Travels in Faith; From Tradition to Reason (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. 1884 Excerpt: ... Testament as a record of the traditions, history, and poetry of a distant age, it would become an intelligible, interesting, and valuable book to them. If the New Testament could be admitted to contain the best portrayal of human excellence ever written by man, and the philosophies and theologies of the early centuries of this era, it would then be prized by such men for what it is worth; and no one will honestly deny its real value. Men find there eternal punishment for the many and salvation for the few. They are told it is God's Book, and they must accept every word; but they revolt against these words, and throw away the whole. One of the most noted authors of our day told a friend that he grew up with very little knowledge of the dogmas of religion or acquaintance with the Scriptures. Marrying a Christian woman, he yielded to her entreaties to read the Bible. He perused it from Genesis to Revelation, then shut up the book, and said, "If you wish me to have any respect for your religion, never show me that book again." Its supernaturalism offended his reason and instincts; and, as he was told it was all God's truth and must be taken as a whole, he would have none of it. This man's books are read in every Christian family in the land, and his unbelief does not seem to disqualify him for pleasing and instructing others. Another great difficulty in receiving the Bible as the word of God is the manner in which its. books have been chosen. A large number of apocryphal books are known to have been excluded from the Old Testament, though quotations from some of them appear to be used by the apostles; and the New Testament is the result of the votes of councils, some Gospels and Epistles having been rejected, while other Epistles were retained by a b...