Excerpt from The Works of Thomas Chalmers, D.D., Minister of the Tron Church, Glasgow, Vol. 1 Tm; contents of the first part of this volume form the sub stance of the article Cums'rmm'rv, in the edinburgh Ex oxcloumxa. Its appearance is due to the liberality of the Proprietors of that Work - nor did the Author conceive the purpose of presenting it to the world in another shape, till he was permitted and advised by them to republish it in a sep arate form. Itis chiefly confined to the exposition of the his torical argument for the truth of Christianity; and the aim of the Author is fulfilled if he has succeeded in proving the external testimony to be so sufficient, as to leave Infidelity without excuse, even though the remaining important branches of the Christian defence had been less strong and satisfactory than they are. The works that [do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. And if I had not done the works among them which none other man did, they had not had sin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.