Excerpt from The World a Scene of Contest: The Baccalaureate Sermon, Preached Before the College of New Jersey, June 25, 1876 God. These were the facts persistently put in the front by the ancient sceptics; and, in modern times, they so impressed the two Mills, father and son, that they could discover no unequivocal proof of the exist ence of a God of infinite power, and were not disposed to believe in a Deity whose power is so limited that he cannot prevent the evil. Doubts arising from the same damps and vapors have so beclouded the vision of many not wishing to be sceptics, and not profess ing to be philosophers, that they have hid from their view the Sun that shines in these heavens. 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.