The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible By R. Heber Newton. "In it _is contained_ God's true Word."--_Homily on the Holy Scriptures._ New York: John W. Lovell Company, 14 & 16 Vesey Street. Works by the Same Author. The Morals. 1. Vol. 12mo, cloth, gilt, $1.00 Studies of Jesus. 1 vol. 12mo, cloth, gilt, 1.00 Womanhood. 1 vol. 12mo, cloth, gilt, 1.25 The above all will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, by John W. Lovell Co. 14 and 16 Vesey St., New York. Copyright, 1883 Contents. I. The Unreal Bible. II. The Real Bible. III. The Wrong Uses of the Bible. IV. The Wrong Uses of the Bible. V. The Right Critical Use of the Bible. VI. The Right Historical Use of the Bible. VII. The Right Ethical and Spiritual Use of the Bible. "The Gospel doth not so much consist _in verbis_ as _in virtute_." _John Smith_. "Liberty in prophesying, without prescribing authoritatively to other men's consciences, and becoming lords and masters of their faith--a necessity derived from the consideration of the difficulty of Scripture in questions controverted, and the uncertainty of any internal medium of interpretation." _Jeremy Taylor_. "To those who follow their reason in the interpretation of the Scriptures, God will either give his grace for assistance to find the truth, or His pardon if they miss it." _Lord Falkland_. [Rational Theology in England in the Seventeenth Century; John Tulloch, D.D., II: 181, I:398, I:160] Preface. It has been my custom for several years to give occasionally a series of sermons, having in view some systematic instruction of the people committed to my care. Such a series of sermons on the Bible had been for some time in my mind. With the recurrence of Bible-Sunday in our Church year, this thought crystallized in the outline of a course that should present the nature and uses of the Bible, both negatively and positively, in a manner that should be at once reverent and rational. In the course of this parochial ministration public attention was called to it in a way that has rendered a complete report of my words desirable.