are told) in the strictest sense, Notes, or Outline Preparations for the Pulpit. The author never dreamt of their publication. He did not re-write, or revise, or even retouch them. They are given here, with only a few verbal alterations, just as they were found in his Note-books→→→→ thrown off without any elaboration or attempt at finish." But with all the disadvantages under which they appear they are well worthy of publication, and will be welcomed by many beyond the immediate circle of their lamented author. They are not sermons of a character to instruct a promiscuous assembly, which needs to be taught the first principles of the oracles of God, or to awaken a religious interest in the souls of indifferent and ungodly men. But-given a select and well-instructed assembly of Christian people-they are such as greatly to interest and edify. Their doctrinal statements, though scant, are unmistakeably clear and evangelical. And there is not a page which a devout and thoughtful reader would pass by as jejune, or commonplace. The Church and State Question, as Settled by the Ministry of our Lord and of the Apostles. By ROBERT VAUGHAN, D.D. London: Jackson, Walford, and Hodder, 27, Paternoster-row. E THE object of Dr. Vaughan in this volume is to prove that there are essential principles in the ministry of Christ and His Apostles which cannot be brought into harmony with the principle of a State establishment of religion. This is not a difficult thing in itself to do, but to do it with a grace and a power that must carry conviction to the mind of the candid opponent on the one hand, and lower the too-confident tone of the prejudiced and interested on the other, required no ordinary qualifications. The argument is condensed within the compass of four brief sections: 1st. Limits of State Authority in regard to religion under the Old Testament. 2nd. The Church and State question as settled by the ministry of our Lord. 3rd. The Church and State question as settled by the ministry of the Apostles. 4th. Present Ecclesiastical Tendencies. We have been particularly pleased with the clear and forcible exposition of our Lord's confession before Pilate, also with the breadth of view in the closing section. The author states his convictions in the most uncompromising manner, yet with a Christian courtesy, a strength of argument, and a philosophic depth which will make his book useful to the most cultivated and thoughtful both among Conformists and Nonconformists. There are who believe that "the mode and the extent to which the Ecclesiastical and Civil powers of the earth may become one was left open to be discussed freely whenever such arrangements should be found available." But Dr. Vaughan argues on the contrary, and we think proves, that what Christ and His Apostles taught was, in its characteristic elements, by no means accidental, but took with it the stability of law, and sufficed to set forth principles which can never be brought into harmony with the principle of a State establishment of religion." The House of Israel. By the Author of "The Wide Wide World." London: Nisbet and Co. THIS book is a continuation of one by the same authoress, called "Walks from Eden." It takes up the Bible narrative at the birth of Isaac, and brings it down to the death of Joseph, and in a series of conversations between uncle and chil. dren much valuable illustration of the text is brought out, in a manner well fitted to instruct and interest both teacher and taught. The woodcuts, both plain and coloured, add materially to the interest of the volume. Old Humphrey's Sketch Book: Ripe Fruit, True Things, and New Things. Lively Lectures, Every-day Tales. Post folio. London: Religious Tract Society. A SERIES of fourpenny books, nicely got up, with gilt edges and coloured engravings. They are by a well-known popular writer, and will be very useful as gift books for Sunday scholars. ། China: The Country, History, and People. London: Religious Tract Society. THERE is scarcely a subject that can be named in connection with China on which this volume does not contain useful information Geography, Government, Literature, Religion, Language, Agriculture, Arts, Manners, and Christian Missions. The style is clear and lively, and the book is a valuable contribution to our Home and Sunday School Libraries. Counsel and Cheer for the Battle of Life. By the Rev. W. G. BLAIKIE, D.D., Author of "Better Days for Working People." London: Alexander Strahan. DR. BLAIKIE has already "purchased to himself a good degree" in this department of literature. And the present volume, well printed but very cheap, will do good service in the hands either of intelligent working men themselves or in the hands of those who are interested in their progress. It is varied and discur sive in its contents. Chap. I. "Three Laws for Universal Use"-these being, Self-respect, Self-reliance, and Self-control. Chap. II. "Wild Oats and Good Seed." Chap. III. "An Old Key to our Old Social Puzzles," the Old Key being the Social Legislation of the Jews; and the chapter containing a reproduction, we presume, of the author's "Old Testament Light on our Social Problems," in "Essays by Free Church Ministers." Chap. IV. "The Divine Uses of Beauty." Chap. V. "The Enjoyment of Beauty." Chap. VI. "Work for Sunbeams." Chap. VII. "Bear and Forbear." Chap. VIII. "The Working Man and the Christian Church." The Australasian Congregational Year Book and Calendar. 1867. Edited by the Secretaries of the Congregational Union and Mission of Victoria. Melbourne: Wilson and Mackinnon. THIS volume is quite a sign of the times. But yesterday Australia was a wilderness ; to-day it is the home of civilized Christian nations. And this volume is one of the landmarks of its progress. Those who are interested in Australian Congregationalism will find in it the information they wish to possess. The British Quarterly Review. July, 1867. London: Jackson, Walford, and Hodder. THE readers of the British Quarterly. will not be disappointed in the current number, although it scarcely equals some of its immediate predecessors in interest and variety. The first article is on The Roman Question, and treats of the relations of the First Napoleon with the Pope of his day and his conflicts with him. The style lacks flexibility, and the paper is not so easy to read as a paper on the subject ought to be. The writer promises, in a future contribution, to deal with the present aspects of the Roman ques tion, and how they are connected with the events of the last ten years. He could scarcely have a more interesting theme. The paper on The Book of Job seems to us to be of little value. The article on The Imagination: Its Functions, and its Culture, is suggestive and impressive: that on Herbert and Keble is gracefully and appeciatively written; and the memoirs of Dr. Abraham Calovius Simp son is a touching piece of biography. A short article on Rogers on Agriculture and Prices, draws attention to a valuable work; and Reform and the State of Parties is discussed with the earnestness and vigour which characterises, the politics of the Review, The notices of Contemporary Literature sustain their high reputation. They contain not a few important and masterly discussions. 1 Spiritual Worship versus Ceremonialism. An Address delivered in the Congregational Chapel, Brentwood, Jan. 13th, 1867. By Rev. H. P. BowEN. Brentwood: W. Corden. THIS address contains in very brief compass, "Some Account of the Ceremonialism" which is so rife in the Church of England, and some "Deductions by way of practical conclusions." Both the "Account" and the "Deductions" are satisfactory. And it is by earnest and enlightened local efforts of this sort that Congregational Ministers may do much to "stay the plague." WRECK OF THE "JOHN WILLIAMS." ADVICES have been received both from Samoa and Tahiti, which leave no doubt of the complete destruction of the missionary ship. The information, however, is still indirect. It implies the loss of the ship, and shows what followed it. But the official letters from Captain Williams, the missionaries on board, and the missionaries in Samoa, have not yet arrived. They are on board the brig Susanne, which sailed from Samoa on March 13, and is daily expected in England. It appears that the John Williams reached Savage Island on the afternoon of Thursday, January 3rd, from the Loyalty Islands, and at once landed Mr. Lawes's goods and some of her passengers. Rough weather prevented all communication with her till the following Tuesday. On the evening of Tuesday two of the Mission families went on board again, and the vessel stood out to sea for the night, hoping to take her final departure for Samoa the next day. A few miles from shore the wind failed, and the current began to drift her back again. The boats were ordered out and endeavoured to tow her away; but the current was too strong, and so she drifted and drifted, every hour bringing her nearer the lofty coral walls which form the sea face of the island. A little before midnight the whole party on board got into the boats, and made for the landing-place, which all reached in safety. A few minutes after the ship struck, and was soon a total wreck. Of what followed we know almost nothing. A portion of the family went apparently up to Samoa. The remainder were then fetched away, and the Rona, a New Zealand brig, was chartered to convey Mr. and Mrs. Saville to Huahine, and Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers to Rarotonga. These friends arrived safely at Tahiti, on their way to their destination, on April 23rd. They were all well and in excellent spirits, and did not seem depressed by the trying adventures to which their voyage had given rise. While the directors feel most thankful that no lives have been lost, they greatly regret that a large portion of the stores despatched to Samoa and Eastern Polynesia has evidently been destroyed; but of this they have no particulars. Much sympathy has been expressed for them in the great loss incurred; and the Committee of the Presbyterian Mission in the New Hebrides have not only expressed their regret, but have kindly offered the services of their Mission ship Dayspring, until other arrangements can be made. What these should be the Directors of the London Missionary Society will very fully and maturely consider before they finally determine. CONGREGATIONAL REGISTER. June-July, 1867. [To prevent mistakes and delay, all communications for the Register should be addressed to the Editor, 2, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, E.C., and marked on the envelope "For Congregational Register."] ASSOCIATION MEETINGS. July 9, 10.-Kent Congregational Association at Chatham. Preacher, Rev. J. G. Rogers, B.A. Chairman, Rev. H. Cresswell. June 6. Congregational Union of Canada at Kingston. Sermon, Rev. J. Wood. Address, Rev. W. H. Allworth. Chairman, Rev. F. Climie. Paper on "Conduct of Public Worship," by Professor Cornish. The July 3, 4.-Flint and Denbigh Congregational Union at Rhesycae. Revs. W. Fairbrother, J. G. Rogers, B.A., and W. Jones, met the Association on behalf of the London Missionary Society. JUBILEE SERVICE. June 26.-Billinghurst. Sermon by Rev. R. Hamilton, of Brighton. COLLEGE ANNIVERSARIES. June 20.-Lancashire Independent College. Chairman, Rev. J. Kelley. Address to the students, by Rev. F. W. Parkinson. June 27.-Cheshunt College. Essay, by Mr. G. Lyon Turner. Sermon, by Rev. T. W. Aveling. June 28.-London Missionary College, Highgate. Chairman, H. Wright, Esq. Address to the students, by Rev. S. M'All, of Hackney College. July 2.-Hackney Theological Seminary. Chairman, J. G. Stapelton, Esq. Essay on "The Connexion between an Evangelical Creed and Holiness of Life," by Mr. E. L. Jackson. NEW CHAPELS OPENED. Arthur, and on the following Sabbath,. June 4.-Wombwell, near Barnsley. (Mi- June 21.-Junction Road, Holloway, (Pastor, Rev. W. Roberts), by Revs. H. Allon and Newman Hall, LL.B. June 24.-Driffield, by Revs. James Parsons and E. Mellor, M.A. (Pastor, Rev. W. Mitchell.) June 28.-Pembroke Dock (Pastor," Rev. E. L. Shadrach), by Revs. E. Paxton Hood and D. Anthony, B.A. July 2.-Milton Congregational Chapel, Stoke Newington, by Revs. H. Allon & A. Raleigh, D.D. (Pastor, Rev. H. R. Cooke.) July 11.-Rugby, by Revs. A. Raleigh, D.D., and Rev. G. B. Johnson. Far Newland is a suburb of Lincoln, and the new chapel opened there is a Mission Chapel in connection with the Rev. F. W. Clarkson's Church, and has no pastor, as reported last month. NEW CHAPELS.-FOUNDATIONS LAID. July 1.-Smallheath (Pastor, Rev. S. Thodey Allen), by Mrs. Allen. Union Chapel and Schools, Stretford, by Mr. J. Rylands. Pastor, Rev.F. Bugby. July 4-Pont-rhyd-yfferan, commonly miscalled Lanwrtyd, by Rev. D. Williams. Minister, Rev. J. Griffiths. July 13.-Russell-street, Manchester, by Mr. W. Warburton. July 16.-Cliftonville, Brighton, by S. Morley, Esq. Pastor, Rev. S. S. England. July 11.-Blaenavon, by H. O. Wills, Esq. Pastor, Rev. D. Evans. CHAPELS RE-OPENED. June 25.-Portscatha, Cornwall, by Revs. Professor Charlton, M.A., and J. Wood. Pastor, Rev. G. Orme. June 26.-Braunton, by Rev. E. H. Jones. July 7.-- Tabernacle, Stockport, by Revs. J. Christian and H. Griffith. July 14.-Stoke-on-Trent, by Rev. T. Cocker. SCHOOL-FOUNDATION LAID. July 13.-Grafton Square, Clapham, by Rev. J. G. Rogers, B.A. SCHOOL OPENED. July 19.-Adult Class-room connected with Bowden Congregational Chapel. ORDINATIONS. May 23.-A. B. Morris, Gilmour Street, Paisley. Prayer, by Rev. W. Pulsford. Charge, by Rev. D. Russell. Address to Church, by Rev. J. M. Jarvie. June 18.-W. Thornbeck, Barrow-inFurness. Revs. D. Russell, E. Dothie, F. Evans, and J. Hamer, officiated. July 2, 3.-D. Lloyd, Zion Chapel, Margate. Introductory Sermon, by Rev. G. Jones. Prayer, by Rev. D. Pledge. Charge, by Rev. W. Ambrose. Sermon to people, by Rev. T. E. Thoresby. July 4.-Rowland Rowlands, Bethel, Llansamlet, Glamorganshire. Introduction, by Rev. W. Morgan, Prayer, by Rev. J. Jones. Charge, by Rev. D. Hughes, B.A. Charge to Church, by Rev. J. Rees. July 11.-Osric Copeland, Prestwich, Manchester. Address on Congregational Nonconformity, by Rev. P. C. Finlayson. Prayer, by Rev. J. Gwyther. Charge, by by Rev. G. W. Conder. part in the services, and Rev. R. D. Wilson preached. CALLS ACCEPTED. A. Foster, M.A., of Rotherham College, to Park Chapel, Blackburn. J. L. Jones, of Brecon College, to Penywaun, near Newport. W. E. Peel, of Airedale College, to Oak Street, Accrington. W. Spensley, Abney Chapel, Stoke Newington. A. Smith, of New College, to Boxford. Rev. A. Cooke, Newport, to Sedgeley. Rev. W. Whittley, Liskeard, to Plymouth. Rev. M. Hardaker, Horwich, to Bucklow Hill. Rev. R. C. Jessop, B.A., Buxton, to Huyton, near Liverpool. Rev. E. Walker, Southport, to Pendleton. Rev. J. Hawkins, Lye, Stourbridge, to Paignton. Rev. J. T. Thornton, Crewe, to Whitchurch. [Halifax. Rev. E. Mellor, M.A., Liverpool, to RESIGNATIONS. Rev. R. Collins, Alresford. Rev. J. Redman, Bond End, Nuneaton. TESTIMONIALS. To Rev. R. Clarke, on leaving Upton Cheyney. Timepiece and purse. To Rev. F. G. Beveridge, on leaving Portland. Books. July 2.-To Rev. Hugh Pugh, Mostyn. Purse, on fortieth anniversary of his ordination at Llandrillo, Merioneth. July 15.-To Rev. W. Hardie, B.A., on leaving Wycliffe Chapel, London. Purse. DEATH OF MINISTER. July 4.-Rev. R. Gibbs, Skipton. Age, 73. Length of ministry, 45 years. DEATHS OF MINISTERS WIVES. June 25.-Mrs. Prout, wife of Rev. E. S. Prout, of Doncaster, at Bournemouth. July 4th.-Mrs. Reed, widow of Rev. A. Reed, D.D., at St. Leonards-on-Sea. THE MERCHANTS' LECTURE Will be delivered (D.V.) in the Poultry Chapel, on Tuesday, 6th Aug., at noon. IRISH CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS' PROVIDENT FUND. This fund has been recently established to make an annual provision for Independent Ministers when incapable of labour, and for their widows and orphans. The committee require £4,000 as a capital to start with, almost £1,000 of which has been subscribed by our Irish Churches. A deputation are about to visit English friends on behalf of the Fund. Treasurer, Jas. Shaw, Esq., Belfast. Hon. Sec., Rev. J. Bain, Straid. Acting Secretary, Rev. G. P. Jarvis, Limerick, by whom subscriptions will be thank. fully received. THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS, AND CONGREGATIONAL MAGAZINE. SEPTEMBER, 1867. LORD HADDO; FIFTH EARL OF ABERDEEN. PART FIRST. GEORGE J. J. H. GORDON, Lord Haddo, eldest son of the Earl of Aberdeen, was born on the 28th September, 1816. He is described as a thoughtful, affectionate boy of good abilities, but with a constitutional shyness which clung to him through life. After leaving school he became the pupil of the Rev. H. B. Elliot, of Brighton, to whom he felt deeply indebted for so impressing him with the evil of reading secular books on Sunday that he never gave way to the habit in after life. From Brighton he went to Tuxford to reside with the Rev. E. B. Elliot, the brother of his former tutor, and now the biographer of his noble pupil.* While there he lost his mother to whom he was fondly attached, and this bereavement was probably one means of directing his thoughts to religious subjects. It is indicative of serious tastes, that on leaving Tuxford he chose "Baxter's Saints' Rest" as his travelling companion. His residence at the University of Cambridge, however, had the unhappy effect of weakening these serious feelings. After he had been a year there, he says he would not have thought of taking such a book as the "Saints' Rest" with him on a journey. Not that he belonged to an idle or dissipated set at the University. His chosen friends were studious and of good character, and he himself attained distinction both in classics and mathematics. He took his *Memoir of Lord Haddo, in his later years, fifth Earl of Aberdeen. Edited by the Rev. E. B. ELLIOT, M.A., Incumbent of St. Mark's, Brighton. Second Edition. London: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday. It is to this deeply interesting volume we are indebted for our knowledge of Lord Haddo. The first edition, we may add, was issued only for private circulation. VOL. III.-NEW SERIES. C C |