CHAPTER I. THEllll P.A.GR TJIEHB: P.lGK Warrantable Warfare 36 The Word of God Full of Hidden Edom, Moab, Ammon 33 Tree.sure 7 The Emims, Horims, Zamzu=ins, The Hebrew RigM to Cane.an 8 etc .... 39 llulca to be Obser,ed in Choosing Dying out 39 Rulers 9 - The Effects of Israel's Conquests 40 Divine Covenant and Ilnme.n Conduct 10 The Conquest of Siho:i. 40 The Blessing of Good Government ... 11 God's Faithfnlness in Dealing with The Dentoronomic Discourses 12 Nations outside the Covenant 41 The Might-have.beens of Life 13 The Wasting of the Warriors 42 A Summons to Advance 13 The Destruction of Sihon, King of the Israel's Increase ... 14 Amorites Division of Labour 14 J°ndging ... 14 CHAPTER III. Tbe Impartiality of God to be Re- The Last of the Giants 47 flected in the Judges of His People .. , 15 Self-Propagating Conquest 49 Sending the Spies 19 Prospect of Death 50 The Grievous Consequences of Un- The Conquest of Og 51 belief... 21 The Destruction of the Popnlations ... 52 Forced Be.ck! 22 Distribntion of Territory ... 53 Irrecoverableness of Wasted Oppor. Encouragement ... 53 tunity 23 God's Refusal. of Man's Wishes 53 "That Great and Terrible Wilderness'' 24 The Destruction of Og, King of Courage 25 Bo.shan 54 The Mission of the Spies .. , 25 The Pioneers of the Invasion of Love in the Wilderness 26 Palestine 55 The Excluded and the Admitted 26 Moses' Longing to Enter the Promised Tardy Repentance 27 La.nd Refused ... 56 The Unbelief in Sending out and in llearkening to the Spies 28 CHAPTER IV. The Heirs of Promise 28 Life end Prosperity Dependent on Obedience to God GO CHAPTER II. National Greatness Dependent on Ood's Knowledge of Our Pilgrininge 84 Obedience to God f-2 luterno.tiono.1 Role.tionshipa 35 Israel's 1'eculia1· Relation to God 63 ii INDEX.
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God e Consuming Fire 65 God's Desire for Man's Good ... 116 The Sacredness of the Divine Law ... 67 The Decalogue 116 The Curse of Idolatry 68 How Moses became Mediator ... 117 Acceptable Obedience. 69 A Nation's Glory ... 69 CHAPTER VI. The Religions Education of Children 70 The Revelation at Horeb ... 70 Obedience to God Conducive to the Warning against Heathenish ldole,try 71 Highest Good ... 120 The Iron Furne,oe 71 Truth e.nd Godliness to be Perpetue.ted Obedience the Secret of Suocess 'll by Means of Home Training 122 The Dime Jealousy of Graven Images 72 " De,ngers Ahead ! Beware I " 123 National Backsliding 76 The Value of History in Parental The Wonderfulness of Israel's History 77 Teaching 125 Beloved for the Fathers' Sake 78 " Obedience the End of Law" 127 The Mercy of God 78 Love, the Root-Principle of Obedience 12il The Cities of Refuge (see nlso eh. The Peril of Prosperity 129 xix.) ... 79, 82 'l'he Parental Office 129 Judgment Leading to Mercy 80 Descending Obligations 130 The Deliverance of the Lord's People The Gree,t Commandment... 131 Unparalleled ... 81 The Religions Education of Children 131 The Circumstances under which the God's Words to be Valued... 132 Law was Reiterated 82 The Creature Displacing the Creator 132 Tempting God 132 CHAPTER V. Onr Righteousness 133 The Essence of the Decalogue is Love 134 The Divine Law Based on a Divinely Family Training is to Propagate the Revealed Relationship ... 86 Law ... 134 The First Commandment ... 87 The Second Commnndment 89 The Third Commnndmeut . .. 91 CHAPTER VII. The Sabbath, or a Rest-Day for Man 93 A Holy People's Policy of Self-Preser- The Fifth Com.maudment ... 95 vation 137 The Sixth Commandment ... 97 Temporal Prosperity e. Result of Obe- The Seventh Commandment 99 dience to Divine Law 139 The Eighth Commandment 101 An Anxious Question, or Dreading The Ninth Commandment... 103 Difficulties 141 The Tenth Commandment... 104 Israel's Iconocle.stio Mission 142 The Law as a Whole, and its Effect Reward in Proportion to Arduous upon the People 106 Service 144 The Abrohamic Covenant Renewed... 108 Jndgment without Mercy ... 145 The Divine Plan for the Conduct of Marriage in the Lord 146 Our Life on Earth 109 Rea.sons for Non-Conformity to the Character Determines Environment 110 World, and for Agg1·ession on Its Reminiscences of Horeb 112 Evil ... 146 The Covenant at Horeb 112 Lessons from History 147 Mediation 113 The Rewards of Obedience 147 The Iniquity of the Fathers Visited God for Us 148 on the Children 113 The Cursed Thing 148 The Sabbath 114 Extermination with e. Moral Purpose 149 Honour to Parents 115 On the Election of Nations 149 Moral Law 115 The Divine Veracity 150 The Element of Terror in Religion ... 115 Canaan Gradually Won• ... 151 INDEX. Ill
CHAPTER VIIJ. CHAPTER XI. TRRIIR •.&oa TIIZIIII P.&011 Life's Mee.ning Discerned by the Re- The Voice of God in Po.asing Events trospect of it ... 154 to be Heeded, Interpreted, o.nd The Duty of The.nkCnlness for the Obeyed 196 Bounty of God in Ne.tnre 156 The Order of No.tore Sub~~rvient ·;;, Danger of Self-Glorifioe.tion 157 Moral Purposes 0 198 'rho More.I Uses of Memory 158 The More.I Power of National Riuh O