THE

LEADING IDEAS

OF THE GOSPELS

THE

LEADING IDEAS

OF THE GOSPELS

BY

WILLIAM ALEXANDER, D.D., D.C.L.

BRASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD, LORD bishop of DERRY AND RAPHOE

Circa thema generale

Habet quisque speciale

Styli privilegium.

ADAM DE S. VICTOR. CI. De SS. Evangelistis

ἡ πόλις τετράγωνος κεῖται.

Apoc. xxi. 16

A NEW Edition, revISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED

1st ed. 1872

London

MACMILLAN AND CO:

AND NEW YORK

1892

The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved

50901892

Liverity School.

Livi, ity

First Edition printed 1872. Second Edition, 1992.

RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED,

LONDON AND BUNGAY.

Dedication.

ΤΟ

MY SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

CECIL JOHN FRANCIS AND EVA MACMURROUGH

ALEXANDER

UNDER WHOSE HAPPY ROOF AT ARRAGHSLEA

THIS WORK

IN ITS PRESENT FORM

WAS BEGUN ;

ΤΟ

MY BROTHER-IN-LAW AND SISTER

MAXIMILIAN HAMMOND AND MATILDA DALISON

IN WHOSE DELIGHTFUL HOME

AT HAMPTONS

IT WAS FINISHED.