rushing on madly to Atheism or to Pantheism, which is twin 1 Q 

 brother to Atheism, it is important that Christian men exam- 

 ine anew the ground upon which they stand. . . . The study 

 of physical science has led many men to doubt the possibility 

 of the supernatural. But on the other hand this study has been 

 the revelation of God to others, as indeed it ought to be. The 

 profoundest thinkers of the day see in nature the most stu- 

 pendous miracle; the fiat "Be" is everywhere present and the 

 mysteries of science are as numerous as those of revelation. The 

 truth is, there is no contradiction between the word of God 

 and the works of God. I send you a booklet which I am sure 

 you will read with interest and profit. Now, as you have come 

 to the time when you must have begun to think and perhaps 

 to find points about which you may have difficulty, I want to 

 say that nothing would fill your father's heart with so much 

 pleasure as to have your confidence and to be permitted to do 

 what I can to help you. I have helped many young men and 

 whom should I delight to help so much as my son? A word of 

 counsel here: Choose good Christian men as your advisers and 

 helpers in these matters . . . Hold to the man who stands 

 for something positive & avoid the man who pulls down & 

 destroys the faith of men & then leaves them to grope in hope- 

 less darkness. The gospel of the Agnostic is a gospel of Despair. 



After Ingersoll we had the Theosophists — both branches. 

 It is astonishing that rational men can find anything in that 

 whimsical system of heathenism and fraud. Men who reject a 

 whole mountain of evidence for the Resurrection, will gravely 

 tell you of letters written by the Mahatmas in the mountains 

 of Thibet. Lastly we have the Salvation Army & the Volun- 

 teers. . . . 



P.S. — If you write me of matters you don't wish all to see, 

 address me here. 



The postscript referred to his business address in Chicago, 

 at 167 Wabash Avenue; and the pamphlet that had been in- 

 closed was from the publication rooms of the American tract 

 society in New York. It was that of the Rev W G Blaikie, 

 D D, a Letter to a Young Man of Science, entitled The Miracle 

 of Miracles. Father had noted upon it: "Read carefully & you 

 will have an unanswerable proof of the Christian faith which 

 will help you to help others who may be in doubt." 



