ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by

E. H. BUTLER & CO.,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION-APOLOGETICS

By Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D.

I. THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION.

By Rev. Abram N. Littlejohn.

II. PHILOSOPHICAL SCEPTICISM

By Rev. Edwin, Harwood.

III. ON MIRACLES

By Rev. Charles Mason.

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IV. IMMUTABILITY OF NATURAL LAWS

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By Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D.

V. PHYSICAL THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT

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By Rev. M. A. De W. Howe, D.D.

VI. ECCLESIASTICAL DEVELOPMENT

By Rt. Rev. Thomas Atkinson, D.D.

VII. RATIONALISTIC DEVELOPMENT

By Rev. Samuel Fuller, D.D.

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VIII. THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

By Rev. John B. Kerfoot, D.D.

IX. ANALOGIES BETWEEN GOD'S WORLD AND WORD

By Rev. C. M. Butler, D.D.

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By Rt. Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D.

XV. INTERNAL EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY.

By Rev. Gregory T. Bedell.

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