Chapter 23
THE SAVOYARD VICAR.
Shallow hopes entertained by the dogmatic atheists 256
The good side of the religious reaction 258
Its preservation of some parts of Christian influence 259
Earlier forms of deism 260
The deism of the Savoyard Vicar 264
The elevation of man, as well as the restoration of a divinity 265
A divinity for fair weather 268
Religious self-denial 269
The Savoyard Vicar's vital omission 270
His position towards Christianity 272
Its effectiveness as a solvent 273
Weakness of the subjective test 276
The Savoyard Vicar's deism not compatible with growing intellectual conviction 276
The true satisfaction of the religious emotion 277