Mr. Mozley'e book belongs to that class of writing of which Butler may be 

 taken as the type. It is strong, genuine argument about difficult matters, fairly 

 tracing what is difficult, fairly trying to grapple, not with what appears the gist 

 and strong point of a question, but with what really at bottom is the knot of 

 it. It is a book the reasoning of which may not satisfy every one. . . . But 

 we think it is a book for people who wish to see a great subject handled on a 

 scale which befits it, and with a perception of its real elements. It is a book 

 which will have attractions for those who like to see a powerful mind applying 

 itself, without shrinking or holding back, without trick or reserve or show of 

 any kind, as a wrestler closes body to body with his antagonist, to the strength 

 of an adverse and powerful argument. — Times, Tuesday, June 5, 1866. 



"We should add, that the faults of the work are whoUy on the surface and in 

 the arrangement; that the matter is as solid and as logical as that of any book 

 within recent memory, and that it abounds in striking passages, of which we 

 have scarcely been able even to give a sample. No future arguer against 

 miracles can afford to pass it over. — Saturday Review, September J.5. 1866. 



II 



MIKACLES AND SPECIAL PBOVIDElf CES ' 



1867 



IT is my privilege to enjoy the friendship of a select 

 number of religious men, with whom I converse 

 frankly upon theological subjects, expressing without 

 disguise the notions and opinions I entertain regarding 

 their tenets, and hearing in return these notions and opin- 

 ions subjected to criticism. I have thus far found them 

 liberal and loving men, patient in hearing, tolerant in 

 reply, who know how to reconcile the duties of courtesy 

 with the earnestness of debate. From one of these, nearly 

 a year ago, I received a note, recommending strongly to 

 my attention the volume of "B amp ton Lectures" for 1865, 



» "Fortnightly Review," New Series, voL i p. 645. 



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