THE

BIBLICAL REPERTORY

AND

THEOLOGICAL REVIEW.

BY AN

ASSOCIATION OF GENTLEMEN IN PRINCETON, N. J.
AND ITS VICINITY.

VOL. IV.-NEW SERIES.

Philadelphia:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY

RUSSELL & MARTIEN, No. 9 GEORGE STREET.

Price Three Dollars a year, in advance.
1832.

JUN 151886

By Exchange.

5143

40.22

13.4

CONTENTS.

No. I.

ART. I. RITES AND WORSHIP OF THE EARLY CHRIS-

TIAN CHURCH.

9

II. THE PRESENT CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

28

III. HENGSTENBERG'S VINDICATION OF THE BOOK

OF DANIEL.

48

IV. DOMESTIC MISSIONS.

1. The Fifteenth Annual Report of the Board of

Missions of the General Assembly of the

Presbyterian Church. Presented May, 1831.

2. The Fifth Annual Report of the Home Mis-

sionary Society. Presented May, 1831.

V. BABINGTON ON EDUCATION.

A Practical View of Christian Education, from

the seventh London edition. By T. Ba-

bington, Esq., late member of Parliament,

with a Preliminary Essay by Rev. T. H.

Gallaudet. Fourth American edition.

VI. GOD HIMSELF THE ULTIMATE END OF ALL

THINGS.

72

82

VII. CHARACTER OF THE PRESENT AGE.

VIII. SHORT NOTICES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

IX. SELECT LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Theological.

131

141

ART. I. REVIEW. BOOK ON THE SOUL.

Book on the Soul, First Part. Book on the

Soul, Second Part. By the Rev. T. H.

Gallaudet, &c. .

145

II. THE CHARACTER OF THE GENUINE THEOLO-

GIAN.

158

III. ON THE USE AND ABUSE OF SYSTEMATIC THE-

LOGY.

171

IV. ARABIC AND PERSIAN LEXICOGRAPHY.

A Dictionary Persian, Arabic, and English,

with a Dissertation on the Language, Litera-

ture, and Manners of Eastern Nations. By

John Richardson, Esq. F.S. A., of the Mid-

dle Temple, and of Wadham College, Ox-

ford. Revised and improved by Charles

Wilkins, Esq. LL.D., F.R.S. A new edi-

tion, considerably enlarged. By Francis

Johnson.

190

V. HISTORICAL STATEMENTS OF THE KORAN.

VI. ON CERTAIN ERRORS OF PIOUS STUDENTS IN

OUR COLLEGES.

195

230

VII. ARTICLES OF THE SYNOD OF DORT.

The Articles of the Synod of Dort, and its re-

jection of Errors, with the History of Events

which made way for that Synod, &c. Trans-

lated from the Latin. By Thomas Scott,

Rector of Aston and Sandford, Bucks.

239

ART. VIII. MEMOIR OF THE REV. JOSEPH STIBBS

IX. GIBBS'S MANUAL LEXICON.

A Manual Hebrew and English Lexicon, in-

cluding the Biblical Chaldee. Designed par-

ticularly for beginners. By Josiah W.

Gibbs, A.M., Professor of Sacred Literature

in the Theological School in Yale College.

Second edition, revised and enlarged.

X. THE NEW DIVINITY TRIED.

Review of "The New Divinity Tried ;" or, an

Examination of the Rev. Mr. Rand's Stric-

tures on a Sermon delivered by the Rev. C.

G. Finney, on making a new Heart.

XI. SELECT LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Theological.

Biblical and Philological.

Historical and Biographical.

Sermons and Addresses.

Miscellaneous.

256

269

278

305

306

306

307

307

No. III.

ART. I. CHRISTIAN OBLIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THE

CONVERSION OF THE WORLD.

II. REMARKS ON THE USES OF CHASTISEMENT.

III. REVUE ENCYCLOPEDIQUE. Paris.

HISTOIRE DE LA PHILOSOPHIE.

309

342

358

Par M. V. Cousin, Paris.

358

IV. THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH IN RELATION TO

SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

377