LESSON I.—Critical examination into the meaning of the Greek word
δουλος, _doulos_, _slave_, as used both by the sacred and classical
writers, 506.
LESSON II.—Abolition denunciation of the Bible, 507, 508; tendency to
mystery in the human mind; the God of Abraham and Moses, who gave
command how to treat slaves, to be trustingly worshipped, 508, 509.
LESSON III.—The meaning of δουλος as used by the Greek poets, 510;
Valckenaerus on the phonetic relation of Greek words to their
derivative, 511 to 514; the argument that δουλος could not have
meant an unconditional slave, refuted, 515, 516.
LESSON IV.—Extracts from Grecian historians, philosophers, and poets,
showing the classical sense in which they used the word δουλος and
its derivatives, 516 to 536.
LESSON V.—The use of the word δουλος by Thucydides, Herodotus, and
Xenophon, 536 to 546.
LESSON VI.—Extracts from Xenophon continued, 546 to 549.
LESSON VII.—Extracts from Xenophon’s Cyropædia, 549 to 554.
LESSON VIII.—Extracts from Herodotus of Halicarnassus, 554 to 558.
LESSON IX.—The Scriptural use of the word δουλος, 559 to 561.
LESSON X.—Scriptural extracts continued, 562 to 564.
LESSON XI.—The Greek word signifying _slave-stealers_ in 1 Tim. i. 5 to
11, 564 to 566; quotation from Xenophon in proof, 566; the appeal of
Mr. Barnes to the Dutch, 567; Greek words from _freeman_ and
_slave_, 568.
LESSON XII.—Paul on slave stealing, 569 to 572.
LESSON XIII.—Reasons for Paul’s instructions to Timothy and to Christian
slaves respecting slave-stealing and the duties of the servile
condition, 572 to 575.
LESSON XIV.—The use of the word δουλος by Jesus Christ, 576, 577.
LESSON XV.—Use of the word δουλος by Paul, Peter, Matthew, Mark, Luke,
and John, 578 to 581.
LESSON XVI.—Origin of the English word _servant_ and its derivatives,
581; its use by the sacred writers and Grecian scholars, 582 to 585.