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tons OF the jewish history. ~ ID "iAs'SH VII"
earnest eloquence, and deep religious and Patri-
otto feeling. The following passage with regard
to the condition Of domestic service among the
ancient Jews throws light on subject which has
recently been much discussed by theological Pro-
fessors and Doctors OF Divinity.
Some over.reined natures are horrihed at the
idea of being sold TO service-ot the very term Of
Stare THE Hebrew word by the way sig
nifies seTraRt or domestic also and taking up the
position that the law of Moses countenanced SINH
lar traffic as the slave trade in all its modern hor
rors make it the grand objection to regarding the
religion as the revelation Of God. Yet no one who
really studies the Word of God, can entertain an
idea so erroneous for moment. Perpetual slavery
the awful sacrifice Of all home Elections all hui
man emotions, that horrible system which permit
ted man to regard his brother man as beast OF
the field TO be bought and sold live and die at his
will-was utterly unknown IN Israel Inc term
selling" son or daughter, simply signihed the
receiving beforehand the price OF SIX years labor,
in which six years the slave $50 called was equal
to his master in every thing but actual labor. he
was to share in every feast, every rejoicing SIT at
bis masters table, listen to the law, accept every
covenant of God, be clothed fed, and cared Tor,
and at the term of his release be so Literally treat
ed Individually, as TO enable him, if he pleased, TO
quit service, and enter into independent business
for himself or remain, from pure affection or rotun-
f1Ju 1elinQHishment of freedom, Tor ever with MS
master. This was the actual state OF slavery IN
Israel productive OF a three-iold good. IL saved
many parent from behoding the utter destltn'
ton Of his children gave him the means OF work
ing for himself by the price received for their SIX
wears labor assured him OF their temporal and
spiritual welfare and of their being cared tor on
their release far better than he could Tor them,
much as he loved them prevented all those nor
rible incentives to crime and misery produced by
the abiect restitution of many GENTLE land
united m aster and servant in the sweet and holy
ties of brotherhood, alike of religion, TRIBE ana
land subject TO one law, worshpplng one GOd,
caring for the helpless and the weak, and
making every household where the laws oil
God were obeyed one of heavenly harmony and
love- In Israel there no surplus OF hands
of work none OF those fearful temptations to
sin in being thrown out OF employ, In the ma
bility TO meet the heavy taxes and other drains
upon the poor The law in its every item spoke
| OF God. and revealed Him as God Of love. He
alone could have framed statutes entering into
! every mans household guided his conduct from
his parents TO his very servants shielding com
passionatiDg, loving every individual IN israeli
! from the high priest to the lowest slave
rge "THE ISLAND WORLD OF THE PACIFIC
by HENRY T. CHEEvER, is a record OF personal
! observations made at the Sandwich Islands and
other parts of Polynesia, during recent tour
| The volume presents a mass OF information with
regard to the history, geography, and commercial
and political condition of those islands, brought
down to the present time, and dgested into
compact and readable form. Mr.. Cheever writes in
an easy and often careless style, bat seems to have
well considered his facts, which have general
air of authenticity. His book cannot fail to be
widely read during the present excitement in re-
gard to everything connected with the Pacific
Ocean. We do not consider its value enhanced
by the Aux of commonplace poetical quotations.
with which it is inundated, nor by the stale
morslizings which are logged in on every con-
venient and inconvenient occasion. The impa-
tient reader must often be tempted to beseech the
author to go on with his story and let him do the
rejecting for himself Q2mO. PIP. 4O6. Harper
Brothers)
B@ "HAcKLEY's TRIGoNOMETRY,' George
p. Putnam I'VE have already expressed our
opinion of the great scientific merits OF this
work by the able Professor of Mathematics
in Columbia College, and are glad to fortliy
| it with the eminent authority of Prof GILL
| late Editor of the Mathematical Miscellany
who has favored us with the following notice
"When we say that the work presents COM
plete view of the science of Trigonometry, in the
advanced state it has attained at the present day;
| that it gives a more extensive and more search.
ing application of the science to Surveying, Nsvi
CATION Nautical Astronomy, Geodesy, &c than
] perhaps any single existing treatise, aud de
cidedly greater variety of well selected exam
pies on each subject than can be found in any
similar work-we have said enough to call the
attention of the Student of Mathematics, the
| Practical Surveyor, the Navigator, and the En-
| gineer, to a book which we are sure must attain
the highest standing among its class"
IJY "THE NEw.ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND
| GENEALOGICAL REGISTER" January, is filed with
racy memorials Of the primeva age of NewEag-
land, it's Editors exhibiting an antiquarian eRthu-
siasm which might even be envied by Old Mortal
/ ity Every article in this number offers precious
moroccan to the amateurs OF Wondering chronicles
who delight to forsake the excitements of the day
for the sombre quiet of church-yard inscriptions
and family registers. Among other curious docu-
ments we find the Journal Of Capt John Stottard
and Rev. John Williams. the Redeemed Cap.
tive, y who were sent by Gov. Dudley, as messen-
ger to treat with the Marquis de Vaudreul at
Quebec for the Liberation of divers English prison
ers; an original letter of Rev Samuel Hopkins;
inscriptions from the old Burying ground of Peek
skill; Graduates of Harvard originating at Salem
Passengers for Virginia, July 1885; Records of
! Windsor, Ct; Memoirs of the Stebbins Family,
with a variety Of personal and genealogical RENT
niscenses illustrating the early social condition OF
New England. The Register is edited with ex-
ceent judgment by a committee, at the head OF
which is the distinguished Massachusetts, antigua
ny, Rev. Joseph B. Felt Boston S. G. Drake
New York: c. NJ Saxton)
Y INSTRUCTIONS IL GYNSAsTIcs," by j. E.
| D'ALFoNcE, is systematic treatise on the sci