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

1841.] Quarterly List of New Books. 469
into our theological seminaries; by the machinery used to promote revivals;
and a morbid haste for immediate results. He then shows that it is the root
of most of the troubles and desolations in the churches, and concludes by telling us that, "when the interests of Christian truth are at stake it is no time to
take counsel of our fears and shrink from declaring the whole coun.~el of
God." When God raises up such witnesses for his truth, we cannot but regard it as a token that he is about to deliver the churches of NewEngland, his
ancient and favoured heritage, from the errors that infest or threaten them.
The Theatre. By the Rev. S. G. Winchester. Philadelphia: Wm. S.
Martien, pp. 239, 1 2mo.
This work had its origin in an address delivered by the author before the
Litersiy S~icieties of Oakland College, Miss. Upon being requested to furnish a copy for publication, he was led to give to the subject a more extended
examination, the result of which is this work containing an impartial and
thorough discussion of the question, "whether the stage as it now is, and ever
has been, is an evil 0 a benefit to the community." Instead of indulging in
loose declamation, upon vague and general grounds, the author has traced the
rise and progress of the drama, in different ages, showing that it has always
been unfriendly to moral improvement, and accumulating a mass of evidence
and authority against it, which it would be difficult for any honest inquirer to
resist. T[~e whole is presented in a style of uncommon directness and force,
and with r~re typographical beauty.
Salvation for the Heathen. A Sermon preached in Philadelphia, May, 1841,
bef,re the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church. By J.
M'Elroy. New York. Robert Carter. 1841. iSmo. pp. 62.
Just as our number was closing, we received this excellent discourse. Time
and space are no more than sufficient for e~pressing the high estimate which
we set upon the production, which is in every respect worthy of its author's
distinguished reputation. It is fraught with evangelical truth and sound argument, conveyed in a style at once polished and mascuhne. We have only
to regret that Dr. M'Elroy does not more frequently favour the church with
similar publications.
NOTICES.
Having been prevented, by providential circumstances, from preparing our
usual notice of the proceedings of the Ge~eral Assemby in time for this number, we hope to present it in the number for October.
Owing to its length, the continuation of the Review of Bacehus and AntiBacchus, is not inserted in this number, but may be expected in the next