THE JOURNAL OF SACRED LITERATURE. EDITED BY B. HARRIS COWPER, EDITOR OF THE NEW TESTAMENT FROM CODEX A; COMPILER OF A SYRIAC GRAMMAR; TRANSLATOR VOL. II. (FIFTH SERIES.) WILLIAMS AND NORGATE, 14 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON ; 1868. NOTICE. OUR readers will remember that twelve months ago we announced our intention to suspend the publication of this Journal, in consequence of inadequate support. Subsequently, however, arrangements were made which led to the resolution to issue it at least for one year more, by way of further experiment. That experiment has been tried, and the result is, that the present number of THE JOURNAL OF SACRED LITERATURE will be the last. The times are evidently unfavourable for an expensive serial, appearing at distant intervals, limited both as to its subjects and the mode of treating them, and therefore appealing to the patient, the learned, and the thoughtful. Such a serial is scarcely suited to the habits and temper of the day, and inasmuch as it cannot be made the organ of a party, its extinction is only a natural event. The first number appeared in January, 1848; it has therefore existed twenty years, and we bring it to a conclusion with the satisfaction that it has rendered some service to the cause of truth, and the conviction that it will not cease to be valuable to the earnest and impartial student. Thanking all our generous contributors and supporters, we accept the position in which Providence has placed us, and hope for other opportunities of usefulness. |