THE

METHODIST QUARTERLY:

A JOURNAL OF

THEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL LITERATURE.

VOLUME II.

LONDON:

ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1868.

PRINTED BY

JOHN KEATES, CHEAPSIDE, HANLEY,

STAFFORDSHIRE.

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS PROGRESS IN THE METHODIST NEW CONNEXION

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THE RATIONALE OF ENGLISH DISSENT

THE SECOND ADVENT AND THE CREEDS OF CHRISTENDOM

CHRISTIAN COURTESY IN CHURCH LIFE

NOTICES OF Books:-

Christian Adventures in South Africa, by Rev. W. Taylor

Aids to the Spiritual Life, by Rev. John Bate

The Philosophy of Evangelicism

Sermon on the Death of Dr. Etheridge, by Rev. T. Hughes

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132

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The Human Will; its Freedom and Functions, by T. Hughes..

The Kingdom of God; or What is the Gospel? by Henry Dunn

The Wesleyan Methodists and the Established Church, by W. W. Pocock

Words of Comfort for Parents Bereaved of Little Children ..

Re-union of Christian Friends and their Infant Children in the Heavenly

Kingdom, by W. Anderson, L.L.D.

Flowers of Paradise, by Rev. Richard Rymer

The Great Lovefeast in Heaven by a Methodist Minister

A Bible Dictionary, by Rev. J. A. Bastow

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Commentary on the New Testament, by James Morison, D.D...

The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley

George Fox, the Friends and the Early Baptists, by William Tallack

The Mystery of Growth and other Discourses, by Rev. Edward White

Tellström and Lapland, by George Scott, D.D.

Speaking to the Life, or, Practical Godliness, by John Bate

The Primitive Sabbath restored by Christ, by Rev. James Johnson, St.

James's Free Church, Glasgow

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The Fixed Character of God's Dealings, in Nature and Grace, in this

Life and the Life to come, by Rev. G. St. Clair

Is Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister prohibited by the Laws of

God? by Rev. J. Hannah...

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The Holy Child Jesus; or the early life of Christ viewed in connection

with the History, Chronology, and Archeology of the times