T. Constable and Co., Edinburgh; and Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London.

We gave rather a full notice of the first edition of this splendid tractate, which may be regarded as a seed-bed of thought yet destined to spring up for the good of the church. Would that Mr. Douglas could persuade himself to undertake the work on Prophecy which he desiderates. We can look to no living man with equal confidence for such a work. His clear views on the subject of the Jews, give us reason to believe that he is the man to remove the vast accumulation of rubbish which has been heaped up around us in the present age, by interpreters of the pre

millennial-reign class. Everybody should see this book.

11. POPERY AND INFIDELITY. By JAMES DOUGLAS, of Cavers. 8vo., pp. 60.

T. Constable and Co., Edinburgh; and Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London.

No Publication can be more suited to the times than this. The subjects, indeed, are now before us every day; but no handled with the skill and power of Mr. Douglas. Popery was never more vividly sketched, or more logically and scripturally refuted;-and Infidelity, in all its phases, in the hands of our author, cuts a sorry and contemptible figure. But the most dexterous part of this pamphlet is that in which Popery is demonstratively shewn to be the parent of Infidelity. We hope this work will find its way into the hands of every young man in Great Britain.

12. ROME AND MAYNOOTH. By JAMES DOUGLAS, of Cavers. 8vo., pp. 16.

T. Constable and Co., Edinburgh; and Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London.

Ir is a fine thing to have Mr. Douglas on our side, in all that we have done to destroy British connexion with Maynooth. Our expediency-men are not left a leg to stand upon by the author; and mad-cap Nonconformists are placed in the same awkward dilemma.

13. THE ROSE-BUD: a Christian Gift to the Young. Small 4to., pp. 250.

Religious Tract Society.

THIS is a highly embellished and wellwritten Book for children. It cannot fail to be a great favourite. It deserves a wide circulation, and will doubtless realize it.

THE LATE REV. JOSEPH GILBERT, OF
NOTTINGHAM.

Ir is with sincere grief, such as true friendship need not blush to own, that we record the death of the Rev. Joseph Gilbert, of Nottingham. He passed into

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the glorious, unsuffering kingdom, on Lord's-day morning, the 12th December, in the 74th year of his age. A first sabbath in heaven! what a magnificent change to one who has passed through years of feebleness and pain, rendered

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of a most delicately attuned bodily and mental frame! Happy as was Mr. Gilbert's earthly home- and few, perhaps, ever possessed a happier — the transition into the immediate presence of his Lord must have been to him ineffably joyous. The last time we met Mr. Gilbert was at the meetings of the Nottingham Auxiliary to the London Missionary Society, in the month of last June, when, with a patriarchal sweetness and pathos, he pronounced his benedictions on the cause of missions, and on his younger brethren still called to labour "in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ." We can never forget the choking utterances of love which he poured forth, with an almost dying struggle, on the assembly. He had a large heart, and it was filled with love. Though he had meddled with all knowledge, and prosecuted studies equally profound and critical, he retained to the last the simplicity and sweetness of childhood, and a heart of friendship which never waxed cold or indifferent. Mr. Gilbert was essentially a great man, who though much loved, was never fully estimated according to the metaphysical and critical powers with which God had so signally endowed him. His "Life of Dr. Edward Williams," his revered tutor, and his work on the Atonement, will prove monuments of his imperishable fame, both as a scholar and a divine.

MRS. ELIZABETH SMITH.

THIS truly excellent and devoted Christian, the beloved wife of Seth Smith, Esq., of Eaton-square, was removed somewhat suddenly from her attached circle, as the result of an apoplectic seizure, on Lord'sday, the 14th of November, in the 52nd year of her age. Had the power of utterance been granted to our departed sister in her last hours, we have reason to believe, from her close walk with God, that her experience would have been a precious treasure to her family and the Church. But a life so rich in the fruits of the Spirit, needed not the attestations of the dying hour. She has entered into

example of consistent godliness, which will prove a rich legacy to her bereaved husband and sorrowing children. On Saturday the 20th of November, the mortal remains were conveyed to the fa mily vault at Norwood Cemetery, when a portion of Scripture was read by the Rev. J. N. Goulty, of Brighton; prayer was offered up by the Rev. James Davies, of Eccleston Chapel; the funeral address was delivered by the Rev. S. Martin, of Westminster Chapel; and the prayer at the grave by the Rev. Dr. Morison. Lord's-day evening, the 28th of November, the Rev. Dr. Morison preached the funeral sermon for his lamented friend, at Eccleston Chapel, to a large and deeply attentive auditory, from the words of Paul, in reference to Phoebe :-" She was a succourer of many, and of me also."

MRS. MARY ISABELLA LEGGE.

On

DIED, at Hong Kong, universally regretted, on Lord's Day morning, the 17th October, 1852, Mrs. Mary Isabella Legge, the beloved wife of the Rev. James Legge, D.D., President of the Missionary Seminary in that colony, and only daughter of the Rev. John Morison, D.D., LL.D., of Brompton. Her end was perfect peace. Her age was thirty-six years and a half.

MR. ALEXANDER WAUGH MORISON.

DIED, at his father's house, Montpelier Square, of acute rheumatic fever, on Friday, the 17th December, just two months after his sister, Mrs. Legge, Mr. Alexander Waugh Morison, in the thirtyfirst year of his age. His parents had lively hope in his death.

MRS. LUCY GREIG.

DIED, at 52, Grove-place, Brompton, in her 85th year, Mrs. Lucy Greig, the truly pious and devoted companion of Alexander Greig, Esq. She was interred, amidst the love and regrets of her Christian friends, by Dr. Morison, at the Brompton Cemetery, on Friday, the 17th December.

THE JUBILEE YEAR OF THE BRITISH AND

FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

IN the EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, for April, 1804, (p. 189,) we hailed the formation of this greatest of human institutions; for nearly forty-nine years, we have watched with heart-felt gratitude to God, its benign and world-wide operations ;and now, on the eve of its Jubilee year, we venture to anticipate for it the warm greetings and the generous gifts of all, in every land, who desire "that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified."

We have said that the British and Foreign Bible Society is "the greatest of human institutions ;" and when we reflect on its simple, grand object, to give the pure word of God to the nations, and mark the unparalleled success which it has realized in less than fifty years, in giving palpable embodiment to that object, we cannot but feel that our designation is in accordance with the strictest sobriety and truth. It is all but romance to contemplate its new versions and translations,the doors which have been opened to its labours in Roman Catholic and Mohamedan countries,-the wide-spread blessings which it has poured on heathen lands,—and the forty-three million copies of the Word of God it has circulated both at home and abroad. Every year of its history developes new wonders. It honours God's word,-and God himself smiles upon its labours. It is still, blessed be his name, in the zenith of its strength, and is one of the mightiest bulwarks against the anti-Christian and infidel spirit of the age. The Pope may say anathema, and Jesuitism may struggle to give effect to his impotent malediction; but meanwhile the Bible, through the labours of this great Society, is finding its way into the deepest recesses of Catholicism, and we may hope that the events of Divine Providence will more and more contribute to bring it into contact with the minds of millions of human beings sighing for the bread and the water of life.

We cannot but pour out our prayers to God, on behalf of this institution of mercy to the human race, in reference to its year of Jubilee,—that its friends, in all lands, may rally round it in the spirit of devout supplication and effort; that it may realize a large fund for the specific and grand objects described in its circular;that its stated income may be greatly augmented;—that the vira voce and written appeals of its advocates may draw attention to its claims ;-that the agitation of the great Bible question may prove the thrill of new life to the nations;-and that all Christians may learn increasingly that God's own word is the book which the world needs.

We cannot but express a fervent hope that the Two Meetings announced by the British and Foreign Bible Society, as preparatory to the efforts of the Jubilee year, will receive that measure of countenance and support, which will prove a token for good. The FIRST of these meetings will be held on the 7th of March, 1853, at eleven o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, room where the Society was formed in 1804, and will be open to all Presidents and Officers of Auxiliary and Branch Societies;—and the SECOND, on Tuesday, March 8th, at Exeter Hall, at Twelve o'clock precisely.

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May God greatly prosper his Own cause and shed honour on his own blessed word!

NEW CHAPEL FOR REV. JOHN BURNET,
CAMBERWELL.

ON Wednesday, 15th December, the first stone of a new chapel, for this noble "whose champion of the Christian cause, praise is in all the churches," was laid, amidst a vast assembly of the old and the young. Both the gathering at the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone, and at the dinner afterwards, was most encouraging, and proved how sincere and wide-spread is the respect entertained for our truly devoted friend. We regret that severe domestic affliction prevented us

from taking part in the hearty and wellmerited greeting of this faithful servant of the cross. But he needs not our feeble testimony. The addresses were most excellent, and Mr. Burnet's enlightened oration was worthy of himself and the occasion. "O Lord, we beseech thee, send now prosperity!"

TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. H. F. BURDER, D.D. HAVING reached his 70th year, Dr. Burder had intimated to his beloved flock, over whom he has presided for nearly forty years, his intention of relinquishing his charge, at the close of 1852. No sooner were his friends apprized of this purpose, than they set themselves to devise some appropriate method by which to express the warm feelings of regard which obtain towards him in his congregation, both in his personal and official relations. After wise and prudent deliberation, it was resolved, that to create a scholarship in New College, in the name of Dr. Burder, would be a fitting testimony to one who had spent so large a portion of his time in the education of the rising ministry. A subscription was therefore commenced, upon a purely voluntary principle, and without personal application, and the result was, that upwards of ONE THOUSAND POUNDS were forthwith contributed, by all classes in the congregation, from the wealthiest to the poorest of the people.

Tuesday, the 7th December, was the day fixed upon for presenting the testimonial. The place of meeting was the large and beautiful school-room connected with St. Thomas's-square chapel. About a hundred and twenty friends, members of Dr. Burder's congregation, and attached brethren in the ministry, sat down to dinner. The spectacle was truly animating and delightful. We never saw a circle of happier countenances. It was obvious that the whole transaction was a festival of the heart. Happy were it for the churches, if every pastorate were terminated amidst such a glow of hallowed congratulations.

JOHN MORLEY, esq., presided with great dignity and kindness, and, after dinner, opened the business of the day in the following terms:

"It is with no ordinary feelings I address you on this interesting occasion, and I should have shrunk from occupying this chair if I had not felt I should be surrounded by friends. (Hear, hear.) The object we all have in view this day is to do honour to our beloved pastor and friend, by presenting to him a testimonial expressive of our respect and attachment, that will perpetuate for ages to come his name and the affection felt for him by his flock. (Hear, and cheers.) It has been my happiness, for upwards of twenty-five years, to live in intimate connexion with Dr. Burder, and I am glad of this opportunity of testifying that my respect and affection are not only unabated, but are stronger than ever, (hear, hear,) and that I have ever found him, whether in the pulpit or in private, to be a faithful pastor and a sincere friend. (Cheers.) My earnest prayer is, that his valuable life may be spared for many years to come, and that the gracious smile of our Heavenly Father may ever rest upon him and the beloved partner of his life. (Hear, hear.) I rejoice at and welcome such a noble gathering of the ministerial friends of our dear pastor. It is a testimony of respect that is highly gratifying, I am sure, to every member of this church and congregation. (Hear, hear.) It would ill become me, my friends, to occupy more of your time, when I know there are many of you who are anxious to express the feelings of the heart on this occasion. I will therefore content myself with reading a short account of the Trust Deed, and conclude by calling upon Mr. Tozer, one of the deacons of the church.

Mr. TOZER came forward accordingly, amidst general cheering, and read the following address, with feelings of deep emotion:

"This day, beloved and honoured Sir, is to us one of unusual interest. The termination of a pastoral relationship which has extended over so many years, cannot fail to awaken in our minds, as we doubt not it does in yours, solemn reminiscences and deep emotions. The review of a period approaching half a century must take in a wide and varied range of experience, and the shadows of

the past cannot but come in manifold forms over us all, this morning; but especially do we, at this moment, indulge in the recollection of religious privileges and ecclesiastical prosperity, enjoyed here for so long a time by the portion of Christ's flock placed under your ministry. Sermons full of thought and affection, prayers distinguished by devout fervour, pastoral government and oversight marked by wisdom, and social visits imparting sacred pleasure, recur to our memories with vivid power, and make us feel how great are our obligations to you, and our responsibilities to God; not indeed without the humbling sense of much misimprovement on our part, but yet associated, in many instances, with the consciousness of much spiritual profit: while not a few can testify that they owe unto you their own selves.

"We congratulate you, reverend and much loved friend, on this deeply interesting occasion, that through so many years you have retained, even with growing ardour, your attachment to those evangelical principles of truth with which the name of your honoured father was so eminently associated, in an age when their revival shed new life upon the religious history of our land. Your voice from the pulpit has sent forth no uncertain sound, but has ever expounded with distinctness, and proclaimed with sympathy, that glorious Gospel of the blessed God, upon the full manifestation of which, above all else, the prosperity of our churches must for ever depend.

steady prosperity here enjoyed for a long term of years, the works of Christian beneficence to which you have stimulated your people, the place you have in their hearts, the reputation in which you are held in the neighbourhood, and the honour with which your name is mentioned by Christian brethren of other denominations, as well as among the Congregational churches, whose principles you have consistently maintained, and in connexion with whose general history your name will long continue to appear as an ornament; these are better proofs, and more lasting illustrations of your high and honourable usefulness as a minister of Christ, than any words which we can inscribe on this frail memorial.

"Nor in our congratulations can we omit to refer to that extended usefulness which the Head of the Church has honoured you to enjoy as a professor in one of our colleges, and as the author of several well-known and valuable works. The superior gifts with which you have been endowed by the Father of Lights, and which by patient diligence and constant study you have successfully aimed to cultivate and enlarge, we delight to know, were devoted for many years to the training of men for the work of the ministry, many of whom we have heard with peculiar pleasure express in terms, we believe as sincere as they were strong, their obligations to your wise, discriminating, and practical counsels, for the culture and discipline of their mental powers. And at the same time, through the medium of the press, the fruits of your learning, meditations, and piety, have often been

fication of intelligent minds, who have recognised in all the productions of your pen specimens of clear, instructive, and convincing thought, clothed in perspicuous and felicitous diction.

"The large increase of the Church and congregation under your care; their remarkable augmentation under the reviving influence of your early labours, the

"The language of flattery we do not employ; we only utter, and that but very imperfectly, what we feel to be the truth; and we are persuaded, that in the sentiments we have expressed all now present, including many friends besides your affectionate flock, are prepared to concur with their whole hearts.