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Easy-Chair Piety-Treading under Foot the Son of God—
Little Crosses-Little Things-Reverent Spirit Necessa -
ry-Virtue-The Cross of Christ.
EDITOR'S STUDY....

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New Religions of America.
LITERARY NOTICES.....

Christianity and its Conflicts, Ancient and Modern-The
Culture Demanded by Modern Life-Familiar Lectures
on the Pentateuch-The Land of Thor-An Elementary
Treatise on Grape Culture and Wine-Making-Thacke-
ray's Lectures-Curiosity Shop, and Sketches-The Life
and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, and Dombey and
Son-The Pickwick Papers-The History of the Church,
in Verse-The Blind Basket-Maker Library-The Last
Chronicle of Barset-Appleton's Hand-Book of American
Travel-Catalogues-Miscellaneous,

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LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND STATISTICAL. ITEMS..
Heliotypography-Kansas School Statistics-The Blind
in Great Britain-Scientific Magic-National Finances-
How our Ancestors Lived-Results of High Culture-
Crises in Life-Changing Population-Depth of the
Ocean-Indian Literature-Australia-Losses of Prussia
in War-Outbreak of Plague on the Euphrates-Japas.
RETROSPECT OF RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE........
Religious Festival at Rome-Mexico-Jews-Change of
Name The Gospel in Beyrout-Churches in Chicago-
Presbyterian Church, Old School-Presbyterian Church,
New School-The French Conference-American Tract
Society-American Sunday School Union-High Church
Government-Chicago Theological Seminary-Presbyte
rian Churches in Scotland.
EDITOR'S TABLE.......

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