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language contained in the Gram-
mar, 548; changes that have af-
fected the sounds of the language
have affected its vowel system,
548; substitution of the English
w for the German w or v as the
equivalent of the Hebrew vav,
549; origin of the vowel sounds,
549; the treatment of the verb
and of participial and infinitive
forms of nouns, 550; merits of the
Student's Hebrew Lexicon, 551.
Hefele's, Dr. Chas. J., History of the
Christian Councils, noticed, 507.
Hengstenberg's, E. W., Book of Job,
noticed, 387.

Herrick, Prof. J. R., article by, 209.
Hoffmann's, Dr., Deutschland, no-
ticed, 199.

I.

Infant Baptism and a Regenerated
Church-Membership Irreconcila-
ble, article on, by Rev. W. H. H.
Marsh, 665; prevalent vagueness
of conception in regard to the
relation of baptized children to
the church, 667; the subject of
personal regeneration related to

all theories of the church-member-
ship of baptized children, 678;
reasons for which infant baptism
and a regenerated church-mem-
bership are irreconcilable, 687;
the great difference between Bap-
tists and Paedobaptists, in the
realization of the idea of a regen-
erated church-membership, 697.
Influence of the Pulpit, The, article
on, by Prof. John Bascom, 698;
power of the preacher in general,
698; the pulpit often disparaged,
699; the pulpit undervalued, 702;
sources of its influence, 704; the
identification of the pulpit with
progress, 709; means of enlarging
the influence of the pulpit, 711;
increased cultivation permeated
by faith, 711; broader defence of
Christian principles, 714; moral
force with which religious truths
are held, 716.
Influence of the Press, The, article
on, by Prof. John Bascom, 401:
the printing-press a powerful agent
in civilization, 401; glance at the
history of newspapers, 401; the

popular element in the press gain-
ing ground rapidly, 403; results
of the newspaper growth, 404; on
the privacy of life, 404; it inten-
sities in a high degree the passing
impressions of the hour, 406; loss
of individuality, 407; the press
unfavorable to moral integrity
and soundness, 408; the press a
constant means of reaching private
ends, 410; exclusion of articles
of real merit, 411; the press a
strong incentive to personal van-
ity, 412; reason for dwelling on
these evils, 412; the levelling
down of literature and science to
the popular mind inevitable, 414;
excessive pride of Americans in
their newspapers, 415; the ener-
getic character of our reforms due
to the press, 415; two sorts of
influence belonging to the press,
involuntary and designed, 416;
injurious effects of the publication
of the details of crime, 417.

J.

John i. 26, 'Eyù ßantíčw ¿v vồati.
Exegesis of, article, by Rev. J.
Tracy, D.D.,532; alleged error in
using with in the place of in, 532;
ouv not understood where no prep-
osition is used, 532; év primarily
expresses locality, 533; it cannot
be rendered into, 534; still uncer-
tain whether John baptized by
immersion, 537.

Jowett's, B., Dialogues of Plato,
noticed, 392.

K.

Keim's Dr. T., History of Jesus of
Nazareth, noticed, 197, 384.
Krauth's, Charles P., D.D., Con-
servative Reformation and its
Theology, noticed, 204.
Kubel's Social and Economic Legis-
lation of the Old Testament, no-
ticed, 200.

L.

Lange's, Dr. J. P, Life of the Lord

Jesus Christ, noticed, 564.
Lawrence's, Rev. E. A., D.D., Life

of Joel Hawes, D.D., noticed, 573.
Lecky on Morals, article on, by

Prof. J. R. Herrick, 209; rela-
tion of the principles of ethics to

theological opinions, 209; design |
of Lecky's History of Morals, 210;
his views of ethical principles im-
portant to be understood, 211;
his classification of theories, 211;
the ethics of interest, 212; objec-
tions to the ethics of interest, 213;
his views of intuitive morals, 215;
the argument in favor of the
ethics of interest drawn from the
diversity of moral judgments,
216; his exposition of the intui-
tive theory of morals faulty, 216;
he does not recognize an objective
standard of morals in the divine
reason, 218; nor in the human
reason, 219; the perpetual change
in the standard of morals and in
the relative value of particular
virtues, 220; his account of moral
types unsatisfactory, 221; treat-
ment of Christianity unsatisfac-
tory, 223; as shown in his account
of the condition of the Roman
empire, 223; account of Pagan
morality, 224; his glorification of
stoicism, 225; his account of the
moral character of Christian Rome,
226; he is unjust to Christianity
because he does not recognize the
cycles of civilization from a true
historic point of view, 228; his
false assumption that Rome was
converted and Christianity propa-
gated by simply natural agencies,
230; comparison of his positions
with each other, 231; manner in
which he regards miracles as con-
nected with the introduction of
Christianity, 233; comparison of
the Pagan and Christian systems
of morals important, 236: Chris-
tianity a system of instruction of
a peculiar character, 236; the
facts of the gospel history insepa-
rable parts of the Christian sys-
tem, 237.

Lyell's Student's Elements of Geol-
ogy, article on, by John B. Perry,

479.

M.

"Man of Sin," 2 Thess. ii. 3-9, The,
article on, by Prof. Cowles, 623.
Marriott's, Rev. W. B., Testimony

of the Catacombs, noticed, 396.
Marsh, Rev. W. H. H., article by, 665.

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Organic and Visible Manifestation
of Christ's Kingdom, and the
Human Agency in its Advance-
ment, The, article on, by Prof.
Samuel Harris, 114; the church
the organic outgrowth in human
history of the life that is in Christ,
114; the Spirit present where the
church is, and the church existent
only where the Spirit is, 115; the
true idea of the church as the
outgrowth of the life that is in
Christ, 117; the Spirit acts pri-
marily on individuals, 117; the
church an organized association
of

persons renewed by the Holy
Spirit, 118; the individualism of
the church, 119; this statement
historically proved, 120; the con-
stitution of the church has fur-
nished an important principle of
political and social progress, 121;
the church as an organization
subordinate to the life, 122; the
organization the outgrowth of
the life, 122; the organization ex-
ists for the life, 122, the church
not mediatorial, 123; this idea of
the church has penetrated politi-
cal and social institutions, 123;
the church not a mediator between
God and man, 125; the truths of
Christianity uttered in the hier-
archial church only in monstrous
forms, 125; the unity of the church
the unity of the spirit, 127; the
church local and congregational,
not national, 127; the church has
no authority to govern, 127; the
national or ecumenical unity of
the churches, the unity of the
spirit, 129; the method by which
the fellowship of the churches

shall be determined not prescribed
in the New Testament, 130; the
Christian church necessarily cath-
olic, 131; the continuity of Christ's
kingdom in history the continuity
of the spirit not of the organiza-
tion, 132; the organization an
expression of the life, 133; the
organization has a continuity that
is historical, 134; this continuity
through the Spirit, 134; the church
transforms and purifies society,
135; the church in all generations
as much connected with Christ as
in the beginning, 136; the church
adapted to human progress, 137;
the necessity of human agency for
the growth of the church, 138;
this only one form of the general
question of the manifestation of
the infinite in the finite, 138; de-
pendence on human agency in-
volved in the historical character
of redemption, 139; this depend-
ence evident from the very nature
of redemption, 139; this agency
an effective instrument in training
Christians to love like Christ, 140;
characteristics of this human agen-
cy, 140; its spontaneity, 141; the
prominence given in it to the indi-
vidual, 143; Christianity opens
spheres of action adapted to every
Christian, 145; the Christian work
of woman, 146; it must be domes-
tic and social, 147: the human
agency demands wise forethought
in adapting means to ends, 148;
the choice of a profession, 149;
every man's work a calling, 149;
the work of Christian missions
performed best by associations,
152; the necessity of this, as ena-
bling the churches to meet changes
of time and peculiarities of place,
and as a means of preserving
Christian liberty, 152; voluntary
associations accordant with the
apostolic constitution of the
church, 153; and with the promi-
nence given to the individual,
153; in accordance with the
methods of apostolic missions, 154;
with the common practice of the
church, 154; the peculiar efficacy
of this mode, 154.

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P.

Park, Prof. E. A., article by, 157,
339, 720.
Patristic Views of the two Geneal-
ogies of our Lord, article on, by
Frederic Gardiner, D.D., 593.
Perry, John B., article by, 479.
Physical Basis of our Spiritual
Language, The, article on, by
W. M. Thompson. D.D., 1; divine
revelation possible only by means
of a peculiar spiritual language,
1; the promotion of such a lan-
guage beyond the powers of man,
2; the spiritual language preceded
by the natural and the mundane,
3; Palestine necessarily the thea-
tre of this process, 3; man not
endowed originally and miracu-
lously with a spiritual language,
4; language of very slow growth,
5; the physical mundane basis of
language easily misunderstood,
and may teach ruinous error, 7;
the growth of a spiritual language,
an argument for the reality of
divine revelation, 8; the general
course of the argument on this
point, 9; the plan for forming a
spiritual language begun at the
creation, 9; Palestine early chosen
and fitted up as the scene of this
work, 10; the social and civil
condition of the Hebrews as re-
lated to this work, 12; an accu-
rate acquaintance with Palestine
not indispensable for understand-
ing the Bible, 14; the language
of the poetry of the Bible has its
basis in Palestine, 15; the scenery
of the Holy Land poetic, 16; why
has Palestine produced no great
poet? 18; extent to which our
religious vocabulary has been en-
riched from this poetic source, 18:
illustrated in the case of the first
Psalm, 18; the "threshing floor"
and fruit," 20; and "chaff," 21.
Pond, Dr. E., article by, 538.
Porter's, Pres. Noah, Elements of


66

Intellectual Science, noticed, 788.
Potwin, Prof. L. S., article by,
419.

Pressel's, W., Commentary of Hag-
gai, Zechariah, and Malachi, no-
ticed, 198.

Progress of Christ's Kingdom in its
Relation to Civilization, The,
article on, by Samuel Harris, D.D.,
602; civilization not a product
of Christianity, but an indepen-
dent existence, 602; Christianity
gives the forces essential to a per-
manent civilization, 604; civiliza-
tion in itself destitute of these
forces, 607; Christianity gradu-
ally creates a Christian civiliza-
tion, 608; the progress of Christ's
kingdom modified by the existing
civilization, 608; the applications
of Christianity to the progress of
society disclosed only in the
progress of Christ's kingdom, 609;
men prepared to appreciate these
applications only as the exigencies
to which they are pertinent arise,
610; Christian life always modified
by the existing civilizations, 612;
Christianity sometimes comes into
alliance with imperfection and
error, 614; Christian truth often
suffocated by the error associated
with it, 616; Christianity always
begets a purer and more Christian
spirit, 616; the present always
the outgrowth of the past, 618;
Christianity produces a
geneous civilization, 620; duty of
the missionary in relation to civ-
ilization, 620.

R.

homo-

Reuss's History of Editions of the

Greek Testament, noticed, 777.
Revelation and Inspiration, article
on, by E. P. Barrows, D.D., 39:
Revelation considered in its End,
39: Jesus an infallible teacher,
39; the relation to Christ held by
the writers of the New Testament,
42; they were qualified to preach
and to record the doctrines of the
gospel, 43; proved by the anal-
ogy of the Old Testament record,
43; the whole Old Testament
received by Jesus not merely in
accommodation to the belief of the
age, 45; the qualifications of the
apostles proved by the necessity
of the case, 47; proved by Christ's
express promises to his apostles,
49; the promises found in John's
Gospel, 51; by the miraculous

gifts bestowed on the apostles, 53;
the miraculous element now too
much disregarded, 54; claims to
divine authority made by the
apostles themselves, 56; inspira-
tion of the associates of the apos-
tles, 58; miraculous gifts not im-
parted to them all, 60; writings
of Mark and Luke, 62; Epistles
of Mark, 62; of Luke, 65; Epistles
of James and Jude, 66; the Epis-
tle to the Hebrews, 68; the Epis-
tles of the apostolic Fathers, 69;
testimony of the primitive church-
es important, 70; importance of
the question of the contents of a
book claiming to be inspired, 71.
Inspiration considered in its Mode,
427-different forms of revelation,
428; the objective forms, 428;
the subjective forms, 429; other
forms, 430; proper application
of the term "inspiration," 430;
distinction of inspiration as affect-
ing the mind of the writer and as
affecting the words, 431; this dis-
tinction untenable, 432; the ex-
tent of the application of the
term, 433; illumination of the
mind in respect to truth already
known, 435; meaning of the term
"plenary inspiration." 437; the
question of verbal inspiration, 438;
Eleazar Lord's modification of this
theory, 440; sense in which we
are conscious of thought indepen-
dently of words, 442; language
necessary to discursive thought,
443; the office of language to
make our thoughts objective to
ourselves, 444; the essential na-
ture of language, 444; the end
proposed in inspiration the main
thing, and not the particular
method, 446; the case of new
revelations, 447; the case of emo-
tions and purposes, 449; case of
narratives of events before known,
449; objection to the theory of
verbal inspiration from diversity
of style, 450; answers of Carson
and Lord, 451; argument for
verbal inspiration from congruity,
452; objection from the various
forins in which the same words of
our Lord are recorded, 453; in-

spiration in relation to versions,
455; the possibility of God's pres-
ence being so revealed as that
there should be no doubt of the
reality of the revelation, 456;
gift of tongues, 458. Revelation
considered in its Sphere,640:-the
limitation of this sphere as to the
phenomena of nature, 641; as to the
natural endowments of the sacred
writers, 645; their matter, 646;
their style and diction, 649; limi-
tation in respect to unessential
circumstances, 652; the question
of plenary inspiration has respect
to the end in view, 656; limitation
as respects the amount of light
given in the scriptures, 658; the
six days of creation, 661; chro-
nology of the Bible, 663; lon-
gevity of the antediluvians, 663;
antiquity of man, 663; unity of
the race, 664; commerce with the
dead by modern spiritualists, 664.
Riggs's, Elias, D.D., Suggested
Emendations of the Authorized
English Version of the Old Tes-
tament, noticed, 780.

Romang's, I. P., More Important

Questions of Religion, noticed, 386.
Rontsch's Indo-Germanic and the
Semitic Races, noticed, 778.

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not all sermons that are written,
to be read, 157; the reading of
sermons not to be indiscriminately
condemned, 158; the prospect of
reading an entire discourse, an in-
centive to careful writing.158; the
occasional reading of a discourse
gives a needed variety to the
services of the pulpit, 159; it adds
emphasis to a preacher's words,
159; writing may be particularly
appropriate to the subject and
style of a sermon, 160; sometimes
particularly appropriate to the
relation of preacher and audience
to each other, 162; appropriate to
the mental or physical state of the
preacher, 163; appropriate to the
preacher's constitution and gen-
eral character, 164; the reading
of a sermon may be more nat-
ural and impressive than speak-
ing extempore or memoriter, 167;
the reading of sermons more or
less useful as more or less inter-
mingled with extempore or mem-
oriter preaching, 169; the practice
of reading sermons cannot become
the general practice without less-
ening the preacher's influence,
170; it requires too much writing
for the health, 170; disqualifies
the minister for the full use of his
corporeal powers, 171; reading
degenerates into an inapposite
stupid delivery, 171; reading lia-
ble to deadening forms of abuse,
172; rules for the public reading
of sermons suggested by the fact
that it should be modified by the
other methods of delivery, 174.
Preaching Memoriter, 176:- it
has high authority in its favor,
176; some men have a call from
heaven to preach memoriter, 177;
the majority of preachers may
wisely cultivate the power of so
preaching, 179; a sermon may be
forgotten the next day after it is
preached, 179; advantages of
preaching memoriter, 181; it in-
cites to the making of the discourse
a rich one, 181: the preacher en-
riching himself by treasuring up
the sound thoughts and well-chosen
expressions of written discourses,

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