should heal them." Matthew xiii, 14, 15. The same application of this prophecy was made by our Savior on another occasion; and on this second occasion he adds, that "these things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him." Now, if these latter events were not included in and contemplated by the original prophecy, our Savior is guilty of a perversion or misapplication of it-a misapplication utterly unwarranted by license or latitude of "accommodation" in the use and interpretation of the sacred prophecies; in fine, a misapplication to be accounted for only on the supposition of mistake or design. Admit the Savior guilty of either, then is he not God, nor yet inspired by God. We shall find St. Paul also in the same condemnation, because he makes, in Romans xi, 8, the same application of this prophecy. But on the other hand, if they were warranted in such application of that specific prediction, then have we incontestably an instance of a prophecy having a double or twofold sense. 4. Let us take another instance of corresponding import. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men; therefore, ... the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid." Isaiah xxix, 13, 14. Now, if we turn to Matthew Iv, 7, 8, we shall hear our Savior saying to the scribes and Pharisees, "Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying," etc. This is not a mere adaptation of words, or the use of an ancient prophecy that had had its fulfillment in an "accommodated sense;" for our Savior says, “Esaias did prophesy of you." Though the prophecy had its near or literal fulfillment, even in the time of Isaiah, it had, most conclusively, an ulterior application to the time of Christ, else it could not have been said, except through mistake or by gross perversion, "Esaias did prophesy of You.” 5. Jeremiah says-xxxi, 15, 16—“Thus saith the Lord, A voice was heard in Rama, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not." The primary application of this prediction is to the removal of the children of Israel to Babylon, and the imagery is most beautiful. Rama was near where Rachel died, and here the Israelites were gathered together before their removal. In the prophetic imagery Rachel is represented as coming up out of her grave, and mourning for the loss of her children. St. Matthew, referring to the destruction of the infants in Bethlehem, by Herod, says, "There was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet," etc. Matthew ii, 17, 18. If this prophecy had not an ultimate fulfillment in the event to which St. Matthew refers it, then he has made a misapplication of the passage, or "fulfilled" does not mean "fulfilled." 6. Psalm sixty-nine is also worthy of special attention. The Psalm, as a whole, has an original or primary application to David himself, and portrays, in lively imagery, his afflictions in the midst of his enemies, his confession of his sins, and his prayers for deliverance; but it is impossible not to see that Christ is also prefigured in the definite forms of the imagery of the Psalm. It is like a picture; in the foreground David and his sorrows, wrongs, and sufferings appear; in the background is seen the Messiah, with his innocence, his humility, his reproaches and scorn, forsaken of his friends, gall and vinegar presented for his meat and drink, and finally his heart broken in its agony. David can not be excluded from this Psalm, for it is his own complaint, and here, too, is the confession, "my sins are not hid from thee." On the other hand Christ can not be kept out of it; for bere are the most striking symbols of his sufferings and death. Collate verse 4-"They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away"—with John xv, 25-"But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause;" also verse 9-"For the zeal of thy house hath caten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me"-with John ii, 17-" And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up," and with Romans xv, 3, "For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me;" also verse 21-"They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink"-with Matthew xxvii, 34-"They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink;" also Matthew xxvii, 48; Mark xv, 23; and John xix, 29. In the first of these instances it is said directly that "this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law." Now, if that which was written in their law had no original reference whatever to these events, but were wholly fulfilled in the sufferings of David, how could it have been intimated by our Savior, as it here unquestionably is, that they were not till that time wholly fulfilled? or how could he have asserted, as he here distinctly does, that these events then occurring were a fulfillment of those prophecies which had no relation to him? There is an utter inconsistency here, irreconcilable; but when we recognize the spiritual as well as the natural significance of the prophecy, all is clear. 7. We earnestly invite the attention of the student in Bishop Horsley thus suggests the origin of this kind of prophecy, that "the prophet, speaking perhaps of himself or of his own times, or of distant events set clearly in nis view, was directed by the inspiring Spirit to the choice of expressions to which later events have been found to correspond with more exactness than those to which the prophet himself applied them. This kind of prophecy particularly abounds in the Psalms of David, who often speaks of the fortunes of his own life, the difficulties with which he had to struggle, and his providential deliverances, in terms which carry only a figu rative meaning as applied to David himself, but are literally descriptive of the most remarkable occurrences in the holy life of Jesus. Nor is this kind of prophecy unfrequent in the writings of the other prophets, who were often made to allude to the general redemption, when they would speak in the most explicit terms of deliverances of the Jewish people; and were seldom permitted to deplore present calamities, or to denounce impending judgments, but in expressions literally descriptive of the sufferings of Christ and the afflictions of his Church. The mystic sense couched under the allegorical images may yet be hidden; and for clearing this difficulty, on which the real interpretation of the prophecy, as prophecy, depends, it may be to little purpose to inquire or to know what meaning the prophet might affix to the images he saw, unless it were certain that the prophet was so far in the secret of Heaven as to know of what particular events these images were designed to be the emblems. In prophecies, therefore, of this first kind, there is no reason to suppose that the prophet's meaning was the whole meaning of the inspiring Spirit; but there is the greatest reason from analogy for the contrary conclusion."-Sermons. prophecy to such instances as the following: 1. Collate 2d Psalm, which is evidently an inauguration hymn, with Acts iv, 25, 26, where it is directly used as having a prophetic application to Christ. 2. Collate also the 16th Psalm-especially verses 8-11-the most of which evidently refers primarily to David, with Acts ii, 25-28, where it is said directly that David spoke it concerning Christ.†| 3. Collate Psalm 22d with Matthew 27th, especially verse 1 of the former, with verse 46 of the latter, and verses 7, 8, with 39 and 43; and verses 16-19 with verse 35, and corresponding passages in the other evangelists. 4. Psalm 45th is a song of love-an epithalamium on the nuptials of Solomon with the daughter of the king of Egypt; but in Hebrews i, 8, it is recognized as a beautiful type of Christ gathering his bride from the Gentile world.§ 5. Psalm 109th is the complaint of David upon his slanderous enemies; but here also collate verse 8 with Acts i, 20, and a new and more remote significance will appear in its application to Judas.||| 6. Collate Isaiah vii, | 14 with Matthew i, 23, and Luke i, 31, 34; also Isaiah For convenience we quote these passages: "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel xi, 1 with Romans xv, 12, especially taking into view the scope of the prophecy ranging forward from the commencement of the 7th chapter. 7. Collate Isaiah xl, 3 with Matthew iii, 3; xi, 10. It is admitted that this prophecy of Isaiah relates to John the Baptist. But that it primarily related to the deliverance of Israel from Babylon and their return to their own land, guided by the hand of God through the wilderness, is evident. First, from the occasion on which it was introduced. The prophet had just predicted the grievous calamity of the people, their overthrow, oppression, and captivity. Hezekiah is distressed, but relieved by the promise that the calamity shall not be in his day. Then also comes the announcement of deliverance to the people. God is to prepare their way and lead them up from the land of their bondage through the desert. Before him goes the crier, announcing the advance of the regal host. So is Christ to deliver from the bondage of sin a dying world; and before him likewise goes the messenger preparing the way. 8. One other instance must suffice. Collate Hosea xi, 1 with Matthew ii, 15: "Out of Egypt have I called my Son." It is not questioned that the original passage had reference to the deliverance of Israel from together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Egypt; but it is denied that it had any reference to Let us break their bands asunder, and cast their cords from us." Psalm ii, 1, 2, 3. "Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ." Acts iv, 25, 26. "I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suf fer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." Psalm xvi, 8-11. "For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance." Acts ii, 25-28. "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?" Psalm xxii, 1. "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Matthew xxvii, 46. "All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him." Psalm xxii, 7, 8. "And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads. . . . He trusted in God: let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God." Matthew xxvii, 39, 43. "For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. But be not thou far from me, O Lord: 0 my strength, haste thee to help me." Psalm xxii, 16-19. "And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots." Matthew xxvii, 35. "But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom." Hebrews i, 8. Let his days be few; and let another take his office." Psalm cix, 8. "For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let Christ. It is asserted that the prophet did not record this as having any relation to Christ, but merely as a historic matter relating to Israel. St. Matthew makes a statement contradictory to this; for he expressly says that the going down into Egypt of Joseph and Mary with the infant Savior, was done "that it might be FULFILLED which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my Son." No honest criticism can gather any other meaning from the passage. It must, therefore, have a double signification-that which related to Israel of old and that which related to the Messiah. We think, then, that we have established the fact that there are prophecies on record which have had a definite fulfillment in several, diverse, and widely removed particulars; and also, what is more, that there are predictions which unquestionably had a definite, fixed, and known primary or natural signification, of which the inspired writers, in subsequent ages, have developed a more remote and spiritual meaning. What then? Have the inspired writers of the New Testament mistaken or per his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take." Acts i, 20. "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." Isaiah vii, 14. "Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." Matthew i, 23. "And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus... Then said Mary unto the angel. How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?" Luke i, 31, 34. "And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots." Isaiah xi, 1. "And again Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust." Romans XV, 12. "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." Isaiah x1, 3. "For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight." "For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee." Matthew iii, 3; xi, 10. verted the record of the Old Testament from its original meaning? A single instance of mistake concerning the sense of the ancient prophecies would remove the very foundation of their claim to inspiration. A single instance of willful misinterpretation or even of misapplication, on the part of the apostles, would convict them of fraud or dishonesty, and be equally fatal to their claims. Take, for example, the single passage, "Out of Egypt have I called my son." The position assumed by those who object to the double sense of prophecy is, that the prophet simply recorded a historical fact, and had no kind of reference to Christ at all. If this be true St. Matthew knew it or he did not. If he did not, and made a mistake in saying that it had, then he was not inspired. But if he did know it had no reference to Christ, but was simply a historical record of an event that had already taken place, and still asserted that it was fulfilled in the calling of Jesus up out of Egypt, nay, that the event itself took place that the prophecy might be fulfilled, then is he convicted of duplicity and falsehood. There is no evading this conclusion. We leave the paradox to be solved by those who would carry the blighting mildew of an unwarrantable criticism into that broad domain of inspiration when the incorruptible seeds of truth are ever germing into spiritual life and beauty. Manifestly the inspired apostles could put no more into the prophecies than they were originally invested with by the Holy Ghost. When they recognize a new, and, till then, hidden meaning, it is because that very mean. ing and application was embraced in the all-comprehending mind of their Author, at the very time of their utterance, even though the prophets through whom they were delivered were unconscious of it. The near or natural fulfillment of a prophecy is often only a foil to the spiritual, till that spiritual be developed—an incasement for its preservation-a stamp to indicate its genuineness and worth. Nor does this involve vagueness or obscurity; for when a prediction becomes fulfilled-passes into history, its passage will be as clearly defined and as strongly marked as that of the electric fluid from a thunder-cloud. And, in fine, every successive discharge, even to the thousandth, will equally mark its origin, the line of its direction, and the place of its descent. Wherever, then, we find a prediction so fulfilled that all its conditions-whether standing apart from the great prophetic system or in connection with it-are fully answered, there, we are bound to believe, is a fulfillment designed-an event coming within the legitimate scope of the prophecy, and contemplated in the infinite Mind that gave utterance to it. "This circumstance, the confessed ignorance of the prophets concerning the issue of their prophecies, is that which gives the testimony that prophecy affords of the wise and powerful providence of God its peculiar weight; for the evidence of prophecy lies in these two particulars-that events have been predicted which were not within human foresight; and the accomplishment of predictions have been brought about, which much surpass human power and contrivance."Horsley. Items, Literary, Scientific, and Religious. AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.-The receipts of the year ending May, 1855, amount to $346,811.57-much less than those of the previous year. The number of Bibles printed during the year amount to 275,400, and of Testaments 626,000, making a total of 901,400. The number of volumes issued is 749,896. The number issued since the organization of the Society is 10,653,647. The number of agents at present employed in the domestic field is 35, including 2 on the Pacific coast. AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.-The thirty-first anniversary of this institution was held at Philadelphia, May 15, 1855. Receipts for the year, $248,604.75-of which $55,198.82 were donations and $8,230.40 legacies; $182,498.25 for sales and in payment of debts, etc. Three hundred and twenty-four Sunday school missionaries have been employed for various periods of time in twenty-four different states and territories. These Sunday school missionaries have established 2,440 new schools, containing 16,623 teachers and 97,954 scholars. They have also visited and revived 3,463 other schools, containing 24,896 teachers and 157,755 scholars. Altogether embracing 5,903 schools, 41,519 teachers, and 255,709 scholars. They have distributed by sale $39,722.34, and in donations $6,966.51 worth of religious books, chiefly for children and youth. The Society now publishes a complete library for Sunday schools, containing 812 volumes. AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.-Receipts for the year ending May, in donations, including $13,302.42 in legacies, $147,298.13; for sales, including periodicals, $265,875.73: total, $418,173.86. Expenditures for publishing books and periodicals, $225,030.12; for colportage, $105,113.31; cash remitted to foreign and pagan lands, $16,000: total expenditures, $419,227.34. New publications in six languages, 36; total publications, 1,948; total approved for circulation abroad, in 122 languages and dialects, 2,972. Monthly circulation of the American Messenger, about 200,000; German Messenger, 27,000; Child's Paper nearly 300,000. Circulated during the year, 961,393 volumes, 10,091,214 publications, 292,361,233 pages: total since the formation of the society, 158,419,412 publications, including 10,427,747 volumes. Gratuitous distribution for the year, in more than six thousand distinct grants by the committee, 66,564,036 pages, besides 11,041,470 to life members and directors; value, $51,737. Number of colporteurs laboring the whole or part of the year, 659. They visited 639,193 families, with 281,697 of whom they conversed on personal religion or prayed. Of the families visited, 83,126 habitually neglected evangelical preaching, 64,686 families were Roman Catholics, 51,392 families were destitute of all religious books but the Bible, and 26,259 households destitute of the Bible, and they held or addressed 12,763 religious meetings. AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY.-The American Baptist Publication Society held its thirty-first annual meeting in Chicago, May 11. The number of publications now embraced in the Society's catalogue is 476-218 of which are bound volumes. Of the tracts, 226 are in English, including 11 children's tracts; 6 in French, 15 in German, and 8 in Swedish. Twenty thousand copies of the Baptist Almanac for 1855 have been issued; also, ten thousand copies of the Baptist Record. The sales of books and tracts amount to $35,423.19, being a gain of $3,157.48 over those of the preceding year. The receipts from all sources have been $52,705,74. The assets of the Society, including bills receivable, invested funds, real estate, book stock, materials-such as paper, plates, wood-cuts, etc.-foot up the sum of $79,468.70. The whole number of colporteurs in commission, during the year ending March 1, 1855, was 111. PRESBYTERIAN FOREIGN MISSIONS.-The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions held its eighteenth anniversary in New York city, May last. From the annual reports we gather that the Board has seven missions among the Indian tribes; namely, among the Chippewas and Ottawas, of the state of Michigan; among the Omahas, of Nebraska; among the lowas and Sacs, of Kansas territory; among the Creeks, Seminoles, Chickasaws, and Choctaws, of the south-western Indian territory. Measures have been adopted for the commencement of a new mission among the Ottoes, of Kansas. Two missions in Africa-one in Liberia, which operates upon the colored American emigrants and the natives of the country; and the other at the island of Corisco, twelve or fifteen hundred miles to the south and east of Liberia, and nearly under the equator, which operates exclusively upon the aboriginal population of that island and the neighboring continent. In India the Board has four missions; namely, Lodiana, Furrukhabad, Agra, and Allahaba; thirteen stations and out-stations. In Siam one; in China three; in South America one; among the Jews in America three missions-namely, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. The receipts from all sources, including a balance from last year of $1,267.52, were....... Expenditures... .$184,074 17 Leaving a balance in the treasury for the general purposes of the Board of.... ...... 8,282 00 $87 07 The general summary shows that the Board has under its direction, besides what is done for Papal Europe, 20 separate missions; 59 ordained missionaries; 5 licentiate preachers; 113 male and female assistant missionaries; 43 native helpers; 24 churches, and about 650 native communicants; 26 schools, and 6,596 pupils; 6 printing-presses, from which have been issued more than 12,000,000 of pages during the year. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.-Last year the total income of this Society from ordinary sources was £125,000, being £8,000 over the receipts of the previous year. Since the formation of the Bible Society £4,000,000 have been expended. During the past year 1,367,538 copies of the Scriptures have been distributed; and since it commenced distribution nearly 29,000,000 of copies of the Scriptures, in 170 different languages, have been sent forth. CINCINNATI COMMON SCHOOLS.-Connected with these schools are about 225 teachers-four-fifths of whom are females-to whom are paid annually for services rendered in teaching, $106,708. The city of Cincinnati raises $321,110 a year for school purposes; but of this sum $84,000 goes to support schools outside of Cincinnati, which is a grievance loudly complained of by the citizens. Action has been taken in reference to employing a teacher of elocution for the schools; his labors to begin in August. Mr. Robert Kidd, of well-known capabilities, is spoken of as the gentleman to fill the position. Seamen......... 972,492... 60,000.... 140,000 Commercial treaties with........... 5 nations.... 19 nations MEASUREMENT OF EARTHQUAKES.-The former director of the Observatory at Prague, Dr. Kreil, has invented an ingenious instrument to measure the force, duration, and direction of earthquakes. It consists of a pendulum so contrived, that, while it can move in any direction, it can not return. A perpendicular cylinder is attached, which, by means of clock-work, turns on a vertical axis in twenty-four hours. A pole with a thin elastic arm is fixed near the pendulum; this arm points toward the cylinder, and presses on it gently a pencil, by which means an unbroken line is formed on the surface of the cylinders as long as the pendulum is at rest; but if it is put in motion by an earthquake, the pencil makes broken marks, which show the strength, direction, and period of the earthquake. RAILROAD TRAVELING.-The whole number of persons killed upon the railways of Great Britain, in a period of two years-1853 and 1854-was 413; the total travel of passengers for the same period being 1,830,184,617 miles. Of the 413 persons killed only 28 were passengers, killed from causes beyond their own control; while 23 passengers and 232 employees of the companies-in all, 255 of the 413 were killed through causes which they might have prevented; and 96 of the remainder were killed by carelessly crossing or standing upon the railroads. Thus 351 of the 413 were killed solely through their own fault. Of 159 persons killed on the railroads of New York last year, only 12 were passengers; and not one passenger lost his life from causes beyond his own control, although ten millions of passengers were carried in the cars an aggregate distance of five hundred millions of miles. There were but two deaths from such causes during the preceding year. FAMILY PRAYERS.-The Puritan Recorder, Boston, the Baptist Recorder, New York, and other leading eastern papers, complain that the practice of families sitting during family worship is becoming alarmingly prevalent. 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