CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION, p. 1.

CREATION, p. 9.

CHAPTER I.

Naturally the first fact revealed; Its moral lessons, 9;

The origin of this record and the manner of its revelation to

men, 12;

Nature and the supernatural, 13; Theories on the origin of life, 14;

The sense of the word “day” in Gen. 1:16;

Argued (1) From the laws of language, 17; (2) From the narrative

itself, 18;

Objection from the law of the Sabbath, 21;

(3) From Geological facts and their bearings on the question, 22;

Prominent points of harmony between Genesis and Geology, 25;

Does "Create" (Gen. 1: 1) refer to the original production of

matter? 26;

The relation of v. 1 to v. 2, and to the rest of the chapter, 29;

The work of the fourth day, 31;

The sense of the record as to the origin of life, vegetable and

animal, 32;

On God's "making man in his own image," 33;

The relation of Gen. 2: 4-25 to Gen. 1: 35.

INVARIABILITY

KINGDOM, 37 ;

CHAPTER II.

OF "KIND" IN THE VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL

The theory of Mr. Darwin, 38; The issue between Darwin and

Moses, 38;

Darwin's five main arguments, 39; Brief replies, 40;

Objections bearing generally against Darwin's scheme, 43;

(1) It requires almost infinite time back of the earliest traces or

possibilities of life, 43;

(2) Requires what Nature does not give-a close succession of

animal races, differing but infinitesimally from each other, 43;

(3) His argument is essentially materialistic and is therefore false, 45;

(4) It ignores man's intellectual and moral nature, 46;

(5) It ignores or overrides the law of nature by which hybrids are

infertile, 46;

(6) This scheme is in many points revolting to the common sense

of mankind, 46;

(7) It is recklesss of the authority of revelation, 48.

THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN.

Two main questions: (1) Is the human family older than Adam? 49;

(2) How far back was Adam ?

The argument for man's high antiquity, (1) From traces of his

skeleton, 50; (2) From his tools and works, 52; (3) From the tradi-

tions and chronologies of the old nations, 59.

CHAPTER III.

HEBREW CHRONOLOGY, 60 ;

From birth of Christ back to the founding of Solomon's Tem-

ple, 60;

First disputed period - that of the Judges, 60; second do.;

that of the sojourn in Egypt, 62; third do.; between Terah and

Abraham, 64; fourth do.; from the creation to the flood, 66; fifth

do.; from the flood to the call of Abraham, 68.

CHAPTER IV.

ANTIQUITY OF MAN RESUMED, 72;

On the Antiquity of Egypt, 72;

The date of Menes, its first king, and of the pyramids, 74;

Unity of the human race: Were there races of pre-Adamic men,

now extinct? 75;

Are the present living races descendants of the same first pair? 75;

CHAPTER V.

THE SABBATH, 77;

As old as Eden; made for man as a race.

CHAPTER VI.

THE EVENTS OF EDEN, 81;

Is the description of man's fall symbolic or historic? 81;

The moral trial, 84; The temptation, 87; The fall, 88.

The curse; the first installment of the penalty for transgression, 89;

The first promise, 90.

CHAPTER VII.

FROM THE FALL TO THE FLOOD, 92.

Notes on special passages, Gen. 4: 1, "I have gotten a man-the

Lord," 92; Gen. 4: 6,7—words of the Lord to Cain, 92; Gen. 4: 23, 24,

the song of Lamech, 92; Abel's offering and the origin of sacri-

fices, 93; The great moral lessons of the antediluvian age, 95.

THE FLOOD, 99;

CHAPTER VIII.

Its moral causes, 99; Its physical causes, 101; Was this flood uni-

versal? 102; (a) as to the earth's surface, (b) as to its population;

Traditions of a great deluge, 105.

CHAPTER IX.

FROM THE FLOOD TO THE CALL OF ABRAHAM, 107;

The law against murder and its death-penalty, 107; The prophecy

of Noah, 108; The genealogy of the historic nations, 110; Babel

and the confusion of tongues, 112.

CHAPTER X.

ABRAHAM, 114;

His personal history; the divine purposes in the new system in-

augurated with him;

Concentration of moral forces; a more definite covenant between

God and his people;

Utilizing the family relation, 116;

Developing a great example of the obedience of faith, 120; (a) In leav-

ing his country at God's call, 120; (b) In waiting long but hopefully

for his one son of promise, 120; (c) In obeying the command to

offer this son a sacrifice, 121;

God's revelations to Abraham progressive, 122;

The missionary idea in this system-blessings to all the na-

tions, 125;

The Messiah included in these promises, 126;

Sodom and Gomorrah, 128;

The angel of the Lord, 130.

CHAPTER XI.

THE PATRIARCHS, ISAAC, JACOB, JOSEPH, 132;

Isaac, 132; Jacob and Bethel, 133; Jacob at Mahanaim, 137; The

struggle of prayer; The points and grounds of this conflict; The

law of prevailing prayer, 140;

Jacob and Joseph, 143; Developments of personal character, 144;

Joseph in Egypt, 146; The hand of God in this history-seen in

the sufferings of the innocent, 155;

The hand of God in overruling sin for good, 158;

The purposes of God in locating Israel in Egypt, 160;

Ancient Egyptian history and life confirms Moses, 162;

Special passages considered:

Going down into Sheol, Gen. 37: 35; Jacob's benedictions upon

his sons, Gen. 49, 168; The Scepter of Judah, Gen. 49: 10, 169;

The less readable portions of Genesis, 171; Close of Genesis, 172.

EXODUS-

CHAPTER XII.

The oppression, 173; Moses, 175; His great mission, 179;

The ten plagues, 185:

These plagues supernatural, 187; Several of them specially adapted

to Egypt, 189; The case of the magicians, 190; The shape of the

demand upon Pharaoh to let the people go, 193;

The hardening of Pharaoh's heart, 194;

History of the case 195; What is said of God's purpose in it, 203;

Light on this case from God's revealed character, 204.

THE PASSOVER, 206;

CHAPTER XIII.

Consecration of all first-born, 208;

The long route to Canaan, 210; The march and the pursuit, 211;

The guiding pillar of cloud and of fire, 212; The locality of the

Red Sea crossing, 216.

CHAPTER XIV.

THE HISTORIC CONNECTIONS OF MOSES WITH PHARAOH AND EGYPT, 217.

CHAPTER XV.

THE EVENTS NEAR AND AT SINAI, 223;

The manna, 223; Rephidim; water by miracle, 226; The battle

with Amalek, 229; Jethro, 230;

The Scenes at Sinai, 232;

The national covenant; The giving of the law, 234;

The moral law, given from Sinai, 236;

To be distinguished from "the statutes and judgments,” 237;

The commandments considered severally; (1) 238; (2) 239; (3) 241;

(4) 241; (5) 243; (6-9) 243; (10) 245;

Progress in the revelations of God to man, 246.

CHAPTER XVI.

THE HEBREW THEOCRACY:

The supreme power, 251; The powers of Jehovah's Vicegerent, 253;

The General Assembly and their Elders, 254; The scope afforded

for self-government, democracy, 255; The fundamental principles

of this system, 258; Its union of Church and State, 259; Its princi-

ples and usages in regard to war, with notice of the war-commis-

sion against the doomed Canaanites, 261; The grant of Canaan,

and the command to extirpate the Canaanites, 262.

CHAPTER XVII.

THE CIVIL INSTITUTES OF MOSES, OR THE HEBREW CODE OF CIVIL

LAW:

General view of it, 270; Analysis of the crimes condemned, 273;

Crimes against God:

Idolatry, 273; Perjury, 274; Presumptuous sius, 275; Violations of.

the Sabbath, 276; Magic arts, 276;

Crimes against parents and rulers, 279;

Crimes against person and life, i. e. crimes of blood, 280;

Cities of refuge, 282; Murder by unknown hands, 284;

Crimes against chastity, 285;

Statutes to protect rights of property, 286;

Statutes against usury, 288; Statutes for the relief of the poor, 289

Crimes against reputation, 292.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CIVIL INSTITUTES OF MOSES CONCLUDED:

Hebrew servitude, 294;

Man-stealing, 294; No rendition of fugitives, 295; Severe personal

injuries entitled to freedom, 295; Periodical emancipation, 298;

Religious privileges of servants, 298; The slavery that existed be-

fore Moses, 299; The condition of Israel in bondage in Egypt, 299;

The Jubilee, 300;

Its bearing upon foreign servants, 301; Meaning of "bond-serv-

ant," 302; Servants of foreign birth, 302;

Judicial Procedure, 304;

Judges; The seat of justice, 305; The processes of prosecution, 305;

Advocates; of witnesses, 305;

Punishments, 306;

Fines, 306; Sin and trespass offerings, 307; Stripes, 307; Excom-

munication, 308; Modes of capital punishment, 308; Disgrace after

death, 308; Judicial procedure and punishment summary, 308;

Statutes without penalties, 309;

Two Historic Questions:

(a) How far is this system indebted to Egypt? 311;

(b) How far have the best civil codes of the most civilized nations

been indebted to this Hebrew code? 314;

Progressive revelations of God in this code, 319.

CHAPTER XIX.

THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF THE HEBREWS, 321;

Classification of sacrifices, 322; Choice of animals for sacrifice, 323

The scenes of sacrifice, 324; The significance of sacrifices, 325; Of

the portion taken as food, 326; Special sacrifices, 327;

Sacred times and seasons, 327 ;

The three great festivals, 328; The Feast of Pentecost, 328; The

Feast of Tabernacles, 329; The great day of Atonement, 331;

Sacred Edifices and Apparatus, 334;

The Sacred Orders, 335; Present value of the Mosaic ritual, 336; Its

lessons on the blood of atonement, 338; That these lessons are steps

of progress in the revelation of God to men, 340.

CHAPTER XX.

HISTORIC EVENTS OF HEBREW HISTORY FROM SINAI TO THE JOR-

DAN, 342;

The golden calf, 342; The intercession of Moses, 344; The Lord re-

veals his name and glory, 346; Incidents connected with this idol-

worship, 350; Lessons from Moses on prayer, 353; Taberah and

Kibroth-hataavah, 354; Miriam and Aaron envious of Moses, 355;

Kadesh-barnea and the unbelieving spies, 356; Rebellion of Korah

and his company, 360; The fiery serpent and the brazen one, 363;

Balak and Balaam, 364; Balaam's prophecies, 367; His prayer,