The electronic edition of The Evidences of Christianity: A Debate between Robert Owen, of New Lanark, Scotland and Alexander Campbell, President of Bethany College, Va. Containing an Examination of the "Social System" and all the Systems of Skepticism of Ancient and Modern Times, Held in the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, in April, 1829. has been produced from a copy of the printed text published by McQuiddy Printing Company (Nashville, 1957). The text of the electronic version was scanned and proofread by Paul Dover and rendered in HTML by Ernie Stefanik.

      In the printed text, footnotes are indicated by asterisks; in the electronic text, they are treated as sequentially numbered endnotes. Pagination in the electronic version has been represented by placing the page number in brackets following the last complete word on the printed page. Inconsistencies in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and typography have been retained for the most part; however, corrections for misspellings and other accidental corruptions have been offered. Emendations are as follows. (N. B. This list is not exhaustive, having been compiled from a cursory reading of the electronic text during HTML formatting.)

            Printed Text [ Electronic Text
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 Introduction
 p. iv:     repudication [ repudiation
 p. vi:     in skpeticism [ in skepticism
            inuendos [ innuendos

 Mr. Owen's Opening Address
 Mr. Campbell's First Reply

 Mr. Owen's Second Address
 p. 12:     morever [ moreover

 Mr. Campbell's Second Reply
 p. 29:     explicity [ explicitly

 Mr. Owen's Third Address
 p. 39:     Mohamedanism, [ Mohammedanism,

 Mr. Campbell's Third Reply
 p. 42:     opprobium [ opprobrium
 p. 43:     infallability, [ infallibility,
 p. 46:     De we [ Do we

 Mr. Owen's Fourth Address
 p. 52:     necensary [ necessary

 Mr. Campbell's Fourth Reply
 p. 59:     Cicerco says: [ Cicero says:

 Mr. Owen's Fifth Address
 Mr. Campbell's Fifth Reply

 Mr. Owen's Sixth Address
 Mr. Campbell's Sixth Reply
 p. 94:     philosophioe! [ philosophiae!

 Mr. Owen's Seventh Address
 Mr. Campbell's Seventh Reply
 p. 100:    mysical [ mystical

 Mr. Owen's Eighth Address
 p. 108:    palably, [ palpably,

 Mr. Campbell's Eighth Reply

 Mr. Owen's Ninth Address
 p. 119:    ceasless [ ceaseless

 Mr. Campbell's Ninth Reply

 Mr. Owen's Tenth Address
 Mr. Campbell's Tenth  Reply
 p. 140:    beneficiently [ beneficently

 Mr. Owen's Eleventh Address
 Mr. Campbell's Eleventh Reply
 p. 148:    beneficiently [ beneficently
 p. 154:    Chatres, [ Chartres,

 Mr. Owen's Twelfth Address
 Mr. Campbell's Twelfth Reply
 p. 165:    derived from thir [ derived from their
            respctive notes." [ respective notes."

 Mr. Owen's Thirteenth Address
 p. 168:    unchangable? [ unchangeable?

 Mr. Campbell's Thirteenth Reply

 Mr. Owen's Fourteenth Address
 Mr. Campbell's Fourteenth Reply
 p. 183:    oponent would [ opponent would
 p. 190:    transporation [ transportation
            times* [ times.1

 Mr. Owen's Fifteenth Address
 p. 195:    approbrious [ opprobrious
 p. 198:    indiffrence, [ indifference,

 Mr. Campbell's Fifteenth Reply
 p. 203:    Pharoah strenuously [ Pharaoh strenuously
            antetypical [ antitypical

 Mr. Owen's Sixteenth Address
 p. 208:    Musselman? [ Mussulman?

 Mr. Campbell's Sixteenth Reply
 p. 212:    irreconciliable [ irreconcilable
 p. 214:    nothwithstanding [ notwithstanding
 p. 215:    [last line of footnote printed upside down.] [ blinded
               by prejudice, theory, or preconceived opinions."

 Mr. Owen's Seventeenth Address
 Mr. Campbell's Seventeenth Reply

 Mr. Owen's Eighteenth Address
 p. 226:    irreconciliable [ irreconcilable

 Mr. Campbell's Eighteenth Reply

 Mr. Owen's Nineteenth Address
 p. 237:    Musselmen [ Mussulmen

 Mr. Campbell's Nineteenth Reply
 p. 244:    and Dodorous [ and Diodorus

 Mr. Owen's Twentieth Address
 Mr. Campbell's Twentieth Reply
 p. 257:    REPLY [ REPLY.
            perceptor [ preceptor
 p. 259:    decended to use, [ descended to use,
 p. 261:    assasinated in the Capitol, [ assassinated in the Capitol,
 p. 263:    dissausive [ dissuasive
 p. 264:    eulogisitic [ eulogistic
            belief is [ belief is

 Mr. Owen's Twenty-first Address
 Mr. Campbell's Twenty-first Reply
 p. 269:    REPLY [ REPLY.
            Mr. [ MR.
 p. 271:    my recapitualation [ my recapitulation
            or commenorative [ or commemorative
            prosterity [ posterity
 p. 273:    prodiges. [ prodigies.

 Mr. Owen's Twenty-second Address
 p. 276:    therefor, [ therefore,

 Mr. Campbell's Twenty-second Reply
 p. 279:    REPLY [ REPLY.
 p. 299:    asscribing [ ascribing
 p. 304:    Two facs [ Two facts
 p. 315:    Old Pato [ Old Plato
 p. 323:    toto calo, [ toto caelo,
 p. 326:    re-en-actment [ re-enactment
 p. 328:    acomplishment of the ancient [ accomplishment of the ancient
 p. 338:    Emperor Antonious Pius [ Emperor Antoninus Pius
            to Tiberious, [ to Tiberius
 p. 339:    Aquilla [ Aquila
 p. 340:    Suetonious, [ Suetonius,
 p. 349:    resur- rection-- [ resurrection--
            our bretheren [ our brethren
 p. 350:    no a priori [ no a priori
 p. 351:    an clipse [ an eclipse
 p. 352:    uses of prophcy, [ uses of prophecy,
            5: In the fifth [ 5. In the fifth
 p. 353:    Jeremiah 1. 1; [ Jeremiah i. 1;
 p. 354:    suceptible [ susceptible
 p. 361:    Judaæ rerum [ Judæa rerum
 p. 364:    "Rosseau, [ "Rousseau,
 p. 367:    waving [ waiving
 p. 379:    contant completion [ constant completion
 p. 384:    _Are there no [ Are there no
 p. 385:    exact comparisions [ exact comparisons
 p. 391:    petulence: [ petulance:
 p. 402:    by appointement [ by appointment
 p. 408:    subtantial virtue [ substantial virtue
 p. 409:    inhabitance of the remotest [ inhabitants of the remotest
 p. 416:    ecomiums ever [ encomiums ever
            possesing [ possessing
 p. 424:    Elusinian, [ Eleusinian,
 p. 426:    from proverty, [ from poverty,
 p. 432:    nosensical [ nonsensical
            forruner [ forerunner
            Mrs. Macauley, [ Mrs. Macaulay,
 p. 433:    althrough. [ all through.

 Mr. Owen's Twenty-third Address
 p. 437:    OWE'S [ OWEN'S
            ADDRESS [ ADDRESS.
 p. 451:    The inhabitants [left justified] [ The inhabitants [indented]
 p. 452:    succeding [ succeeding
 p. 456:    used to confund [ used to confound

 Mr. Campbell's Twenty-third Reply
 p. 458:    REPLY [ REPLY.
            re- publician [ republican
            and profundly [ and profoundly
 p. 461:    Diety, [ Deity,
 p. 465:    to the progress, [ to the progress,
            thise world, [ this world,
 p. 466:    materalist; [ materialists;
 p. 467:    profund erudition, [ profund erudition,
 p. 470:    throughly convinced [ thoroughly convinced

 Mr. Owen's Twenty-fourth Address
 p. 470:    ADDRESS [ ADDRESS.
 p. 471:    their disinterestness [ their disinterestedness
            wave [ waive
 p. 473:    I beileve [ I believe
 p. 476:    unconsicous [ unconscious
 p. 478:    a seperate [ a separate
 p. 479:    important physicial, [ important physical,
 p. 480:    you can beileve, [ you can believe,
 p. 481:    metaphyiscs [ metaphysics
            malignate [ malignant

 Mr. Campbell's Twenty-fourth Reply
 p. 482:    Mr. [ MR.
            CAMPBEEL'S [ CAMPBELL'S
            REPLY [ REPLY.
            the langauage [ the language
 p. 485:    prefactory [ prefatory
 p. 487:    cases, dependnt [ cases, dependent
            contradition [ contradiction

 Mr. Owen's Twenty-fifth Address
 p. 489:    nonplused [ nonplussed
 p. 492:    hacknied [ hackneyed
 p. 497:    familes, [ families,
            assocations, [ associations,

 Mr. Campbell's Twenty-fifth Reply
 p. 504:    ]Candles called for.[ [ [Candles called for.]
 

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