from the State, established by the new Constitution, he had no doubt, by destroying Protestant unity, and affording free scope to Roman Catholic proselytism, would redound greatly to the advantage of the church of Rome. It was his opinion that metaphysical speculation had, for the present at least, pretty much exhausted itself in Germany; for the last two or three years Hegelianism had made no progress, nor in fact any other ism, except indifferentism. The so called Reformed German Catholics were fast diminishing and would soon disappear, some becoming Protestant Lutherans, but most rationalists and infidels. Ronge himself had cut loose from all religious and moral restraints, and was now living the life of an abandoned libertine. Doviat, the coadjutor of Ronge, had been imprisoned for sedition, and had lately published an avowal that he and his party had only made religion a mask under which they might work out their political schemes; and Czershe, though a good man, was weak and wavering. I mention these things because I believe that upon these important matters the views of a man so calm and discerning, and occupying so commanding a position as Professor Tholuck, are entitled to great respect, if not implicit confidence. To inquiries respecting his health, he replied that it had been greatly injured by his labours at the meeting of the Evangelical Alliance in London. He observed that it did not become the earnest but inefficient Germans to complain of the business-like mechanical mode of conducting such meetings in England, but yet if the convention had had more spontaneousness and less machinery, if it had been more a reunion and less a parliament, it would have been more agreeable to the delegates from Germany. Like Neander, he expressed great admiration of Coleridge; and yet he lauded the English and Americans for their practical disposition and habits. Speaking of the various English translations of his works, he remarked that he liked the translation of some of his sermons by Professor Park, of Andover, better than the original--the English dress seemed to give additional power and majesty to the ideas. Before we parted, he invited me to repair to his study and record my name in his book. As my eye fell when I entered, upon a touching Ecce Homo on one side of the room, and the countenance of Martin Luther, that never quailed before mortal man on the other, I could not but recognize the spirit of the man in his "outward environments." Of his own accord he gave me notes of introduction to other eminent scholars resident elsewhere. I can hardly help being surprised at the interest and kindness which this distinguished man manifested towards a young unknown American. Since I have been in Europe, I have witnessed terrible scenes, that have been branded as with fire upon my soul; but these will be worn away long before my interviews with Wordsworth, Neander, and Tholuck cease to be green in my memory.

Professor Tholuck is a small, well-built man, with chestnut hair, light eyes, a somewhat wrinkled face, and a mild, thoughtful cast of features. He is about fifty years of age--is very near-sighted, and yet, like Neander, does not use spectacles. He has almost entirely relinquished writing; his labours now are chiefly confined to the delivery of two lectures daily, at the University. He speaks English with great readiness and propriety, and yet, as he told me, it is with difficulty that he comprehends Shakspeare in the original. The number of theological students now at Halle is about 400; the catalogue has very considerably decreased since last year's political disturbances.'

The Independents have for many years supported, in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, three separate institutions for the education, especially, of theological students, namely, Homerton, Highbury, and Coward Colleges; but the trustees and committees of these institutions have resolved to unite the three, so as to form one efficient college, with a larger staff of professors than was connected with the older colleges, and with a more extended course of study in the various branches of theology, literature, and science. An eligible piece of ground has been purchased for the site of the new college, in St. John's Wood, and it is expected that the new building will be completed by the autumn of next year.-Inquirer.

Among works announced as in the press, we see one under the title of Israel and the Gentiles: Contributions to the History of the Jews from the earliest times to the present day, by Dr. Isaac de Costa of Amsterdam.

Damascus.

Damascus.-At a recent meeting of the American Ethnographical Society, letters were read by Professor Robinson from the Rev. Eli Smith and the Rev. W. Thomson-the latter giving an interesting account of his explorations in and about Damascus and other parts of Syria. He observes that there are more extensive remains of antiquity in Damascus than are generally known; and proceeds to give a vivid description of one of them. This is an immense building, which he describes minutely; it is built of heavy stone, seventy paces long on the south side, with a door in the centre; and on the west side it is at present seventy paces in length. Mr. Thomson also gives an entertaining narrative of the different stages of his journey, with delineations of the nature of the country.-New York Literary World.

American Professors.-The multifarious duties of a Professor of an American College may be seen from an item of news in a New York paper: the Rev. J. W. M'Cullogh, D.D., Rector of St. John's Church, Lafayette, Ind., having accepted the Professorship of Belles Lettres, Mental Philosophy, and Geology, at West Tennessee College, at Jackson, in that State; and also the Rectorship of St. Luke's Church in that place, has changed his residence accordingly.

A Bibliographical Catalogue of the books, translations of the Scriptures, and other publications in the Indian tongues of the United States has just been prepared by Henry R. Schoolcraft, Esq. of the Indian Bureau. It is intended to denote the progress which has been made in this department of inquiry.

We are glad to find that Dr. Robinson of New York has at length issued the third edition of his translation of Gesenius's Hebrew Lexicon. It has not yet reached us, but we hope to introduce it more formally in the next Number of the Journal.

A new monthly publication, to be called the Shield of the Church, is about to be commenced in the United States, with the primary object of guarding the episcopal congregations against the Tractarian principles which appear to be gaining ground alarmingly among them.

Calvin's Sermons.-In an American work, Monograph on the Moral Sense, by Dr. J. A. Smith, the following statement respecting Calvin's sermons is given on the authority of Senebier's Histoire Littéraire de Genève, 1876.-'It appears that in about the twenty years he ruled Geneva, Calvin preached nearly two thousand sermons. Of these some twenty have been published, while of the remainder the texts only have been preserved. And of a truth, with two, and only two barely possible exceptions, these texts are remarkable.

'Nineteen hundred and twenty-five sermons, and not one of them from either of the Gospels!'

For our parts, we suspect the list to be imperfect, as it stands. If it be perfect, the inference to the disadvantage of Calvin, which Dr. Smith means to show from the omission of texts from the Gospels, may be neutralized by observing that there are none from the Romans, from the Hebrews, nor from the Epistles of John, all of which might be expected to furnish favourite texts to Calvin. It is really much more surprising that there are no texts from the Romans than that there are none from the Gospels.

We have heard with pleasure that the Rev. Thomas Gordon is engaged in the translation of Wieseler's excellent work on the Chronology of the Apostolic Age to the Death of the Apostles Paul and Peter.' (Chronologie der Apostolischen Zeitalters bis zum Tode der Apostel Paulus und Petrus.) This, if well executed, will be a valuable addition to our chronological literature.

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Dr. A. Benisch is preparing for the press 'The Pentateuch, Hebrew and English (including the Haftorahs), being the first part of a Jewish Family and School Bible, translated from the original Hebrew.' The prospectus alleges the necessity of a Jewish version, not only on the common grounds urged by Jews as to the Christian character of the Authorized version, but that The Anglican version having been executed more than two centuries ago, the translators could not reflect upon it that light which the profound researches of so many ages have since abundantly thrown upon the subjects treated in the Bible, and whereby its comprehension is wonderfully facilitated.'

Booksellers seem to have become increasingly sensible of the importance to their customers and themselves of classed catalogues of books. There is no branch of literature in which these are of so much importance as in biblical literature; and we therefore feel bound to notice a very excellent volume lately issued by Mr. C. J. Stewart, of King William Street, Strand, under the title of A Catalogue of Bibles and Biblical Literature.' It is exceedingly well arranged, and will afford important facilities to those in search of books in particular departments of Sacred literature. The classification is further aided by an analytical table of contents, and alphabetical indices of subjects and authors. The preparation of such catalogues is a work of expense and labour, but must be well repaid by the facilities afforded to purchasers. The fault of all sale catalogues is, however, that they embrace only the works in the stock of the particular bookseller. A catalogue embracing all the works in every department of biblical literature would be iuvaluable; and we are exceedingly glad to learn that something of the kind is in advanced preparation by Mr. Darling, of the Clerical Library, Little Queen Street.

Many of our readers who feel interest in the Waldenses will hear with pleasure that a monthly publication has been commenced among them under the title L' Echo des Vallées, Feuille mensuelle, spécialement consacrée aux intérêts de la famille Vaudoise.

German Universities.-During the last winter half year, the number of students in the Berlin University was 1182, of whom 190 were of the theological faculty. In Halle the students were 697, in the theological faculty 374. In Konigsberg the students were 318, of whom the theological faculty had 50. In Leipzig the students were 928, in theology 225. In Heidelberg 609 students, in theology 60. In Erlangen 441 students, in theology 182.

SAXONY.-The actual population of this kingdom is stated in the Allgemeine Kirchen Zeitung for March 27, as 1,836,433; of whom 1,799,121 are Lutherans, 2524 Calvinists, 32,544 Roman Catholics, 1098 German Catholics, 113 Greeks, 988 Jews, 45 Anglicans, 1 Mennonite.

BELGIUM. It is stated, by the most recent accounts, that the population of this country is 4,200,000, the great bulk of whom are Roman Catholics. The Protestants are but 16,000; and there are 30,000 Jews.

NETHERLANDS. According to the Katholischen Handbuch for 1849, the population of the Netherlands on January 1, 1847, comprised 1,834,513 Protestants, 1,171,910 Catholics, and 55,800 Jews. This may surprise those who have been in the habit of regarding Holland as almost entirely Protestant. The foreign possessions of Holland are on the same authority stated to contain about 15 millions of souls, of whom 70,000 are Christians, including 31,000 Catholics. The pastoral charge for the Netherlands (both Protestant and Catholic, we presume) is committed to 1471 ministers in Europe, and 29 in the transmarine possessions.

JERUSALEM.-It seems that the usual squabbles between the Greeks and Latins have acquired unusual vehemence of late by reason of the coercive measures adopted by the Greek patriarch Cyril against the peasantry attached to the Latin communion. In the fulness of power, and safe under Russian protection, he incarcerates and beats these poor people at his will-treating with complete neglect the recent firman in favour of religious freedom, notwithstanding the apparent earnestness of the Pasha in attempting to give it full effect. The Roman Catholics were looking forward with hope of relief to the arrival of M. Botta, the discoverer of VOL. IV.-NO. VII.

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the Assyrian antiquities at Mosul, who had been appointed French Consul at Jerusalem.

We rejoice to hear that the second volume of Dr. Samuel Davidson's work on the Introduction to the New Testament is in the press; and although its progress has been delayed by a severe domestic affliction, its appearance may now be very shortly expected.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS.

ENGLISH.

Atlas (The) of Prophecy; being the Prophecies of Daniel and St. John.

4to. pp. 236.

Attempt to prove the Calculations of the Rev. Robert Fleming incorrect. By an Inquirer. 8vo. pp. 100.

Augustine (S.)-Homilies of the Gospel according to St. John and his First Epistle. Translated, with Notes and Indices. Vol. 2, 8vo. pp. 700.

Balmey.-An English Translation of Balmey's celebrated Work, "Protestantism and Catholicism compared in their Effects upon European Civilization." 8vo. pp. 452. Benedict (D.)--A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America and other Parts of the World. Royal 8vo. (New York), pp. 970.

Biber (Rev. G. E.)-The Life of St. Paul the Apostle of the Gentiles.

12mo. pp. 238.

Binney (Rev. T.)—The Ultimate Design of the Christian Ministry to present every Man perfect in Christ Jesus. 12mo. pp. 130.

Blakey (R.) The Temporal Benefits of Christianity, exemplified in its Influence on the Social, Intellectual, Civil, and Political Condition of Mankind. 8vo. pp. 408. Bonar (Rev. H.)-The Coming and the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus. Fcp. pp. 480.

Boys (Rev. T.)-A Word for the Church, with Remarks on the Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel's Essay on the Union of Church and State. 12mo. pp. 174.

Buchanan (Rev. Dr. R.)—The Ten Years' Conflict; being the History of the Disruption of the Church of Scotland. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. 1164.

Burgess (Rev. H.)-Eminent Personal Religion the Want of the Times.

24mo. pp. 48.

8vo. pp. 23.

Truth or Orthodoxy to which must we Sacrifice?

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Bushnell (H.)-God in Christ. Three Discourses delivered at Newhaven, Cambridge, and And ver. 12mo. (Hartford, U.S.), pp. 356.

Chalmers' (Rev. Thomas) Works. Vols. 1 to 25, new edition. 12mo.

(Dr. T.)-Posthumous Works. Edited by the Rev. Dr. Hanna. Vol. 7, 8vo. pp. 532.

Clemens.-The Spiritual Reign: an Essay on the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 12mo. pp. 214.

Cureton (Rev. W.)-Corpus Ignatianum; a complete Collection of the Ignatian Epistles. Royal 8vo. pp. 384.

Curzon (R.)-Visits to the Monasteries in the Levant. Post 8vo. pp. 480. Cyclopædia of Moral and Religious Anecdotes: a Collection of several Thousand Facts, Incidents, Narratives, Examples, and Testimonials, embracing the best of the kind in most former collections, and some hundreds in addition, Original and Selected. With copious Topical and Scriptural Indexes. By Rev. K. Arvine, A.M., Pastor of Providence Church, New York; with an Introduction by Rev. Geo. B. Cheever, D.D. 1 vol. royal 8vo. Denham (Rev. J. F.)-An Introductory Lecture on the Union of Religion and Education. 12mo. pp. 24.

De Wette.-Theodore; or, The Sceptic's Conversion: History of the Culture of a Protestant Clergyman. By James F. Clarke. 2 vols. 12mo. (Boston, U. S.) pp. 786.

Dixon (Rev. J.)-Methodism in America; with the Personal Narrative of the Author during a Tour through a part of the United States and Canada. 12mo. pp. 510. Dowling (Dr. J.)-The History of Romanism, from the Earliest Corruptions of Christianity to the Present Time. 8vo. (New York), pp. 798.

Evans (T.)—An Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of Friends, in some of the Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Religion. 12mo. pp. 316. Fairbairn (Rev. P.)-Jonah: his Life, Character, and Mission. 12mo. (Edinburgh), pp. 243.

Ford (Rev. J.)-The Gospel of St. Mark illustrated (chiefly in the Doctrinal and Moral Sense), from Ancient and Modern Authors. 8vo. pp. 414.

France and her Religious History; or, Sketches of her Martyrs and Reformers. 12mo. pp. 304.

Garbett (Rev. J.)-Modern Philosophical Infidelity: or the Personality of God. 8vo. pp. 51.

Gesenius (Prof.)-Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, including the Biblical Chaldee, from the Latin of Professor Gesenius. By Dr. Edward Robinson. 3rd edition, royal 8vo. (New York), pp. 1130.

Greek Testament, a Practical Guide to the. 12mo. pp. 92.

Ham (J. P.)—Life and Death; or, The Theology of the Bible in relation to Human Immortality. 18mo. (Bristol), pp. 168.

History of the Puritans in England and the Pilgrim Fathers. 12mo. pp. 508. Hollingsworth (Rev. A. G. H.)—The Holy Land Restored; or, An Examination of the Prophetic Evidence for the Restitution of Palestine to the Jews. Post 8vo. pp. 300.

Hubert (Rev. H. S. M.)—England in the Days of Wiclif. 12mo. pp. 212.
Israel and the Gentiles: Contributions to the History of the Jews from the
Earliest Times to the present Day. By Dr. Isaac da Costa, of Amsterdam. Post 8vo.
Johns' (Rev. B. G.) History of the Jews, from the Captivity to the Coming
of the Messiah. 12mo. Map.

Knox (Rev. T.)-Daniel the Prophet, Reflections on his Life and Character. 12mo. (Dublin), pp. 228.

Lamb (The), as it had been slain. 12mo. pp. 59.

Layard (A. H.)-The Monuments of Nineveh, from Drawings made on the Spot. Folio, pp. 22, illustrated with 100 plates.

Lectures on Medical Missions. 12mo. (Edinburgh), pp. 320.

Lee (S.)-An Inquiry into the Nature, Progress, and End of Prophecy. By

Samuel Lee, D.D. 8vo. pp. 638.

Letters of Certain Jews to M. Voltaire; containing an Apology for their Own People, and for the Old Testament: with Critical Reflections. Translated by the Rev. Philip Lefanu, D.D. 2 vols. in 1, 8vo. (Philadelphia). pp. 612.

Lynch (W. F.)—Narrative of an Exploring Expedition to the Dead Sea and Source of the Jordan; undertaken by order of the Government of the United States. 8vo. with numerous engravings.

Macdonald (J.) The Life of the Rev. John Macdonald, late_Missionary Minister from the Free Church of Scotland at Calcutta. By the Rev. W. K. Tweedie. Post 8vo. pp. 490.

Magoon (E. L.)-Republican Christianity; or, True Liberty, as exhibited in the Life, Precepts, and Early Disciples of the Great Redeemer. Post 8vo. (Boston, U. S.),

pp. 422.

Maitland (C.) The Apostles' School of Prophetic Interpretation. 8vo. Marsh (Rev. W. T.)-The Church and the State; or, A Brief Apology for the Church of England in her connexion with the State. 12mo. pp. 480.

Mason (J. M.)-Complete Works. Edited by his Son, Ebenezer Mason. 4 vols. 8vo. (New York), pp. 2352.

Missionary Enterprise: a Collection of Discourses on Christian Missions, by American Authors. Edited by Baron Stow. 12mo. (Boston, U. S.), pp. 316.;

Montague (E. P.)-Narrative of the Late Expedition to the Dead Sea. 12mo. (Philadelphia), pp. 336.

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