emergency, 372-Value of time, im-
portance of its redemption, 373-
Possibility of a war being just, and
no violation of Christian principles,
512-Universal peace the conse-
quence of the universal triumph of
Christianity, 514-Christians ought
to be well grounded in their belief,
561-Difficulties and obscurities of
Scripture useful, as serving to pro-
mote humility and modesty, 561-
John and Christ; Law and Gospel,

562

Miscellaneous Notices, brief, by sea
and land: Sickness, death, and
funeral at sea, 16-Rural scene in
Western Africa, 16-The liberated
African restored to his friends 17-
"The sleepy disease," a singular
and fatal sickness in Africa, 18-
The mangrove-tree, 19-Cape-coast
Castle; monument of L. E. L., 19-
Remains and monument of William,
Earl de Warrenne, and of Gundrad
his wife, at Lewes, 65-Anecdote of
John de Warren, seventh Earl of
Lewes, 68-Inscription on the tomb
of the seventh Earl de Warren, 69

-Winter in North America, (in
New-Brunswick,) snow-shoes, hunt-
ing, and a night in the woods there,
112-Crossing the Desert between
Egypt and Palestine, 448-Entering
Palestine; water for travellers, 449
-Hill-country of Judæa; land-
cultivators; wells, 450-The Plain
of Eshkol; Hebron; a storm, 452-
Metallic mines on the surface of
perpendicular rocks, in the Sinaïtic
peninsula,538-Aurora Australis,539
Missionary paper: Regular perusal
of the Monthly "Notices" recom-
mended, 259-Extracts from the
Journal of the Rev. John Martin, of
Badagry, Western Africa, 260, 305-
Two days' travelling of a Missionary
in New-Zealand, 307-A lovefeast
in New-Zealand, 308

Mistletoe, the, how brought into
superstitious repute, 567
Monnier, P. C. le, the astronomer,
notice of, 190

Moral agency, thoughts on, 165
Moravian Brethren, Mr. Wesley's in-
tercourse with the, 386, 558-history
of Count Zinzendorf's connexion
with the, 391-commencement of
Missions by the, 556, 557, 560

Natural History, facts and anecdotes
in: Ants in Africa, 31
Natural History, papers on: Language
of insects, 61-Singing-birds, 457

Natural Theology, conversations on,
and its true relations to revealed
religion, 319, 460, 494

Neptune, the newly-discovered planet,
mentioned, 45, 236, 286, 429, 477-
diagram showing the perturbations
of, on Uranus, 92-remarks on the
discovery of, 93-account of the
discovery of, 310, 356-Mr. Lassell's
observations of, 569

Northern diver, habits of the, 523
Notices of animated and vegetable
nature, 41, 88, 135, 185, 230, 281,
331, 378, 425, 473, 521, 565

Penn, William, memoir of, 1-West's
treaty with the

picture of his
POETRY:
Indians, 3, 5
Acrostic, 479

A few brief Years, 48
A withered Leaf, 480
Epochs, 572

Hymn for the Opening of a new
School, by Bernard Barton, 287
Little Things, 431

One goeth and another cometh, 47
Psalm cxxxvii., 286

Quaker Graces, by Bernard Barton,
288

Specimens of Poetry: Pollok, 95, 96,
142, 143 Robert Herrick, 335,
336, 382, 383

Spring Flowers, by Bernard Barton,
432

Spring is near, 383

The Departed, by Bernard Barton,
528

"The Kingdom; the Kingdom!" 144
The Promises, by Mrs. Sigourney,

191

Popery, Methodism the direct an-
tagonist of, 387-dealings of Papists
with ancient writings when against
them, 516 specimen of Popish
liberality, 557

Portfolio Miscellanies: Introductory
remarks, 25-The stream of the lan-
guage of the old Romans flowing
into the marshes of the Gothic in-
vasion of the empire, 27-The Ven-
erable Bede, and Scripture reading,
73-Origin of images, outward signs,
ceremonies, &c., in the Christian
church, 466

Reformation, a Popish objection to the,

answered, 211
Renwick, James, dying saying of, 471
REVIEWS: See also Literary Article:
Barton's "Household Verses," 40
Byrne's "Poems on Moral and Re-
ligious Subjects," 40

Osburn's "Hidden Works of Dark-
ness; or, the Doings of the
Jesuits," 133

The Lake and other Poems, 40
The Wesleyan Missionary Notices, 86
Thornley's (Margaret) "End of
Education, and the Means adapted

to it," 132
Townsend's Accusations of History
against the Church of Rome," 133
Roberts's "Oriental Illustrations of
the Sacred Scriptures," extracts
from, 53, 198, 297, 392, 531
Rutherford, Samuel, dying saying of,

470

Sayings of eminent Scotchmen, when
dying, 469

Sayings of great men: The rational
use of outward courtesies, 33-
Virtue and happiness conjoined, 33
-The power of custom, 34-Educa-
tion, 34-Mistaken zeal, 318-The
wrath of man praising God, 318
Sayings of Mohammedan Doctors, 114
SCRIPTURE, ILLUSTRATIONS OF:
Exodus xxx. 7....6

Exodus xxx. 25, 32.... 148
Exodus xxxi. 4.... 246

Exodus xxxii. 5....339

Numbers xi. 5....485

Deuteronomy xxxii. 49; xxxiv.1.437
2 Kings v. 12.... 436
Revelation i. 11.... 102
ORIENTAL

SCRIPTURE,

TIONS OF:

Genesis xiv. 17....53

Genesis xv. 17, 18.... 53

Genesis xix. 26... 198

Genesis xxiii. 7.. 199

ILLUSTRA-

199

SCRIPTURE, ORIENTAL ILLUSTRA-
TIONS OF (continued):
Genesis xxiii. 15
Genesis xxiv. 47
.... 199
Genesis xxvii. 27....200
Genesis xxvii. 41.... 297
Genesis xxvii. 44.... 297
Genesis xxx. 30....297
Genesis xxxi. 2.... 298
Genesis xxxi. 40.... 392
Genesis xxxi. 53.... 393
Genesis xxxi. 55.... 393
Genesis xxxii. 18....531
Genesis xxxii. 19....531
Scylla and Charybdis, the fable of,
Sentences for reflection, 38, 85, 131,
explained, 270

184, 228, 280, 325, 377, 423, 520
Singing-birds, peculiar structure of,
457-song of, not capable of musical
notation, 458-cause of their adher-
ence, when wild, to one song, 459
Singular but melancholy accident, 103
Slavery, American, remarks on, 421
Socrates, memoir of: Introductory re-

marks, 289-General view of his life,
291- Review of his character and
principles, 367, 412, 438, 487
Solar spots, observation of, 525
Stickleback, notice respecting the, 282
Suicide from mortified vanity, 500