PUBLISHED BY T. MASON AND G. LANE,

FOR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AT THE CONFERENCE OFFICE,

200 MULBERRY-STREET.

J. Collord, Printer.

1839.

CONTENTS.

ORDINATION to the Ministry. By Rev. Charles Elliott, A. M.,

Trials by Ordeal and single Combat. An Historical and Moral Essay.

By Rev. J. H. Young, of the Baltimore conference,

God's Determinate Counsel and Foreknowledge,

A Sketch. First Impressions of Congress,

Memoir of the Rev. Robert Green,

Mr. Parker's Exploring Tour beyond the Rocky Mountains,

The American Gentleman. By Charles Butler, Esq.

Review of Medhurst's State and Prospects of China,.

Review of the Defence of the Existence of Satan and his Angels,

Encke's Comet,

Recent Publications,

Ordination to the Ministry. By Rev. Charles Elliott, D. D., (continued

from page 22,)

Trials by Ordeal and single Combat. An Historical and Moral Essay.

By Rev. J. H. Young, of the Baltimore conference, (continued

from page 38,)

The History of the Hebrew Text, with some considerations for the Study

of the Hebrew. By William M. Willett, Teacher of Hebrew in the

Wesleyan University,

Sketches of South America. By Rev. J. Dempster, A. M.,

at Buenos Ayres, (continued from page 370 of vol. ix,)

Brazil. By R. M’Murdy, A. M., Teacher at Rio de Janeiro,

God's Word the Christian's Delight. By Rev. R. W. Allen, of the New-

England conference,

Review of the Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion. By

Rev. D. Smith, of the New-York conference,

Review of Jackson's Centenary of Wesleyan Methodism,

Recent Publications,

Missionary

Sketches of South America. By Rev. J. Dempster, A. M., Missionary

at Buenos Ayres, (continued from page 185,)

God's Method of weighing the Actions of Men. By Rev. M. Sorin, of

the Philadelphia conference,

On the Importance of a well-instructed Ministry. By Rev D. Smith,

of the New-York conference,

Jacob's Dream; or, the Ministry of Angels,

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God's Word the Christian's Delight. By Rev. R. W. Allen, of the New-

England conference, (continued from page 215,)

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A Sermon on Baptism. By Rev. J. Porter,

. 304

Review of the Difficulties of Arminian Methodism. By Rev. S. Comfort, 319

Review of Professor Bush's Notes on Genesis,

Review of Cardinal de Cheverus,

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A Visit to Weyer's Cave, Virginia. By Rev. J. H. Young, of the Bal-

timore annual conference,

Literary Notices,

The Case of the Jews considered, with particular reference to their

supposed literal gathering. By Rev. Wm. Scott, of the Canada

conference,

Tribute to the Memory of President Fisk. By Professor Whedon of the

Wesleyan University,

Bible Election. By Rev. Raphael Gilbert, of the New-York confer-

ence,

The Duty of Methodism toward its Youth. By Rev. Samuel Jackson,
of the Wesleyan Connection, England,

Statistics and Philosophy of Storms,

Wordsworth's Poems,

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Bush's Hebrew Grammar,

. 461

Baxter's Works, with a brief notice of that extraordinary man of God, 469

Abbott's Teacher,

Recent Publications,

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