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POSTSCRIPT ON MR. BUCKLE.^ 



The pilgrimage of an " infidel " to Mount Sinai 

 and the tomb of Christ affords a suggestive theme for 

 meditation. It is with no disparaging intent that we 

 use the vague epithet, "infidel" for Mr. Stuart-Glennie 

 is himself most explicit in assuring us that neither with 

 Christianity nor with what he calls " Christianism " 

 does he acknowledge any fellowship or alliance. By 

 Christianity he means " that great historical system 

 which culminated in the philosophy of Scholasticism, 

 the religion of Catholicism, and the polity of Feu- 

 dalism ; " and by Christianism he means " that his- 

 torical theory which represents Jesus of Nazareth as 

 a supernatural being who came on earth for the good 



^ Pilgrim Memories ; or. Travel and Discussion in the Birth- 

 Countries of Christianity with the late Henry Thomas Buckle. By John 

 S. Stuart-Glennie, M, A. New York : D. Appleton and Co. 1875. 



