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Ghost. Not long before his death, the great German classic and 

 theologian, Dr. F. Blass, in speaking upon a sceptical pamphlet from 

 the pen of one of his countrymen, remarked that in this little 

 pamphlet, on the meaning of the New Testament, the greatest 

 existing reality in the world is ignored ; Scripture calls this reality 

 the " Holy Spirit." It is the recognition of this superior factor of 

 which no Christian can be unmindful. But in the criticisms before 

 me I note that the historical element is by no means forgotten. 



Chancellor Lias has again reminded us with great force of the 

 evidence for the early witness of the phraseology of St. John. 

 This is most important, and what the Chancellor has so well said 

 falls in entirely with the remarks upon which I have ventured. 



The use of the various New Testament titles given to our Lord 

 is a theme productive more and more of fresh interest since the 

 recovery of so many of the papyri, and it is a matter of thankfulness 

 that Dr. Eugene Stock has so kindly drawn attention to this 

 subject. 



Li the treatment of the Jewish literature, the Book of Enoch was 

 accidentally omitted. Its numerous and independent points of con- 

 tact with the New Testament will be found in Dr. Charles's Book of 

 Enoch, now republished after twenty years of fresh study. 



It is important to note that, as in the Psalms of Solomon, with its 

 striking Messianic picture in Psalm xlii, so no mention is made 

 in Enoch of a Suffering Messiah, and that the Son of Man in the pre- 

 Christian parables shares God's throne, which is also His own throne, 

 and that all judgment is committed unto Him, although Dr. Charles 

 thinks that our Lord used the title Son of Man with a deeper 

 spiritual significance. 



