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have rekindled the feelings which were exhibited a few years ago, when the Remonstrant Synod was compelled to form a separate organizatiou. In Scotland attention is not likely to be drawn to Unitarianism, in the way either of inquiry or of aggression, while the struggle in the Church continues. Our friends in England have met with a severe bereavement in the death of Rev. Henry Acton of Exeter. He was one of the principal advocates of our faith in the West of England, and since the death of Dr. Carpenter no one has been more eminent. His illness was very short. In the midst of apparent health he was seized with paralysis, and died on the 22d of last August, in the forty fifth year of his age. "Strong in the religious views he entertained, and filled with the Christian's hope, he quietly and without a struggle surrendered himself into the hands of his God and Father." He left a destitute family, for whose benefit we are glad to observe a subscription has been raised in the Exeter congregation and among their other friends, which "at the date of the last report was upwards of £900." In Ireland also our churches mourn the loss of one of their highly esteemed ministers, in the death of Rev. William Porter of Newtonlimavady, in his seventieth year. "He was the first Moderator of the Remonstrant Synod," which seceded from the General Synod of Ulster in 1830; "and held the office of Clerk to the same from the year 1831 till his death."—We may take this opportunity to correct a mistake which occurred in our notice of the Sunday School Celebration in Bristol, England, (in the present volume of the Miscellany, pp. 191, 192,) which our correspondent reminds us may create some scandal on that side of the water. The festivities which we described were not held on Whitsunday, but on Whitmonday.

CONCLUDING NOTICE.-With our present number we close this publication; not however because it has not met with sufficient encouragement or sufficient approbation. Our subscription list has steadily, though slowly increased, and we have been gratified with the expressions of satisfaction in the character of the Miscellany, which have reached us from various friends. But it has been thought that a change might be made, which would be productive of more good than results from the present arrangement of the larger journals of our denomination. A negotiation has therefore been effected, by which the Christian Examiner and the Monthly Miscellany will be united, under the title of the CHRISTIAN EXAMINER AND RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. The general character of the work will be the same as has belonged to the Examiner

from its commencement, but it is intended that there shall be a somewhat greater variety in the contents. It will still be strictly a religious journal, and will aim at exhibiting the application of Christianity, as understood by Unitarians, to the thought, sentiment and movement of the present time. Retaining in many of its articles the form of a review, it will yet enter into discussions of theology and morals on a larger plan than might be suggested by a particular book, and will also contain short articles designed particularly to elucidate or quicken the religious life. Notices of books and other publications of a religious nature issuing from our denomination will be given, in the hope of furnishing a complete record under this head. A brief department of Intelligence will be added to each number, as a register of ecclesiastical events of general interest to our churches; together with a very short obituary record. It will be seen therefore, that some of the features which have distinguished the Miscellany will be introduced into the new journal, without sacrificing any of the essential merits of the past Examiner. We cannot but hope that the present subscribers to the Miscellany will welcome the Examiner and Miscellany in its place. The price is rather higher, and the time of publication less frequent, but as the Examiner always has been, and we trust will continue to be, a journal of a much higher order of merit than the Miscellany, we conceive that these reasons need not prevent those who have taken the latter work from transferring their names to the new list. A proposed addition to the number of pages which have hitherto been given in the Examiner, for which we refer to our Publisher's advertisement on the cover, will likewise render it, if bulk only be considered, more valuable than the Miscellany has been.

It has been thought desirable, at the same time, to publish a very cheap monthly magazine, of a religious character, which might meet the wants of those persons who can take only such a work. The first number of such a magazine will therefore be issued on the first of January. It will contain short articles upon Christian truth and the Christian life, in explanation of Scripture or illustration of duty, with a sermon in each number, and a department of intelligence. It will be much smaller than the Miscellany has been and will be furnished to subscribers at a dollar a year. As the past editor and the publisher of the Miscellany will have a connexion with both these journals, it cannot be supposed that there will be any competition between them for public favor. They are intended for different classes of readers.

The first number of the Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany will appear as early in January as possible, that its future publication may correspond with the commencement of the year.

The present number of the Miscellany has been delayed by our anticipation of the arrangements which we have here announced.

MISCELLANY.

Affliction, Benefits of, 218.
Association Theory, The, 326.
Augustine and Rousseau, 223.
Charge to a Young Minister,
321.

Christ compared with his Times,
100.

Christian Life, The, Not an Easy
Life, 160.
Christmas Day, 336.
Church Architecture, 40.
Council of Trent, 257.
Damon, Rev. David, Notices of
the late, 77.

Dante and Swedenborg, 224.
David's Elegy over Saul and Jon-
athan, 203.

Difficulty of the Religious Life,
The, 12.
Dogmatism, 1.
Fanaticism, 193.

Goodness of God, The, 153.
Greenwood, Rev. Francis W. P.,

D. D., Notices of the late, 166.
Heavenly Visions, 279.
Lighthouse of Lighthouses, The,
214.

Ministry at large, The, 229.
My Centre Table,-Fifth Sitting,

38.

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Notes on Scripture, 44.
Obeying the Truth, 352.
Ordination in the last genera-
tion, An, 42.

Palfrey's Lowell Lectures, 20.
Parallels, 223.

Past, The, The Present, and the
Future, 198.

Poetry of Manufactures, The,
129.

Pursuit of Pleasure, The, 275.
Questions and Hints, 135.
Religion in Germany, 84.
Saint Bernhard and John Wes-
ley, 136.

Scottish Church, Disruption of
the, 104.

Theological Disingenuousness,

39.

Thrush, Thomas, The late, of
England, 225.

Trinity, The, Not a Doctrine of
Scripture, 156.

Uncertainty of the Ministerial
Relation, 32.

Unimproveable Religion, An, 38.
Vision of God, The, 271.
Ware, Rev. Henry Jr., The late,
296.
Westminster Assembly of Di-
vines, The, 65.

SERMONS.

Secret Sins. By Rev. Jonathan
Cole, 25.
Desire for Another Life. By
Rev. Calvin Lincoln, 90.
The Importance of Religion.
By Rev. Augustus C. L. Ar-
nold, 145.

Christ our Wisdom and Right-
eousness. By Rev. Nathaniel
S. Folsom, 204.

Death in the Lord. By Rev.
Augustus R. Pope, 284.
Study of the Scriptures. By
Rev. Charles T. Brooks, 342.

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Hymn, 213.

of, 270.

Poet's Hope, The, 98.

Poetry for the Collation, 9.

Illinois Prairies, A Recollection Sabbath morning at Pascagoula,

Matthew xxvii. 25, 31.

Mississippi, To the, 334.
Monody, 294.
Ode, 11.

A, 158.

Song, 9.

Song of the Poor Gardener, 201.
Summer Morning Hymn, 83.

NOTICES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

American Tract for the Times,
An, 368.
Brazer's Discourse after Death
of Hon. B. Pickman, 244.
Burnap's Commemorative Dis-
course on Dr. Greenwood,
361.
Channing's Address on Preven-
tion of Pauperism, 365.
Channing's Poems, 182.
Child's Friend, The, 246.
Child in Heaven, The, 52.
Child's Letters from New York,
310.

Damon's Address at Consecra-
tion of Cemetery, 312.
Dewey's Discourse on Character
and Writings of Dr. Channing,
360.
Doggett's Sermon on Transcen-
dentalism, 115.
Farley's Discourse on What is
Truth,' 49.

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Farley's Sermon after Interment

of Mr. H. Leeds, 181.
Farley's Sermon on the Lord's
Supper, 364.

Frothingham's Sermon after
Death of Dr. Greenwood, 244.
Furness's Discourse on Commu-

nion with the Unseen, 363.
Furness's Two Discourses on
approach of Anniversary of
Independence, 116.
Gray's Sermon after Death of
Dr. Ware, 362.
Hedge's Oration on Conserva-
tism and Reform, 367.

Hillard's Phi Beta Kappa Dis-
course, 311.

Huguenots in France and Amer-
ica, The, 242.

Lincoln's Sermon on Evils of
Sectarianism, 48.

Martineau's Discourses on the
Christian Life, 357.

Miles's Discourse before Anc.
and Hon. Artillery Company,
114.

Neander's History of Christian

Religion and Church, 240.
Parker's Sermon of Slavery, 51.
Peabody's Address before Amer-
ican Peace Society, 113.
Peabody's Address on Uses of
Classical Literature, 366.
Pierpont's Anti-Slavery Poems,
182.

Priestley's History of Corrup-
tious of Christianity, 310.
Robbins's Discourse on Life and
Character of Dr. Ware, 362.
Sanger's Two Sermons on Thir-
ty Years' Ministry, 47.
Sears's Discourse at Funeral of
Deacon White, 180.
Stebbins's Centennial Discourse
at Leominster, 358.
Stories for Little People, Little,
118.

Thayer's Sermon on Our Faith,
50.

Unitarianism the Doctrine of the
Bible, 177.

Whitman, Memoir of Deacon,
45.

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Address of Irish Unitarians to
their American Brethren, 184.
American Board of Foreign
Missions, 63.

American Education Society, 59.
American Oriental Society, 64.
American Tract Society, 62.
British and Foreign Unitarian
Association, 186.
Cambridge Divinity School, 121.
Charleston Unitarian Book and
Tract Society, 249.
Cheshire Sabbath School Asso-
ciation, 58.
Concluding Notice, 383.
Convention at Providence, R. I.,
317.

District Unitarian Associations
in England, 191.
Domestic Intelligence, 183.
Domestic Intelligence of the
Month, 247.
Ecclesiastical Intelligence, 374.
Festival of the Reformation, 379.
Foreign Evangelical Society, 62.
Foreign Intelligence, 381.
Intelligence from Syracuse, and
Western New York, 377.
Irish Unitarian Christian Society,
252.

Irish Unitarian Society for Dif-
fusion of Christian Knowl-
edge, 253.

Massachusetts Abolition Socie-

ty, 64.
Massachusetts Missionary Socie-
ty, 61.

Massachusetts Sabbath School
Society, 63.

Medford Missionary Society, and
Milwaukie Unitarian Church,
124.

Meeting for Western Colleges,
64.

Meeting in behalf of Congrega-
tionalism, 59.
Ministry at large, 379.
Pastoral Association, 61.
Peace Convention, General, 249.
Prayer Meeting, 63.
Presbyterian Church, General
Assemblies of the, 126.
Seamen's Friend Society, 61.
Socini, Memoirs of the, 255.
Sunday School Celebration in

Bristol, England, 191.
Sunday School Society, 248.
Tremont Theatre, 128.
Unitarian Congregation in Mon-
treal, L. C., 380.
Unitarian Meetings at Taunton,
England, 188.

Vesuvius, Ascent of, 253.
Worcester Sunday School Soci-
ety, 248.

ORDINATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS.

Rev. Joseph H. Allen-Rox- Rev. Frederick Huidekoper,—

bury, Mass., 370.

Rev. A. C. L. Arnold-Nashua,

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as an Evangelist—Meadville,
Penn., 369.

Rev. John Pierpont jr.-Lynn,
Mass., 313.

Rev. Joseph C. Smith-Groton,
Mass., 119.

Rev. John Weiss jr.-Water-
town, Mass., 315.

DEDICATIONS.

Charlestown, N. H., 373.

Walpole, N. H., 55.

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