of pure and undefiled religion, and help to recall men from erections of wood, hay and stubble, to the one foundation, which is so highly extolled in words, so despised and rejected in practice. To all of every name and Church who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity I humbly dedicate these Lectures.

JAMES DRUMMOND.

OXFORD,

September, 1894.

Purpose and method of the Course, pp. 3-6.

The source of information, 6. Essential character of Chris-

tianity, 7-13. Not limited to the teaching of Jesus, but

embraces the total specific effect of his life and teaching,

13-15.

The Christian Church. Its origin, 15-22: In what sense

Jesus was its Founder, 15-18; its early growth, 18-19;

"the communion of the Holy Spirit," 19-20; missionary

activity, 20-22. Its formative idea, 22-25. Conditions

of membership, 26-27. Character of its government, 27-29.

Obligations of its ritual, 29-33. Its living tradition, 33-35.

Its teaching function, 35-38.

LECTURE II.

THE BIBLE.-I. THE EARLIEST CHRISTIAN VIEW

41-78

The Church existed before the Bible was complete, 41-42.

Nevertheless, the Old Testament formed a Christian Canon

from the first, 42-44. Infallibility of the Bible generally

assumed, 44-45. Change of view in modern times, 45-47.

Christ's use of the Old Testament, 47-71: his view must be

gathered from occasional utterances, 48. He accepted, in

some sense, the authority of the Scriptures, 48-50. In

appeals to prophecy he never dwells on minute details,

51-54. He places the moral above the ritual law, 55-57.

His arguments based upon Scripture are opposed to the

notion of a binding authority, 57-62. Words of Scripture

treated as a commandment of God, 62-64. Evidence

afforded by the Sermon on the Mount, 64-69. Conclu-

sion, 69-71.

St. Paul's view, 71-77: He looked upon the Old Testament

as "holy Scriptures," 72-73; yet thought the old Covenant

superseded by the new, 73-74. These two positions recon-

ciled by his doctrine of the letter and the spirit, 74-75.

This distinction applied to interpretation, 75-76. His

difference from Philo, 76-77. Agreement with the view

of Christ, 77.

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LECTURE III.

THE BIBLE.-II. THE MODERN VIEW

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81-120

The

The ancient view and its modern adherents, 81-83.

change of view which is in progress, 84. Causes of the

change, 85-95: (i) Science, 85-87; (ii) Literary and his-

torical criticism, 87-92; (iii) Moral and spiritual criticism,

92-95. Result, the Bible no longer a decisive authority,

95. Nevertheless, its religious value is attested by Chris-

tian experience, 96-101: (i) It holds up a mirror to the

conscience, 98; (ii) It brings home spiritual truths to the

mind, 98-99; (iii) It deepens devout feeling, 99-100;

(iv) It gives comfort in sorrow, 100-101. Analogies in

other literature do not rob it of its unique position,
101-102.

Reconciliation of the critical and religious views, 102-120:-

The Christian philosophy of the subject, 102-110: "The

deep things of God" revealed in consciousness, 102-104;

the highest form of life known to Christians as

"the

Spirit of Christ" (the "Christian consciousness"), 104-

105; truths involved in the Christian consciousness,

105-108; distinction in the kinds of truth, and limits

of inspiration, 108-110.

Mode in which the Bible reveals truth, 110-117: The

New Testament discloses the Spirit of Christ, 110-112;

presents doctrines ready formed, 112-115; criterion by

which to distinguish these, 115; the position of the

Old Testament, 115-117.

Reason for the unique position of the Bible in Christen-

dom, 117-119. Sources of its authority, 119-120.

LECTURE IV.

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The Kingdom of God a fundamental thought in Christ's

teaching, 123-125. Principles of interpretation, 125-128.

The use of the phrase among the Jews, 128-131.

The view of Jesus, 131-166:-"The Kingdom of God is

within you," 131-134. It is a present kingdom, 134-146.

It comprises an indeterminate community, 146-155. Con-

ditions of admission to it, 155-161. The kingdom not

only present, but future, 161-162. The "coming of the

Son of Man," 163-164. The slow and silent advent of

the kingdom, 164-166.