The Threshold Covenant

This classic includes the following chapters:


I. Primitive Family Altar

1. A Blood Welcome at the Door

2. Reverence for the Threshold Altar

3. Threshold Covenanting in the Marriage Ceremony

4. Stepping or Being Lifted Across the Threshold

5. Laying Foundations in Blood

6. Appeals at the Altar

7. Covenant Tokens on the Doorway

8. Symbol of the Red Hand

9. Deities of the Doorway


II. Earliest Temple Altar

1. From House to Temple

2. Sacredness of the Door

3. Temple Thresholds in Asia

4. Temple Thresholds in Africa

5. Temple Thresholds in Europe

6. Temple Thresholds in America

7. Temple Thresholds in Islands of the Sea

8. Only One Foundation


III. Sacred Boundary Line

1. From Temple to Domain

2. Local Landmarks

3. National Borders

4. Border Sacrifices


IV. Origin of the Rite

1. A Natural Question

2. An Answer by Induction

3. No Covenant Without Blood

4. Confirmation of This View

V. Hebrew Pass-Over, or Cross-Over, Sacrifice

1. New Meaning in an Old Rite

2. A Welcome With Blood

3. Bason, or Threshold

4. Pass-Over or Pass-By

5. Marriage of Jehovah With Israel


VI. Christian Passover

1. Old Covenant and New

2. Proffered Welcome by the Father

3. Bridegroom and Bride

4. Survivals of the Rite


VII. Outgrowths and Perversions of This Rite

1. Elemental Beginnings

2. Main Outgrowths

3. Chief Perversions