Birth: December 5, 1783 Death: October 6, 1853
There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without reserve or o….
Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the law presume….
In the ordinary affairs of life we do not require nor expect demonstrative evidence, because it is inconsistent with the nature of matters of fact, a….
These are no ordinary claims; and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a subdued interest; much less to treat them ….
Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain a reasonable doubt, For myself, I ….
The learned are not agreed as to the time when the Gospel of John was written; some dating it as early as the year 68, others as late as the year 98;….
In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is r….
The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view….
If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would seem incumbent upon lawyers w….
Either the men of Galilee were men of superlative wisdom, and extensive knowledge and experience, and of deeper skill in the arts of deception than a….
In examining the evidence of the Christian religion, it is essential to the discovery of truth that we bring to the investigation a mind freed, as fa….
The religion of Jesus Christ aims at nothing less than the utter overthrow of all other systems of religion in the world; denouncing them as inadequa….
But if they are well-founded and just, they can be no less than the high requirements of heaven, addressed by the voice of God to the reason and unde….
The foundation of our belief is a basis of fact - the fact of the birth, ministry, miracles, death, resurrection by the Evangelists as having actuall….
A person who rejects Christ may choose to say that I do not accept it, he may not choose to say there is not enough evidence..