Excerpt from Christian Character: Being Some Lectures on the Elements of Christian Ethics The following pages contain the substance of some lectures upon Christian ethics originally delivered. From notes. Their aim was simply expository: to indicate in outline the essential and permanent elements in Christian life and character. For though the emphasis laid upon particular virtues, as well as upon the means of their attainment, has varied in different periods of history and different schools of thought, the fundamental nature of the Christian character, as exhibited by its best representatives, has always remained the same. And that character has been essentially dependent upon belief in the cardinal doctrines of the Christian creed. Nowadays, however, the necessity of this dependence is denied in many quarters; while, in others, Christian ethics altogether are pro. 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.