A HAND-BOOK OF TEXTS, THEMES, AND AUTHORS, FOR THE USE OF PREACHERS AND BIBLE SCHOLARS GENERALLY. EMBRACING TWENTY THOUSAND CITATIONS OF SCRIPTURE TEXTS, AND OF "Scire ubi aliquid possis invenire, magna pars scientiæ est."-Anon. "An Index of all the texts on which sermons have been published, to the present time, is needed."-E. BICKERSTETH. .... * Πᾶς γραμματεὺς μαθητευθεὶς εἰς τὴν βασιλέιαν τῶν οὐρανῶν . . . . ἐκβάλλει ἐκ τοῦ θησαυροῦ αὐτοῦ καινὰ καὶ παλαιά. WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY GEORGE E. DAY, D. D., PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY, YALE COLLEGE. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 549 & 551 BROADWAY. RECOMMENDATIONS. THE following favorable notices of this work have been received from those who have examined the manuscript, or the first few pages in print: From REV. E. P. ROGERS, D. D., Pastor of South Reformed Church, New York. 46 May 14, 1877. "Having_examined, at some length, the plan of the 'Biblical and Homiletical Index,' prepared by the Rev. J. H. Pettingell, I cordially approve of the same, and think that, for arrangement of texts and topics, for comprehensiveness of reference to ancient and modern authors and their works, and for the completeness with which the special design of such a work is carried out, it is the best of the kind which has come under my notice, and cannot fail to be both popular and useful, on a very extensive scale. "E. P. ROGERS." From REV. BENJAMIN N. Martin, S. T. D., L. H. D., Professor in the University of New York. "May 18, 1877. "The 'Textual and Topical Index,' by Rev. J. H. Pettingell, strikes me as a work which is likely to be extensively useful. It will contribute to the study of the Scriptures on the one hand, and to that of our ample and valuable literature of homiletics on the other. Its admirable plan could hardly be improved, nor could its execution be confided to more faithful or more competent hands. I earnestly hope that it may find the appreciation which I am sure it deserves. "BENJAMIN N. MARTIN." From REV. L. H. ATWATER, D. D., Professor Princeton College. "PRINCETON, N. J., September 18, 1877. "I fully concur with the views expressed by Prof. Martin in regard to the 'Textual and Topical Index,' by Rev. J. H. Pettingell. From REV. TALBOT W. CHAMBERS, D. D. "L. H. ATWATER." "NEW YORK, May 18, 1877. "I have been very much pleased with such examination as I was able to make of Rev. Mr. Pettingell's 'Biblical and Homiletical Index.' The work seems to have been very carefully prepared, and to be as complete as the limits of a volume designed for extensive circulation would allow. The book fills a place which, so far, has not been occupied with anything like so much fullness and accuracy, and hence gives promise of great and lasting usefulness. From REV. J. A. LANSING, D. D. "TALBOT W. CHAMBERS." 64 BROOKLYN, May 28, 1877. "REV. J. H. I'ETTINGELL-My dear Sir: I have been exceedingly interested in the examination of your 'Biblical and Homiletical Index.' I have looked carefully through it, and the more I learn of it the more thoroughly satisfied I am that it is a valuable work, which cannot fail to command a wide circulation, especially among the clergy. It is to be, I venture to predict, the vade-mecum of ministers of the Gospel long after its painstaking author shall have rested from his labors. In all the range of manuscripts that have come before me as Secretary of our Board of Publication, I am free to say I know of none that I can more heartily indorse and commend. I am no enthusiast, but it is my deliberate conviction that your Index' only needs to be known in order to be welcomed to a place in the library of every minister of the Gospel. I shall be on the lookout for a copy as soon as it is published. "Very cordially yours, "J. A. LANSING." |