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van 37 different significations , and Noldius upwards of 70 . In the acknowledged authority , the Hebrew Concordance by G . V . W . I find twelve different words for and , but van is not to be found among them as a Hebrew Scriptural rendering for and . This seems to confirm Jervis Jervis '

admirable translation of Genesis , and to prove him correct when he translated van , the first word or particle of Genesis i . 2 , by " now , " more literally ancl clearly detaching the second Verse from the first . This worcl seems to induce us to

accept still more naturally Raobi Yarki s opinion of the first verse , when he described it as a "detached enunciation , " or an introductory proposition , the object of which is to declare that all things originated from the will of God , who alone is , and was , self-existent and eternal . The two

words used in the first chapter of Genesis , as expressive of the orders of the creation and restoration are , first , bahra , to create out of nothing ; and secondly , yahsa , to make , form , restore . The writer has traced the Hebrew word bahra , to create , used in Genesis i . 1 , in every passage in

which it occurs in the Bible , viz ., fad and n-i phal , forty-seven times , and in every instance , without a single exception , it is only applied to God ' s work , and never in a single passage to the work of man . It does not , however , always mean to make , by word or willout of nothingbut also to restore

, , , or renew , in such a complete and perfect manner as could be done by God alone , proving omnipotence in perfected restorations or glorifications . There is a beautiful and satisfactory coincidence in

the English translation , for in every one of the thirty-seven different passages , where the verb create is used , the work of God alone is alluded to . There are ten passages where bahra in the Hebrew Scriptures is not translated by the word create in the English . It is said that yahsa , to

make , is applied to the work of man more than 2 , 000 times in the Old Testament ; it may be so , but bahra certainly never is . The word yahsa , to make , or form , or do , occurs about 2 , 700 times in the Hebrew Scriptures , and is very often applied to the work of God , as in the verses , Genesis i . 7 ,

16 , 25 , 26 , 31 , & c . But these distinctions in the words used prove a distinction in God ' s separate Works ,, his original creation , and his six days' restoration . But there is another work of Gocl going on now , so pure , so Godlike , and so peculiarly requiring God himselfthat He calls it a creation

, , for alluding to the repenting faithful in Judah ancl Jerusalem , He says of his own work , effecting such a marvellous contrast from sin and evil , Isaiah Ixv . 17 , "Behold I create new heavens ancl a new earth , and tho former shall not be remembered nor

come into mind , but be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create , for behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing , and her people a joy . " It was in strong desire to be blessed that the sweet Psalmist of Israel prayed ( in Psalm li . 10 ) , " Create in me a clean heart , O God , and renew a

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right spirit within me , " a spirit steadfast ancl constant in the principles of the new life creation . And St . Paul writes ( 2 Cor . v . 17 ) , "If any man is in Christ , he is " not only " a new creature " but anew "creation" ( Greek Idisis ) , so even closer , and in more sire and perfect union , the act by

God ' s volition implying also the result of the act , "the old things have passed away , behold all things are become new . " Blessed aud holy should we be if we had reason , after humble prayer , like David's heartfelt repentance , and true faith , to be sure that we were

"His workmanship , created , " not only by , but "in Christ Jesus . " —Ephesians ii . 10 . Right glorious will it be to join in the ascription of praise . In Revelations iv . 11 , "Thouart worthy , O Lord , to receive glory , and honour , and power , for Thou hast created all things , and for Thy

pleasure " ( or by Thy will , Greet ? :, dta , to thelema sou ) "they are" ( i . e ., exist ; Receptus eisi , or esan , were ; Dusterd , existed ) ** and were created . "

Our Public Charities.

OUR PUBLIC CHARITIES .

Under this head in a recent issue we referred to the scandalous manner in which "guardians " administer the funds extorted from hard-working parishioners , ancl intended for the proper relief of the poor . The following illustration of the treatment of the sick poor is revolting enough , but

doubtless truthful . It is from our contemporary the Lancet , being- the report of its commissioners on the Bermondsey Infirmary .- —It occupies an entirely improper site , and is often flooded . The classification is described as incomplete , and there is no separation of " foul" cases . The sick wards

generally are good , although deficient in cubic space . The wards for the infirm present a marked contrast with them : they are excessively bad , two of them especially , which are called Lazarus and Aaron respectively , are very dirty , and deficient in both light and air . The occupants were herding

together in a miserable manner in the midst of conditions which must render any medical treatment of their chronic disease of little avail . The closet and urinal , abutting on the deadhouse , stunk so offensively as to poison the whole atmosphere of their airing-court , and are considered to have had a shave in the epidemics from which the establishment has suffered . The arrangements for the

tramps are characterised as " altogether brutal . Although as many as forty or fifty persons have been known to apply in a night , accommodation is provided for twenty-four persons ; it consists of bunks , or long orange-boxes , with a wooden log for a pillow , a blanket and rug , and not even a bit

of straw to lie on . The guardians of Bermondsey are believed to be singular in their mode of lodging the houseless poor . The nursing is committed to unpaid pauper nurses . The amount of nourishment for the inmates , and especially tho infirm , is altogether insufficient . The medical officer is over-