the social hour, he has to think of the temptations of thought and lonely study. In this age, then, the apologist is certainly not less necessary than before as colleague or helper to the evangelist. And the God and Father of all men is the God of the student; He, who loves all, loves and cares for the doubter; Christ the Saviour of mankind is his Saviour. 1. As our first definition of the aim of the modern apologist, we may take a phrase which sums up the apologetic labours of the late Dr. A. B.