1. I dearly love thee, O Lord, my strength!

2. The Lord is my rock, and my bulwark, and my deliverer! My God is my rock: I trust in him!

My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. 3. "The praised one" I call the Lord:

And from my enemies I am saved!

4. Compass me did the cords of death,

And the streams of the worthless made me afraid

5. The cords of Hades surrounded me

Before me were the snares of death!

6. In my adversity I called the Lord: And unto my God I cried!

He heard from his temple my voice

And my cry before him came into his ears!

7. And the earth shook and trembled:

And the foundations of the mountains were troubled:
And shook themselves: because he was wroth!

8. Smoke went up by his nose-

And fire from his mouth consumed.

Coals were burnt by it!

9. And he inclined the heavens, and came downAnd thick darkness was under his feet

10. And he rode on a cherub, and did fly

And he flew [or, was seen] on the wings of the wind.

11. He made darkness his secret place

Round about him his tabernacle

Darkness of waters-thick clouds of the skies!

12. From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed onHail and coals of fire!

13. And the Lord thundered in the heavens,

And the Most High gave forth his voice

Hail and coals of fire!

14. And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them:

Yea, much lightning and crushed them!

15. And the streams of water were seen

And revealed were the foundations of the earth,

By reason of thy rebuke, O God!

By reason of the breath of the spirit of thine anger!

16. He sent from above-he took me—

He drew me out of many waters!

17. He delivered me from my strong enemy

And from my haters, for they were stronger than I. 18. They went before me in the day of my calamityAnd the Lord became a support to me!

19. And he brought me out to a large place:

He drew me out, because he delighted in me!

20. The Lord recompenseth me according to my righteousness: According to the cleanness of my hands he returneth to me!

21. For I keep the ways of the Lord,

And do not wickedly against my God!

22. But all his judgments are before me:
And his statutes I put not aside from me!

23. And I am perfect with him :

And I keep myself from my iniquity.

24. And the Lord returneth to me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

25. With the kind thou shewest thyself kind

With the perfect man thou shewest thyself perfect26. With the pure thou shewest thyself pure

And with the perverse thou shewest thyself perverse:

27. For thou the poor people savest,

And the eyes of the high thou causest to fall !

28. For thou lightest my lamp

The Lord, my God, enlighteneth my darkness !

29. For by thee I run with a troop,

And by my God I leap a wall.

30. God! perfect is his way-the saying of the Lord is tried: A shield he is to all the trusters in him.

31. For who is God besides the Lord?

And who is a rock save our God?

32. God! who girdeth me with strengthAnd maketh perfect my way!

33. Who maketh my feet like hinds'

And on my high places causeth me to stand!

34. He teacheth my hands for the battle

And brought down is a bow of steel by my arms! 35. And thou givest to me the shield of thy salvation, And thy right hand supporteth me:

And thy lowliness maketh me great !

36. Thou enlargest my steps under me: And my ankles slide not.

37. I pursue my enemies, and overtake them: And return not until their consumption !

38. I smite them, and they are not able to rise:

They fall under my feet!

39. And thou girdest me with strength for the battle: Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me ! 40. And of my enemies thou givest to me the neck— And my haters-I cut them off!

41. They cry, and there is no Saviour:

On the Lord, and he answers them not!

42. And I beat them as dust before the wind

As the mire of the streets I empty them out! 43. Thou deliverest me from the strivings of the people : Thou placest me for the head of the nations:

A people I know not serve me!

44. At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me: The sons of the stranger feign obedience to me,

45. The sons of the stranger fade away

And are slain out of their close places!

46. The Lord liveth: and blessed be my rock! And exalted be the God of my salvation !

47. God who giveth vengeance to me: And subdueth the peoples under me:

48. My deliverer from mine enemies :

Yea, above my withstanders, thou raisest me up:
From the man of violence thou deliverest me :

49. Therefore I confess thee among the nations, O Lord!
And to thy name I sing praise!

50. He magnifieth the salvation of his king,

And doeth loving-kindness to his anointed :
To David and to his seed for ever!

PSALM XIX.

To the Overseer.-A Psalm of David.

1. The heavens recount the honour of God!
And the work of his hands declareth the expanse.
2. Day to day uttereth speech!

And night to night sheweth knowledge !

3. There is no speech and there are no words,

Not heard is their voice.

4. Throughout all the earth their line goeth out

And throughout the end of the habitable earth their words!
For the sun he hath placed a tent in them:

5. And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering :
He rejoices as a mighty one, to run the path.

6. From the end of the heavens is his going out,

And his revolution is over its ends,

And there is nothing hid from its heat.

7. The law of the Lord is perfect :

Converting [or, refreshing] the soul:

The testimonies of the Lord are faithful:
Making wise the simple.

8. The commandments of the Lord are upright:
Rejoicing the heart.

The precept of the Lord is pure :

Enlightening the eyes.

9. The fear of the Lord is clean:

Remaining for ever.

The judgments of the Lord are true :

Righteous are they altogether!

10. They are more to be desired than gold

Yea, than much fine gold;

And sweeter than honey or the liquid honey of the comb! 11. Thy servant also is warned by them :

In keeping them there is a great reward [or, consequence].

12. Errors, who understandeth?

From hidden ones declare me innocent:

13. Also from presumptuous ones keep back thy servant: Let them not rule over me:

Then am I perfect,

And declared innocent from much transgression !

14. Let the sayings of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, Become a pleasing thing before thee,

O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer !

Reviews.

Interpretations of Prophecy. By Major J. SCOTT PHILLIPS. London: Wertheim, Macintosh, & Hunt. 1860.

THOUGH We do not vouch for all the author's views, either prophetical or geographical, we have found in his volume much that is interesting and worthy of attention. Our readers should study for themselves both the book and its subject. Prefacing our extract with the expression of doubt as to Azal, and as to the nature of the river which is to go through the land, we give a passage which brings out one of our author's special views:

Ascalon, Azalon, or Azal, stands on the Mediterranean. Jesus Christ the Lord of hosts, shall stand when all nations are gathered together against Jerusalem in that day shall He stand upon the Mount of Olives. And an earthquake at His bidding, and beneath His tread, dividing the land of Syria, a very great valley reaching from Jerusalem to Azal, will admit the ocean waters from the west; and that valley will surely, stretching to the Dead Sea, open thither a way for the ocean waters to the east. But the Dead Sea level being 1312 feet below the Mediterranean, a rushing strait will rapidly be made. The living waters of the ocean falling a total of nearly eight times the fall of Niagara, with an average descent of 22 feet per mile on sixty miles, and entering the Dead Sea at the northern extremity, will speedily cause its waters to rise; and while a mighty whirlpool will be created in the vast basin of the Dead Sea, the rising waters will be quietly permeating the drift sands of 4000 years, which now conceal the southern bed of the river Jordan. Yes, as surely as the waters of the Mediterranean will enter the Dead Sea at an angle, and admirably prepared as the geographical construction of its surrounding mountains is to produce a grand gyration; so surely will that gyration of commingled waters rise from a hollow swirl, to a mighty overpowering swell. And when at length the waters stand upon an heap, as Scripture phrases it, and the sustaining power of gyration ceases to uphold, the mass of waters falls and separates and strikes against the surrounding mountain sides. And now, Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; let the floods clap hands before the Lord, for he cometh to judge the earth and the people with his righteousness; and God will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.'

"The tumultuous waters finding no other outlet, will rush down the Jordan's bed, cleansing it as in a moment. The Dead Sea, rising above its desolated shores, will overflow by the valley of Edom, completing the straits of Azal into the long Red Sea, by the Gulf of Akabah.

"Thus Jerusalem, become the central city of the earth, will stand upon the highway for all nations. And the riches of the east and of the west will there find their great emporium. And religion reigning even above commerce, in those coming happy days, will fill that long-despised down-trodden city with' the glory of the earth; and God will extend peace to her like a river; and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream.'

"Living waters shall indeed go out from Jerusalem,' purging the Dead Sea; and those waters in summer and in winter,' not depending upon the clouds of heaven, will be the living waters of the ocean!

"Doubtless the ancient bed of the Jordan was the valley of Arabah. That broad valley is one wide waste of sands worked by the winds into driving clouds.' Its boundary rocks shew as an old sea-coast, grooved by torrents,

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and worn with watermarks.' And though between the north wind and the south, its sands may be heaped to the height of 485 feet, and thus give drainage to the north and south; yet, how soon would the swellings of Jordan and the rush of the ocean waters by the straits of Azal, sweep off the sand drift of 4000 years, and cause the commerce of ancient ruined Petra, and of Tyre, that overthrown merchant city; to centre in the emporium of the Holy City, the City of Jerusalem. The sea, the Dead Sea, shall receive the living waters of the ocean; and thus shall be formed the great pool of Jerusalem, the harbour for the commerce of the world.

"In confirmation of these views, we have various allusions among the omniscient prophecies. Isaiah ii. 2 tells us concerning Jerusalem, All nations shall flow unto it.' He bids us look upon Zion,' (xxxiii. 20, 21.) "There the glorious Lord (will give) unto us a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby ;' for the earthquake cleft among the mountains will be too deep, since the whole land will be lifted up as well as cleft, (as by Zech. xiv. 10,) for any, save steamers, to pass through. In the wilderness,' saith Isaiah, shall waters break out, and streams in the desert;' and he represents our Creator as saying, 'I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.' The prophet Micah says, 'Behold the Lord will come down and tread upon the earth, and the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valley shall be cleft; the waters poured down a steep place-the valley shall be cleft as wax before the fire.' In that day, when Jerusalem shall be established in the top of the mountains, and all people shall flow unto it,' He shall come even to thee (it) from Assyria, (possibly a railway from Antioch to the Persian Gulf,) and from the fortified cities, (Continental, all fortified,) and from the fortress, even to the river (Gibraltar to Azal,) and from sea to sea, (Mediterranean to Dead Sea and Red Sea,) and mountain to mountain.' While the prophet Joel tells us that all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come out of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim;' a text to which we may again refer, when from the 67th of Ezekiel we read the vision of the holy waters.

"The Dead Sea was once a plain, watered everywhere, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as Moses tells us in Genesis, even as the garden of the Lord.' This plain he afterwards speaks of as the vale of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea,' (Gen. xiv. 3.) Joshua speaks of the Sea of the Plain, even the Salt Sea; and Moses also tells us that this vale or plain of Jordan, though so well cultivated, was full of slime pits. From all which may be inferred, that the Jordan, abundantly watering the cultivated plain, left it upon its onward course by the valley of Edom, the Wadi el Arabah, so quietly, that there remained many stagnant pools or slime pits in the plain. And hence also, considering the width of the valley of Edom, the further inference may be drawn, that the old bed of the Jordan, when thoroughly swept by the rush of the waters of the straits of Azal, will be found to be clear and navigable."

Hints from the Dawning; or, The Creation Story considered under the Laws of Light and Motion. By EDWARD DINGLE. London: Judd & Glass. 1860.

WE do not profess to understand all this book.

Some of its state

ments are quite beyond us; but we give an extract, of which, we daresay, our readers will comprehend something :