Race and Religion.-The Creation of Man- kind. Things Visible and Invisible. The Perennial Paradise.-The Creation of the first Paradise. The Creation of the Paradise Pair.- The Mutual Dependency of the Sexes, and the Divine Institution of Holy Wedlock.-The Eat- ing of the Forbidden Fruit.-The "Nachash."- What was the "Nachash" like?-The "Nachash" not a Serpent, but of the Mammal Genus.-The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.- Satan's Victims.-Satan, a personal evil exist- ence. The Testimony of the Apocalypse.- Satan's Presumption and Satan's Doom.-The Seduction of the Eve.-The Effects of Eating the Forbidden Fruit.-The Divine Sentence on the "Nachash."-The Divine Sentence on the Woman.-The Divine Sentence on the Adam. -Banishment from the Tree of Life.—The First Babes. - The First Murderer. Cain's b The Priesthood of Melchizedek and the Lord Jesus Christ.-The High Priest.-The Lord Jesus Christ.-- Was the Lord Jesus Christ Crucified on Maundy Thursday or on Good Friday? The Atonement is not only World, but Sphere-embracing, "He Descended into Hell" Rose Again."—"He Ascended into Heaven."- "From thence He shall come to Judge the Quick and the Dead."-" Paradise Regained." The Flood.-The Decalogue.-The Book of Wisdom and the Motherhood of God.-The Wisdom of Solomon.-This Age is a Dispensa- tion of the Holy Ghost.-Error of the Church of Rome. The Blessed Virgin the chiefest of Saints amongst Women, being filled with the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost, like the Heavenly Father, a Spirit.-The Divine Son the only Incarnate Image of both.-The Book of Wisdom (chaps. 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16),— The Book of Ecclesiasticus (chap. 1). All Wisdom cometh from the Lord.-Ecclesiasticus (chaps. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15). Continuity of Holy Writ broken by ignoring the Apochrypha.-The Writings In- spired, though not Canonical.-The Sayings of Our Blessed Lord glow with light when read with 31).-Exhortation to Temperance not Total Abstinence (chaps. 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, and 51). The Book of Baruch (chaps. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 163 5). The First Book of the Maccabees (chap. 2). The Second Book of the Maccabees (chaps. 1, 6, 7, 8, and 10). End of extract from the Maccabees.-Attention called to the "Feast of the Dedication."-Interesting to the Scriptural Students for its institution upon the 25th of Chisleu, the anniversary of the pollution of the Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes (B.C. 167), corresponding to our 25th of the Twelfth Month on which Christians celebrate the Birth of Christ. -The First Book of Esdras (chaps. 3, 4, and 42).-Second Book of Esdras (chap. 1). The Son of Man Himself quotes from the Second Book of Esdras, and thus puts His Almighty imprimatur upon it (chaps. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 16.) The Book of Tobit (chaps. 4, 8, 12, and 13). 227 -The Apocrypha supplies a Greek as well a Hebrew Witness to the Giver of all Good Gifts, significant that the whole of these Apochryphal or hidden books were included in the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament, and that Our Saviour and His Apostles should have quoted from the Septuagint instead of from the Hebrew, if the former contained books of doubtful origin, whereas the latter did not.-The Book of Proverbs Witness to the Spirit (chaps. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 66).-Witness of the Sacred Scriptures to the Holy Ghost as the conceiver and sustainer of life, the source of moral and intellectual greatness, source also of technical knowledge and skill, the source of skill and holy handicraft, the source of prophecy, the source of judgment and of battle, the source of prayer and of change of heart, as well as of prophecy. The presence of God the Holy Spirit in man. The departure of God the Holy Spirit from man.-Samuel's charge to Saul.The Holy Spirit the source of music and its healing power.-The presence of the Spirit is the presence of God.-All the Prophets of the Old Dispensation were animated by the Holy Spirit. The source of poetry as set forth in the Psalms, written by the Sweet Psalmist of Israel and others. God speaks to Solomon in a vision at Gibeon.-The Holy Ghost the source of prophecy, judgment.-The Holy Spirit through the Prophets.-David a Prophet as well as a King. The Holy Spirit the Omnipotent Quickener. The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel (chaps. 1, 2, 3, 11, 18, 36, 37, 39, 43, and 48).-The Book of Daniel.-The Minor Prophets : Hosea (chaps. 6 and 14); Joel (chap. 2); Micah (chaps. 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7); Nahum (chap. 1); Habakuk (chap. 2); Zephaniah (chaps. 2 and 3); Haggai (chap. 2); Zechariah (chaps. 4, 7, 8, and 9).— The Holy Spirit the Omnipotent Conceiver of the Christ (St. Matt. 1; St. Luke 1). The Holy Ghost the spiritual quickener of the barren Elizabeth, and the strengthener of the Baptist. -The Holy Ghost inspires the aged Simeon and Anna the Prophetess, and encircles the 266 |