Short Notices [pp. 337-344]

Short Notices.
Thoutlghts on the Origin, Character and Interpretation of Scriptural Pro phecy. In Seven Discourses. Delivered in the Chapel of the General
Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church; with Notes.
By Samuel H. Turner, D). D., Professor of Biblical Learninig and In terpretation of Scripture in the Seminary, &c. New York: Harper &
Brothers, Publishers. 1852. pp. 219.
These discourses are judicious, clear and well written. They
relate to the divine origin of prophecy: as increasing development and certainty; the different ways in which prophetic
knowledge is communicated; prophetic vision, simile and figure;
qualifications of the interpreter of prophecy. To these is
added a discourse on the blessing of Japheth.
A Catechism of Scriptutre Doctrine and Practice, designed for Families and
Sabbath schools, and for the oral instruction of coloured persons. By
Charles C. Jones. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication.
The third edition of this work appeared as long ago as 1843.
The Board of Publication have this year added it to their list
and published it with their sanction. It was originally prepared
by the author for the religious instruction of Negroes, among
whom he so long laboured with disinterested zeal and devotion.
It is well adapted not only for its original purpose, but for a
much wider field, as it is a comprehensive digest of scriptural
truth, skilfully prepared and abundantly sustained by proof
passages from the word of God.
Infant Baptism; including a series of Conversations on the subject and
mode of Baptism, designed chiefly for the benefit of the young. By R.
Douglass. Philadelphia: 1851.
This little work is for sale at the office of the "Christian
Observer," No. 216 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, price 37cents. It appears to be written in an excellent spirit, and to
present the usual arguments on the subjects to which it relates
in a perspicuous manner.
Chapters on the Shorter Catechism: a Tale for the Instruction of the
Young. By a Clergyman's Daughter. First American, from the second
Edinburgh edition. Philadelphia: William S. Martien, 144 Chestnut
street. 1852.
This is an ingeniously constructed work, and bids fair to be
as popular in this country as it has proved to be in Scotland.
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