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OBITUARY.

April 30, at his residence, the Mount, Sheffield, aged eighty-two, James Montgomery, Esq., the poet. He was born in 1771, at Irvine, in Ayrshire. His father was a Moravian missionary, who, leaving his son at Fulneek, in Yorkshire, to be educated, went to the West Indies, where he died. Coming to London, he found employment in Paternoster Row, but shortly afterwards he returned to Sheffield, where he became the editor and publisher of the Sheffield Iris.' His advocacy of political and religious freedom twice procured him the censure of the AttorneyGeneral. He contributed to magazines, and, despite criticism in the Edinburgh Review,' established his right to rank as a poet. In 1797 he published Prison Amusements; in 1805 The Ocean;' in 1806 The Wanderer in Switzerland ;' in 1809 The West Indies;' and in 1812 The World before the Flood.' By these works he obtained his chief reputation. In 1819 appeared Greenland,' a poem in five cantos; and in 1828 The Pelican Island.' His lyrics and minor verses are of high merit. They are not canting; they are not cold; they are not weak ; they have a faith and a truth in them beyond the conventions of any creed shaped by well-meaning human formality.—Gentleman's Mag.

The death of M. Rochet d'Hericourt, French Consul at Djeddah, noted for his travels in Abyssinia and other parts of Africa, is mentioned in the Paris journals.

The Rev. John Oxlee.-Died at the rectory of Molesworth, Hunts, in January last, in the seventy-fifth year of his age, the Rev. John Oxlee, author of several works displaying very extensive knowledge of Hebrew and Rabbinical literature. Some of these were noticed in the last Number of the JOURNAL; and there are several others, exhibiting a very deep erudition. The largest of them all, and the least affected by any peculiarities of time or religious controversy, is "The Christian Doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation Considered and Maintained on the Principles of Judaism.' It is in three volumes, and is a valuable storehouse of Rabbinical learning.

*** The Publishers will be glad to give full price for copies of the Journal of Sacred Literature, No. I., New Series.

INDEX

TO THE

SIXTH VOLUME, NEW SERIES,

OF

THE JOURNAL OF SACRED LITERATURE.

A.

ABILA of Eusebius, now Abil or Yebla,

289.

Advantages of number publications, 18-

20.

Aiton, Dr., on St. Paul's shipwreck, 176.
Alford, Mr., his opinion on Peter's
denials, 90.

Aliturus, a Jewish actor, said by some
to have assisted in introducing Paul
to Cæsar's household, 178.
Announcements, &c., 264-266.
Apostolic history, additions to, 174, 175.
Arbela, now Irbid, 289.

Argob, queries concerning, 308-311.
Aroite, the Median princess, discussion
of a question respecting her, 453.

B.

Bagster's Comprehensive Bible, 11, 12.
BASHAN, Mr. Porter's article on, 281-
313 its remains a striking corrobo-
ration of the accuracy of Scripture
narrative, 281, 282; lay between the
Arnon and the Jabbok, 282; was
assigned to Manasseh, 283; districts
named from chief towns, ib.; inha-
bited by the Amorites, 284; connected
often with Gilead in Scripture, ib.;
their southern boundary the river
Yarmuk, 285-288; reconciliation of
this view with Josh. xiii. 26-30, 285;
Gadara now Um Keis, 286, 287;
position of Pella, 287; mountains of
Gilead, 288; their modern name
Jebl Ajlûn and Jebl Jil'âd, ib.; one
of the two Abilas identified with Abil
VOL. VI.NO. XII.

or Yebla, 289; sketch of the history,
291; division after the captivity into
four provinces-Gaulonitis, Tracho-
nitis, Auronitis, and Batanæa--their
relative positions, 287; changes of
government from the captivity to the
Apostolic Age, 305, 306; oaks of
Bashan, 307; Argob, 308-311; con-
clusion, 313.

Barnes, Rev. A., his commentaries, 16.
Biblical writers, popular, Dr. Kitto. See
Kitto, Dr.

Biblical Literature, Cyclopædia of, 124.
BIBLICAL INTELLIGENCE, 243-258.
Bible, Daily Illustrations of, 127.
BIBLE AND COMMON PEOPLE, 1-21:
England a land of Bibles, 1; import-
ance attached to the book itself, 2;
influence of the art of printing, ib.;
possession of entire Scripture not
necessary to obedience and happiness,
ib.; power of oral teaching, 3; print-
ing viewed at first with suspicion, 4;
last fifty years remarkable for Bible
production, 5, 6; British and Foreign
and other Societies, 6, 7; theories re-
specting the Bible and their effects,
7-9; value of the Bible enhanced by
the concomitant facilities for under-
standing its contents, 10; influences of
the pulpit and the press, 10,11; Author-
ized Version the type of the others, 11;
Bagster's Comprehensive, 11, 12; Pic-
torial Bible, Dr. Kitto's, 12; new
edition of Authorized Version, by
Messrs. Blackader, ib.; editions with
practical reflections, Doddridge, Orton,
Cobbin, Girdlestone, Clergyman of
the Church of England, 13-15; com-

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mentaries, complete bodies of divinity,
Henry, Scott, Clarke, Dr. Gill, Tract
Society, Barnes, Cobbin, M'Phun, 16,
17; advantages of number publica-
tions, Messrs. Blackie and Son, 18-
20; conclusion, a commentary for the
people, what it should be, 21.
Birks, Rev. T. R., his opinion on the Ser-
mon on the Mount, 95.

Blackader's new edition of the Bible, 12.
Blackie and Son, their excellent books

in numbers, 18-20.

Blunt, Rev. J. J., on St. Paul's ship-
wreck, 166.

BOOKS, NOTICES OF, 202-234. See No-
tices of Books.

Boone, D.D., an Essay, by William J.,
on the proper rendering of the words
'Elohim' and Theos into the Chi-
nese Language, critically noticed,
411-419. See Chinese translations.
British and Foreign Bible Society, its
characteristic, 6, 7.

BURIAL OF MOSES, 135-165: connection

between the facts of Christ's trans-
figuration and His prediction of them,
135; real bodily presence of Moses
and Elias at it, 136; key to the mys-
tery of Moses' burial, ib.; ancient
Christian tradition that Moses did not
die, 137; his body preserved from
decay and presented on this occasion,
138; afterwards restored to the grave,
140; allowed to decay, 141; opinion
that his body was hidden lest his
grave should be reverenced, 142, 143;
Elijah's letter to Jehoram, and pos-
sible future resumption of his pro-
phetical office, 144, 145; Malachi's
prophecy proved to require a literal
sense, 145-148; return of the Jews to
Palestine, and continued rejection of
Jesus, 148-150; Elijah and Enoch the
two Apocalyptic witnesses, 150-152;
objections to so regarding the churches,
154-156; Enoch and Elijah now being
prepared for such power, 157; Ter-
tullian and others held the same view,
158; objections to it answered, 158-

165.

C.

Callery and Yvan, their History of the
Insurrection in China, 415.
CHINESE TRANSLATIONS OF THE WORD
'Gop,' 411-419: remarkable character
of the difficulty, and its connection
with the insurrection, 411; brief
sketch of events in China for last ten

years, revision of versions, 412;
blanks left for the words in dispute,
413; American Bible Society decide
for Shin, London Missionary Shang-te,
414; merits of the question stated,
ib.; and discussed, 415; confusion of
truth and error has arisen from the
use of the term Shang-te, ib.; Callery
and Yvan's account of the present
state of China trustworthy, ib.; the
term Shang-te as an index of Pro-
testantism, 416; true Shin and false
Shin recognised, ib.; Yang's procla-
mation, 417; Trimetrical Classic
quoted, 417, 418; Shang-teism, ib.;
inaction of Episcopalians about China
condemned, 419.

CHRIST, GOSPEL PREACHED BY, 183-191:
offer unlimited, 183; position as to
knowledge of the heathen, Israelite
and Christian, 184; Christ did not
fully disclose his death and its objects,
185; to prove the existence of human
sinfulness, ib.; Christ's rejection ne-
cessary that there might be an atone-
ment, ib.; the veiling his death neces-
sary that it might happen, 185, 186; spi-
ritual godliness, and Himself its source,
the two great heads of his preaching,
186; Pharisees attracted by the mi-
racles, 187; Nicodemus, ib.; New Birth
one of the earthly things, ib, and why,
ib.; the Heavenly things, the Atone-
ment, the Coming Hour, 189; His not
saying how the Jews' stumbling-block,
ib.; Pharisaism the very opposite of
Christ's doctrine, 190; full manifesta-
tion after Christ's death, 191.
Chronology of Reigns of Sargon and
Sennacherib, 393-410. See Sargon.
Cities of the plain and Rev. G. S. Faber,
241, 242.

Clarke, Dr. A., his commentary, 16.
Clergyman of the Church of England,
commentary by a, 14, 15.
Cobbin's Commentaries, 13.
Commentary for the people, what it
should be, 21.

Comprehensive Bible, 11, 12.
CORRESPONDENCE, 235-242; 518-522.
Rivers of Damascus, 235, 236
Hebrew, absence of Substantive Verb
in, 237, 238.

The Serpent, 238-241,

Rev. G. S. Faber and Cities of the
Plain, 241.

The Eclipse of Thales, 518.
The Septuagint translation of Jeho-
vah, 519.

The Two Witnesses, ib.

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DAMASCUS, Rivers of, 235, 236.
DISCREPANCY, One Common to Mat-
thew and Luke and Old Testament,
59-61.

DISCREPANCY AND INSPIRATION NOT
INCOMPATIBLE, 71-110; real discre-
pancy in the Gospel narratives ad-
mitted with instances, 71, 72; the
exact order of events, not professed to
be given, 72-74; the prevailing ig-
norance of this is likely to originate
scepticism, 75; the Evangelists do not
profess completeness, hence other dis-
crepancies, 76-78; Da Costa's treat-
ment of these condemned, 79, 80;
condensation and omission sufficiently
explain them, 81; the Evangelists do
not profess to give the very words of
Christ's discourses, 81-84; account of
St. Peter's denials, and the usual ex-
planation, 85; not satisfactory, 86;
Whately's, 87; also unsatisfactory,
88; the discrepancy real but reconcile-
able, and in accordance with the pre-
diction, 89; inexactness not inaccuracy,
ib.; Mr. Alford and Correspondent
of Christian Observer on the subject,
90-92; assumption that Christ was
not wont to repeat his sayings a cause
of discrepancy, 92: Da Costa, Mr.
Birks, and Dr. Doddridge respecting
the Sermon on the Mount, 93-95;
Comparison of Matt. viii. 18, et seq. with
Luke ix. 51, 96-97; Macknight, Birks,
Greswell, &c.'s opinions, 98; the dis-
crepancy admitted and not reconcile-
able, 98, 99; does not overthrow the
proved inspiration, 99, 103; definitions
of inspiration useless, 103; Parry of
Wymondly on Inspiration recom-
mended and quoted, 104; Inspiration
not verbal but real, 105, 106; possible

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Educational Intelligence, &c., 258-264.
EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, and PENINSULA OF
SINAI by LEPSIUS, 314-330; examina-
tion of part of Lepsius' work under-
taken, 314; success of the expedition,
ib.; description of Lepsius' work and
notice of errors, 315; favourably dis-
tinguished from most German books
of its kind, 316; researches among
tombs, 317; injury of monuments, 318;
admitted to a certain extent and
blamed, 319; Labyrinth and its con-
firmation of Manetho, ib.; labours of
the expedition in Thebes, 320; one
should be sent from England, 321;
Lepsius' description of a view from
Thebes, 321, 322; researches in Ethi-
opia, 322, 323; Napata, 323; exami-
nation of the date of the Exodus, 324-
329; opinions on Inspiration as to
dates stated and refuted, 324, 325;
adopts a supposed Egyptian date, 329;
attempts to make out Saul the Levite
and Saul the king to be the same, 329;
exactness of the translation, too Ger-
man in its faithfulness, 330.
Elijah; Malachi's prophecy of his
coming, 145-148.
England a land of bibles, 1-2.
Evangelists profess neither completeness
nor exact order, 72-76; nor the very
words of Christ, 81.
Exodus, date of the, 324, 329.

F.

Faber, Rev. G. S. on the Cities of the
Fathers, the, on Inspiration, 335, 339.
Plain, 241, 242.
Foreign intelligence, 266, 273.
Four Gospels, their inspired character,
50-70; see Inspired character, &c.

G.

Gadara now Um Keis, 286, 287.
Gamala, Gamalitis, town and district of
Bashan, 283.

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IDENTITY OF CYRUS AND TIMES
DANIEL, 435-457; the writer opposes
the views of the Duke of Manchester,
435; Cyrus the property of the
Church, and called in Scripture My
Shepherd, 436; regarded by his coun-
trymen as of more than mortal birth,
ib.; parallel between Cyrus and Christ,
437; character of Persian historians,
438; characteristics of the deliverer,
438-440; Herodotus' narrative cur-
sorily reviewed, 440, 445; compared
with Xenophon's, 445, 450; connection
of Median and Babylonian powers,

and table, 450, 452; question as to
Median princess Aroite, 453; fall of
Nineveh, 454; Ptolemy's canon, 455;
Jer. xxvii. 7, and the accounts given
by Herodotus and Xenophon of the
descent of the last Babylonian king
compared, 457; the age of Nitocris
not inconsistent with the facts, 458;
Cyrus the Great could not have been
Nebuchadnezzar, and the latter can-
not be confounded with any one of
Persian family, 459; difficulty re-
specting Darius the Mede, ib.; date
of decree of Cyrus for restoring Jeru-
salem, B.C. 536, 460; capture of Baby-
lon assigned to B.C. 538, 461; conclu-
sion; the Duke of Manchester's theory
shown to set aside the existence of
Cyrus the Great altogether, 465.
ILLUSTRATIONS, Dr. Kitto's Daily Bible,

127.

INSPIRATION, Article by Dr. F. A. Tho-
luck on, 331-369. Part I. Historical.
Introductory remarks, 331; opinions
of the Reformers, ib.; origin of rigid
view, ib.; inspired word distinguished,
333-335; the Fathers, 335-339; views
of inspiration in the Roman Catholic
Church--the Scholastics, 339-342;
Lutheran and Reformed divines,
342-349; state of opinion in England,
349-350; progress of opinion in Ger-
many in the eighteenth century,
350-352. Part II., Exegetico-Dogma-
tic. Preliminary, 352-356; arguments
against absolute inspiration from the
nature of the document, 356; from
the declaration of the writers, ib.;
alleged proofs from Scripture of its
absolute inspiration, ib.

Inspiration, definitions of it useless, 103.
INSPIRED CHARACTER OF THE FOUR
GOSPELS, 50-70; extension of a former
analogical argument, 50; God's de-
sign to hide himself from some, and
the consequent precedence or concomi-
tance of the conversion of the will to
the enlightening of the intellect, 51;
general proposition as to the difficulties
in St. Matthew, ib.; royalty the pro-
minent idea of the Messiah among the
Israelites, 52; highest presumption
that Christ was the legal heir of David
and Solomon, 53; this kind of evi-
dence has its counterpart in nature,
&c., 54; Strauss' objection to the
genealogy stated and answered, 55;
another discrepancy explained, 56, 57;
a discrepancy common to Matthew,
Luke, and Old Testament, 59-61; Dr.

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