ham, 347; first covenant with him,
349; national, 350; second covenant
with him, 351; differs from the first,
353; circumcision, 354; a sacred seal,
355; views of the "Christian Review"
quoted and criticized, 356; the Abra-
hamic institutes not merely to identify
the Messiah, 357; identity of the Abra-
hamic and Christian Church, 359.
Capital of the Tycoon, The, noticed, 830.
Clough, Arthur Hugh, 132.
Colenso's Ciphering Re-ciphered, article
on reviewing Colenso on Moses and
Joshua, 578.
Colenso upon Moses and Joshua, article
on, 190; scope of the volume, 190; de-
fects of its argumentation, 191; the
sceptical animus, 192; futility of such
criticism, 193.
Colonial Scheme of Popham and Gorges,
noticed, 641.
Contemporary Criticism, 335, 432.
Crosby's New Test. Scolia, noticed, 431.
Currents and Tide-Marks, 648.
Customs of the Roman Bar, 434.
D'Aubigne's Reformation in Geneva, no-
ticed, 527.
Dies Iræ, 369.
Draper's History of the Intellectual De-
velopment of Europe, noticed, 523.
Duty ours; consequences God's ; how?
210.
Edward Irving, article reviewing his life,
172; early years, 173; courage and
strength, 174; tardy recognition of his
genius, 176; Chalmers and Irving, 178;
Coleridge, 180; London popularity,
181; labors, 182; oratory, 183; trial
for heresy, 184; aberrations and extrav-
agances, 186; love of nature and do-
mestic spirit, 188; death, 189.
Elephant, what shall we do with the?
535.
Emancipation, Results of, Cochin's, no-
ticed, 334.
English Parties on American Affairs, ar-
ticle on, 138; ultra conservatism, 139;
the liberal progressives, 141; the inter-
mediate Whigs, 144; English ambi-
tion of power, the ruling principle of
their policy, 148; anti-slavery sympa-
thies, 151.
English Woman at Home, The, article
on, 25; love and marriage, 26; the
English governess, 30; an English
wedding, 36; the Queen of England,
37; Woman's rights, 38.
Every Day Philosopher in Town and
Country, noticed, 432.
Farrar's Lectures on the History of Free
Thought, noticed, 633.
Fasting, article on, 262; physical benefits
of conceded, 262; moral advantages of,
263; not prohibited in New Test., 264
Independent's editorial against fasting
quoted, 265; Bushnell's replication,
268; the practice not pharisaical, 270;
Christ's teachings concerning. 271.
Felt's Ecclesiastical History of New Eng-
land, noticed, 113.
Forms of Sound Words, article on, 541;
Orton's and Bacon's views on creeds,
542; Congregational Quarterly against
creeds, 544; some Unitarians more con-
servative than some Orthodox, 545;
ereeds necessary to clear thinking, 546;
to harmonious thinking, 548; illustra-
tion from musical science, 549; creeds
save from errors, 550; independence
must stop somewhere, 557; so we ad-
vance in knowledge, 552; and in spirit-
ual culture, 555; and in Christian full-
555.
settles at Geneva, 158; Caroli, 160;
Calvin banished from Geneva, 162; at
Strasburg, 293; acquaintance with the
German reformers, 296; differences of
views, 299; Calvin's marriage, 301;
returns to Geneva, 303; begins the set-
tling of ecclesiastical ordinances, 401:
his Old Testament spirit, 403; dread of
heresy in early reformers, 406; case of
Servetus, 407; other conflicts, 410; his
influence, 495; his death, 501; his doc-
trinal system, 612.
Kinglake's Invasion of the Crimea, no-
ticed, 531.
Krummacher's Risen Redeemer, noticed,
331.
Lessons from Insect Life, noticed, 641.
Lewis', Tayler, Divine Human in the
Scriptures, noticed, 195.
Liberia College and Colony, 114.
Liberal Religion, article on, 557; the as-
sumptions of sceptical thinkers, 558;
whence their theology springs, 559; the
religion of liberalism, 560; its two
developments, 560; religious indiffer-
entism, 561; ends in infidelity, 563.
Literary notices, 102, 195, 319, 427,523,628.
Lord Ockham, 116.
Lyra Cœlestis, noticed, 204.
Man's Place in Zoology, 336.
Marsh's Origin and History of the Eng.
lish Language, noticed, 109.
May's Constitutional History of England,
Vol. II., noticed, 628.
Medieval Worship, article 361; con-
flicting elements in it, 361; the earlier
and purer spirit,362; the ancient hymns,
362; Bernard of Clairvaux, 364; his
hymns, 365; the monkish spirit; 367;
Dies Iræ, 369; Virgin worship, 371;
Stabat Mater, 373; the Te Deum of
Mary, 375; modern mariolatry, 376.
Meditations on Death and Eternity, no-
ticed, 333.
Men and Times of the Revolution, no-
ticed, 321.
Miller's, Hugh, Tales and Sketches, no-
ticed, 534.
Mill, Jno. Stuart, On Liberty, noticed,
530.
Murray's Memoirs, Dr. Nicholas, no-
ticed, 110.
Music, 540.
National Gallery of Eminent Americans,
noticed, 535.
Natural Ability, article on, 458; what is
it? 458; Dr. Griffin, 459; false doc-
trine of the will, 461; what moves this
to obedience, 462; spontaniety not es-
sential to freedom, 463; President Ed-
wards, 464; Dr. T. H. Skinner, 465; how
is the infant saved? 466; Dr Emmons,
467; infant depravity, 468; President
Edwards, 470; if men are able now to
save themselves, they always will be,
471; evil effects of this doctrine, 472;
church symbols on this subject, 473;
the Westminster divines, 473; Metho-
dist view, 474; Pelagius, 474.
New American Cyclopædia, noticed, 319.
Novels and Novelists of the Day, 432.
Obligation and Ability, article on, 40
God's claim for perfection in man does
not prove man's ability to render a per-
fect obedience, 41: natural and moral
inability, 42; perfectionists lower the
standard of duty, 43: runs to Antino-
mianism, 44; breaking God's law does
not repeal it, 45; grace is our only ref-
uge, 46; extent of our obligation, 47;
conflict in Sunday-school books, 50;
strictures on Hamlin's Questions, 51.
Our Lord's Third Temptation, article on,
287; reality of these temptations, 287:
what is essential to temptation, 288; in
what these consisted, 289; special ex-
amination of the third, 290.
Outlines of Theology, Hodge's, noticed,
Phenomenon of Calvinism, A, article on,
566; the reformed preaching and its
effects in Holland, 568.
Philip Van Artevelde, article reviewing,
597.
Prayer of Faith, The, article on, 121;
the miraculous, 121; the submissive,
122; the kind which demands specific
answers, 123; Mr. Finney's views, 124;
God's promises not a commercial order,
125; the view presumptuous and fanat-
ical, 127; other examples, 129.
Praying and Working, noticed, 329.
Procter, Adelaide A., Poems of, noticed
Reid's Blood of Jesus, The, noticed, 643.
Richard de Bury, article on, 94; referred
to, 212.
Round Table, The, 114, 209, 334, 432
535, 644.
Satan casting out Satan, 213.
253; salvation demands blood, 255:
long prosperity enfeebles and vitiates,
256; war elevates the ideal of nation-
ality, 257; corrects doctrinal beliefs,
259; an instrument the successful work-
ing of which will destroy itself, 261.
Temptations, Christ's, 162, 287.
Sawyer's Translations of the Bible, no- Temptation of Christ, article on, 162;
Scepticism of Science, 336.
Schaff's Catechism, noticed, 111.
Servetus and Calvin, 307.
Short Sermons, 99, 193, 317,425, 521, 627.
Sinners' Rights, article on, 304; quota-
tions from Dr. Sears, 304; Dr. Way-
land, 305; Thomas Paine, 305; criti-
cized, 306; sin limits and destroys these
rights, 509; our system one of mercy
and not of rights, 312; application of
the doctrine to social and governmental
intercourse, 313.
Sixth day of Creation, The, article on, 68;
biblical use of day, 69; work of the
sixth day, 71; creation of Adam and
Eve, 72; events which occurred be-
tween, 73; planting of Eden, 74 ; nam-
ing the animals, 74; the day thus occu-
pied a long period, 78; summary of its
work, 80; all the cosmic days long pe-
riods,as thus proved from biblical data,
81.
Slave Power, Cairn's, noticed, 333.
Smith's, Goldwin, American Slavery
and the Bible, noticed, 637.
Soul of Things, The, noticed, 635.
Spoils from Distant Seas and Shores, ar-
ticle on, 477.
Spots on the Sun, noticed, 201.
Stanley's Eastern and Jewish Churches,
article reviewing, 377; a disciple of Ar-
nold, 378; his freshness and life as an
author, 379; style defective, 380; phil-
osophical mind, 381; synopsis of East-
ern Church, 383; Russo-Greek Church,
385; Jewish Church treated too much
like secular history, 386; sympathy with
Colenso and his school, 388.
Stanley's Sermons in the East, noticed,
Stowe's Recent Novels, Mrs., review of
Agnes of Sorento, and The Pearl of
Orr's Island, 82; literary merits, 84;
and defects, 87; unhappy delineations
of religious characters, 91; false the-
ology, 92; Universalist tendencies, 93.
Stumps, Concerning, 646.
Successful Man, The, 215.
Sunday Evening Book, noticed, 331.
Sword and Christianity, The, article on,
252; the Gospel will conquer peace,
personality of Satan, 162; temptation not
subjective but objective, 163; like our
own in this, 164; necessity of it, 166;
its relation to Christ's baptism, 168; its
three-fold character, 169; our connec-
tion with it, 170.
Texts, used and explained; 1 Tim. i. 11;
1 John i. 7, 99, 100. John xi. 21: John
xv. 8, 193, 194. Luke xii. 48: Matt.
xxvi. 40, 317, 318. John xv. 5: Jas.
i. 14, 15, 425, 426. Acts ii. 1: Luke
xviii. 37, 521, 522. 1 John iii. 9: Acts
xiii. 39, 627, 628.
Thoughts of God, noticed, 331.
Thunder and Lightning, their differ-
ence, 538.
VOL. III.-JANUARY, 1863.-No. 13.
WHOEVER diminishes this great central doctrine, corrupts the whole gospel, dishonors God, and injures the world. Rejecting some of its facts necessitates perversion of all the other resultant doctrines; whatever affects its entire integrity, affects the whole religious and experimental system. Atonement which is not in all respects real, which has not a basis of actual expiation and complete satisfaction, attributes to the moral Governor the taint of acting a part, makes justification a sham, and varnishes over the rotten native character of man. This may not be intended or seen for a time; but the injury inflicted upon the religious system and its workings will be none the less certain. Disease on the vital organs, though unseen and unfelt at first, inevitably brings on chilliness and feebleness to the limbs, and general disorder. This being the great central truth, error here necessarily saps the whole structure of religion, and is found to be the radical defect in all false churches. Indeed, every erroneous system can be traced, historically as well as logically, back to false views of the atonement.
As with miracles, and the whole subject of the supernatural, there is a divine depth in the atonement which the unsubmissive, and even the partially submissive, heart of man is continually tempted so to bridge over and explain away, as to bring
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God's thoughts and God's ways down to man's, and make the heavens not much if any higher than the earth. This struggle between unsubordinated reason, and the more literal and exact, and so more rational interpretation of the Holy Scriptures, has been raging through all the ecclesiastical ages. The constant effort to correct and establish the church in the great fundamental principles of Redemption, is easily traced back through Edwards, Luther, Calvin, Augustine, Paul, Jesus Christ, Isaiah, and Samuel to Moses.
It is this fatal bias of the heart to give a looser and more accommodating interpretation to Scripture, and a lower view of Inspiration, that opens the Pandora box of evils upon the religious world. As with "The Two Taylors," (see page 3 of vol. ii. of this Review,) many have thought it a light thing to say substantially, "in the interpretation of which (the word of God) we ought not to admit anything contradictory to the commonsense and understanding of mankind." "We must not do violence to both common sense and sound philosophy, by giving to the language of the Scriptures a meaning which both forbid." "These are enough to show that the mere form of expression decides nothing on the point before us, and that we are left to the decisions of common-sense and sound reason." ." Dr. John Smalley also says, "How is this difficulty" (full satisfaction for sin) to be removed? I answer; just as other difficulties are removed into which we are led by following the allusions and metaphors of Scripture too closely." Would Strauss or Parker ask more than that common-sense and sound philosophy should give the Scriptures a secondary place?
The inspired Record, fairly and faithfully interpreted, must be our reliance, since common-sense and reason, uninstructed and ungoverned by revelation, have ever proved as contradictory and unreliable as the responses of the heathen oracles. "In religion, reason makes no real discoveries except as she walks in the clear light of divine revelation. The use of reason in relig ion is to enlarge our minds to the amplitude of truth; but the abuse of reason is more common which would contract truth to the narrowness of our understanding." The opinions and theories of the greatest and best men should never be the ultimate question. They are of value only as showing how they read
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