Excerpt from Experience the Crowning Evidence of the Christian Religion: Lectures; Delivered Before the Biblical Department of Vanderbilt University S it worth while in our day, in this place, to dis cuss the evidences of Christianity? I think so. One may claim to be rooted and grounded in the faith so firmly that to him argument in its favor and refutation of objections are superfluous. Happy is he who has the full assurance, if it be supported by the realization in his heart of the benediction so familiar to the ear, The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the com munion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. For to know this grace, love, and communion is to know the gospel; and to experience the blessing is to attain the end for which Christ Jesus came into the world. It Shall be the aim of these lectures to set forth such experience not only as one of the evidences, but as their crown. It carries faith into knowledge: we know him whom we have be lieved. The scholar, the theologian, cannot afiirm this; the Christian can. He does not stand on the outside, and strain his eyes to see what is with in; he has entered into the holy of holies, where the glory shines. Yet, as none of us liveth to himself, and free dom from doubt and from even temptation to doubt, does not discharge from the debt of love to serve one another, but augments obligation, the assured believer should seek, as far as he has opportunity, to be freshly and thoroughly conversant with the evidences, so that he may be ready to strengthen brethren who are weak in the faith and to rescue tte whose feet are slipping near the edge of the abyss of infidelity. Moreover, it is a dangerous security which puts us off our guard, and supposes that the enemy, because beaten and withdrawn, will never rally for another attack. Skepticism, though substantially the same as of old, changes form and voice, weapons and tactics. It employs the facts, theories, and terms of modern science and history. It transforms itself into an angel of light, and is very friendly in its tones. It eulo gizes Christ for the wisdom, purity, and self-sacri fice in which he stands preeminent among men, while denying his Supernatural birth and Messi anic claims. It compliments Christianity, having first taken away the bony framework of miracu lous facts and divinely revealed doctrines, and the life breathed into it by the Holy Ghost. It uses every charm of style, 'and not only bulky books and elaborate controversies which may suit the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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