Inhaltsangabe
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. 1900. Excerpt: ... the Gospel that bears his name." O. p. 27. And the third, which he puts in the form of a query with an emphatic answer, expresses a doubt as to the authorship of one and all of the four Gospels. It is this: "Who wrote the New Testament? I do not know. Who does know? Nobody." S. p. 17. If, however, we were to put the question, " Who is this Ingersoll?" and answer it with his, "I don't know. Who does know? Nobody," he would doubtless, if it came under his notice, accuse us of lying; for although we might not know, we could not say positively and truthfully " nobody" knows. And so Mr. Ingersoll should know, that if he does not know, there are others in the world who know what he doesn't know. And we, having the honor, as we think, to be among this number, unhesitatingly affirm that the evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, were the authors of the Gospels which have come down to us respectively in "their names. And we do not simply affirm this, but shall now proceed to furnish the candid reader with the necessary proofproof which will disclose and substantiate the firmness of the foundation on which the sacred edifice of our holy Christianity has been built. And allow me to say here, that if it be admitted that a revelation from God is possible, then reason dictates that the evidence on which a revelation professing to have come from Him is based, should, with all sincerity, carefulness, and candor, be examined. And true candor, as distinguished from obstinate, unreasonable prejudice it should be remembered, is always convincible, or open to rational conviction through the presentation of appropriate and ample evidence. Our evidence is historical and documentary; and is, we affirm, of as unexceptionable a character as any man of reason and candor can des...
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