The Shadow and the Substance: Addresses on the Passover

Catalog Note This volume consists of a series of religious addresses delivered by Stevenson A. Blackwood to a gathering of friends and neighbors in his home, published by James Nisbet and Co. in 1867. The addresses employ the biblical Passover narrative as a theological type to explain salvation through Christ's blood. The ten addresses include: "The Blood of the Lamb" (salvation as deliverance from Egypt's bondage); "Assurance of Salvation" (addressing objections about maintaining certainty); "Difficulties" (refutations of scriptural objections); "The Feast of the Redeemed" (enjoyment of salvation); "The Lord's Supper" (memorial observance); "Unleavened Bread" (sincerity required of believers); "Discipline" (consequences for believers and unbelievers); "Separation" (required withdrawal from worldly service); "Pilgrimage" (the believer's character as traveling stranger); and "Sanctification" (the Levites as type of dedicated Christians). Throughout, Blackwood argues that salvation depends solely on Christ's blood, not on works, feelings, or moral development.