Transcribed from the 1913 A. C. Fifield edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org The Fair Haven _A Work in Defence of the Miraculous Element_ _in our Lord’s Ministry upon Earth_, _both as against_ _Rationalistic Impugners and certain Orthodox Defenders_, _by the late John Pickard Owen_, _with a Memoir_ _of the Author by William Bickersteth Owen_. By Samuel Butler Author of “Erewhon” OP. 2 * * * * * _Now Reset_; _and Edited_, _with an Introduction_, _by R. A. Streatfeild_ * * * * * London A. C. Fifield, 13 Clifford’s Inn, E.C. 1913 * * * * * WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH Contents Introduction by R. A. Streatfeild ix Butler’s Preface to the Second Edition xv Memoir of the late John Pickard Owen 1 CHAPTER I. Introduction 61 II. Strauss and the Hallucination Theory 83 III. The Character and Conversion of St. Paul 105 IV. Paul’s Testimony considered 120 V. A Consideration of Certain Ill-judged Methods 134 of Defence VI. More Disingenuousness 153 VII. Difficulties felt by our Opponents 170 VIII. The Preceding Chapter Continued 194 IX. The Christ-Ideal 230 X. Conclusion 255 Appendix 273 INTRODUCTION By R. A. Streatfeild THE demand for a new edition of _The Fair Haven_ gives me an opportunity of saying a few words about the genesis of what, though not one of the most popular of Samuel Butler’s books, is certainly one of the most characteristic. Few of his works, indeed, show more strikingly his brilliant powers as a controversialist and his implacable determination to get at the truth of whatever engaged his attention.