XIV.

TESTIMONY OF SCRIPTURE.

The Unrevealed--Scripture and Reason--Bishop Butler's Dictum--Reverence
of Kepler--Moral Courage of Sir Oliver Lodge--Increase of Laxity--The
Spirit's Almighty Power--Supreme Authority of Scripture--The Proper
Sphere of Reason--Fate of the Heathen--Singular Reserve of
Preachers--Sin Is Abnormal--Union of Divine Power, Wisdom, and
Love--Reasonableness and Harmony--A Multitude of Scripture
Promises--Discipline Instead of Eternal Torment--Dr. Funk's View--The
Great Panacea for Unbelief--Ingersoll--No Divine Failure.


XV.

TESTIMONY OF REASON.

Divine Gift of Reason--Its Proper Sphere--No Dogmatism--Is Sin An
Infinite Evil?--Infinite Penalty Impossible to Be Rendered--Justice Can
Delay--Good Cannot Perish--Testimony of Dickens--Endless Punishment
Would Increase Moral Evil--The Divine Character Never Changes--Time but
a Short Epoch--Our Capacity of Development--Salvation of Infants--The
Insane--Imperfect Christians--Their Destiny--Good Unchristian Men--Where
Will They Go?--"All Souls Are Mine"--Worth Preserving--Fate of the
Heathen--Reclaimed in the Next Life--Human Freedom Never
Destroyed--Provision for All--A Dreadful Hymn--Divine Sacrifice Not in
Vain--Bringing Good Out of Evil--Final Triumph of Goodness--Sin Is
Abnormal--Will Therefore Cease--Law of Gradual Change--Sins of the