Problems of Faith a Contribution to Present Controversies
Problems of Faith a Contribution to Present Controversies
George Douglas Campbell Argyll
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It is the aspect contra-superstition of this great double conflict which is at present Superstition in Christejidovi. 185 before our minds ; and the problem is liow to purge Cliristendom of the widespread evil which this lecture describes, without losing any of the underlying truth and reverence. Burton, in his " Anatomy of Melancholy, " after a survey of the religious condition of mankind, seems to despair of its being purified till the coming of Christ : "To purge the world of idolatry and su...per- stition will require some monster-taming Hercules, or Divine ^sculapius, — Christ Himself to come in His own Person to reign upon the earth a thousand years before the end. " However this may be, there is work for us to do in the present time ; there are counteractive remedies which we are bound to employ. We must spread the Holy Scriptures, and guide men into an intelli- gent and comprehensive knowledge of the great fontal volume of our religion. We must aim at the continuance and comple- tion of that Reformation of religion accord- ing to Scripture which for various reasons 1 86 Superstition i^i Christendom.
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