W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D.
WALTER F. ADENEY, M.A.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY: EZRA AND NEHEMIAH.
CHAPTER II. CYRUS.
CHAPTER III. THE ROYAL EDICT.
CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND EXODUS.
CHAPTER V. THE NEW TEMPLE.
CHAPTER VI. THE LIMITS OF COMPREHENSION.
CHAPTER VII. THE MISSION OF PROPHECY.
CHAPTER VIII. NEW DIFFICULTIES MET IN A NEW SPIRIT.
CHAPTER IX. THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.
CHAPTER X. EZRA THE SCRIBE.
CHAPTER XI. EZRA'S EXPEDITION.
CHAPTER XII. FOREIGN MARRIAGES.
Chapter XIII. THE HOME SACRIFICED TO THE CHURCH.
CHAPTER XIV. THE COST OF AN IDEALIST'S SUCCESS.
CHAPTER XV. NEHEMIAH THE PATRIOT.
CHAPTER XVI. NEHEMIAH'S PRAYER.
CHAPTER XVII. THE PRAYER ANSWERED.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE MIDNIGHT RIDE.
CHAPTER XIX. BUILDING THE WALLS.
CHAPTER XX. " MARK YE WELL HER BULWARKS. "
CHAPTER XXI. ON GUARD.
CHAPTER XXII. USURY.
CHAPTER XXIII. WISE AS SERPENTS.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE LAW.
CHAPTER XXV. THE JOY OF THE LORD.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE RELIGION OF HISTORY.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE COVENANT.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE HOLY CITY.
CHAPTER XXIX. BEGINNINGS.
CHAPTER XXX. THE RIGOUR OF THE REFORMER.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE BOOK OF ESTHER: INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER XXXII. AHASUERUS AND VASHTI.
CHAPTER XXXIII. HAMAN.
CHAPTER XXXIV. QUEEN ESTHER.
CHAPTER XXXV. MORDECAI.
FOOTNOTES:
EDITED BY THE REV.
