“It is a manly, direct, and most conclusive presentation of the temporal benefits of observing the Sabbath, which we should suppose no one could peruse without a definite impression. It should especially reach laboring men--its strong sense and clear logic are finely suited to make an impression upon the popular mind.”--_New York Evangelist._ “The work should be scattered broadcast over the land.”--_Protestant Churchman._ “The treatise considers the advantages of the Sabbath under the heads of Physical, Mercantile, Intellectual, Domestic, Moral, and Religious. The author does not write theoretically, but from personal experience; and no working man can read his essay without feeling that the Sabbath is one of the greatest temporal blessings. We trust that the volume will have a wide circulation among all classes in our own country; for all need its salutary counsels. It is written in a very attractive style, and neatly printed.”--_Independent._ “This is a strong, clear, and admirable essay on the Temporal Advantages of the Sabbath, considered in relation to the working classes.”--_Courier and Enquirer._ JUST PUBLISHED BY S. HUESTON, 138 NASSAU-ST., NEW YORK. DOWLING’S CONFERENCE HYMNS. A NEW COLLECTION OF HYMNS, DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR USE IN Conference and Prayer Meetings, AND FAMILY WORSHIP. BY J. DOWLING, D.D. THE design of the present compilation is, in the first place, to add to the life and spirituality of the Conference and the Prayer Meeting; and, secondly, to be an acceptable pocket companion to the Christian, in the family or in the closet. From most of the Conference hymn books which the editor has examined, a large number of devotional pieces, cherished in the memory and the hearts of the fathers and mothers in our American Zion, have been excluded; probably because the poetry was not regarded as of a sufficiently high order of excellence. The opinion of the present editor is, that sacred songs, embodying scriptural sentiments and genuine religious experience--when not objectionable on the score of vulgarity or grammatical inaccuracy--should not be discarded because they fail to stand the test of a rigid poetical censorship.