give you any
credit for originality; your slow chariot will move on in the old rut;
you will never accomplish anything; your generation will be in advance
of you. Be a man! The field of usefulness, prominence, and honor, opens
before you. Think for yourself! The Bible is a book of the past, and you
should have more manliness and independence than to be guided by its
declarations."

It is not surprising that the temptation to fall into this snare is, for
many, too great to be resisted. This is true not only of many young
Frenchmen, but also of large numbers of Englishmen and Americans, who
are casting about for a permanent creed. When they yield, they little
dream of the unhappiness in store for them. They never have the
consolation derived from settled opinions; life passes without a fixed
faith; old age becomes miserable; and death, however much it may appear
to be a relief, is a step into darkness and uncertainty.

FOOTNOTES:

[99] Stevens, _History of Methodism_, Vol. 2, pp. 331-339.

[100] For thinking circles, it issues the _Revue de Theologie et de
Philosophie Chretienne_, founded fifteen years ago by Scherer and
Colani. It influences the general public by the daily political paper,
_Le Temps_, and the _Revue Germanique_. The Strasburg _Revue_ and Paris
_Lien_, are for the special benefit of Protestants in general; while the
_Disciple de Jesus Christ_ and _Piete-Charite_ are designed for children
and uneducated persons.

[101] M. De Coninck, _Christian Work_, April, 1863.

[102] _Progress of Religious Thought in the Protestant Church of
France_, pp. 8-9.

[103] _L'Eglise Reformee de France et la Theologie Nouvelle_, pp. 5-7.

[104] _Progress of Religious Thought in the Protestant Church of
France_, pp. 89-90.

[105] _Progress of Religious Thought in the Protestant Church of
France._ _Biographical Notices_, pp. iii.-iv.

[106] Essays: _Theological Conversations_; _Errata of the New
Testament_; _What the Bible is_; _The Miracles of Christ_.

[107] _Examen Critique des Doctrines de la Religion Chretienne_;
_Renovation Religieuse_.

[108] _Christ et ses Temoins._

[109] _Revue de Theologie._ Oct. 1853.

[110] Essay: _Views and Aim_. Sermons: _What there is in the Bible_;
_The Simplicity of the Gospel_.

[111] _Le Christ et la Conscience._

[112] Essay: _What is Revelation?_

[113] _Studies of Religious History_; _On the Origin of Language_;
_Averroes and Averroism_; _History and comparative Sy