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SECOND EDITION, PRICE IS.,
THE FAMINE A ROD OF GOD: ITS PROVOKING
CAUSE—ITS MERCIFUL DESIGN. A SERMON Preached
in St. Jude's Church, on Sunday, February 28, 1847, by
The Rev..HUGH 'N FILE, M.A.,
Honorary Canon of Chester.
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LIFE OF THE LATE REV. C. SIMEON.
This day is Published, one thick vol. Svo, with Portrait, price
145.,
MEMOIR OF THE REV. CHARLES SIMEON,
M.A. late Senior Fellow of King's College, and Minister
of Trinity dhurch, Cambridge: containing his Autobiography,
- together with selections from his Writings and Correspondence.
Edited by the Rev. WILLIAM CARUS, M.A., Fellow and
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BISHOP OF CHESTER'S EXPOSITION OF ST. MATTHEW.
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A PRACTICAL EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPELS
OF ST. MATTHEW AND ST. MARK, in the form of
Lectures, intended to assist the practice of domestic instruction
and devotion. By JOHN BIRD SUMN ER, D.D., Lord Bishop
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Also, lately Published by the same Author,
SERMONS ON THE PRINCIPAL FESTIVALS OF THE
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JOHN BARNETT'S NEW BALLAD.
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‘‘ T.IGHT OF HEART AM I!"
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Poetry from the Forget Me Not."
written by CHARLES SWAIN,Esq., Composed for and Sung
by MISS BIRCH, to whom it is respectfully dedicated by
JOHN BARNETT.

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Grllery.—No. XLIV.—The Rev. Hugh M`Neile,
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