Blanford, gave the Right Hand of Fellowship; and the Rev. Mr. Harrison, of Tolland, (Mass.) made the concluding prayer. The happy settlement of the Gospel min istry, for the first time, in this waste place of our Jerusalem, with very favorable prospects-manifest the commendable exertions of the Society-was highly gratifying to the Ecclesiastical Council, and a very numerous audience collected on the occa sion.

On Wednesday, the 19th of July last, the Rev. AMMI LINSLEY, to the pastoral care of the First Church and Society in Hartland. The Rev. Mr. Flint, of Hartford, made the introductory prayer; the Rev. Mr. Pinneo, of Milford, preached from 1 Thes. ii, 4; the Rev Mr. Prudden, of Enfield, made the consecrating prayer; the Rev. Mr. Gaylord, of West Hartland, gave the charge; the Rev. Mr. Baker, of Granville, gave the Right Hand of Fellowship; and the Rev. Mr. Mc Lean, of Simsbury, made the concluding prayer.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

NEW WORKS.

PAUL on Mars Hill: or, a Christian sur vey of the Pagan world. A Sermon, preached at Newburyport, June 21, 1815, at the Ordination of the Rev. Messrs. Samuel J. Mills, James Richards, Edward Warren, Horatio Bardwell, Benjamin C. Meigs, and Daniel Poor, to the office of Christian Missionaries. By Samuel Worcester, D. D. Pastor of the Tabernacle Church in Salem. Published by order of the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Andover: Flagg & Gould. 1815. pp. 44.

The magnitude of the preacher's work. A Sermon, delivered March 15, 1815, at the Ordination of the Rev. Israel W. Putnam, as Pastor of the North Church in Portsmouth. By Ebenezer Porter, D. D. Bartlett Professor of Sacred Rhetoric in the Theological Seminary, AndoPublished at the request of the people. Andover: Flagg & Gould. 1815. pp. 32.

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Remarks on the Rev. Dr. Worcester's Letter to Mr. Channing, on the "Review of American Unitarianism" in a late Panoplist. By William E. Channing, Minister of the Church of Christ in Federal Street. Second Edition. Boston: Wells & Lilly. 1815. pp. 39.

A Second Letter to the Rev. William E, Channing on the subject of Unitarianism. By Samuel Worcester, D. D. Pastor of the Tabernacle Church, Salem. Boston: S. T. Arm Second Edition. strong: 1815. pp. 44

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LATE REV. ISAAC STOCKTON KEITH, P. D. OF CHARLESTON, (s. c.)

THE writer of this article intends here to give a sketch only of the life and character of this good man; and this will consist of selections from a M. S. history of the church of which he was one of the Pastors, written by the late Dr. RAMSAY, now in the press; and from the printed Discourse of the Rev. Dr. FLINN, delivered on occasion of his death, before the Charleston Bible Society, on the 4th of Jan. 1814. Proposals are issued for publishing a volume of the writings of Dr. KEITH, to which, should it appear, will be prefixed a more full and detailed account of his life; to which volume,

those who wish to know more of his worth, are referred. Dr. RAMSAY, in his history mentioned above writes as follows:

THE Rev. Dr. Isaac Stockton Keith was born in Bucks County, (Penn.) January 20th A. D. 1755, and was educated in the grammar school and college of Princeton, New Jersey, when the Rev. Dr. Witherspoon was president. His diligence and progress in his studies were so great, that at every examination of the school he was honored with a premium. In 1775 he was graduated A. B. His pious parents from early youth dedicated him to the ministry, and his own inclination concurred VOL. XI.

with their fond anticipations. Soon after he left the college, he commenced the study of divinity under the direction of the Rev. Dr Robert Smithof Pequea, in Pennsylvania, and in 1778 was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia to preach the Gospel. After itinerating for a short time he settled in Alexandria in Virginia, and continued there in the exercise of his ministerial functions till the year 1788, when he accepted an invitation from the congregational Church in Charleston to be co-pastor thereof in connexion with the Rev. Dr. Hollingshead. He there served the Church with ability and fidelity for twenty-five years, a period exceeding that of any one of his eleven deceased predecessors. In 1791,be was constituted D. D. by the University of Pennsylvania. He was thrice married; first to Miss Hannah Sproat, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Sproat of Philadelphia, next to Miss Catharine Legare, daughter of Thomas Legare Esq. of Charleston, and afterwards to Miss Jane Huxham, a native of Devonshire in England and daughter of Mr. William Huxham, who had resided many years in South Carolina. As a man, as a Christian, and as a preacher of the

Gospel, Dr. Keith was respected and beloved. In all the relations of life in which he was placed, he reflected honor. Given to hospitality and abounding in charity, his heart and his house were open to the stranger, and his purse to the indigent. The spirit of the Gospel marked his intercourse with men. It influen

ced the whole of his deportment and impressed a distinctive character on all his transactions. "He rejoiced with them that did rejoice, and wept with them that wept." In pastoral visits to the sick and afflicted, he was indefatigable. To their impressible minds he presented divine truths with such sympathy, affection and discretion, as with the blessing of God often terminated in the happiest results. He was fond of gathering children around him, and of conversing with them in a pleasant, cheerful manner mingled with instruction. Though not a parent, he had deeply imbibed the spirit of a judicious, affectionate Christian parent. Many were the books which he gave in presents to adults but more to children, under such circumstances of love and affection as could scarcely fail of ensuring an attentive perusal of their important contents. His heart overflowing with love to God and man, disposed him to spend and be spent in promoting the glory of the one and the happiness of the other. In the work of the ministry he was diligent, laborious and successful; and he was well furnished with gifts and graces for its faithful discharge. Sensible that souls were committed to his care, he shaped his instructions, admonitions and

warnings according to this dread responsibility. His sermons were distinguished for their manly sense, evangelical piety and searching, truth. The divinity of Christ and atonement through his blood, were with him essential doctrines. He deemed that sermon of little value, which had not in it something of Christ. The doctrines of grace were his usual topics, and he stated and defended them with zeal and ability. The entire depravity of the human heart, the absolute necessity of being born from above, the necessity of divine influences to change the heart and to sanctify the soul, were with him articles of primary importance, and were fre. quently enforced as indispensa bly necessary to a correct view of the Gospel of Christ. In his preaching he was particularly attentive to the dispensations of Providence. Epidemic diseases, destructive fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and unusual convulsions of the elements were never suffered to escape his public notice. They were always the subjects of appropri ate prayers and sermons, and made tributary to the instruction of his hearers. He was among the first in the United States in aiding with pecuniary suppor the interest of evangelical missions and translations of the Holy Scriptures in the East. Of the Charleston Bible Society, he may in some respects be called the father. On Monday the 13th of December 1813, he zealously advocated and successfully promoted a motion, the object of which was to send the Scriptures in their native language to the French inhabitants of Louisiana.