en s

ion of them, whose names they bare. But succeeding ages, little regarding St. Chrysostome's admonition to the contrary, have recalled prophane names, s

ks and Ensign Neptune Howard fought under the Earl of Northumberland in 164

n of William and Margaret Lee."

ized Cassandra, d. of

, ye wife of Edward Williams."-

hn Cotton and Venus[18] L

inah were just as objectionable as Venus or Lais. The doctrine of a fallen nature could be upheld, and the blessed state of self-abasement maintained, without a daily reminder in the shape of a Bible name of evil reput

e liberty an

ne in holy c

isters in the

f the Holy

nd Uria's

er lustful bro

tain, these name

thsheba, d. of John Hamon

eba, wife of Richard Brinley,

on. iii. 5) was used, although the cle

hira and Tabitha, daughters o

Tabitha, ds. of Sir Antonie Dering,

d Thamar, d. of Hen

ar, d. of Francis and Tamar

mar, wife of Richard Robin

from her first introduction; every register

tening of Dina, d. of

Walthall, a vertuous yong woman

as the typical negress; yet Puritan writers admitted that when she "went ou

o imply that Goliath was regist

t might the chi

e She, or a

t, but 'tis a S

oth he, 'a wag

ipture name.'-'

t my weak mem

t it: 'twas

y remembrance

the small pro

saias, nor

niel, nor g

remember, '

here it has ever since remained. It is, as

Ananias had become so closely connected with Puritanism, that not only did Dryden poke fun at the relationsh

s, sonne of George Warren, 17

ias, son of Ananias Jarra

curs in Bun

of Mr. Edward Lightmaker, of Broadhurst, in Sussex, gen

(they were brought up Presbyterians) was Rob

le, but perchance her character

usilla, d. of Thom

as almost popular, although

ntipas, sonne of Robert Ba

Antipas Charrington

Tedbury, wollman."-"Token

markable Providences," published at Boston, U.S.A., in 1684, has a

rates the King of the Amorites, Milcom Groat ("Cal. St. P.," 1660) representing on English soil "the abomination of th

be considered

rabas, sonne of Barabas Bo

theft seem proper to the very name. We should have locked up the spoons, we feel sure, had father or son called upon us. The father who called his son "Ju

ir, if a Jew of a godfather had proposed the name of your child, and offered yo

tized, a remedy might have been found in former days by changing the name at confirm

und to lasciviousness, to be given to children baptized, especially of the female sex:

else Venus Levat, already quoted, would not have been married in 1631 under

me was sanctioned in the case of o

after, at his confirmation by the Bishop, he is n

s being changed to Francis at confirmation. He holds that Francis shall stand ("Institutes," 1. iii.). This practice manifestly ar

en. I need not quote the Venuses of our directories. Emanuel is of an opposite character, and should be considered blasphemy. We have not adopted Christ yet, as Dr. Doran reminded us they have do