Not only was Diderot right when he said, “No better lessons than those of the Bible can I teach my child;” not only was Franklin right when he said with dying lips, “Young man, my advice to you is that you cultivate an acquaintance with, and a firm belief in, the Holy Scriptures — this is your certain interest;” but even Descartes and Newton were right when they said, “No sciences are better attested than is the religion of the Bible — not even the mathematical.” Nay, One still more illustrious than these great scientists was right when He said, “If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, tho one rose from the dead.” Whoever will take the trouble to go as far as the metaphysics of the senses or of geometry, can find that even their ultimate principles are assailed by no smaller objections and defended by no greater proofs than attach to the Biblical religion.—Preface to “Ad Fidem,” by the Rev. E. F. Burr, D.D.