of Jesus_,
Watson's _Mind of the Master_, Selby's _Ministry of the Lord Jesus_, and
Robertson's _Our Lord's Teaching_ (a truly marvellous sixpenny worth),
have all been laid under contribution, not the less freely because I
have been compelled to dissent from some of their conclusions. Like many
another busy minister, I am a daily debtor to Dr. Hastings and his great
_Dictionary of the Bible_. And, finally, I gladly avail myself of this
opportunity of expressing once more my unceasing obligations to the Rev.
Professor James Denney, of Glasgow. Now that Dr. Dale has gone from us,
there is no one to whom we may more confidently look for a reasonable
evangelical theology which can be both verified and preached.

It only remains to add that in these pages critical questions are for
the most part ignored, not because the pressure of the problems which
they create is unfelt, but because as yet they have no place among the
certainties which are the sole business of the preacher when he passes
from his study to his pulpit.

GEORGE JACKSON.

EDINBURGH, 1903.

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CONTENTS

I

INTRODUCTORY

Luke xxiv. 19. "_A prophet mighty in word before God and all
the people._"

John iii. 2. "_A teacher come from God._"

II

CONCERNING GOD

John xvii. 11. "_Holy Father._"

III

CONCERNING HIMSELF

Matthew xvi. 15. "_Who say ye that I am?_"

IV

CONCERNING HIS OWN DEATH

Mark x. 45. "_The Son of Man came ... to give His life a
ransom for many._"

V

CONCERNING THE HOLY SPIRIT

John xiv. 16. "_I will pray the Father, and He shall give you
another Comforter, that He may be with you for ever, even the
Spirit of truth._"

John xvi. 7. "_It is expedient for you that I go away: for if
I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I
go away, I will send Him unto you._"

VI

CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Matthew vi. 10. "_Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in
heaven, so on earth._"

VII

CONCERNING MAN

Luke xv. 10. "_There is joy in the presence of the angels of
God over one sinner that repenteth._"

VIII

CONCERNING SIN

Luke xi. 2, 4. "_When ye pray, say,... Forgive us our sins._"

IX

CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS

Matthew vi. 33. "_Seek ye first ... His righteousness._"

X

CONCERNING PR