Edition, the introduction of the work into the course of study for junior ministers of the M. E. Church, and the many favorable notices from the press of different de nominations of Christians, are sufficient evidences of the utility of this book. The author desires to record here his sense of gratitude to the Giver of all good, who has enabled him in some degree to serve the cause of religious truth. Some additional matter has been added to the present edition, chie?y relating to the antiquity of man, the theory of evolution, and the.