A Compendium of Astronomy; intended to simplify and illustrate the principles of the science, and give a concise view of the motions and aspects of the great heavenly luminaries, adapted to the use of common schools, as well as higher seminaries. By JOHN VOSE, A. M., late Principal of Pembroke Academy, N. H., and author of a larger work on Astronomy. Boston: Carter, Hendee, & Co. 1832. pp. 180. phy. A large portion of the book is taken up in describing the events of a residence in Scotland, while studying divinity in the university of Edinburgh; and of a tour in France, Switzerland, and Italy. His account of his interviews with Wordsworth, Southey, Coleridge, Dr. Chalmers, Prof. Wilson, Dr. Wardlaw, and others, will be read with much interest. A letter of condolence from Dr. Chalmers to the mother of McLellan is inserted. Memoir of Roger Williams, the founder of the State of Rhode Island. By JAMES D. KNOWLES, Professor of Pastoral Duties in the Newton Theological Institution. Boston: Lincoln, Edmands, & Co. 1834. pp. 437. The contents of this volume are a sketch of the history of the different astronomical systems; glossary of astronomical terms; the solar system; causes of the planetary motion; prospects of the heavens as seen from different parts of the solar system; comets; equation of time; harvest moon; tides; eclipses; divisions of time; obliquity; parallax; fixed stars; refraction; twilight; latitude and longitude; meteors; artificial We are disposed cordially to join in the globes. It is the object of the author to encomiums which the periodical press have render the principles of the science so simple, with singular unanimity given to this volthat they may be easily understood; notume. It is entitled to high commendation only by the scholar who spends a few weeks for research, accuracy, impartiality, and, at an academy, but by him whose means considering the dearth of materials, for fulland views do not carry him beyond the ness of detail, respecting Williams. common school. The book is provided with think that those persons who do not accord questions, and with eight valuable plates or with all the religious opinions of Williams, maps illustrating different objects in the solar must yield to him an important place as a system. It is not a mere compilation, but strenuous assertor of liberty of conscience, original, and is well adapted to the pur- and with Eliot, and Gookin, and a few poses for which it was made. We com- others, an uniform and ardent friend of the mend it with entire confidence to our Indians. Well were it for the honor of the readers. Mr. Vose is a veteran in his pro- country, and the happiness of the outcast fession, and was for many years succes- aborigines, if his example had been more sively the principal of the flourishing acad- generally followed. emies at Atkinson and Pembroke, New Hampshire. An Address, delivered in the Chapel of Amherst College, Sabbath evening, August 25, 1833. Delivered and published at the request of the Society of Inquiry. By JOHN TODD, pastor of the Edwards church, Northampton. Amherst: J. S. & C. Adams. 1833. pp. 22. This is a vigorous and stirring appeal to young men to make the most of their powers in benefiting their fellow-creatures, and to cultivate all their energies in the greatest possible degree. The reasons which Mr. T. gives, why men accomplish so little, are the indulgence of visionary views; cherishing notions that circumstances are not favorable to success; neglecting a continued discipline of the mind; the want of correct every-day habits; the not striving to be perfect in any one thing; and because the conscience is not sufficiently cultivated. The address abounds in good sense and striking thoughts. We An Introductory Address, delivered be- This is a well written address. Mr. B. says, that the grand purpose of education, is to bring us into communion with nature, and to make us acquainted with her laws, for the purpose of enabling us to place ourselves in harmony with those laws. The works of nature are the works of God; and the laws of nature are those modes of action which result from the peculiar constitution of things, as ordained by Him. Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital. 1834. pp. 24. The number of patients at the hospital last year was 566, and at the McLean Asylum at Charlestown, 167. Both departments are in a flourishing condition, and Life and Remains of Henry Blake Mc-seem to be well managed. Remarks on Mr. Norton's "Statement These are very interesting and affecting memorials of a young man who was cut down in early manhood, and amidst the These remarks, as we gather from the promises of distinguished usefulness. We pamphlet, were written by an Episcopal were well acquainted with him, and can clergyman. They are desultory, but distestify to the general fidelity of the biogra-play much learning and shrewdness. VOL. VI. 37 RECEIPTS OF BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, 1832-3. (From the London Missionary Register, for December, 1833.) THE French Protestant Bible and Missionary Societies consolidated the accounts of the two preceding years in their last Reports: the half of each amount is, therefore, here given. The Income of the National Education Society, here stated, includes the sum of 22,3631. 3s. 2d., and that of the Gospel Propagation Society the sum of 34,000l., being the produce of the Collections made under the authority of the King's Letters granted to the respective Institutions: the Propagation Society received also 13,7501., as Government Grants. THE following facts were extracted by the editor of the Philadelphian, from the Edinburgh Almanac for 1833. The Newspapers published in Scotland | which must be added the Presbyteries of are twenty-eight weekly journals, and thirteen published twice or thrice a week. The Universities of Scotland are five, viz: one of St. Andrews, one of Glasgow, two of Aberdeen, and one of Edinburgh. Bengal, Madras and Bombay in India; 4 Presbyteries in Canada, and 5 Presbyteries in England; making in all ninety-one Presbyteries of the establishment. The list presents 1,031 ministers, and 973 parishes. To these must be added forty The Established Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1833, comprehended sixteen" parliamentary churches," and so many synods, viz: 1. of Lothian and Tweeddale, 2. of Merse and Tiviotdale, 3. of Dumfries, 4. of Galloway, 5. of Glasgow and Ayr, 6. of Argyll, 7. of Perth and Stirling, 8. of Fife, 9. of Angus and Mearns, 10. of Aberdeen, 11. of Moray, 12. of Ross, 13. of Sutherland and Caithness, 14 of Glenelg, 15 of Orkney, and 16 of Zetland. These Synods include seventy-nine Presbyteries; to ministers; besides sixty-two " chapels of ease in the church of Scotland," supplied by preachers. In Nova Scotia there are seven ministers and five churches; in New Brunswick, three ministers and four churches; in Miramichi, four ministers and four churches; in the Netherlands, six ministers and four churches; in New South Wales, three ministers and three churches; at the Cape of Good Hope, one minister and two churches; in Jamaica, one minister and one church; in British Guiana, five ministers and five churches; in Bermuda, one minister; in Buenos Ayres, one minister and one church; in New Providence, one church; in Charleston, S. C., one minister. These will give a total of 1,166 ministers, and 1,105 churches belonging to the established church of Scotland. Öf this denomination is Thomas Chalmers, D. D. All the Presbyterian ministers of England and Scotland of all denominations, and of other countries connected with the Presbyterians of Scotland, amount to 1,791; which is 64 less than the number of ministers belonging to the Presbyterian church of the United States of America. CORRECTIONS. THE following corrections of, and additions to, the list of ministers of Connecticut, published in the furnished us. Page 308, column 1, for 1758, Eliphalet Register, Vol. IV., pages 302-322, have been kindly Williams, read 1748, and for 1800, Andrew Yates, The Reformed Presbyterian Synod of Scotland contains three Presbyteries, twenty-five ministers, and thirty-three churches. A. Symington, D. D., is professor of the-read 1801; p. 309, col. 1, under Suffield, for Brooklyn, ology in this sect. The United Associate Synod of the Secession Church of Scotland contains twenty-two Presbyteries in Scotland, and nine in Ireland. The almanac enumerates 311 ministers of this denomination in Scotland, and 126 in Ireland; making a total of 437. Their churches are nearly equal to the number of their ministers. Rev. John Dick, D. D., lately deceased, was professor of Divinity in this sect of Presbyterians. Ms., read Conn., and, col. 2, for 1670?, Ronaldson, read 1676 or 7, Rowlandson; (The Indians drove him from Lancaster, Ms., in 1676.) p. 312, col. 2, at the bottom, prefix to Nathaniel Whitaker, 1761, and to Judson, Ephraim, and add to Sheffield, Ms.; p. 313, col. 1, add to Chelsea ministers, 1832 J. T. Dickin son; p. 317, col. 1, for Ashford, Timothy Allen, Chesterfield, N. Y., read Ms. ; p. 319, col. 1, after 1776 David Perry, Richmond, add Ms.; p. 320, col. 1, prefix to John Trumbull, 1740. QUARTERLY LIST OF The Associate Synod of Original Seceders contains four Presbyteries, thirty ORDINATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS. ministers, and thirty-four churches. Thomas McCrie belongs to this denomination. Dr. The Original Burgher Associate Synod comprises five Presbyteries, forty-seven ministers, and fifty-three churches. The Relief Synod comprises seven Presbyteries, eighty-six ministers, and one hundred churches. The ministers of the Scottish Episcopal Church are eighty-seven: of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, sixty-eight: and of the Independent Congregational Churches, sixty-seven. Of this last denomination is Ralph Wardlaw, D. D. The Places of Worship in Edinburgh are no more than 64. This is a much smaller number than will be found in New York and Philadelphia. There appear to be six kinds of Presbyterians in Scotland at present. In the established Presbyterian churches, the crown, or town council, or some nobleman commonly has the right of patronage, or of presenting a clergyman to the living, without the consent of the people. In some other cases the right is vested in the Kirk session. The instances are few indeed in which the inhabitants have the privilege of electing their own pastor. In America this right of presentment in many of the Reformed Dutch churches of New York is vested in the consistory and grand consistory: in Romish and most Protestant Episcopal churches it is vested in the bishop or vestry; but in all the other congregations of the United States it rests with the people, agreeably to such laws of the association or incorporation, as they may have adopted. S. F. SMITH, ord. pastor, Baptist, Waterville, Maine, Feb. JOSEPH B. STEVENS, inst. pastor, Cong. Falmouth, Me. WILLIAM JAMES, inst. pastor, Pres. Albany, N. Y. March 12. SMITH GAMAGE, inst. pastor, Cong. Patchogue, Long Island, E. SLINGERLAND, inst. pastor, Reformed Dutch, Chitte- CORNELIUS C. CUYLER, D. D. inst. pastor, Pres. Phila- D. H. RIDDLE, inst. pastor, Pres. Pittsburgh, Pa. Jan. 16. 19. ASAHEL CHAPIN, ord. evang. Baptist, Ashtabula, Ohio, Sum of all the ages speci- fied Average age. 20 Kentucky . 791 Total. .52 1-3 5 DATES. ASHBEL S. WELLS, inst. pastor, Pres. Tecumseh, Michigan Whole number in the above list, 40. STATES. 4 1833. December 1 2 Not specified 3 Vermont 3 20 Rhode Island. JOSEPH M. BREWSTER, æt. 36, Cong. Peru, Massachu E. LEONARD, æt. 74, Cong. Marshfield, Mass. WILLIAM C. WALTON, æt. 40, Cong. Hartford, Connecti- SALMON CONE, æt. 68, Lebanon, Ct. JOHN STANFORD, D. D. æt. 81, Baptist, New York, Jan. 14, 1834. DAVID REMINGTON, æt. 38, Pres. Rye, N. Y. LOUIS DAVID DE SCHWEINITZ, æt. 53, Moravian, Beth- JOHN MITCHELMORE, Pres. Philadelphia, Pa. March 4. JAMES MONTGOMERY, D. D. æt. 47, Episcopal, Philadel- September 1834. January March Not specified ALEXANDER LOGAN, æt. 31, Pres. Maysville, Kentucky, Unitarian HORATIO E. BOYD, Epis. candidate for orders, Lexington, CHARLES B. WOODBURN, Spencertown, N. Y. a member present Senior class in Yale Theol. School, March 15, 1834. GEORGE FREDERICK COOK, æt. 26, Epis. at the General Theol. Sem. of the Prot. Epis. Church, New York City, March 29, 1834. Whole number in the above list, 20. Maine August. July. September 2 1834. January February 4 11 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY. MAY, 1834. INTELLIGENCE. AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY. Quarterly Meeting of the Directors. THE Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors was held on Wednesday, April 9, 1834. Appropriations to the amount of $7,126 were made to 367 beneficiaries, in various institutions, as follows: Former Ben. New Ben. Total. Am't Ap. 4 Theol. Sem's, 53 0 53 $1,079 12 Colleges, 232 5 237 5,015 32 Academies, 60 1,012 76 16 Extracts from the Report. The occasion on which we have assembled furnishes matter of solemn admonition and of devout congratulation. The sudden, annual meeting of this society, of him* who unexpected removal from life, since the last presided at that meeting, is adapted to awaken within us an affecting sense of our own frailty, and to remind us that what we are to do in this world to advance the cause of truth and benevolence, must be done quickly. It should be told for a memorial of this respected individual, that he bequeathed to the American Education Society six thousand and five hundred dollars, thus manifesting at the close of his life, 7,106 increased liberality towards the good cause 20 which he had before patronized with so much generosity. May it not be hoped that his zeal in this cause will provoke others to imitate his worthy example? We are likewise reminded of the brevity of our earthly existence by the removal in early life, of another individualt distinguished for acts of beneficence to the Redeemer's kingdom, from whom the American Education Society, to which we are auxiliary, has received a liberal bequest. We trust that the record of these persons is on high, and that they have obtained from the final Judge that approbation, compared with which all the plaudits which men can bestow are sounds without meaning. 367 *$7,126 * In addition to this amount, the sum of $2,500 was voted towards appropriations to beneficiaries without the bounds of New England. Voted, That the next Anniversary of the American Education Society be held in the city of New York, on Thursday, May 8, 1834. Anniversary of the Hartford County Education Society. THE Anniversary of this Auxiliary was held at Hartford, March 5, 1834. The report of the society was read by the Rev. Ansel Nash, Secretary. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. William L. Mather, an Agent of the American Education Society, Rev. J. W. Newton, and the Secretary of the Parent Society. The officers for the ensuing year, are: Dea. Amos M. Collins, President; Rev. Ansel Nash, Secretary; and Eliphalet Terry, Esq., Treasurer. VOL. VI. We may congratulate ourselves and all the friends of God, that during the year past, the cause of Christian philanthropy has been steadily advancing; that efforts to remove darkness and sin from this lost world, are continually becoming more numerous and more efficient. Among these are to be considered by no means last or least, the special exertions put forth to furnish our own country and the world with competent religious instructors. The American Education Society which came into existence eighteen years ago, with this noble end in view, from a small one has become a thousand. It has been extending aid to a * Oliver D. Cooke, Esq. † Mr. Norman Smith, Jr. 38 |