viser, and friend. Its publication demands an expression of grati-
tude to Dr. Tennant for reading the manuscript, for extensive
correspondence, and for suggestions which deal with the exposi-
tion of his doctrine. A word of thanks is due, also, to Professor
C. D. Broad of Trinity College, Cambridge, who with Dr. Ten-
nant gave me the benefit of wise counsel and many courtesies in
England during the long-vacation term of 1936. The constant
encouragement of Professor D.C. Macintosh of Yale has been as
indispensable as his scholarship.

To acknowledge other sources of gracious stimulus and help
is almost beyond my power. Particularly do I owe much to my
parents and the pastors and friends of the Burnside Methodist
Episcopal Church for my early interest in religion. To my first
teachers of philosophy, Professor Cornelius Krusé and the late
Andrew C. Armstrong, and of the philosophy of religion, Pro-
fessor William G. Chanter, I owe the beginnings of philosophical
and religious reflection as an undergraduate at Wesleyan Uni-
versity. To Professors L. A. Weigle, R. H. Bainton, and F. S. C.
Northrop of Yale, I am indebted for graduate studies in religion
and philosophy. To my colleagues on the faculties, as well as to
many students, both at the American University of Beirut,
Syria, and at Wesleyan University, and to the parishioners of
the Durham Methodist Episcopal Church, I owe the development
that comes only in the mutual sharing and criticism of concepts
and ideals. Grateful also am I to my adviser and friend, Professor
Thomas W. Bussom, and to President James L. McConaughy,
both of Wesleyan, for many kindnesses. To my wife, Inez Hamil-
ton Scudder, I owe the unrepayable comfort and stimulus of in-
timate friendship and hours of laborious assistance. To my
secretary, Miss Bernice Welker, I stand in debt for expert ste-
nography, typing, and proofreading, and for the patience to
bear with my idiosyncrasies. Finally, I wish to express my appre-
ciation to the library staffs of the Hartford Seminary Founda-
tion and Wesleyan University and to the technicians of the Yale
University Press for cordial service.

D.L.S.

Middletown, Connecticut,
February, 1940.

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