i} Ree ere ee eee ee ee eee ee eee ee ee eee eT ORL ag nyt) he by ep oar hy ohne mare Doce Ro Bak heeds ake mei ears thie hie seh eh eC eee ek LL. | i | il ki Hil {III ATTA Hi } | | WANT WN il VAG i ii | HAA | Ni A } | \ | iit ' iI HH { HHT Wt Ht A Hi Hh ] | | i nH NAW HTH nl AAAI Hi iI] HI | | NaH HAT MTT LAAN Wl i I SAT AT TAH AMAT i a a THTHT HT A i MATT VN iH WH Hi Hil Ht} ili TTA WA | AANA HW HTH | HA i HN i ! HA il HH WN MI) HN WHT WN HI ANH HII Hh | i HA i HI | Mi \\} Wi AA | NAAT | HH | ANananniti THCECEC LEE ELEE EET EEE PEELE EEE —aAAAAA thet TATA | We HATA TTA TT ] HT | WH HT AW H HHI HH] | i! Hi ii} Hilt | il i | il | il) HALT NAAT lt Hi i | i as En Wi AH ny Win i AA a ; H | ! e I | Hf ll | | I Iii Hii ith. aah i i. i ee Ble be o— { ay) ee CARLYLE INARNEY ates ae i 3% ¥ ey it a LS aa ed , J iy. r > 1 : Pr ‘ + + : / / - ». ‘ : ~ s. x / j ‘ ‘ ’ F c fren & ie ie ue J an in| ni ry anne eee a, TH: ~ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with funding from Duke University Libraries THEISM AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH LECTURES DELIVERED IN THE HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL BY CHARLES CARROLL EVERETT, D.D., LL.D. LATE BUSSEY PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY AND DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF DIVINITY EDITED BY EDWARD HALE, A.B., S.T.B. NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Lonpon: Macminuan & Co., Lop. 1909 All Rights Reserved Arta CoprricHt, 1909 By raz PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF - PREFACE. As professor of systematic theology in the Divinity School of Harvard University, Dr. Everett gave regularly, each year, three courses of lectures which constituted together a unified body of theological instruction. In the first of these courses, he dealt with the psychological roots of religion which he found in the feelings appropriate to the three ideas of the reason,—truth, goodness and beauty. In the second course, on historical re- ligions, his purpose was to present various systems as typical manifestations, first, of the religion of the understanding, Con- fucianism, and second, of religions in which one or another of the three ideas was particularly emphasized: truth, in the religions of India, especially in the Vedanta and Sankhya systems of phi- losophy; goodness, in Mazdeism; beauty in the religion of Greece. In the third course Dr. Everett first unfolded the philosophical implications of the three ideas in a doctrine of God as Absolute Spirit, in whom they have full realization, and then considered in the light of them the fundamental problems of theology, and presented Christianity as the Absolute Religion because compre- hending in harmonious perfection all three ideas of the reason. Of these courses, the first has already been published (The Psycho- logical Elements of Religious Faith, edited by Edward Hale, Macmillan Co. 1902), and was so well received that the Com- mittee of the Divinity Faculty having its publication in charge felt warranted in proceeding to issue the third course, especially as the Rev. Edward Hale, who had edited so admirably the pre- vious volume, was willing to undertake the much severer task of preparing this course also for publication. The difficulties of the work were enormous: Dr. Everett left no manuscripts of his lectures, and the editor’s sole reliance had to be upon students’ iV PREFACE notes taken in the class-room. Moreover, these lectures dealt with profound and intricate problems, in the discussion of which much depends upon a precision of statement rarely found in class- room notes. In addition, the treatment varied from year to year, far more than was the case with lectures in the first course, accord- ing to the changing demands of theological interest and the cor- responding shiftings of emphasis on the part of the lecturer. The magnitude and delicacy of the task are mainly responsible for the delay in the preparation and publication of the present volume, but it is believed that the former students and many friends of Dr. Everett, as well as all who are interested in the subjects here discussed, will welcome this literary memorial of a subtle and luminous thinker who, as his mural tablet in the chapel of the School he loved and served justly says, “showed by life and doctrine the unity of the Spirit in Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.” W. W. Fenn, For the Faculty of Dvwinity. Harvarp UNIVERSITY, June, 1909. EDITOR’S PREFACE. Tue thirty-five chapters into which this book is divided repre- sent some ninety lectures, the number in the course varying a little from year to year. In preparing them for publication I have been indebted to the Rev. F. M. Bennett, the Rev. J. B. W. Day, the Rey. W. F. Furman, Professor H. H. Horne, the Rev. W. R. Hunt, and Professor H. H. Williams for the use of their notes, and to the Harvard Divinity Library for the use of notes taken by the late Rev. Samuel Foster McCleary. All of these notes have been helpful, but I am under especial obligation to Mr. Furman whose careful transcription of his shorthand notes has enabled me to reproduce many passages with a fulness which otherwise would hardly have been possible. Epwarp Hate. Cuestnut Hi, MassacHuserts, June, 1909. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE AGNosTICISM.—THE UNKNOWABLE OF HERBERT SPENCER ... 1 CHAPTER I. rE VORSPELEIING 05.) fh arcs clash cba leet Hay el leis eii cet oat lmtmaiiees 9 Tue ANALOGY BETWEEN THE SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT IN THE UNIVERSE AND THE PRINCIPLE oF Unity IN Human Lire, 15 Tue Turee Ipras oF THE REASON AS GUIDES IN FINDING A Puitosopuic Basis FOR THE TERM “SPIRITUAL” AS APPLIED 'TO.-THE ABSOLUTE, S72 Se ae alle 16 CHAPTER III. Tue First IpEA oF THE REASON MANIFESTED AS UNITY IN TIME, CHER TERNETS Ey ah at a terres ile? ehiver a! oh ete tte it) Le CHAPTER IV. Tue First Ipra oF THE REASON MANIFESTED AS UNITY IN SPACE, Gh GMNEPRESENGE 25 6 ala hit) sihiienah. of Pal leans alive wake) 20 CHAPTER V. OxsJEcTIONS TO Conscious SPIRIT AS A VORSTELLUNG, BASED ON THE ANALOGY OF FINITE CONSCIOUSNESS. ...... £965 CHAPTER VI. Tue First Inka OF THE REASON MANIFESTED AS IDEAL UNITY, OR GINMNIBOTENCES Hi26 75/222 doe ah rath EN Gah RA LE ap ht Tue First Ipra or THE REASON MANIFESTED AS Dynamic UNITY, RSH OPRE TPORE EMO 61) Shot bs vie pe dal iat ae MUTA at tee eh aed Ce Se Toe Fourtu DertniITION oF RELIGION .......2..-.-e «665 CHAPTER VII. ABSOLUTE BEING, AS A SPIRITUAL PRESENCE, IN RELATION TO THE Seconp IprA OF THE REASON. ......2..-...-. 66 vill CONTENTS CHAPTER VIII. ABSOLUTE BEING, AS A SPIRITUAL PRESENCE, IN RELATION TO THE Tuirp IpEA oF THE REASON: b Tare DivinE Guory,) 3. 8 Sie oe a Trae (Divine || ASErry O55 Gye Luho a THe Divinr) BLESSEDNESS | $0) )\s (c)/)216 Tue Terms “INFINITE” AND “PERFECT” .......2... CHAPTER IX. Tur A \Priont ARGUMENT | /3))0/)5 2) 202.2) 8 Tur ARGUMENT FROM ATTRIBUTES: SAMUEL CLARKE ... Tue ARGUMENT FROM DEFINITION: ANSELM ....... Tuer DEFINITION OF PERFECTION ........ cae Tor ARGUMENT FROM THE NATURE OF THE DIVINE ‘Bae SPINOZA 0000. SR ey ESOT ON Si rr Tue ARGUMENT FROM THE NATURE oF Man’s APPREHENSION OF THE DivinE Brine: DESCARTES ......... CHAPTER X. Positive Discussion oF THE A Priont ARGUMENT. ...... THe ARGUMENT FROM UNIVERSALITY OF BELIEF ..... Tue A Priort ARGUMENT AS INVOLVED IN THE THREE IDEAS OF THE REASON |.) 40)20 leon ae edd. ee CHAPTER XI. Tue Positive Discussion or THE A Priort ARGUMENT CONTIN- UED.—THE ADVANTAGES OF THE ARGUMENT FROM THE THREE IDEAS OF THE REASON ........4..-: Tue PosTULATES OF THE INTELLECT. .........-. CHAPTER XII. THE SECOND GENERAL DIvISION OF THE DiscussION: THE Mo- MENT OF NEGATION: CREATION, FREEDOM, SIN AND Evin THEORIES OF CREATION... ....... HE As 3, = THEORIES OF CREATION AS HAVING A Beco OR AS WITHOUT A BEGINNING.—THE DIFFICULTIES OF EITHER TERROR Y) |} al '/06 EM eR TEN TI IE AN ele PA ee PAGE 60 62 62 68 70 71 72 73 75 80 83 84 88 98 99 105 106 CONTENTS CHAPTER XIII. THEORIES OF CREATION, CONTINUED.—VORSTELLUNGEN: Tue Worp; Bopy anp Sout; CHILD AND PARENT... . CREATION IN RELATION TO THE CREATED: SUPREMACY OF SprRIT IN THE UNIVERSE THE Mark OF CREATION . . WHE ACHOUNT OF COREABION 8c cc is en eel ye Sctentiric THEORIES AS TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD Screntiric THEORIES AS TO THE NATURE OF THE WORLD: Ree ATOMIC HE HPSIRYO) che cbt et ck is o/s) belay ote LODE, STAT es PATE ek Rakes Oe ee an en YU CHAPTER XIV. Screntiric THEORIES AS TO THE NATURE OF THE WORLD, CON- TINUED: IpEALIsTIC THEORIES ........2.... 1 S77 a eee ee : : CREATION THE OBJECTIFICATION OF THE DIVINE Tek: ieee. ie PENETRABILITY, DIvISIBILITY ......... TuHeory oF OrGANIC DEVELOPMENT: NATURAL SELECTION (HELA) Posrenton® ARGUMENT |). 56262) !el ee Se eis ce es CHAPTER XV. Tue A PostEeRtornI ARGUMENT, CONTINUED.—ITHE NEED OF THE TELEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE RESULTS ee Premere CORGANIZATION noe ool) a eka lek ee me 8 Tue TELEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE AND CHANCE ....... Tue TELEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE AS INVOLVING Wadaer Se. PERN EE TA oN 4 SW attain WA. Ua id uohtun ch Uae ty ce). LACE DT ts EY CE Sar Lee ee Red rae AE ARE THERE ANY RESULTS THAT CANNOT BE PRODUCED BY Atomic ORGANIZATION ?—LirE.—MInp wiTH ITs PowERrs. —THE UNiTy oF CONSCIOUSNESS. ........26e-. CHAPTER XVI. Tue MIND AND ITs PowERs, CONTINUED—THE WiLL ..... Tue Ipea of PERFECTION ..... ae sk ap Rade Pak Tue PrinciPLEe oF TELEOLOGY AS INVOLVING THE ‘ ‘Wortp- Sout.” —Von HartTMann’s THEORY OF THE UNCONSCIOUS . . 132 133 135 136 143 147 169 174 x CONTENTS CHAPTER XVI.—continued Tuer MoveMENT OF THE WORLD TOWARD CONSCIOUSNESS . Tue Movement oF THE WORLD TOWARD THE THREE IDEAS OF THE REASON AS IDEALS ..... PX ee We ye A CHAPTER XVII. Tue A Posteriori ARGUMENT THE COMPLEMENT OF THE A PRIORI ARGUMENT .08) 600 2 olds Dee se is hen ve er RELIGION AND THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION. ..... CHAPTER XVIII. ‘THE BEGINNINGS OF CREATION |). 5)). 0...) 2 ke Man’s PowER TO THINK IN GENERAL CONCEPTS ..... As ILLUSTRATED IN THE STORY OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN . . SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE SENSE OF THE SUPERNATURAL, Tur SENSE OF THE Comic . 2.) 6)... 2) Se THE SENSE OF BEAUTY «0. 4). 404. or Man THE UttimaTE Propuct IN THE Process oF DEVELOPMENT, CHAPTER XIX. THE SECOND STAGE IN THE MomENT or NEGATION: THe Doctrine oF FREEDOM). 3). 2S 1 eee Avromatism: Reriex Action 5 (f)).)) 2)... oe Format FREEDOM, OR FREEDOM OF THE WILL ....... Tue A Priori ARGUMENT AGAINST FREEDOM OF THE WILL . Tue A PostrEerRIonI ARGUMENT AGAINST FREEDOM OF THE Tue So-CatLeD Practica ARGUMENT AGAINST FREEDOM OF ETS WV 8 SN en ee el eer THe ARGUMENT IN Favor or FREEDOM OF THE WILL BASED ON Drrect SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. .........-. THe ARGUMENT IN Favor oF FREEDOM OF THE WILL BASED ON THE Morat CONSCIOUSNESS ........2:2.6-. CHAPTER XX. FREEDOM OF THE WILL, CONTINUED.—Its Limits ....... FREEDOM OF THE WILL AS THE POWER TO PUT MORE OR LESS OF EARNESTNESS INTO LIFE. ........2..e-. PAGE 176 178 185 189 194 199 200 201 204 205 207 210 211 215 Q17 220 222 223, 224 227 229 CONTENTS CHAPTER XX.—continued EFFECT OF THIS VIEW UPON THE A PrIoRI AND A POSTERIORI ARGUMENTS AGAINST FREEDOM OF THE WILL ..... PECMIPLE OP HREEDOM: #9 5)4 chic ets. ba Cos bie Ue ’éhe SIPA Be oie s Tue MEANING OF THE TERMs ““ NATURE” AND “NATURAL” .. . EE PIEVENG! HELP EDOME! '. titi eg i clin heed ca) we cetrec! aap hie CHAPTER XXI. Tue Tuirp StaGE IN THE Moment or NEGATION: Stn anp Evin.—TuHe THEory oF SIN DEPENDENT UPON THE ‘THEORY OF FREEDOM OF THE WILL... . 2s « 0 Conscious anp Unconscious SIN. ......-..-.. ATTAINMENT NoT A MEASURE OF THE AMOUNT OF SIN .. Sruv Prmwariny A STATE.—SIN NEGATIVE ......... SINR EEN OWN ISAK: Os Ne epee ti dete i st stan eae! a! Srv FROM THE DESIRE TO CAUSE SUFFERING ....... CHAPTER XXII. ERA RE SETIRIS ENB (oo dtc 25; cca tiaieuhanual sei PebA Ia Vir Spe eiieies a SPRL? oS. 1 DP aa nr Posie Ae a an a Tue Meranness or Srn.—Srn in RELATION TO THE DocTRINE OF Pare TON ead eich th hot eR) tee bate roe be ae aoe ay cies THEORIES OF SIN WHICH TAKE AWAY ITS SINFULNESS ..... Tue THREE Bases OF THE DocTrRINE OF THE CHURCH IN REGARD CHAPTER XXIII. Tue Doctrine or Evin.—Evit As INDEPENDENT OF SIN... . PressmmisM: THEORIES OF SCHOPENHAUER AND VoN Harr- EVI AS DEPENDENT UPON SIN §. 20.0004 402s e ee ee CHAPTER XXIV. Tue BREACH CAUSED BY SIN AND Evit: BETWEEN MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT: BETWEEN Man anD GoD ...... Tue MoveEMENT ON THE Part or MAN TO HEAL THE BREACH: Sex A CRRURTEURS OP Xo TUR aN MR eae SR cg 2! hy, i nee RS Vicarious SacriricEk, Rea AND ForMaAL .......-. 239 240 243 246 249 285 289 291 Xi CONTENTS CHAPTER XXIV.—continued Tur MoveMENT ON THE Part OF GOD TO HEAL THE BREACH: RETRIBUTION AND REFORM ........ PENALTY. Tur NaTuRE OF THE PENALTIES FOR SIN......... Tue Fina Heauine or THE BREACH . \.). . . See CHAPTER XXV. Tue Tuirp GENERAL Division OF THE Discussion: REcCONCILIATION.—THE DocTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT . . Tue “Cur Deus Homo” or ANSEEM 2 22> See Peter LOMBARD. 32) 3p ays, THomas AQUINAS) 2.0505 8 0 0 2) THe REFORMATION 52). e\he) Se) see THE SOCINIANS AND) GROTIUS ..2 21!) (02) THE DocrrRINE OF THE ATONEMENT AS INVOLVING THE PRIN- CIPLE OF VICARIOUS SUFFERING ..... Bae i ay Ss THE CHANGE OF ATTITUDE TOWARD VICARIOUS Suen THE EXPLANATION OF IT SUGGESTED BY CoMTE’s THEORY OF THE Human UNDERSTANDING ....... 8s 5 CHAPTER XXVI. Mopern THEORIES OF THE ATONEMENT: McLEop CAMPBELL AND DORNER 0) 60025) a ar BUSHNELL AND NeEwMAN SMYTH...) (50. =) <> 20S Tae Paunine! View |). 0 a er Tue Doctrine oF THE TRINITY: DoRNER AND SHEDD Tor ARGUMENT FROM THE NEw TESTAMENT ....... Tue Doctrine OF THE INCARNATION: DoRNER AND RiTscHL . . THe Nature or JESUS AND OF THE HoLy SPIRIT CONSIDERED AS THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLE IN THE Wortp at CoMPLETE SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS ..... . CHAPTER XXVII. CHRISTIANITY AS THE ABSOLUTE RELIGION ...:..... , Tue THREE IDEAS OF THE REASON THE TEST oF ABSOLUTE me LIGION.—CHRISTIANITY AND UniTy. ......... CHRISTIANITY AND GOODNESS |). 4. (.) 40°.) pe ee ee CHRISTIANITY ‘AND: Bwaury i). ) 2). Se eee eee PAGE 292 296 300 301 303 308 309 309 310 314 315 317 318 320 323 325 326 328 334 336 337 341 CONTENTS CHAPTER XXVII.—continued CHRISTIANITY AND THE NEEDS OF THE UNDERSTANDING AND THE IPRA 5 es its ee wee se Tue TEACHING OF THE NEw TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY AND MopERN THOUGHT . CHAPTER XXVIII. CHRISTIANITY AS THE ABSOLUTE RELIGION: THE PrRacticat As- PEcT.—THE PRECEPTS OF CHRISTIANITY GENERAL AND Tue TEscHING OF CHRISTIANITY EMBODIED IN THE PERSON- ALITY OF JESUS BU PALIN. RAMS Wal ob Tue Lire or Jesus aN IDEAL FoR ALL LIVES Tue SINLESSNESS OF JESUS . mie Tue CHARACTER OF HIS LiFE UNIVERSAL Tue INsTITUTION OF THE CHURCH CHAPTER XXIX. Tue DrvivE APPOINTMENT OF JESUS His Divinity Cy Phe lah i tl ERR ad MrracLEs: THEIR A Pracen Posaieiean OR [yPossIBILITY . Tue VALUE ATTRIBUTED TO THEM IN THE NEw TESTAMENT, Tuetr VALUE IN THEMSELVES Bae Serle ts THE QUESTION AS TO THE AcTUAL OCCURRENCE OF THE NEW TrsTaMENT Mrracies CHAPTER XXX. Tue Use oF THE NAME “CuHRIsT” pS eT ona wa one THE QUESTION WHETHER JESUS HIMSELF CLAIMED THE oe or MessiAH . Dh ar ere ee ke bi ne ' Tue Use or THE Names “ CHRISTIAN” AND «(indie aieder™ Tue ACCEPTANCE OF THE LEADERSHIP OF JESUS Free RELIGION tere hy Sie ee eerie! Re Tue RELATION OF OTHER POSE AOES TO CHRISTIANITY . THe “QUALE” or CHRISTIANITY Tue Firra Derinition oF RELIGION CHAPTER XXXI. REVELATION.—REVELATION AS INSPIRATION . REVELATION IN NATURE Xl PAGE 342 345 349 352 353 354 354 357 361 365 368 371 379 381 387 391 395 395 397 401 403 404 408 409 421 XIV CONTENTS CHAPTER XXXII. Faita.—FaitH A Form or BELIEF eat Irs PosrutatEe or Gop anp ImmorrTatity . Hers to Faro... 3.. at DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF Pate Tur Summum Bonum , uh PROVIDENCE AS THE OBJECT OF mae CHAPTER XXXIII. Tuer INDIVIDUAL IN RELATION TO SIN AND ATONEMENT . REPENTANCE . FORGIVENESS . REGENERATION . 129-901 A eT PR RCM NCCAA ANE Poe Bos CHAPTER XXXIV. IMMORTALITY . AME LCE ES esi Tur ARGUMENT FROM REAPPEARANCE Tue ARGUMENT FROM ANALOGY . MEPERIR Ture ARGUMENT FROM Puysico-PsycHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA THE ARGUMENT FROM THE UNITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS . Tuer PuHinosopHico-TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT . Tue Erxica, ARGUMENT hiaiiva te ier Seana THE ARGUMENT FROM THE SENSE OF THE IDEAL . Tue ARGUMENT FROM THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF GOD . THe ARGUMENT FROM Man’s INSTINCTIVE FaiTH . . Dirricutties: Immortaniry or ANIMALS: PRE-EXISTENCE: . THE QUESTION OF SELFISHNESS . NATURE OF THE FururRe Lire Lue £0 folie ne ae Ture ARGUMENT FOR RELIGION OF PERSONAL ria F THE SrxTtH AND Finat DEFINITION OF RELIGION . CHAPTER XXXV. Tue AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH . Baptism . COMMUNION . PAGE 428 430 431 434 438 440 446 446 448 455 460 465 466 468 469 470 473 476 478 478 480 482 483 486 488 489 490 490 491 SYLLABUS. Tuts syllabus, furnished to students in later years, covered the first and third courses in Dr. Everett’s theological instruction. The part numbered from 1 to 23 corresponds to the first course, the substance of which was published in 1902 under the title, The Psychological Elements of Religious Faith. It has been thought best to print the syllabus here entire, with page references to the two volumes. FIRST GENERAL DIVISION. ABSTRACT AND IDEAL. The Psychological Elements of Relig- tous Faith. PAGE NU MNPERSEAPONS Ys 1 i Whey, 19K Gh ath Zh 's y sav AMONES bi ah MO Twe. dia \ i eMC RRM TENTS AICO ys. pa, 3s 0) ah s Redhele) fa ae leyle $. Essential Elements of Religion ............24.. 13 EIEN RMCEN NEE yoy. Da hw a fae ata phall h RaVRRMS ae 20 5. First Derinimion of RELIGION ............ 51 ERIM PROTO 6 a.. oaiy a) sy! a) GUTRAIS) dr be afiah re OY e @ The position of Schletermacher . ... J 0iie we se win es ; 52 8. Spencer’s Reconciliation of Science and Religion. . ... . Ng ee ae a oe es ee a 86 10. Seconp Derinrrion of RELIGION ........... 88 SEEeEM VENTE MUCHMTBON Sco 8 eh a wi a mee 89 fo 2 wo Aspects of Supernatural... 2. 2 ssw) ee es 93 13 eg RMN ci a. Sale Antes Spe Ney ak =e REMERON EM o's 97 14. “Es” RRA NE Oe ne hea tee 108 15. Induction of Concrete Religious Feelings with Table* . . . . 16. Practical Development of Religion by the Objectification of 169 eRe OAR segue P2502 11 3k Y diy «9h 0s ER eS Bice 17. Relation of these to Ideas of Reason shown by analysis * This table is not reproduced in the published volume. xvi SYLLABUS PAGE . Free Religious Feelings) '0. 05) Ss). 2\ oe 132 . Relation of these to Ideas of Reason. .......2.2... 133 Kirst Idea of Reason gay en enue ea ape 150 Second Idea of Reason (2)0002)2.09).) 0. 170 Third Idea' of Reason i008) 20) 196 Tuirp DrriniTION OF RELIGION|: .): 24>) ane 208 Theism . Are more positive and definite results possible? ....... 1 , Historical and ‘Critical 20 ea } 9 . The ‘“Unknowable” of Herbert Spencer... |) eee . Positive Statement 2052.5) G2 aoe Ne bates 9 . The use of Vorsiellungen . 2.2... 2. See 10 . Ideas of Reason as guides . . 2... 4). |. 3) 0 17 . First Idea of Reason. In Time = Eternity .) 060.) 402) 2) so) 2 18 In Space = Immensity | 2"). $y. Wahiiy 5) nee . |... ee 48 Dynamic Unity = Omnipotence. ........... 53 FourtH Drriirion oF RELIGION .......... 6 55 . Second Idea of Reason... .)6 je). 56 >) Third Idea of Reason)... 600s) eer 60 [Relation of results reached to real Being. This examina- tion takes form in:] . The First Argument:—A Prion +)... . ./ ee 70 Historical, and) Critical 2) 05° .)5 4) 1) 2 71 Positive Statement ..)..0. 00) 002.) 83 SECOND GENERAL DIVISION. THE MOMENT OF NEGATION. I. In relation to the First Idea of the Reason. @.) Creation |). ee A) a 105 The Second Argument:—A Posteriori. ........ 143 6. Breedom 2/020 42) hh 210 II. In relation to the Second Idea of the Reason. Sr 2 ey da ye dpe file yada eS 239 . II. In relation to the Third Idea of the Reason. Bava oy) picleh Jape hail |=) adie ia ihiss net ee er 273 SYLLABUS 49. Transition to Third General Division. . ....... 50. - Hep eMPISRIN CTE i ig 2. Puyo ge a) BY ah al gat ae sel vend opm 51. PRS AREERTN Pat Sy rs eV ech ook a? ek ee ee iene & 52. THIRD GENERAL DIVISION. - RECONCILIATION. Defiance Sia a ee a 53. PREM fa) as NE ok Past eh lat ot ot / myotonia 54. ila karcsmabeenye Oe aka a aed at ae) al val il ho ewe 55. De AUNOMUENED IY DE Uh een hat ee ae e ee Ow oj aie 56. Positive Statement:— 57. Christianity the absolute Religion ............. [Embodying the Three Ideas of the Reason, etc.] feeehe Person and Workiof Clirist 5.0. wifes Se ee 59. Furra Dermirion or RELIGION ............ 60. The Inner Life of Christianity. 61. A. General. 62. Inspiration and Revelation .........2... 63. ierusuciok the Holy Spit se op aes 64. B. In the life of the Individual. 65. MMAR Neat NY foley ed ay a Rae ety 66. MESMEMRUMESTY SVS Dd ay alas a telah lal at wet ey re a 67. RTM ECERS) Cae ah a to es ah he aay eevee tol (aye Gath 68. Re Pas ING atin: Wav Rs a Eek a ns Pe 69. amin a ait) V8 ek Fa Lert Sandi bait) ye, dant a 70. IREIOT RANNL VAFeee cust ta!)