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.
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.
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.
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.
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;
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.
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;
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;
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,
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