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    556 THE LpPEi fofo. 475, April 30, 1859.

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    the word of God. It was this circumstanc...

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    THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. The present number...

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    Chadwick's Life Of De Foe. The Life And ...

    We had marked several such tidbits as the above R > r quotation . Some we had taken the trouble to classify . Our space can only afford the following companion pictures , samples of our author ' s _ consistency . At page 272 , he comesiout enthusiastically for *' the old Gothic system of scot-and-lqt poll-day muster , when heads were counted , not acres— -heads , not rent-rolls . The baron or barons , alone or in combination , who could carry most heads or polls to the hustings , would stand the best chance of the sheriff ' s verdict as to the show of hands , if each of

    those hands was well furnished with a good workaible hedging bill , hayfork , halberd , or even sahnonlaister . " " lie almost waxes fi « rce at De Foe , for glorying in the designation of freeholder , thereby slurring potboilers and potwallopers . But at page 350 we find that a great change has come over 3 VTr . Chadwiek's mind , probably as the result of the wonderful amount of '' scot-and-lot" support "Dr . Sacheverellgotm his meeting-house-gutting foray s . There , we are laconically informed , " With universal suffrage I have done ; I will never support it . "

    We asserted , as one count in our indictment , that Mr . Chadwick—and that , too , by his own confession—was negligent in the collection of materials . He is guilty of the childish pedantry of " omitting scores of minor events connected with De Foe , which in : a great measure rested upon Mr . Wilson ' s knowledge of wqrks , pamphlets , lampoons , broadsheets , & c ., and which I could not myself verify in the private collection , the bookshop , or the readingroom of the British Museum . " And Macaulay ' s History of England he has " never touched , for fear of stealing some idea or other !"

    Again , we repeat that the only amusement tins book can give to its reader , arises from its often oholerie , always hearty , fbrehaimnerish , and in Itself not tinlikeable , spirit . The only instruction ± he book yields is to be gleaned from the copious extracts given from the " Essay on Projects , " "Complete Tradesman , " and the many other unimaginative writings of De Foe . Of De Foe , as the author of " Robinson Crusoe , " " Moll Flanders , " and " Captain Singleton , " we hear next to . nothing . The last fifteen years of his hfe , in which all his jion-political works , educational and moral as well as fictional , were written , are dismissed iu thirty ¦

    pages . - . Our biographer tells us , with praiseworthy candour , ' that about two years and a half ago , the casual picking up of one of De Foe ' s reputed works at a book-stall in a Yorkshire village first led him to the subject . After our perusal of it , we wonder rather at the length of time he lias had his work in hand than at the shortness of his preparations for publicity . We learn , also , from Mr . Chadwiclq that he is a maker of pantiles . So , as all the world knows , was De Foe , at Tilbury , in Essex . Our author , who dates his preface from " Arksev , near Doncaster , " has a decidedly * ' Yorkshire " eye tb business . He delicately hints to his readers that he has three hundred thousand

    excellent tiles ready forr delivery , and pretty directly vouches for their quality , by ci'oSving over 3 T > e Foe , who had , to . work with loose , Thames silt , while he bakes coherent and tough Yorkshire clay . We wish Mr . Chadwick all success in the pantile trade ; but we recommend him to stick to it . "We put Dresden vasos , not pantiles , on our mantelpieces . And wo expect for our libraries , now-adays , well-moulded , and delicately-finished performances , not crude masses of literary lumber baked red-hot in the oven of jscalotry .

    556 The Lppei Fofo. 475, April 30, 1859.

    556 THE LpPEi fofo . 475 , April 30 , 1859 .

    The Word Of God. It Was This Circumstanc...

    the word of God . It was this circumstance which led in'the providence of God to the commencement of a correspondence between Dr . Henderson and the British and Foreign Bible Society , and the committee of that day promptly arid liberally encouraged the efforts that were proposed for printing the Scriptures in Icelandic , while Dr . Henderson undertook the responsible and arduous labour of passing the editions through the press . " Having been brought into relation with plans bearing more immediately upon the circulation of the Scriptures , lie continued , with Dr . Paterson , to make this the prominent object of his labours in the north of Europe . Subsequently lie became one of the accredited agents of the Society , and for some amount of valuable service

    years rendered a large , helping to kindle an ardent zeal for the spread of Divine truth , and promoting in various ways the formation of Societies , based on the same principles and working for the same end as that which he represented . The visitation he undertook for these purposes was very , extended , including not only Iceland , Denmark , Sweden , but also many parts of the vast dominions of Kussia . In the prosecution of his many labours he displayed a spirit of self-denial , combined , with a resolute perseverance and sound judgment . Possessed of no ordinary piety , and manifesting great singleness of purpose , lie contributed in no small degree to awaken and sustain an interest in-many lauds for . the dissemination of the

    sacred volume . . "He continued to act as an agent of the Society till the year 1823 , when circumstances induced him to resign a position which he had filled with much honour to himself and great advantage to the Society . " ; . Dr . Henderson was of Scotch parents , resident at Dunfermline , and was named JBbenezer by their piety , in regard they had been helped by his birth , since he supplied the place of their children who had died . Home-discipline was at that time more severe than at present . Beyond the Tweed the taws" were in frequent requisition ; and ,

    says our biographer , " for the ruling of a Scottish household , the fasces of the lictor would have been a irieeter ensign than the golden sceptre of love . " Ebenezer suffered by this unwise treatment . Being pursued by his mother with a stick , he turned about to face her , when he came in contact with the edge of a cog , . that stood behind him full of boiling whey . Falling backward into this lie was scalded , and had for a long period to go upon crutches , like a confirmed cripple . His only employment was to keep guard over the sheep , during which he amused himself with conning over all the picture books that he could obtain .

    more , always utilises its teachings at eveay separate stage . Thus it appears , that young Henderson was led , m 1803 , notwithstanding lkis religious leanings , to enter a- corps of volunteers against Napoleon ' s projected invasions , and was < = > dur « trained to the practice of varied military evolutio n ? Our biographer remarks , the event had its meanin " and use ; for when , in af ter life , travelling over the Kogai aiid other steppes , he and his companions were dependent for days together on game of their own killing ; and the snipes , at which ' he fired from the carriage , were acceptable proofs that he had not in vain learned to take an aim and to dischai 1 ^ a shot . c It is , of course , beside our purpose , and beyo nd our space , to attempt an analysis of this biography Our hero became early a pupil of Mr . ifaldane and was . thrown into connexion with many Baptist ministers , associations that enlarged his mind . Withal , he seems to have maintained himself tolerably free from sectarian notions , lie was sent out , like other pupils of the seminary , on preaching tours , and in 1804 he was missioned for the Ork > neys . At the age of twenty-one he was appointed to foreign service by the llev . John Paterson , and they went together to Denmark . Their journey thither

    and duty there occupied the years from 1805 to 1810 . A second and a third journey followed ; but the route and its ?~ esults have been already sufficiently intimated in the Bible Society's Memorial . The rest of his . . existence was passed in his tutorships at Hoxt ' on and at Highbury . Hi & domestic life is traced in these pages ; his public in the Commentaries on Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , and the twelve minor prophets . His revision and editorship of some of the valuable works of the Rev . Albert Barnes are among his contributions-to

    theological science that demonstrate his learning , diligence , and earnestness . He was as anxious for linguistic as theological acquirements in his pupils , and was as sedulous in cultivating his reason as in cherishing his faith . It was thus that lie succeeded in elevating the ' standard of piety . His life is as much that of the scholar as the jwencher . For the full details of it , we must refer to the volume under review . It cannot be too carefully studied . It is not only well written , but industriously compiled ; and enters into minutiae of character and pursuits that are psychologically interesting . In regard to the . great question of the inspiration of the Scriptures , Dr . Henderson maintained a plenary inspiration indeed , but not a " plenary verbal one . " Though not a Rationalist , he was still rational in . his search after religious verity .

    He was cured by the advice of a female vagrant , who directed that the mother should fill the " same cog" with hot water , and hold his legs over it , covered with blankets to . keep the steam in , and stretch out the legs from time to time until they became straight . The mother did this , and rubbed them with hog ' s-lai-d besides ; and , in a few weeks , the desired result was obtained . His biographer remarks it as a curious coincidence , that " at this very time there was a little girl , scarcely three y ears old , whose parents were sending her from London to a country school at Claphani , yet with the express injunction , " X < et her have plenty of

    air , and food , and amusement , but do not trouble her with learning , for the poor little tiling will never live . " " Who would , " he asks , " t have been ' scorned as false prophets if they had ventured to predict that the crippled boy at Dunfermline was to extend his travels from Hcela to Vesuvius , and from Tornca to Tiflia ; or that the infant invalid in the metropolitan suburb was to be his survivor , after a union of exactly forty years . " Dr . Henderson picked up his early education at a road-side school i but at about the age of ten , was transferred to a school in town , kept by a precentor of the parish church , at which some better

    REV . E . HENDERSON , D . D ., Ph . D . Memoir of the JReo . E . Henderson , D . D ., Ph . D ., including his Labours in Denmark , Iceland , Russia , frc . fyc . By Thulla S . Henderson . Knight and Son . Dr . Eubnmzjbr Hkndekson wus one of the most learned of the foreign agents of the British and Foreign Bible Society . His biography is almost traced in the tenm * of the memorial drawn up on the occasion of his death by that institution . We

    cannot do bettor than cite the passage . 44 Henderson , In company with his much-loved colleague , Dr . l ' aterson , loft Scotland in the early part of the present century with the viow of acting ¦ as a Missionary in the Danish settlement of India . "Unexpected events having defeated this design , his Attention was drawn to the roported dearth of Scriptures which prevailed in Iceland , and the vast Importance of some vigorous measures for the purpose of providing a supply to meet the warns of those who were destitute of and desired to possess

    instruction might have been obtained . One authority , indeed , says that ho attended the grammar school in the afternoons , under the tuition of Mr . Peter Ramsay , and that he steadily maintained his place as dux of the Latin class . At twelve years old , ho went into training at some handicraft , also helped at the farm , and oven spent some time under his brother as a watch-maker 5 he also tried his hand as a boot and shoo maker . In the year 1799 , the celebrated Rowland Hill preached in a field in the neighbourhood , nnd at this date what is called Dr . Henderson ' s conversion commenced . Such is the course of instruction which so frequently turns out a bettor man than the most classical education oan make . Providence teaches more effectually than universities , and what is

    The Edinburgh Review. The Present Number...

    THE EDINBURGH REVIEW . The present number is one of the most interesting we have seen for some time . Opening witU iv sociological paper upon female industry—arguing that whereas three out of our six million adult females are "bread-winners , " it behoves us to provide more energetically for the free development ol the sex ' s powera-r-it proceeds to a pleasant rcsimw of Dr . Barth ' s discoveries in Africa ; a philological paper" inspired by Dean Trench ' s remarks on the deficiencies of English dictfonnrii * ; ami a review of Lord Cornwall ' s recently published correspondence . ..

    The recent notable spring in the pwfPcw . W ouv West India colonies offers the « fcdmburgn a text for an excellent disquisition upon its causes and those of the trials which ¦ succeeded the slavo emancipation . . The reviewer has ( except in one or two points ) very lucidly followed tl « o laJanJB through their ruin , and shows clearly how the nun would have been decelerated rtithor than rotaiUcu had negro slavery been maintained . * 0 X ] l \ Z ™ l J before the abolition the West India intci ajr labouring , ns they said , under extreme dwtrojfl >«» a pressure they could support no longer , petitwnou Parliament fpr relief . In the ton vcars cmhng wt » 1880 , the sugar export of Jamaica 1 hw fallen , jjpw cent , " below « mt of the decade ending i » 1820 . i « o slaves wore being used up at a terrific pace . J scnteeism and the ruinous operation ot incilug management had hopelessly encumbered the om of the planters . Jamaica , the queen o . aU t vw utterly insolvent ; and the balance ot ov . de nco go « to show that the collapse was only staved oflty WJ emancipation . After that glorious mefttnio , iww ever , tile tide , of deoadenoe slackened . . *»^* £ population in those small colonies whio » » « ^ turns showed an increase of 54 , 000 Ii . the w . twelve years against a decrease ot 00 , ow . reviewer omits to note the gradual m « w » 1 "

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 30, 1859, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30041859/page/12/