Died at Edinburgh, in October, the Rev. Robert Gordon, D.D., long minister of the High Church. He was a man of great intellectual power, and philosophical character, and his style of pulpit oratory was of a fervid yet dignified cast, rarely witnessed in our times. With the exception of Sermons, his name was not known by published works in the literary world; but as a preacher and pastor, and one of the leading men in the ecclesiastical and educational movements of Scotland, he has long occupied an honourably prominent place.-Literary Gazette.
At Glasgow, on December 10th, in his 74th year, the Rev. Ralph Wardlaw, D.D. The deceased was an eminent Nonconformist divine, but was highly esteemed by men of all churches, and of all sects. As a man and as a public Christian teacher, he was an ornament to their common faith, and a benefactor to their common country. Though dead, he will continue to speak by his powerful writings, and by the savour of a holy and consistent life.
At his residence, near Dublin, on Oct. 26, Sir William Betham, Knight, aged 74. Few men have been more useful in public life than Sir William Betham. In the absence of an Irish aristocracy, his name was one which was in great request in the city of Dublin. Were a chairman required for any religious, charitable, or scientific purpose, Sir William was always ready and delighted to render all the assistance in his power. To his fellow-labourers in the field of letters, he was ever courteous and obliging; and as few were more fully capable of affording aid to the historian, the antiquary, or the genealogist, so he was always ready to give them the benefit of his extensive reading and research. Gentleman's Magazine, Dec.
In July, at Oxford, aged 73, the Rev. Godfrey Faussett, D.D., the Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford. Dr. Faussett was the author of Jewish History vindicated from the presumed unscriptural view of it displayed in the History of the Jews' of Dean Milman, and of several controversial sermons.
At Brasted, on December 25, Dr. W. H. Mill, Regius Professor of Hebrew and Canon of Ely. Dr. Mill was sixth wrangler in 1813. As a mathematician and scholar, Dr. Mill's attainments were of the very highest order; and the pursuits of his youth he continued as the relaxation of his maturer years. His acquirements in Sanscrit have won him a European reputation; and, as a contribution to the evangelising of India, as well as a classical production in that great language, his Christa Sangrita is a work unparalleled in modern literature. Dr. Mill's several publications as Christian Advocate are devoted to one of the most difficult subjects of Christian evidence; in them he has successively refuted the Pantheistic theory.—Guardian.
We beg to express our thanks to 'Clericus,' and many others, for the kind and encouraging manner in which the last number of the Journal has been noticed by them. We would recommend to Clericus Jones's Persian Grammar as a good introduction to the language for one without a teacher. At the East India College, Haileybury, after the Grammar, the text books are, the Akhlâki Muhsini, the Gulistan of Saadi, and the Anwâri Suhaili.
We are making arrangements for securing an early and full account of the state of Biblical Literature, in all its departments and languages; and in several other matters hope to make the Journal still more worthy of the approval of our readers.
FIFTH VOLUME, NEW SERIES,
THE JOURNAL OF SACRED LITERATURE.
ABANA. See Rivers of Damascus. Alford, his suppositions relative to St. Matthew's Gospel, 182.
Alison, Sir Archibald, his history, 178, 179.
ANTEDILUVIAN THEOCRACY, 382-406:
two facts singled out, 382; who were the sons of God? 383; why called so, 385; Eve's belief with respect to Cain, 386; murder of Abel, 387; sentence pronounced on Cain, 388; further incidents recorded of him, 389; purpose of the 4th chapter of Genesis, 390; transactions recorded in Exodus, chap. iii.. 392; the name by which God there revealed himself, 393, 394; separation of the Israelites, 395; occupation of Abel, 397; Seth- ites, 398; Enoch, 399; Cainites, 400, 401; the ark, 402; Noah's first act on leaving the ark, 403; God's blessing, 404; primeval theocracy, 405; does not invalidate Mosaic ritual, 406.
Arians, computation of. See article on Bishop Kaye.
ARMENIAN TRANSLATION OF EUSEBIUS,
Pt. II., 317-350: list of Thessalian stra- tegi, 317-319; existence of strategi, how reconciled with other historical facts, 320; Thessalian constitution, 321; contradictions in Porphyry, 322; whether real or interpolated, 323; his- tory of Stratonice, 324, 325; Achæus, 326, 327; Laodice, 328; five queens of this name, 329; reign of Antiochus I.,
331; Antiochus II., 333, 334; his death, 335; date of commencement of the war, 336; Antiochus Hierax, 338; war with Antiochus, 339; his defeats in Lydia, 340; his flight to Ariamnes, 341; ten years' truce, 342; Adulitic monument, 343, 344; prologue to Book 28th of Trogus, 346; Armenian Euse- bius, 347-349.
Belief, as distinguished from faith. See article on Faith. Burghůz, bridge of, 33. Bernstein. See Syriac Literature.
Cain, expectation of Eve with respect to him, 386.
Canaan, conquest of, 70. CLERICAL EDUCATION, 76-103: import- ance of knowing the Scriptures in the original, 77; a classical education not sufficient for this, 78; causes of scho- lastic deterioration in the clergy, 79; fault of the system at St. Bees', 80; not sufficient to read the Greek text fluently, 81; neglect of Hebrew, 82, 83; remarks of Bishop Maltby, 83, note c. 84; requisites for a critical acquaintance with the Bible, 86; quotation from Michaelis, 86, 87; ne- cessity of it, 88; excuses for neglect, 89; not generally sufficient, 90, 91; causes for its neglect frivolous, 92;
advantage, not pleasure, derived from it, 93; authority conferred by it, 94; freedom from gross errors, 95; libe- rality of spirit, 96; word of God not traditional, but written, 97; influ- ence of the laity on biblical learning, 99, 100; influence of the bishops, 100, 101; character of the infidelity of the present day, ib. CORRESPONDENCE:-
The spirits in prison, 204, 205. Professor Müller and the doctrine of sin, 207-211.
Therapeuta and Matt. xix. 12, 211,
EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY, 109-121: Mr. Poole's system, a confirmation of Sep- tuagint Chronology, 109; Greek co- pies of Old Testament in our posses- sion older than Hebrew, 110, 111; alleged archæological discoveries of Mr. Poole, 111, 112; Egyptian sys- tem of dating events, 113; arguments for the truth of Mr. Poole's hypothe- sis, 114, 115; synopsis illustrative of Mr. Poole's arrangement, 116; proofs of its correctness, 117-121. Ehden, town of, 43.
Elohim, an appellation prefixed to Je- hovah. See Antediluvian Theocracy. Enoch, his exemption from death, 399. Erasmus, his edition of the Greek Tes- tament, 368.
Everlasting, meaning of the word. See Maurice's Essays.
123; sequence of their knowledge proved, Eph. iii. 10 (Psa. ciii. 20), Col. 16, 124; number and order, 125, 126; distinction between good and evil angels, 127, 128; mode of communication between spirits, 129; influence of Satan upon Eve, 130; upon Peter, ib.; on Judas, 132; of good angels, 133-137.
Extent and restrictions of sacred litera- ture, 1-8.
FAITH, THE TRUE MEANING OF THE WORD, 430-449: faith not mere belief, 430; its special and general sense, 431; changes in its sense, different things expressed by it, 433; two kinds of belief, 435; which of these is faith, ib.; faith as distinguished from scientific belief, 437, 438; but par- takers of its nature, 439; natural and scientific belief, neither exclude faith, 440; transition from science to faith rare, 441; but attainable, 442; faith sometimes attributed to special grace, 443; doctrine of grace beyond our knowledge, 444; condition of faith, 445; faith not confined to religious belief, 446; objects of religious belief, whether accessible to science, 447; mistake on this subject, 448; remedy for errors in faith, 449. FULFILMENT OF PROPHECY IN BETRAYAL OF CHRIST, 145-160: Judas and Caia- phas representatives of the Jewish people, 146; prophecy of Jeremiah respecting potter's field, 147-153; prophecy in the Psalms quoted by St. Peter, 158-160; death of Judas, 160-162,
Grace, doctrine of, 444. Greswell, remarks on his dissertation by Mr. Smith, 184.
Hazor, of Scripture, probably identical with the modern Kedes, 32. Herod, his murder of the innocents, 363. Humboldt, Baron A. Von, his views of nature, 516.
EXISTENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INSPIRED CHARACTER ANGELS, 122-138: their existence,
OF THE FOUR GOSPELS, 58-75: inspiration of the
Gospels a plenary inspiration, 59; explanation of the term 'plenary,' ib.; what is the leading idea of natural and revealed religion? 60, 61; modern philosophy, 62; gradual development in the Old Testament of the idea of the incarnation, 63, 64; genealogy and birth of Christ as recorded in St. Matthew adapted to Israelites, 66; prefigured in the Old Testament, 67; Divine œconomy begins with the call of Abraham, 68; Thamar, Rahab, and Ruth-the reason for mentioning these with the progenitors of David, 69; typical character of the destruction of Jericho, 70; Ruth representative of the Gentile church, 71; name of Jesus-connection with the Old Tes- tament, 72; coming of the magi to Jerusalem connected with Christ's birth at Bethlehem, 73-75. INTELLIGENCE, 246-250; 517-524. Literary and Educational, 250-252; 524-532.
Miscellaneous, 253, 254; 533, 534. Foreign, 254-277; 534-546.
Jehovah, meaning of the name when first used. See Antediluvian Theo- cracy.
Jelf, his exposure of Maurice's errors,
Jeremiah, prediction of the potter's field, 148.
Judas, death of, 160-162.
KAYE, BISHOP, AND THE COUNCIL OF NICEA, 406-415: his birth, 406; election to Regius professorship of divinity, 407; elevation to the see of Lincoln, 408; his munificence, 409; his works, 410; his confutation of the Arians, 411-415.
Lamech, his address to his wives, 390. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS :-
English, 278-281; 547-550. Foreign, 281-283; 550-551. LUCIAN, acquaintance with the Christian writers, 193, 208; his Philopseudes, 194; allusion to Christian miracles, 195; the Veræ Historiæ, 196-200; its resemblance to parts of the Bible, 200;
other allusions to Scripture in the Peregrinus, 200; in the Cataplus, 201; passage from (pro imagine, 28), 202.
Marsh, Bishop, extract from his Trans- lation of Michaelis, 86.
his remarks on the first two chapters of St. Matthew, 351. Mason, his Hebrew grammar, 313. MAURICE'S ESSAYS-A PLEA FOR OLD THEOLOGY, 285-306: Mr. Maurice a decided opponent of orthodoxy, 286; discrepancy of his views with the articles, 287; his assumption that the masses are irreligious, 288; the cause he alleges, 289; no real cause for a revision of creeds, 291; character of the age, 291-294; revolutionary spirit in religion to be checked, 291; Dr. Jelf's exposure of Maurice's errors, 295; quotation from the essays, 296, 297; definition of eternal, 298; our Lord's discourses intended for the unlearned, 299; deference due to an- tiquity, 300; 'everlasting' most pro- per term to express future eternity, 301; reasons for deprecating a new theology, 302; revealed religion built on the basis of history, 303; result of Maurice's teaching, 305. Müller, Dr. J., 207.
Nablous, visit to, 17.
Nineveh, repentance of, 107, 108. NOTICES OF BOOKS:-
New Polyglot Bible, 219, 220. Chronicles selected from the originals of Cartaphilus, 220-223. Table-Turning. By the Rev. N. S. Godfrey, 223, 227.
Lectures on the History of Joseph. By the Rev. T. Gibson, 227-229. Narrative of a Journey round the Dead Sea. By F. De Saulcy, 229-237. Harmony of the Four Gospels. By W. Stroud. Ditto. By James Strong, 237-244.
Cyclopædia Bibliographica, 244, 245. Specimen of the Practical Methods of
Teaching Christian Evidences, 245. London Quarterly Review, ib. A Commentary on the Greek Text of St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians. By John Eadie, 465-467.
Hippolytus and the Church of Rome
in the earlier part of the Third | Century. By C. Wordsworth. Ditto. By W. E. Tayler, 467-469. Hebrew Politics in the Times of Sar- gon and Sennacherib. By E. Stra- chey, 469, 471. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of J. Pye Smith. By J. Medway, 471,
The Domestic Commentary on the Bible. By a Clergyman of the Church of England, 473. Portable Family Bible. By the Rev. John Eadie, ib.
Homiletics; or, the Theory of Preach- ing. By A. Vinet, 474. The Preacher and the King. Trans- lated by the Rev. George Potts, ib. Egypt and the Bible. By B. A. Ir- ving, ib.
The Bible in Many Tongues, 475. Recent Sermons, 476-480. Benedictions; or, the Blessed Life.
By the Rev. J. Cumming, 480-482. Sabbath Evening Readings. By the Rev. John Cumming, ib. Truth Spoken in Love. By the Rev. H. H. Beamish. 482.
Glad Tidings of the Gospel of Peace. By the Rev. W. K. Tweedie, D.D., 483.
The Tree of Life, bearing Twelve manner of Fruits, and yielding its Fruit every month, ib.
The Grand Discovery; or, the Father- hood of God. By the Rev. George Gilfillan, ib.
The Future Human Kingdom of Christ. By the Rev. D. J. Heath, 483, 484.
Genealogies of our Saviour. By Lord Arthur Hervey, 484, 485.
OBITUARY, 284, 552. ON THE ORIGIN AND CONNECTION OF THE GOSPELS, 174-192: Gospel of St. Mark the basis on which the ancient system is founded, 175; Mr. Smith's skill in the choice of a text, 176; spe- cimen of translation from the Times' and Morning Herald,' 177; extracts from Napier, Suchet, and Alison, 178, 179; author's theory upon the origin and connection of the Gospels, 179, 180; theory on St. Matthew's Gospel, 181, 182; Mr. Alford's suppositions, ib.; Gospel of St. Mark - whether written by St. Peter, 184-187; con-
ciseness of St. Matthew's Gospel, 188; comparison with St. Mark, 189. Orontes, fountains of, 41.
Paul, Dr., his grammar, 143, 144. Pharpar river. See Rivers of Damascus. Philopseudes. See article on Lucian. Porphyry, his contradictions, 322. Preston, his notes on the text of Genesis,
RECEIVED SOURCES OF THE TEXT OF THE GREEK TESTAMENT, 367-382: present fashion of depreciating it, 367; received text not one, but two, 368; first edition of Erasmus, 372; Stephen's Greek Testament, 373, 374; what does the value of a text depend on? 377; Mr. Scrivener's remarks, 378; principles of criticism adopted by recent editors, 379; read- ings in Tischendorf, 380, 381. RECENT HEBREW LITERATURE, 307-316: Mr. Drake on Clerical Education, 307-310; objections against high de- grees of clerical learning answered, 309, 310; Mr. Preston's notes on the text of Genesis, 311; Mr. Mason's Hebrew Grammar, 313; quotation from his preface, 315, 316.
REMARKS ON ISAIAH i. 7, 163-173: What does the prophet here proclaim? 164; metaphor of the vine frequently employed to denote the chosen, 165; countries frequently designated by their vegetable products, 166; Jews an agricultural nation, 167; reason for the selection of the vine, 168-173; description of Palestine, 169, 170. RIVERS OF DAMASCUS, 45-56: River Pharpar probably identical with the Awaj, 45; information respecting the Awaj, 46; view from the top of Her- mon, 48; facts tending to confirm the above theory, 50-56.
ROBINSON'S JOURNEY IN PALESTINE, 10-43: his obligation to the American mission, 10; visits Sidon-mode of irrigation in the neighbourhood of Sidon, 11; repairs of the Crusaders, 12; character of the country about Ramah and Rumeish, 13; plain of Ramah of Naphtali, 14; road from Damascus to Egypt, 15; visit to Na- blous, 19; Lydda-reaches Jerusalem, 20; account of Jerusalem, 21-24; excursion to the Valley of Roses, 25;
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