away the rightful authority of his office. When he confines his attention to books which are no more adapted to the educated mind than to the uneducated, he becomes less "apt to teach" those who look up to him for instruction, and less qualified to command the reverence of a congregation whose training he ought to superintend. The leader must walk before the led. The shepherd must not keep abreast of his flock, nor lag behind it. He must move in advance, and must be followed by those who have reason to confide in his guidance. A pastor is bound to acquaint himself with spheres of thought to which the majority of his hearers are unaccustomed. His more recondite studies are essential to the interest of his simpler discourses. His exercise with heavy armor fits him to wield the common implements of his office with the greater elasticity. "We need all our learning," said Archbishop Usher to his clergy, "to make things plain." As the Bibliotheca Sacra is not a partisan Review, its Editors have been, and intend to be, liberal in admitting such Articles as they do not, in all respects, endorse. They insert able essays from different evangelical schools. They are not to be held responsible for any statement which does not appear under their own names. They intend to insert a series of Articles unfolding the distinctive principles adopted by different theological parties and sects, and exhibiting the peculiarities of meaning which the parties and sects attach to the terms they use. In order that these Articles may be, and may be esteemed, authentic and authoritative, each one will be written by a representative member of the sect or party whose tenets are described. It is believed that such a series of Articles will tend to prevent some fruitless discussion; for, a large part of our theological controversies is occupied with the charge and the proof that the controversialists are misunderstood, and therefore misrepresented. It is a waste of time to refute what our opponents do not believe, and it causes a loss of charity to accuse them of maintaining what they do not mean to maintain, and what they think that they utterly reject. The value of the Bibliotheca Sacra has been increased by the publication of an Index to the first thirteen volumes, and it will be increased hereafter by the publication of an Index to the volumes published since the year 1856. The terms of the Bibliotheca Sacra are four dollars per anпит. A discount of 25 per cent will be made to those who pay strictly in advance, and receive the number directly from the office of publication, postage unpaid. When supplied by agents, $3.50 in advance, otherwise $4.00. POSTAGE. The postage is five cents per number, or twenty cents per year, to any part of the United States. W. F. DRAPER, PUBLISHER. SPECIAL NOTICE. The Publisher of the BIBLIOTHECA SACRA offers the following premiums: Any present subscriber who will send one new name, and payment for a year, together with his own subscription, shall receive, post-paid, a copy of Theologica Germanica, or any other one dollar book in the list of Andover Publications. For two new subscribers, two books, etc. The same offer is made to any one not now a subscriber, who will become one, and will also send one new name, with payment for both for a year. Any person sending three new names, and payment for a year, shall receive a fourth copy gratis. Complete sets of the Bibliotheca Sacra may still be had of the publisher, WARREN F. DRAPER. ANDOVER, MASS., Jan. 1862. PUBLISHER, BOOKSELLER AND IMPORTER. ANDOVER, MASS. The following Works are Just Published at the Andover Press: I. HEBREW ENGLISH PSALTER. Containing the Hebrew and English, in parallel columns, versified in both languages. 16mo. $1.25. II. ELLICOTT'S COMMENTARY, CRITICAL AND GRAMMATICAL, ON THE Epistle of ST. PAUL TO THE EPHESIANS. 8vo. $1.25. The other Commentaries of Professor Ellicott, on the Epistles of Paul, will follow in uniform style. III. STUART'S COMMENTARY ON ECCLESIASTES. Edited and revised by PROF. R. D. C. ROBBINS. 12mo. $1.25. The following are now in preparation : I. STUART'S CRITICAL HISTORY AND DEFENCE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON. 12mo. II. STUART'S COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE. Edited and revised by PROF, R. D. C. ROBBINS. 12mo. 1 Vol. III. HEBREW PSALTER. Double columns, in verse. 16mo. IV. HEBREW PSALTER. Pocket edition. 32mo. In various bindings. V. THE POLYMICRIAN NEW TESTAMENT. With Notes and References in a centre column. 32mo. FLEMING'S VOCABULARY OF PHILOSOPHY. A VOCABULARY OF PHILOSOPHY: MENTAL, MORAL, AND METAPHYSICAL; WITH QUOTATIONS AND REFERENCES FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS. BY WILLIAM FLEMING, D.D., PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. From the second, revised and enlarged, London edition, with Introduction, Chronology of the History of Philosophy, brought down to 1860, Bibliographical and Analytical Index, Synthetical Tables, and other additions, by CHARLES P. KRAUTH, D.D., TRANSLATOR OF "THOLUCK ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN." 687 PAGES. LARGE 12mo. CLOTH, $1.75. The publishers respectfully invite the special attention of College Professors and Students to this great work, and to the opinion of eminent men as given in the following selections from many commendatory notices received: From Rev. Lyman H. Atwater, D.D., Prof. of Mental Philosophy, College of New Jersey, Princeton: "I know of no work that so well answers the purposes of a rade mecum for the English or American student of Philosophy, whether in the mere elementary or advanced stages of study. As a Thesaurus of the dicta of the great masters of Philosophy in the English, and to some extent in other tongues, on cardinal points, it is invaluable. Midway between a dictionary and encyclopaedia, it is precisely what is wanted, not only by all students of Philosophy, but by all men of letters and liberal culture.” From the Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, President of Rutger's College, New Brunswick, N. J.: "A very valuable help to the student, and the main work is enriched by the Chronological Table and Bibliographical Index, etc. It deserves a large patronage. Scholars will prize it; and all who would grow in useful knowledge would find that the cost paid would be well expended." From Rev. Thomas C. Upham, D. D., Prof. of Mental Philosophy in Bowdoin College, Me.: "I regard it as a highly valuable work. It exhibits abundant evidence, not only of the learning which is requisite in such an undertaking, but of intellectual ability and good judgment. Every student of Mental and Moral Philosophy will find an advantage in possessing it; and if he has not a large library and great opportunity for reading, and the comparison of books and systems, such a work becomes quite indispensable to him." Prom Rev. Henry B. Smith, D.D., Prof. of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, N. Y. : "The additions of the American editor increase, very materially, the value and usefulness of the work. Every student of Philosophy will find it needful to have a volume which presents, in a clear, concise, and convenient manner, the definitions and statements of the most eminent thinkers upon all the leading terms pertaining to the human mind, its operations and ideas." From Rev. W. Lord, D.D., Prof. of Bib. and Eccl. History in North-Western Theo. Sem., Chicago, Ill.: "It is indeed an admirable compend of Philosophical terms and definitions, which, when once possessed, will be felt to be, not only a convenience, but a necessity." From Rev. E. V. 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