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Chapters on National Education. By the Rev. R. M. MACBRIAR, M. Å.,
Author of "Geology and Geologists," &c.,

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THE

PRESBYTERIAN REVIEW.

APRIL 1845.

No. LXVIII.

ART. I.-1. Tractarianism not of God.

Sermons by SAMUEL B.

TAYLOR, M.A., Rector of St Peters. London: Longman. 1844. 2. Difficulties of a Young Clergyman in Times of Division. London Seeley. 1844.

3. Mary Spencer. A Tale for the Times. By A. HOWARD. London: Seeley. 1844.

4. The Reformation in Europe. London Tract Society.

5. The Church Visible in all Ages. By CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH. Seeley.

1844.

6. The Christian Sacrifice in the Eucharist, or the Communion Of fice of the Church of Scotland conformable to Scripture. By a LAYMAN. Edinburgh: Gallie & Bayley. 1844.

7. The Curate of Linwood; or, the Real Strength of the Christian Ministry. By C. G. H. Seeley. London: 1845.

POPERY is man's religion,-the religion of the natural heart. It is fallen man's way of dealing with God. As such, its object is to keep God ever on the outside of man, at as great a distance as is consistent with not denying him altogether. Conscience, seared, but not wholly ossified, demands that there should be some recognition of God, and some service done to him, lest, if not thus bribed and pacified, his anger should blaze out hot against the sinner. The enmity of the carnal mind acquiesces in this, constrainedly and out of dread, insisting, at the same time, upon the very minimum of service that will avail to ward off vengeance; nay, farther, insisting that this service, scanty as it may be, shall be rendered only in

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