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690 = Retrefped? of American Literature—Divinity, Morals, ec. 
‘The fecond volume, publifhed within 
the period of this Retrofpeét, confifts 
of thirty-one fermons. The third vo- 
lume, befides fome {maller pieces, con- 
tains the following articles, ‘¢ A ferious 
Enquiry inte the Nature and Effeéts of 
the Stage.”—** Ecclefiaftical Charac- 
teriftics; or, the Arcana of Church- 
policy; being an humble Attempt to. 
open up the Myftery of Moderation,” 
&c. ** The Hiftory of a Corporation 
of Servants.”—‘* Leétures on Moral 
Philofophy.”-**Le&tures onEloquence.” 
~—‘* Letters on Education.’—** An Ef- 
fay on Money, as a Medium of Com- 
merce, with Remarks on the Advan; 
tages and Difadvantages cf Paper ad- 
mitted into general Circulation.”— 
<« Letters on Marriage.”.—‘* A Patto- 
yal] Letter from the Synod of New 
York and Philadelphia to the Congre- 
gations under their Care,” &c.—* Re- 
cantation of Benjamin Towne.’ It 
will be perceived by fuch as aré ac- 
guainted with the writings of Dr. Wi- 
therfpoon,formerly publifhed,that fome 
of the contents ot thofe volumes. are 
now offered to the public for the firft 
time. The fourth and laft volume is 
chiefly made up of articles which are 
either now frft pubiifhed, or have ap- 
peared before only in newfpapers, or 
other fugitive vehicles. Among other 
ieces, we find ** Lectures on Divini- 
ty; feven papers under the title of 
«* Druid; feveral political pieces, for- 
merly publifhedin newfpapers,Speeches 
in Congrefs, &c. &c. 
From the pen of Hannan Apams, 
the public receive ** A View of Reli- 
gion, in two Parts; Part I. containing 
an alphabetical Compendium of the 
various religious Denominations which 
have. appeared in the World, from the 
Beginning of the Chriftian Aira to the 
refent Day; Part II. containing a 
pa Jali of the different Schemes 
of Religion now embraced among 
Mankind: the’ Whoie colleéted from 
the belt Authors ancient and modern.’ 
It affords evidence cf public approba- 
tion, that this performance has pafled 
through three editions, and of the in- 
duftry and zeal of the authorefs, that 
the fuccefiive editions have been en- 
yiched with large additions of new 
qaatier. ak: : . 
Mr, ALEXANDER MILLEr’s *§ Ef- 
fay on Church Government” is a re- 
fpectable work. He embraces the Pref- 
byterian plan of church government, 
which he confiders as mok agreeable 
to Scripture, and moft conducive te 
order, purity, and edification. 
BifhopW a1Te’s ** Sermon, delivered 
before the General Convention of the 
Protettant Epifcopal Church in the 
United States of America,” is well 
adapted tothe occafion fer which it was 
prepared, and affords proof of the mild- 
nefs of temper and Chriftian charity 
which adorn liis character. 
A few weeks after entering on the 
duties of the epifcopal office, Bifhop 
Moore addrefled ‘* A Paftoral Letter. 
to the Members of the Proteftant Epif- 
copal Church in the State of New 
York,” on certain topics, which he. 
confidered as. of high importance.to. 
their welfare. This prompt and zea-. 
lous attention to the duties of his fia- 
tion, is worthy of praife, and will be. 
received with ref{pect by every ferious 
reader. 
Mr. Nott feems to fuppofe, that a 
ftriking analogy may be obierved hbe- 
tween the hiftory of the United States 
and that of the Jews, in his ‘** Dif- 
courfe delivered in the Prefbyterian 
Church at Albany, on the 4th of July, 
1801, at the Celebration of the twenty- 
fifth Anniverfary of American Inde- 
pendence.’’ ; ! 
We are furprifed to find at the pre- 
fent day fo much abfurdity attempted 
to be palmed on the public as may be 
perceived in “¢ Proofs of the Real Ex- 
iftence and Dangerous Tendency of II- 
juminifm.” The author derives fome 
evidence of the*exiftence of Hluminifm 
from information contained in a letter 
from a correfpondent in Philadelphia, 
giving an account of the celebration of 
Governor M’Kean’s eiection, on which 
occafion an altar was erected to Liberty 
and Peace, and ‘‘an ox, adorned with 
garlands, according to the Pagan ritu- _ 
al,” facrificed before the altar, and its 
ficfh aiftributed among the citizens! ! 
and of a propofition to exhibit a view 
of hell in a circus in Philadelphia, for 
the diverfion of the company, the exe- 
cution of which was luckily prevent- 
ed by the materials prepared taking 
fire, and confumiug the houfe!! This 
latter; we are informed, was nothing- 
mere than a reprefentation of the well- 
. known pantomime of Don Fuan, fo fre- 
quently exhibited on our theatres. . 
‘ «© & Sermon delivered before the 
Maffachufett’s Miffionary Society, at 
their annual Meeting in Bolton,” &c. 
is well adapted to the occafion which 
oroduced it. ‘he author, Mr.NIzEs, | 
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