most cheerfully committed to its fate by the author.

BOSTON, MASS., _November, 1882_.

CONTENTS.

PART I.
PAGE
INTRODUCTION iii

LIST OF AUTHORITIES, AND BOOKS QUOTED FROM xi

CHAPTER I.
THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN 1

CHAPTER II.
THE DELUGE 19

CHAPTER III.
THE TOWER OF BABEL 33

CHAPTER IV.
THE TRIAL OF ABRAHAM'S FAITH 36

CHAPTER V.
JACOB'S VISION OF THE LADDER 42

CHAPTER VI.
THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT 48

CHAPTER VII.
RECEIVING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 58

CHAPTER VIII.
SAMSON AND HIS EXPLOITS 62

CHAPTER IX.
JONAH SWALLOWED BY A BIG FISH 77

CHAPTER X.
CIRCUMCISION 85

CHAPTER XI.
CONCLUSION OF PART FIRST 88

PART II.

CHAPTER XII.
THE MIRACULOUS BIRTH OF CHRIST JESUS 111

CHAPTER XIII.
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM 140

CHAPTER XIV.
THE SONG OF THE HEAVENLY HOST 147

CHAPTER XV.
THE DIVINE CHILD RECOGNIZED, AND PRESENTED WITH GIFTS 150

CHAPTER XVI.
THE BIRTH-PLACE OF CHRIST JESUS 154

CHAPTER XVII.
THE GENEALOGY OF CHRIST JESUS 160

CHAPTER XVIII.
THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS 165

CHAPTER XIX.
THE TEMPTATION, AND FAST OF FORTY DAYS 175

CHAPTER XX.
THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST JESUS 181

CHAPTER XXI.
THE DARKNESS AT THE CRUCIFIXION 206

CHAPTER XXII.
"HE DESCENDED INTO HELL." 211

CHAPTER XXIII.
THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST JESUS 215