BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR THANKSGIVING SERMONS 12mo, net, $1.00 LETTERS ON EVANGELISM 16mo, cloth, 25 cents; paper, 15 cents The Mendenhall Lectures, First Series Delivered at DePauw University THE BIBLE AND LIFE BY EDWIN HOLT HUGHES Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN NEW YORK CINCINNATI Copyright, 1915, by EDWIN HOLT HUGHES First Edition printed February, 1915 Reprinted June, 1915 TO CHARLES RAISBECK MAGEE CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION 9 FOREWORD 11 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 13 THE HUMAN OUTLINE 19 I. THE BIBLE AND LIFE 21 II. THE BIBLE AND MAN 49 III. THE BIBLE AND HOME 76 IV. THE BIBLE AND EDUCATION 102 V. THE BIBLE AND WORK 125 VI. THE BIBLE AND WEALTH 151 VII. THE BIBLE AND SORROW 185 VIII. THE BIBLE AND PRACTICE 213 INTRODUCTION By the courteous invitation of the President, Faculty, and Trustees of DePauw University, the writer had the privilege of delivering the first series of lectures under the foundation as endowed by his friend, the Rev. Marmaduke H. Mendenhall. The following comments are the only introductory words that need be given. The terms of the lectures were kept strictly within the radius of real life. The author does not claim to be a biblical scholar in any technical sense. Nor did he deem that the primary need of the students whom he addressed would be met by a discussion of theories of inspiration or of dates and authorships. College students have a passion for reality, and the most convincing apologetic for them is the argument from actual living. Under the instruction of the founder the lectures are to be placed in permanent form for the students of the University and for the wider public. The lecturer having been rewarded by the close attention of hundreds of youthful hearers, the writer will have a still greater reward if those who heard the words as spoken in Meharry Hall are joined by the larger company who will listen for the voice of the Spirit in these pages. EDWIN HOLT HUGHES. THE MENDENHALL LECTURES FOREWORD The late Reverend Marmaduke H. Mendenhall, D.D., of the North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, donated to DePauw University the sum of ten thousand dollars, the purpose and conditions of which gift are set forth in his bequest as follows: