(1.) SOURCES OF BIBLE STUDY, 3. (2.) AN ANCIENT SEMITIC RITE, 4. (3.) THE PRIMITIVE RITE IN AFRICA, 12. (4.) TRACES OF THE RITE IN EUROPE, 39. (5.) WORLD-WIDE SWEEP OF THE RITE, 43. (6.) LIGHT FROM THE CLASSICS, 58. (7.) THE BOND OF THE COVENANT, 65. (8.) THE RITE AND ITS TOKEN IN EGYPT, 77. (9.) OTHER GLEAMS OF THE RITE, 85. LECTURE II. SUGGESTIONS AND PERVERSIONS OF THE RITE. (1.) SACREDNESS OF BLOOD AND OF THE HEART, 99. (2.) VIVIFYING POWER OF BLOOD, 110. (3.) A NEW NATURE THROUGH NEW BLOOD, 126. (4.) LIFE FROM ANY BLOOD, AND BY A TOUCH, 134. (5.) INSPIRATION THROUGH BLOOD, 139. (6.) INTER-COMMUNION THROUGH BLOOD, 147. (7.) SYMBOLIC SUBSTITUTES FOR BLOOD, 191. (8.) BLOOD COVENANT INVOLVINGS, 202. LECTURE III. INDICATIONS OF THE RITE IN THE BIBLE. (1.) LIMITATIONS OF INQUIRY, 209. (2.) PRIMITIVE TEACHINGS OF BLOOD, 210. (3.) THE BLOOD COVENANT IN CIRCUMCISION, 215. (4.) THE BLOOD COVENANT TESTED, 224. (5.) THE BLOOD COVENANT AND ITS TOKENS IN THE PASSOVER, 230. (6.) THE BLOOD COVENANT AT SINAI, 238. (7.) THE BLOOD COVENANT IN THE MOSAIC RITUAL, 240. (8.) THE PRIMITIVE RITE ILLUSTRATED, 263. (9.) THE BLOOD COVENANT IN THE GOSPELS, 271. (10.) THE BLOOD COVENANT APPLIED, 286. APPENDIX. IMPORTANCE OF THIS RITE STRANGELY UNDERVALUED, 297. LIFE IN THE BLOOD, IN THE HEART, IN THE LIVER, 299. TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS, 310. THE BLOOD-RITE IN BURMAH, 313. BLOOD-STAINED TREE OF THE COVENANT, 316. BLOOD-DRINKING, 320. COVENANT-CUTTING, 322. BLOOD-BATHING, 324. BLOOD-RANSOMING, 324. THE COVENANT-REMINDER, 326. HINTS OF BLOOD UNION, 332. INDEXES. TOPICAL INDEX, 345. SCRIPTURAL INDEX, 349. LECTURE I. THE PRIMITIVE RITE ITSELF. I. THE PRIMITIVE RITE ITSELF. 1. SOURCES OF BIBLE STUDY. Those who are most familiar with the Bible, and who have already given most time to its study, have largest desire and largest expectation of more knowledge through its farther study. And, more and more, Bible study has come to include very much that is outside of the Bible.