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Title: Modern Substitutes for Christianity

Author: Pearson McAdam Muir

Release Date: April 16, 2010 [EBook #32006]

Language: English

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Produced by Al Haines

_THE EXPOSITOR'S LIBRARY_

MODERN SUBSTITUTES

FOR CHRISTIANITY

BY THE VERY REV.

PEARSON McADAM MUIR D.D.

MINISTER OF GLASGOW CATHEDRAL

CHAPLAIN IN ORDINARY TO THE KING

_Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat_

HODDER AND STOUGHTON

LONDON -- NEW YORK -- TORONTO

First Published . . . December 1909

Second Edition . . . October 1912

IN MEMORIAM

S. A. M.

JUNE 3, 1847. OCTOBER 5, 1871

FEBRUARY 12, 1907

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CONTENTS

I PAGE

POPULAR IMPEACHMENTS OF CHRISTIANITY . . . . . 1

II

MORALITY WITHOUT RELIGION . . . . . . . . . . 31

III

THE RELIGION OF THE UNIVERSE . . . . . . . . . 63

IV

THE RELIGION OF HUMANITY . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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V

THEISM WITHOUT CHRIST . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

VI

THE TRIBUTE OF CRITICISM TO CHRIST . . . . . . 171

APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

AUTHORITIES CONSULTED . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

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I

POPULAR IMPEACHMENTS OF CHRISTIANITY

'Why call ye Me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?'--S.
LUKE vi. 46.

'The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you.'--ROMANS
ii. 24.

'What if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of
God without effect?'--ROMANS iii. 3.

'By reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.'--2 S.
PETER ii. 1.

'So is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the
ignorance of foolish men.'--1 S. PETER ii. 15.

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I

POPULAR IMPEACHMENTS OF CHRISTIANITY

That there is at present a widespread alienation from the Christian
Faith can hardly be denied. Sometimes by