Abraham faith of, 27.
Accadian psalms, 3.
Acquittal, Job expects, 285.
Agnostic, 117.
Amiel quoted, 88, 288.
Amos, chap. iv. 4, 44.
Angel-interpreter, 351.
Argument, the reconciling, 392.
Arnold, Matthew, quoted, 95.
Assize, the Great, 292.
Astrology, neglected, 317.
Author, his greatness, 6;
lives in the poem, 7;
member of Northern Kingdom, 15;
in the desert, 17;
inspiration of, 32;
paints his own trials, 68;
his brave truthfulness, 224;
his prophetic insight, 303.

Bene-Kedem, 23.
Bible, universality of, 17.
Bigot, the, 244.
Bildad, character of, 102;
his first speech, 135;
his second speech, 215;
his bitterness, 216;
his third speech, 298.
Boethius quoted, 288.
Book of Job, a poem of the soul, 3;
precursors of, 3;
poetical art of, 5;
date of, 6;
autobiographical, 7, 411;
style of, 8;
problem of, 11;
personality in, 12;
place in canon, 27;
main controversy of, 101;
inspiration of, 122;
logic of, 295;
prepares for Christ, 265, 404.
Bunyan quoted, 144.
Bushnell, H., quoted, 259.

Carlyle, T., quoted, 68, 223.
Catholic theologian, 135.
Chaldæans, 65.
Chaos, no moral, 273.
Christ, sacrifice of, 62;
mediation of, 121;
his preaching, 276;
Redeemer, 242, 404;
preparation for, 265.
Church, the Jewish, 14.
Church, complaints against, 264;
its duty, 295.
Cliff in the desert, 231.
Consolation, 80.
Corporate sympathy, 230.
Creed of Job's friends, 155.
Criticism of first author, 346.

Dante, 60.
Davidson, Dr. A. B., 11, 96, 311, 333.
Davidson, Dr. S., 6.
Death, finality of, 187.
Deism and positivism, 365.
Delay of the Almighty, 269.
Dogmatism, 136.
Doughty, Mr. C. M., 20.
Dualism, 166.
Duty, keep close to, 88.
414
Edwards, Jonathan, quoted, 274.
Egyptian "Book of the Dead," 212.
Elihu, who was he? 343;
inspiration claimed by, 342.
Eliphaz, character of, 102;
his first speech, 99;
vision of, 106;
apparently right, 113;
his religion, 114;
his second speech, 187;
a pure Temanite, 189;
jealous for God, 191;
his third speech, 269.
Eloah, the righteous, 232;
and the work of His hands, 233;
opening Sheol, 233.
Emerson, R. W., quoted, 257.
Eschatology, rose-water, 55.
"Everlasting Yea," 67.
Evolution, spiritual, 58;
of religion, 180;
physical, completes nothing, 241;
reveals Divine wisdom, 318.
Ewald, H., 11, 15.

Failure of old world, 280.
Fairbairn, Dr. A. M., 57.
Faith, and happiness, 45;
three barriers of, 235.
False judgments, 86.
Fate of the wicked, 219.
Festus quoted, 290.
Finality and progress, 193.
Funeral in the desert, 264.

God, no despot, 149;
seems to persecute, 176, 204;
and nature, 301.
Godliness, earthly reward of, 245.
Goël, the, 234.

Happiness and faith, 45.
Hauran, 20.
Hebrew thought, limitations of, 164;
realism, 410.
Hokhma, 9, 16.
Human frailty, 177.

Idealism, 65, 79.
Idolatry, 333.
Idumæa, religion of, 25.
Individualism of psalms, 13.
Inherited opinions, 169.
Inquiry and reverence, 389.
Inspiration, of author, 32, 33;
within limits, 224, 384, 387;
claimed by Elihu, 342.
Irresistible power, 141.
Isaiah compared with Job, 10.

Jauf, 20.
Jehovah, servant of, 15.
Jewel in the lotus, 364.
Jewish Church, 14.
Job, a real man, 22;
religion of, 24;
character of, 28;
early prosperity of, 29;
dream-life of, 30;
when he lived, 31;
trials of, 63;
type of righteous sufferer, 67;
his integrity, 72;
his faith, 74;
his wife, 75;
his friends, 78;
curses his day, 89;
praises death, 92;
rebuked for scepticism, 154;
prophetic, 208;
idealised, 337;
made priest, 410.
Justice, of man no refuge, 86;
in every matter, 237;
physical argument for, 238.

Kings, their favour, 357, 369.
Kinship with Eloah, 181.
Knowledge not the main thing, 390.
Koheleth, 38.

Letters and theology, 4.
Life, is it for enjoyment? 52;
meaning of, in the Gospels, 61;
as vigour, 260;
principle of man's, 382;
rewards life, 409.
415
Materialism, 54.
Mediator, desire for a, 147.
Mephistopheles, 36.
Mezbele, 72.
Microcosm and macrocosm, 402.
Mill, J. S., quoted, 256.
Mining, 314.
Modern science, 165.

Natural religion, 25;
source of, 178;
ends with a sigh, 290.
Nature and God, 166, 287, 301.
Necessity, 130.

Obedience, reward of, 42.
Ode cited by Elihu, 370.
Oriental, society, ideas of, 50;
life, contrasts of, 72;
character, 131.
Orthodoxy uncorrupted, 197.

Pain, not evil, 52-5;
and imprudence, 59;
mystery of, 120.
Paley quoted, 53.
Palgrave, W. G., quoted, 20.
Personality, 12.
Pessimism, 38.
Pharisee and Sadducee, germs of, 377.
Phœnix, 324.
Piety, daring, 133.
Pity of it, the, 229.
"Positive evil," 77.
Poverty of spirit, 196.
Precursors of Job, 3.
Primitive religion of Semites, 180.
Probation, 47.
Problem, of the book, 11;
universal, 403.
Prophet, the, a critic, 246.
Proverbs, chaps. iii., viii., 9.
Providence, enigma of, 207;
special, 225.
Psalms, individualism in, 12.
Punishment of sin, 59.

Rabbi, the, 368.
Real and ideal, 152.
Religion, decay of, 16;
evolution of, 180.
Renan quoted, 399.
Revelation, 117.
Righteousness, man not saved by, 388.
Ruskin, J., quoted, 372, 374, 396.

Sabeans, 65.
Sacrifice of Christ, 62.
Sacrificed classes, 170.
Satan, 34;
Dante's, 35;
Milton's, 35;
power of, 36;
challenged by the Almighty, 40;
his question, 42;
disappears, 71.
Scepticism, 41, 140.
Schopenhauer, 37, 39.
Semites, primitive religion of, 180.
Servant of Jehovah, 15.
Sheol, life in, 183;
no hope in, 211;
no penalty in, 255.
Sin, punishment of, 59;
does it bring suffering? 157.
Sincerity of mind, 169.
Skin for skin, 69.
Smith, Dr. Robertson, 43.
Social, meliorism, 46;
tyranny, 331.
Sons of the Elohim, 37.
Soulless human beings, 70.
Special pleading for God, 171.
Spencer, H., 52.
Spiritual evolution, 58.
Suicide, 97, 124.

Teman, 15.
Theology and letters, 4;
new beginning in, 15.
Theosophy, 39.
416Total depravity, 195.
Trouble, wherefore? 282.

Universal problem, 403.
Uz, 19.

Wisdom, of the past, 138, 192;
quest of, 313.
Woman's life, 75.
Worldly prosperity offered to Job, 137, 159.

Zophar, his character, 102;
his first speech, 154;
no mere echo, 161;
his second speech, 243;
his third speech, 309.