PREFACE.

CONTENTS. PAGE Preface iii

I. THE PRIMITIVE RITE ITSELF. 1. SOURCES OF BIBLE STUDY.

II. SUGGESTIONS AND PERVERSIONS OF THE RITE. 1. SACREDNESS OF BLOOD AND OF THE HEART.

III. INDICATIONS OF THE RITE IN THE BIBLE. 1. LIMITATIONS OF INQUIRY.

APPENDIX. IMPORTANCE OF THIS RITE STRANGELY UNDERVALUED.

INDEXES.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

THE
BLOOD COVENANT

A PRIMITIVE RITE

AND ITS BEARINGS ON SCRIPTURE

BY

H. CLAY TRUMBULL D.D.

Author of “Kadesh Barnea.”

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

1885