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Discourses on the Christian Revelation Viewed in Connection with the Modern Astronomy

The astronomical objection against the truth of the Gospel, does not occupy a very prominent place in any of our Treatises of Infidelity. It is often, however, met with in conversation — and we have known it to be the cause of serious perplexity and alarm in minds anxious for the solid establishment of their religious faith. There is an imposing splendour in the science of Astronomy; and it is not to be wondered at, if the light it throws, or appears to throw, over other tracks of speculation than those which are properly its own, should at times dazzle and mislead an inquirer. On this account, we think it were a service to what we deem a true and a righteous cause, could we succeed in dissipating this illusion, and in stripping Infidelity of those pretensions to enlargement, and to a certain air of philosophical greatness, by which it has often become so destructively alluring to the young, and the ardent, and the ambitious. - Summary by Preface

Year of Publication: 1836Genres: Christianity - Other

Running Time: 04 hours 44 minutes 15 seconds(9 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: InTheDesert

#	Chapter Name
	Preface InTheDesert	7:41
	A Sketch of the Modern Astronomy InTheDesert	38:50
	The Modesty of True Science InTheDesert	37:00
	On the Extent of the Divine Condescension InTheDesert	32:43
	On the Knowledge of Man's Moral History in the Distant Places of Creation InTheDesert	35:36
	On the Sympathy that is felt for Man in the Distant Places of Creation InTheDesert	30:44
	On the Contest for an Ascendancy, amongst the Higher Orders of Intelligence InTheDesert	28:39
	On the Slender Influence of Mere Taste and Sensibility in Matters of Religion InTheDesert	43:21
	Appendix InTheDesert	29:41