THE

CHRISTIAN EXAMINER

AND

RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.

VOLUME XLV.

FOURTH SERIES, VOLUME X.

JULY, SEPTEMBER, NOVEMBER, 1848.

BOSTON:

WM. CROSBY AND H. P. NICHOLS.

NEW YORK: C. S. FRANCIS & CO.

LONDON: JOHN CHAPMAN, 121 NEWGATE STREET.

CONTENTS.

ARTICLE

I. JOAN OF ARC

1. Notice sur Jeanne d'Arc, surnommée La Pucelle d'Or-

léans. Par MM. Michaud et Poujoulat.

2. Collection des Mémoires sur l'Histoire de France.

Par M. Petitot.

3. Histoire des Ducs de Bourgogne. Par M. de Barante.

Tome IV.

4. Jeanne d'Arc. Article de la Biographie Universelle.

(By M. Walckenaer.).

5. Histoire Complète de Jeanne d'Arc. Par M. Le Brun

des Charmettes.

6. Sismondi. Histoire de Français.

7. Michelet's History of France.

French.

II. THE HEBREW IDEAS OF GOD

III. THE WATER-CURE

Tome XIII.

Translated from the

1. The Water-Cure in Chronic Disease. By J. M. Gully.

2. The Water-Cure, or Hydropathy. By John Forbes.

3. A Description of the Brattleboro' Hydropathic Estab-

lishment, with a Report of 563 Cases, etc.

IV. HISTORY OF THE JEWS

The History of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity

to the Present Time; comprising their Conquests, Dis-

persions, Wanderings, Persecutions, Commercial En-

terprises, Literature, etc., with an Account of the Ef-

forts made for their Conversion, etc. With a Preface

by William Jenks, D. D.

V. REVEALED RELIGION

[A Dudleian Lecture, delivered in the Chapel of the Uni-

versity at Cambridge, May 10, 1848. By Rev. Samuel

Gilman, D. D.]

VI. PETER SCHLEMIHL IN AMERICA

Peter Schlemihl in America.

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VII. OUR POSITION, PROSPECTS, AND DUTIES AS A RELIGIOUS

BODY

[An Address, delivered before the American Unitarian

Association, May 30, 1848. By Rev. Orville Dewey,

D. D.]

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Jacocks's Moral Government of God,

Miles's Gospel Narratives, etc.,

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Physiological Effects of Alcoholic Drinks,

Stevens's History of Georgia,

Gray's Manual of Botany of Northern United States,

Soule's Memorial of the Sprague Family, - Abbot's

Genealogical Register, etc.,

Bethune's British Female Poets,

Lamartine's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land,

Memoir of Channing,

Brun-

ton's Self-Control, - Sismondi's Historical View,
Spencer's Cæsar's Commentaries,

Roelker's Consti-

tutions of France, - Foster's and English's French
Andersen's Danish Story Book,

Revolution of 1848,

Truth and Trust,

Livermore's Discourse on J. Q. Adams,—Weiss's Fast-
Day Sermon, Gannett's Discourse before the Benev-
olent Fraternity of Churches, Pearson's Discourse on
the Immortality of the Soul, Coolidge's Farewell
and Dedication Discourses, Buckingham's Lecture

on Public Health, - Duer's Discourse on the Life, etc.,
of James Kent, - Bryant's Funeral Oration on Thomas
Cole, Dewey's Peace Address,

Religious Intelligence. Ecclesiastical Record, . The

Anniversaries, Book and Pamphlet Society, Massa-

chusetts Bible Society, American Peace Society,

American Unitarian Association, Collation, - Minis-

terial Conference, Sunday School Society, -Con-

vention of Congregational Ministers, Devotional

Meetings, Convention of the Christian Connection,

Dedication, Ordinations and Installations, .

CONTENTS.

ARTICLE

I. AMUSEMENTS

II.

III.

A Plea for Amusements. By Frederic W. Sawyer.

ZWINGLE AND LUTHER

REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA .

1. A History of Colonization on the Western Coast of

Africa, by A. Alexander.

2. Reports of the American Colonization Society, for the

Years 1846, 1847, 1848.

3. African Repository; - Liberia Herald;

Luminary.

IV. CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIALISM

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- and Africa's

1. Histoire de l'Économie Politique en Europe, depuis les

Anciens jusqu'à nos Jours. Par M. Blanqui, Ainé.

2. On the Christian and Economic Polity of a Nation,

more especially with Reference to its Large Towns.

By Thomas Chalmers.

3. Political Economy and the Philosophy of Government;

a Series of Essays selected from the Works of M. de

Sismondi. With an Historical Notice of his Life and

Writings. By M. Mignet.

4. Principles of Political Economy, with some of their

Applications to Social Philosophy. By John Stuart

Mill.

5. The True Organization of the New Church, as indi-

cated in the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, and

demonstrated by Charles Fourier.

V. COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION

Eleventh Annual Report of the Board of Education; to-

gether with the Eleventh Annual Report of the Secre-

tary of the Board.

VI. THE TENDENCIES AND THE WANTS OF THEOLOGY

[A Discourse, delivered before the Alumni of the Divinity

School of the University at Cambridge, July 14, 1848.

By George W. Burnap.]

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