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The following Successful Candidates in the Higher Local Examination of June, 1884, were members of the Cambridge Examiner Correspondence Class, in the subjects given below:GROUP R. -Miss M. Morley, Class I.

Miss W. A. Sturt, Class II.

Miss M. M. E. O'Shea, Class II.
Miss T. Barrett, Class III.
Miss E. E. Clowes, Class III.

GROUP A.-Miss G. E. Hodgson, Class I.

Miss M. E. Howard, Class II.
Miss S. D. Drysdale, Class II.

Miss E. Sich, Class III.
Miss E. C. Vines, Class III.

Miss G. E. Talbot, Class III.

GROUP B.:-Miss E. Miller, Class I. (German.)

Miss B. Conant, Class III. (German.)
Miss E. J. Hall, Class III. (German.)
Miss L. Holmes.

Miss F. C. Hall.

GROUP C.-Miss A. Coles, Class III. (Mathematics.)
Miss G. Hodgson. (Arithmetic.)

Miss L. Holmes.

Miss A. C. Fowler.

GROUP D.:-Miss E. B. Trentham, Class III.
Miss O'Shea, Class III.

GROUP H.:-Miss S. D. Drysdale, Class I.
Miss I. Ferrmian, Class II.
Miss J. Butcher, Class III.
Miss A. C. Fowler, Class III,
Miss A Rowe, Class III.
Miss M. Burn, Class III.

Subjects for Essays.
Higher Local.

ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY;

or,

MUSIC AND MORALS.
Senior.

HOW FAR DOES EDUCATION CHANGE CHARACTER?
or, THE PHYSICAL TRAINING OF GIRLS.

Junior.

NATURAL HISTORY AS A MEANS OF EDUCATION; or, BOOKS.

Students wishing to join the Essay Class are requested to send

in their names to the Editor, 405, Oxford Street, London, W.

Religious Knowledge.

Junior.

(a) GENESIS XII. TO THE END; EXODUS I.-XX., XXIV., XXXI.XXXIV., XL. ; (b) GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW; (c) ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, XIII. ΤΟ THE END; (d) THE CHURCH CATECHISM.

No student will be examined in more than three of the subjects (a), (b), (c), (d).

(a)

Comment on the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt, on the mission of Moses, and on the threefold division of his life. Why did he leave the Court of Pharaoh? Whither did he flee later? What token of his Divine mission was to be given him? By what name was he to teach the chosen people to worship God? Why was it necessary thus to distinguish Him? What did Moses lose by his reluctance to accept this office of deliverer? What concession was originally asked of Pharaoh ? Enumerate

the signs and the plagues wrought in Egypt, and describe the circumstances of the Passover. Give the first and second stages of their journey. Point out some striking types occurring in these chapters.

(b)

Matthew xix. v. 50 probably records Christ's final departure from Galilee. What primeval law is repeated, vv. 4-5? ́Name the chief events connected with Christ's passage through Peræa, and some of the lessons then delivered. Why did the parable of the "Labourers" spring from the visit of the "Rich young Ruler"? Comment on its application to the Apostles, and to ourselves. What encouragement do we gain from Christ's answer to Salome's prayer? Explain :-"Labourers" "hire, "market-place,' "" vineyard."

(c)

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What do you know of King Agrippa? How does St. Paul's defence before him differ from those already recorded? What does it contain? By what friends was the Apostle probably refreshed? Who were his travelling companions? How were prisoners ordinarily conveyed to Rome? Determine, from the text, at what season this voyage commenced. What local record remains of the shipwreck? Comment on "the Heavenly Vision.”

(d)

Account for the reference to Egypt made in the Preface to the Decalogue. How were the Commandments defined by Christ? Comment on the original institution of the Sabbath, and on the restraints added whilst the Mosaic law was in force. and restrictions are included under Commandments V., Show, by table, how the "duties" particularize each command.

What ties
IX.?

Religious Knowledge.

Senior.

(a) GENESIS XII. TO THE END; EXODUS I.-XX., XXIV.,

XXXI.

THE

XXXIV., XL.; (b) ST. MATTHEW; (c) ACTS OF APOSTLES, XIII. TO THE END; (d) THE OFFICES FOR MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER AND THE LITANY IN THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER; ESPECIAL ATTENTION MUST BE APOSTLES' CREED; (e) PALEY'S HORÆ PAULINE, INTRODUCTION, SECTIONS 1-5 INCLUSIVE. No student will be examined in more than three of the subjects (a), (b), (c), (d), (e).

PAID ΤΟ

(a)

Distinguish between the office of Moses and of Aaron. Show that both exercised mediatorial powers. What drew forth a more emphatic repetition of the ancient covenant, together with a promise of speedy deliverance? Give derivations of the following: Jehovah, Exodus, Miriam, Eliezer. (See also Junior Paper.)

(b)

Comment on the position held by parables in our Lord's teaching. Account for their adoption. Were they a recognised method of instruction? To which class do those from St. Matthew chiefly belong? What do you understand by ch. xviii. v. 10? Who are the "little ones"? What is the Father's will concerning them? (See also Junior Paper.)

(c)

In what spirit did Agrippa answer St. Paul's exhortation? Why is this account of St. Paul's voyage and shipwreck regarded as strong corroborative testimony of the truth of St. Luke's narrative? Comment on "All hope was then taken away"; "Now when much time was spent." (See also Junior Paper.)

(d)

How will Christian faith differ from ordinary belief? What is signified by these words, " I believe"? What good effects result from our acknowledging the almighty power and authority of the Father, and from our regarding Him as the Maker of the universe? Discuss the meaning of creation. Give passages from Scripture in proof of your statements.

(e)

Why does Paley offer coincidences concerning the arrival of Silas and Timothy at Corinth during St. Paul's first visit there, although he acknowledges that the conformity between the history and letter is direct and obvious? To whom does St. Paul refer when speaking of "letters of commendation"? What does Paley infer from a comparison of 2 Cor. x. vv. 14-15, with the account given in Acts of St. Paul's first European journey?

Students intending to offer themselves for examination in group (d) are rcquested to provide themselves with Pearson on the Creed (Walford's edition): George Bell, York Street, Covent Garden. Price 5s.

Religious Knowledge.

Higher Local.

I. OLD TESTAMENT: THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF SAMUEL; PSALMS, BOOK I. (1.-XLI.) II. NEW TESTAMENT: ST. MATTHEW; THE EPISTLES TO THE COLOSSIANS AND THESSALONIANS (CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN FOR A KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK). III. (a) BUTLER'S ANALOGY, INTRODUCTION AND PART I. (6) HOOKER'S ECCLESIASTICAL POLITY, PREFACE AND BOOK I. (c) PALEY'S HORE PAULINE, CHAP. I. AND VI.— XVI.

I.

(a)

What form of government was instituted by Moses in obedience to the Divine command? Trace through the Book of Judges a growing tendency to establish hereditary monarchy. When did this culminate?. Enumerate the fifteen Judges of Israel. Was the office continuous? Which were probably contemporary? Show that, while the northern and eastern tribes were constantly at warfare, the southern enjoyed comparative tranquillity. How was this broken at the opening of I. Samuel? By whom had this enemy hitherto been held in check? Discuss the probable authors, sources, and dates of I. II. Samuel. What other canonical book is connected with them? Explain, "There shall no razor come upon his head"; "A faithful priest.'

(b)

By what marks are the different books of Psalms distinguished from each other? What are Perowne's remarks upon their inscriptions? Give some characteristics of Book I. How are you disposed to regard Psalm i.? Name a possible author of it. Show that Psalm ii. is dramatic in form. Notice the close connection between Psalms iii. iv., which may be regarded respectively as morning and evening hymns. Comment on "This day have I begotten Thee"; "Kiss the Son, lest He be angry"; "There is no help for him in God"; "Selah."

II.

(a)

The interval of four centuries occurring between Old and New Testaments may be divided into four periods. Name them, and write brief notes on the independence of Judæa under the Asmonean princes and patriots B.c. 167-63. Also on the Herodian

dynasty B.C. 40-A.D. 70. Comment on the Samaritans, proselytes, the Dispersion and the chief sects at the time of our Saviour's birth; also on the power and jurisdiction of the Sanhedrim. Point out (from St. Matthew's Gospel) three ways in which it has pleased God to reveal Himself to mankind. With what does this Gospel begin, and wherefore?

(b)

The Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians are usually considered to have been written about eight years earlier than that to the Colossians. Cite internal evidence which obliquely favours this conclusion. Which of these letters contain a prophetic section? With which chapters of Acts do they respectively synchronize? "Remember my bonds." Contrast this imprisonment with that mentioned in Philippians.

III.

(a)

To what class of persons does Butler address his work, and with what design? How far may his application of analogical evidence be considered a novelty? What does he assume as proved? How will he conduct his argument so as to manifest that the same objections may be raised against Providence as are usually brought forward against revealed religion?

(b)

Give some account of the three parties which distracted the Church of England when Hooker became Master of the Temple. Name his patrons and opponents. What accusation was brought against him on account of his defensive policy? By what recent examples would he deter innovators? What dangers did he foresee to the realm if this intended reformation took place? To whom is the Preface addressed?

(c)

Discuss the value of this work, comparing it with some others of similar design. Why does Paley reject the accounts given by St. Luke and St. Paul of the institution of the Eucharist, while he offers those concerning Timothy's youthful conversion? When is a coincidence of date valuable? What must be the characteristic of all that he receives? Give instances of conformity in matter, doctrine, and style between the Epistles to the Ephesians and Colossians. Give Paley's remarks on the partial resemblance of many passages.

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