TO THE MEMORY

OF

WILLIAM ADAMS, D.D., LL.D.

HONORED AND BELOVED,

FOR HIS ADMIRABLE POWERS, FOR HIS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, FOR HI
LARGE USEFULNESS, FOR THE WISDOM OF HIS COUNSELS, THE GRACE
OF HIS ENGAGING COURTESY, THE UNFAILING FIDELITY OF
HIS FRIENDSHIP:

MOST OF ALL

FOR THE BEAUTY AND STRENGTH OF HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH

THESE LECTURES,

PREPARED AT HIS URGENT INVITATION, AND AFTERWARD REWARDED BY HIS APPROVAL,

ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.

CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.

External evidence for Christianity as Divine: the value and limitations
of its probative force; 3-32; notes, 361-380.

LECTURE II.

The new conception of God, introduced by Christianity; 35-63; notes,

381-408.

LECTURE III.

The new conception of Man, introduced by Christianity; 67-99; notes,
409-433.

LECTURE IV.

The new conception of the duty of Man toward God, in worship; 103-

132; notes, 434-458.

LECTURE V.

The new conception of Man's duty to Man, in politics and society;

135-169; notes, 459-497.

LECTURE VI.

The new conception of the duties of Nations, toward each other; 173-

208; notes, 498-526.

LECTURE VII.

The effect of Christianity on the Mental culture of mankind; 211-245;

notes, 527-566.

LECTURE VIII.

The effect of Christianity on the Moral life of mankind; 249--282

notes, 567-597.

LECTURE IX.

The effect of Christianity on the world's hope of progress; 285-316

notes, 598-624.

LECTURE X.

A review of the argument, with added suggestions; 319-357; notes

625-639.

INDEX, 641.