EDITORIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. To the readers of the American Biblical Repository, and the American Eclectic. SINCE the publication of the January Nos. of the above works, the subscriber has relinquished his post as one of their editors. The same kind Providence which directed him to this interesting field of labor has recently inspired the hope that he may resume, at no distant period, the duties of the pastoral office. Unexpectedly to himself, and fortunately, as he trusts, for the prosperity and usefulness of these important publications, his friend, Prof. J. H. Agnew, has offered to assume his editorial responsibilities. To those who have little or no acquaintance with the literary qualifications of Prof. Agnew, it will be sufficient to say that his attainments in the ancient and modern languages and literature are precisely such as will be most serviceable to him in his new employment. His translations of "Krummacher's Parables" and "Winer's Grammar of the Idioms of the Greek Language of the New Testament" bear witness to his knowledge of the German, and his ability to convert this most difficult language into correct and faithful English. The subscriber cannot take leave of the readers of the Repository and Eclectic without expressing his grateful remembrance of the unexpected kindness with which his own efforts and those of his respected and efficient coadjutor, the Senior Editor, especially in the establishment of the latter work,— have been rewarded. Very few persons can form any just conception of the embarrassments which attend the commencement of such a periodical. But we have been constantly cheered with the most flattering proofs of the public approbation; and as the means of imparting interest and value to these works will hereafter increase, it is not to be doubted that the present editors will receive the continued encouragement of the friends of a vigorous and healthy literature. SELAH. B. TREAT. The above resignation would have been received with regret by the Senior Editor, had he not concurred with his esteemed associate in his estimation of the motives which have induced it. He takes pleasure, however, in acknowledging his obligations to Mr. Treat for his very efficient and acceptable editorial labors during the last eighteen months, particularly for the important aid rendered by him in commencing the American Eclectic on a plan which has thus far so signally commended itself to the favor of a discerning public. He trusts, also, that the station relinquished, by one whom he has so much reason to respect, will be filled with equal ability and credit by his successor. Thus associated in the editorial charge of the two works above named, the undersigned respectfully announce their determination to continue these publications on the same liberal principles of free discussion, by which they have been heretofore distinguished. The character of the AMERICAN BIBLICAL REPOSITORY, in these respects, has been so long established and so extensively approved both in this country and in Europe, that any change in the general principles on which it has been conducted by its successive editors would do violence to the judgment and the best feelings of the friends of a sound and popular Christian literature, and would disappoint the cherished expectations of numerous patrons both at home and abroad. Among the past contributors to this work are many of the most distinguished American scholars and divines, of various denominations, whose correspondence is also pledged for the future. Others are seeking it as the medium of the expression of their best thoughts to the public, on the most important topics both of Biblical and General Literature. With these encouragements the editors entertain no doubt of being able to continue the Repository on the high standard of excellence which it has heretofore maintained, and to increase its usefulness by securing for its pages, from the most competent writers, the results of those advances which are constantly made in our country in all the branches of Biblical learning and useful knowledge. The AMERICAN ECLECTIC, having been but one year before the public, may be susceptible of still more marked improvement. Our selections for this work are made from the periodical literature of all foreign countries. The facilities for the survey and examination of so wide a field are constantly increasing; and the undersigned, with the aid of their learned associates in this country, and an extensive foreign corresponddence already secured, may confidently expect to render this department of their labors increasingly acceptable and useful. It will be their earnest endeavor to prepare and lay before the public, in the successive Nos. of the Eclectic, the most important information and the best specimens of taste and reasoning to be derived from the mass of materials furnished to their hands in the periodical literature of all nations. The favor already bestowed upon this new and popular publication leaves no room to doubt that it is destined to fill a prominent place in the literature of our country, and to constitute a standard work of permanent value to the American citizen and the general scholar. ABSALOM PETERS. |