CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.

THE CHRISTIAN CREED AND ITS EVIDENCE.

"The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching

peace by Jesus Christ: (He is Lord of all :) that word, I say, ye

know, which was published throughout all Judæa, and began from

Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; how God anointed

Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went

about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for

God was with Him. And we are witnesses of all things which He did

both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and

hanged on a tree: Him God raised up the third day, and shewed Him

openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of

God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from

the dead. And He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to

testify that it is He which was ordained of God to be the Judge of

quick and dead. To Him give all the prophets witness, that through

His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins."

-Acts x. 36-43

LECTURE II.

THE RESULTS OF MODERN CRITICISM.

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"Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet,

which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey. And when they

were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both

Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartho-

lomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes,

and Judas the brother of James. These all continued with one accord

in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of

Jesus, and with His brethren."-Acts i. 12-14

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LECTURE III.

THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD.

"Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his

mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she

was found with child of the Holy Ghost."-Matthew i. 18

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LECTURE IV.

THE NAME OF JESUS.

"Thou shalt call His name JESUS, for He shall save His people

from their sins."-Matthew i. 21.

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LECTURE V.

THE MIRACLES OF OUR LORD.

"And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto

Him a centurion, beseeching Him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth

at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith

unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and

said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof:

but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am

a man under authority, having soldiers under me and I say to this

man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to

my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, He

marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I

have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel."-Matthew viii. 5-10.

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LECTURE VI.

THE PASSION AND DEATH OF OUR LORD.

“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in

His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that

are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this

time His righteousness: that He might be just, and the justifier of

him which believeth in Jesus."-Rom. iii. 25, 26

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LECTURE VII.

THE WITNESS TO OUR LORD'S RESURRECTION.

"This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received

of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, He hath shed forth this,

which ye now see and hear."-Acts ii. 32, 33

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LECTURE VIII.

OUR LORD'S RETURN TO JUDGMENT.

"And while they looked stedfastly towards heaven as He went up,

behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said,

Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same

Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like

manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven."-Acts i. 10, 11

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LECTURE IX.

THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT.

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works

that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do;

because I go unto My Father."-John xiv. 12

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'John sent two of his disciples and said unto Jesus, "Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another?",

'Jesus answered and said unto them, "Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see."-St. Matthew xi. 3, 4.

THE GOSPEL AND ITS WITNESSES

LECTURE I

THE CHRISTIAN CREED AND ITS

EVIDENCE

"The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (He is Lord of all:) That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judæa, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him. And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: Him God raised up the third day, and shewed Him openly; Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead. And He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is He which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To Him give all the prophets witness, that through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins."-Acts x. 36-43.

THIS passage possesses a special interest, as the original type of Apostolic preaching to the Gentiles -that is, to the world at large, to persons like ourselves, to all in fact who do not approach the Christian revelation from the peculiar point of view occupied by the Jews. It cannot but be regarded

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