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    no mention whatever of the atoning efficacy of his blood . It is to the mercy of our heavenly Father that we are taught to look—on that we are directed to place our reliance , on the universality of his love , and the tenderness of his compassion ; and , as the only thing needful on our parts , to

    possess this confidence , to feel this reliance , to enjoy this assurance , we must go into the paths of penitence and walk in the ways of righteousness . Let this be done , steadily and perseveringly , and under the guidance of infinite wisdom , and the protection of infinite mercy , we shall at last be brought to our destined habitation , to our final resting-place , to our heavenly and eternal home . *

    * The Reviewer requests ( he reader to correct an error of the press in the preceding article on this subject , p . 480 , Hue 28 , where the words " fire flume , " should be "fine flour . " '

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    Art . IV . —A Connexion of Sacred and Profane History from the Death of Joshua to the Decline of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah , intended to complete the Works of Shuckford and Prideaux , By the Rev , M . Russell , LL . D ., Episcopal Minister , Leith . If we consider the Bible merely as the most ancient historical work extant , as recording the original laws and institutions of a peculiar people , separated from the rest of the world by the singularity of their religious

    observances , every thing that can elucidate the interesting narratives which we find there , and throw any light upon early customs , manners , and ceremonies , must be interesting to those who love to trace the progress of society through all its varieties . If we regard the Sacred Volume in a higher point of view , as containing not only the history of a single nation , but as

    recording the dispensations of Providence in the preservation of a simple , pure , and sacred system of religious belief , we must contemplate with attention , respect , and gratitude , the labours which learning , talents , and industry , employ in endeavouring to make the narrative more clear to the human understanding , to remove obscurity , or to place truth in a more conspicuous light .

    Previous to the appearance of Dr . Russell ' s book , two works of very great value were devoted to the purpose of connecting the history of the Jews with that of the rest of the world , or perhaps we should say , to shew the connexion of sacred and profane history . The invaluable work of the learned Prideaux , which has indeed enjoyed a just , lasting , and extensive popularity , was intended to fill up , with materials collected from ancient authors , the interval between that period at which the narrative contained in the canonical Jewish Scriptures ceases , and that at which the history of the

    New Testament commences . Dr . Shuckford afterwards ,. in the " Sacred and Profane History of the World , connected from the Creation of the World to the Death of Sardanapalus , &c , " attempted to illustrate the annals of the Hebrew people by a reference to the condition of the neighbouring nations . He intended to continue his narrative to the epoch at which Prideaux commences his work , but did not live to complete his plan : his work proceeds no farther than the time of Joshua . The book before us comprehends the times of the Judges , and terminates with the commencement of the regal government and the death of Samuel . The author an-

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    Review . —Russell * s Sacred and Profane History . -563

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1828, page 553, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2563/page/41/