bodies, and the bondage of the letter is giving way to the freedom of the spirit. The Gospel of Christ is triumphing over the theories about Christ, and spiritual self-fulfillment by becoming Christ-like is crowding out of existence all theories of magical salvation. The creed of the theologians consists of many "articles"; the creed of Christ only of two, - "Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy neighbor as thyself."
Admittance of an infant into the | Baking of bread in Syria, 200-
Agricultural life, in America, 285; Baldness, 383.
in Syria, 286-94.
'Aish, the sacred, 194.
American and Syrian modes of
thought, contrast between, 126,
127.
American farmer, lack of romance
in his life, 285.
American life, interpretation of,
9, 10.
American mind, attitude toward
conception and birth, 22.
American women, highly regarded
by men, 314; cultivation and
privileges of, 316.
American youth, seem to be in-
different to filial obedience, 52,
53.
Angels as heavenly messengers,
Anglo-Saxon, the, and the Orien-
tal, as they appear to each
other, 57; the reserve of, 72, 73;
uses deeds rather than words
in his quarrels, 95; curtness of,
108; has high regard for woman,
313.
Anointing the feet, 226-28.
Arabic, the language of the Sy-
rians, 175; poetry, 354.
Athanasian Creed, 405.
Atheism unknown among the
Orientals, 84, 85.
Athens, 264.
Baptism, 38, 221.
Barrenness, 20.
Basins for kneading, 198, 374.
Beard, swearing by the, 172, 173;
the sacredness of the, among
Orientals, 172.
Bears, 382, 383.
Bed, letting down the, 270-72;
taking up the, 272.
Bethlehem, star of, 31, 36, 37, 41.
Betrothals, 221.
Bible, the, cast in Oriental moulds
of thought, 4; reads like a let-
ter from Syria, 5, 6; character-
istics of, 5, 6; as a repository
of divine revelation, knows no
geographical limits, 6; as liter-
ature, an imported article in
the Western world, 7; misun-
derstood through misunder-
standing of Syrian life, 11;
critics of, 41, 119, 128; inaccu-
racy of statement in, 110-14;
metaphors and exaggerations
of, 119-25; many passages of,
to be judged by what they
mean rather than by what they
say, 139; the positiveness of
speech of, 184, 188; prominent
mention of Mary and Martha
as Jesus' entertainers in, 207,
335; the words home and house
in the translation of, 243; pur-
pose of St. John's Gospel, 343-
45.
Passages cited or expounded:
Acts x, p. 277-79; xvi: 15, p.
210; XVII: 17, p. 264; xviii: 18,
p. 17; XXI: 10-13, p. 116; XXI:
23, p. 18; xxvi: 8, p. 21.
Amos II: 12, p. 308; rv: 5,
p. 98; vi: 3-4, p. 229.
1 Cor. VII: 4, 14, p. 326; vII:
26, p. 184; x1: 5, p. 332; XI:
7-8, p. 329; XIV: 34, p. 333.
2 Cor. ix: 6, p. 83; xi: 26-
-27, p. 246.
Deut. XXI: 15-17, p. 100;
XXI: 18-21, p. 336; xxiii: 25, p.
291; xxiv: 6, p. 400; xxv: 7, p.
98; xxv: 15, p. 100; xxvIII, 15,
42, p. 294; xxviп: 62, p. 32;
XXXII: 39, p. 91.
Eccles. vII: 6, p. 290.
Ephes. v: 22-23, p. 328; v:
25-29, p. 326.
Exod. x: 40, p. 293; XII: 3,
6, p. 233; XII: 11, p. 254; XII:
34, p. 373; XII: 39, p. 374.
Ezek. XVI: 1-4, p. 30; xxxiv:
11-13, 16, p. 304.
Gal. : 28, p. 325; vi: 7,
p. 83.
Gen. 1: 27, p. 330; III, p. 54;
IV: 23, p. 138; xv: 5, p. 33;
XVIII: 2-3, 5, p. 206; xvIII:
16, p. 221; XXI: 23, p. 167; xxII:
16, p. 169; xx: 3-6, p. 370;
XXIII: 8-9, p. 371; XXIII: II, p.
371; xxIII: 15-16, p. 372; xxiv:
2-4, pp. 367, 368; xxiv: 10-11,
p. 260; XXIV: 30-33, p. 192;
XXIV: 53-54, pp. 192, 193;
XXIV: 60, p. 23; xxvII: 28-29,
p. 338; xxvii: 38, p. 339; xxx:
I, p. 23; XXXI: 53, p. 171; XLIX:
25, p. 346.
Hebr. vi: 13, p. 170.
Is. IV: 6, p. 241; XXXVIII: 12,
p. 296; XL: II, p. 306; XLI: 15,
p. 378; XLVII: 13-14, p. 36;
XLIX: 22-23, pp. 389–91; LVш:
11, p. 248; LXII: 8, p. 170; LxIII:
2, p. 283.
Jerem. XLVIII: 38, p. 275.
Job xi: 15, p. 180; xx1:
32, p. 213; xxiv: 11, p. 284,
xxix: 1-6, p. 141; xxxI: 32;
p. 213.
John 1: 47-48, p. 282; 11: 4,
p. 340; 11: 13-16, pp. 134, 135;
IV: 21, 23, p. 342; X: I-4, pp.
297-99; x: 1-16, p. 295; x: 1I,
p. 304; XII: 2, p. 224; xII: 3, p.
226; XIII: 23, p. 65; xi: 26,
p. 68; x: 28–29, p. 69; xv:
5, p. 280; xv: 9, 12, p. 102;
XIX: 25-26, p. 345; XXI: 15-
16, p. 183.
Joshua Ix: 12, p. 251.
Judges vi: II, p. 376; vi: 36–
40 pp. 181, 182; vii: 5-6, p.
380; VII: 12, p. 260; vi: 7, p.
290; x11: 5-6, p. 176; xix: 5-
10, pp. 219-21; XIX: 14-21, pp.
211, 212.
I Kings VIII: 37, p. 292; XIX:
4, P. 375; XIX: 19, p. 287.
2 Kings 11:23-24, p. 382;
IV: 1-6, pp. 383, 384; IV: 22,
24-25, p. 14.
Lament. v: 10, p. 202.
Lev. XII: 2-4, p. 38; xxv:
35, p. 123; xxvi: 26, p. 202.
Luke 1: 28, 31, p. 20; 11: 8-
14, pp. 42, 43; 11: 12, 15-16, p.
28; 11: 22, p. 37; 11: 29, p. 39;
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