Vou.VI1.] Retrofpectof Domeftic Literature....Theology and Morals. §13 
atthe head of each paragraph, and the 
different {peakers in the dialogue are men- 
tioned at the head of their refpective 
{peeches. The goipel was originally pro- 
claimed to the poor; every thing which 
facilitates the underftanding of that gof- 
pel is defrable; and every attempt to 
make it thoroughly intelligible is highly 
praife-worthy. ‘* The lavsfulnefs of de- 
Fenfive War upon Chriffian Principles, im- 
‘partially confidered, by a Clergyman of the 
Church of Englend,” is a pamphlet which 
may be read with pleafure and with pro- 
fit. The object of Mr. GLasse’s ‘ E/- 
fay on the Charadter of the Apoftles and 
Lvangelifis,’*is to diftinguifh between 
—enthufiafm and infpiration, and then to 
apply his principles of teft to fuch as have 
laid claim to the latter: this work re- 
flects credit on the abilities and piety of 
the writer, and therefore will be read with 
pleafure. In ‘¢ The Layman’s Addrefs to 
the Clergy of England,” aye difcovered, 
with much candour and found argument, 
many importance fubjects relative to the 
interefts of the eftablifhed religion of this 
country: we agree wiih the author in 
confidering as extremely detrimental to 
thofe interefts, the {mall ftipends paid to 
curates, pluralities, non-refidence, &c. 
&c. Refpecting the firft-nentioned griev- 
ance, we are favoured with the ftatement of 
eleven livings, the annual value of which 
is 41301. the whole duty is performed for 
4071. 17s. 64. ** Now it willbe afked by 
the man of independency,” fays the author 
of this little tract, ‘* Does the payment of 
the overplus 37241. 2s. 6d. for eafe (I 
had almoft faid for indolence) aflift the 
caufe of relicion? Confider this well.” A 
pamphlet cf very fimilar nature are, ‘** Re- 
flections on the Clersy of the Ejftablifhed 
Church.” A country incumbent has ad- 
drefled fome very pertinent ‘* Confidera- 
tions to the Clery on. ihe Propriety of their 
bearing Avins, and appearing in a military 
capacity :*’ he exprefies his difapprobation 
ot uniting the ecclefiaftic and military 
charaéters. The bull iffued from Lam- 
beth, has rendered thefe ‘ Confiderations ’ 
now unneceffary. An anonymous writer 
has given us fome “* Arguments illuflrative 
of the ground and credibility of the Chriflian 
Religion; but they are too meagre to be 
very ferviceable. Mr. MEYER, from 
whofe pamphlet we conjecture him to be 
a methodift, has publifhed ‘* 4 Defence of 
Sunday Schools,’ in a feries of letters ad- 
dreffed to the Rev. M. OLERANSHAW, 
who, ‘ina fermon had attacked the modern 
mnode of condu¢ting them, Mr. O, in 
conformity to the Levitical law, confiders 
the fabbath to be a day exclufively appro~ 
priate to religion: apparently forgetting 
the chriftian maxim, which fays, it is 
lawful to do good on the fabbath-day; it 
appears to us, that if one of Mr. OLER- 
ENSHAW’S neighbour’s fheep were to fall 
into a pit, there it might lie for afliftance 
tili fome uncon(ecrated hour fhould arrive. 
With thele ideas, Mr. O. confiders the 
teaching of poor children at Sunday 
{chools, either writing, accounts, or read- 
ing any thing but what is facred, asa 
profanation of the Lord’s Day! It does 
not appear that he has any objection to 
their learning to fing pfalms, or to their 
learning to make a bow when the parfon 
approaches, or whe any body elfe ap- 
proaches with a tight coat upon his back. 
Mr. Meyer has replied to the dogma- 
tical reflections of his antagonift, with 
{fpirit, with candour, and with found 
argument: he contends, and we contend 
with him, that the utility of Sunday 
{chools is proportionate to the extenfive- 
nefs and liberality of the plan on which 
they are conducted. Mr. FELLOWES’s 
<< Pidture of Chriflian Philofophy,” is exe- 
cuted with the {kill of an artift: the out~ 
lines are bold and expreflive, but here and 
there the colouring is defective. A lay~- 
man’s ‘* Letter to a Merchant, Member of 
the Houfe of Commons, on his public Decla- 
ration that he fees no bufinefs Bifhops have 
in Parliament,” is veritten with vivacity 
and humour. A Roman Catholic Bifhop, 
Citizen Gregoire, bifhop of Blois, has 
written ‘** A Letter’? to Don Raymond 
Jofeph D’Arce, archbifhop of Burgos, — 
chief judge of the INQUISITION in Spain, 
upon the neceffity and advantage of fup- 
preffing that moft odious and deteftable of 
all odious and deteftable tribunals. This 
little traét, which is tranflated into our 
own language, does great honour to the 
underftanding and feelings of the reverend 
Frenchman; it is written with the fpirit 
of a chriftian, and in the language of a 
gentleman. ‘Lhe arguments which it ad- 
duces, mutt to an unprejudiced, an unin~ 
terefted, and humane mind, carry irrefifti- 
ble conviction: that they may carry con- 
viction to him to whom they are immedi- 
ately addreffed, and that the conviction 
may ultimately and fpeedily produce the 
utter annihilation of the inquilitorial tri- 
bunal, is our moft hearty with, and our 
moft fervent prayer! A fecond edition 
has appeared of a contemptible work en- - 
titled «¢* The Deportment of a Married 
Life,’ &c. Mr. Bowan’s ‘ Thoughts - 
the 

