Chapter L: Appendix

I.—LETTER FROM THE REV. ROBERT MAIN, M.A., Pembroke College,
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II.—LETTER FROM JOHN PHILLIPS, M.A., Magdalen College, Reader
in Geology in the University of Oxford.

II.—AIDS TO FAITH.

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II.—ON THE STUDY OF THE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. By WILLIAM
FITZGERALD, D.D.

III.—PROPHECY. By A. MCCAUL, D.D.

IV.—IDEOLOGY AND SUBSCRIPTION. By F. C. CROOKE, M.A.

V.—THE MOSAIC RECORD OF CREATION. By A. MCCAUL, D.D.

VI.—ON THE GENUINENESS AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE PENTATEUCH. By
GEO. RAWLINSON, M.A.

VII.—INSPIRATION. By EDWARD HAROLD BROWNE, B.D.

VIII.—THE DEATH OF CHRIST. By WM. THOMSON, Bishop of
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IX.—SCRIPTURE AND ITS INTERPRETATION. By CHAS. JOHN ELLICOTT,
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