THE

METHODIST MAGAZINE

AND

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

VOLUME XVI.

NEW SERIES, VOLUME V.

1834.

NEW-YORK,

PUBLISHED BY B. WAUGH AND T. MASON,

FOR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AT THE CONFERENCE
OFFICE 200 MULBERRY-STREET.

CONTENTS.

ART. I.-Substance of a Sermon preached before the Young

Men's Auxiliary Missionary Society of New-York, on

the evening of Friday, September 27, 1833, on the

death of the Rev. M. B. Cox, Missionary to Africa.

BY NATHAN BANGS, D. D.

II.-Inaugural Address of D. D. Whedon, Professor of

Ancient Languages, in the Wesleyan University

III.-Review of Polynesian Researches.

IV.—On the Trinity

V.-Webster's Dictionary

VI.-An Inquiry into the Character of the Guests entertained

by Abraham on the Plains of Mamre

VII.-Review of Abbott's Life

VIII.-On Astronomy

IX.-American Bible Society.

. 104

. 108

114

X.-Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist

Episcopal Church, for the year ending October, 1833 119

XI. The Foundation of Christian Hope;-a Sermon, by

the Rev. Wm. France

XII.-The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher.

XIII.-Review of the Life of Dr. Adam Clarke

121

131

174

XIV. Church Property in the Methodist Episcopal Church 224

XVI.-The Power of Sympathy

XVII.-Review of Kay's Caffrarian Researches

XVIII. Review of the Life of Dr. Adam Clarke, concluded 256

XIX.-Villers' Essay on the Spirit and Influence of the

XXIV. Sincerity Rewarded.-An Anecdote

XXV.-Memoir of the Rev. John James. By the Rev.

William Naylor

XXVI.—Horæ Anglicana; or, Observations on the English

XXVII.-Prophecies and Miracles of the sacred Scriptures 389