THE

CHRISTIAN EXAMINER

AND

CHURCH OF IRELAND MAGAZINE,

FOR

1835.

CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THe establisHED CHURCH.

NEW SERIES.

VOL. IV.

DUBLIN.

WILLIAM CURRY, JUN. AND COMPANY.

SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, LONDON.

1835,

PREFACE.

THE conductors of THE CHRISTIAN EXAMINER have brought another Volume to its close ;-a Volume which, they honestly confess, they commenced with many discouragements, and not a few misgivings; but which is now made up, in a way which, though liable to just animadversion, and marked with many defects, yet, under the peculiar circumstances of their position, they see no reason to be ashamed of.

It is needless, on the present occasion, to remind the readers of the EXAMINER of what, more than a year ago, was announced, that, under the peculiar circumstances of the Church of Ireland, and owing to other concurrent causes, the upholding of this Periodical was anything but a profitable literary speculation; and that, to save the publishers from continued losses, the conductors not only gave their literary labours gratuitously, but also undertook for any loss that might accrue.

In thus acting, perhaps their motives were mixed: perhaps the desire to promote the cause of true religion in the land; perhaps the feeling that they had done, and were likely to do the Established Church some service, were mixed with a sense of