As to the book under review, the anonymous author seems to regard the evidences of Supernatural Religion as a region of swamp or sand, in which solid rock is nowhere to be found upon which faith may obtain a firm footing. He takes us in his survey here and there, and says that what seems to be solid stone is only slightly congealed sand, which, at the touch of his criticism, dissolves and falls away. We fix our attention on one of these masses, and the result is, that it is not what he alleges, but, verily, granite. If the reader who is not prejudiced against Christianity will attentively peruse this volume to the end, he will probably incline to this opinion. If any whose views in regard to Christianity are hostile should be at the trouble to read it, it is the hope of the author that the result will be to stimulate inquiry and research, for "that which is true in religion cannot be shaken, and that which is false, no one can desire to preserve." In so far as the writer of "Supernatural Religion" and others have, by their reference to early Patristic literature, shown how certain it is that Jesus lived and taught, they have done service to the cause of Christianity; for the writings, the traditions, and the history of the Church are too closely identified with the Sermon on the Mount to admit of the probability that He who could thus teach was less than "He believed Himself to be." On such a foundation the superstructure is so appropriate, that the "possibility" which John Stuart Mill conceived is near to _probability_, and _probability_ to a _full assurance of faith_. 82, ST. MARK'S SQUARE, WEST HACKNEY, LONDON. _11th December, 1874._ CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER I. _MIRACLES._ Miracles the vital point in the investigation--Their modification to suit scientific theologians--Antecedent credibility--Miracles not super-Satanic--Profane oaths--Counterfeits--Christianity misrepresented--J. S. Mill--Appeal to reason--The Fourth Gospel ignored--Intellectual condition of the age when miracles occurred--Royal College of Physicians--French Academy--Priests ordained to forgive sins--Paul the only educated man of his generation--Perfection and invariability of the order of Nature in contrast with the wickedness of mankind--Abstract question as to the credibility of miracles--Matthew Arnold and J. S. Mill reject Hume's argument--Recent German criticisms in favour of Christianity--Dr. Christlieb's "Modern Doubt and Christian Belief"--Baur and the Tübingen School 11 CHAPTER II. _THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS._