Theistic Problems, Essays on the Existence of God and His Relationship to Man (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880. Excerpt: ... PREFACE. 'I "HE short Essays that follow form the substance of discourses delivered on various occasions. Requests to print each one separately have been frequently made to me, but I preferred to issue them together in a small volume. And thus they all--with the exception of the first one--appear in print now for the first time. "The Folly of Atheism " was delivered as a Lecture at Plymouth, on behalf of " The Christian Evidence Society," on October 18, last year, to an audience of considerably over a thousand persons. The chair was occupied on the occasion by the Rev. Canon Wilkinson, D.D. Lengthy reports, coupled with very high commendations of the discourse, appeared in the Plymouth and Devonport papers. On all hands I was solicited to print the Lecture, with which request I complied, issuing it in a separate form in the early part of the present year. "Worship and its Modern Substitutes," with some slight and unimportant variations, was preached as a Sermon in Stepney Meeting-house, on March 10, 1878; also on behalf of "The Christian Evidence Society." It formed one of a series of six discourses given on successive Sunday evenings, the other five being by leading Nonconformist ministers of various denominations. As far as I remember, the Rev. Dr. Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Angus, were of the number. "The Divinity that shapes our ends" was preached as a sermon in St. Mark's, Hartlepool, on October 29, last year, on behalf of the " Hartlepools Christian Defence Association." And the remaining two have been delivered as discourses in various churches in England and Scotland. They have all a bearing upon Theism in one form or another, and are intended to deal with some of the various phases of scepticism that abound at the present time. No one of the Essay...