The Truth of Christianity / Being an Examination of the More Important Arguments For and Against Believing in That Religion

by W. H. Turton

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

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Abila, inscription at, [268]
Abraham, trust in God, [205], [210]
—— promises to, [374]
Account of creation, [117]
Acts of Apostles, [287]
—— accuracy, [288]
—— authorship, [294]
—— medical language, [296]
—— date, [297]
—— and Christ's Divinity, [407]
—— of Pilate, [365]
Adam and Eve, [132]
Additions to Pentateuch, [159]
Agreements, undesigned, [168]
—— in Gospels, [315]
Agrippa, called King, [289]
Amalek, threat against, [164]
Ambition, the great, [451]
Amos, [160]
Analogies and illustrations:
—— watch showing design, [12]
—— mass of machinery, [22]
—— house and tenant, [31]
—— ship in distress, [36]
—— king and child, [67]
—— bird in egg, [89]
—— telegraph clerk, [91]
—— Mont Cenis tunnel, [102]
—— telephone, [105]
—— clock and magnet, [107]
—— artist and pictures, [126]
—— diseases of Normandy, [148]
—— similar letters, [227]
—— man's nature, [232]
—— parents and children, [234]
—— paying a debt, [242]
—— regiments crossing, [245]
—— whirlpool, [248]
—— Indian Mutiny, [299]
—— ingenious robbery, [399]
—— founding a religion, [416]
—— going for a holiday, [439]
—— prayer to a father, [441]
—— trees and storm, [447]
—— key fitting lock, [450]
—— planting a flower, [466]
—— quicksands, [474]
—— doctor and fever, [474]
—— scarlet fever, [482]
—— long frontier line, [484]
Angels, their existence, [202]
—— their influence, [203]
—— at tomb, [310], [345]
—— seen by the women, [310]
—— and by soldiers, [311]
—— not fellow-creators, [394]
—— seeing and hearing, [202]
—— are Christ's angels, [402]
—— casting out evil, [351]
Animals, their creation, [131]
—— difference from man, [51]
—— cannot know man, [227]
—— not immortal, [91]
—— their sufferings, [69]
Antioch, inscription at, [267]
Antiquity of man, [132]
Apocryphal Gospels, [354]
Apollos of Alexandria, [418]
Apostasy, under trial, [475]
Apostolic Fathers, [260]
Aramaic words of Christ, [354]
Archæology and O. Test, [172]
Arianism, [475]
Aristides, [259], [364]
Aristion, [258], [305]
Ark, [147]
Arm of the Lord, [377]
Artist and pictures, [126]
Ascension, the, [314]
—— and early converts, [344]
Ashdod, taken by Sargon, [176]
Assyria, prophecies as to, [187]
—— army destroyed, [184]
Athanasian Creed, warnings, [473]
—— implies persecution, [475]
—— dogmatism, [479]
Atonement, doctrine of, [240]
—— prophecies as to, [379]
—— and human nature, [447]
—— and other religions, [454]
Baal and Jehovah, [183]
Baalbec, inscription at, [268]
Babylonia, prophecies, [187]
—— messengers from, [197]
Baker, the chief, [140]
Baptismal formula, [461]
—— witness of St. Paul, [461]
—— of Teaching, [262], [461]
Baptist (see John), [279]
Barnabas, epistle of, [261]
Bashan, bulls of, [385]
Battering-rams, [192]
Beauterne as to Napoleon, [251]
Bees, cells of, [52]
—— not due to heredity, [53]
Belief, importance of true, [473]
—— virtue not necessity, [487]
Belshazzar, [174]
Beneficence in nature, [59]
—— and righteousness, [80]
—— in Jewish Religion, [214]
—— and in Christian, [242]
Bernice, [290]
Berosus, as to Nabonidus, [174]
—— as to Sennacherib, [185]
Bethany, [283]
Bethel, altar at, [196]
Bethesda, pool at, [277]
Bethlehem, Birth at, [391]
'Beyond Jordan', [156]
Bible, mistakes in O. Test., [170]
—— in N. Test., [268]
—— inspiration, [437]
Bible and Nat. Religion, [200]
Blasphemy against Spirit, [460]
—— Christ charged with, [412]
Blood and water, [343], [385]
Book of the Law, [162]
Books buried in temples, [163]
Bread, miracle as to, [108]
Bricks with straw, [144]
Brotherhood of man, [48]
Butler, [431]
By-product, pain is a, [60]
Cæsar, no early MSS., [253]
Cæsarea, Philip at, [295]
Calmness of Evangelists, [317]
Canaan, its peculiarities, [148]
Canaanites destroyed, [209]
—— but done gradually, [163]
Cannibalism at Jerusalem, [192]
Capernaum, centurion at, [360]
Cats and mice, [70]
Cause, must be free, [33]
Cells of bees, [52]
—— built by workers, [53]
Celsus, Christ's miracles, [367]
Cenis, tunnel in Mont, [102]
Census of Israelites, [171]
—— at Christ's birth, [266]
Centurion at Capernaum, [360]
Certainty not necessity, [27]
Chabas, [143]
Chance, really impossible, [21]
Change of place in Acts I, [310]
Changelessness, moral, [111]
Character of God, [58]
—— of man, [39]
—— its permanence, [88]
Chiefman of Malta, [290], [361]
Child of God, man is a, [236]
Child's belief, [478]
—— temptations, [87]
Chorazin, its significance, [350]
Christ, His character, [396]
—— teaching, [397]
—— sinlessness, [400]
—— in Old Test, [380], [388]
—— always pleasing God, [401]
—— claims, [401]
—— sufferings unmerited, [241]
—— His temptations, [447]
—— foretold Resurrection, [317]
—— beginning of creation, [409]
—— seeing Him seeing God, [404]
—— influence in world, [434]
—— prophecies as to, [374]
—— the perfect Example, [236]
—— the Jewish Messiah, [375]
—— the Paschal Lamb, [380]
—— the One Mediator, [454]
—— the only Saviour, [476]
—— (see Divinity), [403], [459]
Christiana, sand storm, [146]
Christianity, meaning of, [3], [221]
—— its leading doctrines, [222]
—— its improbability, [249], [488]
—— preparation for, [422]
—— based on miracles, [435]
—— and the Resurrection, [302]
—— its early triumphs, [416]
—— its later history, [425]
—— effect on world, [426]
—— future prospects, [430]
—— its indestructibility, [432]
—— and prayer, [437]
—— and human nature, [445]
—— and other religions, [452]
—— its evidences, [483]
—— unspeakable grandeur, [485]
—— no half measures, [488]
Classical writers, miracles, [368]
—— no early MSS., [253]
Clement of Rome, Gospels, [261]
Cleopas, [276]
Clock and magnet, [107]
Closed questions, [481]
Coincidences, superhuman, [100]
Communion, Holy, [386], [402]
Conscience, man has a, [50]
—— the Voice of God, [50]
Conservation of energy, [46]
Constantine's vision, [335]
Conversion, St. Paul's, [306]
—— effect on companions, [339]
—— Christ unrecognised, [340]
Converts, early, [418]
Crabs, and sense of pain, [70]
Creation, [4]
—— account of, in Genesis, [117]
—— days of, [119]
—— on three occasions, [123], [136]
—— and evolution, [24]
Creator, meaning of term, [8]
Credentials, of messenger, [98]
Credible, meaning of, [99]
Creeping things, [131]
Crispus of Corinth, [418]
Crucifixion, Psalm of the, [384]
—— no Jewish punishment, [388]
Cyprus, proconsul at, [288]
Cyrenius (see Quirinius), [266]
Damnatory clauses, [473]
Dana on Genesis I, [136]
Daniel, Book of, [174]
Darkness over land, [368]
Darwin, [71]
David, his character, [208]
—— not subject of Ps. 22, [388]
Days of creation, [119]
Dead body of Christ, [337]
—— offerings for, [147]
Death, [448]
Decalogue, its excellence, [211]
—— preserved in temple, [215]
Definitions, credible, [99]
—— design, [10]
—— dogmatism, [479]
—— evolution, [20]
—— free force, [4]
—— instinct, [52]
—— law of nature, [19]
—— material universe, [4]
—— miracles, [101]
—— natural force, [20]
—— omnipotence, [32]
—— omniscience, [32]
—— origin, [4]
—— personal being, [30]
—— revelation, [82]
—— supernatural force, [9]
Degradation of energy, [7]
Delphi, inscription at, [289]
Demoniacal possession, [351]
Desert, of Shur, [143]
—— laws suitable for, [149]
—— journeys in, [165]
—— wind, [145]
Design, meaning of, [10]
—— evidence in a watch, [12]
—— in an eye, [14]
—— throughout nature, [18]
—— beneficent, [59]
—— need not be desire, [74]
—— man can, [47]
—— animals cannot, [52]
—— and instinct, [52]
Destruction of Canaanites, [209]
—— done gradually, [163]
—— of wicked, [471]
Determinism, [43]
Deuteronomy, finding of, [162]
Dial, shadow on, [196]
Diana of Ephesus, [292]
Diatessaron of Tatian, [257]
Diet in Egypt, [147]
Difficulties not explained
—— as to Adam and Eve, [132]
—— number of Israelites, [171]
—— swine at Gadara, [352]
—— vows in Ps. 22, [386]
—— virginity, [399]
—— endless misery, [470]
—— known and unknown, [494]
Dionysius the Areopagite, [418]
Discoveries, modern, [172]
Discrepancies in Gospels, [268]
—— in Fourth Gospel, [282]
—— as to Resurrection, [309]
—— essential agreement, [315]
Diseases of Egypt, [148], [193]
Dishonesty in E, J, P, and D, [158]
Dispersion of Jews, [189], [217]
Divinity of Christ, [403], [459]
—— witness of Synoptists, [407]
—— of St. John, [407]
—— of Acts, [407]
—— of Revelation, [408]
—— of St. Paul's Epistles, [409]
—— of Hebrews, [410]
—— of Aristides, [365]
—— of Christ's foes, [411]
—— of Pliny, [418]
—— of Jewish prophecies, [390]
—— of Holy Spirit, [459]
Dogmatism, objection to, [479]
Dogs, term for Gentiles, [385]
Doors of the sea, [126]
Doubts of Resurrection, [334]
Dreams, [92]
—— of Pharaoh, [140]
Driver, [157], [159]
Dry land, appearance of, [127]
Dualism in old religions, [119]
—— unknown to Jews, [213]
—— and endless misery, [466]
Eagle, Roman ensign, [191]
Earth likened to machine, [22]
Earthquakes, [74]
Edersheim and Isaiah, [53], [381]
—— and Psalm [22], [387]
Edomite kings, list of, [159]
Effect, the world is an, [37]
Egypt, prophecies as to, [188]
—— magicians of, [182]
—— diseases of, [148], [193]
—— gods of, [146]
—— religion of, [454]
—— and the Pentateuch, [138]
—— return of Jews to, [194]
—— periodical census, [267]
Elephantine, temple at, [162]
Eleven, the, ancient term, [322]
Elijah's sacrifice, [100], [183]
Elisha, trivial miracles of, [181]
Elohim, plural word, [393]
Embalming Christ's body, [334]
Emperor called lord, [289]
Encyclopædia Britannica, [15], [53]
End of the world, [437]
Endless happiness, [470]
—— misery, [464]
Enemies, doing good to, [211]
Energy, degradation of, [7]
—— conservation of, [46]
Ephesus, riot at, [292]
—— St. Paul's discussions, [418]
—— farewell to friends, [299]
Epistles of St. Paul, four admittedly genuine, [282]
—— accuracy of Acts, [293]
—— the Resurrection, [303]
—— St. Paul's sufferings, [328]
—— Christian miracles, [363]
—— Divinity of Christ, [410]
—— doctrine of Trinity, [462]
—— spread of Christianity, [418]
Erastus of Corinth, [418]
Erech, inscription at, [174]
Erect position, man's, [65]
Eternal punishment, [464]
Eternity, [450]
Ether, [226], [246]
Euclid, [40]
Eusebius, as to Papias, [259]
—— Quadratus, [364]
—— Jews going to Pella, [275]
Evangelists educated, [275]
—— had known Christ, [302]
Everlasting Father and Son, [225]
—— in Isaiah, [391]
Everyone's work no one's, [348]
Evidences, Christian, [483]
Evil, existence of, [69]
—— physical, [69], [72]
—— moral, [75]
—— Jewish idea of, [213]
—— men, [77]
—— spirits, [351]
Evolution, meaning of, [20]
—— requires a Cause, [7]
—— requires a Designer, [23]
—— requires a motive, [84]
—— implies involution, [23]
—— and mind, [65]
—— and immortality, [85]
—— a form of creation, [24]
—— leads up to man, [65]
—— and the Incarnation, [239]
—— in revelation, [93], [206]
—— in prophecies, [375]
—— in account of Creation, [122]
Experience and miracles, [103]
Eye, its marks of design, [14]
—— shows beneficence, [59]
Ezekiel, prophecy of Egypt, [188]
Faith, faculty of, [485]
—— and miracles, [358]
Falsehood Theory, the, [326]
—— not now adopted, [329]
Famines in Egypt, [141]
—— at Jerusalem, [192]
Farewell, Christ's double, [309]
Feeding the 5,000 credible, [108]
—— in triple tradition, [269]
—— undesigned coincidence, [284]
—— public miracle, [361]
—— rationalistic view, [370]
Feet pierced, [343]
Felix and Festus, [289]
'Fellow,' meaning of, [392]
Fellowship and personality, [229]
Fig-tree, the barren, [354]
Final state of wicked, [463]
Firmament, or expanse, [125]
Firstborn from dead, [245]
—— of Creation, [409]
—— death of the, [146]
First Cause single, [8]
—— supernatural, [9]
—— needed no cause, [8]
First Witnesses, the, [325]
Fishes and birds, [130]
Five hundred, appearance, [307]
—— explains Gospels, [321]
Flesh and blood, [304]
Flood, parallel passages, [159]
Forces and causes, [33]
Foreknowledge, free will, [26]
—— and omniscience, [32]
—— and prophecies, [99]
—— and prayer, [439]
—— and endless misery, [468]
—— differs from foresight, [11]
—— from foreordaining, [78]
—— in man, foreguessing, [26]
Forgiveness of sins, [242]
Fourth Gospel, authorship, [277]
—— and other three, [280]
—— and Revelation, [285]
Free force, meaning of a,

[4]
Free will, foreknowledge, [26]
—— of man, [43]
—— of animals, [52]
—— of angels, [203]
—— source of all force, [46]
—— its introduction, [123]
—— makes evil possible, [76]
—— difficulties as to, [466]
—— in religious belief, [487]
Fruit-trees making fruit, [122]
Fulfilled among us, [276]
Future life (see Immortality and Resurrection).
Gabriel, man and angel, [311]
Gadara, miracle at, [269], [352]
Galilee, appearance in, [307]
Gallio, proconsul, [289]
Generations, meaning, [122]
Genesis, the Creation in, [117]
—— refers to Egypt, [138]
—— partly written there, [142]
Gentiles, conversion, [380], [388], [393]
—— called dogs, [385]
Geography of Palestine, [173]
Gibbon and Christianity, [420]
Gifts brought to the altar, [272]
God, meaning of term, [30]
—— argument from causation, [4]
—— from design, [10]
—— moral argument, [58]
—— three combined, [81], [229]
—— no physical proof, [31]
—— a Personal Being, [30]
—— who loves man, [234]
—— Power, [32], [213], [228], [440], [465]
—— Wisdom [32], [213], [228], [441]
—— Goodness, [79], [214], [228], [242], [441]
—— bearing on miracles, [112]
—— and on the Trinity, [229]
—— emphasized by Christianity, [235]
—— three attributes combined, [80], [112], [199], [235], [488]
—— Justice, [204], [466]
—— and Mercy, [468]
—— bearing on Atonement, [241]
—— Love, [229]
—— bearing on Trinity, [229]
—— Greatness, [61]
—— Omnipresence, [33], [213]
—— Unknowable, [33], [214], [226]
—— bearing on revelation, [94]
—— Unchangeable, [110], [214]
—— bearing on miracles, [110]
—— and the Incarnation, [231]
—— Omnipotent, [32]
—— Eternal, [213]
—— Creator of Universe, [8]
—— and its Preserver, [33]
—— Jewish idea of, [204]
—— faith in, [486]
—— (see Immanence)
—— (see Trinity)
Goodness, God's, [80], [214], [228]
—— not below man's, [80], [235]
—— man's, [48]
—— depends on free will, [76]
—— its infinite value, [76]
Gospels, the Four, [252]
—— external testimony, [252]
—— internal evidence, [265]
—— evidence of Acts, [287]
—— probable date, [300]
—— (see Synoptics, Fourth)
Governor, title of, [289]
Grape-juice in Egypt, [140]
Grave-clothes at tomb, [345]
—— by themselves, [318]
Gravity, force, universal, [8]
—— known by effects, [35]
—— an assumption, [46]
Great ambition, [451]
—— alternative, [413]
—— surprise, [449]
Greek philosophy, [423]
Green grass, mentioned, [284]
Guard at the tomb, [337]
Harnack, unity of Acts, [295]
—— date of Gospels, [300]
—— as to Town Clerk, [292]
Healing, gifts of, [370]
Hebrews, Christ's Divinity, [410]
—— land of the, [156]
Hengstenberg, [387]
Herod, Agrippa, death of, [288]
Herod, called king, [289]
Hezekiah, his sickness, [196]
—— not subject of Ps. 22, [388]
Hittites, [174]
Holy Communion, [386], [402]
Holy Spirit, the, [230]
—— Divinity of, [459]
Horses, time of Joseph, [141]
Horus myth, and Christ, [454]
Human sacrifices in O.T., [210]
—— and Atonement, [240]
Hume on experience, [104]
Hurtful organs in nature, [59]
Huxley on the Creeds, [249]
Iconium, [291]
Ignatius, [261]
—— knowing, believing, [263]
Illusions, not simultaneous, [335]
Illyricum, [293]
Image and likeness, [134]
Immanence, God's, [109]
—— and Evolution, [23]
—— and secondary forces, [33]
—— and miracles, [109]
—— and the Incarnation, [239]
—— and prayer, [440]
Immortality, man's, [83]
—— from unique position, [84]
—— unjust treatment, [87]
—— vast capabilities, [88]
—— inherent belief, [90]
—— counter-arguments, [91]
—— and human nature, [448]
—— in Egyptian religion, [455]
Incarnation, doctrine of, [230]
—— its difficulties, [231]
—— its motive, [233]
—— historical position, [238]
—— and evolution, [239]
—— and human nature, [447]
—— and other religions, [452]
Indian Mutiny, [299]
Infinitely little, [64]
Inhabitants, other planets, [67]
Inherent convictions, man's, [39]
—— as to mind, [41]
—— free will, [44]
—— responsibility, [47]
—— sin, [48]
—— immortality, [90]
—— prayer, [438]
Inscriptions at Erech, [174]
—— Mugheir, [174]
—— Khorsabad, [176]
—— Tivoli, [266]
—— Antioch, [267]
—— Baalbec, [268]
—— Abila, [268]
—— Soli, Cyprus, [289]
—— Delphi, [289]
—— Malta, [290]
—— Thessalonica, [290]
—— Lystra, [291]
—— Ephesus, [292]
Insignificance of man, [60]
—— counter-arguments, [61]
—— real importance, [64]
Instincts of animals, [52]
Invertebrates, in Genesis, [131]
Involution and evolution, [23]
Irenæus and Gospels, [254]
—— Polycarp, [254]
—— Papias, [258]
—— date of Revelation, [285]
—— value of prophecy, [367]
Isaac, sacrifice of, [210]
Isaiah, mentions Sargon, [176]
—— test of a prophet, [199]
—— prophecy of Babylon, [187]
—— of Jerusalem, [196]
—— of the Messiah, [377]
—— of His Divinity, [391]
—— implies the Trinity, [394]
Israel, God's selection of, [204]
—— going through cities of, [273]
Israelites, great number, [171]
Jacob's character, [208]
Jairus' daughter, [353], [358], [360]
James, St., Christ's brother, [272]
—— unbeliever, [325]
Japan, becoming Christian, [430]
Jehovah adored by millions, [218]
—— identified with Christ, [407]
—— and with Holy Spirit, [460]
Jehu not son of Omri, [176]
Jephthah's daughter, [210]
Jericho, discoveries at, [173]
Jeroboam's rebellion, [195]
Jerusalem, first destruction foretold, [196]
—— accuracy of date, [177]
—— and second, [191], [274]
—— later than Gospels, [275]
—— later than Acts, [299]
—— hint to leave, [274]
Jewish Prophecies, Egypt, [188]
—— Assyria, [187]
—— Babylonia, [187]
—— dispersion of Jews, [189]
—— the Messiah, [374]
Jewish Religion, its origin, [137]
—— its partiality, [204]
—— its miracles, [177]
—— its prophecies, [186]
—— influence in world, [217]
—— and Natural Religion, [216]
Jews, dispersion of, [189]
—— a peculiar people, [217]
—— all from one man, [216]
—— use of term, [280]
John, St., his call, [278]
—— author of Gospel, [279]
—— the Baptist, [279]
—— and Christ's miracles, [350]
Jordan, beyond, [156]
Joseph in Egypt, [139]
Josephus, witness to Acts, [289]
—— as to Sennacherib, [185]
—— as to crucifixion, [342]
—— siege of Jerusalem, [191]
—— date of the taxing, [266]
Josiah and Deuteronomy, [162]
Journeys in Desert, [165]
Jubilee, year of, [150]
Judges and Pentateuch, [160]
Justice, God's, [204], [466]
Justin, witness to Gospels, [255]
—— Book of Revelation, [285]
—— guard at tomb, [337]
—— Christ's miracles, [365]
—— prefers prophecy, [365]
—— the Name, persecuted, [434]
—— Acts of Pilate, [365]
King of the Jews, [392]
Kings did not use plural, [393]
Korah, rebellion of, [169]
Koran, Christ's miracles, [424]
—— authorises force, [428]
Krishna myth, and Christ, [452]
Lamb of God, [286]
—— Paschal, [380]
Land animals, [131]
Laws, of nature, [19]
—— in Pentateuch, [149]
Laymen offering sacrifice, [162]
Lazarus, raising of, [370]
—— only in one Gospel, [283]
—— well-known man, [360]
—— case of resuscitation, [245]
Lecky, on Christ's teaching, [398]
Legend Theory, the, [329]
—— disproved by Gospels, [329]
—— and St. Paul's Epistles, [330]
Legislation, Jewish, [149]
Levi ben Gershon, [180]
Levites, [150], [162]
Life, origin of, in Genesis, [128]
—— science and, [122]
—— forms three groups, [55]
Light before the sun, [129]
Logos in Revelation, [286]
—— among Greeks, [423]
Lord, and God, [407]
—— title or emperor, [289]
Lord's Day, [303]
—— Servant, the, [376]
Lost Gospel, [262]
Love, of God, [229]
—— must be free, [235]
—— motive of Religion, [451]
Luke, St., a doctor, [296]
—— wrote Gospel, [275]
—— wrote Acts, [294]
—— perhaps at Emmaus, [276]
—— witnessed miracles, [362]
Lycaonia, the cities of, [291]
Lysanias, [268]
Lystra, inscriptions at, [291]
Magicians of Egypt, [182]
Magnet and clock, [107]
Mohammedanism, [213]
—— unlike Christianity, [424]
—— and Christ's miracles, [424]
—— authorises force, [428]
Malchus, [360]
Malta, title 'chiefman', [290]
Man, mental attributes, [39]
—— moral attributes, [41]
—— memory, [41]
—— free will, [43]
—— responsibility, [47]
—— moral sense, [48]
—— conscience, [50]
—— personal being, [47]
—— moral being, [49]
—— bearing on Christianity, [239]
—— his Unique position, [45], [65]
—— due to mind, and spirit, [66]
—— greater than stars, [66]
—— bearing on revelation, [94]
—— each man unique, [62], [133]
—— and irreplaceable, [63]
—— character, permanent, [88]
—— tripartite nature, [55]
—— end of creation, [65], [84]
—— also its first thought, [66]
—— his probation, [85]
—— scandal of universe, [244]
—— seems insignificant, [60]
—— real importance, [64]
—— bearing on Incarnation, [239]
—— immortality of spirit, [83]
—— resurrection of body, [247]
—— creation in Genesis, [132]
—— not created good, [86], [133]
—— antiquity, [132]
—— differs from animals, [51]
—— his erect position, [65]
—— resembles God, [56], [133], [234]
—— child of God, [236]
—— bearing on Incarnation, [232]
—— his ignorance, [6], [17], [34]
—— bearing on miracles, [108]
—— and on Christianity, [249]
Manaen, [418]
Marcion, Luke's Gospel, [257]
Mardukshazzar, [175]
Mark, St., wrote Gospel, [275]
—— interpreter of Peter, [259]
—— earliest of Four, [269]
—— at Gethsemane, [275]
—— witness to miracles, [355]
—— their sitting at meat, [320]
Martha, [283]
Mary Magd. first witness, [316]
—— not expecting it, [334]
Material universe, meaning, [4]
Materialism, [40]
Materials, same everywhere, [68]
Matter, perhaps eternal, [6]
—— certainly a mystery, [34]
—— indestructible, [83]
—— not solid, [245]
Matthew, St., wrote Gospel, [275]
Mediator, Christ the, [454]
Medical language in Acts, [296]
Memory, and materialism, [41]
—— in heaven, [470]
Menephthah, [143]
Mercy, God's, [468]
Mesmerism, [351]
Messiah, Jewish, [374]
Meteorite, [100], [292]
Micah, prophecy of, [391]
Michael, [203]
Microscope, [64]
Mill, on Christ's teaching, [397]
Mind of man, [39]
—— shows his importance, [66]
Miracles, [101]
—— as marvels, [103]
—— and experience, [103]
—— as special works, [106]
—— as signs, [110]
—— not mere wonders, [101], [103]
—— natural means supernaturally applied, [107]
—— in Jewish religion, [177]
—— to benefit mankind, [200]
—— their publicity, [185]
—— some seem trivial, [181]
—— in Christian religion, [349]
—— their credibility, [349]
—— not worked to order, [350]
—— their truthfulness, [353]
—— their naturalness, [355]
—— their number, [355]
—— their variety, [355]
—— their suddenness, [356]
—— their permanence, [356]
—— order to keep secret, [358]
—— on the Sabbath, [359]
—— their publicity, [360]
—— names often given, [360]
—— caused astonishment, [361]
—— peculiarity of Christ's, [357]
—— conditional on faith, [358]
—— publicly admitted, [362]
—— St. Peter's appeal to, [362]
—— and Acts of Pilate, [365]
—— how explained away, [369]
—— Apostolic, St. Paul's, [363]
—— witnessed by St. Luke, [362]
—— in Christ's name, [408]
—— helped Christianity, [421]
—— Mohammed did none, [424]
—— not to be prayed for, [443]
—— later Christian, [371]
Missionaries and prayer, [438]
—— of the Resurrection, [347]
Missions, [430]
Mistakes in O. Test., [170]
—— in N. Test., [268]
Monkey and evolution, [23]
Monotheism, of Jews, [212]
—— in account of creation, [118]
Moral sense, [48]
—— perfection, [67]
—— difficulties in O. Test., [208]
—— in N. Testament, [399]
Morality, Christian, [422]
Moses wrote Pentateuch, [164]
—— an Egyptian name, [143]
Mugheir, inscription at, [174]
Mutiny, Indian, [299]
Mutual explanations, [317]
Myrrh, [345]
Nabonidus, [174]
Name of Christ persecuted, [434]
Names, Egyptian, [142]
—— of God in O. Test., [158]
—— in N. Test. miracles, [360]
—— of eminent converts, [418]
—— and titles in Acts, [288]
Napoleon, on Christianity, [251]
Nathaniel, [279]
Natural means, supernaturally applied, [107]
Natural forces, [20]
—— Selection, [20]
—— Rejection, [21]
—— Religion, depends on, probability, [36], [96], [487]
—— only partly known, [35]
—— in Jewish religion, [216]
—— in Egyptian religion,

[455]
—— in other religions, [457]
—— in prehistoric times, [238]
—— moral difficulties, [69]
—— and the Bible, [200]
—— and unity of God, [227]
—— leads to Revelation, [39]
Nature, its unity, [8], [18]
—— its laws, [19]
—— its forces, [20]
—— acting rationally, [100]
—— its uniformity, [106]
—— its mysteries, [250]
—— its perfection, [61]
—— care of individuals, [62]
—— a means to an end, [85]
—— bearing on miracles, [112]
—— immanence in God, [109]
—— forgets nothing, [466]
—— analogy, as to angels, [202]
—— man's future life, [89]
—— man's resurrection, [247]
—— short probation, [468]
—— his destruction, [472]
Naville, [164]
—— unity of Genesis, [142]
Nazareth, dry ground, [377]
Nebuchadnezzar, [174], [184]
Nebula theory, [124]
Necessity, doctrine of, [43]
—— and certainty, [27]
Nero addressed as Lord, [289]
—— his persecution, [298]
Nineveh, men of, [269]
Numbers in O. Test., [171]
Obedience and sacrifice, [161]
Old Testament, genuine, [167]
—— alleged mistakes, [170]
—— miracles, [177]
—— prophecies, [186]
—— moral defects, [208]
Omnipotence, [32], [213]
Omnipresence, [33], [213]
Omniscience, [32], [213]
Origen and Celsus, [367]
Origin of universe, [4]
—— in Genesis, [118]
—— of life, [123]
—— of Jewish religion, [137]
—— of Christian religion, [301]
Osiris, [454]
Pain, [69], [71]
—— not always an evil, [72]
Paley, watch argument, [11]
Pantheism, [119]
Papias as to Gospels, [258]
Papyri, Egyptian, [271], [289]
Papyrus used for writing, [253]
Parables, teaching by, [273]
—— some objected to, [399]
—— Unrighteous Steward, [399]
—— Wedding Garment, [400]
Partiality in revelation, [95]
—— to Jews, [204]
Paul, St., conversion, [305], [339]
—— teaching not new, [409]
—— the two essentials, [476]
—— (see Epistles)
Peace be unto you, twice, [320]
Peculiar people, Jews a, [217]
Pella, Christians go to, [275]
Pentateuch, importance, [138]
—— claims to be Mosaic, [164]
—— language, [155]
—— Egyptian references, [138]
—— laws, [149]
—— date and author, [164]
—— excellent morality, [211]
—— theory of late date, [155]
Perish, its meaning, [475]
Persecution for Name, [434]
Persecutions, religious, [427]
—— of Jews, [190]
—— of Christians, [328]
—— implied in Creed, [475]
Person, not in N. Test, [460]
Personal Being, meaning, [30]
—— God is a, [30]
—— man is a, [47]
—— animals are not, [54]
—— implies fellowship, [229]
Persons and things, [67]
Peter, St., called Simon, [321]
—— connection with Mark, [259]
—— appeal to miracles, [362], [408]
Petrie, as to Exodus, [171]
Peyreyrius, [132]
Pharaoh's dreams, [140]
—— heart hardened, [209]
Philip, one of the Seven, [295]
Philippi, gaoler at, [477]
Philo, days of Genesis, [121]
Pilate, Acts of, [365]
Pinches, Book of Daniel, [175]
Pithom, discoveries at, [144]
Plagues, the ten, [144]
—— superhuman coincidences, [178]
—— and magicians, [182]
Planets, inhabited (?), [67]
—— not by sinners (?), [232]
Pliny, numerous letters, [369]
—— spread of Christianity, [418]
—— Christ's Divinity, [418]
Plural of majesty, [393]
—— in P and J, [159]
Politarchs, [290]
Polycarp of Smyrna, [254]
—— witness to Gospels, [261]
Polytheism, [119], [212]
Pomponia Græcina, [419]
Prayer, subject of, [437]
—— and experiment, [444]
—— and observation, [444]
—— a simple, [480]
—— after the event, [439]
—— for others, [442]
Pre-existence of Christ, [404]
—— in O. Test., [391]
Prehistoric men, future life, [90], [238]
Priests and Levites, [162]
Probability, guide of life, [487]
Proconsul and other terms, [288]
Prophecy, credible, [99]
—— in Old Testament, [186]
—— word of Jehovah, [389]
—— as to Christ, [374]
—— His Resurrection, [317]
—— why not plainer, [394]
—— His own influence, [434]
Prospective organs, [16]
Psalm of the Crucifixion, [384]
Publius, chief man, [290], [361]
Pul of Assyria, [176]
'Q' (Quelle) and Gospels, [270], [350], [361]
Quadratus, as to miracles, [364]
Quirinius, his census, [266]
Quotations, Barnabas, [261]
—— Butler, [431]
—— Clement, [261]
—— Dana, [136]
—— Darwin, [71]
—— Eusebius, [259], [364]
—— Huxley, [249]
—— Ignatius, [261]
—— Irenæus, [254]
—— Justin, [365]
—— Lecky, [398]
—— Mill, [397]
—— Napoleon, [250]
—— Naville, [142]
—— Papias, [258]
—— Pinches, [175]
—— Polycarp, [261]
—— Quadratus, [364]
—— Ramsay, [272]
—— Renan, [397]
—— Romanes, [87], [135]
—— Teaching of Twelve, [261]
—— Wallace, [71]
Radium, [7]
Ramsey, as to the census, [267]
—— Lysanias, [268]
—— early Gospels, [272]
—— Lycaonia, [291]
Rationalism, spread of, [430]
—— and miracles, [369]
Rawlinson, [176]
Reason cannot judge of Christian doctrines, [249]
Recognition, hereafter, [448]
Recorders in O. Test., [173]
Recurring series of events, [5]
Red Sea, passage of, [178]
Relics, resurrection of, [248]
Remorse, [51]
Renan, raising of Lazarus, [370]
—— Christ's character, [397]
Repentance, [243]
Responsibility of man, [47]
Resurrection, doctrine of, [244]
—— applies to a body, [303]
—— not resuscitation, [245], [323]
—— Christ's, [301]
—— falsehood theory, [326]
—— legend theory, [329]
—— vision theory, [331]
—— swoon theory, [341]
—— wanted missionaries, [347]
—— a physical fact, [304]
—— not really unique, [245]
—— table of appearances, [308]
—— three groups, [307]
—— the narratives, [305]
—— their discrepancies, [309]
—— their agreements, [315]
—— omissions, [312]
—— signs of early date, [321]
—— the real difficulty, [346]
—— in other religions, [455]
—— man's, [247]
—— need not be of relics, [248]
—— the period of life, [449]
—— the great surprise, [449]
—— and human nature, [448]
—— terms not literal, [464]
Resuscitation, [245], [323]
Revelation, meaning of, [82]
—— possible, [83]
—— probable, [92]
—— progressive, [93]
—— after writing, [93]
—— must be partial, [95], [204]
—— evidence inconclusive, [95]
—— miraculous, [98]
—— Book of, and Gospel, [285]
—— Divinity of Christ, [408]
Risen Body difficulties, [245]
—— record of eyewitnesses, [323]
Roman provinces, [288]
—— siege of Jerusalem, [191]
—— State and Christians, [298]
Romanes, man's probation, [87]
—— accuracy of Genesis, [135]
Sabbath, miracles on, [359]
Sacrifices, heathen, [447]
—— human, in O. Test., [210]
Salvation, not selfishness, [451]
Samaria, date of fall, [177]
Samuel and Pentateuch, [160]
Sanctuary, the one, [161]
Sand-storms and darkness, [146]
Sargon, named in Isaiah, [176]
Satan, [203]
Saurians, [131]
Secondary forces, [33]
Secrecy in Christ's miracles, [358]
Seed, may be disciples, [378], [387]
Selfishness, objection as to, [451]
Sennacherib, [184]
Sentry, pain a kind of, [72]
Sergius Paulus, [289], [361]
Servant, the Lord's, [376]
Seventh day, the, [119]
Shadow on dial, [196]
Shaving in Egypt, [141]
Shepherd, the Lord's, [391]
—— kings, foreign, [139]
Shur, desert of, [143]
Siege of Jerusalem foretold by Moses, [191]
—— and by Christ, [274]
Signet ring, in Egypt, [141]
Signs, superhuman, [99]
—— supernatural, [101]
Silence, argument from, [368]
—— of sun and moon, [179]
Simon, shows early date, [321]
Simultaneous visions, [335]
Sin, its meaning, [48]
—— reason for it, [76]
—— necessary for some virtues, [78]
—— its universality, [447]
—— its remedy, [244]
—— eternal, [467]
Sinai, [147]
Sinlessness of Christ, [400]
—— foretold by Isaiah, [380]
—— implied in Ps. [22], [388]
Slaughter of animals, [150]
Slavery in early times, [211]
Soli, inscription at, [289]
Son of God, means God the Son, [407]
—— of Man in Gospels, [281]
Sorrow, human, [446]
Sources of Gospels, [269], [413]
South, Queen of the, [269]
Spectroscopes, [64]
Spirit, man's, [55], [66]
—— master of body, [91]
Spiritual beings, [202], [351]
Standing still of sun, [179]
Steward, the Unrighteous, [399]
Stone at Tomb, [336]
Straw in brick making, [144]
Struggle for life, [71]
Substance, meaning of, [222]
Suetonius, [417]
Sufferings of animals, [69]
—— of men, [72]
—— and future happiness, [88]
—— of Jews, [190]
—— of Christians, [328]
Sun and moon formation, [129]
—— silence of, [179]
Sunday, [303]
Superhuman signs, [99]
—— coincidences, [100]
—— passage of Red Sea, [178]
—— destruction of Korah, [169]
—— of Assyrian army, [184]
—— silence of sun, [179]
—— Elijah's sacrifice, [183]
—— shadow on dial, [196]
—— and prayer, [439]
Supernatural, force, [9]
—— man partly, [45]
—— signs, [101]
Surprise, the great, [449]
Survival of fittest, [20]
Swine at Gadara, [269], [352]
Swoon Theory, the, [341]
Sword, any violent death, [386]
Synoptic Gospels, accuracy, [266]
—— discrepancies, [266]
—— sources, [269]
—— ministry in Judæa, [282]
—— probable date, [272], [300]
—— authors, [275]
—— and Fourth, [280]
Table of Appearances, [308]
Tacitus, and Christianity, [417]
—— his contempt for it, [368]
Tatian, the Diatessaron, [257]
Teaching of Twelve, [261]
—— and the Trinity, [461]
Tel-el-Muskhuta, ruins, [144]
Telepathy, [40]
Telephone, [105]
Telescope and eye, [14]
—— discoveries of, [64]
Ten, Commandments, [211]
—— Plagues, [144]
—— superhuman coincidences, [178]
—— and the magicians, [182]
Tertullian, [257]
Testimony and experience, [104]
—— its value, [325]
Theophilus and Gospel, [275]
—— and Acts, [297]
—— things taught to, [271]
—— prominent convert, [418]
Thessalonica, politarchs, [290]
Theudas, date of, [288]
Third Day, importance, [303]
Thomas, St., Resurrection, [336]
—— Christ's Divinity, [407]
Thousands or families, [171]
Three, Creeds, [458]
—— men in furnace, [103]
Tisdall, [453], [456]
Titles of various rulers, [288]
Tomb, the empty, [338]
—— visit of disciples, [318]
—— guard at, [337]
—— angels at, [310], [345]
Town Clerk of Ephesus, [292]
Trajan, decree of, [267]
Transfiguration, [270]
Trials here, future reward, [88]
Trinity, doctrine of the, [222]
—— its probability, [228]
—— peculiarly Christian, [452]
—— hinted at in Old Test., [393]
—— contained in N. Test., [459]
—— implied by Teaching, [461]
Triple tradition in Gospels, [269]
Trœlstra, [158]
True belief, importance, [473]
—— a virtue, [487]
Undesigned agreements, [168]
—— examples, Korah, [169]
—— call of St. John, [278]
—— destroying temple, [283]
—— feeding the 5,000, [284]
—— Acts and Epistles, [293]
—— mocking the Crucified, [390]
—— baptismal formula, [461]
Uniformity of nature, [106]
—— and prayer, [438]
Uniqueness of man, [65]
—— of each man, [62]
—— of the Incarnation, [233]
Unitarianism, [228]
Unity of nature, [8]
Universalism, [470]
Universe, its origin, [4], [118]
—— its magnitude, [64]
—— bearing on man, [60]
—— an effect, [37]
Unknowable, everything is, [34]
Unrighteous Steward, [399]
Vellum used for writing, [253]
Veracity of the witnesses, [326]
Verbal inspiration, [437]
Vessels of wood, [145]
Vesuvius, eruption of, [74]
'Victoria Institute,' pain, [70]
—— Pithom, [144]
—— Belshazzar, [175]
—— Red Sea, [179]
—— earliest Gospel, [272]
—— Horus myth, [455]
—— Krishna myth, [453]
Virgin Birth, unique, [233]
—— and Aristides, [365]
—— not said of Krishna, [452]
Virtue, the highest, [78], [211]
Vision Theory, the, [331]
—— arguments in favour, [332]
—— arguments against, [332]
—— does not explain facts, [336]
—— real visions, [340]
Voice from heaven, [268]
Voyage, St. Paul's, [294]
Walking on sea, Christ's, [370]
Wallace, [71]
Warnings of the Creed, [473]
Wars of the Lord, quoted, [159]
Waste and void, in Gen., [124]
Waste in nature, [68]
Watch showing design, [12]
Water-wheels, Egyptian, [149]
'We' sections of Acts, [294]
Wedding Garment, the, [400]
West, use of term, [156]
Wheat, several ears, [140]
Whirlpool, [248]
Wicked men, their use, [77]
—— not machines, [48]
—— final state, [463]
Will, man's, its action, [42], [45]
—— its freedom, [43]
Windows of heaven, [126]
Wisdom, God's, [32], [213],

[441]
Word or Logos in Revelation, [286]
—— among Greeks, [423]
World, creation of the, [4], [117]
—— end of the, [437]
Wounded means pierced, [377]
Writing, early use of, [138], [172]
—— wanted for revelation, [93]
X-rays, [246]
Zeal of early Christians, [420]
Zebulon, prophecy as to, [391]
Zechariah, prophecies of, [392]
Zeus and Hermes, [291]

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