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16.-Additional Notices of New Publications.

The following books have been received, some of which will be further noticed hereafter.

Notes Explanatory and Practical on the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians. By Albert Barnes. Second edition. New York: William Robinson; Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1838. pp. 357. The reputation of these "Notes" is evinced by the rapid sale of the first edition. From an occasional reading and the known ability of the author we have no doubt of their practical value.

Notes, Critical and Practical, on the Book of Genesis; designed as a gen. eral help to Biblical Reading and Instruction. By George Bush. In two volumes. Vol. 1. second edition. New York: E. French, 1839. pp. 364. This book has also obtained a deserved reputation. We shall hope hereafter to examine it more thoroughly than has yet been in our power to do.

Lectures upon the History of St. Paul, delivered during Lent, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Upper Chelsea. By the Rev. Henry Blunt, A. M. First American, from the seventh London Edition. Philadelphia: Hooker & Claxton, 1839. pp. 382. Mr. Blunt is a sensible writer, and this is doubtless a good book.

Union; or the divided Church made One. By the Rev. John Harris, author of "Mammon," "The Great Teacher," etc. etc. Revised American edition. Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1838. pp. 301. Mr. Harris's works are always read with interest.

The Crook in the Lot; or a display of the Sovereignty and Wisdom of God in the afflictions of men. By Rev. Thomas Boston. Philadelphia: W. S. Martien. New York: Robert Carter, 1839. pp. 162. An old book, republished;—a good specimen of the quaint and homely style of the author's age, pious and comforting to the afflicted, whose taste is not revolted by its oddities.

Rambles in Europe; or a Tour through France, Italy, Switzerland, Great Britain and Ireland, in 1836. By Fanny W. Hall. In two volumes. New York: E. French, 1839. pp. 228, 246. These volumes are written by a young lady, in an easy and pleasant style, and will not suffer in comparison with most books of travels by transient visitors to Europe.

Wales, and other Poems. By Maria James; with an Introduction by A. Potter, D. D. New York: John S. Taylor, 1839. pp. 170.

The Women of England: Their Social Duties and Domestic Habits. By Mrs. Ellis, (late Sarah Stickney,) author of "The Poetry of Life," "Pictures of Private Life," etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1839. pp. 275. This book is doubtless in the very first class of its kind. The reputation of the writer is established for beauty of style, good sense, and purity and elevation of sentiment.

A Discourse delivered before the Connecticut Alpha of the . B. K. at New Haven, August 14, 1838. By Heman Humphrey, S. T. D., President of Amherst College. New Haven: L. K. Young, 1839.

The Choice of a profession: An Address before the Society of Inquiry in Amherst College, August 1838. By Albert Barnes. Amherst: J. S. & C. Adams.

Annual Circular of Marietta College, with the Inaugural Address of the President, delivered July 25, 1838. Cincinnati, 1839.

The Harmony of the Christian Faith and Christian Character, and the Culture and Discipline of the Mind. By John Abercrombie, M. D. F. R.S. E. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1839. pp. 146.

Dr. Bell's Lessons on the Human Frame. Designed for Schools and Families. Illustrated with upwards of fifty engravings. Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1839, pp. 158.

An Inaugural Address, delivered at Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pa. September 1838. By Albert Smith, Professor of Languages in that Institution. Chambersburg, 1838. This is a sensible discourse, in which the author maintains with learning and ability, that education separated from religion furnishes no security to morality and freedom.

ARTICLE XIII.

LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS INTElligence.

United States.

Postscript.-Presbyterian Controversy:-The Law-suit decided.

[We have delayed the present No. of the Repository a few days for the purpose of obtaining the decision of the court in the great cause referred to, (page 497,) as "pending in the courts of Pennsylvania." We insert it, as furnished by Mr. Benedict, who was present at the trial, and, (though necessarily out of place,) as a supplement to his Article closing on page 500. The principles laid down by Judge Rogers are the same which the author has so ably defended in his Article referred to, and with him and the friends of constitutional liberty at large, we gladly unite in expressions of profound gratitude to God that justice in this case has been honored, and a result so propitious obtained. May wisdom be granted from above to guide the successful Assembly in the discharge of their now confirmed and increased responsibilities.-ED.]

The cause came on to be tried at the Philadelphia nisi prius before the Hon. Judge Rogers of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on the 4th March inst. The court and jury were addressed by the following counsel: -On the part of the friends of union by Josiah Randall, Esq. and William R. Meredith, Esq. of Philadelphia, and George Wood, Esq. of New York. On the other side by F. W. Hubbell, Esq. and Joseph R. Ingersoll, Esq. of Philadelphia, and the Hon. William C. Preston of South Carolina.

It need not be said that the merits of the cause were fully and ably discussed, when it is known that ten days (in the aggregate) were devoted to the addresses to the jury by counsel of such distinguished ability. The charge of the learned Judge was given to the jury on the 26th day of March. It was in writing, and occupied an hour and a quarter. It was characterized by great simplicity, force and beauty. The breathless anxiety of an assembly crowded almost to suffocation showed the intense interest which was felt in the opinion of the court, while the friends of constitutional Presbyterianism were gratified with hearing the great principles for which they have

been contending, clearly and ably vindicated. The following conclusions of the learned Judge were distinctly and emphatically laid down, with other subordinate points, as the law of the case.

First-That such a suit was the appropriate and best mode of determining the matters in controversy.

Second--That the Plan of Union was constitutional, and, at the time, expedient under the early policy of the church; and that the General Assembly and the General Association were competent to make it, and to rescind it. Third-That if it were void, the existence of the four synods could not be destroyed by its abrogation, because from the nature of the Plan they could not have been attached to the church by virtue of that Plan, and the fact was undisputed that they were created like all the other synods, by the General Assembly and in the same manner.

Fourth-That the acts exscinding those synods and all their constituent parts, without notice or trial, were contrary to the eternal principles of justice, to the law of the land and to the constitution of the Presbyterian Church, and were null and void, and that of course the commissioners from their presbyteries were entitled to their seats in the General Assembly of 1838.

Fifth-That the clerks and moderator in excluding these commissioners and preventing their cases from coming before the house, if it was the result of concert with a party to carry out those exscinding acts, was grossly erroneous, and called for the notice of the house, and the house was competent to remove them by appointing others.

Sixth-That those who are present and have an opportunity to vote and decline to vote, no matter for what reason, are bound by the majority of those who do vote.

Having stated to them (without intimating an opinion) the questions of fact upon which they were to pass, he adjured them in the solemn language of their oath, "as they should answer to God at the great day," that with unprejudiced minds they should decide according to the evidence. The jury having been out about an hour returned with a verdict for the plaintiffs. Thus has closed this most remarkable trial! Its result is matter not for selfish triumph, but for devout gratitude to the Great Disposer of events, that thus another beacon-light has been kindled on the highway of time, to light up the onward path of the friends of religious liberty! Let the victims of ecclesiastical oppression in their "night time of sorrow and care" look to its "pillar of fire," thank God and take courage!

March 27, 1839.

Robinson & Franklin, New York, and Crocker and Brewster, Boston, have in the press and will soon publish, Notes, critical, explanatory and practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah; with a New Translation. In two Volumes, 8vo. By Albert Barnes. A few sheets only of these volumes have been furnished us by the publishers, from which we have derived favorable

impressions of the thoroughness and general excellence of the work. The author is already too well known, as an annotator on other portions of Scripture, to require our commendation, and we need only add that his forth-coming Notes on Isaiah have been in preparation for a series of years past, and, in his own language, are" the production of many a laborious, but many a pleasant hour." Our readers may expect a more extended notice of these volumes hereafter.

Hooker & Claxton, Philadelphia, are about publishing Winer's large Greek Grammar of the New Testament, translated by Professors J. H. Agnew and O. G. Ebbeke of Philadelphia. In the German it is a volume of about 600 pages 8vo. and is spoken of in the highest terms by those who are qualified to judge. The translators are also making arrangements to offer to the public Winer's Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, which they prefer to either Wahl or Bretschneider.

Henry Perkins, Philadelphia, has in the press the first American edition of Greenfield's Polymicrian Testament, on which he is sparing no pains to secure typographical accuracy.

Harper & Brothers, New York, have in press Indian Tales and Legends, in two volumes. By Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, being the first of a series of volumes in preparation by the same author, denominated “Algic Researhes, comprising inquiries respecting the mental characteristics of the North American Indians." From the character of the author and his familiar acquaintance with these subjects, as superintendant of Indian affairs on our North-western frontier for many years past, the public may expect some interesting and instructive developments in these volumes.

Perkins & Marvin, Boston, will publish, in the coming month, a Memoir of Mrs. Sarah L. Smith, wife of the Rev. Eli Smith, missionary in Syria. C. C. Little & James Brown, Boston, have in press "the complete works of the Right Hon, Edmund Burke in 9 vols. 8vo, also the poetical works of Edmund Spencer, with notes, etc., in 5 vols. 8vo. and 12mo.

We are happy to learn that George Alexander Otis Esq. of Boston, the translator of Botta's History of the American Revolution, has translated, at the suggestion of John Quincy Adams, the Tusculan Questions of Cicero. We have every reason to suppose that this noble production of the orator has been rendered into English by Mr. Otis with accuracy and elegance.

Scotland.

It affords us much pleasure to announce that the Edinburgh Biblical Cabinet, (noticed in the Repository Vols. V. 485, and IX. 319,) is still continued by its enterprising projector and publisher, Mr. Thomas Clark. The series has reached the twenty-third volume. It consists of translations, mostly from the German, of commentaries and other treatises designed to explain and illustrate the Scriptures. We earnestly commend the work to our readers. It may be procured for about one dollar a volume. We shall revert to it again at an early day.

INDEX TO VOLUME I.

A.

Abbot, Jucob, Hoary head noticed 258.
Abeel, Rev. David, missionary conven-
tion at Jerusalem 503.
Adams, Prof. Samuel, Psycho-physi-
ology 362.

Aids to preaching and hearing, no-
ticed 506.

Algic, the term explained 437.
American Education, by Rev. B. O.
Peers, noticed 250.
Ante-Columbian history of America430.

Antiquitates Americanae noticed by
Mr. Schoolcraft, Introductory note
by the editor 430. Favorable re-
ception of the work 435. America
visited by the Northmen in the
10th century, remarks on their ac-
counts of voyages, etc. 436. Their
accounts of the Esquimaux dis-
credited 437. View of the Assonet
inscription rock 440. Note by the
editor. F. Magnusen's explanation
of the inscription 441. Remarks
on the same 442. The inscription
Algic and not Runic, description of
the Algic race 445. Importance of
the subject of Indian antiquities 447.
Postscript. Note by Albert Galla-
tin 448.

Assonet inscription rock, view of 440.
Astronomy, Norton's treatise on, no-
ticed 507.

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Blunt, Rev. Henry, on St. Paul 511.
Boldness in the preacher 341.
Bush, Prof. George, notes on Gen. 511.
Butler, Rev. Daniel, on the writings
of John Foster 58.

Byron. His life and poetry 207.

C.

Campbellism, notice of its origin and
progress 94. Its fundamental prin-
ciples pointed out 98. On faith 99.
On regeneration 101. Immersion
essential to salvation 105. The
foregoing views examined 109. The
argument founded on John 3: 5, re-
futed 111. The argument from Ti-
tus 3: 5, refuted 118. Also the ar-
gument from Acts 22: 16, 121. Also
froin Mark 16: 16, 125. Also Acts
2: 38, 126.

Campbellism, continued. Direct ar-
guments against it 295. The Uni-
tarianism of the Campbellites 305.
They fraternize Unitarians 307.
Agree with the Christyans 308.
Their doctrines on this subject 309.
Their translation of the New Tes-
tament 312. Extravagant declara-
tions of Mr. Campbell concerning
it 31.3 Hundreds of passages omit-
ted 317. In this he has followed
the "Improved Version," of the
Unitarians 318, and that of Gries-
bach 320. Strictures on Griesbach
321. Passages omitted, on the
Trinity, the Godhead of Christ and
of the Holy Spirit 323. Conclu-
sion 326.

Catastrophe of the Presbyterian church
in 1837, noticed 249.
China, Medhurst's, noticed 256.
Christianity, a secular view of the so-
cial influences of, 180. Our reli-
gion, learning, etc. traced to its
European origin 180. Modern Rome
183. The vicissitudes of Chris-
tianity 186. Influence of the clergy

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