Chapter 25

4Free 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,487Fruit-trees making fruit,122Fulfilled among us,276Future life (seeImmortality and Resurrection).Gabriel,man and angel,311Gadara, miracle at,269,352Galilee, appearance in,307Gallio, proconsul,289Generations, meaning,122Genesis, the Creation in,117—— refers to Egypt,138—— partly written there,142Gentiles, conversion,380,388,393—— called dogs,385Geography of Palestine,173Gibbon and Christianity,420Gifts brought to the altar,272God, 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—— Wisdom32,213,228,441—— 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—— (seeImmanence)—— (seeTrinity)Goodness, God's,80,214,228—— not below man's,80,235—— man's,48—— depends on free will,76—— its infinite value,76Gospels, the Four,252—— external testimony,252—— internal evidence,265—— evidence of Acts,287—— probable date,300—— (seeSynoptics, Fourth)Governor, title of,289Grape-juice in Egypt,140Grave-clothes at tomb,345—— by themselves,318Gravity, force, universal,8—— known by effects,35—— an assumption,46Great ambition,451—— alternative,413—— surprise,449Greek philosophy,423Green grass, mentioned,284Guard at the tomb,337Harnack,unity of Acts,295—— date of Gospels,300—— as to Town Clerk,292Healing, gifts of,370Hebrews, Christ's Divinity,410—— land of the,156Hengstenberg,387Herod, Agrippa, death of,288Herod, called king,289Hezekiah, his sickness,196—— not subject of Ps. 22,388Hittites,174Holy Communion,386,402Holy Spirit, the,230—— Divinity of,459Horses, time of Joseph,141Horus myth, and Christ,454Human sacrifices in O.T.,210—— and Atonement,240Hume on experience,104Hurtful organs in nature,59Huxley on the Creeds,249Iconium,291Ignatius,261—— knowing, believing,263Illusions, not simultaneous,335Illyricum,293Image and likeness,134Immanence, God's,109—— and Evolution,23—— and secondary forces,33—— and miracles,109—— and the Incarnation,239—— and prayer,440Immortality, 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,455Incarnation, doctrine of,230—— its difficulties,231—— its motive,233—— historical position,238—— and evolution,239—— and human nature,447—— and other religions,452Indian Mutiny,299Infinitely little,64Inhabitants, other planets,67Inherent convictions, man's,39—— as to mind,41—— free will,44—— responsibility,47—— sin,48—— immortality,90—— prayer,438Inscriptions 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,292Insignificance of man,60—— counter-arguments,61—— real importance,64Instincts of animals,52Invertebrates, in Genesis,131Involution and evolution,23Irenæus and Gospels,254—— Polycarp,254—— Papias,258—— date of Revelation,285—— value of prophecy,367Isaac, sacrifice of,210Isaiah, 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,394Israel, God's selection of,204—— going through cities of,273Israelites, great number,171Jacob'scharacter,208Jairus' daughter,353,358,360James, St., Christ's brother,272—— unbeliever,325Japan, becoming Christian,430Jehovah adored by millions,218—— identified with Christ,407—— and with Holy Spirit,460Jehu not son of Omri,176Jephthah's daughter,210Jericho, discoveries at,173Jeroboam's rebellion,195Jerusalem, first destruction foretold,196—— accuracy of date,177—— and second,191,274—— later than Gospels,275—— later than Acts,299—— hint to leave,274Jewish Prophecies, Egypt,188—— Assyria,187—— Babylonia,187—— dispersion of Jews,189—— the Messiah,374Jewish Religion, its origin,137—— its partiality,204—— its miracles,177—— its prophecies,186—— influence in world,217—— and Natural Religion,216Jews, dispersion of,189—— a peculiar people,217—— all from one man,216—— use of term,280John, St., his call,278—— author of Gospel,279—— the Baptist,279—— and Christ's miracles,350Jordan, beyond,156Joseph in Egypt,139Josephus, witness to Acts,289—— as to Sennacherib,185—— as to crucifixion,342—— siege of Jerusalem,191—— date of the taxing,266Josiah and Deuteronomy,162Journeys in Desert,165Jubilee, year of,150Judges and Pentateuch,160Justice, God's,204,466Justin, 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,365Kingof the Jews,392Kings did not use plural,393Korah, rebellion of,169Koran, Christ's miracles,424—— authorises force,428Krishna myth, and Christ,452Lambof God,286—— Paschal,380Land animals,131Laws, of nature,19—— in Pentateuch,149Laymen offering sacrifice,162Lazarus, raising of,370—— only in one Gospel,283—— well-known man,360—— case of resuscitation,245Lecky, on Christ's teaching,398Legend Theory, the,329—— disproved by Gospels,329—— and St. Paul's Epistles,330Legislation, Jewish,149Levi ben Gershon,180Levites,150,162Life, origin of, in Genesis,128—— science and,122—— forms three groups,55Light before the sun,129Logos in Revelation,286—— among Greeks,423Lord, and God,407—— title or emperor,289Lord's Day,303—— Servant, the,376Lost Gospel,262Love, of God,229—— must be free,235—— motive of Religion,451Luke, St., a doctor,296—— wrote Gospel,275—— wrote Acts,294—— perhaps at Emmaus,276—— witnessed miracles,362Lycaonia, the cities of,291Lysanias,268Lystra, inscriptions at,291Magiciansof Egypt,182Magnet and clock,107Mohammedanism,213—— unlike Christianity,424—— and Christ's miracles,424—— authorises force,428Malchus,360Malta, title 'chiefman',290Man, 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,249Manaen,418Marcion, Luke's Gospel,257Mardukshazzar,175Mark, St., wrote Gospel,275—— interpreter of Peter,259—— earliest of Four,269—— at Gethsemane,275—— witness to miracles,355—— their sitting at meat,320Martha,283Mary Magd. first witness,316—— not expecting it,334Material universe, meaning,4Materialism,40Materials, same everywhere,68Matter, perhaps eternal,6—— certainly a mystery,34—— indestructible,83—— not solid,245Matthew, St., wrote Gospel,275Mediator, Christ the,454Medical language in Acts,296Memory, and materialism,41—— in heaven,470Menephthah,143Mercy, God's,468Mesmerism,351Messiah, Jewish,374Meteorite,100,292Micah, prophecy of,391Michael,203Microscope,64Mill, on Christ's teaching,397Mind of man,39—— shows his importance,66Miracles,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,371Missionaries and prayer,438—— of the Resurrection,347Missions,430Mistakes in O. Test.,170—— in N. Test.,268Monkey and evolution,23Monotheism, of Jews,212—— in account of creation,118Moral sense,48—— perfection,67—— difficulties in O. Test.,208—— in N. Testament,399Morality, Christian,422Moses wrote Pentateuch,164—— an Egyptian name,143Mugheir, inscription at,174Mutiny, Indian,299Mutual explanations,317Myrrh,345Nabonidus,174Name of Christ persecuted,434Names, Egyptian,142—— of God in O. Test.,158—— in N. Test. miracles,360—— of eminent converts,418—— and titles in Acts,288Napoleon, on Christianity,251Nathaniel,279Natural means, supernaturally applied,107Natural forces,20—— Selection,20—— Rejection,21—— Religion, depends on, probability,36,96,487—— only partly known,35—— in Jewish religion,216—— in Egyptian religion,


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