status. It is a thing by itself and supreme.

So much for the individual. But positive evidence does not end here.
Look at the effects of Christian belief as exercised on human
society--1st, by individual Christians on the family, &c.; and, 2nd, by
the Christian Church on the world.

All this may lead on to an argument from the adaptation of Christianity
to human higher needs. All men must feel these needs more or less in
proportion as their higher natures, moral and spiritual, are developed.
Now Christianity is the only religion which is adapted to meet them,
and, according to those who are alone able to testify, does so most
abundantly. All these men, of every sect, nationality, &c., agree in
their account of their subjective experience; so as to this there can be
no question. The only question is as to whether they are all deceived.

PEU DE CHOSE.

'La vie est vaine:
Un peu d'amour,
Un peu de haine ...
Et puis--bon jour!

La vie est brève:
Un peu d'espoir,
Un peu de rêve ...
Et puis--bon soir!'

The above is a terse and true criticism of this life without hope of a
future one. Is it satisfactory? But Christian faith, as a matter of