hymn, composed for the occasion by Mr. James Nicholson, of Whartonstreet church, was then sung: "Jesus, thou conquering Lord, We lift our heart and voice, Before thy throne rejoice; Upon this glorious mount Of gospel truth and grace, Thy providence retrace, The message which they brought, The Gospel which they preached, Is now by thousands taught, And all the land is reached; Seemed but a feeble ray, Of sin it forced its way; Renouncing self and pride, A present Holy Ghost; Honour and majesty, Obedience, love, and power, During the rest of the evening addresses were delivered by Bishop Simpson, Dr. Franklin Moore, and Rev. Messrs. Ingraham, Scofield, and others. These addresses were intermingled with excellent singing. NEGRO IMMIGRATION INTO 'OMAN, AND ITS DEBASING TENDENCY THERE. SHOULD We say that every year, a thousand negroes, men, women, and children, are imported into 'Oman, we should be considerably below the cipher commonly given in the country itself. Now of all the Nigritians thus "forced from home and all its pleasures," or perhaps we might instead say, taken from an existence befitting only the boars and tigers of a jungle, to lead henceforth a life somewhat more resembling that of reasonable bipedsabout half, some say two-thirds, remain for the rest of their days fixed within the limits of 'Oman and the adjacent provinces. Most of these, indeed all who do not die in early youth (an event comparatively rare in so healthy a climate and with masters more like to kill with over-kindness than the reverse), sooner or later obtain their liberty, and thus a new element is added to and freely mixed up with the original or white population. But, although a negro, while living to execute his master's orders, and under his discretion, may often display many valuable qualities and attain a certain degree of importance, the same negro, when free and his own lord and master, seldom adapts himself to any position in society, except the lowest and the least intellectual. Hence the emancipated blacks remain mostly servants, water-carriers, gardeners, plowmen, common sailors, divers, and the like; and although their number is immense, reaching a good fourth of the entire population, they confer but little or nothing to the cause of social culture and advance. In two points alone they maintain a decided superiority, but a superiority of evil bearing; the one point is superstition, the other immorality. Fetichists in their own land, negroes remain so no less on the Arab soil; and with fetichism they bring all its Libyan accompaniments of jugglery, magic, spells, poisoning, and the like, till these discreditable practices have passed to a certain extent into the white society, and the dusky tutors are equalled or even outdone by their fair-skinned disciples. In a word, the great prevalence of local and degrading superstitions, the dangerous tampering with malignant cosmical influences, be they what they may-the fetichism of trees, animals, reptiles, and heaven knows what-in brief, devilry of every kind and shape, is by the popular voice of 'Oman (nor it would seem, unreasonably) ascribed in the main to the influx and contagion of the negro population.-Palgrave's Journey through Eastern Central Arabia (1862-3), vol. ii. pp. 272-3. CASH RECEIVED BY THE GENERAL TREASURERS TO JUNE 16, 1866. ... Huddersfield 1st.-Towards President's £2,000 ... ... Monmouth ... ... ... 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THE Annual Meeting at St. George's Chapel, London, resolved," That efforts be made throughout the branches to realise the £2000 Fund, as proposed by the Ex-President, in addition to the ordinary income of the year, in order that the aged Annuitants may all have four shillings weekly till the sum be exhausted: and that a subscription list be now opened." £ s. d. ..1537 4 9 Subscriptions previously an- Chelsea Per late Senior 697 7 12 6 0 19 0 720 £ s. d' under: Mr. Harding, 10s; Mr. Plummer, 12s; Mr. J. Foxwell, 2s 6d; Mr. Wason, 2s 6d; Mr. Jas. Parsons, 2s 6d; Ladies, by Mr. Viges, 4s; Mr. Pitney, 2s 6d; Mr. Davis, Batcombe, £1; collected, ditto, £2 5s; a lady, 1s.; J. Parsons, Esq. £1 1s; Mr. Creeber, 2s 6d; Mr. W. Doddrell, 2s 6d; Mr. W. Smith, 2s 6d; Mr. Job Foxwillis, 2s; Mr. Hutton, 2s; Mr. Sumner, 3s; Mr. Goodall, 1s; Mr. Davie, 3s; Mrs. Emory, 2s; Mr. Days, 5s; Mr. Job Hawkins, 5s; collection at the tea, £1 5s 8 18 6 Burton-on-Trent Collected by Bro. J. Charnell, of Moira (principally in pennies) for Burton-on-Trent branch ... 0 11 0 056 013 6 1 17 6 £1,571 13 10 Original Essays. HEBREW PARALLELISM.-No. II. THE former paper on this subject specified several pieces of poetry contained in the Pentateuch. Towards the end of Deuteronomy there are two other grand poems, one in the 32nd chapter, the other in the 33rd of that book. Both will repay serious study, and afford abundant illustration of parallelism. The reader's attention, however, is more especially requested to that in the 32nd chapter, in reference to which Dr. A. Clarke remarks: "On the inimitable excellence of this ode much has been written by commentators, critics, and poets; and it is allowed by the best judges to contain a specimen of almost every species of excellence in composition. It is so thoroughly poetic that even the dull Jews themselves found they could not write it in the prose form; and hence it is distinguished as poetry in every Hebrew bible, by being written in its own hemistichs, or short half-lines, which is the general form of the Hebrew poetry; and were it translated in the same way, it would be more easily understood. The song itself has suffered both by transcribers and translators, the former having mistaken some letters in different places, and made wrong combinations of them in others." Notwithstanding what is here alleged, however, the majesty of the composition arrests and impresses the cultivated eye and ear at once. We will present it to the reader in a form showing its poetic structure, adopting the version of Dr. Conquest as a general rule, but deviating where we think the original may be more accurately expressed, either in the rendering of terms or the arrangement of words. Our advice to the reader is, to read it over leisurely, and then to study each sentence severally, observing and considering the various parallels as he proceeds. He may then read the composition with a new relish, a clearer perception of its beauties, and a better understanding of its meaning. Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; My speech shall distil as the dew; As the small rain upon the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass: When the name of JEHOVAH I proclaim; Ascribe ye greatness to our God. The ROCK,-perfections are his work, For all his ways are judgment: A God of truth, and without iniquity, AUGUST, 1866. VOL. XVI. * Corrupt to Him, not being His children, is their blot: Do ye requite JEHOVAH thus, O people foolish and unwise? Is not He thy Father, who redeemed thee, Consider the years of many generations: Thine elders-and they will tell thee: He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. He found him in a desert land, And in a waste howling wilderness; Kept him as the apple of His eye. Spreadeth his wings, taketh it, JEHOVAH alone led him, And there was not with him a strange God. Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, And rams the breed of Bashan, and goats, And blood of the grape, thou drankest the wine. Thou art fat, thou art gross, thou art over-fat. Then he forsook God, who made him, And dishonoured the Rock of his salvation. They moved him to jealousy with strangers (gods), They sacrificed to demons, not to God, To gods that they had not known; New ones, newly had they come; * This line is very elliptical, and therefore difficult to translate. It commences the transition from God to His covenant people, Israel. It reads literally: "Corrupt to him—not His people—their blot,” or their spot or blemish. The meaning is, that His people had become corrupt before Him, or a nuisance to Him, wholly different from what His people should be, as a blemished thing, unfit for His use and service. If rendered in one line of English, it cannot be otherwise than cramped and abrupt. † A different word for rock from that in the preceding line is used here. We have not quite an equivalent for it, and have to render both by the one word rock. |