Excerpt from Some Main Issues: A Collection of Essays A radical revision of this vital matter is urgent; for the clergy are lagging behind in the universal advance, and their attitude as a body is as discreditable to themselves as it is untrue to the cause. We have not even grasped the fact that Christianity is accepted only by a small proportion of the earth's inhabitants so that to large numbers of observers, well advanced in learning and science, we present such a foolish paradox that disrespect and ridicule inevitably result. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.