  CHAPTER I. THAT THE UNIVERSE HAD A CREATOR CHAPTER II. THAT THE CREATOR DESIGNED THE UNIVERSE. CHAPTER III. THAT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IS EXTREMELY PROBABLE. CHAPTER IV. THAT MAN IS A FREE AND RESPONSIBLE BEING. CHAPTER V. THAT GOD TAKES AN INTEREST IN MAN'S WELFARE. CHAPTER VI. THAT GOD MIGHT MAKE SOME REVELATION TO MAN. CHAPTER VII. THAT A MIRACULOUS REVELATION IS CREDIBLE. CHAPTER VIII. THAT THE ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION WAS DIVINELY REVEALED. CHAPTER IX. THAT ITS ORIGIN WAS CONFIRMED BY MIRACLES. CHAPTER X. THAT ITS HISTORY WAS CONFIRMED BY MIRACLES. CHAPTER XI. THAT ITS HISTORY WAS CONFIRMED BY PROPHECIES. CHAPTER XII. THAT THE JEWISH RELIGION IS PROBABLY TRUE. PART III. THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . CHAPTER XIII. THAT THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IS CREDIBLE. CHAPTER XIV. THAT THE FOUR GOSPELS ARE GENUINE FROM EXTERNAL TESTIMONY. CHAPTER XV. THAT THE GOSPELS ARE GENUINE FROM INTERNAL EVIDENCE. CHAPTER XVI. THAT THE GOSPELS ARE GENUINE FROM THE EVIDENCE OF THE ACTS. CHAPTER XVII. THAT THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST IS PROBABLY TRUE. CHAPTER XVIII THAT THE FAILURE OF OTHER EXPLANATIONS INCREASES THIS PROBABILITY. CHAPTER XIX. THAT THE OTHER NEW TESTAMENT MIRACLES ARE PROBABLY TRUE. CHAPTER XX. THAT THE JEWISH PROPHECIES CONFIRM THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY. CHAPTER XXI. THAT THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST CONFIRMS THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY. CHAPTER XXII. THAT THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY CONFIRMS ITS TRUTH. CHAPTER XXIII. THAT ON THE WHOLE THE OTHER EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THIS CONCLUSION. CHAPTER XXIV. THAT THE THREE CREEDS ARE DEDUCIBLE FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. CHAPTER XXV. THAT THE TRUTH OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IS EXTREMELY PROBABLE. Transcriber's Note The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Secular. 'The book is a distinctly readable one.'—Glasgow Herald, September 18, 1902. 'Really excellent little work.'—Daily News, September 26, 1902. 'We cannot commend it too highly.'—Western Morning News, January 2, 1903. 'Carefully thought-out little work ... written with frank and tolerant impartiality.'—Standard, May 26, 1905. 'The arguments are admirably marshalled; difficulties are not evaded, but met fairly.'—Westminster Review, August, 1905. 'We welcome a new edition.... The appeal of the book is evidently one to common sense, and the success it has met is fully deserved. There is a healthy lay atmosphere about Colonel Turton's arguments which renders them, we fancy, peculiarly effective.'—Pall Mall Gazette, March 11, 1907. 'It is difficult to know whether to admire most the logical precision with which he marshals his facts, and enforces his conclusions, or the charming candour, and freshness of style, which make his book so readable.'—Liverpool Daily Post, March 14, 1907. 'This is a new edition, thoroughly revised, of Lieutenant-Colonel Turton's famous book.... We are specially struck with the detached manner in which he examines the case; he holds the scales evenly, and is not rhetorical. Anyone who has any power of reasoning at all can follow him clearly from start to finish.'—Bristol Times and Mirror, February 18, 1907. 'It is a book for the hour, and needs to be circulated by thousands ... straightforward, manly, and convincing.'—Schoolmaster, March 27, 1909. Church of England. 'The book is of considerable value to everyone who is concerned with the controversy on Christian Evidences; it presents a perfect storehouse of facts and the conclusions which may be legitimately drawn from them.'—Church Times, November 2, 1900. 'We have already expressed our high opinion of this work—the author of which, it may be mentioned, is serving in South Africa.'—Guardian, October 17, 1900. 'This thoughtful and convincing treatise.... We are glad to be able to give our good word for the book, which should be found in the catalogue of every public library in the kingdom. It is a volume admirably suited for a gift-book to young men. It furnishes an armoury of invincible weapons against the scepticism and semi-scepticism which are rampant among us.'—English Churchman, November 1, 1900. 'This very excellent volume.... We strongly recommend this book to the clergy for their own use and for lending to thoughtful and painstaking readers.'—Church Union Gazette, January, 1901. 'It is one of the best books of its class, readable, candid, convincing, and thorough. It would be cheering news to hear that it had been widely read. The book will continue to make its way; and all Christians will rejoice that it should do so.'—Church Intelligencer, October, 1905. 'We give a hearty welcome to this revised edition. It is admirably suited for general use.'—Churchman, February, 1909. 'This is a textbook on Christian Evidence we would readily place in the hands of the lay worker as an essential part of his equipment.'—Lay Reader, December, 1912. 'There is no padding, and no unnecessary rhetoric. All the available space is filled with good solid reasoning, put in simple language which an intelligent artisan can follow as easily as an educated person.'—Church Family Newspaper, October 3, 1902. 'Throughout the book the reader will be delighted with the sanity and level-headedness of the writer, whose frequent appeals to common sense are remarkably telling and effective.'—Birmingham Diocesan Magazine, October, 1907. 'The brilliancy of the author does not consist in his rhetoric or appeal, but in the really brilliant fairness which he displays towards the other side, in the accuracy with which he analyses each situation, and in the clear and simple arguments which he adduces.'—Church Standard, January, 1906. 'Personally, we have never met with any book which can be more confidently recommended.'—Church Army Review, December, 1912. 'This is the kind of book which strengthens believers and makes converts. It is one which should be placed within the reach of every lad at that period of his life when he begins to think for himself.'—The (Church Lads') Brigade, October, 1905. Roman Catholic. 'We most heartily wish that a copy of it could be found in the library of every Catholic family, school, and institution.'—Catholic Times, January, 1909 (sixth notice). 'This excellent book, ... well written, attractive in its style, clearly thought out, and convincing.'—Tablet, August 29, 1903. 'This is a work of uncommon merit.... The style is clear and makes for pleasant reading. We wish many of our Catholic young men would try and analyse a chapter in Colonel Turton's helpful defence of Christianity.'—Universe, July 21, 1905. 'Having read and thoroughly approved every page of the book, we can well believe that many clergy and teachers are finding it a useful compendium of replies to all the chief arguments advanced against Christianity. Though written by a non-Catholic, we can most strongly recommend it as a book of the highest merit.'—Catholic Herald, February 19, 1909. 'A capital book already much used by priests in this country, and to be found upon the shelves of very many of our clerical libraries. But we wish that the Catholic paterfamilias would procure it too, and recommend it to his boys ... There is a masculine ring about it, and no shuffling over difficulties.'—Catholic Fireside, March 23, 1907. Presbyterian. 'One does not know what to admire most in the book—the accurate knowledge gathered from so many fields, the clear reasoning, the sound judgment, or the fine spirit which animates the whole.'—Christian Leader, June 15, 1905. 'Admirably arranged and clearly expressed.'—Weekly Leader, October 6, 1902. 'One of the best books of its kind.'—St. Andrew, June 1, 1905. 'This is an admirable summary. It is clear, simple, and well arranged ... The style also makes it extremely readable.'—Presbyterian, March, 1906. Nonconformist. 'He is eminently fair to opponents, clear in statement, and convincing in argument for his own case, and his standpoint, is unmistakably evangelical. His style suits his work, being calm, lucid, and simple.'—Methodist Times, August 22, 1901. 'Is a tried favourite, and has served the Kingdom in many lands. There is no book of the class known to us so complete and conclusive.'—Methodist Recorder, February 28, 1907. 'It deserves all the good that has been said of it.'—United Methodist, November 19, 1908. 'One characteristic may be singled out for notice—the writer's extraordinary alertness in the use of the most recent material. He seems to be continually on the watch for discoveries and suggestions, and to be able to utilise them promptly and skilfully.'—Baptist, January 21, 1909. 'On the whole, it is the best popular summary that we have met. It excels in definiteness of purpose, in clearness of statement, in moderation, and in conciseness.'—Baptist Times, October 24, 1902. 'The book is one that every young man would do well to read. Its absolute fairness, convincing logic, and withal extreme simplicity are such as cannot fail to establish the faith of multitudes.' Y.M.C.A. Review, December, 1912. 'The author's line of argument is irresistible in its rugged force. ... A fascinating book.'—Social Gazette (Salvation Army), April 27, 1907. Agnostic. 'Again, as in 1902, we commend Lieutenant-Colonel Turton's book as a handy epitome of nearly all conceivable arguments in support of Christianity. The twenty-four chapters champion twenty-four propositions, and the whole thing is worked out as systematically as a problem in a successful student's honours paper. ...However, it is of no avail to argue such points with our well-meaning and unimaginative Lieutenant-Colonel; and we will merely remark that he is quite a gentleman, and uses no disdainful language towards the poor Agnostic.'—Literary Guide and Rationalistic Review, March, 1907. 'This remarkable volume contains over 500 pages, with scarcely a dull one among them. The author's easy flow of unlaboured thought, his facility of expression, and his fine gift of exposition, carry the reader on in spite of himself.... Differ as we may from much that is in the gallant Colonel's volume, we gladly pay him the respect due to frankness, cleverness, and transparency of mind and motive, and thank him for putting his own side of a great subject so simply and interestingly, and without prejudice or bitterness.'—New Age, August 3, 1905. 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