WELLFORD, rev. GEORGE, M.A. (Bray), The Plague of Blood,

cxiv. 41.

Sketches from a Traveller's Portfolio:

No. VIII. The Priest's Funeral, cxiv. 38. Slave-market in the Brazils, cxxi. 143.

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge-Letter from bishop of Calcutta, cxxii. 149.

Ditto, Report on Foreign Translations, exxvii. 219. Source of Light, the (rev. M. M. Preston), cxiv. 37. South African Superstition (Steedman), cxxxi. 285.

Stray Papers, by Miss STODART:-

No. I. The Jasmine, cxvi. 67.

II. Home Duties, cxviii. 100.

III. The Ecce Homo, cxxiv. 188.

IV. Wild Flowers, cxxxiv. 318.

Suicide a Heinous Offence against God and Man, by the rev. H. G. WATKINS, M.A., cxxix. 260: concluded, cxxxiii. 309. Sunday Reflections, by Mrs. RILEY:

No. X. The Litany, exxi. 141.

XI. Jesus before the Governor, cxxxviii. 387. Syrian Church, Present State of (bishop Wilson of Calcutta), cxxxiv. 332.

The Church and its Corrupters in the Apostolical Age, by the rev. RICHARD BURGESS, B.D., rector of Upper Chelsea, No. I. cxx. 123. No. II. cxxiii. 171. No. III. cxxxiv. 323. No. IV. cxxxviii. 379. No. V. cxxxix. 404.

The Heathen Village and its Christian Inmate (by a Yorkshire Vicar), cxxiii. 173.

The Influence of a Brother's Example (from Woodward's Sermons and Lectures), cxxxvii. 373.

The Practice of Pronouncing a Blessing before Meals, by the rev. R. EDEN, M.A.), cxxxiii. 316.

Thoughts on Historical Passages of the Old and New Testament:

No. V. The Miracle at Gadara, by the rev. J. L. SISSON, D.D., cxvi. 68.

VI. Christ Blessing Young Children, by the rev. T. MEDLAND, M.A., St. James's, Dover, cxxxvii. 363.

Wicliff (rev. J. H. Gurney), cxv. 60.

Winter (from the Christian Naturalist), clx. 419.

Wisdom of God testified in the Construction of the Eye (C. M. Burnett, esq.), cxv. 51.

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THE INCOMPLETENESS OF MAN'S PRESENT

KNOWLEDGE.

BY THE REV. JAMES COOPER, M.A.

Minister of St. Paul's, Stonehouse.

It is an important part of knowledge to know our own deficiency of knowledge, and a mark of wisdom to be assured of our own comparative ignorance. For he that has penetrated deepest into human science or divine revelation is most convinced that he knows comparatively little even of the subjects he has most attentively studied. And it may serve to illustrate the imperfection of our acquaintance with divine things, if we merely observe how vast is the difference in the degrees of knowledge, even of those things which are earthly, possessed by different individuals ! St. Paul uses this illustration: "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child but when I became a man, I put away childish things" (1 Cor. xiii. 12). How wide is the distance, how innumerable the advancing steps which distinguish the knowledge of a child from that of an adult! How feeble are the conceptions of the infant mind, and what important mistakes would the youth continually make, were he to act upon his own narrow views!

Again, how vast the difference in the amount of information possessed by men of similar age, arising from difference of mental power and opportunities of acquiring knowledge! How vast, for instance, is that existing between the rude savage and the civilised European! How contemptible to the philosopher is the amount of information possessed by the untutored rustic! And with

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how much power and influence does intellectual superiority invest a man over his fellow-creatures!

And yet, after all the advancements of science during successive ages, with the accumulated stores of knowledge and wisdom gathered from the exertions of a million minds, and with the written experience of the history of man handed down to successive generations, how far are we from a perfect knowledge either of the properties of the productions of the earth, or of any other material objects of research! How incomplete is our knowledge of the structure of our own bodies, and of the capabilities of our minds! How difficult, after the experience of nearly six thousand years, to determine the best modes of human government! How perplexing the innumerable combinations of moral science and mental philosophy-that men have scarcely arrived at any definite plans for governing a nation, a family, or themselves! They are ever finding out imperfection in their plans.

Such, then, being the incompleteness of our knowledge of earthly things, how more than probable is it that our knowledge of divine should be still more imperfect! If our capacities are scarcely sufficient to comprehend things which we can see, and feel, and investigate, how certain is it that things afar off, things out of the reach of the senses, and beyond the grasp of our faculties, should be still less known and understood!

And yet such is the inconsistency of men, even of cultivated minds,-an inconsistency only to be accounted for by the deceitfulness of the heart,-that, because there are depths unsearchable in the revealed word of God,

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