. progress of Page Page Russia, literary intelligence 191 Teflis, in Georgia, (Asia) col. literary and philosophical lege at 571 intelligence 93 Thanksgiving on the abolition of 275 Sabbath Morn, sonnet on 192 Theologicalinstitution, outlines of 345 Sacred criticism 359 Theological library in Boston 422 Saving grace and morality con in Phillips' acad. trasted 321 emy Andover 422 Saurin's sermon 92 Things necessary to be continual. Schwartz, Rev. C. F. late mis ly had in remembrance 171 sionary in India, memoir of 241 Thomson's translation of the Scotland, religious intelligence 223 sacred scriptures 424 Scott's commentary on the Bi- Thornton, John, Esq, memoir of 1 ble 384 lines in memory of 77 Seasonable good works, cata- Thoughts on the importance of logue of 320 a theological institution - 306 Serious thoughts addressed to on the rejection and futhe aged 151 ture return of the Jews 391 Sermon on ministerial zeal, ex. on 1 Corinthians xv. 19 259 tract from 404 on Galatians jii. 19 & 20 119 Sewall, Madam, letter to, from on Matthew xxiü.35 23 Dr. Watts, on the death of her Time, a messenger charged with children 402 solemn intelligence 298 Shaw, Rev. Oakes, memoirs of 45 Times, sketches on the 303 Sin, the gradual and insiduous True Patriot, the 571 205 True religion 28 Sinners complaint, and warning Tuckerman, Mrs. A. character of 149 to saints 368 Turkey, literary intelligence 235 Sketch of Rev. Dr. Macwhorter 481 of Rev. Oliver Heywood 193 United States, literary intelli. gence 40, 382, 476 of Rev. Samuel Willard . 97 lit. and phil. intel. 335, 422 of Rev. William Cook . 101 religious intel. 220, 322, of Rey. Alexander M'Lean 430 380, 416, 475, 514, 533, 567 of the life and character of Utica, religious intelligence 418, 419 John Calvin 337, 385, 433 425 of Rev. Dr. Samuel of the magnetic needle 335 West 537 Vermont, general convention of 380 Sketches on the times 303 Violet, the 48 Sleepers in the House of God, Vote of the female charitable address to 317 ciety, Whitestown, N. Y. 283 Society for promoting Christian knowledge 90 W-, Mr. anecdote of 407 Spain, literary intelligence 191 Ward, Dr. on sacred criticism 359 Speculative and practical relig. Waterhouse, Dr. letter to 37 ion contrasted 361 Watts, Dr. letter to madam SewState of religious civilization in all, on the death of her cbilRussia 569 402 Stereotype printing 92 Webster's general dictionary of Strictures on Moore's Poems 29 the English language 382 Striking admonition 270 West, Rev. Dr. Samuel, sketch Survey of New England churches 16, of the life and character of 537 103, 251, 352, 396, 547 West, Rev. Samuel, D. D. of Switzerland, literary intelligence 191 Boston, character of 574 Syrian Roman Catholics in India, Wilberforce, Mr. remarks on 63 account of 522 Wilkins, Susanna, meinoirs of 535 Willard, Rev. Samuel, sketch of 97 Tartar::, literary intelligence 284 religions intelligence 223 Zak river, religious intelligence 279 discovery of a city 572 Zeal, Christian, on 8, 59 49 SO . . Page 78, 123 part I. Page the first landing of the fathers, funeral of, by Mr. Grillin 408 sermon on, by Dr. Holmes 183 Milner's history of the church of Christ 564 Woods 33 410 Parisian Sanhedrim, transactions 219 Payson's sermon at the funeral of mar of the English language, 215 178, 270 Rees' New Cyclopædia, vol. I, 129, 178, 270 272, 507 559 185 Griffin's 408 410 217 183 Keith's 561 372, 469 563 174 Taggart's 414 408 33 368 lectures on Jewish an- tiquities 511 183 Webster's Compendious Diction- 78, 123 Philosophical and Prac- tical Grammar of the 511 English language 215 INDEX TO THE SIGNATURES 493 Blackburn, Gideon 40, 86, 323, 418; 476, 568 90 199 76 352 143 496 213 C. Page Page 301 209 136 172 306 498 463, 507 523 26 336 89, 119, 460 Pastor · 23, 112, 259, 359, 402, 552 14, 69 536 204 189 517 417 368 477 327 288 536 517 263 162 118 164, 503 381 M. 281, 282 X. 417 X. Y. 29 12, 62, 101 1 ( From Mr. Scott's Sermon, occasioned by his Death.) SO MR. THORNTON was distin- and turn to God, and “to do guished by his great liberality; works meet for repentance." disposed of very large sums in For this purpose also, he was various charitable designs, with the patron of all pious, exemplaan unremitting constancy, dur- ry, and laborious ministers of the ing a long course of years; and gospel; frequently educating his charities were much young men, whom he found to larger, than is common with be religiously disposed ; and purwealthy persons of good reputa- chasing many livings, not so tion for beneficence, that he was much with a view of benefiting rather regarded as a prodigy, the individuals to whom he gave which might excite astonish- them, as for the sake of planting ment, than as an example, that useful ministers of the gospel in other men of equal affluence those parts where he supposed were in duty bound to imitate. the people to be perishing for Yet, his character hath not been lack of knowledge. in this respect over-stated, and He also dispersed a very great few were acquainted with the number of Bibles, in different full extent of his charities. languages, in distant countries, In respect to this leading cir- perhaps even in all the four cumstance, we must advert to quarters of the globe ; and with several particulars. them vast quantities of such In dispensing his bounty, it is books as he thought most suited well known that he always aim- to alarm the conscience, to affect ed to promote the knowledge the heart with a sense of the imand practice of the religion of portance of eternal things, and the Bible amongst mankind; to lead men to repentance, faith and to bring the careless, the ig- in Christ, and holiness of life ; norant, the profane, and the thus labouring to render those, profligate, to attend to the con- whom he never saw, wise unto cerns of their souls, to repent, salvation : and no doubt nuis Vol. III. No. 1. bers will forever bless God for thoughts very much to the same these his pious and charitable object; doing good was the great endeavours. business of his life, and may But though his liberality had more properly be said to have this for its grand object, yet it been his occupation, than even his was by no means conducted on mercantile engagements, which an exclusive principle. He aim- were uniformly considered as. ed to adorn and recommend, as subservient to that nobler design. well as to spread, the religion To form and execute plans of which he professed, and to shew usefulness ; to superintend, arits genuine tendency in his own range, and improve upon those conduct towards all men. In · plans; to lay asiele such as did subserviency to this design, and not answer, and to substitute from the most enlarged and ex- others; to form acquaintance, panded philanthropy, he adopted, and collect intelligence for this supported, and patronized every purpose ; to select proper agents, undertaking, which was suited and to carry on correspondence, to supply the wants, to relieve in order to ascertain that his the distresses, or to increase the bounties were well applied : comforts of any of the human these, and similar concerns, were species, in whatever climate, or the hourly occupations of his of whatever description, provid- life, and the ends of living, which ed they properly fell within bis he proposed to himself; nor did sphere of action. Perhaps it he think that any part of his would even be difficult to men- time was spent either happily, tion one public or private chari- or innocently, if it were not ty of evident utility, to which he some way instrumental, directly was not, at one time or other, in or indirectly, to the furtherance some measure a benefactor. So of useful designs. It is therethat he plainly observed the com- fore evident, that if he be supmand,“ to do good to all men, posed to have been in any meaespecially to them that are of sure true to these principles, the the household of faith." sum total of the good which he And here it should especially did to mankind, by persevering be noted, that his beneficence in such habits for many years, was not always withheld, even must exceed all ordinary comon account of the extreme wick- putation, and can only be asceredness of those that were to re- iained at the great day of acceive the advantage of it; but count and retribution. that he was guided, in this re- As a proof how much his busispect, by the prospect of doing ness was rendered subservient to them good, either in respect of his beneficence, it may be retheir temporal or eternal welfare. marked, that he not only made It is in the next place worthy the gains of his commerce in a of observation, that this friend of great degree a fund for the supmankind, in the exercise of port of his charity, but his comhis beneficence, not only con- merce itself was oftentimes an intributed his money, (which is troduction to the knowledgcofthe often done to very little purpose) wants, calamities, and deplorable but he devoted his time and condition of mankind in distant |