........... .......... ........... .. A Few THOUGHTS ON PRAYER ....... 157 550 354 337 425 ........................ 136 .......................................... 232 ................... .......................... .............. 13, 449, ............ 513 142 .................. 405 .......... 521 17 .......... ........... NEEDLEWORK ..... 497 .......... ...... OTTER, THE ... 441 PROTESTANT, THE ................................. 86, 179, 279, 375, 472, 566 27 Anna, the Leech-Vender ........... Arithmology: by S. E. Caspersonn..... Baptisms of Scripture Unfolded ................ 178 ... ... .............. Convict Ship,'The................... Difficulties of a Young Clergyman in Times of Division ........... ............... .. 169 Gaussen's Theopneustia ......................... 81, 173 ................... Gilly's Vigilantius and his Times ......... ... 366 ............... Laodicea ..... ......... Lectures on the Second Coming of Christ, delivered at St. Lord's Supper, The ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ......... Lucilla Hartley .............. Milner (Isaac), The Life of ................... Purpose of God in the Separation of the Israelites ............ Racine's (C. M.) Conversation Amicale Rhind's “ Peace upon Israel” ..... .................................. ........ Rhymes for a Royal Nursery............. Sabbath Question Illustrated, The ......... Samuel's Address on the Position of the Jews. ............... Scripture References and Sacred Poetry .............................. Sheppard on Christian Encouragement Short and Simple Prayers ........ Suggestions to the Jews ....... Sunday Afternoons at Home ..... Sunday School Lessons on the Parables .............. Tables of History .......... Thornton's Treatise on Prayer Tomlin's Missionary Journals .......... 463 277 367 370 RomisH LEGEND, A .............. Russian UKASE, The ............... SEPARATION Or Tue IsraelITES ................... SEWELL'S “CHRISTIAN MORALS” .................. .................. THE FOUR EMPIRES, AND THE KINGDOM OF MESSIAH ........... 111 THE CHRISTIAN LADY'S MAGAZINE. JULY, 1844. THE TOUCHSTONE OF HISTORY. CHAPTER XIII. IF a corner of the world were to be pointed out, concerning which the least is known by our youthful readers of general history, and that little the most vague, the least consistent, of all national histories, would not the corner so selected be Ireland ? Until within the present half century, Ireland possessed much of the independence of a separate nation; annexed, indeed, to the English crown, and to a great extent occupied by families of English birth or descent: and still she exhibits in ber history, in her character, and in the language and position of her own people, amounting to some millions, all the main peculiarities of that independence; while her scenic features everywhere bear testimony to an antiquity that may vie with some of the oldest king JULY, 1844. B |