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and to build on it acquirements which, unaided, 

 he could not have attained. 



But, though all may agree as to the possi- 

 bility, or even the probability, of a revelation, 

 many may dissent from particular dogmas con- 

 tained in or implied by the particular form of 

 revelation in which Christians believe. It is 

 true that this dissent is based, not so much on 

 science as on alleged opposition to human sen- 

 timents ; but it is more or less supposed to be 

 reinforced by scientific facts and laws. Of doc- 

 trines supposed to be objectionable from these 

 points of view, I may name the reality of mir- 

 acles and of prophecy; the efficacy of prayer 

 and of atonement or sacrifice ; and the perma- 

 nence of the consequences of sin. Admitting 

 that these doctrines are not original discoveries 

 of man, but revealed to him, and that they are 

 not founded on science, it may nevertheless be 

 easily shown that they are in harmony with the 

 analogy of nature in a greater degree than 

 either their friends or their opponents usually 

 suppose. 



Miracles— or " signs," as they are more prop- 

 erly called in the New Testament — are some- 

 times stated to imply suspension of natural 

 law. If they were such, and were alleged to 



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