DEMONSTRATED BY EXPERIENCE:

PRESENTING

THE TESTIMONY OF ITS CONVERTS,

FROM VARIOUS

RANKS, CONDITIONS AND PREVIOUS OPINIONS,

IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.

0.c.

By JAMES PORTER, D.D.,

AUTHOR OF "REVIVALS OF RELIGION, "WINNING WORKER." "HINTS
TO SELF-EDUCATED MINISTERS, "" ETC., ETC.

"If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine,
whether it be of God."-JOHN vii. 17

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by

JAMES PORTER, D. D.,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

CHRISTIANITY, ITS ORIGIN, CLAIMS, AND EARLY FORTUNES.

Represented in the Holy Scriptures-The boldness of its
assumptions-Its prospects and triumphs-The ordi-
nary arguments for it not appreciable by the masses
-Its peculiar method of demomstration suggested.

CHAPTER II.

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CHRISTIANITY,-ITS FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS AS REVEALED IN

THE WORD OF GOD.

The Christian God represented-His influence over man

-Man a fallen being-The atonement made for him-

Its possible results in this world- Nothing comparable

to them in the religions of men...

CHAPTER III.

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CAUTIONARY SUGGESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE METHOD OF

TESTING THESE TRUTHS.

Christianity may be tested by the new birth-This work

described-What is involved in a fair trial-Its success

certain.

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CHAPTER IV.

FHE FOREGOING CLAIMS SUSTAINED BY THE EXPERIENCP OF

BIBLE CHARACTERS.

The experience of King David-Manassah—The Publican

-Saul of Tarsus-The Philippian jailer-Lydia of Thy-

atira—Zaccheus―The subject illustrated by the case

of the Prodigal Son....

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