CONTENTS. LETTER I. Reasons for these Letters being written- Education in LETTER II. Indispensable necessity of prayer-Definition of Revelation— LETTER III. EXTERNAL EVIDENCE-New Testament-proofs of its An- LETTER IV. Historical value of the New Testament-Its credibility esta- to matters of fact-Testimony of all the early Christi¬ General credibility of the New Testament incontrovertible— Miraculous events recorded in it-Explanation of Miracle— Three propositions on miraculous evidence-First, necessity of carefully scrutinizing the evidence in proof of miracles- Secondly, full evidence that Christ's miracles took place,- eight arguments in support of the reality of Christ's miracles-- Thirdly, Christ's miracles prove him to have come from God- Argument from Prophecy-Definition of Prophecy-Its place <INTERNAL EVIDENCE-Mode of its application -Twofold division of the argument-First, Christianity not like the work could not have been invented by Jews was not calculated to suit the taste of Jews-nor of Gentiles-Secondly, the works of Nature-3dly, its harmony with the Providence LETTER VIII. Christianity compared with Natural Religion-Natural Re- LETTER IX. Christianity considered in its peculiarities, in which it advan- LETTER X. Christianity compared with other professed Revelations- Existing religions that profess to be Revelations-Hinduism- What is Hinduism ?-External Evidence-Age of the Hindu Internal Evidence-Endless contradictions of the Shástras- The Shastras opposed to Natural Religion, in doctrines and in- stitutions-Contain an immense number of errors in matters of science-Hinduism neither intended, nor fitted, to be a universal religion-Hinduism productive of immorality-Summary of the Pársíism-What is it?-External Evidence-Age of the Internal Evidence. General estimate of the moral charac- Muhammadanism-What is it?-External Evidence-Uncer- |