to preclude the idea of their author's being inspired, 561; that they sometimes include the families of the wicked, not a conclusive objection, 562.

ALIENS IN ISRAEL,

By Josiah K. Bennett, Cambridge, Mass.

564-574

Light on obscure questions, sometimes sought in the legislation of Moses, 564; one of these questions relates to the manner in which we should treat the strangers that are among us, 564; the general principles and the practical application of the laws relating to strangers, in the Jewish government, 565; a liberal policy towards foreigners, maintained in the Hebrew Commonwealth, 565; the disabilities under which foreigners suffered, 567; they were allowed to dwell in the land or leave it, at pleasure, 567; to intermarry with Hebrews, 568; the relation of master and servant, 569; the acquisition and enjoyment of property, 570; deprived of the benefit of the septennial release of property, 571; the condition of aliens, different from that of native Hebrews, in respect to religious privileges, 572; importance of this inquiry into the condition of aliens in Israel, 574.

THE HISTORICAL AND LEGAL JUDGMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES AGAINST SLAVERY, 575-609

By George B. Cheever, D. D., New York.

[Concluded from p. 387.]

Specific enactments of the law of jubilee, 575; clause relating to personal liberty, 576; mistake of Trench on this subject, 578; errors in the received translation of the Bible, 580; second clause, relating to personal liberty, 583; third clause, relating to personal liberty, 586; the phrase in respect to legal servitude, connected with this clause, refers to a period no longer than to the jubilee, 593; fourth clause relating to personal liberty, 597; general argument from the after-history, 604.

PLUTARCH ON THE DELAY OF PROVIDENCE IN PUNISHING THE WICKED,

609-630

By Professor Horatio B. Hackett, Newton Theological Institution. Account of the work, and importance of the subject, 609; general plan and structure of the dialogue, 611; inferences, drawn by enemies of religion, from the delay of Providence in the punishment of the wicked, 613; these inferences, shown to be improper and groundless, 614; direct vindication of Providence against the charge of remissness, 615; such delay, meant to be an example of patience to men, 616; this delay affords an opportunity for repentance, 617; the wicked, used as instruments of the justice of God in the punishment of others, 617; the wicked, spared in order to bless the world with a virtuous posterity, 618; punishment, delayed in order that, when inflicted, the hand of Providence may appear the more conspicuous, 618; the prosperity and impunity enjoyed by the wicked, more apparent than real, 619; wickedness, the instrument of its own punishment, 620; the rectitude of Providence in punishing children for the sins of their parents, 621; answers to the objection drawn from this source, 622; continued existence of souls, after death, 625.

SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE. NUMBER II. WITH FURTHER REMARKS ON "THE SIX DAYS OF CREATION "" OF PROFESSOR TAYLER Lewis,

By Professor James D. Dana, Yale College.
[See page 128.]

631-656

Quotation from Address by Professor Pierce, 631; the uncertainties of science, as authorizing scepticism in regard to its results, 633; the finite mind of man, adapted to nature, 633; nature adapted to our finite minds, 635; the methods in which the mind studies nature, 636; facts in the history of chemistry, 638; error certain, when the mind ventures alone, to theorize on matter, without the guidance of nature, 639; necessary limit to the excursions of the mind, 641; the alleged infidel tendencies of science, 642; notice of the Letter of Professor Lewis, 646; erroneous notions respecting science, pervading the "Six Days of Creation," 647; second way in which the infidel tendency of that work appears, 649; third way in which this tendency appears, 655.

NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS,

656-665

The Roman Exile, 656; history and Repository of Pulpit Eloquence, 657; History and Theology of the Three Creeds, 658; Sermons of Rev. John Humphrey, 659; Bishop Heber's Memoir, 660; Adams's Communion Sabbath, 661; Felt's Ecclesiastical History of New England. Vol. I., 663; Davidson on the Hebrew Text of the Old Testament, 664.

Germany, 668; England, 670; Scotland, 676; United States, 679.

DR. LEPSIUS'S UNIVERSAL LINGUISTIC ALPHABET,

681-698

By Joseph S. Ropes, A. M., Boston, Mass.

Historical notice of Dr. Lepsius, 681; a universal alphabet, a great desideratum, 684; its use would greatly facilitate the study of foreign languages, 685; the practical object of Dr. Lepsius, 686; previous attempts to form a universal alphabet, 687; attempt to classify and express, in European letters, all possible sounds of the human voice, 692; vowels, 692; consonants, 695; sounds of Oriental languages, 696.

By Rev. W. M. O'Hanlon, Burnley, Lancashire.
[Continued from p. 551.]

The account of the creation in Genesis, not to be considered as a poetical cosmogony, but as a veritable history, 699; views of Professor Powell on this point, 699; rest, blessing, and sanctification, referred to in the institution of the primeval Sabbath, 704; consideration of the Jewish Sabbath, 708; dis

tinction between the Sabbath-law as a part of the ethical code of the Jews and as a part of their civil code, 711; the law of the Sabbath, not restricted, in its bearing, to the Israelites, 712; Christ did not violate the Sabbath in order to prepare the way for its universal abrogation, 714; the law of the Sabbath, a provision for the moral and spiritual culture of the soul, 718; danger of underrating, on the one hand, the spirituality of character and design of the Sabbath; and, on the other, over-estimating its spiritual character in the Jewish times, 723.

THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS,

725-743

By Rev. J. H. Seelye, Pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, N. Y.

The subject of the Bible in schools, one of great interest, 725; state of the question, 726; some form of religion, the only sufficient basis of the State, 727; the connection between religion and the welfare of the State shown on philosophical principles, 728; proved from facts, 730; our own country no exception, 731; religion must be taught by the State, 732; the religion of this country, that of the Bible, 733; hence the Bible should be taught in American schools, 733; the use of the Bible necessary to secure the public weal, 735; objection urged by the Romanist, 737; Protestant countries superior to Roman Catholic countries, 738; the objection from conscience, to the use of the Bible in schools, 740; the duty of the State to maintain its religion does not involve the right of persecution, 741.

THE MOSAIC NARRATIVE OF THE CREATION CONSIDERED GRammaTICALLY AND IN ITS RELATIONS TO SCIENCE, 743-789

By Professor E. P. Barrows, Andover.

Different kinds of treatment with which this narrative has met, 743; the facts of geology, entirely neglected by one class of interpreters, 743; the facts of geology, admitted by another class, and turned against the sacred narrative, 744; the narrative of the creation, when interpreted grammatically, should be compared with the discoveries of modern science, 746; exposition of Gen. 1: 1, 748; force of the Hebrew word, translated "to create," 749; views of Professor Lewis as to its meaning, 749; the idea of creation, purely spiritual, 751; the idea of an absolute Creator, handed down from the Old Testament to the writers of the New Testament, 755; all purely spiritual ideas, originally expressed by analogies drawn from the world of sense, 757; the question as to what words, originally expressive of physical ideas, come to represent spiritual ideas, one of fact, and not of a priori reasoning, 758; in order to discover the meaning of many verbs in the Hebrew, the different conjugations must be carefully distinguished, 759; the meaning of the Hebrew word, translated "to create," examined on these principles, 760; its meaning in Piel, 760; in Kal and Niphal, 761; these forms of the verb never applied to human operations, 762; the idea of Divine power, appropriate to all the cases where these forms are used, which is not true of any other idea, 762; this shown by presenting a synoptical view of the passages where these forms are used, 763; interpretation of Gen. 1: 2, 765; of Gen. 1: 3 and 4, 768; of Gen. 1: 5, 769; of Gen. 1: 6-8, 771; of Gen. 1: 9, 10, 773; of Gen. 1: 11-13, 774; of Gen. 1: 14-16, 778; of Gen. 1: 20–

23, 780; of Gen. 1: 24, 25, 783; of Gen. 1: 26-28, 784; of Gen. 1: 29, 30, 787; of Gen. 1: 31, 788; of Gen. 2: 1-3, 788.

BASHAN, ITUREA, Kenath,

By Rev. J. L. Porter, Missionary at Damascus.

789-808

Bashan, 789; Gaulonitis, 792; Trachonitis, 795; Auranitis, 797; Batanæa, 798; Ituræa, 802; Kenath, 806.

WORKS OF REV. AUGUSTUS TOPLADY,

By Professor N. G. Boardman, Middlebury College.

808-853

Brief account of the controversy in which Toplady was engaged, 808; his views of the Divine government, 811; foreknowledge, 814; election and reprobation, 816; necessity, 823; the atonement, 830; sin, 834; holiness, 840; characteristics of Toplady's preaching, 844; his judgment of his own religious condition, 847; his natural temper, 848; reference to his hymns, 851; general characteristics of Mr. Toplady, 852.

TAYLOR'S MEMOIR OF JUDGE PHILLIPS,

By Professor Edwards A. Park, Andover.

853-891

Fitness of Mr. Taylor to write this memoir, 853; ancestry of Judge Phillips, 854; Rev. George Phillips of Watertown, 854; Rev. Samuel Phillips of Rowley, 856; Singular Controversy, 857; Samuel Phillips of Salem, 860; John Phillips of Boston, 860; Rev. Samuel Phillips of Andover, 861; his theological opinions, 862; Hon. William Phillips of Boston, 864; Lieut. Gov. William Phillips of Boston, 865; Hon. John Phillips of Exeter, 865; Hon. Samuel Phillips of North Andover, 866; Judge Phillips, 867; establishment of Phillips Academy, Andover, 871; absorbing interest in it, 873; relation of the Academy to the Seminary, 874; creed of Judge Phillips, 875; his interest in Harvard college, 877; Professor Pearson's notice of him, 878; political life of Judge Phillips, 879; interest in the Revolution, 879; member of the Provincial congress, 880; of the Constitutional convention, 880; state senator, 880; Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 881; commissioner on Shay's rebellion, 882; business habits, 882; domestic life, 883; religious character, 884; habits of prayer, 885; interest in the Sabbath, 885; progressive spirit, 886; interest in the young, 887; death and funeral, 887; posthumous influence, 888; social liabilities, 889; character of Mr. Taylor's memoir, 853, 854, 889, 890.

THEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCE,
Germany, 891; England, 893.

891-894

TOPICAL INDEX.