not be united in one, 245; is the Bible absolutely free from error? 247; the several writers do not give an absolutely correct concep- tion of Christ and his work, 248; the true view of the infallibility of the Bible, 250; every part of the Bible to be subjected to the test of historical criticism, 251; mis- takes of the old Protestant theol- ogy as to the Bible, 253; use of the old phraseology as to inspira- tion, 254.
Shield's Final Philosophy, noticed, 398.
Smith's Faith and Philosophy, no- ticed, 200.
Star in the East, The, article on, by Theodore Appel, D.D., 147; un- certain in what year or on what day of the week Christ was born, 147; the old Roman tradition the best accredited, 149; the origin of Christmas Jewish rather than Pagan, 150; the announcement of the birth of Christ properly super- natural, 151; its announcement to the heathen world by means of a star, 152; the personages to whom the revelation was made, 153; the star that guided the Magi, 156; supposed by Kepler to have been a conjunction of three stars, 158; nature of these planetary conjunctions, 158; ob- jections to the idea that the star in the east was such a conjunc- tion, 160; may the star in the east have been a new star? 162; the unusual brilliancy of such stars, 163; three conjunctions seen by the Magi, 164; the birth of an illustrious personage just now an- ticipated, 165; a peculiarly bril- liant star seen in the east, 165; appearance of such a star the best explanation of the journey of the wise men, 167; mystical sense of the star in the east, 169; the star
announced the advent of Christ in our flesh, 170; it announced his birth to the heathen, 172; the star in the east the symbol of the world's conversion, 173; a symbol of reconciliation and peace among men, 175.
Succoth and Penuel not yet Identi- fied, article on, by Prof. J. A. Paine, 481; reasons why the two places cannot yet be said to be identified, 481; the topographical character of the valley, 481; Jacob's journey, 485; this identi- fication made independently of Mahanaim, 486; considerations forbidding Penuel at Tûlûl edh- Dhăhăb, 487; a change of name from Penuel to one entirely Semi- tic contrary to custom, 488; the space between the stream and the top of either hill too short for Penuel, 488; no highway through this part of the valley, 489; the site of Tûlûl edh-Dhahab affords no ruin commensurate with Pen- uel, 491; considerations forbid- ding Succoth at Daïr Allâ, 492; error as to the location of Meshra' Ken'ân, 497.
Symmetry and Rhythm, article on, by Thomas Hill, D.D., 708; no word remains long unambiguous, 708; meanings of symmetry, 708; definition of our ideas in relation to the laws of space and time, 709; idea of a line, 710; of a surface, 710; the mind has no interest in points, lines, and surfaces, except as they conform to law, 711; the conditions of position necessarily intellectual conditions, 712; sym- metry implies obedience to law, 713; the beauty of proportion, 714; scientific men recognize law and harmony in the external world, 715; mistakes in regard to the origin of natural law, 717; invariability of law a postulate in the natural sciences, 718; our definitions of law, 718; Darwin's scheme of evolution a denial of the existence of law, 721; the form of the ultimate atoms may be wholly unknown, 722; the laws of sym- metry and rhythm not revealed
till after long study, 723; law governs the classification of plants and animals, 724; the intellect can distinguish things indistin- guishable by sense, 725; every question of classification of forms a geometrical question, 726; evo- lution denies the existence of any order or plan in the variations of the organic structure, 728; Agas- siz's Essay on Classification teaches a different doctrine, 728; rhythm and symmetry in the estimation of a believer in a Divine Creator not the result of accident, 730.
Theories of Atonement, article on, by John Morgan, D.D., 114; no formal theory of the atonement in the primitive church, 114; the theory that Christ's death was a ransom paid to the devil, 114; Anselm's theory, 116; the power of this theory by which its recep- tion was insured, 118; theory of Nicholas of Methone, 119; the Juridical or so-called Old School theory, 119; chief points of the theory, 120; its elements of power, 121; the doctrine of justification involved in this theory, 123; this theory nullifies the Scripture doc- trine of forgiveness, 126; the Gov- ernmental or New School theory, 128; substance of the theory, 129; its elements of power, 129; Col- eridge's theory, 132; the elements of power and the great fault of the theory, 134; theory of Dr. I. M. Campbell, 135; Bushnell's theory, 136; substance of the theory, 137; erroneous views of remission and justification implied in this theory, 139; difference between Dr. Bushnell's and An- selm's theory, 143. Thompson's United States as a Na- tion, noticed, 590.
De Loss Love, D.D., 1; leading questions on the subject not yet settled, 2; two extreme views advocated at present, 2; certain wrong views in regard to woman's silence in churches, 3; wrong view that woman's silence is as obliga- tory now as in the apostolic day, 7; customs among the Christians in the early Christian era, 9; customs relating to woman's silence among the Greeks, 12; customs as to woman's silence among the Ro- mans, 15; present Oriental cus- toms as to the silence of women more rigorous than in the primi- tive age, 19; influence of the an- cient Persians in causing female silence, 20; the original freedom and power of woman in the Jew- ish nation, 23; the freedom given to woman in modern civilized Christian society, 25; the prin- ciple of man's headship permanent and obligatory, her silence only a changeable custom, 27; the divinely appointed place for man and woman in the marriage union, 27; the obligation of woman to have her head veiled in the reli- gious assembly taught by Paul, 29; the design of God in requir ing in that age the silence of wo- men, 30; close connection between the silence and veiling, 31; veil- ing and silence not now required except in the East, 32; a uniforma- ity of customs in all countries not to be insisted on, 35; no special danger in modern society of wo- man's lack of fidelity in her office as helpmate, 35; the perpetuity of a law dependent on its reason, 36; the relation of man and wo- man in marriage will maintain distinctions in their conduct, 38; office of prophetess in the days of the apostles, 39; inferences from the article, 41; the command to keep silence to be modified at present, 41; sometimes proper that women should address pro miscuous assemblies, 43; domestic life will always continue to be the chief calling of woman, 45. Woolsey, Pres. T. D., article by, 499
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