06667nam a2200445Ia 4500001400694MiAaHDL20231003000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua940112s1841 nyu 00000 eng d0524088497 (microfiche)sdr-hvd.990072518290203941sdr-miu.990014006940106381sdr-coo4484531sdr-uva.u1175970(MH)007251829HVD01-Aleph(MH)Aleph007251829(OCoLC)2676161BT1210.N4 1841BT 1210 N332c 1841BT1210.N4 1841Nelson, David,1793-1844The cause and cure of infidelity :including a notice of the author's unbelief and the means of his rescue /by David Nelson.New York :American Tract Society,c1841.352 p. ;20 cm.Religious Library ;v. 14Includes bibliographical references in the text.XLIX. Seeming truth, but actual falsehood -- L. The subject continued -- LI. The subject continued: sneers of infidels -- LII. Examples of apparent truth but actual falsehood in infidels: Voiney's Ruins -- LIII. Further example: claims of various religions -- LIV. The subject continued: counterfeits -- LV. Further discoveries: a New Englander in Illinois; a few signs in religion -- LVI. Further inquiry: the age of reason: Scott's Commentary; further investigation -- LVII. The influence of religious belief at the time of death: observation of man's departure -- LVIII. The dying compared with those themselves dying -- LIX. The subject continued: a revolutionary officer -- LX. The subject continued: dying fancies -- LXI. Disposition of unbelievers to credit accusations against Christians prejudices against the Jews: character of the Mosaic Law -- LXII. Influence of an early acquaintance of the Bible: what induced the people to receive the Law of Moses; fidelity and humility of the Writers -- LXIII. Commemorative institutions: fourth of July -- LXIV. Evidence of prophecy: fifty-third of Isaiah -- LXV. Evidence of prophecy: Daniel's seventy weeks -- LXVI. Evidence of prophecy: Daniel's four beasts; an outline of history -- LXVII. Prevalent ignorance of the Bible: examples; predictions of Egypt and Syria -- LXVIII. The last resort: appeal to reason; the goodness of God; doctrines inquired after -- LXIX. The last resort: testimony of enemies -- LXX. Concluding summary.XXIV. Men who cast away the Bible are credulous in the extreme: skeptical moralist; influence of Christianity upon morals -- XXV. Men adopt false opinions without inquiry: a citizen of New York -- XXVI. Cure of Infidelity -- XXVII. A remedy proposed: honest and thorough investigation -- XXVIII. An example: a young man in Kentucky -- XXIX. A Second Example: a gentleman of the bar -- XXX. A Version to commentaries: we may avail ourselves to the facts they record; predictions of Rome -- XXXI. Case of an infidel who began to read: a merchant of Tennessee -- XXXII. Use of Commentaries: prophecy of the locusts -- XXXIII. Value of historical knowledge: a merchant of Kentucky; the images in Nebuchadnezzar's dream; a history of the world -- XXXIV. The subject continued: the stone cut out without hands -- XXXV. An Example: an educated young gentleman -- XXXVI. Works on the Evidence of Christianity recommended -- XXXVII. Testimony resisted: concluding remarks on the remedy proposed; a wealthy agriculturist of the West -- XXXVIII. A further remedy: the all-powerful; evidence of experience -- XXXIX. Illustrations: a man of the Middle Age -- XL. Illustrations: a professor of religion -- XLI. Illustrations: family worship -- XLII. Illustrations: divine influence; power of prayer -- XLIII. The remedy denied to none -- XLIV. Atheism -- XLV. The subject continued: the doctrine of chance; the atmosphere; effects of electricity; heat and cold; evaporation; density of the soil, water, air, etc; iron; proofs of design; the Andes; the Nile; Greenland; the solar system; the moon; questions; inquiries answered; farewell -- XLVI. The Author's Unbelief and Means of Rescue: mode of descent -- XLVII. False statement: glass -- XLVIII. False statement: eunuchsI. Cause of Infidelity -- II. Man a fallen being: hatred of God; examples ; loving darkness -- III. A trifling falsehood influences human belief against the Bible more than gigantic truth in favor of it: Etna and Vesuvius; strata pf lava; Chinese records of antiquity -- IV. Facts such as unbelievers do not learn -- V. Men receive truth slowly, but error promptly: conversation with a statesman -- VI. Scoffers shall come -- VII. Scoffers are unacquainted with the facts of the Bible : predictions in the epistles to the seven churches of Asia -- VIII. The subject continued: conversation with a senator; predictions of Babylon -- IX. The subject continued: Tyre -- X. The subject continued: Damascus; important inquiries; the ploughman -- XI. The great and the learned do not acquaint themselves with Bible facts: prophecies of Egypt -- XII. The subject continued: prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem -- XIII. Scoffers of the last days are willfully ignorant of the Bible language: and aged Kentuckian -- XIV. The subject continued: prediction of Nineveh -- XV. The subject continued: the volcano -- XVI. The subject continued: the lodge -- XVII. Men have loved darkness rather than light: conversation between a member of congress and a physician -- XVIII. The subject continued: the resurrection -- XIX. The subject continued: testimony of Pagan writers -- XX. Inconstancy of unbelievers: testimony overlooked; Acts of Pilate -- XXI. Unceasing cause of infidelity in its various forms: testimony of Celsus -- XXII. The subject continued -- XXIII. Inconsistency and credulity of the rejecters of the Gospel: the aged school-teacher; pagan testimony to the character and number of the early Christians; their patience under suffering; were they either deceived or deceivers?Mode of access: Internet.Nelson, David,1793-18441800-1899fastReligion and ScienceChristianityApologeticsHistory19th centuryApologeticsSkepticismPhysiciansAutobiographyHistoryfastOnline version:Nelson, David, 1793-1844.Cause and cure of infidelity.2d stereotype ed., cor. by the author.New York : American tract Society, ©1841(OCoLC)64466753800140069420160409173145.020231003000000.020231004060510.02025-09-23T18:35:25Z2025-09-23T17:50:03ZSDR-HVDhvdALMAprepare.pl-004-008BKsdr-hvd.990072518290203941hvdSDRHVD007251829hvd.hwlbvtHVD990072518290203941HVDHVD20250923googlehvd.hwlbvt1841pdbibUS bib date1 < 1931HVDHVD20250107googlehvd.ah5gcb1841pdbibUS bib date1 < 1931MIUMIU20260226googlemdp.390150639104521841pdbibUS bib date1 < 1931ia.cu31924029322991COOCOO20171128cornell-mscoo1.ark:/13960/t78s5957c1841pdbibUS bib date1 < 1931UVAUVA20250908googleuva.x0307419811841pdbibUS bib date1 < 1931