reformed church

THE

MERCERSBURG

QUARTERLY REVIEW,

Published by the Alumni Association of Marshall College.

VOLUME VI.--1854.

Neque enim quæro intelligere ut credam, sed credo ut intelligam.-Anselm.

Chambersburg, Pa.:

PRINTED BY M. KIEFFER & CO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF VOL. VI.

ARTICLE.

NO. I.

PAGE.

I. THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE

By Rev. S. N. CALLENDER, A. M., Chamb'g., Pa.

II. THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF CHRISTIAN-

ITY AND THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW

OF ITS ACTION

By Rev. G. DERING WOLFF, A. M., Norrist'n, Pa.

By J. W. NEVIN, D. D., Mercersburg, Pa.

IV. THE TRUE RELATION OF CHEMISTRY TO

By L. H. STEINER, A. M., M. D. Baltimore, Md.

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20

67

117

V. THE LAND OF BLESSEDNESS

136

[Translated from the German of Dr. J. P. Lange,]

By Rev. H. HARBAUGH, A. M., Lancaster, Pa.

VI. SHORT NOTICES

153

NO. II.

I. WILBERFORCE ON THE EUCHARIST

By J. W. NEVIN, D. D., Mercersburg, Pa.

II. LITURGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

III. CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION

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223

By Rev. F. W. KREMER, A. M., Lebanon, Pa.

IV. ZWINGLI AT BERN,

By J. H. A. BOMBERGER, D. D., Philadelphia, Pa.

V. SKETCHES OF A TRAVELLER FROM

GREECE, CONSTANTINOPLE, ASIA

MINOR, SYRIA AND PALESTINE

By Prof. A. L. KEPPEN, A. M., Lancaster, Pa.

VI. GOVERNMENT, IN ITS RELATION TO

EDUCATION

By Rev. E. V. GERHART, A. M., Tiffin, Ohio.

ARTICLE.

PAGE.

VII. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CHURCH 293

By Rev. H. RUST, A. M., Cincinnati, Ohio.

[Translated from the German of Dr. Ebrard,]

By B. C. WOLFF, D. D., Baltimore, Md.

II. LITURGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS -

III. SOME OF OUR POPULAR AMUSEMENTS

By Rev. Jos. CLARK, A. M., Chambersburg, Pa.

IV. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CHRISTIAN

MINISTRY

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By S. R. FISHER, D. D., Chambersburg, Pa.

· V. HISTORY OF GREECE

VI. THE TWO FUNERALS

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By Prof. A. L. KEPPEN, A. M., Lancaster, Pa.

312

321

355

379

403

415

469

By Rev. Jos. CLARK, A. M., Chambersburg, Pa.

VII. SHORT NOTICES

I. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CHURCH

By the Rev. H. RUST, A. M., Cincinnati, Ohio.

[An exposition of John 6: 63,]

By Rev. D. GANS, A. M., Hagerstown, Md.

III. MODERN ATHENS AND THE MONU-

MENTS ON THE AKROPOLIS -

By Prof. A. L. KEPPEN, A. M., Lancaster, Pa.

481

505

531

IV. LITURGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS -

554

V. CHRISTIAN CULTUS: ITS NATURE, HIS-

TORY AND RELATIONS

By Rev. H. HARBAUGH, A. M., Lancaster, Pa.

[Translated from the German of Dr. Schaff,]

By Rev. Jos. H. APPLE, A. M., Lancaster, Pa.

VII. SHORT NOTICES

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