PREFACE<br > The main purpose which the author of this work has had in mind<br > throughout its writing is that from its perusal some of the present gen-<br > eration of young men， whose faith in God and in the Bible has been<br > shaken or destroyed， by the years spent in collegiate institutions and<br > universities where the Christian faith is under constant attack and<br > ridicule， and those who have come under the power of the spirit of<br > skepticism and irreligiousness of our present unbelieving age， might<br > be persuaded to Consider fairly， without prejudice， as they would any<br >subject offered in college， the evidences which support and confirm<br >the great elemental truths of the Christian faith， and find， in this recon-<br >sideration， or perhaps new consideration， a solid foundation on which<br >a real and abiding faith might be built. In the well-knownphraseology<br >of the Apostle Paul， this volume has been written for "the defense and<br >confirmation of the faith." 1 The author believes that now， more than<br >ever， the facts of life， the facts of history， and the facts of science， are<br >not on the side of agnosticism and atheism， but on the side of Christian<br >truth， and that our faith is definitely not contradicted by [acts， but is<br >opposed only by the theories of men， whether they be theories of<br >philosophy， psychology， and sociology， or the hypotheses of science.<br >Young men today are selling their souls (and minds) too cheaply in<br >Forfeiting their holy God-given privilege of independent thinking， and<br >are too quickly and willingly yielding their minds to， and framing the<br >teeper convictions of life from， the teachings of skeptical professors，<br >md the rationalistic assertions of many of our leaders of thought， such<br >LS Bertrand Russell， John Dewey， H. G. Wells， Julian Huxley， etc. If<br >his volume shall but arouse some young men to the reinvestigation of<br >he/acts of the Christian faith， a faith which they have been told can<br >o longer be reasonably held， if this volume shall prove an incentive<br >~r men to emancipate themselves from the paralyzing consequences<br >I. Philippians x :7. "The defence was made for establishment or confirmation，<br >ld resulted in it." Marvin R. Vincent， in loco.<br >