BEING A REJOINDER TO PROFESSOR ALSO, 66 THE REPLY" TO THE ECLIPSE OF FAITH,' BY FRANCIS WILLIAM NEWMAN; وو TOGETHER WITH HIS CHAPTER ON "THE MORAL PERFECTION OF JESUS," 618 R22 bite 1856 INTRODUCTION ΤΟ THE AMERICAN EDITION. "The SEVERAL editions of the volume entitled Eclipse of Faith" have been published and largely circulated in this country. With but one or two exceptions, and those referable to quarters in which the theories so ably assailed in it find more or less indulgence or favor, the criticisms that have been pronounced upon the work have been highly commendatory. Those who have perused it attentively have seen occasion for carefully discriminating the limited design of the writer, and for pronouncing upon his success in accomplishing it with sole reference to the single aim which he had in view, and not according to the pertinency or ability of the book as a complete defence of Revealed Religion against all the assaults of Scepticism. The author assures us that he endeavored to avoid personalities, that he was dealing with a school or a clique, and not with individuals, and that, when he quoted from the printed volumes of two or three prominent writers of that school, it was merely for the |