There is then a deeper and an earlier revelation of God, which sensible miracles can never give.
We cannot distinctly learn what was Paul's full idea of a divine revelation; but I can feel no doubt that he conceived it to be, in great measure, an _inward_ thing.

Dreams and visions were not excluded from influence, and nacre or less affected his moral judgment; but he did not, consciously and on principle, beat down his conscience in submission to outward impressions.

To do so, is indeed to destroy the moral character of Faith, and lay the axe to the root, not of Christian doctrine only, but of every possible spiritual system.
* * * * * Meanwhile, new breaches were made in those citadels of my creed which had not yet surrendered.
One branch of the Christian Evidences concerns itself with the _history_ and _historical effects_ of the faith, and among Protestants the efficacy of the Bible to enlighten and convert has been very much pressed.

The disputant, however, is apt to play "fast and loose." He adduces the theory of Christianity when the history is unfavourable, and appeals to the history if the theory is impugned.

In this way, just so much is picked out of the mass of facts as suits his argument, and the rest is quietly put aside.
I.In the theory of my early creed, (which was that of the New Testament, however convenient it may be for my critics to deride it as fanatical and _not_ Christian,) cultivation of mind and erudition were classed with worldly things, which might be used where they pre-existed, (as riches and power may subserve higher ends,) but which were quite extraneous and unessential to the spiritual kingdom of Christ.