"The lectures ... were delivered in the Madison avenue Baptist church, New York."--Introductory note.

The Bible the only standard of Christian doctrine and duty, by Alvah Hovey.--The obligation of the church respecting the Holy Scriptures, by H. C. Fish.--The spiritual constitution of the Christian church, by C. B. Crane.--Baptism, by G. D. B. Pepper.--Baptism a symbol, by G. D. Boardman.--The qualifications for baptism, by H. E. Robins.--The evils of infant baptism, by A. N. Arnold.--The communion, by H. G. Weston.--The symbolism of the communion, by Lemuel Moss.--Qualifications for the communion, by J. W. Sarles.--The relation between baptism and the communion, by T. D. Anderson.--Church polity, by G. W. Samson.k--Church worship, by S. L. Caldwell.--Baptist church history, by R. J. W. Buckland.--The rise and development of sectarianism in Christendom, by William Hague.--Mission on Baptists, by J. B. Jeter.--The relation of the church and the Bible, by E. G. Robinson.--The church in its relation to the state, by W. R. Williams.