Manual" contains sundry practical hints to both teachers and scholars, a map for reference, valuable tables, over forty first lines of familiar tunes to give the lesson-hymns a start, etc. 2. THE SCHOLAR'S LEAF is a quarterly eight-paged tract with helpful hints, questions, etc., on the Berean Lessons, for pupils of all grades. 3. THE TEACHER'S LEAF, containing forty pages, is also published quarterly, and is designed to assist teachers in the preparation of the same lesson. Each quarter is prepared by one of the following gentlemen: Dr. C. H. Fowler, Rev. J. M. Freeman, Dr. E. G. Andrews, and Bishop Simpson. Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller supplies infant-class suggestions, and Rev. J. H. Vincent illustrations for the use of all teachers. In addition to the Teacher's Leaf, editorial notes on the lessons are published in the SUNDAY-SCHOOL JOURNAL. 4. THE INFANT CLASS LEAF CLUSTER is a volume of forty-eight bold text and pictorial sheets, (each 24x36 inches in size. 5. THE PICTURE LESSON PAPER is an illustrated monthly for infant scholars. In this paper the Berean lessons are adapted to the youngest pupils. We take pleasure in commending to the attention of pastors and superintendents this admirable series of lessons. Miscellaneous. Ancient States and Empires. For Colleges and Schools. By JOHN LORD, LL.D., Author of the "Old Roman World," Modern History," etc. 12mo., pp. 645. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. A Scripture Manual. Alphabetically and Systematically Arranged. Designed to Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher. An Autobiography Edited by his Daughter. With De Bound to John Company; or, The Adventures and Mishaps of Robert Ainsleigh. A beautiful gift book, arraying rich truths in eloquent language and attractive externals. Arms and Armor in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Also, a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons. Translated from the French of M. P. LACOMBE, and with a Preface, Notes, and one Additional Chapter on Arms and Armor in England. By CHARLES BOUTWELL, M.A. 12mo., pp. 296. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1870. the Trees. Field and by after Nature. 1869. A Journal of Walks in the Wood, and Flower-Hunting through Brook. By MARY LORIMER. With Illustrations from Drawings 12mo., blue and gilt, pp. 153. New York: Hurd & Houghton. A beautiful New Year's gift. A Collection of the Proverbs of all Nations. Compared, Explained, and Illustrated. ers. 1870. A Book of Natural History and Adventure. By JAMES 147 Illustrations. 12mo., pp. 474. New York: Harper & Broth Wedlock; or, The Right Relations of the Sexes, disclosing the Laws of Conjugal By S. R. WELLS. A Text-Book of Chemistry. Adapted to Use in High Schools and Academies. By The Promise of Shiloh; or, Christ's Sovereignty upon the Earth, When will it be Inglis & Co. 1869. New York: James Lost in the Jungle. Narrated for Young People. By PAUL DU CHAILLU. 12mo., pp. 260, green and gilt. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1870. Sorrow. By Rev. JOHN REID. Brothers. 1870. 12mo., pp. 373. New York: Robert Carter & Christ is Coming. Parts I, II, III, and IV. 12mo., pp. 254. London: John B. Day. 1869. Shepherd of Israel; or, Illustrations of the Inner Life. By the Rev. DUNCAN MACGREGOR, M. A. 12mo., pp. 339. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. 1870. Living Thoughts. Brown and gilt. 12mo., pp. 246. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Alone in London. By the Author of "Jessica's First Prayer." 12mo., pp. 187. The Minister's Wife. By MRS. OLIPHANT. The Cloister and the Hearth; or, Maid, Wife, and Widow. A Matter-of-Fact Ro mance. By CHARLES READE. 12mo., paper, pp. 255. 12mo., paper, pp. 199. New York. New York: Harpor & Brothers. 1869. My Enemy's Daughter. paper, pp. 162. New York: Harper & Brothers. A Beggar on Horseback; or, A Country Family. By the Author of "Found Dead." Wrecked in Port. A Novel. By EDMUND YATES. 12mo., paper, pp. 142. New Felix Holt, the Radical. per & Brothers. 1869. 1869. By GEORGE ELIOT. 12mo., pp. 529. New York: Har The Mill on the Floss. By GEORGE ELIOT. 12mo., pp. 464. & Brothers. 1869. New York: Harper Hymns, Ancient and Modern, for Use in the Services of the Church. With Accom- Hymns for All Christians. 12mo., pp. 100. New York: Hurd & Houghton. 1869. Sabbath Songs for Children's Worship. By LEONARD MARSHALL, J. C. PROCTOR, and SAMUEL BURNHAM. Pp. 176. Boston: Lee & Shepard. 1869. Hitchcock's New Monthly Magazine. Choice Music, Art Notes, and Select Reading for the Family Circle. Pp. 32. New York: Benjamin W. Hitchcock. The Silver Tongue and Organist's Repertory. Pp. 19. New York: E. P. Needham & Son. 1869. Romola. By GEORGE ELIOT. 12mo., pp. 517. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1869. True Stories of Real Pets; or, Friends in Fur and Feathers. By GWYNFRYN. Beautifully Illustrated by F. W. Keyl, A. W. Cooper, and B. Rice. Red and gilt, square 8vo., pp. 179. New York: Carlton & Lanahan. San Francisco: E. Thomas. Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden. How Charley Roberts became a Man. By the Author of "Forrest Mills." 12mo., pp. 256. Boston: Lee & Shepard. 1870. How Eva Roberts gained her Education. By the Author of "Forrest Mills." 12mo., pp. 250. Boston: Lee & Shepard. 1870. The Boy Farmers of Elm Island. By Rev. ELIJAH KELLOGG. 12mo., pp. 300. Boston: Lee & Shepard. 1870. Planting the Wilderness; or, The Pioneer Boys. A Story of Frontier Life. By Adventures on the Great Hunting Grounds of the World. By VICTOR MEUNIER. 12mo., pp. 297. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. Dame Nature and her Three Daughters. Translated from the French of X. B. SAWTINE. 12mo., pp. 267. New York: Hurd & Houghton. 1869. The Cabin on the Prairie. By Rev. C. H. PEARSON. 12mo., pp. 299. Boston: Lee & Shepard. 1870. Fault Finding, and Madeline Hascall's Letters. 12mo., pp. 249. The Discipline of Alice Lee. A Truthful Temperance Story. New York: Carlton & Lanahan. The Young Detective; or, Which Won. By ROSA ABBOTT. ton: Lee & Shepard. 1870. New York: By ISA BELL. 16mo., 12mo., pp. 256. Bos The Spanish Barber. A Tale of the Bible in Spain. 12mo., pp. 309. New York: M. W. Dodd. The Doomed City. By A Presbyter. Pp. 13. New York. 1869. Hand-Book of Religious Instruction. Translated from the Dutch of J. H. MAUNIER, Postponed to Next Number. The Principles of Logic. For High Schools and Colleges. By A. SCHUYLER, M.A. 12mo., pp. 168. Cincinnati Wilson, Hinkle, & Co. Remsen, & Haffelfinger. New York: Clark & Maynard. Philadelphia: Claxton, Rambles through the British Isles. By Rev. R. HARCOURT. Tibbals & Co. Horace. By LORD LYTTON. Harpers. Tachygraphy. By LINDSLEY. O. Clapp, Boston. PLAN OF EPISCOPAL VISITATION FOR 1870. Conference. North Carolina.. Texas. Place. High Point City..... Industry.. Jacksonville, Fla.. New Orleans.. Columbus.. Bareilly, India.. Virginia St. Louis.. Louisville, Ky. .. Richmond, Va.. Springfield, Mo.. Roberts. Ames. March 2 March 9 West Virginia. Charleston.. March 9 Janes. Washington. Lynchburgh, Va. March 9 Janes. Providence.. Providence March 16 Philadelphia Pottsville, Pa. March 16 Scott. Wilmington. Port Deposit, Md. March 16 Janes. Central Pennsylvania.. Lewiston March 16 Ames. Missouri Macon City. March 17* Clark. Newark.. Kansas. Nebraska Pittsburgh New Jersey. New England... East German. New York.. Johnstown, Pa.. March 28 Janes. Long Branch.. March 28 Simpson. Jersey City. March 23 Thomson. Springfield, Mass. March 28 Scott. Topeka.. March 24* Clark. Fortieth-street, New York.. March 81* Ames. Fremont.... March 31* Clark. Thirtieth-street, New York April 6 Thomson. New York East Seventh-street, New York. April 6 New Hampshire. North Indiana. Nashua.. April 6 Kokomo.. April 18 Ames. Central New York Syracuse. April 18 Vermont.. Springfield, Vt.. April 13 Thomson. Wyoming. Wilkesbarre, Pa.... April 18 Janes. Black River. Ogdensburgh, N. Y.. April 21* Ames. Troy Burlington, Vt.. April 28* Ames. Maine Augusta.. May 4 Simpson. East Maine... Rockland. May 12* Simpson. Germany and Switzerland.. Carlsruhe. June 16* Detroit Colorado.. Delaware.. Nevada. East Genesee. Cincinnati Oregon Central German.. Pueblo. June 23* Kingsley. Cambridge, Md. July 21* Scott. Virginia City July 28* Ames. Elmira, N. Y. Aug. 24 Piqua... Aug. 24 Thomson. Vancouver, W. T. Aug. 25* Ames. Fentonville. Aug. 31 Clark. Louisville, Ky.. Sept. 1* Ashland.. Bloomington... Cold Water.. Toledo Terre Haute.. Sept. 7 Sept. 7 Simpson. Sept. 7 Clark. Sept. 7 Janes. Sept. 14 Scott. Sept. 14 Thomson. Sept. 14 Simpson. Upper Iowa. Cedar Falls.. Sept. 14 Janes. California Erie. Wisconsin Iowa.. Tennessee Northwest German.. Southern Illinois Illinois... Stockton Sept. 14 Ames. Cleveland, Ohio. Sept. 21 Thomson. Janesville Sept. 21 Clark. Albia Sept. 21 Kingsley. Nashville.. Sept. 21 Scott. Van Buren Church, Chicago Sept. 21 Janes. Lebanon Sept. 21 Shelbyville, Sept. 28 Simpson. Central Illinois Pekin.. Sept. 28 Janes. West Wisconsin.. Ohio... La Crosse. Sept. 28 Clark. Logan.. Sept. 28 Thomson. Holston..... Knoxville, Tenn... Sept. 28 Scott. Southwest German.. St. Charles, Mo... Sept. 29* Simpson. Rock River Elgin..... Oct. 5 Minnesota.. Owatonna.. Oct. 5 Janes. Genesee Warsaw, N. Y Oct. 6* Thomson. Georgia. Atlanta. Alabama Branchville. Oct. 5 Scott. Scott. * Thursday. NOTE.-Bishop Kingsley also visits our Bulgarian and Scandinavian Missions, and also the British Conference and Irish Wesleyan Conference as the Delegate of the Methodist Episcopal Church. A METHODIST QUARTERLY REVIEW. APRIL, 1870. AR1. I.-GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 1844. WHEN Coke and Asbury began to give organic form to the Church "over which the Holy Ghost had made them overseers," they found a large gathered flock in the Southern States. In that inviting and prosperous field a Gospel of perfect freedom had been preached by strong antislavery men, and accepted by slaveholders. The wrong of slaveholding had been a clear outspoken part of that Gospel, and while the humane spirit of many masters antagonized the spirit of slavery, and united with the formidable difficulties which society had opposed to emancipation to urge forbearance and delay, the animus of the system made it such an "enormous evil" that it was publicly condemned and marked for "extirpation." Orders were passed for what, under the circumstances, must be acknowledged as very prompt, decisive action-emancipation, withdrawal, or expulsion. But slavery had become a cherished domestic institution, interwoven with the very framework of society, and was hedged about by laws which were evidently designed to make it an inseparable part of the State. The Church, therefore, found that it could be denounced; but then, and in the methods attempted, it could not be "extirpated." In the meantime great revivals spread through the South, and the number of slaveholders in the Church, though relatively small, increased rather than diminished, as the law of FOURTH SERIES, VOL. XXII.—11 |