Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. "Nearly all the pieces in this volume appeared originally in the National reformer or the Secularist."--Preface Preface -- The devil in the Church of England -- Religion in the Rocky Mountains -- The story of a famous old Jewish firm -- Christmas eve in the upper circles -- A word on blasphemy -- Heine on an illustrious exile, with something about whales -- The Daily news -- Jesus: as God; as a man -- The one thing needful -- The Swinburne controversy -- Great Christ is dead! -- The resurrection and ascension of Jesus -- Some Muslim laws and beliefs -- The Christian world and the Secularist -- The Athanasian creed -- Our obstructions -- Mr. Kingsley's convertites -- The primate on the church and the world -- Spiritism in the police court -- A commission of inquiry on royalty -- A Bible lesson on monarchy -- Principal Tulloch on personal immortality -- The established church Microfiche s