1862.] Brown's Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews. 681 some of Mr. Dana's Essays, with pleasure and profit. They are fragmentary, but suggestive. They were not designed to be exhaustive discussions, but are well adapted to stimulate the mind. They are collections of germs, which the reader will easily transform into fruits. Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. Revelation ii., iii. By Richard Chenevix Trench, D.D., Dean of Westminster. pp. 312. 12mo. - Dean Trench exhibits here, as elsewhere, a profound reverence for the word of God, an extensive acquaintance with classical and patristic literature, a genuine tact in explaining the difficult phrases of the ancient writers. The present volume will be noticed more fully hereafter. We are indebted to Robert Carter and Brothers, No. 530 Broadway, New York, for the fourteen volumes named below: An Exposition of the Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Hebrews. By the late John Brown, D.D. Edited by David Smith, D.D. Biggar. Vol. I. pp. 451; Vol. II. pp. 440. 8vo.-The author of this exposition was distinguished for a rare union of qualities highly important to an interpreter of the scriptures. He was a man of profound judgment, and of deep piety. He had read extensively, and was particularly conversant with the worthiest books. He was an independent thinker. Perhaps no Scottish theologian has excelled him in a genuine love of freedom. To Americans Dr. Brown is justly dear. They were ever welcome at his fireside. He was intimately acquainted with their favorite writings. He loved the institutions of the United States, and heartily sympathized with the distinctive spirit of American theology. The present work of Dr. Brown was prepared for the press by himself. It is not a posthumous work, in the ordinary sense of that term. It is one of his most elaborate commentaries. Nine of his Discourses on select portions of the Epistle to the Hebrews are appended to the second volume of the commentary, and they augment the value the work for clergymen and intelligent Christian laymen. Louise Juliane, Electress Palatine, and her Times. By Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett. pp. 263. 12mo.-This volume is the result of original investigation. Its materials were gathered from the national collections of ancient and curious manuscripts in Great Britain and Germany, and from numerous publications inaccessible to the American reader. The moral and religious impression of the volume is excellent. The Way to Life. Sermons by Thomas Guthrie, D.D., author of "Gospel in Ezekiel," "Saints' Inheritance," etc., pp. 336. 12mo. Dr. Guthrie exhibits, in the present volume, his usual power of illustration. Few writers excel him in presenting vivid portraitures of truth. Many of them are natural as well as graphic. Sometimes Dr. Guthrie strains an illustration, and sometimes he strains after one, but in the general he interests and charms, while he instructs the devout reader. Thoughts on Holy Scripture. By Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England. Compiled by John G. Hall, Pastor of the Reformed Dutch. Church, Fort Plain, N. Y. pp. 408. 12mo. These Thoughts, many of them immortal, are happily arranged by the Editor, and form a volume of uncommon interest and power. Health Five Lay Sermons to Working People. By John Brown, M.D., author of "Rab and his Friends," etc. pp. 90. 18mo-Dr. Brown is a writer whom we love to read; and his Lay Sermons form an admirable model for clerical sermons, in respect of a racy English style, and a direct "of putting things." The present tract deserves an extensive circulation. way The five volumes whose titles immediately follow are well adapted to the popular taste, and they make a healthful religious impression: The Near and the Heavenly Horizons. By Madam De Gasparin. pp. 311. 12mo. Life Work; or the Link and the Rivet. By L. N. R., author of "The Book and its Story," and "The Missing Link." The Pathway of Promise; or, Words of Comfort to the Christian Pilgrim pp. 196. 18mo. The "I wills" of Christ being Thoughts upon some of the Passages in which the words "I will are used by the Lord Jesus Christ. By Rev. Phillip Bennett Power, M.A., Incumbent of Christ Church, Worthing. pp. 395. 12mo. The Life of Arthur Vandeleur, Major, Royal Artillery. By the Author of "Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars," etc. pp. 303. 12mo. The three volumes whose titles are next given, are from the pen of Rev. Horatius Bonar, D.D., of Kelso, Scotland; author of the "Night of Weeping," the "Morning of Joy," the "Desert of Sinai," the "Land of Promise," etc., etc. First Series. pp. 269. 18mo. Hymns of Faith and Hope. Hymns of Faith and Hope. The First Series of these Hymns has been previously republished by the Messrs. Carter. The Second Series appears now in its first American edition. It is not perhaps equal to the first, but contains many sweet stanzas. God's Way of Peace: a Book for the Anxious. pp. 200. 18mo. This unpretending volume abounds with solemn counsel to the unrenewed, and exhibits many specimens of theological acumen. From Carlton and Porter, 200 Mulberry Street, New York, we have received the following works: The History of the Religious Movement of the Eighteenth Century, called Methodism considered in its different Denominational Forms, and its Relations to British and American Protestantism. By Abel Stevens, LL.D. Volume III. From the death of Wesley to the centenary jubilee of Methodism. PP, 524. 8vo. This is an admirable volume. It has all the interest of a novel. Dr. Stevens writes in a graphic style, and clothes the ample materials of his history in an attractive garb. The Elements of Logic: adapted to the capacity of younger students, and designed for academies and the higher classes of common schools. By Charles K. True, D.D. Third Edition, revised. pp. 176. 18mo. We are happy to perceive that this excellent treatise has had a large circulation. Rudiments of Public Speaking and Debate; or, Hints on the Application of Logic. By G. J. Holyoake, author of "Mathematics no Mystery," Logic of Facts," etc. With an Essay on Sacred Eloquence, by Henry Rogers. Revised by Rev. L. D. Barrows. pp. 230. 12mo. The study of this volume cannot fail to exert a beneficial influence on our public speakers. The Missionary in Many Lands. A Series of interesting Sketches of Missionary Life. By Erwin House, A.M. Ten Illustrations. pp. 388. 18mo. A Missionary Among Cannibals; or, the Life of John Hunt, who was eminently successful in converting the people of Fiji from Cannibalism to Christianity. By George Stringer Rowe. pp. 286. 18mo. Life among the Chinese; with characteristic Sketches and Incidents of Missionary Operations and Prospects in China. By Rev. R. S. Maclay, M.A. Thirteen years Missionary to China from the Methodist Episcopal Church. pp. 400. 12mo. The three volumes last named contain many thrilling narratives of missionary life. A Commonplace Book; designed to assist students, professional men, and general readers in treasuring up knowledge for future use. Arranged by Rev. James Porter, D.D. With an Introduction by Rev. William Rice, A.M.-We are pleased with this volume. The plan of it is simple, and so much the more valuable. Topically arranged: Moral and Religious Quotations from the Poets. comprising choice selections from six hundred authors. Compiled by Rev. William Rice, A.M. Third edition. pp. 338. 8vo.-The mechanical execution of this volume will commend it at once to the reader. The selection is made tastefully and judiciously. Mr. Warren F. Draper, of Andover, has recently published a Commentary on Ecclesiastes. By Moses Stuart, late Professor, etc., at Andover. Edited and revised by R. D. C. Robbins, Professor in Middlebury College. pp. 346. 12mo.-Prof. Robbins is performing a work of great value, in editing and revising the exegetical volumes of Professor Stuart. The present edition of the Commentary on Ecclesiastes deserves, and will doubtless receive the favorable judgment of scholars belonging to different sects and schools. Prof. Stuart was admirably fitted to explain the Coheleth, and many parts of his explanation are racy in style, as wel! as rich in thought. We hope that all of his exegetical writings will be given to the public in a uniform edition. A good commencement has been made already. From the house of Gould & Lincoln, No. 59 Washington Street, Boston, we have received the " Annual of Scientific Discovery; or, Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art for 1862: exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Meteorology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.; together with Notes on the Progress of Science during the year 1861; a List of Recent Scientific Publications; Obituaries of eminent scientific men, etc. Edited by David A. Wells, A.M., author of Principles of Natural Philosophy, Principles of Chemistry, Science of Common Things, etc. pp. 415, 12mo.”—This Annual is too well known to need commendation. We greet, with peculiar pleasure, every new volume of it. The Testimony of Christ to Christianity. By Peter Bayne, A.M., author of Essays on Biography and Criticism, etc. pp. 200, 18mo. — Mr. Bayne commands a sprightly and vigorous English style. The tone of the present volume, like that of the preceding works from his pen, is healthful and inspiriting. We had prepared a full Notice of White and Riddle's Latin-English Dictionary, published by Longman a id Company, London, but have room to express our estimate of it only in general terms. Though based on Freund's Latin Dictionary (Andrews's translation), it "has been so thoroughly re-written and enlarged as to entitle it to the character of a new work." It embodies the results of the most mature and critical scholarship, and the best fruits of the recent studies in Comparative Philology, so far as they relate to the Latin. In its etymology, its philosophic arrangement, the natural deduction of the secondary from the primary meanings of words, in its illustrations of their various constructions, and in the fulness and clearness of its definitions, it is fully up to the present advanced stage of Latin scholarship; and, as ought to be expected from the advantages under which it has appeared, is much superior to any previous work of the kind. It is a royal octavo volume of 2103 pages. The Article on Hopkinsianism, in our present number, is the third of a series of Articles designed to exhibit the peculiar views of each theological school or sect, in a style which the friends of that school or sect will not deem unfair. It is not the aim of these Articles to state the reasons for the peculiar views which are described, but merely to state the views. Still, it is sometimes necessary to give a synopsis of the arguments in support of a particular creed, because the arguments themselves have been often misrepresented, and the distinctive nature of the creed cannot be fully portrayed without a reference to some of the proofs adduced in its favor. THE BIBLIOTHECA SACRA, No. LXXVI. AND BIBLICAL REPOSITORY, No. CXXVIII. OCTOBER, 1862. ARTICLE I. THE ATONEMENT, IN ITS RELATIONS TO GOD AND MAN.1 BY REV. ENOCH POND, D.D., PROFESSOR IN BANGOR THEOLOGICAL THIS little book has been for a long time before the public. The substance of it was published, in four sermons, almost forty years ago. In 1844 it was re-written; the form of sermons was dropped, a new chapter added, and it was given to the public in its present state. Since that period, it has been extensively circulated, not only in our own country, but in foreign lands. It has been translated into several languages, as the French, the Welsh, and the Low Dutch. In the preface to the last edition of his Controversy with the Unitarians, the late Dr. Wardlaw speaks of it with high commendation. But in the midst of so much approbation, it has not entirely escaped censure. As might have been expected, the Unitarians early laid their hands upon it; and almost immediately after its publication in its present form, it was 'Christ the only Sacrifice; or, the Atonement in its Relations to God and Man. By Nathan S. S. Beman, D.D. With an Introductory Chapter by Samuel Hanson Cox, D.D. Second Edition; Revised, re-written, enlarged, and improved. New York: Mark H. Newman. 1844. |