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INDEX.

ADAM. Beautiful extract, 11. Why | BREAD OF GOD. View of man's

Jesus thus called, 12. Com-
parison between the two Adams,
12. Apostle sees in faith all
bearing the image of the hea-
venly,' 13.

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AMEN. Translated Verily in some
instances, 23. Remark of Je-
rome, 23. Mission of Jesus, 24.
ANOINTED. See MESSIAH.
APOSTLE. Jesus sent by the Al-
mighty, 27. Three opinions re-
specting his mission, 28. Will
restore human race, 28.

AUTHOR AND FINISHER. Jesus au-
thor of life and immortality, 30.
Finisher of man's salvation, 31.
BEGINNING OF THE CREATION OF

GOD. See ALPHA AND OMEGA.
BISHOP. Signifies an overseer, 34.

All men belong to Jesus, 35.
BRANCH. Chaldee rendering, 36.
Vulgate, 36, note. Jesus came,
I. To build the temple of the
Lord, 36. II. To rule, 37. III.
To be a priest, 38. Joy of patri-
archs in looking to his day, 39.

physical nature, 42. Three
views of his destiny, 43. 1. An-
nihilation, 43. Beautiful illus-
tration of, 43. Paley's delight-
ful description of the world,
43, note. 2. Endless suffering,
44. Effects of a belief in, 44.
3. Universal purity and bliss, 44.
BRIDEGROOM. Not find Jesus in
Canticles, 46. Amusing inci-
dent of an aged minister, 47,note.
Jesus married to the human race,
48. Connection not broken up

by death, 48.
BRIGHTNESS OF FATHER'S GLORY.
See IMAGE. Moses saw the di-
vine glory exhibited in God's
goodness. Resurrection of Laz-
arus, an illustration of, 50.

CAPTAIN. I. Made perfect through

suffering, 53. II. His commands,
simplicity of, 54. III. Impor-
tance of following him, 55. Self-
denial first step, 55. Now in
the field, 56. Admirable des-
cription from Cowper, 56.

CHRIST. Signification of, 57. Trans-
lators omitted definite article,
57, 190. Remark of Grotius, 58.
Jesus presented himself as the
Saviour of the world, 60.

COMMANDER. Beautifully illustra-
ted in the miracle of raising the
widow's son, 61, 145; in stilling
the elements, 62. Poverty of
Jesus, 63.
CONSOLATION

OF ISRAEL. Dr.
Chandler's remarks on the ex-
pectation of the Jews, 64. See
MESSIAH. Simeon; his joy on
taking the babe, 66. His desire

to depart. His enlarged views, ENSIGN. Origin of title, 113. Scene
of Christ, 68.
of Jacob, the dying patriarch,
114. Richness of prophetic im-
agery, 116.

CORNER STONE. Ancient Hebrews

had once clear views of the Mes-
siah, 71. Jesus the corner stone
of a new religion, 72. Jews
learned that salvation was to be
extended to the Gentiles, 72.
Therefore rejected Christ, 73.
The spiritual temple of God
will be finished with shoutings,
75, 141.
COUNSELLOR. Views of the LXX,
76. Design of God in sending,
76. Sacred nearness existing
between God and him, 77.

COVENANT. Jesus sent to ratify

God's covenant with man, 80.
A Mediator, 80, 259. Great-
ness of his work, 81. Father
held his hand, 82. Scene in
Gethsemane, 82, 252, 352.
COVERT. See HIDING-PLACE.
DELIVERER. His duty. Howard
an illustration, 86. Jesus the
deliverer of a world, 87.

DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS. In what
sense, 90. 1. All nations desire
light, 91. 2. All nations desire
knowledge, 92. Beautiful story
of a Burman female, 92.
3. All
nations desire immortality, 93.
Darkness of the ancient world,
93. Cicero and Seneca's views,
93. A touching incident in one
of the Indian wars, 95. Nature
of the glory spoken of in the
prophecy, 95.

DOOR OF THE SHEEP. Jewish man-
ner of keeping their flocks, 97.
Jesus a door to the blessings of
the Gospel, 99. Few enter the
right door, 99. A lively sketch
from the life of Rev. John Mur-
ray, illustrating the subject, 100.
ELECT. Jesus elected for salvation

of man, 105. Partial election
not a doctrine of God, 106.
EMMANUEL. Manner of applying
proper names among the an-
cients, 107. Explanation of Isa.
vii. 14, p. 109. Not prove the
Trinity, 111. Professor Stuart's
remark, 112.

EVERLASTING FATHER. View taken
by Lowth; the LXX, 118.
Jesus usually used the term
Father in speaking of God, 119.
Passage not prove the Trinity,
120. Views of Rev. John Sher-
man, 120. Same titles applied to
Jesus as to God, 122, 275.

FIRST-BORN

FROM THE DEAD.

Five resurrections before that of
Jesus, 123. Scripture meaning
of first-born, 124. Beautiful ex-
tract from Addison, 126. Jesus
presents a demonstration of the
resurrection, 127.

FIRST FRUITS. Animating descrip-
tion of, by Horne, 129. Beauti-
ful allusions of the apostle, 130.
Greatness of the joy when all the
sleeping dead are gathered in,

132.

FORERUNNER.

Beautiful allusions
of Isaiah, 133. Interesting his-
torical fact, illustrative of title,
134, note. Jesus our forerunner
to heaven, 134.
FOUNDATION. I. Prepared by Jeho-
vah, 137. II. A forerunner sent
to prepare the way, 137. III.
Jesus well qualified, 137. IV.
The foundation laid before time
began, 139. V. Jesus the only
foundation, 139. VI. God laid
the foundation with intention to
build, 140. The building will
be finished with shoutings, 141,

75.

FRIEND OF SINNERS. I. Friend-

ship of Jesus to his disciples
143. II. Friendship to mourn-
ers, 144. Touching illustration
in raising widow's son, 145, 61.
III. Friendship to enemies, 146.
Touching instance of the influ-
ence of reading the sufferings of
Jesus in a school, 148.

GOVERNOR. Jesus born in place and
time predicted, 150. Herod's
conduct, 151. His character,
152, note.

HEAD. Christ, I. The Head of man,

153. II. Head of the church,
155. III. Head of the corner,
156. IV. Head of all princi-
pality, 156.

HEIR. The heathen his inheritance,
159. We are joint-heirs with
him, 160. Rich thoughts of
Burkitt, 161.

HIDING-PLACE. Applied to God,

164. Jesus a hiding-place for
the mourner, 165. Touching
instances: the widow of Nain,
sisters of Lazarus, and Jairus,
165.

HIGH PRIEST. I. Priesthood of Je-

sus superior to that of the law,
170. II. Superior in duration,
170. III. Superior in preroga-
tives, 171. IV. Superior in its
object, 171. V. Superior in its
power, 172. Parallel between
High Priest and Jesus, 174.
Tenderness of our High Priest,

174.

HOLY CHILD. Beautiful exemplifi-
cation of spirit and confidence
of apostles, 176. Power of the
name of Jesus, 177, 180.

HOLY ONE OF GOD. Criticism of

Dr. Clarke, 179. Beautiful ex-
hibitions of power of Jesus, 180.
HOPE. Jesus the author, the object,
and the declarer of our hope, 183.
1. This hope is excellent; beau-
tiful view of an author, 183. 2.
Is firm and enduring, 184. El-
egant quotation, 184.

IMAGE. Jesus a bright, unclouded,
moral exhibition of the great
Father, 187. Beautiful descrip-
tion of character of Jesus, 188.

JESUS. Signification of, 190. Trans-

lators should have put the defi-
nite article before Jesus, 190, 57.
Power of name; precious, 192.
Touching incident from Mrs.
Sigourney, 192. No system of
religion can flourish without,

194.

JUDGE. Popular view, 196. Ter-
rific description of Edwards, 196.

I. The manner of judging the

world, 199. II. The object, 200.
III. The time, 200. Beautiful
extract from Rev. Wilbur Fisk,

202.

KING. I. Kingdom, origin of, 207.
II. Its seat, 207. III. Extent,
208. IV. Duration, 209. Thril-
ling description by Dr. Griffin,
210. Will end in brightness and
glory, 211, 277, 300.

LAMB. Title suggested to John on

seeing a number of lambs going
to be slain at the Passover, 212.
View of Dr. Clarke, 213. Je-
sus came to take away sin,' 214.
LEADER. Wisdom of Jesus, 216.
Power, 217, 177, 180. Suffer-
ings, 219. In entering his ranks,
we must renounce wealth and
popularity, 220. Incident of an
American patriot, 220.

LIFE. Description of Last Supper,
223. Jesus, the life of the world,
222. Graphic description of

Pollok, 225.

LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Beautiful
thought respecting the origin of
this title, 226. I. Light cannot
create; II. Its adaptation; III.
Inexhaustible; IV. Impartial,
227. I. Jesus not come to create
truth, 227. II. Adapted truth
to the understanding, 228. III.
As a moral light, is inexhausti-
ble, 229. IV. Is impartial, 229.
A great moral truth, 230.
LION. Seeming contrarieties in the
character of Jesus, 232. Called

233.

a lion, I. Because of his descent,
233. II. On account of his
kingly power and invincibleness,
233. What he is to accomplish,
Opened the prophecies.
His resurrection a beautiful il-
lustration of title, 235. In him
alone the lamb and the lion
meet, 237. Excellent remarks of
Edwards, 237.

LORD. Critical remarks, 238. Views

of Campbell, 238. Illustration
of Matt. xxii. 41-46, p. 240.
I. Jesus Lord of all by gift of
the Father, 241. II. By his
death, 242. III. By his resur-

rection, 242. IV. By universal
conquest, 243.

MAN. Excellent remarks of Yates,
on the opinion of two natures in
Christ, 245. Difficulties attend-
ing both Trinitarianism and Hu-
manitarianism. In a qualified
sense, Jesus is both God and
Man, 246. Beautiful extract
from Channing, 247. Excellent
remark of Mrs. Barbauld, 247.
MASTER. Fondness of titles in the
time of Jesus, 249. Illustration
from Lightfoot, 250. Disciples
must look to Jesus, 250. Car-
ried out his own teachings, 251.
The Last Supper, 251. Scene in
Gethsemane, 252, 82, 352. His
gentle invitations, 253.
We can
serve only one master, 254.

MEDIATOR. Man looks for a Medi-
ator, 256. An error, 257. Pol-
lok's view, 257. I. Jesus only
Mediator, 259. II. Suitable,
willing, 259. III. For Jews and
Gentiles, 259. Moral grandeur
of the office, 260.

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MESSIAH. A general expectation of,

262. Testimonies of Tacitus,
Suetonius, and Josephus, 262,
note. Proofs presented by: I.
The testimony of Moses. II.
The predictions of prophets.
III. Testimony of John. IV.
His own works. V. His doc-
trine. VI. He sought not his
own glory. VII. A trial of his
doctrine. VIII. The testimony
of the Father, 263. Rejected
because of his character and
doctrine, 265. The Jew still
looking for a Messiah, 265. His
rejection proves his own Scrip-
tures, 265, 348. Not an impostor,
266. Character not invented,
267. Channing's view, 267. 1.
His business, 267. 2. His suf-
ferings, 267. 3. Consequences
of his sufferings, 267. So many
offices never before met in one
individual, 269.

MICHAEL. I. He should stand up

for the people, 271. II. At that
time there should be great trou-
ble, 271. III. His people should
then be delivered, 271. Two

resurrections taught in the Scrip-
tures, 272.

MIGHTY GOD. Custom of the Ori-
entals respecting names, 274.
Various readings; Vatican edi-
tion;
Luther's translation. Ge-
senius and De Wette, 275. The
same names and titles applied to
God and Jesus, 275, 122. Word
god is applied to human beings,
275. Yates' view, 276. Object
to be accomplished, 277. His
beautiful kingdom, 277, 300.

NAZARENE. Signification of, 279.
Prejudices against the Messiah,
280. Anecdote, 281.
PASSOVER. Beautiful description of,
282. In what sense Christ is
our Passover, 284. Views of
Lightfoot, Keach, Herman Wit-
sius, 284. Beautiful extract
from Fox, 285. Application of
word to the redemption of the
world, 288.

PHYSICIAN. Sin, a disease, 290. Je-
sus came to remove it, 291.
Last visit of the earthly physi-
cian, 291. All were healed by
Jesus when on earth, 292.
singular fact respecting his
cures, 292, note. Anecdote of
Zeuxis, the Grecian painter, 293.
Jesus never performed a miracle
to enrich himself, 293. Beauti-
ful extract from Bisbee, 294.
Disposition of the physician,

295.

PRINCE OF PEACE. His teachings,

297. The nature of his kingdom,
298. Ancient custom alluded to
by Virgil, 300. Implements of
war not simply to be converted,
but the very hearts of those who
have used them, 300, 277.
PROPHET. Jews expected the Mes-

siah under this title, 302. I.
Clearness of his prophecies, 303.
11. Minuteness, 303. III. Im-
probability, 304. Magnificent
description of the Temple, 304.
IV. Number of his prophecies,
305. Treatise of Eusebius lost,
Parallel prophecies of
Jesus and fulfilment, 306. Par-
ticular prophecies: 1. His death,

305.

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