ation to the flood, and then from the flood to Abraham; Table second extends from Abraham to Solomon; Table third contains the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel until the destruction of the latter; Table fourth, the last Jewish kings down to the Babylonian Exile; Table fifth extends from the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans to the time of the Maccabees; Table sixth, from the Maccabees to Hadrian. The system of chronology laid at the basis of the work is that of Usher. The synchronistic history of the other powerful nations, as the Egyptians, Syrians, Assyrians and Babylonians, is given in connection with that of the Hebrews. The recent discoveries in Egypt admit of obvious applications to the general subject, which have not been overlooked. Under the text of the tables, notes are inserted which direct the student to the most important sources of information. "The author," says Rödiger, "by the publication of these tables, has, in a judicious manner, provided for an actual want, and we wish for them a wide circulation and diligent use." Professor Caspari has finished the second and last part of his Grammatica Arabica, intended for those just beginning the language. He has added to it a brief Chrestomathy. After an interval of several years, a second volume of the Orientalea, consisting of articles relating to Old Testament exegesis, from some of the most distinguished oriental scholars of Holland, has been put forth. An allusion to two or three of the articles will convey an idea of what is proposed. A historico-critical dissertation,-Commentariorum in Habacuci vaticinium prolegomena,-opens the volume, in which the author treats of the person and name of the prophet, and the time of the composition of the book. The second article,-Annotatio ad Psalmos septendecim priores,-takes up some important points in grammar and lexicography, and advances some results different from those contained in the current critical works. The third article brings into discussion the merits of the older Hebrew grammarians, and maintains that some deficiencies in the more recent treatises on Hebrew grammar may be supplied from this source. Three other articles follow, of the same general character, making the work, in the opinion of competent men, well deserving the attention of biblical scholars. The publication is to go on still further. A German critic mentions with the highest commendation a work in three vols., 1847, printed at the expense of the French government, under the title,-Histoire de l'esclavage dans l'antiquité, par A. Wallon, Professor of Modern History in the Faculty of Letters at Paris. The description represents it as the most complete work on the subject of ancient slavery hitherto produced. Of its interest in respect to the religious bearings of the question, an idea may be formed from the following enumeration of the topics taken up in the concluding chapters: Doctrine des Pères de l'Eglise sur l'esclavage. De l'esclavage parmi les chrétiens; efforts des Pères pour le modifier; influence qu'ils ont exercée pour le faire abolir; influence du christianisme dans les lois des empereurs chrétiens en faveur des esclaves; dernier état de l'esclavage dans l'antiquité. An auto-biography of the celebrated Creuzer in Heidelberg under the title Aus dem Leben eines alten Professors, etc., has appeared, which accompanies a new edition, of his writings, but can be had also separately. It is described as a work of unsurpassed interest in this department of composition. It presents to us a picture of university-life in Germany, as it was especially 30-40 years ago-henceforth to be known only from books. The biography of the writer forms the bulk of the volume, but personal reminiscences and notices of eminent scholars, as Wyttenbach, Jacobs, Morelli, Fr. Schlegel and others, with letters selected from a long-continued and active correspondence between him and them, occupy also a prominent place, and furnish materials of great value for illustrating the literary history of the times. The Real-Encyklopädie der class. Alterthumswissenschaft, commenced by Pauly in 1839, has reached the ninety-sixth number;-the last article, Physcella. The periodicals report also the appearance of additional portions of several other classical works, which have been for some years in progress; as, e. g., the first part of the second volume of Passow's Handwörterbuch der griech. Sprache, fifth edition by Rost, Palm and Kreussler; Suidae Lexicon Gr. et Lat. ed. Bernhardy, T. 2, Fasc. 8; Stephani Thesaurus Graec. Ling. Edd. Hase et Dindorfii. vol. 7, Fasc. 1. H. DEATHS. QUARTERLY LIST. WILLIAM E. CLOPTON, Stewart Co., MOSES GILLETT, Rome, Oneida Co., JOSEPH HAUGHWOUT, Minisink, Or- JACOB W. HERNDON, Spottsylvania, HOSEA HOLCOMBE, Jonesboro', Ala, J. SEXTON JAMES, near Shanghai, Chi- GEORGE W. JEFFREYS, Patrick Co., WILLIAM LEFTWICH, Otter Farm, GAMALIEL L. OLDS, Bloomfield, Pick- PHILIP TALIAFERRO, Gloucester Co., ORDINATIONS. THOMAS ARMITAGE, Albany, N. Y., June 16. NELSON ATWOOD, Delavan, Ill., July 12. JOHN J. BERRYMAN, Enon, Bucking- 14. R. W. E. BROWN, North Randolph, DANIEL COREY, Day, Saratoga Co., N. JOHN DANIEL, Mt. Zion, Buckingham S. U. FERGUSON, Erieville, Mad. Co., C. A. NEWLAND, Bingham, Potter Co., ORMSBEE, Newton, Pike Co., O., R. SHIRLEY, Ten Mile Creek, Hamil. JAMES SIMPSON, Mechanicsburg, Cham- NIMROD SULLIVAN, West Union, S. C., WILLIAM G. TURNER, Forest Hill, CHURCHES CONSTITUTED. Oswego, Kendall Co., Ill., May 24. Wilkinson, Con., May 30. THOMAS H. Fox, Mt. Carmel, Caroline liam Co., Va., Dec. 28. H. B. GOWER, Buxton, Me., Aug. 15. P. P. KENNEDY, Aurora, Portage Co., IRA E. KENNEY, Truxton, Cort. Co., JUDSON G. LYMAN, White Hills, Fair- CALVIN C. MOORE, Stillwater, N. Y., JOHN NEWLAN, Winnsboro', S. C., June 12. Monroe, Fairfield Co., Con., June 6. Tipton, Cass Co., Ind., June 10. Windsor, Dane Co., Wis., June. Forest Hill, Louisa Co., Va., July 28. DEDICATIONS. Wheatfield, N. Y., May 4. THE CHRISTIAN REVIEW. NO. LII....DECEMBER, 1848. ARTICLE I. THE MANHOOD OF CHRIST. The Life of Jesus Christ in its Historical Connection and Development. By AUGUSTUS NEANDER. Translated by McClintock & Blumenthal. New York, Harpers. It is important that we keep constantly in view the relation which the progressive development of Christ's manhood bore to the complete accomplishment of his divine. mission. The years of his life which were most veiled in obscurity were full of preparatory discipline, wisely adapted to the sublimest ends. The lowly circumstances of his infancy, the severe toils of his youth, and the varied experience of his early manhood, were doubtless designed gradually to awaken the full consciousness of that divine call, and fortify him with that perfect mastery over adverse powers, which he displayed on entering upon his public life. From an infinite diversity of sources, sublunary and celestial, Jesus imbibed energies of every kind, which, with irresistible concentrativeness, were at length employed to redeem and renovate the world. To the silent, solitary preparation which transpired in the life of Christ between the ages of twelve and thirty, let us now attend. In examining this period of transition from youthful consecration to perpetual struggle and triumphant sacrifice, we shall find that our Redeemer experienced much VOL. XIII.-NO. LII. 41 of social oppression, personal self-reliance, and the seductions of power. In the first place, Jesus Christ experienced much of the bitterness produced by social oppression. Suffering humanity drank from no cup and experienced no wrongs in which he did not participate. He was in all points tempted like as we are, yet sinless. He knew no actual participation of depravity; but as he rose from the lowest vale of human existence and pressed through every barrier that sin has raised, he learned how to sympathize with a fallen. race in every pang they endured. This was essential to the full development of the Messianic character, and the perfect discharge of the work he came to perform. He entered upon various human relationships, mingled intimately with human beings of every class, and witnessed human wretchedness of every degree. That which he saw, felt, and wept over, made profound impressions on his mighty heart, and nerved him amid the tempest of vicarious woe to win peace for mankind. Jesus, in common with nearly all who are born to elevate and bless the world, was disheartened by those who had the best evidences of his worth, and found least encouragement from the kindred to whom he was most closely allied. Various statements of the Evangelists inform us that Christ had younger brothers and sisters. For instance, they who witnessed the first marvels of his career said, "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses, and Simon, and Juda? and are not his sisters here with us?" A distinguished critic observes: 66 'It is worthy of note that Mark and John agree in stating that these brothers of the Saviour remained unbelievers during his stay on earth, a fact which illustrates the truthfulness of the history, since it by no means tended to glorify either Christ or his brothers, one of whom, at least (James), was in high repute among the Jewish Christians. It is not to be wondered at that the prophet was without honor among those who dwelt under the same roof, and saw him grow up under the same laws of ordinary human nature with themselves. True, this daily contact afforded them many opportunities of beholding the Divinity that streamed through the veil of his flesh; yet it required a spiritual mind and a lively faith to recognize the revealed Son of God in the lowly garb of humanity. The impression of humanity made upon their senses day after day, and thus grown into a habit, could not be made to yield to the divine manifestations, unless in longer time than was re |