Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-05
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FOR THE PUBLICATION or ~ ~ z
LECTURES Oh THE IIV TlsIANIIT,
BY REV. WM. C. DAVIS

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VNHIS work is to be printed on good paper, in
Il plain type, well-bound in sheep, in four voi-5
umes super-royal octayo-each volume containing.
six or seven hundred pages; and will be furnished
to subscribers at TWO D0LLARSper volume, to;
be paid to the Publishers Agent on the delivery
of the work. The publication will be put to press
rs soon as fifteen hundred copies are taken Pro-
posals have been printed and placed in the hands
Of Agents, who will proceed to canvass for the
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Inasmuch as application for patronage will be-
made to the reading portion of the community in
this and the adjoining Districts, justice alike to4he
enterprise and to those who are asked to favor it
demands that some account be given Of eharae-
ter. = So sssaS
1t is the work Of Divine of Acknowledged fales
ent and scholarship, Of piety and snccess in the
Ministry; of one who devoted himself to the SIM
dy of the Scriptures, and the preaching of the
Gospel for upwards Of forty years, with anassjdn.
ty so intense, as to preclude him almost entirely
from the secular cares and pursuits, common TO
many in the sacred Office. The yolun inous pro-;
ductions of his pen thatnow lie in manuscript, brs
sides his Lectures on the New Testament, bear
testimony to the zeal and industry with which hes
prosecuted his Theological researches, until with
in few years of his death. In the Lectures:
which We here recommend to the favorable regard,
puDitCJ otSauoN pECbSnIcA ~ Hapss
monS of the Four Gospels, clear and consistent,
exposition Of the Sacred Text, and large nnntsi
ber of Critical Notes and observations on obscure
and difficult passages, and on important pointsin
doctrinnl Divinity. Tire grand design Of the au-
thor evidently is, to assist his reader to acquire
sound and accurate understanding of the Mind
of the Spirit, impaired in the Sacred Oracles,s
whatever sacrifice of his own prepossessions, or
the prejudices of others, itmay have cost him. y.
The style Of the work is purely didactie- sim, !,
pie and Misunderstanding rather to Instruct, than
to please the taste. Much however, will be found
in the perusal of the Commentary tosdelight the.
earnest student Of the Scriptures; but that pleas
ure will result, chiefly, from the unexpected and
wonderful manifestations which are furnished, of.
the perfect harmony of oil the parts in the grand
scheme of salvation; their indssoluble connection,
and their intimate dependency upon each, other,
from the eternal foundation, to the topmost stone
in the imperishable edifce. The writer Of this
brief notice has given some portion Of his time to-
the study of the Bible, and to the perusal of Conn
mentares and writings on Divinity, and he is cons
strained to acknowledge, that he feels much In
debted, under God, to these Lectures, for com-
fort and satisfaction with which he is senabled to
read the New Testament Scriptures, especially the
Epistoary portions of them: Persuaded that
others may be equally profted, he takes pleasure
IN recommending the work 10 the IaYoraDle no4lee,
Of hisfellow Christians everywhere, and partcnlar
ly to that of Ministers of the Gospel, and Students
in Divinity While the plain and humble lover OF
the Bible will be furnished with safe and famii-
lar assistant to a correct knowledge Of the pre-
cious part of Divine Revelation, on which these
Lectures are written, and will find himself instuc.
ted, encouraged, and comforted in Christ, The
Public Teacher Of religious Truth will find in these
volumes treasure, from which he may draw lafge.s
ly, to the increase Of his own spiritual wealth,
edifcation of the Church, and the salvation Of
souls -. ~ x
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