PAGEAbila,inscription at,268Abraham, trust in God,205,210—— promises to,374Account of creation,117Acts of Apostles,287—— accuracy,288—— authorship,294—— medical language,296—— date,297—— and Christ's Divinity,407—— of Pilate,365Adam and Eve,132Additions to Pentateuch,159Agreements, undesigned,168—— in Gospels,315Agrippa, called King,289Amalek, threat against,164Ambition, the great,451Amos,160Analogies 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,484Angels, 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,351Animals, their creation,131—— difference from man,51—— cannot know man,227—— not immortal,91—— their sufferings,69Antioch, inscription at,267Antiquity of man,132Apocryphal Gospels,354Apollos of Alexandria,418Apostasy, under trial,475Apostolic Fathers,260Aramaic words of Christ,354Archæology and O. Test,172Arianism,475Aristides,259,364Aristion,258,305Ark,147Arm of the Lord,377Artist and pictures,126Ascension, the,314—— and early converts,344Ashdod, taken by Sargon,176Assyria, prophecies as to,187—— army destroyed,184Athanasian Creed, warnings,473—— implies persecution,475—— dogmatism,479Atonement, doctrine of,240—— prophecies as to,379—— and human nature,447—— and other religions,454Baaland Jehovah,183Baalbec, inscription at,268Babylonia, prophecies,187—— messengers from,197Baker, the chief,140Baptismal formula,461—— witness of St. Paul,461—— of Teaching,262,461Baptist (see John),279Barnabas, epistle of,261Bashan, bulls of,385Battering-rams,192Beauterne as to Napoleon,251Bees, cells of,52—— not due to heredity,53Belief, importance of true,473—— virtue not necessity,487Belshazzar,174Beneficence in nature,59—— and righteousness,80—— in Jewish Religion,214—— and in Christian,242Bernice,290Berosus, as to Nabonidus,174—— as to Sennacherib,185Bethany,283Bethel, altar at,196Bethesda, pool at,277Bethlehem, Birth at,391'Beyond Jordan',156Bible, mistakes in O. Test.,170—— in N. Test.,268—— inspiration,437Bible and Nat. Religion,200Blasphemy against Spirit,460—— Christ charged with,412Blood and water,343,385Book of the Law,162Books buried in temples,163Bread, miracle as to,108Bricks with straw,144Brotherhood of man,48Butler,431By-product, pain is a,60Cæsar,no early MSS.,253Cæsarea, Philip at,295Calmness of Evangelists,317Canaan, its peculiarities,148Canaanites destroyed,209—— but done gradually,163Cannibalism at Jerusalem,192Capernaum, centurion at,360Cats and mice,70Cause, must be free,33Cells of bees,52—— built by workers,53Celsus, Christ's miracles,367Cenis, tunnel in Mont,102Census of Israelites,171—— at Christ's birth,266Centurion at Capernaum,360Certainty not necessity,27Chabas,143Chance, really impossible,21Change of place in Acts I,310Changelessness, moral,111Character of God,58—— of man,39—— its permanence,88Chiefman of Malta,290,361Child of God, man is a,236Child's belief,478—— temptations,87Chorazin, its significance,350Christ, 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),403,459Christiana, sand storm,146Christianity, 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,488Classical writers, miracles,368—— no early MSS.,253Clement of Rome, Gospels,261Cleopas,276Clock and magnet,107Closed questions,481Coincidences, superhuman,100Communion, Holy,386,402Conscience, man has a,50—— the Voice of God,50Conservation of energy,46Constantine's vision,335Conversion, St. Paul's,306—— effect on companions,339—— Christ unrecognised,340Converts, early,418Crabs, and sense of pain,70Creation,4—— account of, in Genesis,117—— days of,119—— on three occasions,123,136—— and evolution,24Creator, meaning of term,8Credentials, of messenger,98Credible, meaning of,99Creeping things,131Crispus of Corinth,418Crucifixion, Psalm of the,384—— no Jewish punishment,388Cyprus, proconsul at,288Cyrenius (see Quirinius),266Damnatoryclauses,473Dana on Genesis I,136Daniel, Book of,174Darkness over land,368Darwin,71David, his character,208—— not subject of Ps. 22,388Days of creation,119Dead body of Christ,337—— offerings for,147Death,448Decalogue, its excellence,211—— preserved in temple,215Definitions, 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,9Degradation of energy,7Delphi, inscription at,289Demoniacal possession,351Desert, of Shur,143—— laws suitable for,149—— journeys in,165—— wind,145Design, 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,52Destruction of Canaanites,209—— done gradually,163—— of wicked,471Determinism,43Deuteronomy, finding of,162Dial, shadow on,196Diana of Ephesus,292Diatessaron of Tatian,257Diet in Egypt,147Difficulties 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,494Dionysius the Areopagite,418Discoveries, modern,172Discrepancies in Gospels,268—— in Fourth Gospel,282—— as to Resurrection,309—— essential agreement,315Diseases of Egypt,148,193Dishonesty in E, J, P, and D,158Dispersion of Jews,189,217Divinity 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,459Dogmatism, objection to,479Dogs, term for Gentiles,385Doors of the sea,126Doubts of Resurrection,334Dreams,92—— of Pharaoh,140Driver,157,159Dry land, appearance of,127Dualism in old religions,119—— unknown to Jews,213—— and endless misery,466Eagle,Roman ensign,191Earth likened to machine,22Earthquakes,74Edersheim and Isaiah,53,381—— and Psalm22,387Edomite kings, list of,159Effect, the world is an,37Egypt, 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,267Elephantine, temple at,162Eleven, the, ancient term,322Elijah's sacrifice,100,183Elisha, trivial miracles of,181Elohim, plural word,393Embalming Christ's body,334Emperor called lord,289Encyclopædia Britannica,15,53End of the world,437Endless happiness,470—— misery,464Enemies, doing good to,211Energy, degradation of,7—— conservation of,46Ephesus, riot at,292—— St. Paul's discussions,418—— farewell to friends,299Epistles 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,418Erastus of Corinth,418Erech, inscription at,174Erect position, man's,65Eternal punishment,464Eternity,450Ether,226,246Euclid,40Eusebius, as to Papias,259—— Quadratus,364—— Jews going to Pella,275Evangelists educated,275—— had known Christ,302Everlasting Father and Son,225—— in Isaiah,391Everyone's work no one's,348Evidences, Christian,483Evil, existence of,69—— physical,69,72—— moral,75—— Jewish idea of,213—— men,77—— spirits,351Evolution, 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,122Experience and miracles,103Eye, its marks of design,14—— shows beneficence,59Ezekiel, prophecy of Egypt,188Faith,faculty of,485—— and miracles,358Falsehood Theory, the,326—— not now adopted,329Famines in Egypt,141—— at Jerusalem,192Farewell, Christ's double,309Feeding the 5,000 credible,108—— in triple tradition,269—— undesigned coincidence,284—— public miracle,361—— rationalistic view,370Feet pierced,343Felix and Festus,289'Fellow,' meaning of,392Fellowship and personality,229Fig-tree, the barren,354Final state of wicked,463Firmament, or expanse,125Firstborn from dead,245—— of Creation,409—— death of the,146First Cause single,8—— supernatural,9—— needed no cause,8First Witnesses, the,325Fishes and birds,130Five hundred, appearance,307—— explains Gospels,321Flesh and blood,304Flood, parallel passages,159Forces and causes,33Foreknowledge, 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,26Forgiveness of sins,242Fourth Gospel, authorship,277—— and other three,280—— and Revelation,285Free force, meaning of a,