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    The Lost Faith And Difficulties of the Bible, as Tested by the Laws of Evidence
    The Lost Faith And Difficulties of the Bible, as Tested by the Laws of Evidence
    The Lost Faith And Difficulties of the Bible, as Tested by the Laws of Evidence
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    The Lost Faith And Difficulties of the Bible, as Tested by the Laws of Evidence

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      The Lost Faith And Difficulties of the Bible, as Tested by the Laws of Evidence - T. S. Childs

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      Title: The Lost Faith

             And Difficulties of the Bible, as Tested by the Laws of Evidence

      Author: T. S. Childs

      Release Date: July 27, 2013 [EBook #43328]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LOST FAITH ***

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      THE LOST FAITH,

      AND

      DIFFICULTIES OF THE BIBLE AS TESTED

      BY THE LAWS OF EVIDENCE.

      BY

      T. S. CHILDS, D. D.

      PHILADELPHIA:

      PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION

      AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK,

      No. 1334 CHESTNUT STREET

      COPYRIGHT, 1888, BY

      THE TRUSTEES OF THE

      PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION

      AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

      Westcott & Thomson,

      Stereotypers and Electrotypers, Philada.

      CONTENTS

      Some of the most pathetic cases of the spiritual unrest and skepticism of the day are found among the children of Christian parents. They have been brought up to believe the Bible, but under the influences that have met them as they have gone out from the old home into the world their early faith has been shaken, and not unfrequently destroyed. To such as these, and, beyond these, to all who have come to believe that our age has passed beyond the Bible, it is hoped that the incidents and arguments of this little book may be of service.

      Washington, D. C., June, 1888.

      THE LOST FAITH.

      LETTER I.

      My Dear C——: It is useless for you to write to me on the subject of your last letter. I appreciate your motives, but with me the question is settled. I have given up the beliefs of my childhood; they had long been a burden to me, and the writings and lectures of Mr. —— did the rest. Have you heard him? Can he be fairly answered? I am not, indeed, as confident as he is that there is no personal God, though I do not believe it can be proved, and I entirely agree with him in abhorring and rejecting the doctrine of future suffering. This was the horrible nightmare of my childhood, and you cannot conceive the relief that the rejection of the doctrine has given me. I am frank to say, from my own experience and that of others, that this is the point that gives Mr. —— his hold on so many. The doctrine of endless suffering for the sins of this life is abhorrent to them, and they welcome his views almost as a first truth of reason. This, at least, is my position. The existence of God cannot be proved, nor can any immortality for man except in the influence he may leave behind him. But a truce to this. Come to me soon if you are not afraid of my infidelity, and let us live over the days of our boyhood. Most of the dear old friends are gone; we are nearly alone, and I am not inclined to drop the last links of brighter, and perhaps better, days than these now upon us. Yours, truly,

      A——.

      My Dear A——: Your letter has moved me deeply. Yes, we are almost alone. Of all the dear group that used to gather in the old school-house, and play upon the common, and stroll along the river-banks in summer and skate upon its solid surface in winter, you and I are nearly all that remain. The Southern sea has poor H——; W——, the leader of our sports, fell (under another name, I think) with Custer's band in the wild tragedy of Montana; B—— and S—— won their honors, and were buried with them, on the battlefield; K—— lives a wreck in mind and body. The rest are scattered. The old homes are all changed; the inmates are gone from them for ever.

      And you are changed. No recollections of the past that your letter has called up have impressed me more sadly than the change you speak of in yourself. You have lost the faith of your childhood. It is true you do not speak of it as a loss: you think you have gained by it. Your early beliefs oppressed you, and you have escaped the burden by rejecting belief in God and in a future life.

      Let me claim the liberty of an old friend—it may be for the last time, for we shall soon both be away—and ask if you are sure of your ground. The questions are too momentous, the interests involved are too great and too lasting, to be risked on an uncertainty. You are not, indeed, sure that there is no God, but you are sure that no man can prove that

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