CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,

435-471

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

[Concluded from p. 323].

Theological bearing of this discussion, 435; objection from the fact that the innocent are sometimes executed, 436; the only remediless punishment, 438; innocent friends are made to suffer, 438; the punishment retaliatory and unequal, 439; violates the sanctity of human life, 440; a murderer when executed has repented or has not repented, is therefore fit to remain here or unfit for another world, 441; appeal to the voice of nature, 443; argument from expediency, 445; no other form of punishment produces so salutary a fear, 447 sq.; capital punishment not legalized murder, 449; death the most fearful punishment, 453; secures against private revenge, 455; case of Tuscany, 456; Russia, 457; Porcian law at Rome, 458; Belgium, 461; Massachusetts, 463; compared with England, 465; English legislation, 467; increase of crime in England, 468.

THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY IN RELATION TO THE FUTURE CONDITION OF THE JEWS, 471-503

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

[Concluded from p. 369.]

Testimony of Ezekiel, 471; chapter 36th of that prophet, 473; last part of the book a glowing picture of the restored city and temple, 475; Daniel and Hosea contain nothing decisive, 476; Joel, 477; Amos, 478; other minor prophets, 479; Haggai and Zechariah, 480; Malachi, 481; predictions of the Old Testament figurative and spiritual, 483; passages in the New Testament, 483; spirit of the new dispensation, 485; Saviour's declarations, 487; passages in Romans, 489; Gentiles and Jews alike favored, 491; providential circumstances, 493; separation of Jews, 495; influence of Jewish converts on Gentiles, 497; literal fulfilment injurious to Jews, 501.

GERMAN LITERATURE IN AMERICA,

503-521

By Professor Philip Schaff, D. P., Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. Luther's influence on the world, 505; Protestantism incomplete and progressive, 507; rationalism in various countries, 508; blooming state of German poetry and philology, 509; philosophy of Locke and Kant, 510; German philosophy in the United States, 511; German theology, 512; spirit of Neander, 513; use of German researches in the United States, 515; value of Professor Sears's book, 517; the two great works performed by Luther, 519; dangers from false Protestantism, 521.

SHAKSPEARE THE OLD And the New CRITICISM ON HIM, 522-540

By Leonard Withington, D. D., Newbury, Mass.

Value of true criticism, 523; Johnson and Hume on Shakspeare, 325; Coleridge's extravagant admiration, 526; the poet has little sympathy with moral goodness, 527; contrasted with Schiller, 529; not successful in exciting pity, 531; counteracts his own design, 533; does not make the marvellous probable, 535; uses to a clergyman, 537.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN PROFESSOR VOIGT AND THE BISHOP of ROCHELLE, 540-552

Translated by Professor R. Emerson, Andover.

Author of life of Hildebrand, 540; threefold object of that pope, 541; enticing letter of bishop of Rochelle to Voigt, 542; manly reply of Voigt, 544; second letter of the bishop, 546; clandestine publication of the correspondence, 551.

THE HISTORY OF DOCTRINES,

By Professor Henry B. Smith, New York.

552-581

History of Doctrines, much needed, 552; uses of, 553; Christianity the only system that has doctrines, 554; produces preachers and theologians, 555; indifference to this history, 557; church progressive internally and externally, 559; object of a history of doctrine to give the order in which divine truth has been unfolded in the church, 560; Hagenbach's work best compend, 562; characteristics of German church historians, 563;, study of this subject in Germany, 565; list of able writers, 566; qualities of Hagenbach's work, 567; proper divisions of a history, 568; into general and special, 570; German writers do not treat of the Calvinistic portion of this History, 571; faults in the translation, 572; nature of Baur's inquiries, 577; bad tendencies of his system, 579; present contest with Rationalism, 581.

IMPORTANCE OF A PURITAN LIBRARY IN New England, 582-598 By Professor B. B. Edwards, Andover.

Should include books, etc., 590; manuscripts, 591; portraits, prints, etc., 592; miscellaneous memorials, 593; it would form a centre of associations, 594; memorial of theology of Puritans, 594; perpetuate religious principles, 595; aid the historian, 596; promote good feeling, exert a favorable influence on literature, and prevent loss of valuable works, 597.

Extract of a Letter from Professor Rödiger, 598; from Professor Hupfeld, 600; from a Correspondent at Rome, 600; account of Cardinal Mezzofanti, 601; Dr. Schmitz's Roman History, 603; libraries at Cambridge and Andover, 604.

Translated from the German of C. F. W. Paniel, by Professor H. J. Ripley, D. I)., Newton Theological Institution.

Sketch of his life, 606; education, 607; preaching at Antioch, 608; disputes with the empress, 609; first banishment, 610; recall, 610; second banishment, 611; sufferings and death, 612; excellence as a biblical interpreter, 615; as a preacher, 616; manner of discussion, 617; force, ardor and vivacity, 618; applause, 619; richness in imagery, 620; faults in thinking, style and practical principles, 621; playing on words, 622; list of his principal productions, 623; mostly homilies, 624; specimens of his discourses, 625; or

almsgiving, 626; touching exordiums, 627; introductions disproportionate, 630; appeal against the theatre, 631; confidence in God, 633; on the vanity of earthly things, 637; comparisons, 639; examples from his own life, 640; touching eloquence, 641; use of circumstances, 643; faults and mistakes, 647; his preeminence, 649.

THE FESTIVALS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH COMPARED WITH THOSE OF OTHER ANCIENT FORMS OF Religion, 650-671

By Lyman Coleman, D. D., Philadelphia.

Christmas, Easter and Whitsunday, 650; observance of Christmas began in the 4th century, 651; St. John's day, 652; circumcision, 652; solemnities of Easter, 653; Good Friday, 654; Whitsunday and Ascension, 655; relation of these festivals to the seasons, 657; to the Jewish feasts, 658; both have reference to the seasons and to important historical facts, 659; transfer of the first two Jewish feasts to Easter and Whitsuntide, 661; analogy between Christian feasts and those of pagans, 662; Roman feasts in January and February, 663; April and May, 665; remainder of the year, 666; religious festivals peculiar to all forms of religion, 667; Jewish prescribed, 669; Christian result from the free spirit of Christianity, 669.

THE SANSCRIT LANGUAGE IN ITS RELATION TO COMPARATIVE PHI671-695

LOLOGY,

By Rev. B. J. Wallace, Philadelphia.

Labors of Humboldt, Bopp, etc., 671; ground of unity in language, 672; Indian languages not related to the Semitic, 673; high reputation of the Sanscrit, 674; Colebrooke's labors, 675; the Vedas and Puranas, 675; Sanscrit poetry, 677; extracts, 679; Schlegel's division of languages, 681; various families based on the Sanscrit, 685; arrow-headed characters, 687; discoveries of Rawlinson, 689; Layard and Botta, 690; Median language, 693.

696-708

ZUMPT'S LATIN GRAMMAR,
By Charles Siedhof, Ph. D., late Rector of the Gymnasium at Aurich, in the
Kingdom of Hanover.

[Concluded from p. 435.]

Contingit, necesse est, etc., 696; substantive with est, 698; various corrections, 699; ipse, is, ille, etc., 701; quisquam, 702; quisque, tum tum, 703; atque etiam, ut nemo, 704; hic and ille, 705; non posse, nego, 707; neque tamen, etc., 708.

THE PREACHING BY CHRIST TO THE SPIRITS IN PRISON. REMARKS ON 1 PETER III. 18-31, 708-744

By John Brown, D. D., Professor of Exegetical Theology to the United Secession Church, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Intelligibleness of the Bible, 709; difficult passages, 710; the passage relates to a part of the consequence of Christ's sufferings, 711; objections to the common interpretation, 713; some suppose that Christ went down to

Hades, 714; some that he went to Gehenna, others to Paradise, 715; proposed interpretation, 716; Christ's death was expiatory, 717; by the Holy Spirit communicated to the disciples, he preached to the spirits "in prison," in a state of bondage, on the day of Pentecost and afterwards, 719; to such captives as had in former times, especially in antediluvian, been hard to be convinced, 720; success of Christ's preaching, 721; this interpretation preserves the logical and grammatical connection, 723; practical remarks, 724; dignity of the ministry, 725; hopeful message of the gospel, 727; value of the Old Testament, 729; antediluvian history, 731; character of Noah, 733; Christ who went in Spirit to the spirits in prison by his apostles, went in Spirit by Noah to the antediluvians, 784; destruction by the deluge then, 735; a few saved by means of the water, 736; Peter illustrates the blessed effects of Christ's preaching after he had been quickened in spirit, 737; water of the deluge a type of baptism, 739; consistency of various statements, 741; general analogy between the deluge and baptism, 743.

LANGUAGES OF AFRICA. — COMPARISON BETWEEN THE MANDINGO, GREBO AND MPONGWE DIALECTS, 745-771

By Rev. John Leighton Wilson, formerly American Missionary at the Gaboon river, Western Africa.

In North Africa, number of languages is very great, 746; in South Africa, dialects closely related, 747; latter remarkable for beauty, elegance and philosophical arrangement, 747; Mandingo, Grebo and Mpongwe compared, 748; Grebo and Mpongwe people, 749; difference in the three dialects, 751; compared in respect to orthography, 753; particles, 755; nouns, 757; adjectives and definite pronouns, 761; personal pronouns, 763; verbs, 765; Mpongwe verb, 767; conjungations of regular verbs, 769; syntax of the Mpongwe,

771.

UNIVERSITY OF Oxford,

By Professor B. B. Edwards, Andover.

773-785

History of, 773; buildings, 773; Christ Church, 774; All Souls, 775; Martyrs memorial cross, 775; University buildings, 776; Bodleian, 777; professors, 779; students, 780; officers and usages, 781; examination, 782; Oxford system of instruction, advantages and defects, 785.

WORCESTER'S DICTIONARY,

By William H. Wells, M. A.

787-791

Labors of Dr. Worcester, 789; Webster's and Smart's dictionaries, 789; and Walker's compared, 790.

SELECT BIBLICAL AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCE

791-799

Hengstenberg's Christology, notice of the death of Professor Frederic Jacobs, 791; biblical works, 792; biblical and Oriental Works, 793; works on Egypt, 794; classical works, 795; number of students in the University of Jena, and changes in the professors in several European institutions, 796; works published in England, 797; in the United States, 798.

VOLUME V.

TOUR FROM BEIRUT TO ALEPPO IN 1845,

By Rev. W. M. Thomson, Missionary at Beirût.
[Continued on p. 213.]

1-23

The Nahr El-Kelb― the ancient Lycus, 2; ruins of a Grecian Temple, 3; Roman bridge, 3; tower of Mehash, 5; Jebeil, the ancient Balbus, its architecture, 6; modern Tripoli, 10; its history, 11; history and condition of Arca, 15; Jibrail, 17; Akkâr—its ruins and history, 19; Cûlaiyât, 21; ride to Sâfetâ, 21; geological formation of the region, 22.

THE STUDY OF GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE WITH REFERENCE TO THE PRESENT TIMES, 23-57 By Charles Siedhof, Ph. D., late Rector of the Gymnasium at Aurich, in the Kingdom of Hanover.

Two views of the importance of classical studies, 24; historical view of the influence of Latin Literature, 25; Roman supremacy- Latin, the organ of the Christians, 25; studies of the Reformation, 26; modern tongues, 27; England, 28; Ruhnken, 29; the Philanthropinum, 30; influence of Heyne and others, 31; Klopstock's Messiah, 32; views of the Philologists, 33; their contempt for practical studies, 35; reaction against classical studies, 35; objections from the impurity of Classic writers, 36; limited influence of philology, 37; folly of writing or speaking Latin and Greek, 38; need of a new defence of the Classics, 39; practical education, 40; scientific culture — need of the history of a science, 41; Roman origin of modern science and literature, 42; Roman life outward, 43; language, the index of the national spirit, 45; illustration from Mager, 45; a new spirit seen in language, 47; thorough study of Latin, 49; moral training afforded by Latin, 51; the Roman character is law itself, 52; writing and speaking Latin, 53; the subjective element in Greek, 54; the Classics necessary for a knowledge of modern tongues, 57.

STUDIES IN HEBREW POETRY,

By Professor B. B. Edwards, Andover.

58-79

62;

Age of the alphabetical poems, 58; rhyme in Hebrew popular poetry, explanation of the word 2, Selah, by the Jews, 66; general observations, 66; Jewish tradition, 66; Hellenistic interpretations, 67; by the Septuagint, 67; recent explanations of the word, 68; Herder, change of tone, 68; Gesenius, as a pause for the vocal performer, 69; Köster, as a strophe-divider, 70; Masoretic Text, 71; views of Sommer, 72; as marking the main points in the religious feeling of the Hebrews, 73.

NOTES ON BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY,

By Dr. E. Robinson, New York.

79-97

Lysanias in history, 81; position of Abila, 83; description of its site, 85; its inscriptions, 86; Chalcis-its position, 90; inscription at Apamea, 91;