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NO, V.

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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 Barriţw. By Rev. Edward

ted by Upham, : • 232

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

College, i

. . . 40

5. Die Heilige Schrist des Alten

Statement of the Case, etc. . 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,

7. Xenophon's Memorabilia of

ART. IV. ANCIENT AND MODERN

Socrates,

. . 234

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

Esq. Newbury, Mass. .

Epistle to the Romans, .

Ancient Eloquence, .

9. Adams' Exposition of 2 Peter, 235

Modern Eloquence, .

10. Greenhill's Exposition ofEze-

American Eloquence, .

kiel :... ... : : 286

11. Winer's Gramhaš of Greek

Art. V. CHRISTOLOGY OF THE BOOK

Idioms,

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. .

ture and Geology:

245

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

Abyssinia:. .

15. Job and níš Times;

:

by

Its general Plan, . .

:

Wemyss, . ..

A Summary of its Contents, .

16. Morison's 'Parents' Friend, : 246

Extracts and Remarks, . .

17. The Massachusetts School

Its Christology, .

Library, . . . . 247

When and by whom written ?

18. Harpers' School District Li-
Its Quotation by Jude, ....

Its Inferiority to the Gospels, . 19. Ramshorn’s ‘Latin Synon-

ART. VI. THE SONSHIP OF CHRIST,

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

Rev. Lewis Mayer, D. D. York, tian Union, .....

Pa. .

22. Sprague's Memoir of Dr. Grif-

Import of the terms flesh and Spi-
rit.of holiness,

23. Dupin's Trial of Jesus: :

The Union of the Man Jesus Christ

24. Turnbull on the Theatre, • 256

with the Logos, .

Note by the Editor, . .. . 166 ADDITIONAL NOTICES. . . . 256

. 245

20. Dana's Letters to Stuart, :23

fin,