[12] In his sermon at St. Crantock’s on August 27th, 1905.

[13] The Religion of Woman, p. 78. This work embodies a complete refutation of the assertion which we have cursorily examined. The truth-seeker desirous of studying other aspects of the Christian contention is strongly recommended to peruse also Mr. McCabe’s brilliant essay, The Bible in Europe (Watts, 1907).

[14] See his Notes on Popular Rationalism.

[15] Anti-Theistic Theories, Lecture 5, on Comte’s Positivist Philosophy.

[16] Approximately 300,000 copies by the end of January, 1907.

[17] In the Nineteenth Century and After, November, 1904.

[18] See Gibbon’s Rome, vol. iii., p. 27 (ed. 1809).

[19] Ibid., vol. iii., p. 27.

[20] Ibid., vol. iv., p. 21.

[21] Among his victims were: his father-in-law (A.D. 310); sister’s husband (314); nephew (319); wife (320); former friend (321); sister’s husband (325); own son (326).