of philosophic scepticism.  Some of the noblest tributes to His unearthly purity have been given by men who rejected His divinity.  In spite of itself the most earnest thought of many races, many systems, many creeds, has crystallized around Him.  History has made Him its moral centre, the calendar of the nations begins with Him, and the anniversary of His birth is the festival of the civilized world.  The prediction that all nations should call Him blessed is already fulfilled.

FOOTNOTES: 

[Footnote 167:  It is worthy of note that both the Pentateuch and most heathen traditions agree, as to the order or stages of creation, with the geological record of modern science.]

[Footnote 168:  Rawlinson:  Ancient Monarchies.]

[Footnote 169:  Ebrard:  Apologetics, vol. ii.]

[Footnote 170:  Williams:  Indian Wisdom, p. 22.]

[Footnote 171:  De Quatrefages:  The Human Species, p. 490.]

[Footnote 172:  Christ and Other Masters, p. 281.]

[Footnote 173:  Manual of Buddhism, p. 66.]

[Footnote 174:  Ebrard:  Apologetics, vol. ii.]

[Footnote 175:  Ibid.]

[Footnote 176:  Indian Wisdom, pp. 32, 393.]

[Footnote 177:  Ebrard:  Apologetics, vol. ii.]

[Footnote 178:  Ebrard:  Apologetics, vol. iii.]

[Footnote 179:  De Pressense:  The Ancient World and Christianity, p. 87.]

[Footnote 180:  Schoolcraft:  Notes on the Iroquois.]

[Footnote 181:  Quoted by Morgan in St. Paul in Britain, p. 23.]

[Footnote 182:  The full development of the doctrine was not reached till far on in the Christian centuries.  Hardwick:  Christ and Other Masters, p. 204.]

[Footnote 183:  Aryan Witness, closing chapter.]

LECTURE IX.

ETHICAL TENDENCIES OF THE EASTERN AND THE WESTERN PHILOSOPHIES

It is not my purpose to discuss the comparative merits of philosophic systems, but only to consider some practical bearings of philosophy, ancient and modern, upon vital questions of morals and religion.  There has been no lack of speculation in the world.  For ages the most gifted minds have labored and struggled to solve the mysteries of the Universe and of its Author.  But they have missed the all-important fact that with the heart, as well as with the intellect, men are to be learners of the highest wisdom, and that they are to listen to the voice of God not only in nature, but in the soul.