R.

Religious sects of Syria, article on,
by Rev. Leander Thompson, 525;
the Metawliyeh, 525; the Derûz
or Druzes, 526; the Nusairiyeh
or Ansairiyeh, 527; the Isma'ili-
yeh or Ismaelites, 528; the Yezi-
dees or devil-worshippers, 528; the
Jews, 529; the Chasidim or Pie-
tists, 529; the Zoharites, 530;
the Karaites, 531; Christian sects,
532; the Greeks, 533; Maronites,
534; the Latins, 535; the Jacob-
ites, 535; Syrian Catholics, 535;
the Armenians, 535; the Coptic
Christians, 536; the Abyssinian
Church, 536; the Protestants,
537.

Remarks upon some Passages in the
Acts of the Apostles, article by
Prof. R. D. C. Robbins, 258; on
ch. 9: 7, 22: 9, and 26: 14; or
discrepancies in the account of
Paul's conversion, 258; true ex-
planation of these, 261; the He-
brew dialect, 262; kicking against
the pricks, 262; on ch. 12: 1-3
and 21-23, or the death of Herod
the King, 263; events of Herod's
life, 263; account of circum-
stances attending his death, 267;
on ch. 13: 6, 7, or the account of
Elymas the sorcerer, 270; mean-
ing of the word deputy, 247; on
ch. 26: 28, 29, or Paul's speech
before Agrippa, 277.
Robbins, Prof. R. D. C. article by,

facts of nature, 395; in modern
times, knowledge extends to prin-
ciples, 396; this knowledge of
practical utility, 397; this knowl-
edge, fruitful in moral uses, 398;
this knowledge, not promotive of
infidelity, 405; method by which
Plato acquired his ideas of nature,
409; views of Prof. Lewis in res.
pect to the individuality of na-
ture, 461; resemblance of his
views to those of Plato, 463; im-
portant difference between them,
464; individuality in nature, as
regards a law of progress, 465;
the true idea of Nature's individ-
uality, 466 characteristics of or-
ganic individuals, 468; the kind
and degree of individuality in na-
ture as suggested by nature, 471;
the free individuality of which
man is the type, 471; the individ-
uality suggested by the tree or
zoophyte, 472; the " World-Prob-
lem" theory does consistently carry
out the notion of free individuality,
473; teachings of nature in refer-
ence to the law of progress and
the relations of created things to
each other as constituting the true
objects of science, 475; the earth
and the universe, one in history,
475; correspondence between the
progress of creation and the law of
germ-development - the general
before the special, 476; correspon-
dence between the progress of
creation and the epochs of prog-
ress in germ-development, 477;
nature or the universe finite in
space, 479; nature finite in time;
the fact of her beginning and her
final decay, 480; partial decays
attending the course of progress,
481; nature's types, 483; what
was put into the earth and waters
in the act of creation, 490; na-
ture's unity, 490; nature the work
of Infinite Mind, and its great end
the nurturing of finite mind, 492;
nature's individuality, 495; com-
parison of the more prominent
views of God and nature with each
other, 498; statements on these

subjects in the "World-Problem,"
500; charge of Pantheism, 500;
nature's blunders, 500; the "Six
Days" theory of nature, not in the
Bible, 504; use of science in exe-
gesis, 510; the natural in crea-
tion, 512: "vestiges of creation,”
516; parallelism between geology
and the Bible, 519.

Shedd, Prof. William G. T., article
bv, 622.

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Ro-

man Geography, noticed, 879.
Sophocles's Modern Greek Grammar,
noticed, 665.

Sprague's Annals of the American
Pulpit, noticed, 221.

Stanley's Sinai and Palestine, noticed,

431.

Storrs, Rev. R. S. Jr., article by, 1.
Storrs's Constitution of the Human
Soul, noticed, 437.

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Testimony of Assyrian Inscriptions
to the truth of the Scripture, arti-
cle on, by Rev. Thomas Laurie,
147; Mounds opposite Mosul, 147;
these mounds contain the remains
of ancient palaces filled with in-
scriptions, 148; printing known in
these early ages, 150; mode of de-
ciphering these inscriptions, diffi-
cult to determine, 150; modes pro-
posed by different persons, 151;
results of the labors of Col. Raw-
linson, 154; the Babylonian lan-
guage, a primitive Hebrew, 154;
the Chaldeans, 155; identification
of scripture names, 156; the scrip-
ture history confirmed by these in-
scriptions, 160.

Theory of Preaching, The, article on,
by Prof. Austin Phelps, 282; in-
fluence of religious teachers on the
character of a people, 282; five
theories of preaching, 282; the
first supposes a priestly character
belonging to the Christian ministry,
283; the second based on the re-
ligious value of poetic sentiment,
283; the third, based on a prëemi-
nence given to social reforms, 283;
the fourth gives an ascendency to

emotion, 284; all these theories
have a germ of truth, 285; the
fifth theory stated, 285; the pulpit
to be regarded as a divine instru-
ment, 285; argumentative discus-
sion of Theology, the distinctive
principle of the fifth theory, 286;
the relative dignity of the work of
preaching, 286; this dignity re-
sults from the very nature of ora-
tory, 287; the supremacy of the
pulpit, a condition of its existence,
288; is at variance with the priest-
ly character of the clergy, 289;
the priestly character of the clergy
degrades the pulpit, 290; the true
theory attaches great importance
to individuality of practical aim,
294; the individual's destiny
wrought out in solitude, 295; the
true preacher always mindful of
this, 296; this principle excludes
inordinate discussion as to social
and political reform, 296 ; the true
theory gives preeminence to the
distinctive doctrines of theology,
300; it disowns the distinction be-
tween doctrinal and practical ser-
mons, 301; the Scriptural system
of theology can be preached, 302;
the doctrines of theology comprise
the most effective materials of
preaching, 303; the analogy of the
true theory of preaching to secu-
lar eloquence, 303; these doctrines
find sympathy in a spirit of re-
ligious inquiry, 305; the ascenden-
cy of these doctrines necessary to
meet the wants of an enlarged
Christian experience, 307; the
true theory of preaching gives
predominance to impassioned argu-
ment, 309; the necessity of this, in
order to give to a popular religious
faith its highest practical vitality,
311; importance of properly ap-
preciating the common mind, 312;
illustrated in the case of Chalmers,
313; this predominance of argu-
ment needful, in order to preserve
truthfulness in the speculative the-
ology of a people, 314; uselessness
of a discussion of the merely scho-
lastic forms of theology, 315; illus-