death? If this be death, I soon shall be from every sin and sorrow free. All is well." He exhorted all about him to be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for inasmuch as we know our labour is not in vain in the Lord. Thus died our muchesteemed brother Joseph Wakelem, on the 9th of May, 1871, aged fiftyfive. In his death the wife has lost a kind husband, the children a loving father, the Church a faithful and devoted member.

ENOCH WOODALL.

DEATHS.

Ir is with great regret we have to announce the mournful intelligence of the death of the Rev. CHARAES HIBBERT, of Birmingham. This sad event took place January 28th. All that we can do at present, and expecting shortly a memoir, is to express our sympathy with his family and print the memorial card annexed:-" :-"In affectionate remembrance of the Rev. Charles Hibbert (for thirty-seven years a faithful and

earnest minister of the Methodist New Connexion), who entered into his rest, January 28, 1872, aged 59 years, and was interred at the Old Cemetery, Hockley, Birmingham, February 1st, 1872."

WILLIAM BAILEY, 7, Everton Road, Manchester.

On the 15th of January, 1872, after a long and painful affliction, borne with great patience and resignation, Emma, the beloved wife of Mr. W. BAMFORD, of Hanley, aged 46 years. At Ashton-under-Lyne, Mrs. OUSEY, widow of Rev. James Ousey, in her 78th year.

Died February 18, Mrs. TIPPING, the beloved wife of Mr. Joseph Tipping, Ashton-under-Lyne. memoir may be expected.

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February 14, ABRAHAM BLAKELEY, of Batley, aged 59. A memoir may be expected.

[The memoir of the late J. Ramsden, of Halifax, we regret to have to hold over till next month, as also several others, for want of room.-ED.]

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THE FALLACIES OF THE ALLEGED ANTIQUITY OF MAN PROVED, and the Theory Shown to be a mere Speculation. By WILLIAM COOKE, D.D. London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co.; and H. Webber. 140 pp., price 2s.-Among the many excellent works Dr. Cooke has written, all of them in defence of our common faith, and all of them characterized by features that make them clear to understand, and safe to be put into the hands of the inquiring Christian, there is not one in our opinion that deserves to take higher rank than the one before us. It is remarkably lucid and perspicuous. There is not a superfluous word used. The thought is condensed into the

smallest compass, and the argument marches on from page to page with accumulating force and cogency, till it is impossible to withstand the conclusions the author seeks to establish. It is astonishing that such pretensions as some of the sceptical teachers of our age have paraded before the public should have met with the acceptance they have, keeping in view the imperfect and shallow foundations on which they rest. A crude theory is presented; a few generalizations from imperfectly - ascertained facts are marshalled before us, and we are asked to jump to the conclusion that therefore the teaching of Scripture on geology, chronology, ethnology,

and kindred subjects, are unreliable? Can anything be more absurd? The names of a Lyell, a Darwin, or a Tyndal are considered sufficient to float theories which have never been demonstrated, and are not likely to be -theories which are repudiated by some of the best-informed scientific men of the age. Let any one take up the Quarterly or Edinburgh Review for July, 1871, and see what is made of Darwin's descent of man there. In the Edinburgh for January, 1872, a writer on "Tylor's Primitive Culture," a book of similar tendency with Darwin's, and which the writer evidently strongly wishes to support and defend, is yet obliged to desig nate Darwin's theories of descent as "romantic theories and speculations." And so with regard to the stone age, the iron age, and the bronze age, what does all the "tall talk" we have had on these subjects amount to ? Conjecture merely, and nothing more. Every one who has studied the subject knows that this is so; but every one has not the opportunity of reading the expensive books in which these theories are advocated, and every one has not at hand the information and the arguments by which these theories are demolished. Hence the exceedingly timely and valuable character of this inexpensive volume of Dr. Cooke's. It is just the kind of work needed for the purpose; and without any hesitation we can say that it fully accomplishes its purpose. To any one whose mind has been directed to the study of this subject, and who has been perplexed by it, and to all our young friends who are beginning to think about it, and who, of course, have heard or read more or less on the antiquity of man, we cannot have the least reluctance in recommending this volume as a safe guide to them in their inquiries, and a triumphant refutation of the "fallacy of the alleged antiquity of man."

THE SAVIOUR'S PARTING PRAYER

FOR HIS DISCIPLES. A Series of Chapters on our Lord's Intercessory Prayer. By the Rev. W. LANDELS, D.D. London: Elliot Stock. 224 pp., crown 8vo.-Any work bearing Dr. Landels' name will be received with favour by those who are interested in gospel themes gracefully treated. Such a work is the one before us, and we can recommend it to intelligent readers as adapted to feed their minds in piety and gratify their taste for evangelical truth, gracefully taught. The intercessory prayer of our Lord has ever been and ever will be a fountain of consolation to His people, and a sweet and valuable lesson to them as to the spirit they should cultivate towards each other, and the relations they should maintain to him and to the world, as his servants. To all such Dr. Landels has rendered a service by furnishing this acceptable exposition.

THE METHODIST MEMORIAL. Being an impartial Sketch of the Lives and Characters of the Preachers late in connection with the Rev. John Wesley. By CHARLES ATMORE. London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co. -We have abridged the title of this volume, but the work will be recognized as the well-known "Atmore's Methodist Memorial," reprinted. It is a useful book, enabling us to refer to the good and honoured men who were employed as preachers in the early days of Methodism, and as it has long been out of print, the publishers have rendered a service to the various Methodist communities in reproducing it.

THE BIBLICAL MUSEUM. By JAMES COMPER GRAY. Vol. II. Elliot Stock.-This is the second volume of a work which we noticed favourably on the appearance of the first volume. It is a valuable and useful publication, especially to local preachers, Sunday-school teachers, and others, who have not much time

or money to spare on larger works on Biblical exegesis.

A SCRIPTURE MANUAL, Alphabetically and Systematically Arranged, Designed to Facilitate the Finding of Proof Texts. By CHARLES SIMMONS. Hodder and Stoughton. -This has long been a popular work in America, and is "reprinted from the American plates of Messrs. Dodd and Mead, of New York, by special arrangement." It is a better work than that of Strutt-which is now scarce-or of Locke, which is very inadequate. Preachers and teachers will find it very useful.

HISTORY OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS MISSION. By RUFUS ANDERSON, D.D., late Foreign Secretary of the (American) Board. Hodder and Stoughton. This also is a reprint of an American work reprinted here. It is an interesting and deeply affecting work, showing us on the one side what heathenism is and does for man, and almost making our hearts bleed at the picture; and on the other, what Christianity has done for the same individuals and communities. We have both views in this volume, and readers are sure to be interested in its contents.

CITY ROAD CHAPEL, LONDON, AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, AND MEMORIAL. By G.. J. STEVENSON. Demy 8vo. Part I., with Engravings. London: G. J. Stevenson, 54, Paternoster Row.For nearly a century, the sanctuary named in the above title has been the head-quarters of Methodism. For the first time it has found a historian; and the first part of a new illustrated history of City Road Chapel is now before us. The writer of the work has, we learn, had unusual facilities in consulting

authentic and official papers, which have not before been accessible to any historian, and he appears to have made careful and judicious use of these papers. The part before us is illustrated with a page engraving of the once famous Foundry, in which Methodism was cradled and nurtured for forty years; it also contains a portrait of Mrs. Susanna Wesley, and a history of the Foun dry itself, and the principal events connected therewith, and services held therein for thirty years. It also contains a curious list of the leaders and members of the first society organized by Mr. Wesley, copied from his own manuscript, with notes showing that some of the families who joined the first society remained connected with the City Road Society more than a century. The second part of the work, which will be published February 20th, will contain three engravings, and a map showing the position of the Foundry and City Road Chapel, and in it will be commenced the history of the erection of the New Chapel. The work is to be completed by the ensuing Conference in July, and will contain biographical sketches of nearly three hundred persons who are interred in the ground connected with the Chapel.

AN EXPOSITION of Some of the Prevailing Causes which Prevent the Spiritual Prosperity of Christian Churches, and the Success of the Gospel Ministry. By the Rev. T. H. WALKER. Manchester: Abel Heywood. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.-The author of this small book has presented the "prevailing causes of the want of success in the churches in a plain and faithful way, and we may all be profited and admonished by reading it.