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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.

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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.

T.

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.

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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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