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ART. I. THE PROPER CHARACTER The true interpretation of the Text 172

AND FUNCTIONS OF AMERICAN

LITERATURE. By Rev. Leonard ART. VII. REMARKS ON An Es-
Bacon, New Haven, Conn. 1 SAY ON CAUSE AND EFFECT, IN

CONNECTION WITH FATALISM AND
Art. II. ON THE DEAD SEA, AND FREE AGENCY,” AM. BIB. Repos.

THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND Oct. 1839. By Rev. Leonard
GOMORRAH. By Rev. E. Robin- Woods, D. D., Andover, Mass. 174

son, D. D. N. York Theol. Sem. 24

Note by the Editor,

24 ART. VIII. REVIEW OF THE MEMOIR

Letter of Prof. Robinson to M. Leo- OF MRS, SARAH LANMAN SMITH.

pold Von Buch,

26 By Rev. N. Adams, Boston, Ms. 194

M. Von Buch to Prof. Robinson, 31

Description des Isles Canaries, 34 ART. IX. CRITICAL NOTICES.

The Pitch Lake of the Island of 1. Bush's Notes on Genesis, 227

Trinidad,

35 2. The Comprehensive Com-

mentary,

229

Art. III. BAPTISM :-THE IMPORT 3. Jahn's Archæology, Transla-

OF Bantitw. By Rev. Edward

ted by Upham,

232

Beecher, President of Illinois 4. Gulielmi Gesenii Thesaurus, : 232

College,

40 5. Die Heilige Schrist des Alten

Statement of the Case

, elc. 41 und Neuen Testaments, 233

False positions and their occasions, 43 6. Olshausen's Last Days of the

The position to be proved,

45 Saviour,

233

7. Xenophon's Memorabilia of

ART. IV. ANCIENT AND MODERN

Socrates,

234

Eloquence. By N. Cleaveland, 8. Chalmers' Lectures on the

Esq. Newbury, Mass.

67 Epistle to the Romans, 234

Ancient Eloquence,

67 9. Adams' Exposition of 2 Peter, 235

Modern Eloquence,

76 10. Greenhill's Exposition of Eze-

American Eloquence,

82 kiel,

236

11. Winer's Grammar of Greek

Art. V. CHRISTOLOGY OF THE BOOK

Idioms,

238

OF ENOCH; with Some Account 12. Anderson's Address at South

of the Book itself, and Critical

Hadley,

239

Remarks upon it. By Prof. M. 13. Smith on the relation of Scrip-

Stuart, Andover, Mass.

86 ture and Geology,

241

The Discovery of the Book in 14. Davidson's Biblical Criticism, 243

Abyssinia,

89 15. Job and his Times; by

Its general Plan,

91 Wemyss,

245

A Summary of its Contents, 93 16. Morison's Parents' Friend, 246

Extracts and Remarks, .

105 17. The Massachusetts School

Its Christology,

113, 121

Library,

247

When and by whom written? 115 18. Harpers' School District li:

Its Quotation by Jude,

. 134 brary,

249

Its Inferiority to the Gospels, : 137 19. Ramshorn's Latin Synon-

ymes,

252

Art. VI. THE SONSHIP or Christ, 20. Dana's Letters to Stuart, 2.3

AS TAUGHT IN Rom. 1: 3, 4. By 21. Schmucker's Appeal on Chris-

Rev. Lewis Mayer, D. D. York,

tian Union,

254

Pa.

138 22. Sprague's Memoir of Dr. Grif-

Import of the terms flesh

and Spi-

255

rit.of holiness,

139 23. Dupin's Trial of Jesus: 2:5

The Union of the Man Jesus Christ 24. Turnbull on the Theatre, 256

with the Logos, .

145

Note by the Editor,

. 166 ADDITIONAL NOTICES.

256

fin,