THE

BIBLIOTHECA SACRA

A Religious and Sociological Quarterly

EDITORS

G. FREDERICK WRIG. IT

Z. SWIFT HOLBROOK

EDWARDS A. PARK,

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

FRANK H. FOSTER, JUDSON SMITH, D. W. SIMON

WM. M. BARBOUR, SAMUEL IVES CURTISS, CHARLES F. THWING

A. A. BERLE AND W. E. BARTON

VOL. LII

INVERSITY

OBERLIN, OHIO

BIBLIOTHECA SACRA COMPANY

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER AND CO., LONDON
1895

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1895, by

BIBLIOTHECA SACRA COMPANY

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington

Article.

NO. CCV.

I. AN IRENICON...........

BY PROFESSor G. fredeRICK WRIGHT, OBERLIN, OHIO.

II. HARMONY OF THE PENTATEUCH RESPECTING

PRIESTLY DUES...

BY THE REV. HENRY HAYMAN, D. D., ALDINGHAM,

ULVERSTON, ENGLAND.

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III. THE DESCENT OF THE NEW JERUSALEM....... 29

BY THE REV. WILLIAM E. BARTON, BOSTON, MASS.

IV. THE IMPORTANCE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE

HISTORICAL ARGUMENT.....................

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BY PROFESSOR ALBERT TEMPLE SWING, OBERLIN, OHIO.

V. THE AUTHORITY AND INSPIRATION OF THE

SCRIPTURES (I.) ..................

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BY PROFESSOR FRANK HUGH FOSTER, D. D., OAKLAND, CAL.

VI. CLOSE COMMUNION....................

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BY A BAPTIST DIVINE.

VII. THE ORDER OF THE ASSASSINS....

BY PROFESSOR HARVEY PORTER, D. D., BEIRUT, SYRIA.

VIII. THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC AND THE DEBS IN-

SURRECTION (I.)

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BY MR. Z. SWIFT HOLBROOK, CHICAGO, ILL.

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IX. RELIGION AND WEALTH...........

BY THE REV. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D. d., COLUMBUS, OHIO.

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