INDEX
A
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
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
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
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
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
C
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
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
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
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
Cross, The, 133–4, 136, 146, 165, 389, 392
Cumont, Professor Franz, in Les Mystères de Mithra, 392
Cuvier, 393–4
Cyanic theory, 377
D
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
Deuteronomy, its nature, 80–1
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
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
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