THE FACT OF CONVERSION.
The Fact of' Conversion. By George Jackson, B.A. (Hodder and Stoughton. 35. 6c1.)—" The evidence for Christianity," wrote Henry Drummond, "is a Christian." That puts the experimental proof in a few words. If wrong--call it "sin ' en anything else-- is the great thing which all religions worthy of the name and all non-religious moralities are contendiLg against, must we not accoA the highest place to Wit one whir; claims to have the most potent means in: vanquishiug ii, t Christianit j proclaims in effect that it can touch the wrong at its source, the heart of the wrongdoer. , It would not, we think, be right absolutely to restrict the operation of this power within Christian limits. Is there not the story of how Polemo, tho philosopher, was converted from the evil ways of a profligate youth by the lecture of Xenocrates ? Does not the Brahrno-Somaj claim experiences of a similar kind? But the overwhelming majority of these cases of sudden change come within Chri.itian history. Mr. Jackson's book is well worth study.
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