320. Triad Society in China, 44, 364 f. UNION with the divine, an object in blood-letting, 89-96; with evil spirits Unity secured by common blood, 350. Unnoticed signs of the rite, 333. VAMPIRE, superstition concerning the, Vanagata-ananga and Sirutunden, 227. Vedas, traces of the rite in, 156 f. in South America, 131 f.; in Nubia, 132; in Vicarious sacrifice. See Substitute Virgil: cited, 108. Virile member, blood from, in the rite, Vital union by substitute blood, 346-350. 286. Voice of blood, the, 143-147, 359-362. 387 WAMPUM records, 326-328. Washburn, President, on traces of the Weapons of war, in connection with the 73. 297. Wedding-ring, a survival of the rite, Well of the Oath: place of covenant, Well of the Seven: place of covenant, Wellsted: cited, 25. Western Asia, traces of the rite in, 371. Whiskey, a substitute for blood, 193, Wilberforce: cited, 355. Wilkinson cited, 40, 75, 80, 100-102, Witches pledging their life in blood, Wood: cited, 69 f, 193, 198 f., 338. World-wide sweep of the rite, 43-53. XENOPHON: cited, 297. YAJNO, great sacrifice of the, in India, Yellow-hammer, blood-marked, 142 f. Yoruba country, blood-anointing in, Yucatan, the rite in, 54. ZECHARIAH, Voice of blood of, 360-362. 305-307. CRITICAL ESTIMATES OF THE BLOOD COVENANT. FROM The Old Testament Student (PROFESSOR W. R. HARPER, PH.D., EDITOR). The volume is a marvel of research, considering that the field it covers is hitherto unexplored. The author seems to have ransacked all literature, ancient and modern, archæology, medical science, travels, poetry, and folk-lore; Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, and Roman antiquities, Chinese and Indian lore, Scandinavian sagas, and patristic literature, have yielded their contributions of illustrative facts. This material is handled with consummate scientific skill. There is no flight of imagination, no tumid rhetoric. Everything is subordinated to a presentation of facts, and such inductions as may be derived from them by no undue pressure. We do not see, therefore, how the main principle of the book can be successfully controverted. The facts are indisputable, and they tell their own story. Nor can we refrain from commending the volume as a most striking and valuable contribution to the religious thought of the world. It is emphatically one of the few books that no religious thinker can afford to be without. We doubt if any man can rise from its perusal without feeling that his grasp of saving truth is stronger, clearer, and more comprehensive than ever before. P.A.N. PROFESSOR WILLIAM HENRY GREEN, D. D., LL. D., OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, IN The Presbyterian Review. The ingenuity with which this multitude of seemingly heterogeneous details are brought into mutual relation, and the fresh and often unex |