Sacrifice [B] [S]The offering up of sacrifices is to be regarded as a divine institution. It did not originate with man. God himself appointed it as t...
XIV ? On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family THE family may fairly be considered, one would think, an ultimate human institutio...
JUBILEE YEAR (shenath ha-yobhel; etos tes apheseos; annus jubilaeus, year of jubilee (Leviticus 25:13), or simply ha-yobhel, the jubilee (Leviticus 25...
Introductory Notice to the Early LiturgiesINTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE EARLY LITURGIESIt is in curious contrast with the work of Brett and others like-m...
At the commencement of the year beginning with May, 1850, it was my purpose to seek help from the Lord that I might be able, in a still greater degre...
Hebrews 2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren These words, with the following clause, are cited from ( Psalms 22:22 ) as a proof of wh...
1 Corinthians 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren The apostle prefaces what he had to say by way of commendation of them; though some think that this is s...
Luke 2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child According to the original institution of circumcision, ( Genesis 17:...
ZECHARIAH (2) (zekharyah, zekharydhu, Yah has remembered (2?Kings 14:29; 15:8-12); Zacharias, the King James Version Zachariah): Son of Jeroboam II, ...
CHAPTER 5 Deuteronomy 5:1-29 . A COMMEMORATION OF THE COVENANT IN HOREB. 1. Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments--Whether this rehearsa...
FAST; FASTING fast, fast'-ing (tsum; `innah nephesh, afflict soul or self, i.e. practice self-denial; nesteia, nesteuein): It is necessary to get rid...
CHRIST AND THE TRUTH1 I Count it a high honor that I am permitted to be present on this occasion. I pay my tribute of respect to the noble history of...
. Hugh Clark, A. M.?This excellent person was born at Burton-upon-Trent in Staffordshire, August 15,1563,' and educated first in Jesus college, Cambri...
Prophet, Christ as The largest Old Testament passage on the coming Messiah in the role of a prophet is Deuteronomy 18:15-19. There God promised, throu...
Song of Solomon 1:11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.] Christ here in his own name, and in the name of the other two divine Per...
Ephesians 5:32 This is a great mystery It has something mysterious in it; it is a figure and emblem of the mysterious union between Christ and his peo...
Matthew 19:8 He saith unto them In answer to their objection; Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives: in ...
Now before the feast of the passover (pro de th eorth tou pasca). Just before, John means, not twenty-four hours before, that is our Thursday evening ...
Hebrews 7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, &c.] The priesthood which was established in the tribe of Levi; so called, to d...
Anointing, [N] [T]in Holy Scripture, is either, I. Material--with oil--or II. Spiritual--with the Holy Ghost. I. MATERIAL.-- Ordinary . Anointing the...