Quarterly List of New Books and Pamphlets [pp. 463-470]

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NEW BOOKS AND PAMPllLETS.
Tar. Antiquities of the Christian ~hurch. Translated and Compiled from the
Works of Augusti. with numerous Additions from Rheinwald ~iegel, and
others. By Rev. Lyman Coleman. Ando~er, New York, Boston and Phil adelphia: 1841. Svo. pp. 557.
This is a very valuable and interesting work. The constitution, officers,
and usages of the early church are all subjects which deserve more attention
than ministers commonly devote to thern.`I'he want of a good compendium,
with references to the sources of further information, has d'~ul)tle~s been one
cause of the neglect which this interesting department of knowledge has l~mg
lahoured under. This want, we think, is adequately supplied by the work
before us. It is founded upon the copious work of Augusti, and enriched
with additions from various later wnwrs. It is well executed and elegantly
printed; and is therefore well worthy of general approbation.
Eulngy on the I~ifr and Character of the late Rev. Dr. Frederick Rauch;
President of ~Y1arshall College, Pa. By John`V. Nevin, D. D. Cham bersburg, Pa. 1841. pp. 23.
The premature death of Dr. Rauch is an event deeply to be deplored. His
amiable character, his extensive learning, and distinguished talents had secured for him the affection and respect of a large circl& of friends. His (~erman education, and his lon residence in this country gave him great and
peculiar advantages for filling with success the post to which, in the Providence of God, he had been called; and render his unexpected depart~re at the
early age ot thirty.four, a calamity not only to the college over which he presided, but to the Christian puldic generally. The Eulogy pronounced on
his Life and character, by his ftiend and associate, Dr. Nevin, is worthy of
its author and of its subject. It sets in a strong light the excellencies and
promise of the deceased president, and transfuses to the breasts of his readers the respectful regrets which the writer himself had so much reason to
entertain, and which he has so eloquently expressed. We wish we could
pus in silence one feature of this discourse, whic4 we noticed, we confeu,