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SPINCKES .- MANUAL OF PRIVATE DEVOTIONS :
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SPENCER .- THE CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTED
In the Ways of the Gospel and the Church, in a series of Discourses delivered at St. James's Church, Goshen, New-York. By the Rev. J. A. Spencer M. A., late Rector. One volume, 16mo., $1 25.
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SPRAGUE .- TRUE AND FALSE RELIGION.
Lectures illustrating the Contrast between true Christianity and various other Systems. By William B. Sprague, D. D. One volume, 12mo., $1 00.
LECTURES TO YOUNG PEOPLE,
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SUTTON .- MEDITATIONS ON THE SACRAMENT.
Godly Meditations upon the most Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. By Christopher Sutton, D. D., late Prebend of Westminster. One volume, royal 16mo., elegantly ornamented, $1 00.
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DISCE MORI -- LEARN TO DIE :
A Religious Discourse, moving every Christian man to enter into a Serious Remembrance of his End. By Christopher Sutton, D. D. One volume, 16mo., $1 00.
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DISCE VIVERE -- LEARN TO LIVE :
Wherein is shown that the Life of Christ is and ought to be an Express Pat- tern for Imitation unto the Life of a Christian. By Christopher Sutton, D. D. One volume, 16mo., $1 00.
In the " Disce Vivere," the author moulded hia materiala, after the manner of a Kempis, into an " Imitatio Christi ;" each chapter inculcating some duty, upon the pattern of Him who gave Himself to be the beginning und the end of all perfection .- Editor's Preface.
SWART .- LETTERS TO MY GODCHILD,
By the Rev. J. Swart, A. M., of the Diocese of Western New-York. One volume, 32mo., cloth, gilt leaves, 38 cents.
The design of this little work, es expressed by the anthor in the preface, is, the discharging of Sponsorial obligations. We have read it with interest and pleasure, and deem it well fitted to se- cure its end .- Primitivc Standard.
SHERLOCK .- THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN;
Or, the Devont Penitent ; a Book of Devotion, containing the Whole Duty of a Christian in all Occasions and Necessities, fitted to the main . se of a lioly Life. By R. Sherlock, D D. With a Life of the Author, by the Right Rev. Bishop Wilson, Author of " Sacra Privata," &c. Une elegant vol- ume, 16mo., $1 00.
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