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 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