of a theological education. The publication of these Lectures affords a suitable opportunity for submitting to the friends and supporters of the College, a fuller outline of the course of theological instruction than has yet appeared; and it is hoped, that the following sketch of the studies connected with this department, will be satisfactory to the friends of the institution.

The course of each Divinity Student extends over a period of five years, of which the first three are chiefly devoted to the classes in the Literary and Scientific Departments, enabling him, should he be so disposed, at the end of his third year, to take the degree of B. A. in the University of London. He is expected, however, during the whole of these three years, to attend the Hebrew classes; and is conducted, in the third, through a course of Evidences, preparatory to entering upon those studies which are properly theological, and to which the last two years of his course are principally confined.

The Theological course, including the study of Hebrew, Chaldee, and Syriac, and the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion, may be conveniently arranged under five heads. I. The Hebrew Language, with its Cognate Dialects, Chaldee and Syriac. II. The Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion. III. The Criticism and Interpretation of the Old and New Testaments. IV. Ecclesiastical History. V. Pastoral Theology.

Of these branches of study it has been thought desirable to present the reader with the following Summary.

I. HEBREW, WITH ITS COGNATE DIALECTS, CHALDEE AND SYRIAC.

(EXTENDING OVER THE WHOLE FIVE YEARS.)

Part I. HEBREW Grammar, and exercises in writing Hebrew, with selections for reading from the Historical and Didactic Portions of the Hebrew Scriptures. Lectures on Hebrew Poetry, with selections for reading from the Book of Job, and from the Psalms. Selections from the Hebrew Prophets.

Part II. CHALDEE AND SYRIAC Grammar, with the Chaldee Portions of the Old Testament, and selections from the Old Syriac Version of the New Testament.-The Rev. J. G. Robberds.

II. EVIDENCES OF NATURAL AND REVEALED

RELIGION.

(THIRD YEAR.)

Part I. NATURAL RELIGION.-I. Natural Religion defined. (1.) Atheism. Pantheism. Modes of proving the Existence of a God. 1. Argument a priori. 2. Argument a posteriori. Unity and Personality of God. Attributes of God. (2.) Duties and Expectations of men upon the principles of Natural Religion.-II. Actual state of the Pagan world in ancient and modern times.

Part II. REVEALED RELIGION.-I. Nature of the Evidence required to establish the truth of a Revelation. (1.) Philosophical Argument in favour of the Christian Religion. (2.) Historical Argument. (3.) Argument from Prophecy. (4.) Argument from. Internal Evidence. (5.) Argument from the existence of Judaism, and the Jewish Scriptures. Objections considered. II. Modifications and Corrupt Forms of Christianity.-The Rev. R. Wallace. III. CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

(FOURTH YEAR.)

Part I. CRITICISM OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.-Introduction. Objects and Outline of the Course.-Language of the Old Testament; its Origin, History, Nature and Affinities.-I. Canon of the Old Testament. Its gradual formation. Distinction between Canonical and Apocryphal Books.

Canons of Egypt and Palestine. Result. II. Text of the Old Testament. (1.) External Aspect of the Text. Alphabetical characters in use among the Hebrews at different periods. Vowel-points, Accents and Diacritical Marks. Continua Scriptio. Divisions into Books, Sections, Chapters and Verses. (2.) Internal condition of the Text.-Period 1. State of the Text before the Babylonish Captivity. 2. From the Captivity to the publication of the Septuagint. 3 From the publication of the Septuagint to the Revival of Hebrew Literature. 4. Talmudical Period. 5. Masoretic Period. 6 From the completion of the Masora to the Invention of Printing. 7. From the Invention of Printing to the present time. (3.) Critical aids for a revision of the Text.-1. Parallel passages. 2. The Samaritan Pentateuch. 3. The Masora. 4. Ancient Versions. 5. Jewish and Christian Writers. 6. The Talmudists and

Rabbins. 7. Manuscripts. 8. Printed Editions. 9. Critical Con

jecture.

Part II. INTERPRETATION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. I. Philology. (1.) Sources..-1. Grammars, Lexicons, Concordances, and works illustrative of the Structure and Idioms of the Hebrew Language. 2. The Kindred Languages. 3. Ancient Interpreters. 4. Parallel Passages. (2.) Objects.-Explanation, 1st, of Separate words; 2ndly, of Combinations of words; 3rdly, of Grammatical and Rhetorical Figures.-II. Hermeneutics. (1.) General.-Modes and Laws of Interpretation, together with the Qualifications necessary to constitute a good interpreter of the Old Testament. (2.) Special.Interpretation, 1st, of the Historical Books of the Old Testament ; 2ndly, of the Moral and Didactic Books; 3rdly, of the Prophetic Books. Recapitulation.-The Rev. R. Wallace.

Part I.

(FIFTH YEAR.)

CRITICISM OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.-Introduction.— Objects and Outline of the Course.-Language of the New Testament; its Origin, History, Aramæan Complexion, Verbal and Idiomatic Peculiarities, Purity and Inspiration.-I. Canon of the New Testament. Its gradual formation. Distinction between Canonical and Apocryphal Books. Testimony of the Early Fathers. Canon of the old Syriac Version. Earliest known Catalogue of the Christian Scriptures. Catalogues of Origen and Eusebius. Later Catalogues of individual Fathers, and of Councils. Result.-II. Text of the New Testament. (1.) External Aspect of the Text. Punctuation. Iota Subscriptum. Aspirations and Accents. Blank Spaces between the words. Divisions into Chapters and Verses. Titles and Subscriptions of the Books. (2.) Internal Condition of the Text.— Period 1. State of the Text from the Apostolic Age to the time of Origen. 2. From the time of Origen to that of the Invention of Printing. 3. From the Invention of Printing to the publication of the Elzevir Edition of 1624. 4. From the publication of the Elzevir Edition of 1624 to the present time. (3.) Critical Aids for a revision of the Text.-1. Manuscripts, and their distribution into Recensions or Families. 2. Printed Editions. 3 Ancient Versions. 4. Fragments of Ancient Heretical writings. 5. Quotations in the writings of the Fathers. 6. Parallel Passages, including Quotations from the

Old Testament.

Part II. INTERPRETATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT-I. Philology.

(1.) Sources. 1. Grammars, Lexicons and Concordances; Collections of Idioms and Phrases; and Philological Dissertations. 2. The Septuagint Version; the Apocryphal Books of the Old Testament; the Writings of Philo and Josephus; and the Versions of Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion. 3. The Oriental Languages, including Talmudical and Rabbinical Hebrew. 4. The Ancient Interpreters. 5. Parallel Passages. (2.) Objects.-The same as in the Philology of the Old Testament.-II. Hermeneutics. (1.) General.-Modes and Laws of Interpretation, together with the Qualifications necessary to constitute a good interpreter of the New Testament. (2.) Special.-Interpretation, 1st, of the Historical Books of the New Testament; 2ndly, of the Epistles; 3rdly, of the Apocalypse.-Recapitulation.

In connexion with the Interpretation of the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, particular attention is paid to the Geography and Antiquities of the Bible, to which a separate Lecture is devoted one day in each week, during the last two years of the Course.-The Rev. R. Wallace.

IV. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

(FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS.)

INTRODUCTION. Sketch of the most important forms and developments of the Religious Principle prevalent in the Heathen World. Review of the history of Hebrew Monotheism till the age of Christ. Period I. From the origin of Christianity till the age of Constantine-Conflict of Heathenism and Christianity-Influence of Philosophy-Gnosticism-Development of the distinction between Orthodoxy and Heresy. Period II. From the age of Constantine to that of Charlemagne-Influence of temporal prosperity on Christianity-Growth of the hierarchical principle-Division of the Eastern and Western Churches-Origin and propagation of Mohammedanism. Period III. From the age of Charlemagne to the Reformation. Consolidation of the Papal hierarchy-The Schoolmen-The Crusades-Indications of the intellectual and moral movement which led to the Reformation. Period IV. From the Reformation to the French Revolution-Causes which modified the influence of the Reformation in different countries--Reaction in

favour of Catholicism-Religious wars of France, Germany, the Low Countries and Great Britain-Development of the idea of Toleration-Sketch of the doctrine and discipline, the moral influence, and the literary and philosophical culture, of Protestant Churches and Sects.

Each of these periods is subdivided into sections, in which the political and social condition of the period, the propagation and internal development of Christianity, the rise of Sects and Heresies, and the reciprocal influence of Christianity and Civilization, are brought successively under review.-The Rev. J. J. Tayler, B.A.

V. PASTORAL THEOLOGY.

(FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS.)

Lectures on the objects which the student for the Christian Ministry ought more especially to keep in view; on the Qualifications and Duties of the Preacher, and the additional requisities of the Pastor; with selections from the sermons, and illustrations from the lives, of distinguished Christian Ministers. To these are added exercises in the composition and delivery of sermons; and, in the fifth year, occasional employment in Village and other Preaching.

In superintending the pulpit exercises of the students, the Professor of Pastoral Theology is assisted by the other Professors in the Theological Department; and among other plans which they have adopted, is that of a weekly religious service, conducted by two of the senior students in rotation. On these occasions the subject of discourse is one which has been announced the week before, and on which the students of the fourth and fifth years by turns prepare schemes. These schemes are read at the conclusion of the service, and with the sermon are given into the hands of the Professor of Pastoral Theology, who delivers them back to the Students when met in class, on the following Wednesday, with any remarks that have occurred to him on both the composition and delivery. The sermon is also occasionally read aloud, and made the subject of further remark and conversation at a subsequent and private meeting of the same Professor, and the Student by whom it was composed.The Rev. J. G. Robberds.