THE MONTHLY MESSENGER; A REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION. COMPRISING ORIGINAL ARTICLES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, And Select and Elegant Extracts FROM THE WRITINGS OF BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS. INTERSPERSED WITH REMARKS CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY. BY J. N. BAILEY. SOCIAL MISSIONARY. "Nihil est homini veritatis luce dulcius."-CICERO. LONDON: J. WATSON, 15, CITY ROAD, FINSBURY. 1840. Character, Formation of National 13 16, 68, 95 60, 79 Chronology, The Harmonies of Biblical Creation, Dissertation on the Doctrine of Absolute, as taught by Modern Christians, Priests, and their Abettors 90, 108 141, 161, 181, 213, 221 E. Editor, Letter to the 85 Editor's Reply to an Anonymous Critic 209 Education, National, considered as the means of promoting Universal Happiness 226 Education, Remarkable Proof of the Superiority of, over Physical Punishment 114 Electricity, On the Knowledge of the Ancients respecting the Science of 232 H. Heathens, The Conduct of, versus the Conduct of Christians 204 I. Impiety, Cases wherein Individuals have been charged with, Language of Flowers, Fruits &c. By M. Hammer ........ 187 |