In Chapter XXI. we considered the _Character of Christ_; and the admitted excellence of His moral teaching seems quite inconsistent with deliberate falsehood on His part. Yet He kept asserting His superhuman and Divine Nature, and was finally put to death in consequence. So here once more we have a similar choice before us. We must either accept the Divinity of Christ, with all the wonders it involves; or else we must face the _moral_ difficulty of believing that the best moral teaching the world has ever had, was given by One, whose own life was full of falsehood and presumption. In Chapter XXII. we considered the _History of Christianity_, and found that its marvellous progress at first, in spite of its immense difficulties, and without the use of any force, could only be accounted for by its truth. So here for the last time we have the same alternatives to choose from. We must either admit the supernatural origin and spread of Christianity; or else we must face the _historical_ difficulty of believing that its first preachers were able to convince men without evidence, conquer them without force, and found the greatest religion the world has ever seen on claims which at the time everyone must have known to be untrue. In Chapter XXIII. we considered the _other evidence_ on the subject, and briefly examined various arguments for and against Christianity, such as its connection with prayer; its adaptation to human nature, and its relation to other religions; but all of comparative unimportance. Lastly, in Chapter XXIV. we decided that the _Three Creeds_ were deducible from the New Testament; so the religion which has all this evidence in its favour is the _Christian Religion_, as we have used the term. From the above summary it will be seen that the arguments against Christianity are all what may be called _antecedent_ (or _a priori_) ones. The Religion itself, its doctrines, its claims, its miraculous origin, all seem most improbable. Thus the objections to Christianity all lie on the surface. They are obvious and palpable to everyone.