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Title: No Refuge but in Truth

Author: Goldwin Smith

Release Date: October 17, 2006 [EBook #19567]

Language: English

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NO REFUGE BUT IN TRUTH

BY

GOLDWIN SMITH

TORONTO

WM. TYRRELL & COMPANY

1908

COPYRIGHT, 1907-1908

BY THE

SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1906

BY

GOLDWIN SMITH

CONTENTS.

PREFACE.

I. Man and His Destiny
II. New Faith Linked with Old
III. The Scope of Evolution
IV. The Limit of Evolution
V. Explanations
VI. The Immortality of the Soul
VII. Is there to be a Revolution in Ethics?

The Religious Situation

[Transcriber's note: Because "The Religious Situation" had its own
title and verso page, it was split into a separate e-book.]

PREFACE.

The letters collected in this volume appeared, with others, in the New
York _Sun_, to the Editor of which the thanks of the writer for his
courtesy are due.

Appended is a paper on the same subjects commenting on one by the late
Mr. Chamberlain, since published in the _North American Review_. To
the Editor of the _North American Review_ also the writer's
acknowledgments are due.

There appeared to be sufficient interest in the discussion to call for
the publication of a small edition.

The age calls for religious truth. Nine thousand persons communicated
their cravings to the Editor of the London _Daily Telegraph_. By their
side the present writer places himself, not a teacher, but an inquirer,
seeking for truth and open to conviction.

The position of the clergy, especially where tests are stringent, calls
for our utmost consideration. But I submit that it would not be
improved by any attempt, such as seems to be made in a work of great
ability before me, to merge the theological in the social question.
Benevolence may still be far below the Gospel mark, and the Christian
faith may suffer from its default. But the increase of it and the
multiplication of its monuments si