CONTENTS.
CHAPTER. PAGE.
PREFACE vii INTRODUCTION 9
Part First.--Claims of the Bible.
I. DIVINE REVELATION NECESSARY AND PROBABLE 13
II. THE ORIGIN OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE 24
III. LITERARY HISTORY OF THE SACRED BOOKS 36
IV. DIVINE INSPIRATION OF THE SCRIPTURES 48
V. GENUINENESS AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE SCRIPTURES 60
VI. DESIGN OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES 69
VII. EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OF THE SCRIPTURES 77
VIII. TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES 86
IX. ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES 94
Part Second.--History of the Bible Society.
I. EFFORTS ANTICIPATING THE BIBLE SOCIETY 102
II. THE FORMATION OF THE BIBLE SOCIETY 115
III. THE FIRST DECADE OF THE BIBLE SOCIETY 130
IV. THE SECOND DECADE OF THE BIBLE SOCIETY 182
X. THE THIRD DECADE OF THE BIBLE SOCIETY 223
VI. THE FOURTH DECADE OF THE BIBLE SOCIETY 270
VII. THE FIFTH DECADE OF THE BIBLE SOCIETY 321
Part Third.--Labourers of the Bible Society.
I. THE PRESIDENTS.
MEMOIR OF LORD TEIGNMOUTH 373 MEMOIR OF LORD BEXLEY 379
II. THE SECRETARIES.
MEMOIR OF THE REV. JOHN OWEN, M.A. 383 MEMOIR OF THE REV. JOSEPH HUGHES, M.A. 388 MEMOIR OF THE REV. ANDREW BRANDRAM, M.A. 393 MEMOIR OF THE REV. DR. STEINKOPFF 397
