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the penal sentence which he had not incurred, was declared to be, in resur- 
rection, the Son of God with power, and also the first-fruits of those that 
sleep — Xpitrrof, the one anointed with the Holy Ghost, in whom all those 
who partake of this anointing shall also rise to endless life, for, if the Spirit 
of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in His people, He that raised 
up the Christ from the dead shall cause to live even the mortal bodies of His 
people by (c<«) His Spirit that dwelleth in them. 
As regards the use of the word Adam in Hebrew to signify man, I need 
only further remark that the term appears to be carefully avoided when 
angels appeared, or manifestations of superhuman personality. As to Abra- 
ham, when we read three men, it is Enoshim in the original ; or to Manoah, 
where the word is Ish. Again, in Daniel, “ the man Gabriel,” and the 
“ certain man clothed in linen,” are mentioned under the latter term. 
It would be tedious to enter into the question of the peculiar use of Ish 
and Enosh, further than to say that both seem to be used with very wide 
latitude of meaning, as person in English. Ish has further, as contrasted 
with Ishah, the special meaning of husband. Moreover, where the contrast 
is between mighty men and mean men, rich men and poor men, great men 
are always called Ish, and poor and mean ones Adam (as Is. ii. 9, v. 15, 
xxxi. 8 ; Ps. xlix. 2) ; but the meaning of the contrast is very obvious, as 
we contrast “a person of quality” with the meanest of Her Majesty’s 
subjects, which humble individual is nevertheless to be looked upon as “ a 
human being.” 
(C.) 
Tiie Great American Desert. 
(From the Times, September 28th, 1874.) 
“The Eew York Times' Own Correspondent writes from Omaha as follows 
“ ‘ That portion of Nebraska which might with most propriety be called the 
“ Desert ” is that adjoining the Loup and Niobara rivers, far to the north, 
near the Dakota line. This is the Mauvaises Terres or bad lands of the 
old Canadian voyageurs, and the dreaded “ Makoo-set-cha ” of the Dakota 
Sioux, for its white, rugged, and dreary plateaus reveal nought but the most 
barren desolation. It was, and is yet, a terror to all travellers, for not only 
is it difficult to traverse, owing to its ruggedness, but it is also devoid of 
wood and water, the two greatest necessaries to the wandering wayfarer. 
Though forbidding as a landscape, it yet possesses the greatest interest for 
the paleontologist, as it is undoubtedly the most extensive cemetery of fossil 
animals in the world. Almost every species known to this continent in its 
various ages are found there in profusion, and many which have not been 
found in other portions. It is estimated that several thousand species now 
