LESSON I.—Faith and observance of facts in the moral world the true
modes of learning God’s will, 393.
LESSON II.—The works of creation proofs of the Creator, 394 to 398.
LESSON III.—The question of the admission of evil into the economy of
God’s government on earth, and a denial that all men are born
equals, 398, 399; the five races of the human family, and the moral
necessity of command in some and subordination in others, 399 to
402.
LESSON IV.—Intellect correspondent to organization, 403; inquiry into
the nature of instinct by various philosophers, 403 to 405;
inexorable inequality of human condition in this world and the next,
406 to 408.
LESSON V.—The moral duty of loving our species defined, 409.
LESSON VI.—Men not equal physically, religiously, mentally, morally, or
politically, 410.
LESSON VII.—Justice and the rules of Christianity identical and
inseparable, 411, 412.
LESSON VIII.-The golden rule considered in relation to slavery, 413 to
416.
LESSON IX.—The unchangeableness of God, and human misery caused by a
general rebellion against his laws, 417 to 420.
LESSON X.—Christianity incompatible with savage life, 420, 421.
LESSON XI.—Gradation in intellect and condition no impediment to
Christianity, 421.
LESSON XII.—Christianity and slavery not antagonistic, 422.
LESSON XIII.—Christian humility inculcated, 423.
LESSON XIV.—The radiance of Christian hope equalizes all variety of
condition, 423, 424; sketch of the slave’s prospect of immortal
happiness, 426 to 428.
LESSON XV.—The feebleness of finite conceptions of infinity, 428, 429;
hope for the submissive, 430, 431; the requirement of God that the
strong should protect the weak, 432.