Chapter 26

455—— in other religions,457—— in prehistoric times,238—— moral difficulties,69—— and the Bible,200—— and unity of God,227—— leads to Revelation,39Nature, 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,472Naville,164—— unity of Genesis,142Nazareth, dry ground,377Nebuchadnezzar,174,184Nebula theory,124Necessity, doctrine of,43—— and certainty,27Nero addressed as Lord,289—— his persecution,298Nineveh, men of,269Numbers in O. Test.,171Obedienceand sacrifice,161Old Testament, genuine,167—— alleged mistakes,170—— miracles,177—— prophecies,186—— moral defects,208Omnipotence,32,213Omnipresence,33,213Omniscience,32,213Origen and Celsus,367Origin of universe,4—— in Genesis,118—— of life,123—— of Jewish religion,137—— of Christian religion,301Osiris,454Pain,69,71—— not always an evil,72Paley, watch argument,11Pantheism,119Papias as to Gospels,258Papyri, Egyptian,271,289Papyrus used for writing,253Parables, teaching by,273—— some objected to,399—— Unrighteous Steward,399—— Wedding Garment,400Partiality in revelation,95—— to Jews,204Paul, St., conversion,305,339—— teaching not new,409—— the two essentials,476—— (seeEpistles)Peace be unto you, twice,320Peculiar people, Jews a,217Pella, Christians go to,275Pentateuch, 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,155Perish, its meaning,475Persecution for Name,434Persecutions, religious,427—— of Jews,190—— of Christians,328—— implied in Creed,475Person, not in N. Test,460Personal Being, meaning,30—— God is a,30—— man is a,47—— animals are not,54—— implies fellowship,229Persons and things,67Peter, St., called Simon,321—— connection with Mark,259—— appeal to miracles,362,408Petrie, as to Exodus,171Peyreyrius,132Pharaoh's dreams,140—— heart hardened,209Philip, one of the Seven,295Philippi, gaoler at,477Philo, days of Genesis,121Pilate, Acts of,365Pinches, Book of Daniel,175Pithom, discoveries at,144Plagues, the ten,144—— superhuman coincidences,178—— and magicians,182Planets, inhabited (?),67—— not by sinners (?),232Pliny, numerous letters,369—— spread of Christianity,418—— Christ's Divinity,418Plural of majesty,393—— in P and J,159Politarchs,290Polycarp of Smyrna,254—— witness to Gospels,261Polytheism,119,212Pomponia Græcina,419Prayer, subject of,437—— and experiment,444—— and observation,444—— a simple,480—— after the event,439—— for others,442Pre-existence of Christ,404—— in O. Test.,391Prehistoric men, future life,90,238Priests and Levites,162Probability, guide of life,487Proconsul and other terms,288Prophecy, credible,99—— in Old Testament,186—— word of Jehovah,389—— as to Christ,374—— His Resurrection,317—— why not plainer,394—— His own influence,434Prospective organs,16Psalm of the Crucifixion,384Publius, chief man,290,361Pul of Assyria,176'Q'(Quelle) and Gospels,270,350,361Quadratus, as to miracles,364Quirinius, his census,266Quotations, 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,71Radium,7Ramsey, as to the census,267—— Lysanias,268—— early Gospels,272—— Lycaonia,291Rationalism, spread of,430—— and miracles,369Rawlinson,176Reason cannot judge of Christian doctrines,249Recognition, hereafter,448Recorders in O. Test.,173Recurring series of events,5Red Sea, passage of,178Relics, resurrection of,248Remorse,51Renan, raising of Lazarus,370—— Christ's character,397Repentance,243Responsibility of man,47Resurrection, 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,464Resuscitation,245,323Revelation, 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,408Risen Body difficulties,245—— record of eyewitnesses,323Roman provinces,288—— siege of Jerusalem,191—— State and Christians,298Romanes, man's probation,87—— accuracy of Genesis,135Sabbath,miracles on,359Sacrifices, heathen,447—— human, in O. Test.,210Salvation, not selfishness,451Samaria, date of fall,177Samuel and Pentateuch,160Sanctuary, the one,161Sand-storms and darkness,146Sargon, named in Isaiah,176Satan,203Saurians,131Secondary forces,33Secrecy in Christ's miracles,358Seed, may be disciples,378,387Selfishness, objection as to,451Sennacherib,184Sentry, pain a kind of,72Sergius Paulus,289,361Servant, the Lord's,376Seventh day, the,119Shadow on dial,196Shaving in Egypt,141Shepherd, the Lord's,391—— kings, foreign,139Shur, desert of,143Siege of Jerusalem foretold by Moses,191—— and by Christ,274Signet ring, in Egypt,141Signs, superhuman,99—— supernatural,101Silence, argument from,368—— of sun and moon,179Simon, shows early date,321Simultaneous visions,335Sin, its meaning,48—— reason for it,76—— necessary for some virtues,78—— its universality,447—— its remedy,244—— eternal,467Sinai,147Sinlessness of Christ,400—— foretold by Isaiah,380—— implied in Ps.22,388Slaughter of animals,150Slavery in early times,211Soli, inscription at,289Son of God, means God the Son,407—— of Man in Gospels,281Sorrow, human,446Sources of Gospels,269,413South, Queen of the,269Spectroscopes,64Spirit, man's,55,66—— master of body,91Spiritual beings,202,351Standing still of sun,179Steward, the Unrighteous,399Stone at Tomb,336Straw in brick making,144Struggle for life,71Substance, meaning of,222Suetonius,417Sufferings of animals,69—— of men,72—— and future happiness,88—— of Jews,190—— of Christians,328Sun and moon formation,129—— silence of,179Sunday,303Superhuman 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,439Supernatural, force,9—— man partly,45—— signs,101Surprise, the great,449Survival of fittest,20Swine at Gadara,269,352Swoon Theory, the,341Sword, any violent death,386Synoptic Gospels, accuracy,266—— discrepancies,266—— sources,269—— ministry in Judæa,282—— probable date,272,300—— authors,275—— and Fourth,280Tableof Appearances,308Tacitus, and Christianity,417—— his contempt for it,368Tatian, the Diatessaron,257Teaching of Twelve,261—— and the Trinity,461Tel-el-Muskhuta, ruins,144Telepathy,40Telephone,105Telescope and eye,14—— discoveries of,64Ten, Commandments,211—— Plagues,144—— superhuman coincidences,178—— and the magicians,182Tertullian,257Testimony and experience,104—— its value,325Theophilus and Gospel,275—— and Acts,297—— things taught to,271—— prominent convert,418Thessalonica, politarchs,290Theudas, date of,288Third Day, importance,303Thomas, St., Resurrection,336—— Christ's Divinity,407Thousands or families,171Three, Creeds,458—— men in furnace,103Tisdall,453,456Titles of various rulers,288Tomb, the empty,338—— visit of disciples,318—— guard at,337—— angels at,310,345Town Clerk of Ephesus,292Trajan, decree of,267Transfiguration,270Trials here, future reward,88Trinity, doctrine of the,222—— its probability,228—— peculiarly Christian,452—— hinted at in Old Test.,393—— contained in N. Test.,459—— implied by Teaching,461Triple tradition in Gospels,269Trœlstra,158True belief, importance,473—— a virtue,487Undesignedagreements,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,461Uniformity of nature,106—— and prayer,438Uniqueness of man,65—— of each man,62—— of the Incarnation,233Unitarianism,228Unity of nature,8Universalism,470Universe, its origin,4,118—— its magnitude,64—— bearing on man,60—— an effect,37Unknowable, everything is,34Unrighteous Steward,399Vellumused for writing,253Veracity of the witnesses,326Verbal inspiration,437Vessels of wood,145Vesuvius, eruption of,74'Victoria Institute,' pain,70—— Pithom,144—— Belshazzar,175—— Red Sea,179—— earliest Gospel,272—— Horus myth,455—— Krishna myth,453Virgin Birth, unique,233—— and Aristides,365—— not said of Krishna,452Virtue, the highest,78,211Vision Theory, the,331—— arguments in favour,332—— arguments against,332—— does not explain facts,336—— real visions,340Voice from heaven,268Voyage, St. Paul's,294Walkingon sea, Christ's,370Wallace,71Warnings of the Creed,473Wars of the Lord, quoted,159Waste and void, in Gen.,124Waste in nature,68Watch showing design,12Water-wheels, Egyptian,149'We' sections of Acts,294Wedding Garment, the,400West, use of term,156Wheat, several ears,140Whirlpool,248Wicked men, their use,77—— not machines,48—— final state,463Will, man's, its action,42,45—— its freedom,43Windows of heaven,126Wisdom, God's,32,213,


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