The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

by H. Clay Trumbull

Passover Week, 1896.

CONTENTS.

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I.

PRIMITIVE FAMILY ALTAR.

(1.) A Blood Welcome at the Door, [3]. (2.) Reverence for the Threshold Altar, [10]. (3.) Threshold Covenanting in the Marriage Ceremony, [25]. (4.) Stepping or Being Lifted across the Threshold, [36]. (5.) Laying Foundations in Blood, [45]. (6.) Appeals at the Altar, [57]. (7.) Covenant Tokens on the Doorway, [66]. (8.) Symbol of the Red Hand, [74]. (9.) Deities of the Doorway, [94].

II.

EARLIEST TEMPLE ALTAR.

(1.) From House to Temple, [99]. (2.) Sacredness of the Door, [102]. (3.) Temple Thresholds in Asia, [108]. (4.) Temple Thresholds in Africa, [126]. (5.) Temple Thresholds in Europe, [132]. (6.) Temple Thresholds in America, [144]. (7.) Temple Thresholds in Islands of the Sea, [148]. (8.) Only One Foundation, [153].

III.