CONTENTS.
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INTRODUCTION ................................................... 9

PREFATORY SCRIPTURE PASSAGES ................................... 11

CHAPTER I.

All are Sinners ................................................ 13

CHAPTER II.

All that is Born of the Flesh must be Born of the Spirit ....... 19

CHAPTER III.

The Present, a Dispensation of Means ........................... 26

CHAPTER IV.

Baptism, a Divinely Instituted Means of Grace .................. 33

CHAPTER V.

The Baptismal Covenant can be kept unbroken--Aim and
Responsibility of Parents .................................... 41

CHAPTER VI.

Home Influence and Training in their Relation to the Keeping of
the Baptismal Covenant ....................................... 48

CHAPTER VII.

The Sunday School in its Relation to the Baptized Children of
Christian Parents ............................................ 55

CHAPTER VIII.

The Sunday School--Its relation to those in Covenant
Relationship with Christ, and also to the Unbaptized
and Wandering ................................................ 63

CHAPTER IX.

Catechisation .................................................. 69

CHAPTER X.

Contents, Arrangement and Excellence of Luther's
Small Catechism .............................................. 75

CHAPTER XI.

Manner and Object of Teaching Luther's Catechism ............... 82

CHAPTER XII.

Confirmation ................................................... 89

CHAPTER XIII.

The Lord's Supper--Preliminary Observations .................... 97

CHAPTER XIV.

The Lord's Supper, Continued ................................... 103

CHAPTER XV.

The Lord's Supper, Concluded ................................... 109

CHAPTER XVI.

The Preparatory Service, Sometime