has never been realized. Instead of rising in circulation, it has continually fallen, and now the Publisher feels it to be no longer a duty to continue the sacrifice to which he has hitherto subjected himself. Did the fault lie with us, we would close the work in silence; but feeling assured that such is not the case, we deem it right and most proper to indicate the door at which it must be laid. We have done what we could; and the press universally, and many of our leading ministers and officebearers, have united in testifying again and again to its excellence, and warmly giving it as their opinion that it was the best religious periodical of the day, and eminently fitted to prove useful to all classes. If, therefore, in the face of this evidence as to its worth, it has to be discontinued, because unsupported, its conductors need not scruple to say, that it has been unjustly treated. Yes, duty compels us to affirm, that while some of our ministers and members have nobly countenanced it, the majority have been guilty of apathy, if not something worse, regarding it. But it is neither our province nor intention to judge or condemn further. The United Presbyterian Church, as a Church, has to give an account to the great Head of all her doings, and the relation she assumed towards the SCOTTISH CHRISTIAN JOURNAL must inevitably be scrutinized. We are content to transfer our cause to that awful and important tribunal. While conscious of many shortcomings and imperfections, we can yet solemnly say, that it has ever been our earnest desire to do our part in the matter. To the many kind friends who have steadily befriended us --both contributors and readers we have to express our sincere thanks. Our connection with each other, indeed, can never truly and totally cease, for in its influence that must be eternal; but its literal, earthly termination has come, and therefore we must say Farewell! EDINBURGH, December, 1857. American Physician, An, 31. Anecdote of Washington, 108. Anxious Sinner, The, 224. Apollyon and his Darts, 234. Appeal to Youth, 324. Contempt of Worldly Comforts, 246. Cowper, Poetry of, 263. Cross and the Sepulchre, The, 145. Cross an Evidence of Divine Justice and Mercy, The, 349. Cross of Christ, 136. Analogy-The Israelites and Believers, 299. Crucifixion between Two Thieves, Our Apt Comparison, An, 344. Avoid Contentions, 243. 310, 334. Lord's, 297, 321. David's Fall-Its Consequences, 305. Dead to the World, 246. Death of an Aged Saint, 196. Decay in Grace, 200. Description of the Wicked, 150. Destruction of the First-Born, 222. Devising Liberal Things, 194. Dignity of Man, 291. Dividing the Spoil, 339. Divine Blessing, 103. Biographical Sketch-Rev. David Wilson, Divine Influence, 92. Bird in the Egg, The, 40. Blessings of Believers, 247. Bought with a Price, 32. Brevity of Life, 29. Broken Heart, A, 199. Duty of the Afflicted, 246. Dying Advice to Younger Children, 58. Cabinet, The, 31, 55, 78, 102, 127, 151, 174, Dying Christian, To a, 320. 199, 222, 246, 271, 295, 318, 342, 360. Magdalene Nisbet, 17, 42, 85, 132, 184, 257, Man's Meanness and Greatness, 231. Memory bettered by Grace, The, 309. Middle and End of the Great Crisis, 161, Grace of God as manifested in Redemption, Motives for Conversion, 339. 137. Natural and Moral Inability, 243. Necessity of Divine Influence, 271. Not many Mighty are Called, 343. Passion on the Cross, The, 161, 189. Patience of God with Sinners, 150. How to use the Creatures as Vexing Things, Perpetuity, a Feature of the Gospel, 57, 81. 223. Perpetuity of the Heavenly State, 273. Picked-up Pearls, 32, 56, 80, 104, 128, 152, Poetry of Cowper, 263. 176, 200, 224, 248, 272, 296, 320, 344, Piety and Benevolence, 31. POETRY. A Balm for Life's Sorrow, 15. Abide with us, 59. A Brother's Grave, 222. A New Year's Hymn, 97. A Remarkable Dream, 359. A Voice from Heaven, 41. Christian Comfort, 183: Covenanters in Dunnottar Castle, 71. Family Worship, 319. For Ministers, 32. Friendship, Love, and Truth, 296. Good for Evil, 176. Gospel Invitations, 292. Grace in Exercise, 305. Hark! 120. Poor Ellen, 15. Popery in Presbyterian Countries, 93. Prayer, 164, 248. Religion and Science, 103. Resisting Sinner, The, 128. Resurrection of Lazarus, 213. Retirement, 301. Hymn sung at a Congregational Soiree, 256. Religion, Sources of Corruption in, 105. It is Good to be Here, 112. Joy succeeds Weeping, 80. Keep to the Right, 241. Life only in Christ, 136. Look Aloft, 196. Ministers' Charge and Duty, 103. My Jesus, 125. Old Age, 352. On the Death of Dr Young, Perth, 160. On the Death of the Rev. James Guthrie, 91. On Youth, 234. Prayer a Refuge in Distress, 203. Providence, 128. Religious Harmony, 230. Temptation, 52. The Approach of Summer, 164. The Blind Girl to her Mother, 11. The Child and the Stranger, 84. The Day of Wrath, 300. The Eagle and the Infant, 76. The Emigrant's Farewell, 64. The Glorious Word, 160. The Graves of our Loved Ones, 333. The Grave of Richard Cameron, 130. The Hour of Eve, 344. The Love that Burns for All, 268. The New Jerusalem, 157. The Patriarch of Uz, 261. The Value of a Moment, 309. Tyrolese Evening Hymn, 238. Welcome to Summer, 246. Revelation and Preaching, 131. River of Death, The, 350. |