Academic honours due to mission- aries, 286.
Achilles, Mr. Foster's opinion of,
Addison's character and writings,
354, 355; his comparison of military and moral greatness, 394. Address to Christians of England on the effect of missions, 67;-to voyagers, 68;-to the young men of England, 84.
Address to the American Board, on
slave contribution, 515, 516. Admirals of England compared with Williams, 33.
Advocates of peace, 390.
Aitutaki, effects of the gospel at, 23. Africa, Sir T. F. Buxton's work on the slave trade of, 72;-effect of missions in, 88;-missions alone can rectify the disorders of its con- dition, 371; anticipated state, ib.
Alexander's character and wars, 412 -414;-forbade any to paint him but Apelles, 424;-his death, 249. American Board, address to the, on
slave contribution, 515. 516. America and England, fearful posi- tion of, 507, 508.
American churches, address to, 502; -their extraordinary apathy, 503; hope of England centred in the,
American colonies founded, 473. Arms, profession of, denounced, 390, 391.
Army, British, depravity of, 439;- composed of the bad only, 452 ;— feel nothing but corporal punish- ment, 453;-Portuguese, 439;— Spanish, 440;-French, 451. Asia, no hope for, but in missions, 372.
Aunra, wonderful history of, 20.
Bacon, Lord, powers and achieve- ments of, 351-353.
Battle-field considered in relation to the world of spirits, 392. Battles, method of counting at Ma- nono, 57.
Battle-ground in the South Seas, 63. Bayle, character of, 353.
Bible, its condemnation of war, 135. Bishop of Chester's view of Wil- liams's "Enterprises," 401. Bolingbroke's genius and ambition, 226.
British teachers, great influence of,
2;-may oppose the spirit of war, and foster that of missions, 3. Brougham, Right Hon. Lord, his character a subject of interest, 114; attempts to delineate it, 115; his position, 116;-in ad- vance of his age, 117;-has much to hope from posterity, 118;-re- flections on his religious charac- ter, 119-speeches for the mis- sionary Smith, 120; greatness of the occasion, ib. ;-his description of the missionary character, 122;- correction of his Lordship's view,
123;-dedication to Earl Spencer, 124; wrong views of the gospel mission, 125, 126;-account of the gospel mission, 126, 127 ;- eulogium on the schoolmaster, 130;-was early filled with a sense of the glory of peace and of civil- ization. ib.;-invective against wars, 132;-his "Colonial Policy," 133, 134;- his resemblance to Cicero, 134; anti-scriptural cha- racter of his Lordship's views, 150;-observations on education, 151; erroneous ideas of, 152, 153; -aversion to evangelical doctrine, 154;-inaugural oration at Glas- gow, ib.; mistakes concerning the nature of faith, 155;-deistical character of his Lordship's views, 156; errors relative to faith and
unbelief, 184, 185; "Great Truth," ib. ;-his letter to Mr. Williams, 191;-why urged to support missions, 192; - great senatorial promoter of education, 197;-defective view of educa- tion, 198; urged to espouse the cause of missions, 201;-will be in good company, 202;-entitled to repose, ib. ;-reminded of the folly of this world's great men, 203;-is pointed to the example of his predecessors, 212;-em- ployments suggested, 213. Burke's opinion of the power of Christianity, 107.
Buteve, extraordinary character of, 40; his dialogue with Williams,
41. Buxton, Sir T. F., his work on the slave trade, 70;-his testimony to the power of the gospel, ib. ;-his career greatly surpasses that of conquerors, 73;-leader of British philanthropy, 74.
Byron, the late Lord, dreadful por- trait of, 262;-apostrophe to man, 266.
Chalmers, Dr., fine apostrophe by,
Charles XII., death of, 249;-his character and wars, 417, 418. Character of the age, the leading, the missionary, 479. Chatham, Lord, compared with Pe- ricles, 276.
Christ's person, character, and work, 179, 180. Christians, the first and chief anta- gonists of slavery, 192, 193. Christianity, effects of, on Makea, 64, 65; testimony to, by the So- ciety for civilizing Africa, 71;— alone able to crush slavery, 75;— grand support of civil govern- ment, 76;-reveals the true cha- racter of heathen institutions, ib.; -not to be promoted by force, 78;
- progress in Polynesia arose not from the aid of the civil power, 80;-despotism incompatible with, 88;-how it operates, 106;-grand civilizer of man, 107;-Burke's testimony to, ib.;-only remedy for the distress of our world, 111; -impotency of legislation and morality,112;-unspeakable bless- ings of, 113;-wonderful effects on mankind during the apostolic age, 333; - become enfeebled through the corruption of after ages, ib.
Churches of Great Britain, Ireland,
and America, address to the, 483. Cicero's love of peace, and resem- blance to Brougham, 134;—on ambition, 226;-on philanthropy, 229; his preface to Atticus, 257; -his description of moral great- ness, 270;-his definition of true glory, 272.
Civilization the result of missionary
labour, 107;-wonderful instance of, 107, 108;- all friends of, should support missions, 191;— picture of its progress, 335-348; ought to be the prime pursuit of all nations, 399;-question of, mainly a question of missions, 400;-Williams's "Enterprises demonstrate that the gospel is the only instrument of civilization,
Classic writers compared with the
Enterprises" of Williams, 284; benefits of studying the, 289, 290; utility of, to missionaries, 290;- anti-Christian spirit of the, 291;- views of Dr. Thomson and Mr. Foster relative to, 293;-sug- gestions for averting the evil of the study of, 294-296. Code of Laws framed by the Mis- sionary for the Raiateans and Rarotongans, 79.
Colonization will create new centres
for missionary enterprise, 478. Contemner of missions, an address to the, 51.
Cook, Captain, the death of, 249;—
compared with Williams, 250. Co-operation, condition of, with slaveholders, 506. Cowper's excessive devotion to Ho- mer, 292.
David's condemnation of war, 135. Death-beds of great men, 204 ;-of Curran, Sheridan, Fox, Erskine, Burke, Johnson, ib. ;-of Sir J. Mackintosh and Sir W. Scott, 206. Debt, frightful progress of the na- tional, 479, 480.
Discord, dreadful picture of, 465. Douglas, James, of Cavers, works and studies of, 90;-his profound views in relation to missions, 91; -his great capabilities of serving the cause of missious, 103;- urged to address the higher classes, 104.
East, Rev. T., life of, signalized by two events, 215. Edinburgh Review, great services of the, to the cause of Peace, 376;- a fine passage from the, on Peace, 379;-importance of its embrac- ing the cause of missions, 402;— its early hostility and injury to missions, ib. 405;-its favourable notice of Tyerman and Bennet, 464.
Education, Lord Brougham's ideas of, 152, 153;-in Polynesia, 198; -chiefly promoted by missions, ib. Emigration indispensable to Eng- land, 476-478.
England, Admirals of, 33;-Chris- tians of, address to, on the effect of missions, 67;-ships of, sent for destruction, ib. ;-noble efforts of, against slavery, 74;-condi- tion of, under the Normans, 86 ;- present state of law in, 87 ;-her naval rejoicings, 101;-her chief glory the promotion of missions, 408; her war-debt and taxes, 423;-owes every thing to mis- sions, 471;-her superiority to all the continental nations, 472;- her colonial territory, 473, 474. England and America, fearful posi- tion of, 507, 508.
English, the, not a military people,
Essays, the American Prize, 53. Experiment, a grand, in relation to missions, 509.
Faith of the gospel, what it is, and what it is not, 182;-apostolic view of it, ib. ;-hurtful distinc- tions, 183;-duty of believing, 184;-error of Lord Brougham relative to, ib. ;-how Divine in- fluence becomes necessary to, 186; -ground of man's obligation to believe the truth, ib. ;-purifying influence of, 188;-source of good works, 189.
Finau's threat of destruction to such
as become Christians, 80. Force not to be used to promote Christianity, 78.
Foster, Rev. John, opinions of, on the Classics, 293, 294; 'Essays" of, 298;-appeal to, in behalf of the missionary character, 349;- his capabilities of advancing the cause of missions, 372, 373. Frederick the Great, character and wars of, 419, 420.
Gillespie, the Rev. Dr., 256;-pre- face to Atticus applied to, 257;— claims of missions on chartered colleges, submitted to, 286. Glory, what constitutes, 272;-true, attains its utmost height only in the missionary character, ib. God, the idea of, comprehends all others, 28;-the knowledge of, the only true renovator of human nature, 152;-wherein the know- ledge of, consists, 174;-how the knowledge of, is diffused, 175; -the knowledge of, can be dif- fused only by missions, ib. ;-the knowledge of, differs much from that of the mere philosopher, 176, 177;-things comprehended in the knowledge of, ib. Government, British, baffled in at-
tempts to civilize the Indians, 109 Government, blessings of, secured by the labours of missionaries, 76; influence of missionaries upon, 77.
Governments, all will be changed or improved, 139, 140;-effects of righteous and pacific, 171. Gospel, Sir T. F. Buxton on the power of, 70;-case for the, now closed and waiting for judgment, 73; the restorer of lost happi- ness, ib. ;-mission, the, 127;- the faith of, what, 181; -- simpli- city of the, 183;-what the, con- sists of, ib. ;-the, believed upon evidence, 186;-the, remedy for all evil, 191.
Grand experiment in relation to missions, 509.
Greatness, moral, the highest ele- vation of, attained in the mis- sionary character, 13;-entitled to first distinction, ib. ;-moral and intellectual, compared, 223, 224;-popular errors respecting, 224;- magnanimity, 225; -in- stances of, in Alexander, Cæsar, Columbus, and Napoleon, 227;— intellectual and moral, not neces- sarily connected, 268;-intellec- tual, defined, ib.;-intellectual, not an object of moral approbation
or disapprobation, 269;-Cicero s description of, 270-most fully exemplified in the missionary cha- racter, 271;-M'Combie's defini- tion, ib. ;-Divine Influence ne- cessary to, 273;-Christianity im- parts to its receivers the elements of, 274;-Tyrian Hercules an ex- ample of, ib. ;-Minos, Lycurgus, and Solon, examples of, 276;- Pericles distinguished for, ib.;— Socrates the most remarkable hea- then example, 277;-illustrations of, among Old Testament wor thies, 299-318;-illustration of, in John Baptist and the Apostles, 318-320;-in Paul, 321. Greatness, military, what, 393. Greek poets, characters of the, 282,
Intellectual power, without moral worth, a picture of, 261. Islands, three, renounce idolatry, 30.
James I., speech of, to his parlia- ment, 86; his definition of se- dition, ib.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, character and writings of, 356, 357.
Jones, Peter, on Indian civilization, 107.
Jurists and Economists, works and merits of, compared with those of Christian Missionaries, 359, 360. Jury, trial by, 79.
Justification, distinction between, and pardon, 187;-distinction be- tween, and sanctification, ib. ;— by faith, 188. Justification by faith, aversion to the doctrine of, 189;-errors of phi- losophers concerning the doctrine of, ib. Juvenal's description of human na- ture, 96.
Kings, "nursing fathers," what is meant by, 81;-almost all bad, 147. King of Babylon, sublime invective against, 142, 143.
Kingdom of Christ, happiness of the, 148;-how to be established, 150. Knowledge, the sphere of human,
enlarged by missions, 192;-the proper objects of, God and his works, 151;-saving, the Divine character, not nature, the object of, 152; merely secular, cannot renovate the world, 464. Kremlin, conflagration of the, 26.
Labour, manual, of the Rev. John Williams, in the arts, 109. Law, international, established in Polynesia, 82.
Laws change with the character of subjects, 77;-a code of, prepared by Williams, 79 ;-moulded by Christianity, 81.
Laymen, importance of their advo- cacy to Missions, 103. Leonidas, character of, 276. Liberty, civil and religious, but im- perfectly enjoyed in Europe, 368; -piety the sure and only source of, 369.
Literary men, errors of, in relation to faith, 186.
Literary and philosophic character, men ambitious of the, 349 ;-un- duly exalted, 350:-illustrations of the, 351-362.
Macaulay, Right Hon. T. B., merits of, as a writer, 374;-his literary bias, ib. ;-his high responsibility, 375;-eminent capacity to serve the cause of Missions, 401, 402;— urged to consecrate his talents and genius to it, 409.
Mackintosh, Sir James, deathbed of, 206, 207;- his remarkable sayings and confession of faith in Jesus Christ, 208;-his vast powers and attainments, ib. ;-his dying scene presents a great lesson to men of letters, 209;-inaugural oration at Glasgow, 210;-his writings, 211;-his great capaci- ties wasted, ib. ; - might have ren- dered immense service to the cause of letters, humanity, and religion, ib.
Magistrate, power of the, in matters of religion, 80.
Makea's remarks on war, 64 ;-on the effects of Christianity, ib., 65. Malietoa, noble assurance of, to Wil- liams, 83, 84.
Man, the sole means of renovating the character of, 173;-Paul's de- scription of, ib.
Manua, the Africa of Polynesia, 82.
Matetau, the gigantic stature of, 78; -his offer to coerce his subjects to become Christians, ib.
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