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On this question of divorce I do not profess to be impartial, for I have never perceived any intelligent meaning in the word. I merely (and most modestly) profess to be right. I also profess to be representative: that is, democratic. Now, one may believe in democracy or disbelieve in it. It would...

The present sketch of the life, philosophy, and influence of Hume is based on well—nigh a lifetime’s familiarity with the works of that author; but is, the writer feels, still very imperfect. It is only necessary in this Preface to specify sources of information, with the editions of Hume’s...

MY DEAR LORD, I present for your Lordship’s kind acceptance and patronage the first work which I publish as a “Father of the. Oratory of St. Philip Neri. I have a sort of claim upon your permission to do so, as a token of my gratitude and affection toward your Lordship, since it is to you...

The following work is an attempt to place on record for the first time the history of the three printed copies known to be extant of one of the rarest of theological books.   Round this volume, the “Christianismi Restitutio,” or Restoration of Christianity, published in 1553, and...

Jesus saith unto her, Touch Me not; for I am not yet ascended to My Father.—John 20:17.   These are the first words of the risen Christ; they strike one as being singularly cold and repellent at such a time. Their immediate purpose was to put a barrier between Himself and Mary’s...

Of the minor writings of Witsius, with the exception, perhaps, of his “Dissertation on the Efficacy of Baptism in the case of Infants,” none have been more highly valued, or more frequently commended to the attention of theological students, than his “Inaugural Oration on the Character of the...

The new social purpose, which has laid its masterful grasp on modern life and thought, is enlarging and transforming our whole conception of the meaning of Christianity. The Bible and all past history speak a new and living language. The life of men about us stands out with an open-air color and vividness...

One of the most recognizable names in Church history explored and explained by one of the most recognizable names in the modern study of the Bible and Church history. If you've read anything by Augustine, or wanted to but felt daunted by the sheer breath, depth and range of what he wrote, then Schaff's...

Before we deal with the question of how to be filled with the Holy Spirit, there are some matters which first have to be settled. As believers you have to get them out of the way, and right here is where the difficulty arises. I have been afraid that my listeners might have gotten the idea somewhere...

So justly popular and well known in Europe and America is the Rev. John McNeill, that he is now called the “Scotch Spurgeon”, a name which he certainly well deserves. Mr. Moody—in his plain way of speaking—says, “Mr. McNeill is the greatest preacher in the world”. His great and...

Someone has said that this Epistle to Philemon is the finest specimen of early private Christian correspondence extant. We should expect this, since it was given by divine inspiration. And yet it all has to do with a thieving runaway slave named Onesimus, who was about to return to his former master. The...

The indiscriminate use of tracts by those whose zeal exceeds their wisdom has led many good people to have a strong prejudice against them. The character of the tracts used has also strengthened this prejudice. Some tracts are so antiquated as to be almost useless in the present age. They were good...

This morning we are to think of the fundamentalist controversy which threatens to divide the American churches as though already they were not sufficiently split and riven. A scene, suggestive for our thought, is depicted in the fifth chapter of the Book of the Acts, where the Jewish leaders hale...

St. Theonas was bishop of Alexandria and a martyr for the faith. He succeeded St. Maximus in that patriarchal chair in 282, and held it almost nineteen years, being himself, by the shining light of his sanctity and learning, the greatest ornament of that church at a time when it was in both respects...