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,journal4     ,,vol4 ,i4      ,,january1
 #ahhj4      ,,no4 #a4     ,,the        
,,conflict4   ,the pyramids1 temples and
 palaces of ,thebes are monuments of the
 ancient intellects of our race4 ,great 
thinkers only were capable of giving to 
the world the ,vedas1 the ,apollo       
,belvidere and the ,parthenon4 ,the arts
 and astronomy of ,egypt harmonize very 
poorly with the idea that modern        
scientists have all the wisdom and      
intelligence known in the history of the
 ages4 ,among the wonderful characters  
of olden times we find ,epictetus1      
,josephus1 ,strabo1 ,pliny1 ,seneca1    

,virgil1 ,aristotle1 ,plato1 ,tacitus1  
,thucydides and ,herodotus4  ,the       
,speculation of ,evolution of ,species  
was advocated among the ,greeks six     
hundred years before the birth of       
,christ4 ,two thousand and three hundred
 years ago the entire system of ,german 
philosophy1 along with modern pantheism1
 was advocated by the ,buddhists and    
,brahmins4  ,in many very important     
respects the ancients were in advance of
 us1 especially in the arts1 and we can 
not boast of superiority in either      
letters or philosophy4 ,the gentlemen of
 modern materialistic schools do not    
compare favorably with ,plato and       
,cicero in the elevation and reverence  
of their opinions4 ,science has         
certainly made some advancement1 but    
where is the warrant for the boasting of
 sciolists of modern times8  ,buddhists 
taught the most perfect outline of      
materialism in general4 ,they believed  
in a supreme force1 but denied the      
existence of a ,supreme ,being4 ,they   

rejected inquiry into first causes as   
unscientific1 maintaining that facts    
alone were to be dealt with in all our  
investigations4  ,the ,brahmin          
contemplated the moment when his spirit 
would flow back into the great          
,pantheistic ,being4  ,modern           
materialists say1 ,we deal only with    
facts4 ,we never speculate4 ,the        
,buddhists1 and the unbelievers who     
figure so boastingly upon the rostrum in
 modern times1 speak alike4 ,they say3  
,as many facts and second causes as you 
please1 but ask no questions about first
 causes2 that is unscientific4 ,we      
should ask no questions 787 about the   
invisible4 ,they have been very true 787
 to their own principles4  ,there is    
nothing speculative 787 in the          
hypothesis that ,general ,george        
,washington was evolved from a          
crustacean4 ,there never was a more     
absurd and wild speculation4 ,it is an  
old speculation4 ,anaximander1 who lived
 six centuries before ,christ1 advocated

 the assumption4 ,his words are the     
following3 ,the sun's heat1 acting on   
the original miry earth1 produced filmy 
bladders or bubbles1 and these1 becoming
 surrounded with a prickly rind1 at     
length burst open1 and as from an egg1  
animals came forth4 ,at first they were 
ill-formed and imperfect1 but           
subsequently they elaborated and        
developed4 ,this has the genuine ring of
 the language of modern unbelievers4    
,christianity1 in its beginning1 had to 
encounter this speculation along with   
the current literature and philosophy of
 a civilization which was semi-barbarous
 and centuries old1 but it triumphed    
over all1 and in the third century it   
triumphed everywhere4 ,since that time  
one effort has been made upon the part  
of paganism to regain her former        
strength in the old world4 ,julian made 
that effort4 ,he tried to revive and    
establish the supremacy of pagan thought
 by the power of the state4 ,subsequent 
to this it disappeared in the east1 and 

has only plead for toleration in the    
west4 ,but the dark ages came on in all 
their hideousness1 and unbelief         
developed itself about the close of the 
fifteenth century1 all over ,europe4    
,paganism1 as the result1 was fostered  
near the bosom of the church4 ,the fifth
 ,lateran ,council proclaimed anew the  
tenet of the imperishability of the     
spirit of man4 ,the ,padua ,university  
adopted a system of materialism taught  
in the works of ,alexander1 of          
,aphrodisias4 ,a form of pantheism known
 in the philosophy of ,averroes soon    
became a center of skepticism4  ,in the 
latter part of the seventeenth century  
modern unbelievers began their assaults4
 ,lord ,herbert and ,hobbs in ,england1 
,spinoza in ,holland1 and ,bayle in     
,france4  ,in seventeen hundred and     
thirteen ,anthony ,collins published a  
discourse for the encouragement of a    
clique called ,free-thinkers4 ,this     
discourse was thoroughly answered by    
,bently4 ,in seventeen hundred and      

twenty-seven ,woolston made an effort to
 rationalize the miracles out of        
existence1 interpreting them after the  
style of ,mr4 ,strauss4 ,three years    
later ,tyndal got out his dialogue      
called ,christianity as old as the      
,creation4 ,the world received in return
 for this ,butler's ,analogy of ,natural
 and ,revealed ,religion4 ,in seventeen 
hundred and thirty-seven ,morgan's      
,moral ,philosophy made its appearance1 
claiming the sufficiency of the moral   
law without any other religion4         
,warburton's ,divine ,legation of ,moses
 was gotten up in reply to this         
philosophy4 ,thomas ,chubb wrote a      
discourse upon reason1 and got out a few
 other small tracts denying the utility 
of prayer1 and calling in question the  
truth of the ,scriptures of both        
,testaments1 in the line of ,morgan's   
philosophy4 ,bolingbroke1 ignorant of   
the law1 that the greatest good of the  
greatest number is to be sought after1  
even at the expense of the lives of a   

few wicked ,canaanites1 assailed the    
justice and the benevolence of the      
,bible ,god after ,col ,ingersoll's     
style1 and boldly avowed that the       
miracles of the ,new ,testament never   
transpired2 said1 ,if they did occur    
they attested the ,revelation4 ,voltaire
 lived between #afid and #aghh4 ,he made
 himself busy in ,france1 while         
,bolingbroke and ,tyndal and ,woolston1 
and ,hume and ,morgan were at work in   
,england4 ,then ,didoret1 of ,france1   
made his appearance upon the stage as a 
bold defender of ,atheism4 ,next comes  
,d',holbach1 the leading author of the  
,systeme de la ,nature1 which came out  
in #aggd4 ,its object was to strike down
 the idea of a ,god1 of an intelligence 
separate from matter1 of free-will1 and 
of immortality4 ,didoret and others are 
accused of assisting in getting this    
book before the world4 ,rousseau lived  
in those times1 and assailed            
,christianity after the manner of ,hume4
 ,to all these enemies of ,christianity 

we must add ,condillac1 who originated  
the materialistic philosophy of ,france4
  ,gibbon and ,paine came into notice   
after ,bolingbroke1 and the terrible    
strife continued4 ,christianity was     
pronounced dead1 and a prostitute was   
chosen to impersonate the ,goddess of   
,reason in the national convention4 ,god
 being dethroned in ,france1 we should  
naturally look there for the absolute   
liberty which unbelievers talk so much  
about4 ,but how was it8 ,were the people
 without a religious nature8 ,could they
 think more freely8 ,were they in any   
sense better off8 ,no1 they followed the
 prostitute into the church of ',notre  
,dame' in a grand procession and seated 
her upon the high altar1 where she was  
worshiped by the audience4 ,this was the
 result of the labors of all the authors
 to which ,i have called your attention4
 ,it was a wonderful gain8 ,in all the  
public cemeteries this inscription was  
read3 ,death is an eternal sleep4       
,cabanis1 ,destutt de ,tracy and ,volney

 close up the seventeenth century1 but  
just about this time the ,critique of   
,pure ,reason1 a work which is the      
bed-rock of modern metaphysics1 makes   
its appearance4 ,according to its       
teachings there are no realities in the 
world4  ,the struggle is passed in      
,england4 ,in ,france all are dull1     
drowsy4 ,in ,germany all are hungry for 
the food that satisfies unbelievers4    
,the ,critique of ,pure ,reason was     
followed by the labors of ,fitche4 ,he  
was succeeded by ,schelling1 and he by  
,hegel4 ,all forms of torture must be   
added to this account of the conflict if
 we would get a glimpse of the strength 
of the ,christian religion and of the   
religious element in man's nature1 from 
the amount of resistance which they have
 defied4 ,eusebius says1 ,the swords    
became dull and shattered under         
,diocletian4 ,the executioners became   
weary and had to relieve each other4    
,this would not look as though          
,christianity would take the throne in  

four score years1 but it did in spite of
 all those cruel murders4 ,through      
,constantine it became the state        
religion of the ,roman ,empire4         
,paganism crumbled down and             
,christianity triumphed over all the    
opposition of the old world4 ,the books 
of the ,old and ,new ,testaments have   
all been thoroughly tested1 over and    
over in the fiery furnace of criticism1 
but ,christianity still lives to bless  
the hearts of widows and orphans2 to    
bless the disappointed and disconsolate4
 ,to-day there are more ,christians in  
the world than ever before4  ,what has  
unbelief to give to the people of our   
age more than it offered centuries ago8 
,nothing6 ,nothing66 ,nothing666  ,there
 is nothing new under the sun4     ,,the
 ,,bible--,,the ,,background ,,and ,,the
 ,,picture4   ,this book is admired and 
respected above all others for its      
antiquity1 its usefulness1 its          
conflicts1 and character4 ,it has been  
expressly denominated ,the book of      

books4 ,its professions are such that no
 reasonable man can consistently lay it 
aside without giving it a careful       
examination4 ,the nature of every       
question determines its claims upon our 
intelligence4 ,if it professes to       
involve only a small interest its claims
 are not so pressing4  ,the questions of
 the ,bible hold in their principles the
 present and eternal interests of our   
humanity1 and therefore challenge the   
attention of the world4 ,thousands of   
the wisest and best men of the ages have
 been intensely interested in its       
contents4 ,its great influence and      
reputation are evidences of its         
trustworthiness1 and of the consistency 
and intelligence of those who give it   
their attention2 for sensible men do not
 disregard questions of great           
importance4 ,this book contains a record
 of many ugly1 dark and wicked deeds1   
known in the lives of wicked men and    
nations1 with imperfections and         
apostacies of individuals in high       

places4 ,this is what we must look for  
in a book of its pretensions4 ,it       
professes to contain a revelation of    
,god and his will to man4 ,the ugly1    
wicked1 licentious1 and bloody things   
constitute the background of the        
picture1 representing man in all his    
ways4 ,it is also shaded with all there 
was1 and is1 of moral and noble         
character in the human4 ,god with his   
attributes1 as the true1 grand and      
glorious ,bible picture1 shines out     
through this human background4 ,the     
justice of ,god1 with his love1 long    
suffering and tender mercies1 his       
approbation and disapprobation1 must in 
the very nature of things be revealed in
 connection with human character as it  
presents itself in iniquity and crime1  
in piety and virtue1 both individual and
 national1 in order that the revelation 
may be complete1 full and perfect4 ,the 
history of men and nations must also be 
true1 sufficiently full to call out1 in 
the divine dealings1 all there is in the

 divine character2 otherwise1 the       
revelation would be partial and         
imperfect4  ,no physician ever revealed 
his skill without his patients4 ,no     
court has ever revealed its justice     
without its cases4 ,the doctor's        
dealings with his patients measure the  
extent of his known skill4 ,allowing    
that he understands himself and the     
conditions of his patients perfectly1   
and does his whole duty1 the revelation 
of his skill must be perfect1 to the    
full extent of its connection with the  
diseases treated4 ,so it is with the    
revealed justice of the court4 ,this    
rule is a necessary law1 governing all  
revelations of character1 both human and
 divine2 otherwise we are left in the   
dark with reference to the true         
character of the one who makes the      
revelation4 ,our common sense is such   
that we are always led astray by        
improper action1 unless our superior    
wisdom enables us to know that the      
action is improper4 ,improper action    

upon the part of a doctor reveals       
imperfect skill2 on the part of the     
court it reveals imperfect justice1 if  
it is not an entire want of skill and   
justice4  ,no such imperfection belongs 
to our ,god2 therefore the revelation   
which he made needs only to be          
understood and it will never mislead us4
 ,these great principles of common sense
 are to be applied in the revelations of
 ,god to the nations as the ,god of     
nations4 ,such being the case1 we have a
 very interesting field of thought      
before us in the bloody scenes that are 
known in the history of nations1 as it  
is given in the ,bible4 ,where is the   
morality and righteousness of the wars  
of which we read8 ,where is the justice 
and goodness of ,god in the bloody wars 
of ,israel8 ,where is the righteousness 
of capital punishment8 ,a great many    
persons say1 in their ignorance1 there  
is no righteousness in those things4    
,friend1 travel slowly over this ground4
 ,take the shoes off thy feet1 for it is

 holy ground4 ,go into the ,bible and   
look6 ,god is there4 ,you knew it not4  
,principles never change4 ,circumstances
 change and necessitate changes of law1 
but that which was right at any time in 
the history of our race is right at all 
times1 under the same circumstances4 ,is
 there such a thing as morality carried 
into public relations8 ,is there such a 
thing as jurisprudence8 ,yes2           
jurisprudence is morality carried into  
public relations in the following law3  
,that course of conduct which pertains  
to the greatest good of the greatest    
number is right4 ,this law is of        
universal application4 ,it belongs to   
men in all their relations1 both public 
and private1 collectively and           
individually4 ,in the relation of the   
,state to its citizens it taxes them for
 the support of government1 it fines1   
imprisons and puts them to death for    
crime4 ,in the relation of nation to    
nation it imposes tariffs and declares  
war1 filling history with scenes of     

blood and woe4 ,the common sense of     
mankind approves this law1 and the      
,bible declares it just4 ,wars were     
approved of ,god1 when they were for the
 greatest good of the greater number4   
,it was upon the same principle that all
 the divine judgments were administered1
 from the destruction of the            
,antediluvians down to the overthrow of 
,jerusalem by ,titus4  ,this law is the 
substratum in moral righteousness1      
underlying all that is right4 ,such is  
its wonderful latitude and longitude    
that1 in order to carry it out1 it      
sometimes becomes necessary to tilt a   
nation into a sea of blood and replace  
it with a better people4 ,unbelievers   
and skeptics who admit this are guilty  
of wresting ,bible facts from their     
proper places and testing them upon the 
plane of morality1 regardless of the    
laws of jurisprudence4  ,this erroneous 
method of reasoning leads the minds of  
many ignorant and unsuspecting persons  
away from the right ways of ,god4 ,the  

guilty reasoner justifies taxation1     
fines1 imprisonment and wars in the     
history of his own country4  ,it        
sometimes seems cruel to carry out this 
great moral principle of which we are   
treating2 it is nevertheless right1 and 
men who abuse its facts and turn things 
upside down are guilty of opposing the  
right4  ,unbelievers are guilty of      
selecting from the ,bible all that can  
be tortured out of its place in the laws
 of jurisprudence and made to look ugly 
out of its proper relations1 and are    
continually holding such things up      
before the people1 turning them into    
ridicule1 and at the same time they have
 been through all the bloody scenes of  
war and justify themselves1 wishing to  
be known in many instances as ,major1   
,general or ,colonel4 ,we have some such
 in our own country4 ,they seem to have 
never learned that many things which are
 good for humanity are very ugly out of 
their proper relations4 ,i am glad that 
,god has revealed himself in the        

jurisprudence of nations1 for the facts 
given inspire confidence in rulers and  
officials1 strength to judges upon the  
bench1 and nerve to warriors who are    
acting with direct reference to the     
greatest good of the greatest number4   
,a history of ,god in his dealings with 
states and nations in order to a perfect
 revelation of himself necessitates a   
history of states and nations so far as 
it is necessary to make known the       
approbation and disapprobation of ,god  
in connection with all that may ever    
enter into national or state character4 
,without this we would find states and  
nations where ,god did not see fit to   
show himself4 ,we must find him wherever
 we find man1 approving or disapproving4
 ,this is just what we do in the ,bible4
 ,we do it in no other book4 ,but let us
 ever remember that all that is wicked  
had its origin with wicked men and      
demons1 and that the ,divine ,being1    
with all his attributes1 appears in the 
foreground in all his relations to men  

and their conduct1 as the grand ,bible  
picture shining out through all the     
darkness and gloom1 surrounded with the 
virtues and noble deeds of all his      
worshipers1 and that he is building up  
and throwing down as his righteous      
judgment approves or disapproves4 ,this 
revelation of ,god is like the sun at   
noonday bursting through dark and heavy 
clouds and blessing the earth with its  
rays4 ,in making this revelation1 which 
is related negatively or affirmatively  
to all there is in human history1 ,god  
saw fit to communicate his will through 
man1 and in his own language1 except in 
the gift of the great charter of the    
national existence of the children of   
,israel and the great foundation truth  
of the church of ,god4 ,these he uttered
 with his own wonderful voice4  ,was it 
reasonable to expect a revelation from  
,god8 ,is it necessary to the greatest  
good of the greatest number8 ,if so1 it 
is a thought at once involving the moral
 character of ,god and necessitating a  

revelation of himself4 ,in answering    
these questions intelligently we must   
look after the demands for such a       
communication4 ,where shall we find     
them8 ,answer1 in the wants of our      
humanity4 ,here two kinds of light are  
needed for two pair of eyes in order    
that we may be happy in two respects4   
,first1 physical light for the physical 
eyes1 in order to the enjoyment of      
physical life in a material world4      
,second1 the light of knowledge for the 
eyes of the understanding1 in order to  
the enjoyment of spiritual life in a    
spiritual world4 ,it is universally     
conceded that there are means provided  
in nature to meet man's physical wants  
and adaptations that manifest the wisdom
 that belongs to ,god2 also1 that it    
would have been the work of a demon to  
create man with these wants1 like so    
many empty vessels1 without any         
provision to satisfy or fill them4      
,without those supplies our suffering   
would be great and our wretchedness     

unendurable4 ,is there no liability to  
mental suffering8 ,are there no         
spiritual wants consequent upon the     
nature of mind8  ,is it not unreasonable
 to allow that ,infinite wisdom provided
 for all our physical wants and left our
 spirits with all their demands1 like so
 many children away out in the darkness 
without hope1 uneasy1 restless1 always  
dissatisfied1 and ever trying to get    
into the possession of the knowledge of 
the unseen and future1 without one ray  
of mental light shining out from the    
heavens upon our relations to perfect   
our condition and declare the glorious  
goodness of an all-wise ,creator8       
,volney says1 ,provident nature having  
endowed the heart of man with           
inexhaustible hope1 he set about finding
 happiness in this world1 and failing in
 his efforts1 he set out in his         
imagination and created a world for     
himself1 where1 free from tyrants1 he   
could have all his wrongs redressed and 
enjoy unsullied bliss4 ,this is         

,volney's account of the origin of      
religion1 the tap-root of the tree4 ,it 
contains a most wonderful concession1   
one that ,tyndal made when he said1     
,there is a place in man's psychological
 nature for religion4 ,is there a place 
in man's physical nature for bread and  
meat1 for food of every variety that    
man's soul desires8 ,do we attribute all
 the mercies of physical life to a      
supreme intelligence8 ,has that         
intelligence created us and left us     
endowed with ,inexhaustible hope1 to be 
disappointed forever1 and the only      
result1 the imaginary creation of the   
,christian's happy heaven4 ,but ,volney 
makes another grand concession in the   
quotation which ,i have given1 and that 
is the nature of the ,christian's future
 world in its relations to wrongs as    
well as tyrants1 neither are to exist   
there4 ,that the ,christian's religion1 
with its beautiful world1 does fill up  
the soul's demands is a fact            
unintentionally conceded by ,volney1 and

 known throughout the land in the       
contentment and bliss and heroism of the
 dying ,christian4 ,in this hope alone  
man's spiritual wants are met4 ,this1   
with all that pertains to it1 is in the 
revelation that ,god has made to our    
race4 ,how could this be made8 ,i       
answer1 it was made by the spirit of    
,god4 ,holy men of old spake as they    
were moved upon by the ,holy ,spirit4   
,this is what we call inspiration4 ,this
 word is a translation of ,theopneustos1
 which is from ,theos1 ,god1 pneuma1    
spirit1 ,spirit of ,god4 ,is it         
reasonable to allow that this revelation
 could be given by the spirit of ,god   
through holy men8 ,i will let an infidel
 answer this question4 ,bolingbroke     
said1 ,it is just as easy to comprehend 
the operation of the spirit of ,god upon
 the mind of a prophet in order to give 
his will to us as it is to comprehend   
the operations of our own spirits upon  
our physical nature in order to an      
expression of our own thoughts4 ,has    

such a revelation been made8 ,from all  
we know of man1 his wants1 and the      
adaptation of means in nature to those  
wants1 we are driven to the conclusion  
that it has1 presenting the means       
adapted to our spiritual wants so       
perfectly as to enable us to realize    
fully what ,volney declares our very    
nature1 as creatures of hope1 impelled  
us to create in our imaginations for    
ourselves4 ,there is no consistent      
ground that any man can occupy between  
,christianity and ,atheism4 ,and if     
there is no ,god1 nature1 or the forces1
 or whatever lies behind them1 to which 
they belong1 as the manifest energies of
 the same1 call it what you may1 has    
made a very unreasonable1 bungling      
mistake in giving in the very nature of 
man's mind an empty vessel that is to be
 filled only by the false whims of the  
imagination of an ever restless and     
dissatisfied spirit1 which1 in that     
case1 is to be eternally disappointed   
and plunged deeper down by the          

realization of the fact that all its    
anxieties and hopes were only so many   
misleading demons4  ,in order to a      
perfect revelation of ,god to man it was
 necessary that the entire page1 the    
background as well as the foreground1 or
 the human as well as the divine1 should
 be truth1 and in every case1 all the   
truth that was necessary to enable man  
to realize and understand the whys and  
wherefores of the divine procedure2 and 
also to call out in word or action the  
,divine ,being in all his relations to  
the conduct of the children of men4     
,such a record is found in the ,bible1  
given to us by men who were impelled and
 borne by the ,holy ,spirit when they   
wrote and spoke4 ,but it was not        
necessary that anything upon the dark   
human background of this picture should 
have its origin with ,god2 it was only  
necessary that1 having originated with  
man1 men or demons1 it should be put to 
record just as it was in all its        
heinousness and wickedness in order that

 we might see the true character of ,god
 in his relations to it4 ,if a wise     
physician should undertake to make      
himself known to the world he would not 
give us a history of all he did with    
every patient1 and at the same time fail
 to give us just so much of the true    
history of each patient as would be     
necessary to enable us to understand him
 in all that he did1 for both stand or  
fall together4 ,so it is in the ,bible  
revelation of ,god to man4 ,take away   
the background of the picture1 and the  
picture itself is destroyed4 ,that which
 skeptics in their ignorance are always 
trying to ridicule is just as essential 
to a revelation of ,god in his justice1 
purity1 love and power as the word of   
,god himself4 ,that is to say1 the      
revelation has an objective as well as a
 subjective side4 ,the subjective is    
,god in his attributes1 and the         
objective is man in his works4 ,it was  
the objective that drew out the         
subjective1 because all was done for the

 objective4 ,take either side away and  
the revelation ceases to exist4 ,on the 
subjective side all is of ,god in its   
origin1 is charged up to him1 being     
spoken by him1 and in his name1 or done 
by him1 or by his authority4 ,the       
indices to this great truth are in these
 or similar phrases1 ,hear1 ,o1 ,israel1
 thus saith the ,lord1 thy ,god1 ,thus  
saith the ,lord1 ,and the ,lord said1   
,the ,lord spake1 saying1 ,the ,lord    
said unto me1 ,the word of the ,lord    
came unto me1 ,the ,lord commanded1 ,the
 burthen of the word of the ,lord to1   
,the ,lord answered1 saying4 ,we are not
 authorized to charge1 as many through  
their ignorance or wickedness have done1
 all that we read about in the ,bible to
 ,god as the author4 ,the words and     
doings of wicked men and demons are     
truthfully recorded there1 and they are 
often licentious and blasphemous4 ,the  
words and doings of good men and angels 
are there1 and the words and doings of  
,god are there4 ,we are authorized to   

charge to ,god's account that only which
 is spoken in his name1 or by his       
instructions1 along with that which was 
done by him1 or by his authority1 or    
approved by him4 ,when we get outside of
 these common-sense thoughts in our     
interpretations of ,bible history we are
 acting upon our own responsibility1 and
 are liable to be found doing violence  
to the divine will4 ,if we contradict   
the record we call in question the      
veracity of the spirit which controlled 
the writer1 whether the statement       
relates to ,god1 man or demons4 ,but    
this statement does not apply to        
mistranslations1 for it is one thing to 
contradict an uninspired translator1 and
 another altogether to contradict the   
statement of one controlled by the      
spirit of ,god4 ,we fearlessly assert   
that the ,bible is just the book that   
common-sense and reason demands that it 
should be in order to contain a         
revelation of ,god to man4 ,we would as 
soon attempt to destroy the divine and  

lovely side1 as change its character1 so
 far as to take from its pages its      
record of wickedness1 misery and woe1   
for it amounts to the same thing4 ,one  
more question of importance bearing on  
this subject demands our attention1 and 
that is the question of miracles4 ,men  
have1 without any authority from the    
,bible1 treated all miracles as         
violations of natural law4 ,but it would
 be well for us to determine the extent 
of our knowledge of natural laws before 
we thus dogmatize4 ,that which we call  
miracle may be in perfect harmony with  
law that lies just beyond our knowledge4
 ,omniscience seems to be a necessary   
qualification for such theorizing as    
asserts that miracles are violations of 
the laws of nature4 ,omnipotence is an  
essential attribute of the ,ruler of the
 universe4 ,but in order to its         
existence1 the ,infinite one must be    
above the laws which he has established1
 able to take hold of those laws and    
handle them as he sees proper1 otherwise

 he is not all-powerful4 ,on the simple 
plane of nature we get lost4 ,who can   
account for ,partheno ,genesis1 or      
generation without any known sexual     
organs1 which obtains in the animal     
kingdom4 ,the spirit of ,god moved upon1
 brooded over the face of the great deep
 and life filled the waters4 ,the ,holy 
,spirit overshadowed the ,virgin and the
 ,nazarene was begotten4 ,the original  
expresses the same idea in both cases4  
,scientists who are radical materialists
 admit this wonderful feat in the animal
 kingdom as a natural affair1 and yet1  
without any authority from the ,bible1  
speak of the birth of ,christ as the    
result of ,miraculous conception1 in the
 sense of a violation of natural law4   
,what natural law is violated in        
,partheno ,genesis8 ,with me it is      
allowable that a thousand more just such
 beings might be1 and if necessary to   
the accomplishment of the great purposes
 of ,god1 would be produced under the   
same circumstances and by the same      

instrumentalities4 ,the feature of the  
question of miracles which bears on the 
subject of a divine revelation must now 
be considered4 ,it is this1 would a book
 containing such a record as that which 
we have in the ,bible1 except the record
 of miracles1 reveal ,god in his        
attributes to our world8 ,we lay it down
 as a correct proposition that we must  
have creative and life-giving power     
manifested in order to a revelation of  
,god4  ,if the ,bible contained no      
record of the exercise of powers above  
the human it would reveal only a human  
,god1 which would be no ,god2 and common
 sense would declare1 ,it is a book     
treating of1 and presenting man in his  
attributes4 ,those facts upon its pages 
which are in the power of ,god alone    
confirm1 that is1 make sure1 the        
revelation of ,god to man4 ,without this
 feature of the book common sense would 
have at least one good excuse for       
rejecting its claims4 ,the ,master      
recognizes this fact in the saying1 ,if 

,i do not the works of my ,father       
believe me not1 but if ,i do1 though ye 
believe not me1 believe the works1 that 
ye may know and believe that the ,father
 is in me and ,i in him4 ,here we have  
the fact of ,god revealed in the flesh1 
evinced by the works which the ,savior  
performed4 ,the foundation of faith1 or 
the obligation to believe1 is identified
 with those works4 ,they were a greater 
evidence of his divinity than the words 
of any prophet1 although those words    
were the words of the ,divine ,spirit4  
,jesus said1 ,i have greater witness    
than that of ,john1 for the works which 
the ,father hath given me to finish1 the
 same works that ,i do1 bear witness of 
me that the ,father hath sent me4 ,if ,i
 had not done among them the works which
 none other man did1 they had not had   
sin2 their rejection of my claims would 
be justifiable but for the fact that my 
divinity is demonstrated in the works   
which ,i do4 ,the same thought          
accompanies the introduction of the     

gospel of ,jesus ,christ in the         
preaching of the ,apostles4 ,paul said1 
,our gospel came not unto you in word   
only1 but in power1 and in the ,holy    
,spirit4 ,they went everywhere preaching
 the word2 the ,lord working with them  
and confirming the word with signs      
following4 ,the confirmation was not in 
the simple fact that miracles were      
wrought1 but in their character4 ,the   
miracles of ,christ were not in the     
power of false prophets1 magicians1 or  
demons4 ,they were in the power of ,god4
 ,peter said1 ,god anointed ,jesus of   
,nazareth with the ,holy ,spirit and    
with power1 and that ,he went about     
doing good1 and healing all who were    
oppressed of the devil2 for ,god was    
with him4 ,the presence of ,god was     
manifested in his miracles4  ,the       
question is often asked1 ,why were they 
not continued throughout the ,christian 
dispensation8 ,answer3 ,if they had been
 continued1 they would have lost all    
their power over the mind by becoming   

ordinary1 and then they would cease to  
have any bearing whatever in the        
establishment of a divine proposition4  
,it was not necessary to continue them  
beyond the witnesses whose testimony    
closed up the revelation of ,god4 ,a    
covenant once confirmed no man          
disannulleth or addeth thereto4 ,a      
continual repetition of the evidence of 
confirmation was not necessary in order 
to give faith in a communication already
 confirmed and left in a historic age   
for the faith of the world4 ,it is true 
of sense that the continual sensuous    
experience causes the object experienced
 to lose its controlling power1 but the 
opposite is true of faith4 ,so he who   
knew best what man's nature required    
ordained that the just should walk by   
faith and not by sense4 ,and to this end
 he confirmed once the revelation of    
himself and his will1 and left it in the
 world as his witness to produce faith4 
,if we receive the witness of men the   
witness of ,god is greater2 for this is 

the witness of ,god which he hath       
testified of his ,son4 ,he that         
believeth hath the witness in himself2  
he that believeth not ,god hath made him
 a liar1 because he believeth not the   
record that ,god gave of his ,son4 ,is  
it not a dangerous thing to make ,god a 
liar8 ,is it not a great insult8 ,all   
unbelievers are thus guilty before ,god4
 ,our ,savior did not speak unadvisedly 
when he said3 ,he that believeth not    
shall be condemned4  ,life and          
immortality are brought to light through
 the ,gospel4 ,is it not strange that   
dying men will reject the motive of     
life8 ,this is the record1 that ,god    
hath given to us eternal life1 and this 
life is in his ,son2 he that hath the   
,son hath life1 and he that hath not the
 ,son of ,god hath not life4 ,jesus came
 to his own and his own received him    
not1 but as many as received him to them
 gave he power to become the sons of    
,god4 ,will we possess him through faith
 and live1 or shall we make ,god a liar1

 die in our sins1 be condemned and      
banished from the presence of ,god and  
the glory of his power8         99      
99       99       99       99  ,the     
practice of dating from the ,christian  
era was first introduced about the year 
#ebg1 by ,dionisius1 surnamed ,exiguus1 
but better known as ,deny's le ,petit1 a
 monk of ,scythia and a ,roman abbot4   
,it was not introduced into ,italy until
 the sixth century4 ,it was first used  
in ,france in the seventh century2 it   
was universally established in ,france  
in the eighth century4 ,it was used in  
,england in #fhj2 it was in general use 
in the eighth century4 ,the years of the
 ,christian era are described in ancient
 documents as the years of ,grace1 of   
the ,incarnation1 of our ,lord1 of the  
,nativity1 etc4--,chambers4         99  
99       99       99       99  ,the     
cardinal virtues are ,justice1          
,prudence1 ,temperance and ,fortitude4  
,cardinal signifies1 in a general sense1
 principal or pre-eminent4 ,it comes    

from the ,latin word cardo1 a hinge4    
,take cardinal things away from any     
science and its foundation is gone4     
,everything in science turns upon       
cardinal things1 as the word cardo      
signifies4     ,a ,,funeral ,,oration4  
,,by ,,col4 ,g4 ,,de ,,veveu4        ,of
 the future1 the hereafter1 we are as   
ignorant as we are of the      infinite 
conditions through which we have passed 
during the      eternity which has      
preceded our brief present existences4  
,if we      could know the history of   
our past we might get a glimpse of our  
future2 but no message ever reached man 
from beyond the grave4 ,the      past is
 a mere sealed book1 the future is a    
blank4 ,no records are      left to us  
save those written in the rocks and the 
evidences      brought before our       
senses2 they tell their own stories4    
,whence came      we8 ,whither are we   
tending8 ,ah6 who can tell8 ,some       
profess to know1      but they know not4
 ,where have last summer's roses gone8  

,what will      become of yon dry leaf1 
torn from its parent stem by this wintry
      blast8 ,like us they disappear and
 are merged into the ocean of           
matter from which they are evolved1     
ready to be re-combined into      new   
forms of beauty2 for although individual
 existences perish1      matter is      
imperishable2 having had no birth it    
will have no death4      ,like time and 
space1 it is infinite and eternal4      
,brought forth into      this world     
without being consulted1 we are hurried 
out of it      without our consent4     
,like that leaf1 which was the hope of  
spring1      the pride and glory of     
summer1 we are rudely torn away1 the    
sport      of destiny1 to return to the 
elements of nature from which we        
spring--dust to dust4 ,the past is      
beyond recall2 the future is      veiled
 in obscurity and in doubt2 the present 
alone is ours4  ,the above is from the  
,boston ,investigator4 ,it has gone the 
rounds of the press1 and it is regarded 

as a very fine literary production4 ,but
 all is not gold that glitters4 ,this   
oration was delivered as a tribute of   
respect to the memory of ,mrs4 ,boulay4 
,it is a curiosity when viewed from the 
speaker's standpoint4 ,the man was      
evidently broken down in the presence of
 death4 ,i have sometimes thought it    
would be well for the unbelievers to    
adopt the custom of delivering funeral  
sermons1 for it is certain1 from all    
that is known of man1 that no strong    
defense of unbelief1 nor even a         
respectable presentation of it1 is made 
in the presence of death4 ,when an      
unbeliever speaks at his brother's grave
 of the rustling of wings1 ,i           
intuitively think of the old trite      
saying1 ,it is but one step from the    
sublime to the ridiculous4 ,that step is
 from the rustling of wings to          
infidelity4 ,col4 ,g4 ,veveu1 in the    
above oration1 sticks close to his      
unbelief1 but smashes his science4 ,if  
our incredulous friends will continue to

 respect the dead enough to remember    
them with an oration at their graves1 ,i
 think it will be but a short time till 
the people all over the country will see
 the hollow1 empty1 good-for-nothing    
character of unbelief4  ,mr4 ,veveu     
says1 ,although individual existences   
perish1 matter is imperishable2 having  
had no birth 7italics mine7 it will have
 no death4 ,a wonderful discovery6      
,matter had no birth2 organisms are     
born4 ,they existed1 however1 prior to  
their birth4 ,the matter that composed  
them existed before it entered into     
organic forms4 ,the living element1     
spirit1 or whatever you please to name  
it1 took hold of the elements of matter 
and built the organism4 ,the life       
existed before the organism4 ,why should
 it perish with it8 ,matter exists      
before birth and after death4 ,spirit   
also exists before birth and after      
death4 ,why affirm the eternity of      
matter and deny the eternity of spirit8 
,these unbelievers1 being materialists1 

advocate the one substance theory4 ,yet 
they talk about the unknown which they  
know1 and know it to be the invisible1  
the wonderful1 the life1 and the cause1 
at least1 of all intelligence and order4
 ,they are compelled to deify this4     
,does this pass out of being with death8
 ,does matter pass out of being with    
death8 ,no1 nothing passes out of being 
except the organic form4 ,the body      
returns to the dust1 as it was1 and the 
spirit to ,god who gave it4 ,next1 we   
have this statement with reference to   
matter1 ,like time and space1 it is     
infinite and eternal4 ,why8 ,the answer 
is1 because it can not be annihilated2  
death has simply destroyed an           
organization1 changed the condition of  
matter1 the matter of the organism1 and 
changed the relations of the            
intelligent1 living spirit2 neither     
matter nor spirit ceases to be4 ,if     
matter is therefore infinite and        
eternal1 spirit is therefore infinite   
and eternal4 ,the sooner scientists     

learn the fact that birth simply brings 
us into certain relations1 and death    
takes us out of those relations1 the    
better it will be for all who are       
concerned in this interesting subject4  
,the next item in that eloquent effusion
 is that man is like the leaf1 the mere 
sport of destiny1 returning in his      
autumn to the elements of nature from   
which he sprang3 dust to dust4  ,this   
orator asks the questions1 ,whence came 
we8 ,whither are we tending8 ,who can   
tell8 ,to them he gives two answers4    
,first1 he says1 ,some profess to know1 
but they know not4 ,the past is a mere  
sealed book4 ,the future is a blank4 ,of
 the future1 the hereafter1 we are as   
ignorant as we are of the infinite      
conditions through which we have passed 
during the eternity which has preceded  
our brief present existences4 ,if we    
could know the history of our past1 we  
might get a glimpse of our future1 ,the 
past is a mere sealed book4 ,conclusion1
 ,the future is a mere sealed book4 ,the

 man is lost in the unbeliever's narrow 
vale lying between two cold1 bleak1     
barren eternities1 viz3 life4 ,lost 787 
in the narrow vale4 ,yes6 ,he knows     
nothing about his origin4 ,he knows     
nothing about his destiny4 ,so he says1 
and we have no right to contradict him4 
,he is lost6 ,but here he is again1     
listen6 ,speaking of the autumn leaves1 
he says1 ,,like ,,us1 they disappear and
 are merged into the ocean of matter    
from which they are evolved1 ready to be
 ,,re-,,combined into new forms of      
beauty4 7,capitals mine47 ,once more he 
says1 ,,like ,,that ,,leaf which was the
 hope of spring1 the pride and glory of 
summer1 we are rudely torn away1 the    
sport of destiny1 to return to the      
elements of nature from which we sprung3
 dust to dust4  ,how he contradicts     
himself6 ,but we must make all due      
allowances4 ,he is in the presence of   
death4 ,he says1 ,the past is beyond    
recall2 the future is veiled in         
obscurity and in doubt2 the present     

alone is ours4 ,here confusion is       
confounded2 but let us ever remember    
that this was a funeral occasion1 and   
the friends of the deceased were        
present1 and this man ,veveu was there1 
for the purpose1 ostensibly1 of giving a
 small amount of consolation to bereaved
 and broken hearts4 ,oh1 how barren1 how
 cold1 how gloomy and ,god-dishonoring  
the consolation given6 ,those empty     
vessels of ours1 hearts endowed with    
inexhaustible hope1 must turn away from 
the grave 787 empty still4 ,no1 not     
necessarily4 ,god has provided a        
fountain4 ,go to it and fill your       
vessels4 ,let us not be too severe upon 
the man4 ,there he stands amid bleeding 
hearts1 and the open tomb just before   
him4 ,show pity1 ,lord6 ,the man says1  
,no message ever reached man from beyond
 the grave4 ,how very singular it is    
that many men repudiating ,god make a   
god of themselves4 ,what kind of a being
 must ,i be to know that no message ever
 reached man from beyond the grave8 ,how

 much must ,i know8 ,away back yonder in
 the past1 in that mere sealed book1 is 
a grand and glorious message from beyond
 the grave4 ,but to our friend it is a  
sealed book4  ,what becomes of          
evolution8  ,what becomes of natural    
selection8  ,what becomes of the        
doctrine of the survival of the fittest8
     ,,the ,,motive ,,that ,,led ,,men  
,,to ,,adopt ,,darwinism4   ,before     
presenting the motive that led some of  
the great minds in unbelief to advocate 
the ,darwinian theory of creation1 it   
will not be amiss to remind the reader  
of the fact that the author of the      
,vestiges of ,creation presented the    
evolution theory about twenty years     
before ,mr4 ,darwin excited the public  
mind with the hypothesis4 ,men who read 
the ,vestiges looked upon the assumption
 as a speculation1 but refused its      
adoption until ,mr4 ,darwin1 for the    
purpose of setting aside the idea of    
separate creations of species1 improved 
so far upon the ,vestiges of ,creation  

as to repudiate design in nature4       
,having done this1 many of the leading  
spirits in skepticism1 with a few great 
minds in unbelief1 at once accepted the 
wild speculation4 ,their motive may be  
seen in the following quotations3 ,the  
eye was not made for the purpose of     
seeing1 or the ear for the purpose of   
hearing4 ,organisms1 according to       
,darwin1 are like grape-shot1 of which  
one hits something and the rest fall    
wide4 7,lay sermons1 p4 #cca47          
,according to the above it appears that 
,huxley regarded the evolution of       
species1 as advocated by ,darwin1 as    
identical with the old1 effete idea that
 circumstances have determined          
everything4 ,buchner says1 ,according to
 ,darwin the whole development is due to
 the gradual summation of innumerable   
minute and accidental operations4 ,this 
is the same idea4 ,carl ,vogt says1     
,darwin's theory turns the ,creator1 and
 his occasional intervention in the     
revolutions of the earth and in the     

production of species1 without any      
hesitation1 out of doors1 inasmuch as it
 does not leave the smallest room for   
the agency of such a being4 ,haeckel    
says1 ,the grand difficulty in the way  
of the mechanical theory was the        
occurrence of innumerable organisms1    
apparently1 at least1 indicative of     
design4 ,he further says1 ,some who     
could not believe in a creative and     
controlling mind1 to get over the       
difficulty of apparent design1 adopted  
the idea of a metaphysical ghost called 
vitality4 ,he then presents his estimate
 of the service of ,darwin in the       
following words3 ,the grand service     
rendered by ,darwin to science is that  
his theory enables us to account for the
 appearances of design without assuming 
final causes1 or1 a mind working for a  
foreseen and intended end4  ,strauss1   
after making the admission that the     
evolution theory is a mere guess1 that  
it is no explanation of the cardinal    
points in descent1 adds3 ,nevertheless1 

as he has shown how miracles may be     
excluded1 he is to be applauded as one  
of the greatest benefactors of the human
 race4--,old ,faith and ,new1 p4 #agg4  
,the same author says3 ,we philosophers 
and critical theologians have spoken    
well when we decreed the abolition of   
miracles2 but our decree remained       
without effect1 because we could not    
show them to be unnecessary1 inasmuch as
 we were unable to indicate any natural 
force to take their place4 ,darwin has  
provided or indicated this natural      
force1 this process of nature2 he has   
opened the door through which a happier 
posterity may eject miracles forever4   
,helmholtz says3 ,adaptation in the     
formation of organisms may arise without
 the intervention of intelligence by the
 blind operation of natural law4 ,this  
author confounds law with cause or      
agent4 ,law is nothing without an agent 
to operate by it4 ,law is simply a rule 
of action4 ,let us hear ,strauss once   
more3 ,design in nature1 especially in  

the department of living organisms1 has 
ever been appealed to by those who      
desire to prove that the world is not   
,,self-,,evolved 7capitals mine71 but   
the work of an intelligent              
,creator4--,old ,faith and ,new1 p4     
#baa4 ,on page #age ,strauss says of    
those who ridicule ,darwin's evolution  
hypothesis and yet deny miracles3 ,how  
do they account for the origin of man1  
and1 in general1 the development of the 
organic out of the inorganic8 ,would    
they assume that the original man1 as   
such1 no matter how rough and unformed1 
but still a man1 sprang immediately out 
of the inorganic1 out of the sea or the 
slime of the ,nile8 ,they would hardly  
venture to say that2 then they must know
 that there is only the choice between  
miracle1 the divine hand of the         
,creator1 and ,darwin4 ,according to    
this statement every man is left to one 
of three conclusions1 viz3  #a4 ,that   
man came up immediately as man from the 
inorganic1 or from the slime of the     

,nile1 or from some other slimy place4  
,or1  #b4 ,that man was evolved from the
 lowest forms of life1 according to     
,darwinism4 ,or1  #c4 ,that man was     
created by the divine hand1 according to
 ,christian belief4  ,reader1 which will
 you accept4 ,will you dethrone the     
,creator8  ,choose you this day between 
the ,creator and the slime of the sea   
with the sun's rays4 ,what does ,darwin 
know about the origin of life and mind8 
,i am informed that he believes in a    
,god1 who1 by miracle1 gave the living  
unit at the base of his evolutionary    
series1 but it seems to be an admission 
for the sake merely of avoiding         
disaster1 for he says3 ,in what manner  
the mental powers were first developed  
in the lowest organisms is as hopeless  
an inquiry as how life itself first     
originated4 ,these are problems for the 
distant future1 if they are ever to be  
solved by man4--,descent of ,man1 p4    
#ff4 ,this is an open confession2 in it 
all is given up4  ,i am now reminded of 

one of the last sayings of ,strauss2    
here it is3 ,we demand for our universe 
the same piety which the devout man of  
old demanded for his ,god4 ,this brings 
us to the same standard of piety4 ,then 
why the opposition8  ,strauss denied a  
personal ,god4 ,of his mental condition 
we learn something from these words3 ,in
 the enormous machine of the universe1  
amid the incessant whirl and hiss of its
 jagged iron wheels1 amid the deafening 
crash of its ponderous stamps and       
hammers--in the midst of this whole     
terrific commotion1 man1 a helpless and 
defenseless creature1 finds himself     
placed1 not secure for a moment1 that on
 an imprudent motion a wheel may not    
seize and rend him1 or a hammer crush   
him to a powder4 ,this sense of         
abandonment is at first ,,something     
,,awful4 7,capitals mine47 ,reader1 the 
religion of ,jesus ,christ will save you
 from the terrible mental condition     
which is legitimate from a denial of    
,god and his ,christ4 ,will you accept  

it and experience the fact8     ,,shall 
,,we ,,abandon ,,our ,,religion8        
,there is no counterfeit without a      
genuine4 ,even a myth is related to     
something1 near or remote1 to which it  
bears some resemblance4 ,there is       
nothing of great value that is not      
counterfeited4 ,there is nothing that is
 not abused4 ,civil government has been 
wonderfully abused2 in this respect it  
has fared no better than religion4      
,there are many forms of civil          
government4 ,there are many forms of    
religion4 ,let us ever seek the best    
form in each4  ,we are often pointed to 
the blood that has been shed in         
religious wars2 but do unbelievers value
 civil government less because of the   
blood which they have cost8 ,no4 ,that  
blood speaks better things4 ,may we not 
estimate civil government and religion  
both by the blood they have cost8       
,unbelievers are very industrious in    
keeping before us the disagreements     
among ,protestants4 ,they say1 ,look6   

they can't agree among themselves4      
,well1 is there any better agreement    
among politicians1 or in civil          
governments8 ,is there any agreement    
among unbelievers which would serve as a
 model for us poor souls to imitate8 ,i 
confess that the way is open for        
improvement among ,protestants in this  
respect1 but is it not just as open for 
a similar improvement among unbelievers 
in the scientific field of thought8     
,there we find ,atheists1 ,pantheists1  
,deists1 ,polytheists and ,theists4 ,in 
their history will be found an immense  
mass of contradictory opinions4  ,man is
 imperfect in many of his attainments4  
,a few men are more perfect than others1
 but all are liable to mistakes4 ,errors
 are found in all the histories of      
humanity2 shall we therefore discard    
science and civil government8 or shall  
we turn misanthropists8 ,no2 we will do 
neither4 ,we are in a progressive age4  
,we were capacitated for progression4   
,we would not be men without this       

capacity4 ,let us ever remember that man
 is1 after all his mistakes1 the noblest
 creature of ,god1 having ,god-like     
attributes4 ,do you doubt this8 ,then   
tell us why it is that a falsehood is   
always detestible to the mind4 ,why do  
men strenuously avoid contradictory     
propositions8 ,the ,god-like in man is  
the great secret of his progression4 ,he
 is a progressive being4 ,shall we on   
this account condemn all that in which  
man has and does progress8 ,shall we    
condemn ,christianity on account of     
man's failures8 ,shall we discourage his
 honest efforts by keeping those        
failures always before him8 ,have men   
made no mistakes in science8 ,shall we  
repudiate on account of mistakes8 ,then 
there will be no end to repudiations4   
,let us remember and talk of the many   
mistakes that have been made in both    
science and religion1 like the man who  
visits the shadows in the deep ravines1 
in order that he may more fully realize 
the fact that the sun shines2 that is to

 say1 let us talk of old1 effete dogmas 
in science and in religion only to more 
fully realize the fact that the sunlight
 of truth is shining4 ,yes6 ,man has    
progressed4 ,science and religion both  
stand true to their ,god4 ,man alone    
deviates4 ,how often do we hear men say1
 ,science is progressive8 ,scientific   
truth is always the same4 ,man is not   
always the same4 ,shall we keep his many
 deviations from truth and principle    
before him in order to cause greater    
deviations8 ,who will deliver the       
unbelievers of our country from this    
dead body8 ,it contains all the errors  
of the ages4 ,their name is legion4     
,among them we behold laws in the early 
history of our own country that to-day  
would shock the common sense of our     
country4 ,examine the old ,blue ,laws of
 ,connecticut4 ,among the errors of the 
past we find the rack1 the thumb-screw1 
the inquisition--,i was going to add the
 cross1 but ,i recollect that           
unbelievers do not put that in their    

list4 ,they do not sympathize with      
,christ1 so they leave the cross out2 in
 fact they do not like to talk about it4
 ,it is their stumbling stone2 the rock 
of their offense4 ,i am tempted to say  
more about the errors of scientists in  
the bygone1 but ,i must forbear2 for in 
so doing ,i would ape the unbelievers4  
,i have no great love for apes4 ,so far 
as old1 effete1 erroneous opinions and  
faiths are concerned1 with the old      
instruments of torture belonging to the 
shadows of the dark ages1 we should say1
 disturb not the dead4  ,a man making   
his appearance among us as a lecturer1  
condemning all the sciences1 presenting 
to the public mind the hundred and one  
old false ideas known in the history of 
scientific investigation1 would be      
hissed out of literary circles4  ,an    
orator coming before the ,american      
people as a speaker1 loaded with all the
 imperfections of our government1 with  
its errors in legislation1 its wicked   
and corrupt men accepting bribes1 its   

mistakes on the fields of battle1       
resulting in great loss of life1 as an  
open enemy to our country1 breathing out
 treason1 would subject himself to the  
anathemas of our government4 ,the course
 pursued by unbelievers against the     
religion of ,jesus ,christ is without a 
parallel in the fields of science1 civil
 governments and morals1 yet the way is 
equally open in all those directions for
 a similar effort4  ,what is the value  
of the religion of ,christ8 ,what is the
 estimate placed upon it by the best    
minds of ,america8 ,andrew ,jackson     
said1 in his last hours1 ,that book1    
sir1 pointing to the ,bible1 is the rock
 on which our republic rests4  ,benjamin
 ,franklin said1 ,as to ,jesus of       
,nazareth1 my opinion of whom you       
particularly desire1 ,i think the system
 of morals1 and his religion1 as he left
 them to us1 is the best the world ever 
saw1 or is likely to see4  ,john ,adams 
said1 ,the ,bible is the best book in   
the world4  ,henry ,clay said1 ,i always

 have had1 and always shall have1 a     
profound regard for ,christianity1 the  
religion of my fathers1 and for its     
rites1 its usages and observances4  ,u4 
,s4 ,grant said1 ,hold fast to the      
,bible as the sheet anchor of our       
liberties2 write its precepts on your   
hearts1 and practice them in your lives4
 ,to the influence of this book we are  
indebted for the progress made in true  
civilization1 and to this we must look  
as our guide in the future4  ,general   
,george ,washington said1 ,it is        
impossible to govern the world without  
,god4 ,he must be worse than an infidel 
that lacks faith1 and more than wicked  
that has not gratitude enough to        
acknowledge his obligation4     ,,the   
,,domain ,,or ,,province ,,of ,,science4
   ,the ,greeks used the word epistasin 
to express the idea that we express by  
the word science4 ,our word means       
certain knowledge4 ,theirs was          
understood to mean coming to a stand1   
from epi1 upon1 and staseo1 to stand4   

,science takes account of phenomenon and
 seeks its law4 ,when you apprehend a   
phenomenon and discover its law you have
 accomplished all that the term         
indicates1 even though you fail to      
comprehend the whys and wherefores of   
the law4 ,certain knowledge1 this phrase
 indicates limitation4 ,all that it     
demands is that you know that which you 
profess to know4 ,it therefore follows  
that the word science is equally        
applicable to the comprehensible and    
incomprehensible4 ,the word is from     
scio1 ,i know4 ,as men's knowledge1 in  
the present state1 at least1 is limited1
 so science1 as presented by man1 is    
also limited2 but1 as men are           
progressive beings1 science and the     
sciences may increase1 adding more and  
more of truth4 ,there are1 however1     
shores beyond which science will never  
carry us1 but on the contrary will leave
 us to settle down1 to rest forever in  
content or discontent1 just as we       
choose4  ,the modern hypothesis of      

materialistic unbelievers is that there 
is but one substance in the universe1   
and that is matter4 ,if this be so1 then
 all knowledge pertains to matter1 and  
when you have reasoned yourself to the  
last element known1 or knowable1 in     
physical analysis1 which will be the    
point of departure as well as your      
ultimate truth behind which you can not 
go1 then1 of course1 you are where you  
must rest satisfied or dissatisfied2 you
 have come to the ,rubicon beyond which 
you will never pass4 ,the mere physicist
 finds1 as a legitimate result of his   
hypothesis of but one substance1 his    
rest in the ultimate of eternal matter  
and blind force4 ,the ,christian1       
recognizing spiritual substance also1   
finds his ultimate or resting place in  
,god1 who is the last element in vital  
and mental analysis1 and also the       
,christian's starting point in his      
inductive reasonings4 ,we realize that  
scientific knowledge is profitable1 even
 in the field of matter1 but if we      

refuse to science any domain above      
matter she will lead us to the dust of  
the grave1 there to forsake us forever  
amid its gloom and sorrow4 ,here        
,colonel ,ingersoll's night birds--for  
angels he has no use--move with rustling
 of wings4 ,when such men reason        
themselves back to the germ cells and   
sperm cells1 and stand there upon the   
last element in the analysis of the     
human body1 they are not able to take   
another step until they acknowledge the 
existence of spiritual substance as     
matters master1 which ever was1 and is  
above matter1 which takes hold of matter
 and builds germ cells and sperm cells  
and inhabits them1 as the inherent fore 
which superintends the building1        
differentiating the species1 and        
determining the sex4  ,ask the          
unbeliever1 the materialist1 what this  
vital principle is1 and he answers3 ,it 
is the all-pervading force that is      
modified by the organic structure4 ,that
 is1 in his philosophy1 the vital force 

is produced by the organism1 and the    
organism is produced by the vital       
principle8 ,so1 being at the last limit 
of the physical analysis of the organic 
being1 he is involved in a              
contradiction1 while the ,christian who 
believes in a spiritual substance refers
 all to spirit1 and claims a            
continuation of his identity as an      
intelligent spirit1 resting in his      
ultimate or starting point1 viz3 ,god4  
,do you say ,i am lost in ,god8 ,well1  
to be thus lost in ,god is to be saved  
from corruption and from the dust of the
 grave2 but to be lost in the dust of   
the grave and in the ceaseless changes  
of matter is to be lost to ,god and to  
spiritual being4 ,let me be with ,god   
rather than lost amid the dark waves of 
oblivion4  ,has science no prerogatives 
above the physical8 ,tread lightly here2
 you might step on holy ground4 ,do you 
use the old cry that all outside of     
matter belongs to the unknown and       
unknowable8 ,exchange the terms for the 

terms the uncomprehended and the        
incomprehensible1 and we will walk side 
by side4 ,we know many things which we  
do not comprehend4 ,do we comprehend all
 that belongs to the physical sciences8 
,do we comprehend matter8 ,i know that  
,i know1 but do ,i comprehend that      
knowledge8 ,if ,i should say ,i know the
 unknowable1 ,i am guilty of a          
contradiction in language4 ,do you say  
matter is infinite8 ,can ,i comprehended
 the infinite8 ,if science be that      
certain knowledge which is the          
equivalent of comprehension1 then one of
 two things is true3 ,first1 there is no
 such thing as physical science2 or1    
secondly1 ,i may have certain knowledge 
of the infinite--may comprehend the     
infinite4 ,how is this8 ,where is the   
difficulty8 ,it is here3 the knowledge  
which constitutes science is not        
necessarily that knowledge which is the 
equivalent of the comprehension of the  
thing known4 ,hence the incomprehensible
 is not to be excluded from the field of

 scientific investigation4 ,if matter be
 infinite1 and if it belongs to the     
field of scientific knowledge1 then the 
infinite and incomprehensible belong1   
also1 to the domain of scientific       
investigation4 ,if the infinite can not 
be comprehended1 matter can not be      
comprehended1 and if all that can not be
 comprehended should be dismissed from  
scientific investigation1 then matter   
should be dismissed4  ,in physical      
science we know the vital force exists  
which builds the germ and sperm cells1  
but we do not comprehend it4 ,if you ask
 physical science to explain this       
invisible force or power1 she will say1 
,gentlemen1 ,i have given you an        
introduction to this wonderful builder2 
you see it is there at the threshold of 
organic being1 but ,i can not tell you  
why it is there1 nor what its properties
 are2 if it has any1 they are outside of
 my domain4 ,i deal with matter4 ,you   
must ask at the gate of the unseen1 ask 
the science of the spiritual1 the mental

 and vital4 ,i am in wonderful contrast 
with mind1 with life also4 ,i am        
inertia4 ,some of my votaries have tried
 to give you the answer which you so    
much desire4 ,they have said1 ,it is the
 all-pervading force which was lying    
away back in the antechambers of        
eternity4 ,have said1 ,it was burdened  
with a universe of worlds4 ,have said1  
,it was destitute of personality4 ,have 
said1 ,it was not1 and is not1 an       
intelligence4 ,have said1 ,it was       
without will1 purpose or desire4 ,have  
said1 ,all beauty1 harmony and order    
were its results4 ,have also said1 ,it  
was1 away back in the ages past1        
groaning and heaving1 travailing1 in    
great anxiety to be delivered4 ,speaking
 of it in the light of natural          
selection1 they have deified it1 giving 
to it all the mental operations of an   
intelligent1 living ,god4 ,on this      
account some of my lovers are           
,pantheists4 ,they deify nature2 deify  
everything1 and call it all ,god4 ,a few

 ignorant ,christians1 on this very     
account1 are ready to give up their     
warfare with ,pantheists4 ,but the      
battle is not won because the word ,god 
is pronounced2 for sober reason says1   
,if nature is all ,god1 she is a ,god1  
who is no ,god2 or a nature without a   
,god1 just as you choose to express it4 
,after all1 it remains an axiom1 that   
you can not get more out of a thing than
 there is in it4 ,so1 of necessity1     
there must be1 somewhere in this        
universe1 ,eternal life and mind4       
,reader1 how readest thou8     ,,blind  
,,force ,,or ,,intelligence1 ,,which8   
,in the discussion of this question ,i  
think it proper to submit a few         
axiomatic or common-sense truths which  
are universally admitted by the unbiased
 mind4  ,first4 ,every effect must have 
a cause4  ,secondly4 ,every series must 
have a unit lying at its base4          
,thirdly4 ,in every beginning there must
 be that which began4  ,fourthly4       
,something is eternal4  ,fifthly4 ,there

 can not be an endless succession of    
dependent things4  ,sixthly4 ,there must
 be that upon which the first dependent 
link in the chain of dependent things   
depended4  ,seventhly4 ,that thing1     
whatever it may be1 upon which the first
 dependent thing depended1 must be      
eternal4  ,was it blind force or        
intelligence1 which8  ,the existence of 
a supreme intelligence is the first     
great leading thought made known in the 
,bible4  ,the first that is made known  
in unbelief1 is the existence of the    
unknown4  ,when a man adopts the idea of
 the unknown1 he lays down all his      
strength to oppose the idea of a supreme
 intelligence1 for what right has he to 
dogmatize about the unknown8 ,the use of
 the word force will not help us to a   
better understanding of things4 ,force  
is simply the manifestation of energy1  
and there must1 necessarily1 be         
something lying behind it to which it1  
as an attribute or quality1 belongs4    
,that something the ,bible calls spirit4

 ,it has never been christened with a   
name by the unbeliever4 ,force is the   
bridge between it and matter1 and the   
bridge between it and all things upon   
which it operates4 ,the unbeliever's    
unknown lies behind force4 ,has he ever 
given it a name8  ,so far as science is 
concerned1 it is paying her proper      
respect to say she demands an           
intelligence in order to account for the
 wonderful things with which she has to 
deal4 ,laycock1 treating upon the       
questions of mind and brain1 says3 ,the 
phenomena of life present a vast series 
of adjustments and modifications to fill
 certain purposes and bring about       
ends4--,mind and ,brain1 vol4 #a1 p4    
#bbb to #bbd4  ,systematic action in the
 use of means to accomplish certain ends
 or purposes we regard as the evidence  
of intelligence4 ,by what other means do
 we distinguish between the rational and
 the insane8 ,winchel says1 in his      
,religion and ,science1 p4 #ajb1        
,without ,god we can not account for the

 correlation presented by the world of  
structural part to structural part1 of  
structural part to intelligible end1 of 
structural part to persistent plans or  
archetypes1 of correlations which show  
that they were anticipated4  ,beal1 on  
,protoplasm1 p4 #ajd to #ajg1 says1     
,living matter overcomes gravitation and
 resists and suspends chemical affinity4
 ,he adds1 ,it is in direct opposition  
to chemical affinities that organized   
beings exist4  ,what power is that which
 lies behind chemical affinities1 and   
controls them with direct reference to  
organic being8 ,will some bold          
unbeliever answer8  ,carpenter says1    
,the most universal and fundamental     
attribute of life is the mode of vital  
activity manifesting itself in the      
development of the germ into the        
complete organism and type ,,of ,,its   
,,parent1 and the after maintenance of  
the organism in its integrity at the    
expense of materials derived from       
external sources4 ,the life in the germ 

is the controlling agency1              
superintending the building1 charged    
with the working out the design of the  
architect4 ,who is the architect8 ,or1  
if you prefer it1 what is the architect8
 ,whoever he or whatever it may be1 the 
design and decrees of nature are with   
that official4 ,all the changes that can
 be made in environments or food will   
not change the organism from the type of
 its parent4 ,then the structure of the 
male and the female with reference to   
future living organisms1 or procreation1
 is in very poor harmony with the idea  
that the architect is blind force4  ,the
 same milk from one and the same animal1
 with the same heat and air1 will build 
up bodies of different types1 one as    
well as another1 making human flesh in  
the human body1 and dog's flesh in the  
dog's body1 and sheep's flesh in the    
sheep's body4 ,if the living germinal   
organism has its paternity in a dog1 it 
will remain a dog in spite of food and  
environments4  ,carpenter says1 ,the    

vital force1 in the germ1 is not the    
entire force or means of growth2 heat is
 a constructive stimulus1 but amounts to
 nothing where there is no life4 ,food  
is material for the building1 but like  
heat1 it is of no consequence in the    
absence of life4  ,the constructing     
force in the germ manifests itself1 in  
the plant1 in the conversion of the     
insoluble starch of the seed into sugar1
 and in an additional change of a part  
of that sugar so as to set at liberty a 
large amount of carbon1 which1 uniting  
with the oxygen of the air1 forms       
carbonic acid1 and this process is      
attended with a liberation of heat which
 supplies the germ with stimulus4  ,it  
is different with the advanced plant4   
,the organic compounds required to      
extend the fabric1 are formed by the    
plant1 instead of being supplied from   
without4 ,the tissues of the green      
surface of the stem and leaves have the 
peculiar power1 when acted on by light1 
of generating1 at the expense of        

carbonic acid1 water and ammonia1 with  
various ternary and quarternary organic 
compounds1 such as chlorophyll1 starch1 
oil and albumen4 ,a part goes to build  
new tissues1 and a part is stored up in 
the cavities of tissues for food for    
parts to be developed in the future4    
,mr4 ,carpenter says1 ,of the source of 
this peculiar power we have no right to 
speak confidently4 ,is it a blind force 
that anticipates growth in the plant1   
and lays away food1 in the tissues1 for 
future use8 ,why should it be different 
with the young plant8  ,sixteen simple  
substances are known to exist in        
vegetable organisms1 and many of them   
are more strongly inclined to unite with
 substances which have no existence in  
vegetable cells2 so they separate1 in   
violation of chemical laws1 and unite in
 vegetable cells in utter disregard of  
the affinities which are known to be    
their strongest4 ,how do unbelievers    
manage such objections to the hypothesis
 that chemical laws explain everything  

in vegetable life8 ,how is all this     
accounted for8 ,we1 ,christians1 answer1
 ,the course of nature is the art of    
,god4 ,this answer is equivalent to the 
thought that vegetable life is the      
result of the union existing between    
,god and the vegetable kingdom4 ,the    
force that lies behind all chemical     
affinities and controls them1 together  
with the wisdom displayed in that       
kingdom1 belongs to ,god4     ,,species1
 ,,or ,,units ,,of ,,nature4   ,are     
millions of years adequate as a cause1  
when associated with all the forces     
known in nature1 to produce new species 
and extirpate old ones8 ,the teachings  
of ,darwin require an answer in the     
affirmative4  ,the survival of the      
fittest is one of ,darwin's emphasized  
laws of natural selection4 ,he says3 ,in
 all cases the new and improved forms of
 life tend to supplant the old and      
unimproved forms4 ,new varieties        
continually take the place of and       
supplant the parent form4 ,new and      

improved varieties will inevitably      
supplant and exterminate the            
older4--,origin of ,species1 pp4 #bfd1  
#bff1 #dac4  ,do the facts sustain this 
assumption8 ,the little animals whose   
remains compose the great chalk-beds are
 alive and working4 ,inarticulate or    
molluscan life is seen in a sub-fossil  
condition in the ,post ,pliocene clays  
of ,canada4 ,they are just as they were 
in the beginning of their history4      
,species seem to be immutably fixed4    
,the demand for millions of years1 in   
order to get old species out and new    
ones in1 breaks down with the mollusk of
 the ,pliocene in the clays of ,canada4 
,the ,pliocene species are the more     
recent2 such is1 in fact1 the meaning of
 the term in geology4 ,the mollusk of   
,canada ,pliocene clay has undergone no 
change since its first appearance upon  
our globe4  ,in order to account for    
ancient life1 that passed away1 as far  
back as the carboniferous age1 it is    
claimed that millions of years passed   

before that age began4 ,but here are the
 very first species of mollusca in the  
more recent clays unchanged1 and here   
are the same little animals that floored
 so much territory in the bygone with   
chalk4 ,how does this look by the side  
of the last quotation from ,darwin8     
,crabs or lobsters1 cuttle-fish1        
jelly-fish1 star-fish1 oysters1 snails1 
and worms lived contemporary with the   
first vertebrates4 ,i have recently read
 an article in which it is said by an   
advocate of the ,darwinian hypothesis1  
that man in his original condition was a
 cannibal1 feasting1 ordinarily1 upon   
snails and worms4 ,now1 it is claimed   
that millions of years have passed1 and 
that millions of years inevitably       
destroy old species and introduce new   
ones2 and yet here are the same old     
pesky snails and worms4 ,if millions of 
years have passed the system is false4  
,and if millions of years have not      
passed the system is false2 so it is    
certainly false4  ,hybrids are          

wonderfully in the way of the           
hypothesis4 ,they can not be saved4 ,all
 artificial varieties return to their   
simple form4 ,mr4 ,huxley recognizes    
this as an objection that can not be    
surmounted4 ,he says1 ,while it remains 
,darwin's doctrine1 must be content to  
remain a mere hypothesis2 that is1 a    
mere guess4  ,in the latest productions 
of ,agassiz we have this statement3 ,as 
a palontologist ,i have from the        
beginning stood aloof from this new     
theory of transmutation1 now so widely  
admitted2 its doctrines1 in fact1       
contradict what the animal forms buried 
in the rocky strata of our earth tell us
 of their own introduction and          
succession upon the surface of the      
globe4  ,the first vertebrates are      
sharks1 ganoids and garpikes1 which are 
the highest in structure of all known   
fishes4 ,darwin's hypothesis demands    
this order reversed4  ,when you ask an  
evolutionist for the links connecting   
new and old species1 as he is pleased to

 denominate them1 you receive the       
satisfactory 787 answer1 ,they are lost4
 ,a painter presented a man with a red  
canvass1 claiming that it represented   
the children of ,israel crossing the    
,red sea4 ,the question was asked1      
,where are the ,israelites8 ,the painter
 answered1 ,they have crossed over4     
,but1 said the man1 where are the       
,egyptians8 ,o1 my dear sir1 said the   
artist1 they are under the sea4 ,this is
 a very fine illustration of facts1 if  
,darwinism may boast of facts1 for the  
connecting links between species are    
under the sea of oblivion1 never to be  
found1 and the old species have passed  
over4 ,mr4 ,darwin's apology is in these
 words3 ,every one will admit that the  
geological record is imperfect2 but very
 few can believe that it is so very     
imperfect as my theory demands4 ,this is
 a grand concession4 ,the wild          
speculation has no support from geology4
 ,the blanket of oblivion1 which ,mr4   
,darwin and his friends spread over the 

difficulty1 is millions of years4 ,in   
that length of time the missing species1
 or links1 would1 of course1 all pass   
out of sight4 ,is this true8 ,no4 ,in   
the geological record millions of       
specimens are fossilized and laid away  
in nature's great cabinet4 ,why not find
 a few of the missing links there8 ,just
 one4 ,one fact1 gentlemen1 if you      
please4 ,science is certain knowledge4  
,is there certain knowledge of missing  
links8 ,gentlemen1 just bridge one gulf 
for us2 the gulf lying between any two  
species will do4 ,we get impatient1     
standing and gazing4 ,look6 ,can you see
 across8  ,mr4 ,darwin says1 ,professor 
,haeckel1 in his general ,morphology and
 other works1 has brought his great     
knowledge and abilities to bear on what 
he calls phylogeny or the lines of      
descent of all organic beings4--,origin 
of ,species1 p4 #cha4  ,this author1    
,mr4 ,haeckel1 has lines of descent     
which involves the idea of a plurality  
of beginnings in the history of organic 

being2 that is1 ,mr4 ,haeckel claims a  
vertebrate series with a vertebrate     
lying at the base of the series1 and an 
articulate series with an articulate    
lying at its base4 ,so there must be ,a 
,,special ,,creation ,,at ,,last4 ,hear 
him3 ,there appears1 indeed1 to be a    
limit given to the adaptability of every
 organism by the type of its tribe or   
phylum4 ,thus1 for example1 no          
vertebrate animal can acquire the       
ventral nerve chord of articulate       
animals instead of the characteristic   
spinal marrow of the vertebrate         
animals4--,history of ,creation1 vol4   
#a1 p4 #bej4 ,so the vertebrate must    
forever remain a vertebrate1 and the    
articulate forever an articulate4 ,were 
they both evolved from the same unit8   
,we are anxious to know1 how from a     
pulpy mass of flesh1 from a moneron1 a  
creature of one substance1 vertebrates  
were evolved4 ,we would like to know1   
also1 how a creature of more than one   
substance could be evolved from a       

creature of one substance without more  
being gotten out of the thing than there
 was in it4 ,here spontaneous generation
 passes into a wreck4 ,do you see8 ,the 
pulpy mass of flesh1 or moneron1 from   
which so much has been evolved was the  
result of the sun's rays falling upon   
the sea slime1 and was and is a creature
 of one substance1 homogeneous4 ,natural
 selection could not operate in the     
vertebrate type before it existed4 ,it  
was limited to the type or phylum4 ,that
 is to say1 natural selection could     
evolve new species without limitation   
from each type1 but could never evolve a
 vertebrate from an articulate1 nor an  
articulate from a vertebrate4 ,then1 how
 are the two series from the same unit2 
or1 if they are connected with two      
different units1 how are those units the
 effect of the same unintelligent cause8
 ,how are we going to cross this chasm  
lying between the sun's rays and the sea
 slime upon the one hand1 and the       
articulate and the vertebrate upon the  

other8 ,darwin says1 ,judging from the  
past1 we may safely infer that not one  
living species will transmit its        
unaltered likeness to a distant         
futurity4 ,well1 how is it with the     
past8 ,we are told that millions of     
years are the demand for the changes    
already brought about4 ,millions of     
years would certainly be enough to      
constitute a distant futurity4 ,how is  
it now8 ,is there not one species having
 its likeness represented by a species  
in the distant past8 ,yes2 the genus    
lingula1 the species appearing in all   
the ages1 was connected by an unbroken  
series of generations from the lowest   
,silurian stratum to the present        
day4--,origin of ,species1 pp4 #bic1    
#bid1 #dbh4  ,darwin's theory claims    
that the first forms of all life still  
exist1 and are known and named4 ,the    
ape1 if it could talk like a man1 would 
boast of a history reaching all the way 
back to time prior to the existence of  
the greater number of the mammals4 ,to  

get rid of the difficulty of first forms
 still existing1 ,mr4 ,darwin cuts off  
his unit from the law of the survival of
 the fittest1 or the inevitable         
destruction of the parent form4 ,he     
says3 ,a very simple form1 fitted for   
very simple conditions of life1 might   
remain for indefinite ages unaltered1 or
 unimproved2 for what would it profit an
 infusorial animalcule1 or an intestinal
 worm1 to become highly                 
organized8--,animals and ,plants1 vol4  
#a1 p4 #ai4 ,under very simple          
conditions of life a higher organism    
would be of no service4--,origin of     
,species1 p4 #ajj4  ,how are we to      
reconcile the conflicting ideas in this 
speculation8 ,at one time we are taught 
that all forms of life were1 originally1
 very simple forms1 existing under very 
simple conditions4 ,at another time we  
are taught that new and improved forms  
inevitably supplant and destroy parent  
forms4 ,at another we are taught1 at    
great length1 the doctrine of the       

survival of the fittest4  ,at another we
 are taught that all things have worked1
 and do work1 without designs upon the  
part of a present intelligence4  ,at    
another we are taught that very simple  
forms of life1 under the very simple    
conditions of life1 have continued to   
the present day1 because of the fact    
that it would be of ,,no ,,service for  
them to become highly organized4 ,no    
service to whom8 ,to what end8  ,out of 
thine own mouth will ,i condemn thee4   
,what6 ,is there an end in view that has
 governed in the great question of      
evolution of species1 and the survival  
of the fittest8 ,darwin seems to think  
so4 ,the wonderful machine that ,strauss
 talked about in connection with the    
smashing and crashing that destroys     
parent forms did not smash the simplest 
forms of life4 ,why8 ,the answer is1 ,it
 would be of no service for them to     
become highly organized4 ,then all the  
smashing and crashing known in the      
doctrine of the survival of the fittest 

and in the destruction of the parent    
form was under the supervision of some  
controlling power1 having an end to     
accomplish4         99       99       99
       99       99  ,if we see a member 
of the church of ,christ living in      
obedience to the law of ,christ1 we say 
he is a ,christian1 and speak of him as 
such2 on the other hand1 if we know he  
is in works denying ,christ1 being      
disobedient1 we tacitly assume that he  
is not a ,christian1 yet a mawkish      
charity keeps us1 in too many instances1
 from speaking out in this matter1 and  
also keeps us from earnestly trying to  
distinguish the true ,christian2 and    
this is one of the great sins of the    
church in our times1 for thus the wicked
 are not put to shame1 and others are   
caused to hesitate in their graces by   
the conduct of those whom1 in mawk      
charity1 are called ,christians4        
99       99       99       99       99  
,mouth-glue is made of pure glue1 as    
parchment glue1 or gelatine and coarse  

brown sugar4 ,take pure glue and add    
one-quarter or one-third of its weight  
of brown sugar4 ,put both into a        
sufficient quantity of water to boil and
 reduce the mass to a liquid1 then cast 
into thin cakes on a flat surface very  
slightly oiled1 and1 as it cools1 cut up
 into pieces of a convenient size4 ,when
 you wish to use it moisten one end in  
the mouth1 and rub it on any substance  
you wish to join2 a piece kept in the   
work-box is very convenient4--,chambers4
         99       99       99       99  
99  ,the ,christian's faith was not     
intended to sit him down in ease1 but to
 stimulate him to the discharge of his  
duties4 ,so the work of faith is a noble
 work1 a life of labor4                 
,,miscellaneous4   ,the oft-repeated    
story that man had his beginning in a   
low state of barbarous cannibalism is a 
groundless assumption4         99       
99       99       99       99  ,what is 
the difference between getting more out 
of a thing than there is in it and      

creating something out of nothing8      
99       99       99       99       99  
,if the religious foundations and       
sanctions of morality are to be given   
up1 what is to be substituted for       
them8--,lord ,selborne4         99      
99       99       99       99  ,the     
,orang and ,pongo monkeys1 which are    
classed with those which make the       
nearest approach to man1 have three     
vertebra fewer than man4         99     
99       99       99       99  ,live    
while we may2 ,let us eat and drink1 for
 tomorrow we die1 are natural           
corollaries from the teachings of modern
 as well as ancient infidels4         99
       99       99       99       99    
,finding human skeletons with the       
skeletons of extinct animals            
necessitates the bringing of those      
animals forward1 for specimens have been
 found in modern times with the flesh   
upon their bones and food in their      
stomachs4         99       99       99  
99       99  ,if all organized animal   

life was evolved from the moneron1 a    
creature of one substance1 homogeneous1 
how were creatures of more than one     
substance evolved without more being    
evolved than was involved8 ,let some of 
our scientific wise-acres solve this    
problem4         99       99       99   
99       99  ,paul says1 ,things which  
are seen were not made of things which  
do appear4 ,every negative has its      
affirmative4 ,the affirmative of the    
above is this1 ,things which are seen   
were made of unseen things4 ,the ,bible 
does not teach that anything was made of
 nothing4         99       99       99  
99       99  ,the ,chimpanzee has       
thirteen pair of movable thoracic ribs4 
,man has two4 ,if man lived up in the   
bushes1 like the ,chimpanzee and other  
apes1 he would need more movable ribs so
 that he might not be ruined by broken  
ribs every time he might happen to fall4
 ,is there no evidence of design here8  
99       99       99       99       99  
,all unbelievers who advocate the idea  

of spontaneous generation try to get    
more out of matter than there was in it1
 viz3 life1 sensation1 intelligence and 
moral nature4 ,can you get more out of a
 thing than there is in it8 ,is there   
life without antecedent life1 etc48     
,unbeliever1 are you mocking the ,bible 
because somebody said the ,lord created 
something of nothing1 and at the same   
time advocating spontaneous generation1 
and thereby professing to get more      
evolved than was involved8         99   
99       99       99       99  ,the idea
 that stone implements are an index to  
man in the beginning of his existence is
 an unwarranted conceit2 they may point 
to a degeneracy4 ,the lost arts are     
indicative of that which might have been
 repeated many times4 ,stone implements 
might have been used1 as we know they   
have been1 in times of great            
civilization4 ,they are an uncertain    
index of civilization among the tribes  
who used them1 and no index of the      
civilization of other tribes who lived  

at the same time in other parts of the  
earth4         99       99       99     
99       99  ,professor ,huxley says1 ,i
 understand and ,i respect the meaning  
of the word soul1 as used by ,pagan and 
,christian philosophers1 for what they  
believe to be the imperishable seat of  
human personality1 bearing throughout   
eternity its burden of woe1 or its      
capacity for adoration and love4 ,i     
confess that my dull moral sense does   
not enable me to see anything base or   
selfish in the desire for future life   
among the spirits of the just made      
perfect2 or even among a few poor       
fallible souls as one has known here    
below4--,modern ,symposium1 vol4 #a1 p4 
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