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me before us, as is uis usual

a, and " whatsoever is not
proved thereby," he utterly

or may

nder the strong conviction that, as he so fre-

,on, and therefore

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ternal salvation of man are b 3

the present comfort and the
the truth—the word of God
It has beer

said, that " when God makes
the Christian, be does not unmake the citizen," and as an
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'ten and tru

amplification of the idea, we may say that when guilt is re-
moved and a man experiences the " blessedness of him whose
iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered," he will,
nevertheless, be subject to cravings after companionship, as
is beautifully described in the preface, and though pardoned
he may yet be desolate. To meet this desolation, and to
show how completely suitable is the Lord Jesus Christ to all
its exigencies, appears the purport of these admirable dis-
courses. Whilst the godhead of the Saviour is maintained
in all its perfection and majesty, his sympathy and tender-
ness are the more immediate theme of the pages under
" It is of the utmost consequence," says Mr.
to distinguish between sinfulness and those con-
,..iences of s:—
Deformity is no sin ; pain,

notice.
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3fulness W

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weariness—these are au consequv......—. _
themselves sinful. Christ-had human nature, not as Adam
had it before the fall, beautiful, glorious, powerful

not as

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quences of sin, thong]

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and sympathise with us. There
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commend the

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our faith and j.

r extract, the latter portion of which wn

put our readers in possession of the chief scope of the present
lectures. " Looking unto Jesus as
our sbstitute, our at-
tention is specially directed to the divine nature in his per-

may make anothe

with an infinite meritoriousness, a
• was alone, and none of the people
but looking unto Jesus as the head
ery member of which becomes in its turn, and
in its measure, ' a partaker of Christ's sufferings,' our at•

son, investin

characteristic in which ne

was, or can be with

of his body, ev

tendon is rather called to the reality of his human nature,
and all the exquisite tenderness of human sensibility in
him."
To give point and power to this inestimable truth—the
verity of our Saviour's human feelings, attachments, and dis-
anpointments—Mr. M'Neile has selected several instances
recorded in the sacred narrative. In the first lecture we have
brought before us an illustration of the Saviour's distress of
mind, being, in some degree, softened by the seasonable ex-
ercise of human sympathy ; the object of the second lecture
is to show how possible it was, deeply to
wound the heart of
both as regards private friendship, and the
the son of God,
sacred cause in which he was engaged ; in the third lecture,
the fall and dissimulation of the Apostle Peter ar3 dwelt
upon, in order to show how deeply our Lord could suffer
from disappointrnent •; the fourth lecture invites our attention
to the same heavenly being enduring trial and temptation
the following extract from the fifth
from the fallen spirits ; " The suffering of
lecture will give its drift and tendency :—ivot on which the government of God
Christ is the moral p
turns. There God proceeds as a judge, pronouncing sentence
according to the law, and there God proceeds as a father, re-
vg freely adopted children in everlasting love." The
threeth follow important statements are the subjects of con-
sideration in the two last lectures :-Ist. God promised to
the patriarchs and prophets that he would raise unto them
2d. He performed this promise
from the dead a Saviour.
in that he raised up Jesus again. 3d. The declaration of
this is glad tidings to the church.

, aeter of these discourses, and they
ed with toe usual earnestness and faithfulness
deep
of
tare
h stamp
is eminent divine. Every page is pervad wi
practical piety, and fervid eloquence.
toned spirituality, p

Such is, then

Dublin University Magazine- Walmsley, Church-street

The editor continues his ainusin,g " Loiterings of Arthur
O'Leary." Like Lover's hero, O'Kelly takes to smuggling,
and details his adventures in the per of his tale. Barnsby
Cooper's Life of Sir Astley Cooper isfreviewed,—if not cen-
sured, at any rate " dawbed with faint praise." Barney
Braliaghan contributes a " Polyglot Paper," which will de-
light the student. In it appears songs in seven languages.
Miss Louisa Costello has an amusing article entitled " A pie
nic at Coarraze." A clever review next appears of Mr.
Bundinel's work on the slave trade." Spalatro" is con-
cluded. Mr. O'Connell's book,
"Ireland and the Irish,"
is again v There is some good poetry in this month's
number, re
viewed. Mr. James Gray (nee Mary Ann Browne),
Charles Hervey, and others. Charles Swain's charming
poem, " The Mind," comes under
notice. It is, as it Irichly
of Mr.
deserves, highly spoken of. A review
Bartlett's
work on emigration conclud

the number,

April, 1843.—Edinburgb, Black-

Blackwood's Magazine

wood and Sons.
The complaint which we made against the March number
of Blackwood, of the want of political interest, certainly can-
not be urged against the number before us, for we have here
no less than three articles on subjects which affect our inter-
nal and external affairs. One of these articles is on the
Practice of Agriculture. being a review of " Stephens' Book
of the Farm," in which the doctrine is thoroughly established
that skilful practice is applied science. This is unques-
tionably true, but we fear that by what is called „skilful
practice" the interest of large capitalist farmers will be more
promoted than that of the individual cottageholder who has
his rood of land. A steam-engine, with its attendant es-
tablishment, and a chemical laboratory, ,
are colossal however the science
of agriculture may be thereby imp dependent
upon his labour alone ; so that we are inclined to take excep-
tion to some portions of " The Book of the Farm," and its
review in Blackwood, unless we are to understand that those
agencies are likely to be made more popular. If they are
not, mere labour will be completely overwhelmed by the
power of capital, and we should tremble for the permanence
oef those happy homesteads which it is a great portion of the
steam-engine
of townspeople to see in the country. The
existing one-horse—models, we will call them, and chemistry
he taught as part of what it is a man's duty to learn,
before all that is inculcated in " The Book of the Farm"
(which contains much
thebook of the
practical information) will prove to be
peasantry of En
gratifying to see Christopher gland. It is, however,
. North direct his attention tO
the subject,—albeit the article on " The Practice of Agricul-
stare" was no more •
written by him than it was by the cele-

so strongly as the facts would

try had been insulted

t the honour of this cou

without adequate satisfaction being rendered, by the Sultan

n of Aden is the
India. The

of Aden ; awl
most favourable for our st

of the mea-

s per se a in!

first of these p

sures we adopted

which was

that we offered a pecu

I it was only after

rs insults had

on was resorted

—and

)n account of the

brated member for Stockport.
The next article in the present number, of popular interest,
is that on "The Occupation of Aden." On this subject a
view is taken with which all who have studied the condiiffertion
any', prospects of steam navigation to the East, must d.
Our recent occupation of Affghanistan, and the incessant
denunciations of the hostile portion of the French newspaper
press, have led to the assertion of the doctrine that we are
essentially an aggressive power. " The Occupation of Aden"
is cited as a case in proof. Now, without for the present
noticing the abstract assertion, we must say that we have
searched and sifted the article before us for the author's
proofs, but in vain ; and it seems to us that the historical and
political data which he himself furnishes establish the case
against him. He states, not so strongly as
"
warrant, that the