The minutes of the last meeting were read, corrected, and then ap proved.

The Committee on Arrangements reported that they had provided for a recess from 1 to 2 P. M., followed by the hour for short notes, and then by the business of the meeting, with another recess from 6 to 7%1⁄2 P. M. This report was accepted and the arrangement adopted.

The first paper was then read by the Rev. Elijah R. Craven, D. D., on 1 Tim. iv. 1–5, beginning at 10:25, and was discussed until 11:35. The next paper, on "The Argument e silentio," was postponed, at the request of the author, until the next meeting.

The next paper, on "The Testimony of the New Testament to the Authorship of the Old Testament Books," by Prof. Francis Brown, occupied until the hour of recess, at I P. M.

The Society reassembled at 2 P. M.

A number of extracts from letters of absent members, regretting their unavoidable absence, were read.

Short notes were then given as follows: By Prof. Gardiner, on the mention of Daniel by the Prophet Ezekiel, and the reasons therefor. By Prof. Brown, on the "History of the Beginnings of Semitic Civilization," by Fritz Hummel. By the Rev. S. M. Jackson, on a book on "The Medical Language of St. Luke," by Dr. Hobart. By Prof. Gardiner, on the time occupied and the numbers involved in the deportations of the Jews by Nebuchadnezzar. These notes, and the discussions upon them, occupied until 2:50 P. M.

The Council then presented its report, fixing the time and place of the next meeting as the first week in June, 1883, at Middletown, Conn. They also stated that a selection of the papers read at this and the preceding meeting could now be published in another number of the Journal, the funds in the treasury being sufficient for the printing of about 200 pages.

They recommended the following persons for election as members, who were thereupon duly elected, and have since signified their acceptance of membership.

Rev. Wm. Henry Cobb,

Rev. F. G. Hibbard, D. D.,
Prof. A. B. Hyde,

Prof. D. G. Lyon, Ph. D.,
Rev. R. W. Micou,
Rev. D. Steele, D. D.,
Rev. Milton S. Terry,

Uxbridge, Mass.

Clifton Springs, New York.
Alleghany Coll., Meadville, Pa.

15 Appian Way, Cambridge, Mass.
Waterbury, Conn.

Reading, Mass.

249 West 23d St., New York.

Prof. B. B. Warfield, D. D., LL. D., Allegheny Sem., Allegheny, Pa.

At 3:05 P. M. the discussion began on Prof. Brown's paper, and was continued until 4:42, when, at the request of several members unable to be present at this hour, further discussion was adjourned until the evening.

The next paper was then read by Prof. I. H. Hall, Ph. D., on the Syriac Apocalypse, occupying, with its discussion, until the hour of

recess.

The Society reassembled at 7:30 P. M. In the absence of the President and Vice-President, the Rev. E. R. Craven, D. D., was chosen President pro tem.

At 7:45 P. M. the next paper was read by Prof. Willis J. Beecher, D. D., on in Josh. xvii. 15, 18, and Ezek. xxi. 24; xxiii. 47, occupying, with its discussion, until 8:20.

The last paper, by Prof. D. G. Lyon, Ph. D., on “Hand uplifting as a religious ceremony," was read by the Secretary.

Dr. Craven being obliged to leave soon afterwards, Prof. E. C. Bissell was chosen President pro tem.

The discussion of Prof. Brown's paper was then resumed and continued until 9:40 P. M.

The rough minutes of the meeting were read, after which the Society adjourned.

FREDERIC GARDINER, Secretary.

LIST OF MEMBERS.

Prof. Ezra Abbot, D.D., LL.D., 23 Berkeley St., Cambridge, Mass.
Very Rev. Dean Maurice Baldwin, Montreal, Canada.

Prof. W. G. Ballantine,

Oberlin Theol. Sem., Oberlin, Ohio.

President S. C. Bartlett, D. D., LL. D., Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, N. H.

Prof. I. T. Beckwith, Ph. D.,
Prof. Willis J. Beecher, D. D.,

Prof. John Binney,

Prof. Edwin C. Bissell, D. D.,
Prof. C. A. Briggs, D. D.,
Prof. Francis Brown,
Prof. J. H. Buttz, D. D.,
President W. C. Cattell, D. D.,
Rev. T. W. Chambers, D. D.,
President Thos. Chase, LL. D.,
Rev. Wm. Henry Cobb,
Chanc'r Howard Crosby, D. D.,
Rev. Elijah R. Craven, D. D.,
Prof. S. Ives Curtiss, D. D.,
Prof. Ed. L. Curtis,

Hartford, Conn.
Auburn, New York.
Middletown, Conn.
Hartford, Conn.

Union Theol. Sem., New York.
Union Theol. Sem., New York.
Madison, New Jersey.
Lafayette Coll., Easton, Penn.
70 West 36th St., New York.
Haverford Coll., Delaware Co., Penn.
Uxbridge, Mass.

LL. D., 116 19th St., New York.
Newark, New Jersey.

364 W. Washington St., Chicago, Ill.
Pres. Theol. Sem. of N. W., 1060 North
Halsted St., Chicago, Ill.

Prof. Geo. E. Day, D. D.,
Prof. John De Witt, D. D.,

New Haven, Conn.

Theol. Sem. of Ref'd Dutch Church,
New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Prof. Timothy Dwight, D. D., New Haven, Conn.

Prof. Geo. McI. Du Bois,

Prof. L. I. Evans, D. D.,

Prof. Henry Ferguson,

1617 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Lane Theol. Sem., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Hartford, Conn.

Prof. Geo. P. Fisher, D. D., LL. D., New Haven, Conn.

Prof. Frederic Gardiner, D. D., Middletown, Conn.

Prof. D. R. Goodwin, D. D., LL. D., 3927 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Prof. P. Schaff, D. D., LL. D., 42 Bible House, New York.

Prof. Geo. H. Schodde,

Prof. Charles Short, LL. D.,

Prof. H. P. Smith,

Prof. O. S. Stearns, D. D.,

* Died January 2d, 1883.

Columbus, Ohio.

24 West 60th St., New York.

Lane Theol. Sem., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Newton Theol. Sem., Newton Centre,
Mass.

Prof. Rufus P. Stebbins, D. D., Newton Centre, Mass.

Rev. D. Steele, D. D.,

Prof. P. H. Steenstra,

Prof. Wm. Arnold Stevens,

Prof. James Strong, D. D., LL.

Rev. Milton S. Terry, D. D.,
Prof. J. H. Thayer, D. D.,
Rev. John E. Todd, D. D.,
Prof. C. H. Toy, D. D.,

Rev. W. H. Ward, D. D.,

Reading, Mass.

Cambridge, Mass.

Rochester Theol. Sem., Rochester, N. Y.
D., Madison, New Jersey.

249 West 23d St., New York, N. Y.
Cambridge, Mass.

New Haven, Conn.

Cambridge, Mass.

Rev. Marvin R. Vincent, D. D., 37 East 35th St., New York, N. Y.
Office of Independent, New York, N. Y.
Prof. B. B. Warfield, D. D., LL. D., Allegheny Sem., Allegheny, Penn.
Prof. Revere F. Weidner, Rock Island, Ill.
Prof. Henry R. Weston, D. D., Crozer Theol. Sem., Chester, Penn.

The December meeting of the Society will be held in New York during the Christmas holidays at such place and on such day as may be appointed by a committee consisting of Drs. Short, Briggs, and Schaaf.

ERRATA.

Further Corrections and Additions for the Number for June and December, 1881.

Page 4, 1. 3, and p, 7, note, l. 2 from bottom, for Wace read Bishop

Jackson

5, 2d par., line 12, "homage." Add as a note:-See also Acts iii. 20:—" and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus."

12, 1.9 from bottom, dele the clause beginning "Westcott and Hort" and ending with "margin;"

13, end of 2d paragraph, add:-It is, however, represented in the margin of Westcott and Hort's edition of the N. T. in Greek.

19, 2d paragraph, 1. 9, for Professor Wace read The Bishop of

London

56, 3d stanza, for our read out

57, 1.

pars ii.

3 from bottom, for Tanaach read Taanach 98, note, 1. 2 from bottom, after v. insert IOI, at the end of 3d paragraph (1. 6 from bottom) add:-See also Iren. Haer. iv. 4. § 1: ἐξ αὐτῶν γὰρ τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὁ χριστὸς ἐκαρποφορήθη, καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι (mistranslated in the Ante-Nicene Christian Library); and Frag. xvii. ed. Stieren, p. 836:—ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Λευὶ καὶ τοῦ Ἰούδα τὸ κατὰ σάρκα, ὡς βασιλεὺς καὶ ἱερεύς, ἐγεννήθη [ὁ χριστός].

106, note, last line, for 3 6 read 27

109,

1. 5, for and still less read or

127, 1. 10 from bottom, for subject read object

"137, end of 2d par., add:-See p. 126, note †.

144, last par., Ist sentence, dele which

laudandus, and

2d sentence, omit also' and insert a little' before 'am

biguous.'

145, 2d par., l. 1, for Others read Among those and l. 2 insert

and before Dr.

146, 2d par., Ist sentence, add and Neutest. Theol. (1864), p. 194.