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EVANGELISTS.

The Four Evangelists intellectually incapable of inventing the character
of Jesus and the incidents of His career, vii. 4, 5

EVIDENCES.

The evidences of Christianity admit of a logical and scientific exposition,
vii. h

EVIL.

Remedy for spiritual evil, xi. 17

Groundlessness of the assumption that spiritual evil is incurable except in
association with an animal body, xi. 17; r, u

EXISTENCE.

A mode of existence superior to that of corporeal substance, xi. 3
EXPECTATIONS.

Conditions determining the degrees of confidence with which they may be
entertained, xi. 2

EXPERIENCE.

The relations it bears to knowledge, i. f

FAITH.

Baseless apart from Knowledge, Introd. 4

FATHER OF SPIRITS.

The Divine government that of a Father of spirits, x. 1-3

FORCE.

Volitional force assumed to be of a higher order than all other known
forces, viii. 4

FORCES.

Their ceaseless conflict the cause of phenomenal changes, viii. 3, 4
Occult forces, viii. 5; e

FREEDOM.

True volitional freedom that of the spirit, iv. II

FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE.

Vid. SCIENCE.

FUTURE.

The supposition that it is absolutely unknown considered, x. 7
FUTURE LIFE.

The expectation of a future life, how approved to the sense of moral fit-
ness, xi. 8

GENERATION.

That of the Only Begotten Son distinguished from generation by the Will
of God, ix. 7

GEOMETRICAL FIGURES.

GOD.

Ideal as conceived, i. f

In what sense One Person and in what sense Three, iii. a

Cognition of, not unattainable, v. a

Communications from, not necessarily limited to impressions received from
the external world, v. 8

GOD-continued.

The truth that He is Love not arrived at by Induction, vi. 7,

nor by reasoning upon any data of which heathen philosophy can avail
itself, vii. a

Heathen notion of His occupation, vii. a

Axiomatic character of the truth that He is Love, ix. 2, 3

The Love whose manifestation reveals Him shown to be self-forgetting,
ix. 8,

and self-sacrificing, ix. 9

His rule in all things subservient to the interests of His children, x. 1, 2
Vid. also ANTHROPOMORPHISM.

GOD-MAN.

The Christian conception of the God-Man independent of the Alexandrian
theology, ix. i

GOSPEL.

The Gospel preached to the dead, and to the spirits in prison, xi. 17; u
Why called eternal, xi. 18

GOSPELS.

Historical importance of the Four Gospels, vii. 2

No one who, if their story be a fiction, can be credited with its invention,
vii. 4-6

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The theory of a Pre-established Harmony examined, i. h

HEAVENLY BODIES.

Unphilosophical character of the ancient notion that the heavenly bodies

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Conclusions relative to them in no case axiomatically certain, vii. 13

НОРЕ.

A fallacious hope fostered by an erroneous view of the eternity of future
punishment, vi. f

IDEALISTIC THEORY.

Vid. BERKELEY.

IDENTITY.

Corporal identity, xi. 12

IMAGINATION.

Distinguished from Conception, Introd. 1; ii. 3

IMMUTABILITY.

Presupposes singleness, i. j

IMPLACABILITY.

Not to be ascribed to God, vi. 10, 11

INCARNATION.

Historical testimonies to the Incarnation of the Son of God examined,

ix. 4, 5

Illustration of the truth that God is Love, ix. 6-15

INDIVIDUALITY.

Conceptual distinguished from Conscious, xi. b

That of the conscious self unrepresentable by any mental picture, xi. 3
Human individuality insufficient to warrant the expectation of a future life
of consciousness and activity, xi. 4

INDUCTION.

When inapplicable, i. 7

Misuse of the term, i. f

Vid. also God.

INFINITE.

The Infinite unimaginable, but conceivable and cognoscible, Introd. I;
ii. 3

Examination of alleged contradictions involved in its conception, i. e

The conception of it presupposed in the notion that it is incognoscible, i. e
How the conception of it is obtained, i. II

Caution to be observed in the use of the term, i. 13, 14
INFINITY.

Neither Magnitude nor Number, i. 4; d

INNATE IDEAS.

The phrase examined and explained, i. 1

INNOCENCE.

How restored, ix. 12

INSANITY.

Vid. WICKEDNESS.

INSPIRATION.

Vid. POETICAL INSPIRATION.

INSTRUMENTS.

Not, as such, volitional agents, iii. 4

INTELLECT.

Presupposed in Will, iii. 8

Vid. also PERSONALITY.

INTERMINABLE.

Distinguished from Infinite, i. e

INTUITION.

The foundation of Knowledge, Introd. 4

JESSOP.

A spectral phenomenon seen by the Rev. Aug. Jessop, D.D.,

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JESUS CHRIST.

His character unique, vii. 3

The Incarnate Image of Love, ix. 6

The manifestation of His Godhead incompatible with the assumption of

earthly rank, ix. 8; 1

The Founder and the Life of a regenerate race, ix. 12

His life Providentially preserved, x. 7

The Scapegoat, ix. 13

His sacrifice vicarious, ix. 14; r

His descent into Hades, xi. 17; aa

Not seen as a spectre after His Resurrection, viii. h, xi. 1
Significance of His Resurrection, xi. 1

His Ascension considered in relation to His Resurrection, xi. l.
JUSTICE.

Ethical significance of the demand for Poetical Justice, vi. 4

KNOWLEDGE.

Not unattainable in respect to God and a life to come, v. á
Vid. also FAITH, and INTUITION.

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The Divine Law vindicated by the death of Christ, ix. 15
LETTER.

The Letter of Scripture a snare unless interpreted by the Spirit of God,
vi. 12

LIFE.

How organic life is maintained, viii. 3

Mr. Herbert Spencer's definition of life, viii. c

Its functions dependent upon organic conditions, xi. 4

Teleological reasons for expecting a future life, xi. 6, 7; c

The question whether a future life may be expected to be organic, con-
sidered, xi. 9, 10

The question whether it will be realized in one transformation, or in a
series, considered, xi. II

The Christian, a conflict, xi. 21

LIGHT.

Light, heat, etc., regarded as modes of motion, viii. b
LIKENESS.

Knowledge and vision of God conditioned by likeness to Him, v. 12

LOGIC.

Processes purely logical not to be confounded with Induction, i. f

LOVE.

Not incompatible with purposes necessitating the infliction of pain, vi. 8
Vid. also GOD.

LUCK.

Vid. CHANCE.

LUTHER.

Martin Luther's career Providentially determined by a startling incident,
x. 5

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Reasons for believing that those which are related in the Gospels are
history and not fiction, vii. 7-12

Biological marvels considered in relation to Miracles recorded in the
Bible, viii. 6

MATERIALISTIC TERMINOLOGY.

Why not to be preferred to Spiritualistic, viii. d

MATHEMATICAL REASONING.

Properly logical, i. f

MATTER.

Considered in relation to Sense, i. 1

Unimaginable, except as consisting of incompressible atoms, ii. 11; f

Its creation conceivable and credible, ii. 11-13

Its reality denied by Bishop Berkeley, iv. b

Origin of the concept, viii. d

The question whether it is to be regarded as a multitude of centres of
Force, considered, viii. d

MERIT.

No merit in the virtue of any creature, ix. o

MIND.

Not originated by Matter, i. 9

In what way one mind discovers the existence of others, iv. 12

How the Supreme Mind is known to exist, iv. 13

The visible universe the surest index of Mind, v. 2

Capacity of the human mind for knowledge of the Divine considered,
v. 3-6

Reasons for seeking to become acquainted with the Divine Mind, v. 7
Conditions, objective and subjective, under which the human mind
becomes acquainted with the Divine, v. 8–13

MIRACLE.

Hume's definition objected to, viii. 2

Defined, viii. II

MIRACLES.

Not regarded in past times as being of ordinary occurrence, viii. 7; i
The most convincing testimony to those of Christ, viii. 10; 1
Eschatological significance of Divinely authenticated miracles, viii. 12

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