EDITOR'S TABLE. some little good to the Church of Christ, and to our fellow-men. FROM the notice on our cover of this month, our We are not aware that we have any apology to readers will perceive, that we have become relieved of make to our subscribers for not having fulfilled all we the most troublesome, though not the most responsible promised in our prospectus, except, perhaps for not part of our duties connected with the Evergreen. We having been quite so prompt in having the Evergreen still retain the sole charge of the editorial department, in their hands on the first day of the month, as we but in the publishing and business concerns we have had expected, and earnestly hoped to have done. But associated with us those who are far more accustom-the various hindrances necessarily attendant on the ed than we to the duties of this department; and we publishing of a new work of this kind, especially trust all our readers will be profited thereby. As our the time required for preparing our engravings, and subscription list has been increasing, we have long felt the constant increase of business, (to us entirely new,) that the two-fold duties of editing and publishing were which will hereafter be more uniform,—has, much to too arduous for us alone, especially as under such a our regret, heretofore prevented us from publishing our constant pressure of engagements, we found it impos-numbers as early in the previous month as we had desible to attend always to the immediate wants of many of our new subscribers and to the letters of our correspondents. The mention of this, we trust, will be a sufficient apology for our apparent neglect in times past. The Evergreen may now, we hope, be considered as established on a firm basis. We think it will not be imputed to vanity on our part, when we say that we are sure no subscriber can justly complain because he has not received a full equivalent for his money. The reading-matter itself, we hesitate not to affirm, is well worth the full subscription price, and the engravings, as we stated in a former number, would, if pro.cured in any other way, cost four-fold more than the annual cost of the Evergreen. How then can the Evergreen be afforded at such a low price?' has been the serious inquiry of many of our friends. We answer, that it can be sustained at its present price only by a large circulation, and a strict adherence to the terms, of payment in advance. We have therefore found it necessary to increase our subscription price (as will be seen,) to two dollars a year, if not paid in advance. If paid however in advance, the price will remain as before. We hope our friends and patrons will consider the necessity for our stating and adhering to these terms. Ten numbers of the Evergreen have appeared successively before our readers. They are by this time enabled to judge pretty accurately of the general religious and literary character of our periodical. But though it does not become us to speak of its merits, we still hope we may be allowed to say that whatever the literary character of the Evergreen has been, we intend that it shall be much improved in the next volNow that the business department is off of the Editor's hands, his undivided attention can be devoted to the editorial department. Besides, we trust we are learning something from experience, as we procced in our editorial career, and are becoming more accustomed to duties which were so new to us ten months ago. And we confess that we have found the employment very much to our liking; and we would fain hope that we have been doing, in our humble way, ume. signed. After our next number, we intend to show our subscribers how prompt we can be in future. We shall endeavor so to arrange our future plans after our November number, as to have the Evergreen in the hands of the most distant of our subscribers as early as the first week of each month. This, we know, will be more satisfactory to them. Over the post-office department we have not any control, (we often, however, wish we had ;) so that those few subscribers,-who have poured so lavishly the vials of their wrath upon our unoffending heads, because their numbers travel all over the Union before they reach them,-would do well instead of addressing us, to make their complaints to the proper official authorities. We pity them, both because they are so unfortunate in not receiving their numbers till they have performed such a "circumcursation,” and because they are so much more unfortunate in not having a sufficient command over their tempers, to treat us a little more mercifully. NOTICES OF BOOKS. PORTRAIT OF AN ENGLISH CHURCHMAN. New Haven: Croswell & Jewett.-This volume is designed to portray "the feelings, habits of thought, and mode of action, which naturally flow from a sincere attachment to the system of belief and discipline adopted in the English Church." No Churchman can read it attentively, we think, without feeling a deeper attachment to the Church and her institutions, and a stronger resolution to live, as she directs us to live, for the glory of God, cherishing an increased {willingness to make some sacrifice and some effort for the extension of His kingdom. We have been much gratified and instructed in reading this little work, and we commend it, especially the chapters entitled, "The Churchman in his Closet," and "The Churchman a Man of Business," to all our readers. Like all Gresley's works, it has been written with reference to the Church of England, and consequently, in many instances, supposes a state of things which either does not exist at all, or not in the same degree, in the American Church-a state of things principally connected with a national establishment. The work has passed through eight editions in England within the last five years. view of Infant Baptism. 7. The Moral Training of the Church. 8. Popular objections against the Church 9. The Church, in all ages, the Keeper of the Truth 10. Conclusion. The True Catholic Churchman. BERNARD LESLIE; or, a Tale of the Last Ten Years. By the Rev. W. Gresley, M. A. Second American edition. New York: J. A. Sparks. New Haven: Croswell & Jewett.-The first edition of this interesting volume we noticed in a former number, and we are glad to learn that a second has been called for. We hope the work may pass through many more editions. THE SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP; a Sermon, in St. John's Church, Salem, N.J., commemorative of the late Rector THE SACRED ORDER OF EPISCOPACY ASSERTED AND MAINTAINED; to which is added a Discourse of the Office Ministerial. By the Rt. Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D., { Lord Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore. New York: D. Appleton & Co. New Haven: Croswell & Jewett. It would be useless for us to enlarge on the merits of this well-known and valuable work. "The name of Jeremy Taylor will always be a suffi-elect, the Rev. Edward Gordon Prescott. By George cient passport to any work on whose title-page it appears." Works in vindication of the Apostolical institution of Episcopacy should be doubly welcomed by every Churchman at this time, when so many efforts are made to bring odium upon the sacred order and offices which are here so triumphantly maintained. Washington Doane, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of New Jersey. Burlington, N. J., 1844.-We thank the Rt. Rev. author for a copy of this appropriate and excellent sermon, on the death of one who, during his short ministerial carcer, was such an exemplary “shepherd of the sheep." A LETTER TO A METHODIST. By a Presbyter of the Diocese of Maryland. Baltimore: D. Brunner. New Haven: Croswell & Jewett.-This is the same tract which we noticed in our April number, and we are gratified to learn that it meets with a ready sale. We can truly say, that we never saw the Methodist DEVOTIONS FOR THE SICK-ROOM, AND FOR TIMES OF TROUBLE: compiled from Ancient Liturgies and the writings of Holy Men. From the first London Edition. With Alterations and Additions, by the Rev. William Berrian, D. D., Rector of Trinity Church, New York. New York: J. A. Sparks. New Haven: Croswell & Jewett.-We are always glad to recom-system so completely exposed in such a small space, mend any work which will "teach us how to pray." The Editor of the American edition of this volume says, "the want of a full and appropriate manual of devotion, adapted to the peculiar necessities, the changing circumstances, and the diversified state and character of all who are in trouble or distress, has been often felt by the clergy, in their visitation of the sick and afflicted, and still more by the sufferers themselves." We think that this "manual of devotion" will be found to contain excellent forms of prayer for every sad variety of human woe." as in this tract. We have heard of some Methodists who, upon reading this "Letter," have yielded to the convictions which must legitimately follow in every honest, unprejudiced mind, and who are now numbered among Churchmen. LETTERS BY THE REV. JOHN WESLEY, M. A. AND THE REV. T. COKE, LL. D. Second edition. Baltimore: D. Brunner. New Haven: Croswell & JewettThese are letters reprinted from some which appear in Wesley and Coke's writings. They are collected by the compiler for the purpose of showing how widely the Methodists have departed from the express directions of Wesley, and how inconsistent was the practice of both these prime-movers of Methodism, as well as how dissatisfied was Dr. Coke with his socalled admission to the Episcopate by a Presbyter! We wish the Methodists could be prevailed upon to read and reflect upon these letters. THE DOUBLE WITNESS OF THE CHURCH. By the Rev. William Ingraham Kip, M. A., author of "The Lenten Fast." Second edition, revised. New York: D. Appleton & Co. New Haven: Croswell & Jewett. We briefly noticed this excellent work in our January number. Since that time the first edition has been exhausted, and a second has appeared, in a neat style and at a cheaper price. As some of our readers may not have seen the table of contents, we herewith pre- BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, for Septemsent it, that they may be enabled to judge of the sub-ber. American edition. New York: L. Scott & jects of which the work treats. 1. Introductory. Ne- Co. New Haven: T. H. Pease. From a glance at cessity for knowing the reasons why we are Church- the contents of this number, which we have just remen. 2. Episcopacy proved from Scripture. 3. Epis- ceived, we are inclined to believe it equally interestcopacy proved from History. 4. Antiquity of Forms ing with former numbers, and this is saying much for of Prayer. 5. History of our Liturgy. 6. The Church Blackwood. parish grew up to maturity. It had then become a society of considerable wealth, and of distinguished liberality. Washington College was founded; and on a visit to England in its behalf, the Rector of Christ Church, the Rev. N. S. Wheaton, had abundant opportunities of cultivating a taste for ecclesiastical ar THE ancient capital of Connecticut long contained but one place of public worship. This was the original building that occupied nearly the same spot on whichchitecture, already singularly correct and refined. the Centre meeting-house now lifts its tall spire; and the graves of the venerable patriarchs of the colony are still seen where they were made, fast by the walls within which their descendants assemble. After a generation or two, the men beyond "the riveret," as it is called in old documents, located the South meeting-house. Within the memory of persons who are still in their full vigor, there was no other building for sacred uses, within the bounds of the city. As early, however, as the close of the French war of 1756, several persons were found at Hartford, who had become attached to the principles of the Church of England. They purchased a lot of land, and proceeded to lay the foundations of a church; but misfortune overtook one or two of their number; the ground and stones were seized by legal process, as private property; their neighbors were not sorry to see their work miscarry; and so the matter slept for another generation. Soon after his return, at the end of 1824, the plan of erecting a church of larger size and more enduring materials, was seriously agitated. The increase of the parish demanded a larger edifice; their taste required that it should be nobler and more lasting; and their liberality justified the proposed expense. On the 13th of May, 1828, the corner-stone was laid by Bishop Brownoll. The site was on the corner of Church and Main streets, opposite to the corner occupied by the former edifice. Dr. Wheaton, in an excellent and energetic address, declared that he and his associates built that temple," not desiring, were the thing possible, to build on the ruins of other denominations, who hold the essentials of the Christian faith ;” but "in opposition to the rulers of the darkness of this world;" as "an additional defence against the spread of that fashionable infidelity which assumes the garb of religion only to make war on every thing in it worth preserving," ," "not in human confidence," but" in faith, in hope, and in charity." It was announced at that time, in the columns of the Episcopal Watchman, then published at Hartford, to present the most complete and consistent specimen of Gothic architecture in this country." A unanimous verdict, it is believed, from all who have visited it, has attested the fulfilment of this expectation, until the erection of Trinity Church, New York, which of course excludes all comparison. The Roman philosopher would not dispute with the master of twenty legions. As little could an unendowed parish rival one whose corporate estate is reckoned by millions. About the time of the Revolution, John Morgan established himself as a merchant at Hartford, where, during many years, he carried on an extensive busi-that, "when finished," this church might "be expected ness, and possessed a large fortune. William Imlay, a native of New Jersey, received, after the war, an important office under the government, and made his residence also at Hartford. These two gentlemen were the first Wardens of Christ Church, and held their office from its foundation till the year 1803; and they were the leaders in the attempt which resulted in the permanent establishment of the Church. As early as 1785, the original lot of land, which included the site of the old church and a part of the site of the present, had been recovered, as having been wrongfully seized; and in 1793, the original edifice was begun. It was of wood, ninety feet by forty-four; and since the erection of the present church, has been sold and removed, and is occupied by the Roman Catholics; its steeple having been lopped off, and the tower surmounted by a vast cross of timber. During thirty years and more, under several successive Rectors, and through various vicissitudes, the Christ Church is built of the dark-red freestone from the Portland quarries, and, from the first, an air of antiquity was imparted by this fine material. Except the mouldings and ornamental parts, the stone is unhewn and of irregular shape. The exterior of the building is one hundred feet by seventy, and, with the buttresses, one hundred and seventy-six by seventysix; and the whole length, including the tower and vestry, is one hundred and twenty-one feet. It was entirely the design of Dr. Wheaton, who presided, also, over the work, from the beginning to the conclusion. The consecration was performed three days before the Christmas of 1829, by the late Bishop Hobart, in the absence of Bishop Brownell, who was then on a visit to the Churches of the Southwest, then without Episcopal supervision. For ten years, however, the tower remained incomplete, and the eye was offended by the exposure of the bell, with its wheel and scaffolding on the summit In 1839, sixty feet of admira- { ble stone work were added, and the tower is now about one hundred and forty feet in height. Christ Church is built on the highest spot within the limits of the city. This circumstance is most perceptible to the traveller, as he descends the Connecticut from Springfield, and comes in sight of the spires of Hartford, across the placid waters and meadows. But whether seen from thence, or from the south, or where, from the top of the western hills, the eye first embraces the whole valley in its loveliness, or farther off, from the charming scenes of Monte Video, or from beneath the elms at its own base, it is still a noble emblem of that Church of the living God, which is the stable pillars and ground of the truth, which lifts its head in venerable majesty towards heaven, and opens its gates invitingly to all for whom Christ died. For the Evergreen. TO MY SISTER'S PICTURE, B. TAKEN IN SLEEP A SHORT TIME BEFORE HER DEATH. DEAR image of a dearer form! Three months Summer hath passed With her warm sunshine, soft, low winds and dews; I fain would know of thee, sweet sister. Where Art thou a soul |