London: Freethought Publishing Company, 63, Fleet Street, E.C. 1885.

TO THOMAS SCOTT, WHOSE NAME IS HONORED AND REVERED WHEREVER FREETHOUGHT HAS— WHOSE WIDE HEART AND GENEROUS KINDNESS WELCOME ALL FORMS OF THOUGHT, PROVIDED THE THOUGHT BE EARNEST AND HONEST; WHO KNOWS NO ORTHODOXY SAVE THAT OF HONESTY, AND NO RELIGION SAVE THAT OF GOODNESS; TO WHOM I OWE MOST GRATEFUL THANKS, AS ONE OF THE EARLIEST OF MY FREETHOUGHT FRIENDS, AND AS THE FIRST WHO AIDED ME IN MY NEED;— TO HIM I DEDICATE THESE PAGES, KNOWING THAT, ALTHOUGH WE OFTEN DIFFER IN OUR THOUGHT, WE ARE ONE IN OUR DESIRE FOR TRUTH. ANNIE BESANT.

CONTENTS PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. ON THE DEITY OF JESUS OF NAZARETH A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FOURTH GOSPEL AND THE THREE SYNOPTICS ON THE ATONEMENT. ON THE MEDIATION AND SALVATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL CHRISTIANITY. ON ETERNAL TORTURE. ON INSPIRATION ON THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN. NATURAL RELIGION VERSUS REVEALED RELIGION. ON THE NATURE AND THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. EUTHANASIA. ON PRAYER. CONSTRUCTIVE RATIONALISM. THE BEAUTIES OF THE PRAYER-BOOK. MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. THE LITANY. PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE COMMUNION SERVICE. THE BAPTISMAL OFFICES. THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION. THE FORM OF THE SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. THE ORDER FOR THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. A COMMINATION OR DENOUNCING OF GOD'S ANGER AND JUDGMENTS AGAINST FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS, THE ARTICLES. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CATECHISM