The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

by H. Clay Trumbull

(1.) Old Covenant and New, [215]. (2.) Proffered Welcome by the Father, [216]. (3.) Bridegroom and Bride, [218]. (4.) Survivals of the Rite, [221].

VII.

OUTGROWTHS AND PERVERSIONS OF THIS RITE.

(1.) Elemental Beginnings, [223]. (2.) Main Outgrowths, [225]. (3.) Chief Perversions, [228].

APPENDIX.

Significance of Blood in the Marriage Rite, [243]. Exhibiting the Evidences, [245]. Substitute Blood for Deception, [248]. Public Performance of the Rite, [250]. Bible Testimony, [251]. Woman as a Door, [252]. Symbolism of the Two Sexes, [257]. Symbolism of Tree and Serpent, [258]. Covenant of Threshold-Crossing, [259]. Doorkeeper, and Carrier, [263]. Passing over into a Covenant, [266]. England’s Coronation Stone, [268].

INDEXES.

Topical Index, [273]. Scriptural Index, [301].

SUPPLEMENT.

COMMENTS OF SPECIALISTS.