CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER I. THE CHARACTER AND THE GENUINENESS OF THE PASTORAL EPISTLES.

THE FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY.

CHAPTER II. TIMOTHY THE BELOVED DISCIPLE OF ST. PAUL. HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.

CHAPTER III. THE DOCTRINE CONDEMNED IN THE PASTORAL EPISTLES A

CHAPTER IV. THE MORAL TEACHING OF THE GNOSTICS. ITS MODERN COUNTERPART.

CHAPTER V. THE LORD'S COMPASSION IN ENABLING A BLASPHEMER AND A

CHAPTER VI. THE PROPHECIES ON TIMOTHY. THE PROPHETS OF THE NEW

CHAPTER VII. THE PUNISHMENT OF HYMENAEUS AND

CHAPTER VIII. ELEMENTS OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP; INTERCESSORY

CHAPTER IX. BEHAVIOUR IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP: MEN'S ATTITUDE OF

CHAPTER X. ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY; VARIOUS CERTAINTIES AND PROBABILITIES DISTINGUISHED.

CHAPTER XI. THE APOSTLE'S RULE RESPECTING SECOND MARRIAGES; ITS MEANING AND PRESENT OBLIGATION.

CHAPTER XII. THE RELATION OF HUMAN CONDUCT TO THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS.

CHAPTER XIII. THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF BODILY EXERCISE AND OF GODLINESS.

CHAPTER XIV. THE PASTOR'S BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS WOMEN. THE CHURCH WIDOW.

CHAPTER XV. THE PASTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES IN ORDAINING AND

CHAPTER XVI. THE NATURE OF ROMAN SLAVERY AND THE APOSTLE'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT. A MODERN PARALLEL.

CHAPTER XVII. THE GAIN OF A LOVE OF GODLINESS, AND THE UNGODLINESS OF A LOVE OF GAIN.

THE EPISTLE TO TITUS.

CHAPTER XVIII. THE EPISTLE TO TITUS. HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.

CHAPTER XIX. THE CHURCH IN CRETE AND ITS ORGANIZATION. THE APOSTLE'S DIRECTIONS FOR APPOINTING ELDERS.

CHAPTER XX. CHRISTIANITY AND UNCHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

CHAPTER XXI. THE MEANING AND VALUE OF SOBERMINDEDNESS. THE USE AND ABUSE OF RELIGIOUS EMOTION.

CHAPTER XXII. THE MORAL CONDITION OF SLAVES. THEIR ADORNMENT OF THE DOCTRINE OF GOD.

CHAPTER XXIII. HOPE AS A MOTIVE POWER. THE PRESENT HOPES OF CHRISTIANS.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE DUTY OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY, WITH ITS LIMITS; THE DUTY OF COURTESY WITHOUT LIMITS.

CHAPTER XXV. THE CO-OPERATION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS IN

CHAPTER XXVI. THE MEANING OF HERESY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND

THE SECOND EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY.

CHAPTER XXVII. THE CHARACTER AND CONTENTS OF THE LAST EPISTLE

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE HEARTLESSNESS OF PHYGELUS AND

CHAPTER XXIX. THE NEED OF MACHINERY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND

CHAPTER XXX. THE CHRISTIAN'S LIFE AS MILITARY SERVICE; AS AN ATHLETIC CONTEST; AS HUSBANDRY.

CHAPTER XXXI. THE POWER OF A BELIEF IN THE RESURRECTION AND THE INCARNATION. THE GOSPEL OF ST. PAUL.

CHAPTER XXXII. THE NEED OF A SOLEMN CHARGE AGAINST A

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE LAST DAYS. THE BEARING OF THE MENTION OF

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PERILS OF RATIONALISM AND THE

CHAPTER XXXV. THE PARADOXICAL EXULTATION OF THE APOSTLE. HIS

CHAPTER XXXVI. THE PERSONAL DETAILS A GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS.

CHAPTER XXXVII. THE APOSTLE FORSAKEN BY MEN BUT STRENGTHENED BY

INDEX.

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