THE FIRST MILLENNIAL FAITH. THE CHURCH FAITH IN ITS FIRST ONE THOUSAND YEARS. BY AUTHOR OF NOT ON CALVARY. New York SAALFIELD & FITCH London EDEN, REMINGTON & CO., 1893. PREFACE. "Not on Calvary "* was written with the earnest desire that it might help to a better understanding of the goodness of God. The considerate treatment it received from the religious as well as from the secular press, and its wide circulation, are assurances that its views have been welcome to many; yet the theories of the author were apparently new, because they were -practically-so old, for he substantially advocated the doctrine concerning the Atonement that was almost universally held in the Christian church, during the first thousand years of its existence. It was intended to combat the "satisfaction *"Not on Calvary": English edition, Eden, Remington & Co., 15 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 31743% |