SCHOOL AND CLASSICAL BOOKS

PUBLISHED BY

CUMMINGS AND HILLIARD.

Cummings' Questions on the New Testament, for Sabbath exercises in schools and academies, with four maps of the countries through which our Saviour and his apostles travelled.

N. B. These Questions are designed and adapted to assist youth in obtaining a knowledge of the life, labours, and sufferings of Jesus Christ and his apostles; and of the geography of that part of the world, which was the scene of the wonderful dispensations of God recorded in the Bible.

Cummings' Ancient and Modern School Geography, with an Atlas of eight modern and four ancient Maps, bound either separately or together, as may best suit the convenience of teachers and scholars.

N. B. This Geography was first published in 1813, and the 7th edition is now printing, amounting in all to 76 thousand copies. It has received the decided approbation of the best judges, and is almost exclusively used in Boston and its vicinity, and in most of the academies and schools in New England. It is in extensive use in the Middle and Southern States. It is used in the examination of scholars for admission into Harvard College, in Cambridge. This is operating to produce a uniformity in the use of a Geography in our schools, which, in point of economy and other conveniences, has long been the desire of every parent and teacher. Those who may adopt this work, are requested to pay particular attention in the use of it to the directions given in the preface for teaching Geography. Agents for the above work.

Salem, Cushing & Appleton; Newburyport, Charles Whipple; Portsmouth, J. W. Foster; Portland, J. Johnson; Kennebunk, E. Hoag; Hallowell, E. Goodale; Concord, (N. H.) G. Hough; Hanover, J. Hinds; Keene, J. Prentiss; Randolph, (Vt.) W. Nutting; Brattleborough, J. Holbrook; Concord, (Mass.) J. Stacy; Groton, A. Richardson; Worcester, G. A. Trumbull; Leicester, J. Whittemore; Northampton, S. Butler; Pittsfield, S. Warriner; Plymouth, J. Avery; New Bedford, A. Shearman; Hartford, G. Goodwin & Sons; New Haven, H. Howe; New London, S. Greene; Providence, John Brewer; New York, Collins & Co.; Albany, D). Steel; Uticu, W. Williams.

Ancient and Modern Atlas, containing The World, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, United States, South America, and The British Islands, which are modern;-The World as known to the Ancients, The Roman Empire, Gaul, Spain, Italy, Greece, Africa, Egypt, Asia Minor, The Places recorded in the five books of Moses, Palestine or the Holy Land, Syria and Assyria, The Persian Empire.

Cummings' Testament, containing an Introduction, giving an account of the Jewish and other sects, either mentioned or alluded to in the New Testament; with Notes illustrating obscure passages, and explaining obsolete words and phrases; to which are added, Rules for pronouncing Scripture Proper Names; a Catalogue of the Proper Names in the Testament, correctly accented according to Walker; and four Maps of the countries through which our Saviour and his apostles travelled--for the use of schools, academies, and private families.

THE

FRIEND OF PEACE.

Vol. II......No. IV.

REVIEW OF NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES.-PART I.

SUCH have been the inhumanity, the injustice, and the atrocity of the principles, the maxims, the laws, and the usages of modern warfare, that many have wondered how it was possible that such things could ever have been adopted by any people who had the least regard for the gospel. To account for facts so extraordinary and humiliating, recourse must be had to the history of our ancestors, and to the influence of education..

There was a period when all our ancestors were pagans and savages. It was so with the original inhabitants of the island of Great Britain, and with the several nations by whom that island was at different periods conquered and overrun, desolated and repeopled.

Christians of the two first centuries held war in the utmost abhorrence, and would suffer any penalties, even death itself, rather than stain their hands with human blood, or be concerned in the wars of their rulers. But when the celebrated Constantine assumed the name of a Christian, and associated the Cross with the military standard, the minds of Christians seem to have been intoxicated with their unexpected deliverance from pagan persecutions. Then by degrees they associated the principles and spirit of war with their Christian profession. The Christian name became renowned throughout the Roman empire, but in proportion as this name acquired popularity by its connexion with a military conqueror, it lost the purity of its character, and became crimsoned with blood.

SCHOOL AND CLASSICAL BOOKS

PUBLISHED BY

CUMMINGS AND HILLIARD.

Cummings' Questions on the New Testament, for Sabbath exercises in schools and academies, with four maps of the countries through which our Saviour and his apostles travelled.

N. B. These Questions are designed and adapted to assist youth in obtaining a knowledge of the life, labours, and sufferings of Jesus Christ and his apostles; and of the geography of that part of the world, which was the scene of the wonderful dispensations of God recorded in the Bible. Cummings' Ancient and Modern School Geography, with an Atlas of eight modern and four ancient Maps, bound either separately or together, as may best suit the convenience of teachers and scholars.

N. B. This Geography was first published in 1813, and the 7th edition is now printing, amounting in all to 76 thousand copies. It has received the decided approbation of the best judges, and is almost exclusively used in Boston and its vicinity, and in most of the academies and schools in New England. It is in extensive use in the Middle and Southern States. It is used in the examination of scholars for admission into Harvard College, in Cambridge. This is operating to produce a uniformity in the use of a Geography in our schools, which, in point of economy and other conveniences, has long been the desire of every parent and teacher. Those who may adopt this work, are requested to pay particular attention in the use of it to the directions given in the preface for teaching Geography.

Agents for the above work.

Salem, Cushing & Appleton; Newburyport, Charles Whipple; Portemouth, J. W. Foster; Portland, J. Johnson; Kennebunk, E. Hoag; Hallowell, E. Goodale; Concord, (N. H.) G. Hough; Hanover, J. Hinds; Keene, J. Prentiss; Randolph, (Vt.) W. Nutting; Brattleborough, J. Holbrook; Concord, (Mass.) J. Stacy; Groton, A. Richardson; Worcester, G. A. Trumbull; Leicester, J. Whittemore; Northampton, S. Butler; Pittsfield, S. Warriner; Plymouth, J. Avery; New Bedford, A. Shearman; Hartford, G. Goodwin & Sons; New Haven, H. Howe; New London, S. Greene; Providence, John Brewer; New York, Collins & Co.; Albany, D. Steel; Utica, W. Williams.

Ancient and Modern Atlas, containing The World, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, United States, South America, and The British Islands, which are modern; The World as known to the Ancients, The Roman Empire, Gaul, Spain, Italy, Greece, Africa, Egypt, Asia Minor, The Places recorded in the five books of Moses, Palestine or the Holy Land, Syria and Assyria, The Persian Empire.

Cummings' Testament, containing an Introduction, giving an account of the Jewish and other sects, either mentioned or alluded to in the New Testament; with Notes illustrating obscure passages, and explaining obsolete words and phrases; to which are added, Rules for pronouncing Scripture Proper Names; a Catalogue of the Proper Names in the Testament, correctly accented according to Walker; and four Maps of the countries through which our Saviour and his apostles travelled-for the use of schools, academies, and private families.

THE

FRIEND OF PEACE.

Vol. II......No. IV.

REVIEW OF NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES.-PART 1.

SUCH have been the inhumanity, the injustice, and the atrocity of the principles, the maxims, the laws, and the usages of modern warfare, that many have wondered how it was possible that such things could ever have been adopted by any people who had the least regard for the gospel. To account for facts so extraordinary and humiliating, recourse must be had to the history of our ancestors, and to the influence of education.

There was a period when all our ancestors were pagans and savages. It was so with the original inhabitants of the island of Great Britain, and with the several nations by whom that island was at different periods conquered and overrun, desolated and repeopled.

Christians of the two first centuries held war in the utmost abhorrence, and would suffer any penalties, even death itself, rather than stain their hands with human blood, or be concerned in the wars of their rulers. But when the celebrated Constantine assumed the name of a Christian, and associated the Cross with the military standard, the minds of Christians seem to have been intoxicated with their unexpected deliverance from pagan persecutions. Then by degrees they associated the principles and spirit of war with their Christian profession. The Christian name became renowned throughout the Roman empire, but in proportion as this name acquired popularity by its connexion with a military conqueror, it lost the purity of its character, and became crimsoned with blood.