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proof is upon those who reject them, not upon those 

 who accept them. 



Chapter IV is the present reprint, and so speaks for 

 itself. 



Chapter V deals with "The Larger Life" and is 

 built upon two Bible quotations. Paul tells us that 

 Christ came to bring " life and immortality to light " 

 — and the word " Hfe " comes before the word ** im- 

 mortality." But we have a higher authority even than 

 Paul; Christ in His explanation of His own mission 

 said, " I am come that they might have life, and that 

 they might have it more abundantly/' It is to the 

 more abundant life that Christ calls us. The chapter 

 contains illustrations of the manner in which Chris- 

 tianity can be applied to the individual, and shows that 

 the Christian life is the only one in which true and 

 lasting happiness can be found. The Christian philos- 

 ophy is the only one that fits into every human need 

 and furnishes a solution for every problem. 



Chapter VI deals with the value of a soul — 

 Christ's question, *' What shall it profit a man if he 

 shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? " 

 An effort is made to set forth God's law of rewards 

 and to show how its universal adoption would solve 

 the problems that perplex us, by limiting man's col- 

 lections to his earnings. Illustrations are given to 

 show that man may earn enormous sums, attention 

 being called to the fact that those who earn the largest 

 amounts, by giving an equivalent service in return, do 

 not collect all they earn. Those who earn fabulous 

 sums are so busy earning that they have not time to 



