New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-11

vs,,bo ,bp. looking backward DER bis years.
Fsels NOT hi. eyehds wet with srsteiul Tears
II be hath been
Permitted weak ard sinful A. re Was
To cheer and aid In sumo ennoohng cause
Hts fellow men
Ifhe hath hidden the outcss,. or lsi In
A raw OF sunshine b the cell VI sn,
II be hsih len,
Strength 10 the weak. end. 10 an hour OF ueef'
over the suffering. mindless Of his creed
or hue, bath bent.
He la. 10, lived 10 vain snd while be dives
The praise 10 Him Ia whom be moves snd lives
With thankful heart
He rzzes b.ck ard. and With hope before,
Knoriog hist from bis works he never mors
Can henccl0r,h part
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. November. l.iI.
American EDITION. New FORK Leonard, scott
Co ~ Fultontt
The present number OF this able Review fully
su,tsins the reputation Of the work Il contains sfi
css on Lord Lln5ssy's Sketches Of the History Of
Christian Art" oxford University going very strongly
for Reform In that old Institution especially In the inst
ter Of setting degrees. honors University scholarships
and non theological proiessorshps free from all thso
logical restrictions on the Mining Population oi
Grea, Britain; the Alures Of Jury Trials" Bunsen'
Church Of the Future :" .he Character and Writings
Of shelley Ia which that poet is treated with great
fairness and on several other subjects
We take this occasion 10 commend the rspubcAicns
Of Me.srs scott s. Co to toe favor Of tA public favor
which "a we believe they have sbunisniy received.
They are the Loadon Quarterly Review the Edinburgh
Review the Westminster Review. the North Britain Re
view and Blaekwood's Edinburgh Magazine They ara
Handsomely printed and furnished Al terms much io"
or than the English editions.
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This volume forms the first in the edition Of the
poslhumous works OF Rev. Or Chalmers Tor which 'ne
public are TO be indebted to the Messrs Harper and
which cannot fail Of having very large circle oil read
era ltcou,sins portion OF his reflections upon pss
.ases of scripture which for some ak years he was
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II TUE DUTY oS OBEDENcE To the Civil
MAGISTRATE IL the utiect Of three Sermons preached
10 the Chspel Of Brown University by FRANCIS WAY
LAND ID They are remarkable for clear md dscfm-
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preston Dr. Wsylsnd takes the ground that man owes
HI. fret and highest allegiance TO God and that The e
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rpre..ns that spr, Of Aggression and Conquest which
our Rulers seem wiling not determined to excite and
cherish among the people.
~ THE AMERICAN REVIEW for December
fully nsinisius the character which ths work mad &C.
CURED under the mansgsmsnt Of i,s lsto Editor snt
Proprietor The !ea5ing article on the subject Of Ar
Clsys Rssoluoss sustalnbg OF eouEse the doctrine:
. they contain Among the literary articles va notice
one on Macbeth from the pen Of sr. Hudson the well
known lecturer On Shakespeare. snd Also review Of
the Arsblsn Nsa,s. C. GardneF contributes another
valuable psPcr on Foreign Immigration, embodyiug
fscts Of The grssiest importance as well 20 the morsis
a. 10 tas statesman The likeness Of Hon JoHS ~
BoTT. Is very good. The A@Sioaa has now closed ia
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