INDEX
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Abbott, Dr. E. A., on the Gospels, 86–8; on pain, 238
Acts, The, criticisms regarding, 89
Adonis, 133
Æsculapius, 131–2
Agnostic Annual, The, cited, 340–3, 362, 366–7
Albigenses, 407
Alexander of Armagh, Archbishop, on war, 407
Allen, Grant, cited, 149–51, 390
Allin, Rev. T., “larger hope,” 36
America, 4; the religions of ancient, 144–7; northern tribes, 303–4
Apocryphal Gospels, 135, 138
Apollo, 127–9
Apollonius of Tyana, 132
Apologetics, 29–36, 41–70, 71–6, 90–113, 115–21, 128–9, 156–7, 158–61, 175–96, 208–18, 220–65, 273–314, 318–23, 349–51, 357, 367, 370–1, 381, 382–4, 386–9, 391–3, 395–8, 404, 407–8
Argentine, The, 4
Aristotle, 267; on happiness, 325–6
Armitage, Professor E., cited, 220
Arnold, Sir Edwin, cited, 188, 232
Arnold, Matthew, cited, 286–7; definition of religion, 376
Ascension, The, 65–8, 99
Asoka, King, edicts of, 274
Athanasian Creed, 35, 101, 369, 381
Auto-suggestion, 258, 336 note, 401
Avebury, Lord, cited, 303
B
Bab, The martyrdoms, 297; mythical version, 380
Bacchus, 127, 130, 131, 133
Balfour, A. J., his philosophical works, 34
Barnardo, The late Dr., 402
Barnes, Dr. W. E., on the Athanasian Creed, 35
Barry, Dr. W., on Renan, 23 note
Bayley, Dr., in his work Verbal Inspiration, 101
Beal, S., in his work The Romantic History of Buddha, 138, 387, 389–90
Behring, Professor, cited, 202 note
Belgium, 4, 399
Benn, A. W., cited, 346, 383, 385
Besant, Sir Walter, cited, 278
Bethesda, Pool of, 47
Bible criticism, 71–114; a summary of, 76–90
Birmingham, Bishop of, cited, 156. (See also Gore, Dr.)
Birrell, the Right Hon. Augustine, on Patriotism and Christianity, 374, 408
Blatchford, Robert, his attack upon religion, 10, 26; in God and My Neighbour, 182–3, 209–10
Bonwick, James, cited, 130
Booth, “General,” 402
Brath, Stanley de, cited, 337
Brinton, Dr. Daniel, cited, 133–4
Bruce, The late Rev. A. B., on Jesus, 84
Büchner, Ludwig, “Why Lead a Moral Life?” 342
Buckle, cited, 369
Buddha, remarkable parallels, 123–6; “Christian accretions?” 136–140, 389–90; birth, 387; Buddhism, 277, 292, 313, 315, 344
Budge, Dr. Wallis, cited, 135, 295, 386
Bunsen, in his work The Angel Messiah, 139, 387
Butler, Bishop, in Analogy of Religion, 375
Butler, Slade, cited, 389
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Caird, Mona, cited, 401
Calcutta, Late Bishop of, cited, 408
Callaway, Dr., cited, 134
Campbell, Rev. R. J., “New Theology,” 395
Canterbury, Archbishop of, on rational thought, Preface; cited, 263
Canterbury, Dean of, on the Old Testament, 101; cited, 319. (See also Wace, Dean.)
Carlisle, Bishop of, on the need for an examination of evidences, 16–7. (See also Diggle, Bishop.)
Carlyle, his opinions regarding historical Christianity, 23
Carnegie, Andrew, on the Christian Church, 407
Cecil, Lord Hugh, on the decay of the Faith, 2
Chaffee, General, on the intelligent Chinaman, 309 note 2
Chaillu, Du, on eating the god, 151
Chet Ram, 397
Cheyne, Canon, on Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, 78; on the prophets, 81–2; on Messianic beliefs, 82; his appeal to Churchmen and scholars, 90; on Oriental influences, 162
China, 307–11, 399
Christian Commonwealth, The, cited, 53–4
Christian scientists, 258 note 1, 389, 400
Christianity, the power for good of, 273–85; the danger attending the overthrow of, 286–90; the spread of, 290–96, 397–98
Christmas, remarks on the date of, 390–1
Church-goers, percentage of, 14
Church Times, The, cited, 72–4, 75–6, 109, 118–21, 211–2, 213 note
Clairvaux, Bernard of, on the immaculate conception, 69
Clarion, The, cited, 10, 39
Clarke, Dr. Samuel, in Truth and Certainty of Christian Revelation, 379
Clémenceau, G., the champion of truth, 288
Clodd, Edward, cited, 180–1, 393; “Why Lead a Moral Life?” 343; his diagram of development, 394
Cobden, on the attitude of the clergy, 275
Colenso, Bishop, on the Pentateuch, 351
Comte, Auguste, 7, 269, 362
Conclusions, Final, 322–3, 375–8
Confucianism, 38, 134, 308–11, 332
Confucius, birth of, 129
Conscience, 243–7
Constantine, Emperor, 291–4
Conte, Professor le, cited, 377
Contemporary Review, The, cited, 220, 374, 407, 408
Contentio Veritatis, 44–5
Conversion, 251–7
Conway, Dr. Moncure, 39; on spiritualism, 384
Copernicus, 379
Cox, Rev. Sir G. W., cited, 133, 141
Cox, Rev. Samuel, on miracles, 51 note
Crantock, Vicar of, on the inferiority of woman, 283
Creation, Bible story of the, a myth, 71, 95–6; irreconcilable with science, 188–97
Criminality, 333–5, 399–400
Cross, The, 133–4, 136, 146, 165, 389, 392
Cumont, Professor Franz, in Les Mystères de Mithra, 392
Cuvier, 393–4
Cyanic theory, 377
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Daily Graphic, The, cited, 391, 401–2
Daily Telegraph, The, “Do We Believe?” 3; cited, 322 note, 391
Daniel, 81–2
Daruma, Wa, 260
Darwin, Charles, in The Descent of Man, 170, 174–5, 198–9, 203, 206–8, 228; on natural selection, 172–3, 393; on sexual selection, 393; in The Origin of Species, 180; cited, 209; belief in a deity not universal, 302–3; autobiography, 311–12
Darwinism, 171–3
David, 81
Davids, Prof. Rhys, cited, 139–40, 387, 388
Dead, Book of the, 134
Deluge, The, 78, 95
Denmark, 4, 399
Deuteronomy, its nature, 80–1
Devil-possession, 56–7, 383
Dickinson, Lowes, on conversions, 61
Diggle, Bishop, cited, 16–7, 299, 350
Driver, Dr., in his book on Genesis, 75–6
E
Earth, The antiquity of, 379
Easter, remarks on the date of, 390–1
Ecuador, 4
Eliot, George, cited, 364
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 14, 39
Encyclo. Bib., 30; cited, 75, 162, 390; contributors, 384–5; notes from, 77–90
Encyclo. Brit., on Buddhism, 123 note; on mythology, 157; cited, 234, 246, 395
Esperanto, 408
Essenism, argument from, 162–3
Ethical societies, 336
Eucharist, The Holy, parallels, 119, 143, 145–53, 165, 168, 390, 392; explanation of origin, 151–4
Eusebius, cited, 104, 162, 293
Evil, man not responsible, 235–40; man responsible (?), 240–3
Evolution, the doctrine of, 169–73; average person’s ideas on, 173–5; attitude of the Church, 175–80; cruelty of the process, 180–8; proofs of our origin, 197–208; clashes with the Christian dogmas, 188–97, 208–18
Exodus, legendary, 78
Experience, Religious, 251–64
F
Fall, The, denial of, 73, 75–6, 88; an allegory, 95; overthrow of the doctrine of, 208–18
Farrar, Dean, concerning Josephus, 103; on Christian accretions, 134–5; on miracles, 383; Jesus’ birth in a cave, 386; in The Bible and the Child, 404
Fasts, parallels, 130–1
Fathers, The Church, 88, 166, 284
Fielding, H., cited, Preface, 14 note, 361–2
First Cause, the existence of a, 221–2; an Intelligence, 223–30; a Beneficent Intelligence, 230–51, 264–5
Five thousand, Feeding of the, 49, 383
Flint, Dr. Robert, cited, 184–5, 222, 226, 228–9, 234, 236–7, 240, 242, 292, 298, 301–2
Fohi, the sage, 126–7
Fo-pen-Hing, 390
Forlong, General, cited, 138
Fortnightly Review, The, cited, 247, 304, 401
France, 4, 8, 407
Frauds, Pious, 92, 108, 161, 166, 403–4
Frazer, Dr. J. G., cited, 117, 147, 149–50, 151, 153, 304, 305–6
Freewill, 247–51
Friga, The goddess, 128
Froude on the Reformation, 8
Fuegians, Magic among the, 304–5
G
Galilee, The Sea of, 111
Genesis, legendary, 75, 78, 95, 178, 188–97, 349
Gerard, Father, on the gravity of the situation, 3; on The Riddle of the Universe, 381
Germany, 4, 269, 271
Germany, Emperor of, cited, 235, 371; alluded to, 375 note 2
Gibbon, on the prodigy of the darkness, etc., 104; cited, 292–3, 369
Gibbon, Rev. J. Morgan, 24; cited, 381
Gladstone, W. E., on slavery, 39–40; on Genesis, 178, 189–95
Gloucester, The late Bishop of, on the “Higher Criticism,” 100; on evolution, 175–6
God, a personal, 230–2; Theistic arguments examined, 219–72; an unknown God, 376
Godet, on miracles, 49–50
Gore, Dr. (formerly Bishop of Worcester), on the Fall, 213–16. (See also Birmingham, Bishop of.)
Gospels, The, criticisms regarding, 82–9, 97–100, 101. (See also Bible Criticism.)
Gothenburg, remarks on the Gothenburg system, 399
Goulburn, Dean, 30
Gould, F. J., “Why Lead a Moral Life?” 341–2; his books of moral lessons, 403
Grove, Lady, 401
H
Haddon, A. C., cited, 306
Haeckel, cited, 170–1, 201, 204, 206–7, 377, 393; The Riddle of the Universe, 381
Hammurabi Code, The, 80; account of, by Chilperic Edwards, 385
Harnack, Dr., 87 note; in his book What is Christianity?, 68–9, 91–2
Harris, Rev. Charles, in his work Pro Fide, 238, 265
Harte, Richard, cited, 395, 400–1
Hartmann, cited, 211
Hastings’s Dictionary, 385
Hearn, Lafcadio, in Kokoro, 329
Hegel, 271–2
Henslow, Professor George, on directivity, 225; on natural selection, 392
Henson, Canon, on the Resurrection, 63; cited, 94, 286, 369
Hercules, 127, 129
Hibbert Journal, The, cited, 19 and note, 63, 78, 93; the editor questions the moral supremacy of Christendom, 332–3; cited, 376
Higgins, Godfrey, cited, 155, 389
Hindoos, 13, 64–5, 152, 220, 255, 256, 257, 289–90, 356, 384. (For parallels in their sacred books, see Krishna.)
Historians, The silence of, 102–5, 111
Hobhouse, L. T., his work Morals in Evolution, 403
Holland, 4
Holland, Canon Scott, on the Agnostic, 25, 367, 380–1
Holyoake, George Jacob, 282, 356
Horton, Dr., on the surrender of the old ideal, 2–3; on miracles, 53–4
Horus, 107, 127, 130, 131, 132, 295, 388
Hoste, Rev. D. E., on devil possession, 383
Huitzilopochtli, 144
Humboldt, Alexander von, cited, 134
Hume, on Philosophy, 271
Huxley, Professor, on miracles, 41–2; on visions, 59; on the slow progress of palæontology, 171; reply to Mr. Gladstone, 178; denies a benevolent ruler, 181; on Genesis, 189–90, 192–6; on man’s place in nature, 200, 204 note; cited, 209; on catastrophes, 235; cited, 296; belief in a deity not universal, 303; his pleasure in art, 312–3; on “cheap” Agnosticism, 318; “Why Lead a Moral Life?” 339–40; definition of religion, 362 note 2
Huxley, Mrs. T. H., in her poem Browning’s Funeral, 355
I
Ignatius, Father, on the supernatural, 44; his visions, 60–1
Illingworth, Dr. J. R., cited, 128–9; in Divine Immanence, 231–3
Independent Review, The, cited, 61, 331, 353, 378
India, safety of women in, 289–90; life in, 384; famines, 402
Ingersoll, Colonel, 178, note
Instinct, The religious, universality of, 298–314. (See also Experience, Religious.)
International Journal of Ethics, The, cited, 260
Intolerance, Religious, 368–70, 380–1, 404, 405
Intoxication, The religious experiences of, 261
Irish R. C. Church, 31, 382
Isaiah, 81, 82
Isis, 107, 135, 295, 388
Italy, 4, 8, 280, 408. (See also Robertson, Dr. Alexander.)
Ito, Marquis, religion unnecessary, 344
J
James, Professor W., in The Varieties of Religious Experience, 251–5, 260–1; cited, 396–7
Japan, 257, 259, 279–81, 287, 289, 290, 297 note, 313–4, 321–2, 328–33, 398
Japan Evangelist, The, cited, 398
Japan Times, The, cited, 329
Jeffreys, Rev. H. S., on the Japanese, 398
Jeremiah, 82
Jerome, St., on Buddha’s birth, 387
Jesus Christ, according to the “higher” critics, 84–5; picture of, 107, 386; alleged sinlessness of, 108; ignorance of, 109–14; on social problems, 284; as judge, 370; as Prince of Peace, 370–1; hard sayings, 33, 101–2, 270, 370. (See also Miracles, Gospels, and Mythology, Comparative.)
Jevons, F. B., 305
Jews, victims of persecution, 289, 368; effect of dispersion, 290
Job, 81
John, St., authorship and date of Gospel, 98
Jonah, 81; the whale story a solar myth, 155–6
Josephus, 103–4
Joshua commanding the sun, 50–1, 52–3
Journal of Education, The, cited, 264
K
Kant, cited, 234, 247–8
Keasbey, Professor, cited, 393
Kelman, Rev. John, in Ideals of Science and Faith, 22
Kelvin, Lord, on the existence of a vital principle, 18
Kepler, 379
Kingsborough, Lord, cited, 130, 133; his work Mexican Antiquities, 388
Kingsley, Charles, on Darwin’s views, 176–7; on Cardinal Newman, 246
Kirkpatrick, Dr., on Bible criticism, 76 note; admissions in his book The Divine Library of the Old Testament, 94–7; on inspiration, 97
Knowling, Dr., on the Virgin Birth, 387
Krishna, remarkable parallels, 121–3; the controversy, 136–42; death of, 387
Kropotkin, Prince, cited, 338; “Why Lead a Moral Life?”, 343–4
L
Laing, S., cited, 338, 379; sale of his books, 380
Laity, attitude of, 6–17
Lancet, The, cited, 202, 334
Lang, Andrew, cited, 304
Lankester, Professor Ray, supports Haeckel, 19–20; on recent discoveries, 380, 393
Lao Kiun, the sage, 126–7
Lawson-Forster, Rev. J., on the Russian Church, 405
Lazarus, the raising of, 88
Lecky, on witchcraft, 397
Leuba, James H., on Professor James’s theories, 260, 261
Liddon, Canon, on using our intellect, Preface; on miracles, 44, 45; cited, 298, 395
Life, plan for the reproduction of, 241–2; human sentiment as to a future, 315–6; theories regarding, 376–7; Family Tree of, 394
Lightfoot, Bishop, on the work called Supernatural Religion, 55–6; on the Essenes, 162
Literary Guide, The, cited, 380
Lock, Dr., on Driver’s Genesis, 75
Locke, John, cited, 244
Lodge, Sir Oliver, his religious position, 18–9, 380; views concerning Haeckel, 19–20; cited, 376
Loisy, Abbé, on the Resurrection, 64; cited, 91, 92
Lombroso, Professor Cesare, on spiritualistic phenomena, 396
London, Bishop of, on the growing disbelief, 2; on In Relief of Doubt, 381; on miracles, 49, 50–1, 383–4; on Bible criticism, 76; not intellectually ashamed, 89–90; New Testament stronger for criticism, 100; on Mariolatry, 259; cited, 277 note, 278, 288; on the instinct of prayer, 298–9
Loofs, Dr., his attack on Haeckel, 20
Lourdes, 60. (Special note on p. 69 of first edition.)
Love, Sexual, 228, 241–2, 263
Lucretius, in De Rerum Natura, 314
Luke, St., authorship and date of Gospel, 87, 98
Lundy, Rev. J. P., in Monumental Christianity, 134, 158–9
Luther, Martin, religious experiences of, 60; Lutheran Churches, 49
Lydston, Dr., cited, 334
Lyall, Sir A. C., on magic and religion, 305
Lyell, Sir Charles, cited, 200–1, 393
M
McCabe, Joseph, defence of Haeckel, 19 note and 382; a modern monastery, 381; cited, 223–6, 279, 281–3, 285, 402
Macaulay, Lord, on the Roman Catholic Church, 275
McEwen, Dr., cited, 334
McGee, W. J., cited, 303–4
Mackenzie, The late Rev. H., in the Hulsean Prize Essay, 293–4, 397–8
Maclear, Dr., on The Evidential Value of the Holy Eucharist, 148
Magic, 304–7
Magus, Simon, 132
Mallock, W. H., cited, 179
Manchester, Archdeacon of, on the Fall, 216–18; on what it is to be a Christian, 221, 395; on revivalism, 264. (See also Wilson, Archdeacon J. M.)
Manchester, The late Bishop of, on the sacred volume, 102
Manchester, Bishop of, on development, 391–2
Manen, Professor W. C. van, on Paul, 89
Manifesto to all the clergy of the Church of England, A notable, 211
Mansel, Dean, objections to the new interpretations of Christianity, 34–5; on miracles, 382
Margoliouth, Rev. D. S., argument of the, 62
Mark, St., authorship and date of Gospel, 87, 97–9
Martyr, Justin, cited, 127–8, 386; on the Mithraic communion, 392
Martyrs, the noble army of, 296–7
Mason, Canon H. J., cited, 319
Maspéro, G. C. C., cited, 281
Matthew, St., authorship and date of Gospel, 87, 97–9
Maxim, Sir Hiram, on “ecclesiastical sugar,” 380
Megasthenes, 141
Mercury, 107, 127
Metchnikoff, Professor Elie, in The Nature of Man, 199, 202–3, 206, 208, 227–8; tribute to, 202 note
Metternich Stele, 135
Mexico, The religion of Aztec, 144–7
Middleton, Conyers, on the temples of Æsculapius, 388
Mikado, The, cited, 259 note
Militarism, curses of, 372 note
Mill, John Stuart, 39; cited, 264
Milman, Dean, cited, 127
Milton, his views, 188–9; quoted, 196–7
Miracles, 41–70; the fundamental, 55–70; Harnack on, 91–2; parallels, 121–36
Mithra, 129, 130, 132–3
Mithraism, argument from, 163–8, 392
Moabite stone, 79
Mohammedans, 255, 256, 265, 275, 303, 356. (At the Delhi Durbar, p. 17 of first edition.)
Mooney, G., cited, 304
Moore, Rev. Herbert, in The Christian Faith in Japan, 313–4, 329–30
Moorhouse, Rev. A., on “The Inspiration of the O. T.,” 93–4
Moral instruction, Systematic, note on, 345–6
Moral Instruction League, cited, 345; objects of, 402–3
Morality, “Why Lead a Moral Life?”, 323–45; when Rationalism paramount, 365–7
Moray, Bishop of, on the danger of extending sympathy to the Agnostic, 381
Morison, James Cotter, on miracles, 42–3
Morley, John, cited, 347, 348
Morrison, Dr. W. D., cited, 399–400
Moses, 51, 74–5, 78–9, 96–7
Mozley, Dr., on miracles, 382
Müller, Professor Max, cited, 117–8, 138, 158, 343
Murray, Major Stewart, cited, 371–2; views commented upon, 405–6
Music, emotion excited by, 261–3
Mysticism, 251–7
Myth, The solar, 154–9
Mythology, Comparative, 115–68
N
Naruse, Professor Jinzo, on the position of women, 279–80
Nature, cruelty of, 180–8, 235–40, 406
Newman, Cardinal, cited, 210, 245–7, 344–5, 383
Newman, Francis William, 246–7
Newton, 379
Nineteenth Century and After, The, cited, 31 note, 167–8, 178 note, 181, 290, 331, 338 note, 339, 344, 389
Nitobe, Professor Inazo, cited, 134; in Japan by the Japanese, 328–9; in Bushido, 330 note 1
Nordau, Max, cited, 315
O
Odin, 128
Okakura, Professor, cited, 344
Oldenberg, Professor H., cited, 306
Origin, Our animal, 197–208
Orr, Dr. James, cited, 176
Osiris, 129, 132, 295
Owen, Sir Richard, 393
P
Packard, Professor, cited, 393
Paine, Thomas, 178 note
Paley, cited, 42, 229–30
Pali inscriptions, 79
Parallels, in ancient religions, 121–42; in primitive beliefs, 142–54; in solar myths, 154–62; in Essenism and Mithraism, 162–8
Parkhurst, Dr., cited, 133
Parsees, 13, 356
Patriarchs, unhistorical, 77–8
Pattison, Rev. Mark, cited, 3–4
Paul, St., witness of, 56–9; genuineness of the Epistles of, 89–90; teaching of, 284, 316
Pausanias, cited, 131–2
Peace, 276, 370–5. (See also War.)
Pentecost, gifts at, 98
Persecution, 292, 294, 351, 368–9, 397, 398. (See also Tolerance and Intolerance.)
Perseus, 127
Peru, The religion of ancient, 147
Peters, Dr., in his book The Early Hebrew Story, 78
Petrie, Flinders, cited, 281 note
Pfleiderer, cited, 139
Philo, 83–4, 112
Philosophy, Note on, 266–72
Picton, J. Allanson, cited, 340–1
Pitakas, The, 139
Pithecanthropus erectus, 393
Plato, 128
Plutarch, cited, 130
Pobiedonostseff, 289
Poor, Churches’ interest in the, 37–8, 367–8, 382
Prayer, 258–61, 298–14, 335–7, 400–1
Proctor, on hypnotism, 400
Progressive revelation, The theory of a, explained, 115–21; remarks upon, 142–3, 150–1, 156–60, 166, 320, 348
Prometheus, 133, 134
Prophecy, destructive criticisms concerning, 73–4, 95–7
Psalms, The, a composite book, 81, 97
Psychical Research, Society for, cited, 61, 258 note, 315–6; spiritualistic phenomena, 395–6; phenomena of hypnotism, 400–1
Pusey, Dr., cited, 30, 35
Q
Quetzalcoatl, 128, 130, 133
R
Rainbow, 51–2
Rationalism, definition of, 339 note 2; the outlook for, 365–75
Rationalist Press Association, 3, 28 note; memorandum of, 339 note 2
Reade, Winwood, cited, 181–2, 297, 354
Red Sea, The crossing of the, 51, 78
Relics, Faked, 80, 403–4
Renan, his conclusions, 23
Resurrection, The, 56–65; attacks upon, 72–3; the Higher Critics on, 85–6, 113–4; parallels 122, 124, 132, 134, 141, 147, 150, 155, 165, 390–1
Revelation, Book of, 90, 370
Revivalism, 263–4
Ripon, Bishop of, cited, 63, 332
Roberts, Evan, 60
Robertson, Dr. Alexander, cited, 245 note, 382, 404
Robertson, J. M., cited, 137–8, 144–7, 163–6
Robinson, Canon C. H., cited, 82, 112, 156
Robinson, Dr. J. Armitage, cited, 94, 97–9, 106, 108. (See also Westminster, Dean of.)
Romanes, cited, 209
Romissi, Signor Carlo, cited, 408
Roosevelt, President, 180, 402
Rosetta stone, 79
Russia, 4; “miracle” witnessed in, 67
Russian Church, conduct of the, 289, 405, 407
S
Salisbury, Bishop of, on religious indifference, 2
Sanday, Dr., cited, 48, 69–70
Scepticism, new outburst of, 25–9
Schiller, F. C. S., cited, 315–16
Schmiedel, Professor, cited, 85–7
Science, advance of, 4–5, 379; not reconciled with Christianity, 17–25, 41–2, 157, 188–97, 222, 239
Science, “Christian,” 110 note, 258 note 1, 388–9, 400
Scottish Churches, 31
Senart, cited, 138–9, 140
Sermon on the Mount, 98–9
Seydel, cited, 139
Shebbeare, Rev. C. J., cited 93
Shinto, 313–4, 359 note, 390
Sinclair, Archdeacon W. M., cited, 109–10
Situation, The gravity of, Chap. I.
Slavery, 39–40, 404
Smith, Dr. A. H., in Chinese Characteristics, 307–11
Smith, Rev. George Adam, cited, 111
Smith, Rev. David, cited, 48, 67, 110
Smith, Mr. W., in his Dictionary, 53, 385
Smith, Professor W. R., cited, 143
Social problems, 367–8, 399–402
Socrates, 129
Spain, 4
Spencer, Prof. Baldwin, cited, 304
Spencer, Herbert, cited, 152–4, 286–7, 360; ethical philosophy, 338
Spinoza, cited, 231
Stanbridge, cited, 153
Standard, The, cited, 211 note, 380, 396
Stanton, Mrs. Cady, cited, 282
Stead, Mr. W. T., 408
Stephen, Sir Leslie, 45, 356; cited, 342–3, 359–60, 364–5
Storr, Rev. V. F., on Genesis, 349
Strange, T. Lumsden, cited, 64–5. (See 384.)
Streatfield, Rev. G. S., cited, 177
Sudja, reported miracle at, 67
Summary, A, 317–23
Sumner, Archbishop, 200–1
Supernatural Religion, the work called, 55–6; the author cited, 340, 363–4
Suyematsu, Baron, cited, 330–1
Swedenborg, Emanuel, 59–60
T
Tablet, The, cited, 3
Tacitus, The celebrated passage in, 103, 385–6; cited, 132
Taoism, 134, 308
Taylor, Jeremy, 37 note
Temperance, legislation required, 399
Temple, Archbishop, cited, 175, 370–1
Ten Commandments, Tables containing the, 79–80
Tennyson, quoted, 378
Tertullian, cited, 389, 392
Tezcatlipoca, 145
Theism defined, 219–72
Theodosius, Emperor, 292, 294
Thompson, Sir Henry, in his essay The Unknown God, 376
Thorne, Guy, in When it was Dark, 287–9
Tolerance, Religious, 16, 24–5, 30, 35–6, 359, 380–1
Tolstoi, Leo, his renunciation of Christian dogmas, 23
Topinard, Dr. Paul, cited, 266–70
Torrey, Dr., 24, 178
“Tradition,” thoughts on, 105–7
Trench, Archbishop, 383
Trevelyan, G. M., cited, 353, 378
Tribune, The, cited, 399
Trine, Ralph Waldo, on character building, 259–60
Truth, The, “should it be told?” 346–65; ultimate truth, 361, 377–8
Tsar, The, 375
Tylor, cited, 211 note
U
Urquhart, Rev. John, in his pamphlet Roger’s Reasons, 72, 178, 191. (A reply to “Roger” appeared on pp. 208–9 of the first edition of this book.)
V
Valentinian, Emperor, 294
Vaughan, Father Bernard, cited, 235
Veda, Hymns of the, 141
Vegetation gods, 148–51
Vespasian, Emperor, 132
Virgin-birth, 19, 68–70, 72, 83–4, 99; parallels, 121, 126–9, 133, 295, 387, 388
Vishnu Purana, cited, 387
Visions, 56, 58–62, 251–7
Voysey, Rev. Charles, cited, 4, 368
W
Wace, Dean, cited, 71–2, 166, 190–1, 210, 349–50. (See also Canterbury, Dean of.)
Wade, Sir Thomas, cited, 307
Waggett, Rev. P. N., cited, 21–2, 226, 229–30, 249–50
Wallace, Dr. Alfred Russel, cited, 19 note, 183–4, 186–7, 342
War, Outlook regarding, 370–5, 405–8. (See also Peace.)
Warschauer, Dr., cited, 30 note, 186, 277, 299, 311
Weismann, cited, 173, 261 note, 398
Wells, H. G., cited, 334, 337 note
Welsh, Rev. R. E., cited, 185–6, 381–2
Wesley, John, 61
Westcott, Bishop, cited, 33, 52–3, 290–1, 293, 295–6, 383
Westermarck, Dr., cited, 404–5
Westminster, Dean of, cited, 35, 63, 177–8. (See also Robinson, Dr. J. A.)
Whitworth, The late Rev. W. A., cited, 290
Williams, Professor Monier, cited, 122, 123, 141
Wilson, Archdeacon, cited, 13, 66–7, 94, 367. (See also Manchester, Archdeacon of.)
Winchester, Bishop of, cited, 72–5
Woman, Christianity the best friend of, 277–85; the piety and pliability of, 293–4
Wordsworth, on the Author of Carnage, 407
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Zola, the champion of truth, 288
Zoroaster, 127, 130
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