RECOMMENDATIONS.

FROM REV. ELEAZER T. FITCH, A. M.

Professor of Divinity in Yale College.

A compendious history of the Church, written in as animated a style as a compend will allow, illustrated with maps and charts, and reduced to a size which the body of Christians can afford to purchase, is in my opinion, a work highly desirable. A work of this kind it has been the purpose of the Rev. Mr. Marsh to prepare in his "Epitome of Ecclesiastical History;" from a brief examination of it I am disposed to say that he has well executed the work, and that it is worthy of the patronage of the public.

FROM REV. JAMES MURDOCK, D. D.

Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the Theological Seminary, Andover. I have read with much interest several chapters of your "Epitome of Ecclesiastical History," designed for the use of common Christians and youth in our country. The general plan of the work is in my view, what it should be, and the execution in a good degree successful. That it may prove acceptable to the Religious public, and contribute to the advancement of useful knowledge, sound faith, and solid piety, in our American churches, is my sincere desire.

FROM REV. JOSEPH EMERSON,

Principal of the Female Seminary at Wethersfield.

Having examined the plan, and in some measure, the execution of the Rev. Mr. Marsh's Ecclesiastical History, I can cheerfully recommend it. Such a work is exceedingly wanted, and unless superseded by something more copious, should be faithfully read and studied by every person prepared to understand it. My best wishes attend it, and my earnest hope is, that by extensive circulation it may be greatly conducive to build up and beautify the church of Christ.

FROM THE BOSTON RECORDER AND TELEGRAPH.

This work is necessarily but a compend, being intended in size and price for the mass of Christians, and embracing the whole period of Ecclesiastical History from the Creation to this day. It is a compend that was much needed; and we think will supply the want that has existed, as well as any work would do. An abundance of materials are compressed into a small compass, but it is not a mere chronological table or syllabus of facts. The most important events are selected, and trivial things passed over in silence. Forcible and enlivening reflections often relieve the tediousness of mere details; the classification of subjects is happy, and the whole relation of past events is suited to the present age of benevolence and action, while it looks forward also to the approaching latter-day glory. The reader can find no where else such a compendious view of the church in all ages, presented in a manner so lucid and entertaining.