An epoch in the spiritual life

CHAPTER I PAGE The Moral Law i

Introductory statements — ^Jesus' statement of the law — Nature and source of the moral law — God a law to himself; his holiness — ^Answer to an objection to the validity of the law of love — Moral law, any natural law binding on a moral being — The Ten Commandments in harmony with the preceding ideas — Statute law: its relation to moral law — Example of a correct legislative enactment — Obedience to law.

CHAPTER II Definitions of Sin ^^

The moral law not lowered to accommodate sinful man — The two standards of perfection- Different conceptions of salvation — Bearing or attitudes toward the moral law — Definition of sin (A) as an act — Sin (Ai) a voluntary transgression of a known law — Sin (A2) an involuntary transgression — Sin (A3) in the Christian's lapses or falls — Sin (A4) in unconcerned or careless self-seeking — Sin (A 5) or failures of the irresponsible — The devil's sin — The unpardonable sin — Temptation, or three steps into sin — Living without sin — Biological view of sin.

CHAPTER III Inbred Sin: Its Nature and Removal 79

Seventh Article of Religion — Meaning of inbred sin: names for it — In what sense sin? — Nature of inbred sin — An erroneous view — Removal of inbred sin— rProof that not all is destroyed: i. The subconscious not known. 2. Consciousness iii iv CONTENTS

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cannot testify to a theory. 3. Adamic perfection admitted to be impossible. 4. State of the entirely sanctified man who falls. 5. Lack of clear agreement — Propensity and susceptibility — Another statement of what is removed.

Chapter IV

Acquired sin or depravity — Its removal — Some inbred sin may be removed at regeneration — Transmission of good traits — Ignorance of God and of moral requirements in part dispelled — Temperament — Remaining effects of sin — ^When are all abolished? — Fitness for heaven.

CHAPTER VI Full Salvation Psychologically Described 168

Meaning of sanctification briefly stated — Biblical use of terms different from theological use — Constitution and character — ^Justification and regeneration briefly noticed — Sanctification: the problem — The human side — ^The divine side — The positive side more important than the negative — Perfect love.

Chapter VII

Full Salvation: Other Ways of Describing. ... 215 In terms of doing and being — From the standpoint of evolution — The racial impairment on this view— The divine work same as previously set forth — Our view supported by ethical and philosophical truth — ^Jesus Christ the only Saviour, or love as the sole principle and center of organization — A fourth description: the resolution of dual'sm into unity.

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Full Salvation: Supplementary Points; Propositions 240

Possible dangers or perplexities — ^The witness of the Spirit — Possible deficiencies of the fully saved man — ^A phase of the work not to be described — Strife between intellect and emotions — Essential elements of full salvation — Outlines — Propositions.

Chapter IX

Lax ethical conduct and low standards of honor — Ignoring the law of cause and efiEect.

Chapter X

General view — Temperament — Rationalism, pietism, and mysticism — Their great manifestations in religious life and history — Mysticism — Individual experiences — Specific lines of growth — Comprehensiveness of religion — Experience of Phillips Brooks.

Index 325