_The Soul's Independence of Death, and God's Sovereignty in Man's
Removal. A Sermon occasioned by the Decease of Mr. E. Bliss, aged 22,
delivered on Sunday, February 1st, at Shortwood, by Thomas Fox Newman.
London, Holdsworth and Ball, 1835._--This is a valuable sermon;
containing many striking reflections, conceived with vigour, and
expressed with much force. The circumstances under which it was preached
evidently exerted a powerful and solemn influence on the mind of the
preacher, and he speaks throughout under a deep impression of the
infinite importance of eternal things. The unexpected death of so
estimable a young man as Mr. Bliss appears to have been, was calculated
to excite the liveliest emotions of grief, although there was every
thing in his character to allay anxiety respecting himself, and to give
the assurance of his having entered, thus early, upon the joys of the
blessed. It will afford us sincere pleasure if our brief notice shall
aid the circulation of the sermon, and thus contribute to its
usefulness.
_A Discourse occasioned by the Decease of William Maynard, Esq.,
preached at the Meeting-house, Union Street, Southwark, Nov. 23rd, 1834.
By John Arundel. With the Address delivered at the Interment, Bunhill
Fields. Westley and Davis; Jackson and Walford._--A very serious,
suitable, evangelical discourse, which could not be heard without great
interest, and will not be read, we trust, without profit.
_The Parent's Book. A Series of Tales. By Rosa Edwena Gordon, Nos. 1 and
2. Baldwin and Cradock, Paternoster Row._--Very sensible, entertaining,
elegant and pathetic; but where is the Saviour, whom every parent should
place before the eyes of his children?
_The Mother's Magazine. Reprinted from the American Edition, No. 18. J.
Paul, Paternoster Row._
_Illustrations of the Bible from Original Paintings, by Westall and
Martin, with Descriptions by the Rev. Hobart Caunter, B. D. part 10.
Churton, 26, Holles Street._--An admirable work for all our young
readers.
_Primitive Christianity, &c. By William Cave, D.D. Hatchard._--The
introductory essay by Mr. Trollope is very respectable; but we lament to
say, that in Dr. Cave's popular work, now reprinted under the especial
patronage of her most gracious Majesty the Queen, there are many
traditions, fables, and idle ceremonies of human invention, which
"primitive Christianity," or the religion of the first Christians, was
not encumbered with. But, alas! "in the first ages of the gospel," her
fair form was corrupted and defiled.
_The Devotional Psalter._ "There is not a page of the book of Psalms in
which the pious reader will not find his Saviour, if he reads with a
view of finding him." Bishop Horsley.--Oliphant and Sons, Edinburgh.
_Bible Lives. By B. H. Draper, 2 Vols. Westley and Davis._--Mr. Draper's
entertaining pen could not be better employed than in such a work as
this, from which, we trust, hundreds and thousands of young persons will
derive both pleasure and profit.
_Common Scenes Improved by the Rev. James Smith, late of Ilford--Christ
Precious--The Temper of Jesus, by Dr. Grosvenor--Gilbert's Last
Birth-Day--Christ the only Foundation. Ward and Co._--All fit
instruments for much usefulness.
_The Condensed Commentary, &c. Ward and Co._--The commencement is
promising. We hope to be able to notice this cheap and valuable work
more at large in its progress.
_Bruce on Sympathy, 2nd Edition._--This respectable book we recommended
several years ago, and we heartily do so again.
_The British and Foreign Temperance Advocate and Herald. For January.
Price Threepence._
_On the Punishment of Death. By John Pell. Hamilton and Co._--This
letter to the Marquis of Northampton, dated from Yardley, Hastings, in
December last, is very powerfully written on Evangelical principles; and
deserves the most profound consideration on the part of our
legislators--and indeed of all our countrymen. The object is to prove
that the punishment of death is unlawful.
_Three Tracts on Public, Secret, and Social Prayer. Jackson and
Walford._--When the reader has heard that these tracts were written by
Mr. Sheppard, of Frome, he will not want any recommendation.
_Educational Magazine, No 1. Simpkin and Marshall._--If this work
proceeds as it has commenced, it will throw a flood of light upon the
darkness of our own beloved country and of others.
_The Scriptural Constitution of Christian Churches. A Discourse
delivered November 13th, 1834, at the Ordination of the Rev. J. Penman,
A.M., to the Pastorship of the Congregational Church, Tunbridge, Kent.
By Thomas James, Woolwich. Westley and Davis._--A very sensible, clear,
and candid discourse on a subject always interesting, and peculiarly so
at the present time. The author, when referring to 1 Tim. iii. 17, "Let
the _elders_ that rule well," &c., remarks: "That the term _elder_
comprehends the office of deacon, is manifest from this:" but we confess
it is not manifest to us. We have great satisfaction, however, in
copying the following sentence in reference to the deacons: "And they
should be sufficient in number to render unnecessary the many expedients
to which some churches have resorted, in the appointment of managers,
stewards, and committees, which are as unscriptural as the high sounding
titles which are given to the multiplied officers of the national
church."
_James's Anxious Inquirer--Morison's Morning Meditations--Anecdotes (The
Young)--Stephen Morell's Family Memorial--Case's Mount Pisgah._--Of
these it is sufficient recommendation to say that they are published or
republished by 'The Religious Tract Society.'