general characteristics, 212; most
noticeable points in the author's
view of Christ's life, 212; his treat-
ment of the miracles of Christ, 214;
his account of the sufferings and
death of Christ, 214; Schenkel's
Characterbild Jesu, 216; attempts
to make the life of Christ thorough-
ly comprehensible, 216; accepts
Holzmann's investigations as to
the sources of the biography of
Christ, 216; considers Christ a
mere man, 217; rejects miracles,
218; Christ's life not made com-
prehensible, 218; the moral earn-
estness of the book deserves rec-
ognition, 219; design of Strauss
in the new edition of his work, 220;
his expectation of the future gen-
eral currency of his book not
wholly groundless, 221; folly of
trying to eradicate the miraculous
element from revelation, 221; utter
disbelief in the supernatural, the
form which rationalism now in-
clines to take 222.

N.

from which voluntary acts proceed,
490; not in involuntary dispositions,
491; disposition used in three
senses, 491; original sin, 494; the
Princeton theory of original sin,
494; irreconcilable with the theory
that sin consists in moral acts alone,
495; Pres. Edwards's modification
of the old theory, 495; views of
Hopkins, 498; Dr. Emerson's views,
501; views of later theologians,
501; natural ability, 503; distinc-
tion between natural and moral
ability, 504; sinners have no moral
ability, 505; have full natural abil-
ity, 506; difference between the
views of New England divines and
the old doctrine, 508; Edwards held
that sinners have natural ability
and power to use it, 509; the oppo-
sition which his views met with a
proof of this, 509; the carefulness
with which he asserts that moral
inability consists in mere want of
will, 509; natural inability and
moral essentially different, 510;
natural inability a real inability,
510; capacity to know God not an
incapable capacity, 510; regenera-
tion, 568; a change from holy ex-
ercises to sinful exercises, 569; is
the sinner active or passive in re-
generation? 573; does the Holy
Spirit act directly on the soul or
by means of the truth? 575; atone-
ment, 577; the nature of the atone-
ment, 578; the design of the atone-
ment, 579; it was not designed to
satisfy distributive justice, 579; it
was designed to satisfy general jus-
tice, 580; the death of Christ a
substitute for the penalty of the
law, 580; decrees, 584; New Eng.
land divines accept the ordinary
statements in the old Calvinistic
symbols on this subject, 584; to
decree the existence of sin not in-
consistent with the character of
God, 585; not inconsistent with
man's free moral agency, 586.

Neander's Planting and Training of
the Christian Church, noticed, 350.
Neander's Lectures on the History of
Christian Ethics, noticed, 522.
New England Theology, article on,
by Daniel T. Fiske, D.D., 467; def-
initions of the term, 467; narrow-
ness, objected to the term, 468; is
New England theology a new sys-
tem? 470; it is in many respects
old, 472; has gradually been be-
coming more and more complete,
475; its teachings on the nature
of virtue, 477; Pres. Edwards's
theory of virtue, 478; all virtue
resolvable into love, 480; all vir-
tue always the same, 481; all virtue
consists in voluntary acts or states,
482; virtue the highest good of the
universe, 484; the highest good
the highest happiness of the uni-
verse, 485; the nature of sin, 486;
all sin consists in selfishness, 487;
all sin consists in voluntary exer-
cises, 488; does not consist in the
consequents of moral arts, 488;
nor in anything which precedes
them, 489; not in involuntary acts | Peabody, A. P., D.D., article by, 440.

P.

Parker, Theodore, Life and Corres-
pondence of, article on, by H. Lin-
coln, D.D., 588

Christianity asserted to be perma-Phillips's Dogmatic Theology of the
nent in the intention of its found- Lutheran Church, noticed, 519.

ers, 224; Christianity evidently Potwin, Rev. Lemuel S., article by,
from God, and designed to be the

only hope of the world as to moral | Prophecy of Isaiah, The, by Dr. Fried.
progress, 224; Christianity re- Hosse, noticed, 694.
garded by some as a stage in the
natural development of the race,
225; the Bible asserted by some
to be antiquated, on the ground of
scientific discoveries, 226; Chris-Religion and Chemistry, article on,

theology or religion susceptible of
two different meanings, 464; an-
alysis of Cooke's Religion and
Chemistry, 465.

Remarks on Renderings of the Com-
mon Version in the Epistle to the
Galatians, article, by Prof. H. B.
Hackett, 138; chapter iv. 2, 139;
vs. 4, 139; vs. 5, 139; vs. 7, 9 and
12, 140; vs. 13, 141; vs. 17 and
18, 142; vs. 22, 24, and 25, 143;
chapter v. 3, 144; vs. 12, 145; vs.
13, 15, and 17, 146; vs. 19, 147;
chapter vi. 5, 147; vs. 11, 148.
Resurrection of Christ, by Dr. Bey-
schlag, noticed, 694.

S

ing after the unity of the church,
296; Congregationalism aims at
and tends to bring about a real
unity, 296; the history of hier
archies a history of divisions, 297;
the power of the congregational
principle, 299; congregational
councils, 300; councils a mode of
securing a real unity of the church,
300; definition of councils 301;
considerations in proof of the ac
illes-
tual power of councils, 301;
tration of these principles. 302;
congregational councils different
from ancient councils after the
second century, 305; ideals of
congregational development in
the future, 306; division of local
churches among higher organi
zations will cease, 306; doctrinal
differences removed, 307; increase
of patience of thought, 308; the
production of intelligent, self-gov
erned people, 309; sanctification
of all departments of society, 310;
necessity of the highest degrees of
holiness and communion with God,
311; this holiness to be extended
to all departments of human action,
312; the divine laws of unity to
be regarded, 313.
Sears. Pres. Barnas, article by, 251;
Shemitic and Indo-Germanic Races
in their Relation to Religion and
Science, by Grau, noticed, 172.
Simon, Dr. D. W., article by, 353.
characteristics of that kingdom, Son of God, The, article on, by W.

Schneckenburger's Lectures on the
New Testament Times, noticed, 347.
Scriptural Philosophy of Congrega-
tionalism and of Councils, The,
article on, by Edward Beecher,
D.D., 284; the kingdom of God,
the higher system of which Con-
gregationalism is a part, 284; three
parts in the life and actions of
Christ, 285; predictions of a fu-
ture kingdom of God in the Old
Testament, 285; the kingdom of
God fully developed and univer-
sal, 287; the kingdom of God
does not abolish civil governments,
288; means of attaining the king-
dom of God, 289; these means,
wisely adapted to the striking

289; God every where supreme in
his kingdom, and all great human
centralizations to be avoided, 290;
particular churches, not to be or-
ganized into one body, 290; his-
torical facts on which Congrega-
tionalism rests, 291; fundamental
warrant and reason of Congrega-
tionalism, 292; the fundamental
reason of Congregationalism its su-
perior fitness to promote personal
holiness, 292; Congregationalism
best fitted to keep Christians in
vital contact with the Bible, 292;
bad effects of higher organizations,
294; these effects of hierarchies,
not merely imaginary, but histor-
ical facts, 294; the chief impulse
to form such organizations a long-

S. Tyler, D.D., 620; God and man,
the two great subjects of human
thought, 620; Christ called the
Son of God most frequently in
John's Gospel, 620; styled the Son
of God in an altogether peculiar
way, 622; the title implies peculiar
nearness to God, 623; Christ the
Son of God in a peculiar sense in
his higher nature, 624; wonderful
ways wherein this higher filial re-
lation was expressed during his
humiliation, 626; the Son of God
the image of God, 629; Christ the
eternal word of God, 630; the Son
of God the representative of the
Father, 633; the Son of God real
ly and truly God, 636; the general
teachings of the Bible show that

Christ is really God, 637; his char-
acter superhuman, 638; Christ a
perfect type and pattern, 640; the
religion of Christ the means by
which perfection is to be reached,
640.

128; Neander's theory of the temp-
tation,130; Olshausen's theory,130;
Ellicott's, 131; the significance of
each of the three temptations, 132;
the main design of the tempter in
the first temptation to call in ques-
tion our Lord's sonship and divin-
ity, 133; such a temptation ex-
ceedingly natural, 133; such a
temptation very severe, 134; not
likely that Jesus would perform
any miracle at the devil's bidding,
134; the first temptation to be re-
garded as a specimen, 134; the
method pursued in the second
temptation different from the first,
135; the third temptation the ap-
plication of all temptations like the
first and second, 137; Christ's
temptation does not lie beyond the
scope of human sympathies, 138.
Tholuck's History of Rationalism, no-
ticed, 621.

Son of Man, The, article on, by W.
S. Tyler, D.D., 51; the name
found only in the Gospels and in
the Acts, 51; applied only by
Christ to himself, 51; a prepara-
tion for its use in the Old Testa-
ment, 52; reference to Daniel vii.
13, import of the phrase, 55; it
implies that Jesus was a man, 55;
proof of his humanity, 56; he was
not only a man but the man, 58;
he had no individual idiosyncrasies,
59; he had no prejudices, 60; he
was a model man, 61; exhibited
all human virtues in a perfect form,
61; he was the representative man,
63; he was a friend of man, 65;
originally he was more than human,
68; lessons of practical wisdom
suggested by this idea of the Son
of Man, 69; it throws light on
many prophecies of the Old Tes-
tament, 69; the prophecies con-
tained in Genesis iii. and in Psalm
viii., 70; passages that had refer-
ence originally to David and Solo-
mon, 71; danger of undervaluing
the human side of our religion,
72; reference to the negro ques-What is the True Conception of Chris-
tion, 73; not sufficient prominence
given to the human nature of
Christ, 74; sacredness of our com-
mon humanity, 76.

Sprague's Annals of the American
Pulpit, noticed, 526.
Substitutionary Sufferings, by Dr. H.
Schultz, noticed, 690.
Supernatural, Marks of the, in God's
Promise to Abraham, article on, by
Prof. S. Harris, 79.

T.

Temptation, The, article on by Rev.
Lemuel S. Potwin, 127; the temp-
tation of Christ the real theme of
Milton's Paradise Regained, 127;
the primary design of Satan to as-
certain whether Jesus was in a pre-
eminent sense the Son of God, 127;
Milton's account of the temptation,

Thompson, Joseph P., D.D., articles
by, 223, 679.

Tongues, The Gift of, article on, by
Rev. D. Green, 99.
Tyler, W. S., Prof., articles by, 51,

620.

W.

Ward, Rev. W. H., article by, 1.
Webster's Dictionary, new edition,
noticed, 166.

tian Worship? article on, by Rev.
J. O. Means, 529; importance at-
tached by Paul to the place of
worship, 529; his scrupulosity per-
haps blamed, 530; definition of
worship, 531; right conceptions of
God should be entertained, 531;
the form of expression should be
appropriate, 531; duty of worship,
532; it arises from a just concep-
tion of God and of our relations to
him, 532; worship necessary for
our good, 534; the importance of
worship shown in the very struc-
ture and contents of the Bible, 534;
spirituality of worship, 535; spirit-
uality of worship does not imply
that places and seasons may not be
considered as sacred, 536; we ne-
cessarily assign to God a locality.
537; spirituality does not abrogate