4. It contains a synopsis, separate from the concordance, presenting within the compass of a few pages a bird's-eye view of the whole contents.
5. It contains a table of contents, embracing nearly two thousand heads, arranged in alphabetical order.
6. It is much superior to the only other work in the language prepared on the same general plan, and is offered to the public at much less cost.
The purchaser gets not only a Concordance, but also a Bible, in this volume. The superior convenience arising out of this fact,—saving, as it does, the necessity of having two books at hand and of making two references, instead of one,—will be readily apparent.
The general subjects (under each of which there are a vast number of sub-divisions) are arranged as follows, viz.:
| Agriculture, | Genealogy, | Ministers of Religion, | Sacrifice, |
| Animals, | God, | Miracles, | Scriptures, |
| Architecture, | Heaven, | Occupations, | Speech, |
| Army, Arms, | Idolatry, Idols, | Ordinances, | Spirits, |
| Body, | Jesus Christ, | Parables and Emblems, | Tabernacle and Temple, |
| Canaan, | Jews, | Persecution, | Vineyard and Orchard, |
| Covenant, | Laws, | Praise and Prayer, | Visions and Dreams, |
| Diet and Dress, | Magistrates, | Prophecy, | War, |
| Disease and Death, | Man, | Providence, | Water. |
| Earth, | Marriage, | Redemption, | |
| Family, | Metals and Minerals, | Sabbaths and Holy Days, |
That such a work as this is of exceeding great convenience is matter of obvious remark. But it is much more than that; it is also an instructive work. It is adapted not only to assist the student in prosecuting the investigation of preconceived ideas, but also to impart ideas which the most careful reading of the Bible in its ordinary arrangement might not suggest. Let him take up any one of the subjects—"Agriculture," for example—and see if such be not the case. This feature places the work in a higher grade than that of the common Concordance. It shows it to be, so to speak, a work of more mind.
No Biblical student would willingly dispense with this Concordance when once possessed. It is adapted to the necessities of all classes,—clergymen and theological students; Sabbath-school superintendents and teachers; authors engaged in the composition of religious and even secular works; and, in fine, common readers of the Bible, intent only on their own improvement.
A COMMENTARY ON THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. By Horatio B. Hackett, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature and Interpretation, in the Newton Theological Institution.
