VOLUME IV.

THE CANONS OF THE APOSTLES,

1-24

A Dissertation, Historical and Critical. From the Latin, by Ira Chase, D. D., Boston.

Krabbe's essay, 1; effects of the Reformation on theological learning, 2; opinions concerning the canons, 3; Daillé and Beveridge, 5; probable origin in the second and third centuries, 6; only fifty canons admitted by the Latin church, 7; traces in early times, 9; numbered with apocryphal books, 12; called apostolical from their doctrines, 13; fifth canon dangerous to Romish church, 15; eleventh to the twenty-fourth, 17; canons which refer to bishops, 19; on baptism, 21; later canons, 23.

THE TRINITY,

25-68

From the Theological Lectures of Dr. A. D. C. Twesten, Berlin. Translated by Professor H. B. Smith, New York.

[Concluded from Vol. III., p. 774.]

Hypostatic character, 25; personal acts, 26; Scholastic view, 27; Nicene formula, held by the Greek church, 29; views of the Latin church, 30; with which the Lutherans agree, 31; spiratio activa not a personal property, 33; internal traits, 35; order of subsistence, 37; self-existence of the Son, 39; relations no proof of inequality, 41; acts of God, indivisible, 43; meaning of appropriation, 45; creation attributed to the Father, 47; relation of the Persons to redemption, 51; the sending of the Son and Spirit, 51; Schleiermacher's objections, 53; relation of the doctrine to the Bible, 55; biblical form of the doctrine, 57; reasons for a change from biblical form, 59; development of the doctrine, 61; this doctrine at the Reformation, 63; grounds of opposition to it, 65; importance of the form of the doctrine, 66.

THE MOOD IN Language,

68-77

By Professor Henry N. Day, Western Reserve College. Definitions, 68; mood as the expression of the copula, 69; three possible kinds, 70; moods in actual use, 71; use of moods in dependent clauses, 73; uses of the verb in dependent clauses, 75; objective use of the verb, 76.

THE CONSISTENCY OF THE ETERNAL PURPOSES OF GOD WITH THE FREE AGENCY OF MEN, 77-95

Ry Rev. J. W. Ward, Abington, Mass.

If God's acts are consistent with human freedom, his purposes may be, 78; no inconsistency can be pointed out, 79; how are God's purposes effected? 81; partly by his own immediate action; partly by second causes, 82; special divine influence does not impair man's freedom, 83; cause of the first choice, 85; influence of motives, 87; certainty of actions does not destroy their free

dom, 89; does not imply necessity, 91; nor preclude free agency, 93; certainty distinguished from necessity, 95.

POWER IN THE PULPIT,

By Professor Edwards A. Park, Andover.

96-117

Direct influence of the Spirit, 96; preaching in order to be powerful must be argumentative, 97; ablest ministers have been such, 99; positive character of sermons, 100; opposed to a controversial method, 102; limits of controversy in the pulpit, 103; presentation of truths as single and insulated, 105; preaching of Luther, 105; proper combination of truths, 106; freedom of the pulpit, 109; simplicity and affectionateness of feeling, 112; feeling of dependence on God, 115; evils of self-sufficiency, 115.

COLERIDGE AND HIS AMERICAN DISCIPLES,

By Professor Noah Porter, Yale College.

117-171

Renown of Coleridge, 118; his birth and parentage, 119; university life, 121; residence in Germany, 122; his intellectual peculiarities, 123; character of his prose writings, 125; influence on theology, 127; English theology before his time, 128; his manner of pursuing theological investigation, 131; his distinction between speculative and practical views, 133; objections to the Tri-unity of God, 135; he would vindicate Christianity from its nature and evidences, 137; his great influence, 139; his error in seeking philosophical truth in the Bible, 141; his view of the incarnation unauthorized, 145; view of redemption erroneous, 147; his weakness in the solution of single passages, 149; other defects in his theory of the atonement, 151; his view of original sin, 153; loose views of inspiration, 155; speculative reason, 157; Coleridge's influence in America, 161; Dr. Marsh, 163; New England theology, 165; eclectic students of Coleridge, 167; undigesting recipients, 168; figurative. philosophers, 168; tendency of his system, 169.

THE STRUCTURE OF THE HEBREW SENTENCE,

171-181

Position of the predicate, 173; subject, 175; definitive particle, 177; repetition of words, 179; negative particles, 181.

Editions of Drachenborch and Kreyssig, 183; manuscripts used by Alschefski, 185; his school edition, 187.

THE GREEK VERSION OF THE PENTATEUCH, BY THIERSCH, 188-196 By Professor H. B. Hackett, Newton Theological Institution.

Principles on which it is made, 189; its relation to Classic Greek, 191; Hebraistic character, 193; use of the Infinitive, 195.

PICKERING'S GREEK LEXICON,

196-201

By Samuel H. Taylor, LL. D., Principal of Phillips Academy, Andover.

Progress in the study of the Greek language, 196; Pickering's and Donnegan's lexicons, 197; New Testament lexicography, 197; defects in lexicons hitherto, 198; examples, 198 sq.; defects of Pickering's lexicon, 199 sq.

SELECT NOTICES AND INTELLIGENCE,

Classical, 201; Historical, 206; Biblical, 207; Miscellaneous, 209.

201-216

TRANSLATION FROM THE SERMONS OF PROFESSOR JULIUS MULLER
OF HALLE,

By Professor B. B. Edwards, Andover.

217-236

[University at Halle-Professor Tholuck, 217; Professor Müller, 218; discourses and singing in Germany, 219; desecration of the Sabbath, 220.] The dignity of man, 221; dependence on God, 222; the divine nature in man, 223; fall of man, 224; necessity of regeneration, 225; philosophy and cultivation insufficient, 226; honor and integrity not substitutes for regeneration, 227; effects of the Gospel, 228; the prayer at the conclusion of a sermon, 229; moral excellence of Christ, 230; care for the salvation of men, 231; confessing Christ, 232; necessity of faith in Him, 233; fellowship with Christ, 235.

RELIGION IN GERMANY,

By J. B. Lyman.

236-247

Reliance on human reason, 237; influence of the Laity, 239; popular belief as a ground of reliance, 241; early confessions inadequate, 243; nature of religious striving, 247.

THE AMERICAN PULPIT,- ·ITS ENDS, ITS MEANS, AND ITS MOTIVES, 247-270

By W. A. Stearns, D. D., President of Amherst College.

Pulpit in the United States, 248; mission of the preacher, extent of it, 249; means to accomplish his mission, 250; force, the leading quality of eloquence, 251; illustrated by the Iliad, 251; Demosthenes, 252; Cicero, 252; Fox, Chatham, 253; Henry, Ames and Webster, 254; various exhibitions of force, especially tenderness, 255; the four great French preachers characterized, 256; Whitefield and Edwards, 257; dependence of pulpit eloquence on a well-trained mind, 258; necessity of time for study, 259; proper reading for ministers, 260; value of argument in sermons, 261; understanding first to be convinced, 263; the preacher should lose himself in his subject, 263; illustrated by Demosthenes and Robert Hall, 264; necessity of faith, 265; secret of the eloquence of Brainerd and Paul, 267; force implies judgment, 266; great importance of personal character, 267; stimulus to effort is found in the truth, in its Author and in its objects, 268; Christ and his cross — the great motive, 269; inspiration of the Holy Spirit, 270.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,

270-323

By Daniel R. Goodwin, D. D., President of Trinity College, Hartford, Ct.

[Continued on p. 435.]

Painful subject for reflection, 271; propriety of the argument being defensive, 271; right and expediency, 272; true ground of penal inflictions, 273; idea of just punishment involves the idea of crime as such, 274; distinction between what is just and expedient, 275; crime, according to Blackstone, in all cases, includes an injury, 276; end of punishment is to secure society from harm, 277; opinions of Coleridge, 279; views of Guizot, 280; argument from the Social compact, 281; Blackstone's opinion discussed, 283; right of inflicting capital punishment to be put upon the same ground as that of inflicting inferior punishments, 284; civil society has the right to defend the citizens, 285; punishment of death for murder just, 286; nearly universal consent of mankind makes out a primâ facie case, 287; appeal both to the Old and New Testament, 288; teaching of the Sermon on the Mount, 289; object of that sermon to condemn the prevalent abuse which was made of the law of Moses, 291; Christ came not to abrogate the law, 293; case of divorce, 294; law respecting adultery, John viii. 295; Scripture argument does not depend on the validity of every particular exegesis, 297; law of Moses, 299; Professor Upham's explanation of the sixth commandment, 301; Hebrew word used in relation to murder and manslaughter, 302; Hebrew usage, 307; is never used of the killing of brute animals, 308; that word used of killing human beings without legal authority, 309; usage of Septuagint and New Testament, 310; natural sense of the sixth command, 311; right of civil government, 313; command addressed to Noah, Gen. ix. 6, considered, 314; new theory, that it prohibits cannibalism, examined, 317; common version correct, 319; manner of interpreting the command, 321; this divine admonition contains an universal warning and an universal right, 323.

ON THE STUDY OF HOMER,

By Professor James R. Boise, University of Michigan.

323-337

Value of Felton's Iliad, 323; influence of Homer, 324; inadequacy of the best translations, 325; H. N. Coleridge's opinion, 326; useful aim of Felton's notes, 327; exquisite literary taste of the edition, 328; proper object of notes, 329; Wolf's Prolegomena, 330; Grote's opinion, 331; beautiful scenes in Homer, 332; his delineations of characters, 333; vividness of his pictures, 334; his personifications, 335.

THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY IN RELATION TO THE FUTURE CONDITION OF THE JEWS, 337-369

By Luther F. Dimmick, D. D., Newburyport, Mass.

[Continued on p. 471.]

Subject important, 471; literal and figurative view of the Prophecies, 338; arguments in favor of the literal return examined, 339; meaning of " everlasting covenant," 342; this covenant in one sense everlasting, 345; alleged fact that the Jews have never possessed the whole of the promised land, 347; Solomon did reign over the whole, 349; express declarations, 350; captivity and restoration, 351; predictions of Isaiah, 353; much of them relates to re

turn from Babylon, 355; others relate to the Messiah, 358; or the future spiritual glory of his reign, 360; the literal meaning exhausted, 362; Jeremiah to be interpreted in a similar way, 362; return of Israel and Judah from captivity, 366.

MEIER'S LEXICON OF HEBREW ROOTS,

369-386

By Professor Charles A. Hay, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Penn. Relation of the Semitic and Indo-European languages, 370; Rödiger's opinion that these two classes do not stand in a close relationship, 371; hints thrown out by Gesenius, 372; Meier's opinion that there was a kind of linguistic instinct originally active in the formation of the Semitic dialects, 373 sq.; object and use of re-duplication, 375 sq.; prae-reduplicated verbal stems, 377; Semitic dialects and the Egyptian, 379; specimens translated from Meier, 381.

NEANDER'S CHURCH HISTORY,

By B. Sears, D. D., President of Brown University.

386-402

Early life of the author, 387; parallel between him and John Foster, 389 sq.; intercourse with Varnhagen and Neumann, 390; letter to Chamisso, 391; intellectual and religious history, 393; letters, 394; early religious development, 395; independence of mind, 399; his history, written from the heart, 400; value of Torrey's translation, 402.

NOTES ON BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY,

By Dr. E. Robinson, New York.

403-409

Site of Hazor, 403; antiquities on the route from Ba'albeck to Hamath and Aleppo, 403; letters from W. M. Thompson, 404 sq.; Valley of Salt, Khanâsereh, 406; el-Bâra, Apamea, Seijâr, 407; Riblah, Laodicea, 408; source of the Orontes, 408; 'Ain, 408; the Sabbatical river, Raphanea, 409.

LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE,

By Professor B. B. Edwards, Andover.

409-412

Vatican library, 409; death of bishop Tégner of Sweden, 410; Egyptian antiquîties, 411; island of St. Lazaro, 412; new works, 412.

By Charles Siedhof, Ph. D., late Rector of the Gymnasium at Aurich, in the Kingdom of Hanover.

[Continued on p. 696.]

Previous similar works, 413; works of Scheller, Grotefend and others, 414; Ramshorn characterized, 415; Hegelian philosophy, 415; Kühner, Billroth and others, 416; nature of general grammar, 417; grammar of a particular language, 418; grammar of one's mother tongue must be constituted on the principle of logical analysis, 419; Zumpt has done this, 419; Zumpt's Syntax, 419; remarks and corrections, 421; usages of Cicero, 423; use of the ablative, 425; three kinds of conditional sentences, 429; metuo, timeo, neve, 431; qui, quanquam, etc., 433.