A SERIES OF LECTURES TO THE TIMES ON NATURAL THEOLOGY AND APOLOGETICS. DELIVERED IN NEW YORK, JAN. 16 TO MARCH 20, 1871, ON THE BY JAMES MCCOSH, D.D., LL.D., PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, PRINCETON. NEW YORK: ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS, 530 BROADWAY. "ELY General Library System Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS, In the Office of the Libranan of Congress at Washington. CAMBRIDGE: PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON. THIS Course of Lectures on Christianity and Positivism was delivered, by appointment, as the second course on the foundation established in the Union Theological Seminary by Mr. ZEBULON STILES ELY, of New York, in the following terms: "The undersigned gives the sum of ten thousand dollars to the Union Theological Seminary of the city of New York, to found a Lectureship in the same, the title of which shall be 'THE ELIAS P. ELY LECTURES ON THE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY.' "The course of Lectures given on this foundation is to comprise any topics that serve to establish the proposition that Christianity is a religion from God, or that it is the perfect and final form of religion for man. "Among the subjects discussed may be,— "The Nature and Need of a Revelation; "The Character and Influence of Christ and his Apostles; "The Authenticity and Credibility of the Scriptures, Miracles and Prophecy; "The Diffusion and Benefits of Christianity; and "The Philosophy of Religion in its Relation to the Christian System. |