New Testament Miracles, and Modern Miracles, the Comparative Amount of Evidence for Each, the Nature of Both; Testimony of a Hundred Witnesses - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1856. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTION. From the jeering manner in which every allusion to the subject has been repulsed, even while we have been gravely considering the time-honored records of similar phenomena, I am induced to apologize for making it the subject of my present essay, and inviting your serious attention to it for the space of a whole hour. I assure you I would not make this attempt, had I not, after devoting to it a considerable portion of my time for the last four years, and having personally witnessed many of the phenomena, become fully satisfied as to their truth and importance. Even this conviction would not be sufficient induce-" ment for me to bring the subject before you in this manner, were I not fully persuaded that my sense of duty to the cause were greater than your combined repulsion. Whether it be, or be not, a fit subject for the serious consideration of a " divinity class," it will soon make an irresistible demand upon every theologian and religious teacher. It is already claiming the attention of all classes of people, in every part of the civilized world, as no other subject ever did. It is making the most alarming inroads upon all the creeds and churches of Christendom. It is commencing a revolution in the intellectual, moral, religious and social world, to which history furnishes no parallel. It does not depend merely upon human agency for its success; but, spite of all opposition, it goeth where it listeth, and people of every class, and in every place, are compelled to hear the sound thereof, though they may not be able to tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth. No family circle is too private for it. The sceptical father and prudent mother may forbid their sons and daughters witnessing the manifestations at their neighbors' houses, but soon the m...

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