[22] Gibbon’s Rome, vol. ii., p. 337 (ed. 1809).
[23] The death-bed baptism of Constantine is described by Eusebius, the Bishop of Cæsarea, in his Life of Constantine, bk. iv., chaps. 61, 62, 63, and 64. The Bishop assumes the salvation of Constantine with the utmost confidence, and says: “He was removed about mid-day to the presence of his God, leaving his mortal remains to his fellow-mortals, and carrying into fellowship with God that part of his being which was capable of understanding and loving Him.”
[24] It has been urged upon me by my Christian friends that the enormous funds at the disposal of the various Christian propagandist societies testify to the growth, not the decay, of the Christian faith. If these funds were chiefly derived from the small donations of the many, there would be something in this argument. Such, however, is not the case.
[25] Ammian. Marcell. 1. xxvii. c. 3.
[26] Cod. Theodos., Lib. xvi. tit. ii. 1. 20.
[27] Lib. xvi. tit. x. 1. 20, and tit. v. legg. 43, 52, 57, 65.
[28] See pp. 58–9 of the Beneficial Influence of the Ancient Clergy (the title under which the Hulsean Prize Essay for 1850 was subsequently published in book form), by the late Henry Mackenzie, B.A., scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. Other quotations are given in the Appendix.
[29] The Gods of the Egyptians, Preface, p. xv.
[30] Ibid.
[31] Huxley’s Essays on Controverted Questions, p. 9, Prologue.