Letters Literary and Theological of Connop Thirlwall Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1881 Excerpt: ... 302 DEAN PEROWXE'S "IMMORTALITY. T- The Ret. Ca.no Pirowne. Ahergwili Falaci, Augtut lit, 1S70. "I can but count it an honour, of which I am scareely worthy, that my name should appear in your pages. "I had thought of asking you a question connected with the same subject, and though it may be too late for any practical purpose, I will avail myself of this occasion to do so. I have been a little surprised that so many erities, whose opinion you have adopted, should have found no difficulty in making "lias = soul, in Psalm Ivii. 7, and elsewhere; and should not have thought it worth while to enter into any explanation of what seems to me so singular an expression. To me this interpretation seems open to two objections: 1. That the Psalmist is made to claim as his peculiar ylory that which he has in common with all mankind; and 2. That the name of glory is applied, not, as I believe in all other cases, to an outward manifestation, but to that which is innermost in man. I should myself prefer the interpretation tongue, provided this is taken in the largest sense, as including the gift of music and poetry, which was indeed the glory of the sweet singer of Israel. But it may be that I have overlooked some simple solution of the apparent difficulty, t "I am really glad that the Company adopted 'waste and void.' It gives me some hope about a similar change which I shall venture to propose in Genesis iv. 12--14." In roferenco to tho Dedication. t In reply to this, I pointed out that in other passages, e.g. Gen. xlix. 6, Pa, yii. 6, "glory" (i.y. "honour") was used in parallelism with 'soul" or "life l" and the Bishop expressed himself as satisfied with the explanation.--j. J. & p. CHAPTER IX. ST. David's, 1869--1874. JEschylus--Reminiscences of Rome--Rev. C. V...