Short Notices [pp. 554-564]

Short Notices.
absent from the Church at the present time. He points out the
evidences of the low state of religion, dwelling especially on
departures from the pure doctrines of the gospel. The whole
discourse is a solemn and earnest admonition from a source
entitled to be heard with the greatest deference and respect.
Two Discourses on the Moral State of Man. Delivered in the Central
Church, Charleston. By the Rev. W. C. Dana, pastor of said church.
Charleston: 1851.
The doctrine forcibly illustrated in these sermons is that total
depravity when predicated of our race, does not mean the entire
absence of such amiable and right feelings as generosity, sense
of justice, filial affection, and the like; but "total absence of
love, total opposition of the heart, to a holy God."
The Missionary Age. A Discourse by Rufus Anderson, one of the Secre taries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Boston: 1851.
The design of this discourse is to set forth the last fifty years
as the missionary age of the Church of modern times. The
author shows that not until the present century had the provi dence of God opened the way for reaching all nations with the
gospel; that before this period the churches were not really
organized for the conversion of the world, and had not any
commanding system of missions abroad designed expressly for
that purpose. All these points are exhibited with the clearness
and force which characterize all the productions of Dr. Anderson's pen.
A Sermon preached at the Dedication of the First Presbyterian church,
Benicia, California, March 9, 1851. By the pastor, Sylvester Wood bridge, Jr., Benicia, California, 1851.
We send our civilization full-grown to our remotest borders.
Educated men, municipal institutions, organized churches the
arts and improvements of industry, are there just as they exist
in the old Atlantic States. Here is a sermon as well written
and as well printed as though it came from Boston or Philadelphia. As such it is eminently suggestive.
The Baptist Catechism, commonly called Keach's Catechism, or a brief
instruction in the principles of the Christian Religion.
The Primitive Rule of Giving. By J. R. Scott.
Positive Law: its distinction from Moral Law. By D. S. Parmelee.
The Primitive Churchman: or Reasons why I am not an Episcopalian.
The Power of the Cross. A discourse by Richard Fuller, D.D.
These are titles of a few of the issues of the American Baptist Publication Society, which we received just as our last
sheet was going to press.
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