The first line of Browning's "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister " is "There's a great text in Galatians," and Prof. Hiram Corson says Galatians v, 19-21 is meant.

Paul sums up the "works of the flesh" under seventeen heads, and all others as "and such like"; but the "fruits of the spirit" he puts under nine heads, and then quotes from Aristotle's Polemics, iii, 8, "against such there is no law."

The inscription "TO THE UNKNOWN GOD" (Acts xvii, 23), which Paul saw at Athens, is rendered in the revised version by the words "TO AN UNKNOWN GOD."

Paul seems to have written II Thessalonians with his own hand, bnt his other epistles by amanuenses (II Thess. iii, 17).

The only two places where "worlds "(in the plural) are found are Hebrews i, 2, and xi, 3.

The word " amen appears but once in the gospels (Matt. vi, 13), six times elsewhere in the New, and thirteen times in the Old Testament. It means "be it so," or "let it so be."

Luke is the only evangelist that prefaces his gospel with an introduction (i, 1-5). John prefaces Revelation similarly (James i, 1-4).

The author of the epistle of James is not John's brother, but that he was James the Less, the Lord's brother, and an apostle, is maintained by ten ecclesiastical writers; while that the author was not one the apostle is maintained by ten other writers. Cyril Lucar says that Christ's name is coldly mentioned twice in it (i, 1, and ii, 1).

A clergyman disapproving of the prevailing fashion of the ladies wearing their hair high on their heads, preached a sermon from the text, "Top knot, come down," saying it was found in Matt. xxvii, 17.

The word Therázan has been used as a cryptic word, but it seems to be only "Nazareth" reversed (John i, 46).

A new rendering of Psalm cviii, 22, and Matt. xxii, 42, was given in 1874, by W. A. Myers, as follows: "The stone which the builders rejected was composed of three triangles."

A work on the use of words give some peculiar samples, and says they are proper: Thus, "The earth was pelegged" (Gen. x, 25). John Kitto says that this is correct (Cyclopædia, Vol. II, p. 392). "Stephen was petered" (Acts vii, 58). "Jesus was crossed" (xxviii, 5). “John the Baptist was decapitated" (Matt. xiv, 10).

In the writings of Hippolytus of Thebes, Elisabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, is called Sube (Luke i, 24).

We are told that one edition of the New Testament was printed with the word "jeopardy " capitalized (Luke viii, 23), the printer supposing it was in a country called Jeopardy.

There were twelve disciples at Ephesus (Acts xix. 7), who were known as "John's Disciples," who had "not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost." Their more modern name is Mandeans, or Mandai Jahia. They reject Jesus, but believe in Hebel Ziva, an incarnation of John the Baptist. They have five books: Book of Adam, Book of John, The Cholasteh, The Divan, Book of the Signs of the Zodiac, and Preface to Book of John, a fragment (Gesenius). An ecclesiastical writer says "The time of Jesus the Christ was the center of infinities and the conflux of eternities

There is a wide difference of explanation why the word, in Matthew iii, and other parallel passages, is "straight"; while in Matthew vii, 13. 14, Luke xiii, 24, a similar use of the word, it is "strait," said to mean a water course.

The celebrated hymn, " Stabat mater dolorosa," found its key-note in "Stabat juxta crucem mater ejus" (John xix, 25); while the celebrated hymn, "Stabat mater speciosa," is founded on Matthew ii, 11; the celebrated hymn, "Dies iræ, dies illa," has its basis on Zephaniah i, 15; also, Ps. cii, 26; xcvi, 13; xcvii, 3; 1 Pet. iii, 7-11.

The best poem ever composed on any one subject in the Bible, is said to be on the miracle of turning water in to wine (John ii, 1-11), Lympha pudica Deum vieet et erubuit, by Richard Crashawe. Milton wrote, "The conscious water saw its God and blushed."

Some of the names of the Bible are noticeable for consonance: Eldad and Medad, Num. xi, 26. Gog and Magog, Rev. xx, 8. Jan. nes and Jambres, 11 Tim. iii, 8. Jabal and Jubal, Gen. iv, 20, 21. Shuppim and Huppim, 1 Chron. vii, 12. Tryphena and Tryphosa, Rom. xvi, 12. Hermas and Hermes, Rom. xvi, 14.

Paul's name was changed from Saul to Paul (Acts xiii, 9), and he studied under Gamaliel (Acts xxii, 3), who was also called Hazoken.

OLD TESTAMENT.

Rev. John Thomas of Richmond, Va., preached on, and published his first book, Elpis Israel (Ezra x, 2; Jer. 14, 8), in London, 1849; and his second book, Anatolia (Zech. iii, 8; vi, 12), in New York, 1854. The first book he calls "The Hope of Israel"; the second "The East." King James' version reads "THE BRANCH."

The false christ, Jekuthiel, in 1872, took for his inspiration the text in Zechariah iv, 6.

The Tetragrammaton is stated to be "incommunicable" (Apocrypha, Wisdom, xiv, 21); also, ineffable, omnific, unpronounceable, and unutterable.

The name "Zaphnath-Paaneah," given to Joseph (Gen. xli, 45), has five renderings: Saviour of the world, The revealer of secrets, The preserver of the age, The food of the living, and He who gives joy to the living.

The word "Shiloh " (Gen. xlix, 10) has been the source of much discussion, "Until Shiloh come." The Douay version reads, "Till he come that is to be sent." Julia A. Smith's version, "Till that Shiloh shall come."

The three most recent important additions to the biblical books are "The Moabite Stone," "The Shapira Manuscripts," and "The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles."

The text from which Rev. John Jasper, of Richmond, Va, preached his celebrated sermon entitled "The Sun do Move," is found in Exodus xv, 3. The sermon is on "the theory of the sun's rotation around the earth."

Reghellini says, "The name Jehovah is the basis of our dogma and of our mystery."

The Hebrews derive their name from Eber,progenitor of Abraham (Gen. xi, 14; xvi, 13; Jer. xxxiv, 9). The Jews derive their name from Judah, son of Jacob, and were of the two tribes Judah and Benjamin, or kingdom of Judah (11 Kings xviii, 26, Ezra iv, 12). The Israelites derive their name from Israel, who were the seceding ten tribes, or kingdom of Israel (1 Sam. xi, 8); Israel was Jacob (Gen. xxxii, 18.) In later history these names are used indiscriminately.

The following punning epitaph was several years ago made on the successor of Moses (Josh. xxiv, 29 :

"Joshua was the son of Nun; a father Nun he had before him ;

Brothers and sisters he had Nun; his epitaph Nun is o'er him." There are generally reckoned three hierarchies, in nine choirs, thus: 1. Cherubim, seraphim, thrones. 2. Dominions, principalities, powers. 3. Virtues, angels, archangels (partly named in Rom. viii, 38).

That every person has a "guardian angel" is inferred from Psalm xxxiv, 7, and Matthew xviii, 10.

The shape of the sword placed at the entrance of Eden is supposed to have been spiral (Gen. iii, 24).

John Bowring says the first recorded attempt to express the value of the mathemetical symbol π, used for the ratio of circumference to diameter, is that of Solomon's (1 Kings vii, 23), π = 3. Another mathematical writer thinks Abraham concealed the ratio ( T ) in the name Eliezer, which in Hebrew numerals is 318, that is 100 to 318, or 3.18. Josephus (Antiquities 1, vii, 2) says he taught the Egyptians arithmetic and astronomy. Some of the mystics transpose the first letter of his name to the end and associate him with Brahma.

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The Bay Psalm Books," so called, entitled The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Cambridge, 1640, Stephen Daye, printer, are valued above $1,000 each.

The ten divine names of God, with its accompanying angel, are: 1. Jehovah, angel Metatron. 2. Jah, angel Masleh. 3. Ehjeh, angel Sabbathi. 4. El, angel Zadkiel. 5. 5. Elohi, angel Gamaliel. 6. Tseboath, angel Raphael. 7. Elion, angel Michael. 8. Adonai, angel Haniel. 9. Shaddai, angel Gabriel. 10. Elohim, angel Jesodoth.

The three Grand Masters of Masonry were Solomon, King of Israel (1 Kings v, 13); Hiram, King of Tyre (1 Kings v, 1); Huram my father, or Hiram Abif (11 Chron. ii, 13; iv, 16).

A peculiar word occurs in Gen. xxv, 10, meaning" to be entombed." The word" Selah" is affixed to 74 different verses in the Psalms, and a diversity of opinions exist as to its real meaning.

Sortes Biblia, or divination by the Bible, was practiced by the early Christians. Nicephorus Gregoras recommended the Psalter (the Psalms) as the fittest book for the purpose, but Cedrenus says the New Testament was more commonly used. [A sample tried by the compositor, in the Psalms, while setting this paragraph, gives the middle clause of Psalm xlii, 5, "Hope thou in God."] The Mohammedans say that casting of lots, etc., was invented by Edris (Enoch), and before practicing they advise the repeating of chapter i, of the Koran, thrice, and the reading of chapter vi, verse 58.

The names of the wives, of the first bigamist (Lamech) mentioned (Gen. iv, 19), were Adah and Zillah, beginning with the first and seventh letters of the Hebrew alphabet, first and sixth of the Greek, first and last of the Roman (Rev. i, 11).

The myth that the man-in-the-moon with a bundle of fagots on his back was sent there as a punishment for gathering them on Sunday, originated with Numbers xv, 32-36.

The first message sent over a telegraphic wire was the words found in Numbers xxiii, 23, "What hath God wrought," May 27, 1844.

It is stated that three persons (Jacques Benigne Bossuet, Thomas Cranwell, Blaise Pascal) could each repeat the entire Bible by heart.

Eleven of the twelve names of the wives of the sons of Jacob had the letter h in them because, it is said, that Abraham and Sarah had an h added to their names (Gen. xvii, 5, 15). Reuben married Eliuram Judah, Alyath; Simeon, Dinah and Bunah; Levi, Adinah; Issachar, Aridah; Dan, Aphlaleph; Naphtali, Merimah; Asher, Adonah and Hadurah; Zebulon, Merushah; Benjamin, Mechalia and Aribath; Gad, Uzith; Joseph, Asenath (Gen. xli, 45).

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japhet, married Noemah, Salith, Nahlath, and Arisivah, respectively. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, married Sarah (servant Hagar), Rebekah (Deborah), Rachel and Leah (Bilhah and Zilpah), respectively.

Dinah, daughter of Jacob, is said to have been the wife of her twinbrother Simeon; the wife of Poti-pherah, and mother of Asenath wife of Joseph; also the wife of Job (Levy's Dictionary).

The names of Job's three daughters are given in King James' version as Jemima, Kezia, and Keren-happuch. The Douay gives their names as Dies, Cassia, and Cornustibij.

The word "cherubims" in the Bible should be without the letter s, as the word cherubim is plural itself.

The words "I am God" (Isaiah xlvi, 9) spelled backward will read dogma I," expressing man as compared with God.

The four messengers which reported to Job, each said, "I only am escaped alone to tell thee" (Job i, 15, 16, 17, 19).

In some work the names of the three certain Jews (Daniel iii, 12) Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-nego, who were in the fiery furnace, are reversed in spelling thus, Chardash, Chashem, and Ogen-deba.

It is said that Dr. Isaac Watts' versified prayer for children, I lay me down to sleep," was suggested by Psalm iv, 8.

"Now

The four banners of Judah, Ephraim, Reuben, and Dan represented the solstitial and equinoctial points: the Lion, the Ox, the Man, the Eagle; Leo, Taurus, Aquarius, Aquila; Regulus, Aldebaran, Formalhaut, and Altair (some put Scorpio (Antares) in the latter place). The Jews say God descended to earth nine times : 1. In the garden of Eden. 2. At the coufusion of tongues. 3. At the destruction of Sodom. 4. On Mount Horeb. 5. On Mount Sinai. 6 and 7. To Moses in the hollow of the rock. 8 and 9. In the tabernacle. The 10th time, in the coming Messiah (Allix's "Judgment of the Jewish Church," p. 282).

The "seven-fold gifts of man are taken from Isaiah xi, 1-6. (See the hymn, Veni, Creator spiritus.)

The names of the Hebrew months appear in the Bible, excepting one, that of Ab, answering to July 18, to August 18: Abib, Ex. xiii, 4; Zif, 1 Kings vi, 1; Sivan, Esther viii, 9; Tammuz, Ezek. viii, 14; Ab; Elul, Neh. vi, 15; Ethanim, 1 Kings viii, 8; Bul, 1 Kings vi, 38; Chisleu, Zech. vii, 1; Tebeth, Esther ii, 16; Sebat, Zech. i, 7; Adar, Esth. iii, 7; Nisan, Esth. iii, 7. Abib begins March 20, Zif, April, 20. Some names are prolific for anagrammatizing: Levi (Gen. xxiv, 34), "Levi, veil, live, evil, (and) vile." Terah (Gen. xi, 25), Terah Herat, earth, heart. Noe (Luke iii, 36) Eno, neo, eon, one. (Matt. vi, 13) name, mean, mane.

Amen

A good example of irony is found in the words of Elijah, 1 Kings

xviii, 27, "Cry aloud, for he is a God," etc.

Job speaks of "the skin of my teeth" (xix, 20).

Adam's self-introduction to Eve has been formulated into a palimdrome," Madam I'm Adam."