PREFACE TO NINTH EDITION.
I have again carefully revised the whole book. Some additions have been made here and there, especially in [Chapter XIX.]; but as a rule the alterations have been merely to shorten and condense the arguments where this could be done without spoiling them, and to simplify the language as much as possible. The book is thus shorter, and I hope simpler than any previous edition. Another slight improvement, which will commend itself to most purchasers, is reducing the price to 2s. net. The work, as before stated, lays no claim to originality, and I have not hesitated to borrow arguments and illustrations from any source. The references to the Bible are all to the Revised Version.
W. H. T.
29, Caledonia Place,
Clifton, Bristol,
October 1, 1919.
CONTENTS
| PART I. | ||
| NATURAL RELIGION. | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [I.] | THAT THE UNIVERSE HAD A CREATOR | 3 |
| [II.] | THAT THE CREATOR DESIGNED THE UNIVERSE | 10 |
| [III.] | THAT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IS EXTREMELY PROBABLE | 30 |
| [IV.] | THAT MAN IS A FREE AND RESPONSIBLE BEING | 38 |
| [V.] | THAT GOD TAKES AN INTEREST IN MAN'S WELFARE | 57 |
| [VI.] | THAT GOD MIGHT MAKE SOME REVELATION TO MAN | 82 |
| [VII.] | THAT A MIRACULOUS REVELATION IS CREDIBLE | 98 |
| PART II. | ||
| THE JEWISH RELIGION. | ||
| [VIII.] | THAT THE ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION WAS DIVINELY REVEALED | 117 |
| [IX.] | THAT ITS ORIGIN WAS CONFIRMED BY MIRACLES | 137 |
| [X.] | THAT ITS HISTORY WAS CONFIRMED BY MIRACLES | 167 |
| [XI.] | THAT ITS HISTORY WAS CONFIRMED BY PROPHECIES | 186 |
| [XII.] | THAT THE JEWISH RELIGION IS PROBABLY TRUE | 201 |
| PART III. | ||
| THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. | ||
| [XIII.] | THAT THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IS CREDIBLE | 221 |
| [XIV.] | THAT THE FOUR GOSPELS ARE GENUINE FROM EXTERNAL TESTIMONY | 252 |
| [XV.] | THAT THE GOSPELS ARE GENUINE FROM INTERNAL EVIDENCE | 265 |
| [XVI.] | THAT THE GOSPELS ARE GENUINE FROM THE EVIDENCE OF THE ACTS | 287 |
| [XVII.] | THAT THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST IS PROBABLY TRUE | 301 |
| [XVIII.] | THAT THE FAILURE OF OTHER EXPLANATIONS INCREASES THIS PROBABILITY | 324 |
| [XIX.] | THAT THE OTHER NEW TESTAMENT MIRACLES ARE PROBABLY TRUE | 349 |
| [XX.] | THAT THE JEWISH PROPHECIES CONFIRM THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY | 374 |
| [XXI.] | THAT THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST CONFIRMS THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY | 396 |
| [XXII.] | THAT THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY CONFIRMS ITS TRUTH | 415 |
| [XXIII.] | THAT ON THE WHOLE THE OTHER EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS CONCLUSION | 436 |
| [XXIV.] | THAT THE THREE CREEDS ARE DEDUCIBLE FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT | 458 |
| [XXV.] | THAT THE TRUTH OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IS EXTREMELY PROBABLE | 483 |
| [INDEX OF TEXTS] | 495 | |
| [INDEX OF SUBJECTS] | 502 | |