Christianity of this simple, vital sort is the world's salvation. Criticised by enemies and caricatured by friends; fossilised in the minds of the aged, and forced on the tongues of the immature; mingled with all manner of exploded superstition, false philosophy, science that is not so, and history that never happened; obscured under absurd rites; buried in incredible creeds; professed by hypocrites; discredited by sentimentalists; evaporated by mystics; stereotyped by literalists; monopolised by sacerdotalists; it has lived in spite of all the grave-clothes its unbelieving disciples have tried to wrap around it, and holds the keys of eternal life. INDEX Accident, Stoic explanation of, 83-85. Adversity, test of Christian character, 276. Altruism, 10-15, 222. Ambition, 143-144, 182. Amputation of morbid reflections, 33. Apperception, 66-70. Aristotle-- Limitations of, 212-213. Summary of, 213-214. On-- Celibacy, 180-181. Chastity, 202-204. Courage, 204-206. Friendship, 209-212. Need of instruments, 191-194. Pleasure, 160-175. Prudence, 200. Social nature of man, 176-179. Temperance, 201. Test of character, 184. The end, 179-191. The mean, 194-198. The virtues, 199-208. Wealth, 192. Wisdom, 199. Completed in Christianity, 284-287. Arnold, Matthew, 100, 107. Avarice, 146-147. Bacteria, on the whole beneficent, 84-85. Beatitudes, 265. Blessedness of Love, 264-277. Boss, political, evolution of, 150-151. Carlyle, 160-161, 190. Celestial Surgeon, 19. Celibacy, 180-181. Chastity, 202-204, 229-232. Cheerfulness, 19. Christian-- Church government, 240. Forgiveness, 259-260. Joy, 275. Modesty, 265. Peace, 270-272. Sacrifice, 254-256, 273-274. Use and misuse of creeds, 241-243. Worship, 240. Interpretation of-- Art, 249-251. Business, 249-251. Divorce, 233-235. Marriage, 228. Murder, 225-228. Pleasure, 255. Politics, 249-251. Profanity, 235. Science, 249-251. Wealth, 248-252. Christianity-- The completion of-- Aristotle, 284-287. Epicureanism, 277-279. Plato, 282-284. Stoicism, 279-282. Missionary character of, 262-263. In need of intellectual honesty, 241-243. Supremacy of, 277-291. Christmas Sermon, Stevenson's, 19. Circumstances alter acts, 129. Cleanthes' hymn, 97-99. Clubs, women's, 188-189. Commandments, Aristotelian, 213. Cosmopolitanism, Stoic, 94-95. Courage, 204-206. Cowardice, 128. Creeds, 241-243. Cynicism, 82. Cynic's prayer, 96-97. Death, Christian triumph over, 281. Epicurean disposition of, 7, 8, 45. Stoic view of, 73, 77. Whitman on, 18. Degeneration, Plato's stages of, 143-153. Democracy, ancient and modern, 122. Plato on, 147-149. Depression, 32-33.