outside themselves cling to the symbol of deity
though not thoroughly crediting any personality ever described in any
sacred scriptures. Except Jesus.

An Evolutionist passes beyond the negative denial of God to the
construction of a new philosophy in which Truth is his guide, Truth
being the nearest approximation to reality obtainable with our present
knowledge. Belief in the world as it is now, and as it is going to be,
is a sufficient creed.

_Faith in Jesus_

With Jesus entrenched in popular opinion, there is small probability
that faith in him will be shaken unless there is a preponderance of
evidence against his divinity. No one need abandon faith in Jesus until
convinced that something better has been found. No one should even
expose himself to heretical arguments unless he is a devotee of Truth.
Then only can he rejoice at a revelation of error in confidence that the
more nearly the universe is understood the better can man adjust himself
to his surroundings. A worshipper of Truth fears no destruction of false
gods, nor any facts that may cause him to throw over treasured
superstitions. He is willing to prove all things and hold fast to that
which is true. He rejoices when his idol is shattered, knowing that he
is approaching nearer to the true way of living, a way that Jesus did
not adequately explain.

Any attempt to censure the character of Jesus will meet with the
ridicule it deserves unless substantiated by documentary evidence. The
mere improbability of events contrary to natural laws does not destroy
the ethical value of the teachings of the Nazarene. Anything might have
happened in the eerie days of old; the critic must do more than deny the
historicity of Jesus and the inspiration of the Bible. To be convincing
he must derive from the scriptures in which Christians believe whatever
proof can be deduced to unveil the superstition of a redeeming Savior.

_Documentary Evidence_

The documents most generally accepted by Christians are those collected
in the King James Version of the Bible. The Apocrypha and other early
manuscripts are unreliable. None of the thirty or more writers who
described events around Jerusalem in Jesus' time gives any account of
his teachings. The only life of Jesus is found in the four gospels; the
numerous biographers of Christ have had no other reliable source of
information. It is deceptive for the publishers of revised editions of
the Bible to claim that "original ma