in our labours. We hope the example of Mr. Kay and his friends will be followed in other places. Even where the numbers are small and means limited, much good may be done by united action.

To Subscribers and Patrons.

WITH this number we close the second volume of the Miscellany. Our success thus far has been such as to afford us the highest gratification and encouragement. We venture to say, indeed, without arrogating anything to ourselves, that it has been unexampled in this country. In the space of fifteen months our work has gone into a circulation, extending to the remotest corners of the union, and our subscription list has been daily increasing from the time it commenced. For this success we assume little merit to ourselves. We believe it is to be attributed to the rational and consistent views of religion, which, according to our ability, we have attempted to exhibit. It has been our great aim to keep within the bounds of the understanding and common sense of every reader, believing that the religion of Christ was meant to be a rational system, and one which the humblest capacity may comprehend in all its peculiar and essential points. We may sometimes fail, but we always strive to speak in plain language, and to address ourselves to the reason and good sense of men.

We have been induced to engage in more controversy, than we could desire; but we have thought it our duty not to be silent, where silence would argue disrespect for ourselves, and indifference to the principles of our faith. We have been sometimes, perhaps, betrayed into an earnestness not entirely accordant with the tranquil

feelings of those, who are unacquainted with the circumstances under which we are placed, and with the motives by which we are guided. All we can say is. that we have endeavoured to exercise moderation and discretion. Our adversaries rise up so thickly and fiercely around us, and conduct their assaults in such a variety of ways, that it would by no means be surį rising, if our judgment should not always dictate the best mode of defence. We trust, however, that we have committed no very heinous offence, nor essential mistake. If we have, we can hardly hope to improve, for we shall continue to resist encroachments, assert and maintain our rights as christians, expose ignorance and misrepresentation, rebuke the rudeness of meddlesome bigotry, and go on, indeed, very much as we have done. We shall not be easily turned aside from any course, which we think will advance the cause of truth, and redound to the glory of God.

It is hardly necessary, we presume, to remind our agents and subscribers, that the amount of the subscription for the present year will become due on the first of May. As our work was not intended to be a source of profit, it is important that our receipts should be punctually rendered; and thoughtfulness in this respect, on the part of our subscribers, is the more requisite, as many of them live at such a distance, and so much scattered, that much delay must necessarily attend any returns through the common channels of communication.

We have uniformly sent out a larger number of pages, than was promised in the prospectus; and in the quality of its materials, and the neatness of its execution, we believe the Miscellany may be compared to advantage with any similar publication in the country. The next volume will be commenced on a paper of a

superiour quality to that, which we have been using, and with a new type procured expressly for the purpose. The present price is much lower than the comparative subscription prices of other periodical works; and the increasing labour and expense attending the management of the Miscellany, will probably render it necessary, should we continue the work another year, to raise the annual subscription to two dollars.

As the second edition of the first volume is completed, full sets may now be obtained from Baltimore, or from the agents generally.

The REV. GEOrge G. IngerSOLL, of Harvard University, has received a unanimous invitation from the First Congregational Society in Burlington, Vermont, to become their pastor, and has accepted it.

The REV. SAMUEL J. MAY has lately been ordained in Boston, for the purpose of taking charge of the Unitarian Society in Brooklyn, Connecticut. The ordaining services were performed by the Rev. Mr. Frothingham, Rev. Dr. Freeman, Rev. Dr. Porter, Rev. President Kirkland, Rev. Henry Ware, Rev. Mr. Pierpont.

A second edition of SEWALL'S Collection of Psalms and Hymns is in press in New York, and will shortly be published. This is to be a stereotype edition, on paper of a good quality, and will be afforded at a low price.

Errata. For Plymouth, p. 257, read Saybrook. Page 273, at bottom, for Marsden, read Mardon. Page 292, line 14 from the top, instead of or, read for.