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Title: Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws

Author: James Buchanan

Release Date: December 31, 2006 [EBook #20233]

Language: English

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MODERN ATHEISM

UNDER ITS FORMS OF

PANTHEISM, MATERIALISM, SECULARISM,
DEVELOPMENT, AND NATURAL LAWS.

BY

JAMES BUCHANAN, D. D., LL. D.,

DIVINITY PROFESSOR IN "THE NEW COLLEGE," EDINBURGH, AND AUTHOR
OF "THE OFFICE AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT," ETC.

BOSTON:
_GOULD AND LINCOLN_,
59 WASHINGTON STREET.
NEW YORK: SHELDON, BLAKEMAN & CO.,
CINCINNATI: GEORGE S. BLANCHARD.
1857.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

_GOULD AND LINCOLN_,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.

Electro-Stereotyped by
_G. J. STILES & COMPANY_,
23 Congress Street, Boston.

PREFATORY NOTE.

The contents of this volume originally consti