1849.] Notices of Recent Publications. 339 miscellaneous character, and an Appendix is added, containing a "condensed account of Election Sermons," which they who are curious on subjects of this kind will know how to value, and which as a historical document may in various ways prove useful. -Dr. Parkman's Farewell Sermon, which we cannot notice without the expression of our regret for the occasion on which it was delivered, adverts in brief, but pregnant paragraphs, to the history of the last thirty-five years, as exhibited in the changes which have taken place in the world, but more particularly in this city and in the New North church; and after some notices of his own ministry, closes with affectionate wishes and judicious counsels, to which his people must have listened with deep emotion. A very sensible Lecture did Dr. Jackson deliver to the class who enjoy the benefit of his instruction and that of the other Professors in the Medical College, abounding with good advice in regard to "the study and practice of their profession," and written in a spirit directly opposite to that supercilious dogmatism. which sometimes mars the productions of professional men. — Mr. Jewett's Oration well fulfils the promise of its title, - presenting, in an easy, clear, and forcible style, with due reference to practical uses, and with just discrimination, a sketch of the "genius, life, and character" of Franklin, in commemoration of whose birthday it was delivered.—Mr. Brigham's Address contains excellent practical counsels for the use of those who are leaving their New England homes to seek their fortunes in the golden land acquired by our late Mexican conquests. Nothing better of the kind could be put into the hands of the multitude of adventurers, who are exposing themselves to temptations and perils, through which he will be fortunate who passes unscathed.—The purpose of the writer of the "Letter to the President of Harvard College" is to examine and refute the charges brought against the College in an article contained in the January number of the North American Review. A portion of these charges are shown to be entirely without foundation, though we regret that some of the statements of the reviewer, or some questions suggested by his article, did not receive a more extended notice. - Ecclesiastical Record. - We record with pain the death of Rev. Mr. Bartlett of Marblehead, one of the kindest of men and most faithful of pastors, whose indefatigable exertions for the comfort and benefit of the people among whom he lived as a personal friend, as well as Christian teacher, for more than thirty-seven years, may have laid the foundation of the disease which has terminated his life. We hope to give a more worthy notice of him in our next number. Rev. Mr. Moseley, formerly of South Scituate, has been preaching at Marblehead for some time past, and will continue his engagement through the spring. Rev. Mr. Loring of Andover, we regret to learn, in consequence of a feeble state of health, against which he has been struggling for months, has resigned the pastoral charge which he has held for thirtyeight years. We can but wish for his successor an equally long and happy ministry. A successor having been ordained over the New North Church in this city, Rev. Dr. Parkman's resignation of his relation to that church will take effect on the 1st of April. We feel a sincere grief that one who for nearly thirty-five years has been a diligent and true-hearted minister of Christ in our city, connected with its religious interests in numberless ways, should by any circumstances have been led to retire from the pastoral office. The Council convened for the ordination of Mr. Young, by a unanimous vote, adopted a resolution conveying to Dr. Parkman the assurance of their respect, attachment, and sympathy. Rev. Mr. Burton, late a minister at large in Boston, has accepted a proposal to undertake the same service at Worcester, in connection with the duties of chaplain to the county jail. Mr. Solon W. Bush, a recent graduate of the Cambridge Divinity School, has entered on his duties as minister of the congregation at Burlington, Vt., but will not receive ordination till the next sum- Rev. Mr. Fisher, late pastor of the Irish Protestant Society in this city, has accepted an invitation to become the minister of the Congregational society at Cannelton, Ind. Rev. Dr. Dewey is fulfilling an engagement to preach for three months to the Unitarian society in Albany, N. Y.- Rev. Mr. Angier continues his engagement with the Broadway society at South Boston. Rev. J. N. Bellows has been preaching through the winter to the First Congregational society in Barnstable. - The Church at Watertown will soon receive a pastor; and the society at Concord, N. H., have made prospective arrangements for a permanent ministry. mer. The Unitarian society at Galena, Ill., have purchased a small church, formerly occupied by Episcopalians. The congregation recently gathered at Winchendon have taken the necessary steps for building a meetinghouse. Rev. Mr. McIntire is now preaching to them. We regret to hear that, in consequence of Mr. Perkins's resignation of his care of the pulpit, the Unitarian meetinghouse in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been closed, and the continuance of the society is doubtful. 1849.] Intelligence. 341 The "Christian World," established in this city as a weekly journal six years ago, by Mr. George G. Channing, has been discontinued. It has been an earnest advocate for a higher tone of spirituality, a more social religious action, and a more direct participation in the reformatory movements of the day, than have prevailed in our churches. The "Christian Rationalist," also a weekly paper, of which a few numbers were published here the last autumn, and the design of which was indicated in its title, was some time ago united with the "Univercoœlum," published in New York. - The "Inquirer," of London, formerly edited by Rev. Mr. Hincks, has passed under the charge of Mr. John Lalor, lately one of the editors of the " Morning Chronicle.". Rev. Mr. Harris of Newcastle, in England, who, when in Scotland, established, and for many years conducted, the "Christian Pioneer," has projected a work of similar character, under the name of the "Christian Pilot and Gospel Moralist," of which the first number has just appeared. We have spoken, in our previous pages, of the Sunday evening meetings held in this city for the promotion of a higher and deeper religious life. They will be continued, we learn, according to the attendance and the character of the discussions, for several weeks longer. The Society for the Promotion of Theological Education have come into possession of the bequest made by the late John D. Williams, Esq., consisting of valuable property in Boston, the present income of which is between sixteen and seventeen hundred dollars. By the terms of the bequest, the income, after deducting the necessary expenses of insurance, repairs, etc., must be spent in giving assistance to young men pursuing their preparatory studies for the ministry at Cambridge. The allusion made in a late number of the Christian Examiner to a similar legacy left by Mr. R. W. Bayley, we understand, was founded in mistake. Harvard College. The election of JARED SPARKS, LL. D., to the Presidency of the institution which, with its various departments of Academical, Theological, Medical, Legal, and Scientific instruction, may properly claim the title of "The University at Cambridge," will be acceptable to its friends both near and at a distance. Mr. Sparks enters upon his office under circumstances favorable to a happy administration of its affairs. The internal state of the College is good; its finances are in a safe and prosperous condition; the means of education, which the University offers to its various students, were never larger or more efficient; and a strong desire is felt, by all who are in any way connected with its interests, that it should sustain the first place among the literary institutions of the land. There is one great want at Cambridge,in the present deficiency of religious instruction. The vacancy that has existed for some time in the Hollis Professorship of Divinity should be filled, or provision be made in some other way for the discharge of the duties which in former years fell to the incumbent of that office, and for a more direct pastoral intercourse, and the exercise of a more immediately Christian influence, than are now enjoyed there. The subject has been brought before the Board of Overseers, and we hope they will express an opinion that shall incite the Corporation to an early supply of this want. The Divinity School, also, as we have once and again had occasion to remark, stands in need of a larger provision for the instruction of the young men who resort thither to qualify themselves for the minis try of our churches. We are glad to know that the Society for the Promotion of Theological Education have turned their attention to this subject, and we hope that, by their aid, a plan similar to that which was proposed a year ago by members of our Ministerial Associations, or a better plan, if such they can devise, may be carried into effect. Church and State. A great sensation has been produced in England by the secession of the Hon. and Rev. Baptist W. Noel from the Established Church. Mr. Noel's prominence and popularity as a preacher in London, (where we remember seeing the aisles of his chapel filled to hear one of his usual sermons, on one of the stormiest days of the winter,) his unquestionable simplicity of character and deeply religious spirit, and his connection with a noble family, have drawn to the step which he has taken a degree of attention that would have been bestowed on the movements of few other men. He has been influenced solely by a conscientious belief, to which his mind has been brought after a long consideration of the subject, that the union which now exists between the Church and the State is injurious and wrong. The volume which he has published in vindication of this belief met with an immediate sale, but we have not yet heard of any copy having reached our country. It will doubtless strengthen the party who contend for "the voluntary principle." men. A similar step has been voluntarily taken by one of the most conspicuous of the Protestant clergy in France. M. Frederic Monod, a minister of the National Reformed Church, has withdrawn from that body, and proposes, in connexion with M. Agenor de Gasparin and others, to form an "Evangelical Free Church." M. Monod's secession was the consequence in part, perhaps principally, of a difference between him and his associates in regard to matters of faith. In the course of the last summer a very important measure was adopted by the friends of Protestantism in France, viz. the convocation of a General Synod, which assembled in Paris on the 9th of September, and consisted of ninety delegates, of whom fifty-two were pastors, and thirty-eight laySuch a Synod had not met for eighty-five years. The object of the meeting was, to settle or ascertain the position of the Church in the new political condition of the country. A question, however, immediately arose in regard to the dogmatic basis on which the Church should, or should not, claim to hold its existence. A portion of the self-styled Orthodox party, with Messrs. A. de Gasparin and F. Monod as their leaders, insisted on a declaration of faith embracing articles of controversial divinity; the liberal members of the assembly, and some of the Orthodox party, Messrs. Grand-Pierre, Adolphe Monod, and others, -opposed the attempt to frame such a Confession, and prevailed by a large majority. Messrs. F. Monod and De Gasparin have, therefore, severed their connexion with the body represented in the Synod, and have published a “Profession of Faith and Articles of Discipline," preliminary to the organization of a new religious Communion. The question of the dependence of the Church upon the civil government for support has, for some time, been agitated very warmly among the French Protestants. Their religious journals are enlisted on different sides, and the discussion, if it lead to no other result, will make the principles involved in the controversy familiar to the people. 1849.] Peace Congress. A meeting of some importance, under this title, was held in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, on the 20th and 21st of September, 1848. The plan of such a meeting originated with Elihu Burritt, of this country, who has spent the last two or three years in England, but was carried into effect principally through the coöperation of the London Peace Society. The number of those present amounted to nearly three hundred, one half of whom came from England. Most of the other members were from France and Belgium. Several distinguished men took part in the discussions. The Belgian government afforded every facility to the provisional committee who took charge of the arrangements for the meeting. M. Visschers, a member of the government, was chosen President of the Congress. Resolutions were introduced and passed, speeches were made, and dissertations which had been prepared for the occasion were read; all bearing on the three objects particularly contemplated by those who called the meeting, viz. the "insertion of an Arbitration clause in all international treaties, by which questions of dispute shall be settled by mediation," the “establishment of a Congress of Nations to form an international code,” and “a general disarmament of the several governments of Europe." We are told that the proceedings obviously made a strong and very favorable impression, both in England and on the Continent." A deputation afterwards called on Lord John Russell, in London, to present to his consideration the measures which had passed under the judgment of the Congress, and were very courteously received by the English minister. Ordinations. Rev. NATHANIEL O. CHAFFEE, of Grafton, a graduate of the Meadville Theological School, was ordained as an Evangelist at MONTAGUE, Mass., January 10, 1849. The Sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Ellis of Northampton, from James i. 4; the Prayer of Ordination was offered, and the Charge was given, by Rev. Mr. Nightingale of Cabotville; the Right Hand of Fellowship was given by Rev. Mr. Moors of Deerfield; and the other services were performed by Rev. Messrs. Clarke of Warwick, and Bridge of Bernardston. Rev. JOSHUA YOUNG, of Bangor, Me., who graduated at the Cambridge Divinity School the last year, was ordained as Pastor of the New North Church and Society in BOSTON, Mass., February 1, 1849. The Sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Hedge of Bangor, from Matt. xiii. 33; the Ordaining Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Parkman of Boston; the Charge was given by Rev. Mr. Huntington of Boston; the Right Hand of Fellowship, by Rev. Mr. Winkley of Boston; the Address to the Society, by Rev. Mr. Robbins of Boston; and the other services were performed by Rev. Messrs. Fox, King, and Cruft, of Boston. OBITUARY. GEORGE SAMUEL EMERSON died in Boston, December 19, 1848, aged 24 years. In this death the community has suffered a great loss. When a young man dies, feelings of deep sorrow must always be awakened that the anticipations and hopes which cluster about the opening of active life should be disappointed; but the death of such a person as Emerson excites more than ordinary sorrow. The assurance which his charac |