BEING Essays on the Existence of God and BY GEORGE SEXTON, M.A., LL.D., = HONORARY AND CORRESPONDING FELLOW OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF SCIENCE; 2-24-39 J. A. 12-10-38 PREFACE. THE HE short Essays that follow form the substance of discourses delivered on various occasions. Requests to print each one separately have been frequently made to me, but I preferred to issue them together in a small volume. And thus they all-with the exception of the first one —appear in print now for the first time. "The Folly of Atheism" was delivered as a Lecture at Plymouth, on behalf of "The Christian Evidence Society," on October 18, last year, to an audience of considerably over a thousand persons. The chair was occupied on the occasion by the Rev. Canon Wilkinson, D.D. Lengthy reports, coupled with very high commendations of the discourse, appeared in the Plymouth and Devonport papers. On all hands I was solicited to print the Lecture, with which request I complied, issuing it in a separate form in the early part of the present |