pages. At the same time, he speaks of writing as only a recreation from more severe duties. Such instances might be greatly multiplied, but it is unneces sary. You ought not, however, to infer that a firm bodily constitution and sound health are matters of little importance. There are certain defects which ought to operate as an effectual barrier to an entrance on a course of preparation for the Christian ministry. Defective Early Education. evil, and though vestiges of it will long remain, yet patient and assiduous care will triumph over them. Advanced Age. ADVANCED age will present no insuperable hindrance. It is true that some studies, like the details of the learned languages, can be acquired with far greater facility, early in life. The memory is then most retentive, and the apprehension the most quick. Still this advantage is counterbalanced. Persons of mature age, or those from eighteen to twenty-five years of age, can grapple with many subjects much more successfully than the lad of fifteen. The details of the grammar they cannot so readily acquire, but they can much better comprehend the structure of language and its philosophical principles. They can engage with more success in all the higher branches of mathematics, and with the abstract studies of logic and metaphysics. They are also, in general, more provident of time, and make a better arrangement of their duties and studies. Great advantages are possessed, if the ministerial work is not assumed till the individual has reached twenty-six or twenty-eight years of age. SOME individuals are unwilling to venture upon a course of public education, on account of early literary disadvantages. But this objection is, in very few cases, if ever, valid. This hindrance has been in innumerable instances, overcome. By intercourse with good society, an awkward and untutored demeanor will be laid aside. One of the most inveterate habits-an unpolished and vulgar pronunciation of language, can be nearly, if not wholly reformed. Through study of the works of God, imbibing the spirit of his word, familiarity with books of taste, and with educated men, the sensibilities will be purified, the imagination chastened, and the whole intellect emancipated and ennobled. Numerous are the instances, in which men from the lower and more depressed classes of society, under all the disadvantages of which you complain, have risen to distinguished reputation and usefulness. The difficulties which impeded their progress, they manfully met and conquered. From these very circumstances, they derived one great advantage. They had become fully acquainted with the habits and feelings of the class of people from which they sprung. They were, consequently, better able to sympathize with their circumstances, and improve their condition. On the whole, though want of an early education is a serious guages even have been thoroughly ac Multitudes of the most useful men have accomplished their entire work, as ministers of Christ, beyond the age of thirty. One of the most eloquent French bishops was forty years of age when he first appeared in the pulpit. It is not before the age of twenty-five, ordinarily, that the bodily strength is developed, the muscles knit together, the powers of the mind matured and vigorous, firmness of piety and consistency of character possessed— all of which are of great importance in the work of the ministry. The cases are not few, when the ancient lan quired at the age of thirty or forty | La Place, should live in the grateful recol years. Dr. Scott was a sexagenarian when he conquered some of the more difficult of the Oriental tongues. EDUCATION. WE take the following paragraph from an address of James M. Garnett, before a literary society in Hampden Sydney College, Va., Sept. 1834. "Man, in fact, must be considered and treated from infancy to the last moment of his life as a being formed by his Maker for a state of existence far, very far different from the present a state for which his sole business on earth is constantly to be preparing, by a diligent culture of all his powers, by the beneficent use of all his those who must, in all succeeding time, be lection of us who are at this day, and of benefited by their labors. Finally, may the approaching scene of grandeur and sublimity, coming as it does, on the anniversary celebration of the first advent of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, remind us of his second advent in glorious majesty, when the sun will not only be shrouded in darkness and the moon cease her shining, but the heavens themselves shall be consumed and pass away, and when the angel standing upon the sea and upon the earth, shall lift swear by Him that liveth forever and ever, his hand to heaven, and shall up who created heaven and the things that therein are, and the earth and the things that therein are, and the sea and the things which are therein, that there shall be time no longer." Erratum. Page 16, line 38, for Thomas Hooker, read DanChauncey Whittelsey. means, and by the faithful performance of iel Hooker. Page 23, line 29, for Samuel Whittelsey, read all his duties to himself, to his fellow creatures, and to his God. This and this only is education. The learning of languages, arts, and sciences, which too often comprise the whole of education, furnishes him only with the stepping-stones, the scaffold QUARTERLY LIST OF ing, and the tools to aid him in the erection ORDINATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS. of the grand edifice, which although based on earth, should rear its dome to the highest heaven, and be built for eternity as well as for time." REV. PRESIDENT ADAMS' SERMON. THE following passage is selected from a sermon preached by Mr. Adams, on the day of the total eclipse of the sun, Charleston, S. C., Nov. 30, 1834, it having been Advent Sunday, as observed by the Episcopal church. "We may be further grateful to God, that he has endowed us with the faculties of understanding requisite to investigate and understand a system so magnificent and so comprehensive. Nor must we forget to render a suitable acknowledgment to the Giver of those powers and faculties, for the fruits which they have produced, as displayed in those sciences which impart dignity to human nature and have conferred the most enduring benefits on mankind. We may, moreover, suitably cherish a respectful and grateful remembrance of those gifted and disinterested individuals, who withdrawing themselves, in a great measure, from social amusements and the usual enjoyments of life, have expended their choicest years and their best energies, in the service of mankind. The names of Archimedes, of Hipparchus, of Kepler, of Galileo, of Newton, of Euler, Herschel and JOHN W. CHICKERING, inst. pastor, Cong. Portland, Maine, April 2, 1835. JASON WHITMAN, inst. pastor, Unit. Portland, Me. July 1. MOSES G. GROSVENOR, inst. pastor, Cong. Marlboro', New Hampshire, May 20, 1835. H. June 10. HENRY EMMONS, ord. pastor, Unit. Nashua Village, N. DAVID BURROUGHS, ord. pastor, Baptist, Groton, N. H. June 17. ALANSON RAWSON, ord. evang. Cong. Roxbury, N. H. June 24. SUMMARY. DARIUS MEAD, inst. pastor, Cong. Deep-River, Saybrook, Ct. May 27. LESTER A. SAWYER, inst. pastor, Cong. New Haven, Ct. June 3. FOSDICK HARRISON inst. pastor, Cong. Bethlem, Ct. July 1. CHAUNCEY E. GOODRICH, inst. pastor, Cong. Fly Creek, New York, Feb. 17, 1835. SOLOMON STEVENS, inst. pastor, Cong. China, N. Y. March 4. JOHN A. SAVAGE, inst. pastor, Pres. Ogdensburg, N. Y. March 18. AUGUSTUS F. NORTON, ord. pastor, Pres. Windham, N. Y. April 1. EDWARDS A. BEACH, inst. pastor, Cong. Groton, N. Y. April 8. ROLLIN S. STONE, ord. pastor, Pres. Brooklyn, N. Y. 29. FAYETTE SHIPHERD, inst. pastor, Pres. Walton, N. Y. April 29. JAMES R. JOHNSON, inst. pastor, Pres. Goshen, N. Y. April 30. AMOS SAVAGE, inst. pastor, Pres. Utica, N. Y. May 3. ALFRED HOUGH, ord. pastor, Pres. Vernon Centre, N. Y. May 20. WILLIAM ALLANSON, ord. priest, Epis. Stillwater, N. Y. May 22. THOMAS C. REED, ord. priest, Epis. Schenectady, N. Y. May 27. WILLIAM FRAZER, inst. pastor, Pres. Jefferson, N. Y. June 3. WILLIAM L. STRONG, inst. pastor, Pres. Vienna, N. Y. June 3. DAVID K. GALLY, ord. evang. Pres. Bergen, N. Y. June 4. ANSON P. BROOKS, ord. evang. Pres. Bergen, N. Y. June 4. EDWARD WHEELER, ord. evang. Pres. Bergen, N. Y. June 4. LUTHER CLARK, inst. pastor, Pres. Dryden, N. Y. June 9. WILLIAM CLARK, inst. pastor, Pres. Danby, N. Y. June 10. ALVAH LILLEY, inst. pastor, Pres. Newfield, N. Y. Juue 11. CHARLES S. PORTER, inst. pastor, Pres. New York, N. Y. June 14. JOHN C. HART, inst. pastor, Pres. Springfield, New Jersey, April 23, 1835. HENRY AXTELI, inst. pastor, Pres. Orange, N. J. May 7. RICHARD C. MOORE, instituted rector, Epis. Elizabethtown, N. J. May 12. JAMES SCOTT, ord. pastor, Pres. German Valley and Fox Hill, N. J. June 9. THOMAS P. HUNT, ord. Pres. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 25, 1835. GEORGE DUFFIELD, inst. pastor, Pres. Philadelphia, Pa. April 5. HUGH WALKINSHAW, ord. pastor, Union, &c. Pa. April 15. SYLVESTER HAIGHT, inst. pastor, Pres. Managunk, Pa. JAMES L. DINWIDDIE, inst. pastor, Pres. Pentownship, 24. Ordinations.............. 39 Installations........... 39 Institutions............. Total........ OFFICES. Pastors...... Total......... DENOMINATIONS. Congregational.... Episcopalian.... Total............ Maine... STATES. 1 New Hampshire...... Vermont.... 79 Massachusetts.. Rhode Island 61 New York..... 5 Pennsylvania. 1 Virginia.. 6 South Carolina.. 4 Georgia... 1 Ohio..... Kentucky....... 79 Total..... 25 1835. February... DATES. 34 4 March.... A pril 6 27 7 May.... 21 7 June....... July... QUARTERLY LIST OF DEATHS of Clergymen and Students in Theology. JOSEPH W. CLARY, Cong. Cornish, New Hampshire, April 13, 1835. ASA PIPER, æt. 79, Cong. Wakefield, N. H. May 17. WINSLOW W. WRIGHT, æt. 27, Universalist, Weston, Vermont, June 28, 1835. OLIVER E. BOSWORTH, æt. 26, Methodist, South Hadley, Massachusetts, April 5, 1835. MICHAEL EDDY, æt. 75, Baptist, Newport, Rhode Island, June, 1835. SAMUEL GOODRICH, Cong. Berlin, Connecticut, April, 1835. JOHN W. CURTISS, æt. 31, New York City, New York, June 7, 1835. WILLIAM A. RICHARDS, æt. 29, Pres. Hanover, New Jer. sey, May 2, 1835. SAMUEL CARVER, æt. 67, Methodist, Kingston, Pennsylvania, June, 1835. EDWARD DROMGOLE, Methodist, Brunswick, Virginia, June, 1835. THOMAS WRIGHT, Episcopal, Memphis, Tennessee, May, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY. AUGUST, 1835. NINETEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY. THE Society held its Anniversary in the Park Street meeting-house in the evening of May 25, 1835. The Hon. Samuel Hubbard, LL. D. President of the Society, being absent from the city, the Hon. William Reed, a Vice President, took the chair. The services were commenced with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Bates, President of Middlebury college. An abstract of the Annual Report of the Directors, was read by Rev. Dr. Cogswell, Secretary of the Society. On motion of Rev. John Spaulding, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Secretary of the Western Education Society, seconded by Rev. Theron Baldwin, of Jacksonville, Illinois, Resolved, That the Report, an abstract of which has now been read, be accepted and adopted, and be printed under the direction of the Executive Committee. On motion of Rev. James Hoby, of Birmingham, Eng., seconded by Rev. Justin Edwards, D. D., of Andover, Resolved, That the subject of spiritual education, as it respects the ministry, is, in all its bearings and relations, one of inconceivable importance to the well being of the church and the world. On motion of Rev. Edward N. Kirk of Albany, New York, seconded by Rev. Elisha Fiske, of Wrentham, Resolved, That the church of Christ is placed by him under the most sclemn responsibility, rightly to perpetuate the gospel ministry; that this is to be affected by the exercise of all that agency which is adapted to the conversion and sanctification of young men, especially by prayer for academies, colleges, and theological seminaries, and by providing the pecuniary means to educate pious indigent young men, until the wants of the world are supplied. VOL. VIII. On motion of Rev. Sylvester Holmes, of New Bedford, seconded by Rev. Francis A. Cox, LL. D., of Hackney, England, Society, is engaged in a design, which has Resolved, That the American Education a most direct and important bearing on the conversion of the world to Christ. On motion of Rev. Thomas H. Skinner, D. D., Professor in the Theological Seminary, Andover, seconded by Rev. Warren Fay, D. D., of Charlestown, Resolved, That the spirit of the gospel and the times in which we live, demand, that those who now enter the sacred ministry, be men of unbounded benevolence, and unbounded trust in God; and that it should be the paramount object of their preparatory discipline to furnish them with these high moral qualifications. Appropriate addresses were delivered by the Rev. Messrs. Spaulding, Hoby, Kirk, Holmes, Cox, and Skinner. The public services were then closed with the benediction by Rev. John H. Church, D. D., of Pelham, New Hampshire. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. President. Hon Samuel Hubbard, LL. D. Vice President. Honorary Vice Presidents. Hon. John Cotton Smith, LL. D. haron, Conn. Hon. William Reed, Marblehead, Mass. Robert Ralston, Esq. Philadelphia. John Bolton, Esq New York. Rev. Jeremiah Day, D. D. LL. D. Pres. Yale College. Rev. Ashbel Green, D. D. LL. D. Philadelphia. Rev. Eliphalet Nott, D. D. LL. D. Pres. Union Col. Rt. Rev. Alexander V. Griswold, D. D. Boston, Ms. Rev. Joshua Bates, D. D. Pres. Middlebury College. Rev. Henry Davis, D. D. Clinton, N. Y. William Seabrook, Esq. Edisto Island, S. C. Rev. Daniel Dana, D. D. Newburyport, Mass. 11 Rev. William Allen, D. D. Pres. Bowdoin College. Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, LL. D. Newark, N. J. Rev. Robert H. Bishop, D. D. Pres. Miami Univ. Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D. LL. D. John Tappan, Esq. His Honor Samuel T. Armstrong, Esq. Rev. William Cogswell, D. D. Rev. Samuel Gile. Rev. Ralph Emerson, D. D. Rev. William Cogswell, D. D. Secretary. Abstract of the Nineteenth Annual The American Education Society, is exerting a most happy influence on the religious, literary and civil interests of the country. It is beneficial to the Church by multiplying the number of ministers. It has, since its commencement, assisted in the education of about 700 individuals, who have already entered the ministry, most of whom would not have prepared for this sacred employment without this assistance. Besides, by its Agents and publications, it has probably been the means of inducing 300 more to preach the gospel, who possessed pecuniary ability to educate themselves. And it undoubtedly has excited to the formation of other Societies, whose object is to raise up heralds of salvation. While these are denominational, that is, confined in their operations to the particular communions with which they are severally connected, as Presbyterians, Baptists, Episcopalians, Methodists and others, they have together, probably, been instrumental in preparing for the ministry 500 or 600, who are now laboring faithfully for Jesus Christ. -The Society is also beneficial by improving the character of ministers. It does this by elevating the standard of ministerial education, and of ministerial piety. As a condition of receiving assistance, it requires that its beneficiaries pursue a regular course of theological study for three years, as well as obtain a complete collegiate education, or one that is equivalent to it. This, it is believed, is a higher requisition than was previously made by any other Institution whatever in the land, as a prerequisite to a participation in this species of charity. And there is no other Education Society now existing, that requires this. The Society is strict in its requisitions of piety in those who receive its patronage; in its pastoral supervision; indeed in its whole course of discipline. Thus it not only promotes personal holiness, but also sets forth the vast importance of high attainments in religion, in those who enter the ministry.-It will, too, improve the character of ministers, by increasing their bodily and mental vigor. The temperate, economical and industrious habits, which it enjoins, will promote corporeal health, strength, and activity. And these are intimately connected with intellectual soundness, vivacity, and energy. Thus by multiplying the number and improving the character of ministers, the Society will be a means of enlarging and sanctifying the Church. The ministry is the standing ordinance of Heaven for the conversion and salvation of this world. By the foolishness of preaching, God is pleased to save them that believe. As ministers are multiplied, so this means of grace is increased, and so, according to the appointment of Heaven, conversions will be multiplied and the Church enlarged. And in proportion to the piety and faithfulness of the ministry, will, ordinarily, be the sanctification and purity of the Church.- In these ways the Society is beneficial to the interests of Zion. This Society operates advantageously on the literary interests of the country. It favorably affects academies, colleges, and theological seminaries. It does this by requiring of its beneficiaries a regular and thorough education, and by continually holding up before the community the importance of education generally; and also by increasing the number of pious students. The beneficiaries, while pursuing their course of studies, will exert a most salutary influence on the Institutions, with which they are connected. They will be a means of promoting the sanctification of Christians and of restraining the immoral and vicious. It may be expected, too, that they will do much towards promoting revivals of religion among their literary associates, as has already in many instances been the fact. When they shall have completed their preparatory studies, and entered upon professional duties, they will become patrons to common schools, academies, colleges and theological seminaries. Many such Institutions will be established through their influence. There are now 84 colleges and 30 theological seminaries in the United States. Of these colleges, 46 have been erected since the formation of the American Education Society, and most of them with a view to the multiplication of ministers, and to some extent in the way of charitable education. And can it be doubted, that this Society has done much to increase the |