Examination of the More Important Arguments For and Against Believing in that Religion COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES BY LT.-COL. W. H. TURTON, D.S.O. LATE ROYAL ENGINEERS NINTH EDITION FORTIETH THOUSAND (_Carefully revised throughout_) LONDON WELLS GARDNER, DARTON & CO., LTD. 3 AND 4, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, E.C. AND 44, VICTORIA STREET, S.W. 1919 _First Edition published Oct., 1895. }1,000 copies._ _Cheap " " Oct., 1897._ } _Third " carefully revised " Sept., 1900._ 1,000 " _Fourth " " " " Mar., 1902._ 2,000 " _Fifth " " " " Mar., 1905._ 3,000 " _Sixth " " " " Jan., 1907._ 5,000 " _Seventh " " " " Nov., 1908._ 8,000 " _Eighth " " " " Nov., 1912._ 10,000 " _Ninth " " " " Oct., 1919._ 10,000 " TRANSLATIONS: _Japanese Edition published Dec., 1910. 500 copies._ _Italian " " Oct., 1915._ 1,000 " _Chinese " shortened " June, 1919._ 1,000 " _Arabic " " Oct., 1919._ 1,000 " PREFACE TO NINTH EDITION. I have again carefully revised the whole book. Some additions have been made here and there, especially in Chapter XIX.; but as a rule the alterations have been merely to shorten and condense the arguments where this could be done without spoiling them, and to simplify the language as much as possible. The book is thus shorter, and I hope simpler than any previous edition. Another slight improvement, which will commend itself to most purchasers, is reducing the price to 2s. net. The work, as before stated, lays no claim to originality, and I have not hesitated to borrow arguments and illustrations from any source. The references to the Bible are all to the Revised Version. W. H. T. 29, CALEDONIA PLACE, CLIFTON, BRISTOL, _October 1, 1919_. CONTENTS PART I. _NATURAL RELIGION._ CHAPTER PAGE I. THAT THE UNIVERSE HAD A CREATOR 3 II. THAT THE CREATOR DESIGNED THE UNIVERSE 10 III. THAT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IS EXTREMELY PROBABLE 30 IV. THAT MAN IS A FREE AND RESPONSIBLE BEING 38 V. THAT GOD TAKES AN INTEREST IN MAN'S WELFARE 57 VI. THAT GOD MIGHT MAKE SOME REVELATION TO MAN 82 VII. THAT A MIRACULOUS REVELATION IS CREDIBLE 98 PART II. _THE JEWISH RELIGION._ VIII. THAT THE ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION WAS DIVINELY REVEALED 117 IX. THAT ITS ORIGIN WAS CONFIRMED BY MIRACLES 137