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Douglas’s Advancement of Society in Knowledge and Religion. A still more excursive view is forcibly given by an anonymous writer—‘The Pulpit, whether we view it with the eye of a Legislator, watching for the welfare of the state; of the Learned, jealous for public science and taste; of the Moral Philosopher, anxious for the virtue of the community; or of the devout Christian, weighing everything in the balance of eternity—the Pulpit must, in every light, appear as an object of vast importance.’ Eclectic Review. We may add that, so powerful is the influence of the Pulpit on the Church, that the general state of the Church at any given period may be correctly estimated by the prevalent style of preaching.