The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind Analyzed and Illustrated. With Practical and Historical Notices of the Bonds of Society, as regards Individuals and Communities. By JOHN DUNLOP, Esq., Author of "The Philosophy of Drinking Usage in the United Kingdom." Houlston and Stoneman.

OUR impression, as soon as we opened this volume, was, that the best bond of union with which we are acquainted, is that which springs from the "love of God being shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost." This unites heart to heart indeed; helps its possessors to bear each others' burdens-to weep with them that weep-to rejoice with those that do rejoice; it is a uniting us in heart, and affection with those we have never seen nor can see, until time shall be no more; when the same blessed union, having triumphed over death, hell, and the grave, shall knit together in one indissoluble bond, a goodly company out of every kindred, nation, tongue, and people, to spend an eternity in the presence of God and the Lamb. Oh! happy, happy day! when shall its bright morning dawn?

The book before us is, nevertheless, a well-written, clever, and instructive production; it evidently emanates from the pen of a mastermind, and is the result of much observation and research. In taking a rapid glance through the volume, we were much gratified with the following anecdote, as illustrative not only of the Author's point, but more especially of the wise providence of God:

A singular case of sudden and effective combination, of the description under notice, occurs in the life of Admiral Lord Exmouth, then Sir Edward Pellow. A transport was driven ashore under the citadel at Plymouth, where she lay beating and rolling in a tremendous and impassable surf. At this moment Sir Edward and his lady were proceeding along, with a view to dine at a friend's. He sprang out of his carriage, and ran along with the crowd to the beach; and at once saw that the loss of nearly all on board, near six hundred persons, was inevitable, without some one to direct them. The officers had abandoned their charge, and would not return: they had landed by a single rope, which formed the only communication with the ship, and by this, with much danger and personal injury, he was hauled, through the surf and wreck of masts, on board. He reached the deck, declared who he was, and assumed the command. He threatened death to disobedience, but assured the multitude of safety if they gave effectual obedience. The dispersed elements of order and joint operation re-united; the well-known name of the hero, the calmness and energy he displayed, gave confidence to the despairing multitudes. His first efforts were received by cheers from those on board, which were reechoed from the crowds on shore. A small boat was got alongside; the ends of two additional hawsers were got on shore; cradles were contrived and slung upon them, with travelling ropes to and from the beach. Each hawser was held on shore by a number of men, who watched the rolling of the wreck, and kept the ropes tight and steady. A cutter, with great difficulty, worked out of Plymouth Pool, and received the more helpless of the passengers. Sir Edward, with a drawn sword, directed all the proceedings; every one was ultimately saved, and presently the wreck went to pieces. Had dissociation continued, the whole multitude would have perished.

PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.

AT the Annual Meeting of the Protestant Association, held at Exeter Hall, on Wednesday, the 14th of May, the Earl of Winchilsea remarked-“ Protestant England! It was but the mere shadow of the name which she now bore. We had, indeed, renounced that high name which had distinguished us above all nations; which was the brightest gem in our national character; and which, through the blessing of God, had made us the greatest, the happiest, and freest people that ever lived on this earth. It was written in the past history of our country, in language which all might read and clearly understand, that in every reign, where Protestant principles had been truly upheld, God had blessed us with national prosperity. On the other hand, we had only to refer to our own days for the reverse of the picture. We had seen Government established solely on the principle of what was called religious equality, but which, he contended, was founded on no religious equality at all; for the intolerant spirit of the Church of Rome never would never could, consistently-concede to us an equality, either of civil or religious equality. The noble Earl then commented upon the concessions of the British Legislature to Popery, and proceeded to observe, that we had lived to see most fearful times; when the great principles on which our prosperity was founded were placed in imminent peril; but he was convinced there was a spirit abroad, that would successfully resist the active encroachments of the Church of Rome. Protestant England, he hoped, she would become again. We would not surrender into the hands of Popery that religion which had been bequeathed to us by our forefathers as the most sacred inheritance, which had proved the foundation of all that was dear to us, and which, through the blessing of God, we would transmit, unimpaired, to our posterity. He would maintain, now that the mask was thrown off, and the destruction of our Protestant system of religion openly avowed, that there was but one course for Protestant England to take, and that was, day by day, to insist on the repeal of the fatal act of 1829. He was convinced there would be no peace or tranquillity for England till that measure were repealed. He gave full credit to the members of the Church of Rome for the sincerity of their professions of hostility to the Church of England; and he could most conscientiously say, that if he were a member of the Romish Church, he would use the power conferred upon him by that act to effect those purposes which the members of that Church were now so actively endeavouring to effect. If we reflected on the present condition of our country, we could not doubt that a judicial blindness had fallen on our land, which, if not speedily remedied, would lead to judicial retribution. We had, indeed, only to look to what had been God's dealings with nations, and he would call upon all who heard him, and felt that national sins would bring down national judgments, to remember and reflect upon those warning words spoken to the people of Israel:-" Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command this day: lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses and dwelt therein; and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all thou hast is multiplied; then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; and thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall perish. As the nations which the Lord destroyed before your face, so shall ye perish, because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God."

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"A CURIOUS motto," perhaps some of our readers will exclaim, "for the second Number of a work." We say so too: but, as hinted in the commencement of our labours, feeling ourselves to be such poor, shortsighted creatures as to need a leader and a guide, we ventured forth upon the promise of Him who has said, "I will lead them into all truth." Therefore it is only as we can feel his arm upon which to lean, that we proceed with any degree of confidence or satisfaction in our work.

We might, it is true, have filled our space with the writings of other men; from our little library we could have selected much that would have been profitable, as well as entertaining, to our readers; but this they can do as well as we. We feel that at least some degree of originality is due from us. We might, moreover, have succeeded in penning an article upon some point of doctrine, which, to us, would have been as tedious in the writing as to our readers in the perusal: not that we would be supposed to imply, that doctrine-the pure unadulterated word-is a thing of secondary moment. No, no! purity and soundness of doctrine are as dear to us as a right hand or a right eye. We are advocates for the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. But, after all, a clear knowledge of the great and grand truths of the Gospel without a blessed heartfelt experience of them, may be compared No. VII. Vol. I.-New Series.

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