CONTENTS.

DISCOURSE I.

THE IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.

BY GARDINER SPRING, D. D.

Pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York.

PHILIPPIANS i. 9.

"And this I pray that your love may abound yet more and more, in know-

ledge and in all judgment."

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DISCOURSE II.

THE LAW OF GOD.

BY SAMUEL H. COX, D. D.

Pastor of Laight street Presbyterian Church, New York.

ROMANS Vii. 12.

"Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and

good."

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DISCOURSE III.

HUMAN DEPRAVITY, OR MAN A FALLEN BEING.

BY THOMAS H. SKINNER, D. d.

Pastor of the Fifth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.

ROMANS V. 20.

"Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound."

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DISCOURSE IV.

THE NECESSITY OF ATONEMENT.

BY JOHN DE WITT, D. 1).

Professor of Biblical Literature in the Theological Seminary of the Reformed

Dutch Church, at New Brunswick, New Jersey.

HEBREWS ix. 22.

"Without shedding of blood is no remission."

DISCOURSE V.

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THE ENMITY OF THE HUMAN HEART AGAINST THE CHARAC-

TER AND GOVERNMENT OF GOD.

BY JOHN WOODBRIDGE, D. d.

Pastor of the Bowery Presbyterian Church, New York.

ROMANS viii. 7.

"The carnal mind is enmity against God."

DISCOURSE VI.

THE REJECTION OF REVEALED TRUTH REFERABLE TO

MORAL DEPRAVITY.

BY SAMUEL MILLER, D. D.

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(Presbyterian.)

Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Government, in the Theological

Seminary, at Princeton, New Jersey.

HEBREWS iii. 12.

"Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in

departing from the living God."

DISCOURSE VII.

REVEALED RELIGION, THE ONLY SOURCE OF TRUE

HAPPINESS.

BY WILLIAM B. SPRAGUE, D. D.

Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany.

JOHN vi. 68.

"Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life."

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"And we are his witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Ghost,

whom God hath given to them that obey him."

DISCOURSE IX.

THE GLORY OF THE GOSPEL.

BY JOHN H. RICE, D. D.

Professor of Theology in the Union Theological Seminary, Virginia.

2. CORINTHIANS iii. 11.

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"For if that which was done away was glorious, much more that which re-

maineth is glorious."

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DISCOURSE X.

THE PROVINCE OF REASON IN MATTERS OF RELIGION.

BY LEONARD WOODS, D. D.

(Congregational)

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Professor of Christian Theology in the Theological Seminary, at Andover,

Massachusetts.

PSALM CXIX. 105. 169. 33, 34.

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path-Let my cry

come before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.-

Teach me,
O Lord, the way of thy statutes;-give me understanding, and I shall

keep thy word."

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DISCOURSE XI.

THE CERTAIN TRIUMPH OF THE REDEEMER.

(Baptist)

BY FRANCIS WAYLAND, d. d.

President of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

1. CORINTHIANS XV. 25.

"For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet."

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DISCOURSE XII.

THE TRIUMPHS OF THE REDEMPTION OVER THE APOSTACY.

BY WILLIAM D. SNODGRASS, D. D.

Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, in Murray street, New York.

ROMANS V. 15.

"But not as the offence, so also is the free gift."

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DISCOURSE XIII.

THE EFFECT OF THE GOSPEL, IN EXALTING THE CREATOR,

AND HUMBLING THE CREAȚure.

BY EDWARD D. GRIFFIN, D. D.

President of Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.

2. CORINTHIANS i. 31.

"That, according as it is written, he that glorieth, let him glory in the

Lord."

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DISCOURSE I.

THE IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.

PHILIPPIANS i. 9.-" And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more, in knowledge and in all judgment.”

Ir is natural, at the threshold of the enterprise to which these lectures are devoted, to endeavour to interest you in the worthiness of their object. To interest men in the truths of the Bible, is the great reason why a revelation was given. We know it is impossible for the mass of mankind to become adepts in theological science; and yet there are few but may, and ought to be familiar with the great doctrines of revelation. would think it a reproach to good men, not to be familiar with the truths of the Bible. You would not expect a professed Stoic to be ignorant of the doctrines of Zeno; nor a Mohammedan to be unacquainted with

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