THE

CHRISTIAN EXAMINER

AND

RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.

VOLUME XXXVI.

FOURTH SERIES, VOLUME I.

JANUARY, MARCH, MAY, 1844.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM CROSBY.

NEW YORK: C. S. FRANCIS & CO.

LONDON: JOHN CHAPMAN, 121 NEWGATE ST.

1844.

CONTENTS.

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I.-EDITORIAL NOTICE,

II. THE SIGNS AND PROSPECTS OF THE AGE,

III. THE THURSDAY LECTURE,

IV. ARNOLD'S SERMONS,

1. Christian Life, its Course, its Hindrances, and its

Helps. Sermons, preached mostly in the Chapel

of Rugby School. By Thomas Arnold, D. D.

2. Christian Life, its Hopes, its Fears, and its Close.

Sermons, preached mostly in the Chapel of Rugby

School. By the late Thomas Arnold, D. D.

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V. THE BOok of Life,

VI. OXFORDISM AND THE ENGLISH CHURCH,

1. Tracts for the Times. By Members of the Uni-

versity of Oxford.

2. Bernard Leslie; or a Tale of the Last Ten Years.

By the Rev. W. Gresley, M. A.

VII.—THE HUGUENOTS IN FRANCE AND AMERICA,

The Huguenots in France and America. By the

Author of "Three Experiments of Living," &c.

VIII.-WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY,

IX.-FREDERIKA BREMER'S THEOLOGY,

Morning Watches: A Few Words on 'Strauss

and the Gospels': The Confession of Faith of

Frederika Bremer.

X. THE THREE BAPTISMS,

XI.-CHRISTIAN LIFE IN THE EARLY AGES,

1. The History of the Christian Religion and Church

during the Three First Centuries. By Dr. Augus-

tus Neander.

2. History of the Planting and Training of the Chris-

tian Church by the Apostles. By Dr. Augustus

Neander.

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I.-NORTON ON THE GENUINENESS OF THE GOSPELS,

The Evidences of the Genuineness of the Gos-

pels. By Andrews Norton.

II.-LOWELL'S POEMS,

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Poems by James Russell Lowell.

III.-MARTINEAU'S DISCOURSES,

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Endeavours after the Christian Life. A Volume

of Discourses. By James Martineau.

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IV. THE HEAVENS,

V.-PRESCOTT'S HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO,

History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Pre-

liminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civiliza-

tion, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando

Cortes. By William H. Prescott.

VI.-LIFE AND WRITINGS OF DR. GREENWOOD,

Sermons by Rev. F. W. P. Greenwood, D. D.,

Minister of King's Chapel, Boston.

VII. TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN,

1. The Value of Years.

2. Men's Tears.

VIII.-AMERICAN MORALS AND MANNERS,

NOTICES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Belknap's American Biography,

Ripley's Notes on the Acts,

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