THE ENGLISH PRESBYTERIAN MESSENGER. THE great thing in the Church is Christ, -the eternal deity of Christ, the blood of Christ, the Spirit of Christ, the presence KABIR VOL. I. FROM 1ST MAY, 1845, TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1847. LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO., PATERNOSTER-ROW ; JAMES NISBET AND CO., 21, BERNERS-STREET; OFFICE, 16, EXETER HALL, STRAND. 1847. Address, New Year's, to the young, 353 Advertisements, 15, 16, 31, 32, 47, 48, 64, 80, 96, 111, 112, 128, 144, 160, 176, 208, 240, 256, 272, 287, 288, 303, 304, 320, 335, 336, 359, 360, 379, 380, 400, 416, 431, 432, 448, 464, 480, 496, Afflictions, blessings in disguise, 190 Agent, the appointment of, 229 -, Protestant religion in, 503 Antiquarian and biographical notices, 57 Apostolical succession, Luther on, 272 Association, the Ladies', in aid of the Presbyterian Church in England, 198 Associations versus collections, 117 Ask, and ye shall receive, 247 Assurance, faith distinct from, 238 Baillie, Robert, trial and death of, 294 Berry, Rev. H. L., call to, from Hamp- -, proceedings of the Presbytery of, 90, 169, 297, 350, 457, 505, 522 Bewcastle, Sabbath-school at, 316 Bible, presentation of a, to Eyamba, 310 -, proposed new church at, 506 Birrell, the death of, 248 Bishop and Presbyters, 495 Bishops, colonial, 485 -, duties of, 467 Edward-street Church, meeting in con- Elders' Commission, form of, 180 Election, doctrine of, 516 is not this? 457 Ettirajooloo, S., letters of, to friends in collections, remarks on, 129, Faith, distinct from assurance, 238 Family worship, objections to, ansd., 344 Fergusson, Rev. D., address by, 384 Ferguson, Rev. James, speech of, in First-born, general assembly of the, Foreign and Jewish Mission Fund, collec- tions for the, 47, 96, 109, 127, 256, 264, 280, 296, 313, 348, 371, 521, 537, 534 Foreign and Jewish Missions, report of Fund, collections in aid of, the Treasurer in account with the, 217, 239 Hungary, missionary proceedings in, 335 Hunter, Mr., case of, 225, 227 Jassy, missionary intelligence from, 308 Jellalabad, illustrious garrison of, 415 Jews, the, and Christianity, 261 Independent congregation, union of an, to _, the ascendancy of Papistry in, 377 John Knox Church, ann. sermons at, $31 Johnstone, Rev. W., appointment of, to Ireland, evil condition of, 444 -, General Assembly of the Presby- Presbyterian Church in, deputa- -, Presbyterian Church in, 282, 298 Irish Church, O'Connell's opinion of, 263 speech of the Rev. J. Ferguson in, 268 Blackwood, Rev. W., case of the, 42 -, presentation to, 125 Blake at Malaga, 287 Blind girl, lament of a, 286 Bolton, St. Andrew's Church of, 266 Bombay, Presbytery of, 334 Books, notices of, 44, 61, 78, 110, 158, 188, 207, 250, 286, 302, 318, 335, 357, 378, 399, 416, 446, 479, 526, 539 Brainerd, the communions of, 185 Brampton Missionary Society, Anni- versary of the, 507 _, Meeting at, 282 -, Sabbath-school at, 205 Brewster, Rev. Dr., lines'on funeral of, 43 Brighton, induction services at, 410 Brougham's, Lord, his theology, 382 Brown, Dr., Address delivered by, 278 James P., appointment of, as agent, 229 Bryson, Rev. John, ordination of, 265 Bunyan, John, in prison, 292 and Boston, 532 Burns, Rev. W. C., ordination of the, as missionary to China, 426 -, anecdote of, 474 Bursaries, College, 264 Bursaries for students, 520 Calabar, Old, missions at, 310 Calcutta, missions at, 310 Calls, so many, 479 Canaan, longings for, 246 Canadian mission, 259 Candlish, Dr., appointment of, as Professor of Theology, 491 -, translation speech of, 495 Canning-street Church, Liverpool, opening of, 281 Canobie, communion Sabbath at, 259 Case, a horrible, 201 Catechism, the Shorter, 357 Catechists, native, of Calcutta, 334 Cathcart, Rev. Samuel, induction of, at Harbottle, 315 Catholic Church, the German, 291 Chalmers, Dr., preaching to the poor, 200 -, the death of, 449 -, biographical sketch of, 450 -, lines on the death of, 462 -, extract from a sermon on the death of, by Rev. A. Munro, 460 -, eloquence of, 452 Charles I., baptism of, 455 Catechisms, the two, 403 Chekib Effendi at Rome, 403 Chester, Presbyterian church at, 207 Cherubim, the, letters on, by Dr. Hutchi- son, 368, 413 China, missions in, 73 mission to, 328, 334 -, facts about, 431, 495 Chinese youths, baptism of three, 525 Christianity and the Jews, 261 Christian liberality, 329 Christ, labour for, 357 Christian missions, temporal benefits of, 195, 238 Christianity, novel arguments for the truth of, 236 Christian, lines on the death of a young, 399 Christ our Shepherd, 183 -, the crown rights of, 25 -, glory of, given to his people, 165 Christianizing the mass, importance of, 527 Christianity, the power of, 153 Christian union, 171 Extension Society, London Pres- byterian, 207, 394, 412 government, first principles of, 146 Churches in Scotland, sites for, 236 Church, the duty of our, 274 -, the Greek, state of, 280 offices, remarks on, 480 of England, discipline of the, 201 patronage in the English establish- ment, 155 psalmody, remarks on, 341, 397 -, to the laymen of our, 456 -, the organization of our, 488 -, the primitive, by Lord Chancellor King, 421 -, vacancies in our, 348 - Psalmody, 534 Churches, secession and relief, 298 Claude, John, dying testimony of, 278 Cleanliness, illustration of, 468 Collectors, hints to, 506 College, admission of students into, 233 logical professors for the, 497 bursaries, 264 -, establishment of the, 2 Fund, contributions in aid of the, 127, 142, 160, 176, 188, 208, 313, 329, 348, 370, 409, 424, 440, 456. 26, 213 -, report of treasurer of the, Committee, address of the, 81 -, proceedings of the, 82 collections, 97, 312, 513 library, donations to the, 63, 80, 96, 111, 143, 160, 176, 192, 208, 256, 287, 319, 359, 400, 448 -, opening of the, 313, 520 , the, 75, 113, 280, 424 Colporteurs, training of, in Germany, 352 Congregational associations, 72, 92, 107, 136, 230, 307, 316, 317, 458 -, report from Presbytery of London on, 313 libraries, 104 praise, letters on, 366, 443 psalmody, letter on, 352 Constance, the tower of, 277 Conscience, power of, 108 Continent, religion on the, 202 Corfu Mission, abstract of Treasurer's Account of, 256 -, address circulated in, 309 Mission, collections in aid of, 280 -, the mission to, 17, 107, 308, 376, 414, 429, 461, 493, 537 Cousin, the Rev. Mr., induction of, 199 -, Victor, on Presbytery, 365 Cowper, lines on, 508 Crisis, commercial, in 1825, 517 Cromar, Rev. Mr., ordination of, at Crook- ham, 475 Cromwell, death-bed of, 263 -, letter of, to his son-in-law, 311 Cumberland, proceedings of Presbytery of, 91, 187, 281, 297, 315, 330, 473 Curse, the priest's, 195 Czerski in London, 292 Deacons and Deacons' Courts, 232 -, general meeting of, 514 Death, on the prospect of, 445 Degrees of glory, remarks on the, 375 Dhanjibhai Nowroji, ordination of, 351 Discipleship, old and young, 352 Discourse, extract from, by Rev. Mr. Nicolson, 118 Divinity Professorship, the, 466 Drumclog, the battle of, 446 Dudley, congregational meeting at, 394 -, historical sketch of the congrega- tion at, 412 -, Presbyterian Church, laying the foundation stone of, 395 Dumfries, established Presbytery of, 76 -, Presbytery of, 410 Earnestness, 184 Edinburgh, Presbytery of, 396 Education, Government scheme of, 383 --, popular, evils of, 533 --, dispensation of Sacrament at, 331 -, induction services at, 491 Harbottle, church meeting at, 475 -, Sabbath school at, 536 Hard texts, explanation of, 341, 365, 383, 404, 420, 443 Health of towns, 513 Henderson, Rev. Dr., breakfast to, 157 Hewley's, Lady, Charities, 369, 400, 407 Hewley, Lady, extracts from affidavit on her Charities, 436, 463 foundation deed of her Charities, 407, 423 Hexham, social meeting at, 375 High-bridge Church, Newcastle, meeting of the congregation of, 331 ---, new congregation at, 504, 524 Isle of Dogs, meeting at, 297 Israel, the land of, Italy, state of religion in, 242 Juvenile Missionary Association, address to, 107 of, in Manchester, 374 of the London-wall, 524 meeting meeting -, subscrip - tions in aid of, 504, 521 meeting, 165 societies, 73, 125, 265 Keith, Dr., and Mr. Elliot, 436 Knapdale, opening of church at, 204 -, the awakening in, 40 Knox, John, and Walter Scott, 289 -, in 1572, 358 Ladies' Missionary Association, Report of the, 164 Lancashire, Presbytery of, 77, 91, 125, 169, 186, 229, 254, 265, 281, 297, 314, 330, 349, 373, 409, 456, 504, 522, 534 Lecture, introductory, at the opening of the College, by Professor Campbell, 113 Professor Lorimer, 129 Legh Richmond, anecdote of, 154 Leicester-square district, claims of, 472 Liberality the duty and privilege of every Christian, 123 Library, the Red Cross-street, 197 St. George's Church at, 297 Local intelligence, 28, 43, 59 -, meeting of the, 231 |