Sympathy with Universal Humanity to
be Gained--A Better Understanding of the Unique Supremacy of the
Gospel as the Only Hope of the World--Pastors at Home are also
Missionaries to the Heathen--They are Sharers in the Conflict
through the Press.

LECTURE II.

THE METHODS OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN DEALING
WITH HEATHENISM 39

The Coincidences of the Present Struggle with that of the First
Christian Centuries--The Mediaeval Missionary Work of a Simple
Character--That of India, Japan, China, and the Turkish Empire a
Severe Intellectual Struggle as well as a Spiritual
Conquest--Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Islam, present
Obstacles and Resistances Similar to those of Ancient Greece and
Rome--How far Contrasts Appear between the Early and the Present
Conquests--The Methods of Paul--His Tact in Recognizing Truth
wherever Found, and Using it for his Purpose--The Attitude of the
Early Christian Fathers toward the Heathen--Augustine's
Acknowledgment of the Good which he Received from Cicero and
Plato--The Important Elements which Platonism Lacked, and which
were Found Only in the Gospel of Christ--The Great Secret of Power
in the Early Church Found in its Moral Earnestness, as Shown by
Simplicity of Life, and especially by Constancy even Unto a
Martyr's Death--The Contrast between the Frugality of the Early
Church and the Luxury and Vice of Roman Society--The Great Need of
this Element of Success at the Present Time--The Observance of a
Wise Discrimination in the Estimate of Heathen Philosophy by the
Great Leaders of the Early Church--The Generality with which
Classical Studies were Pursued by the Sons of the more Enlightened
Christian Fathers--Method Among the Leaders--The Necessity for a
thorough Knowledge of the Systems to be Met, as it was then
Recognized--The thorough Preparation of Augustine, Ambrose,
Iraeneus, and Others for their Work--Origen's Masterly and
Successful Reply to Celsus--The Use Made by the Early Fathers and
by the Churches of a Later Day, of the Philosophy of Plato and
Aristotle--Heathenism thus Conquered with its Own Weapons.

LECTURE III.

THE SUCCESSIVE DEVELOPMENTS OF HINDUISM 73

The Great Variety in India's Religious Systems--The Early
Monotheistic Nature Worship and its Gradual Lapse Into
Polythe