,the ,christian ,foundation1            
,or1                         ,scientific
 and ,religious ,journal                
,vol4 #a4 ,no #f4                       
,june1 #ahhj4            ,,contents     
,the ,work of the ,holy ,spirit4 ,what  
,is ,it8 ,what ,are ,its ,relations ,and
 ,uses8  ,credibility ,of ,the ,evidence
 ,of ,the ,resurrection ,of ,christ4    
8,broad-,gauge ,religion40--,shall ,the 
,conflict ,cease8  ,papal ,authority ,in
 ,the ,bygone4--,the ,infidel's ,amusing
 ,attitude4  8,even ,now ,are ,there    
,many ,anti-,christs40  ,what ,is ,to   
,be ,the ,religion ,of ,the ,future4    
,bill ,of ,indictments ,against         
,protestants4  ,a ,summary ,of ,truth4  
,ethan ,allen1 ,the ,infidel1 ,and ,his 
,daughter4  ,truth ,is ,immortal4       
,,the ,,work ,,of ,,the ,,holy ,,spirit4
 ,,what ,,is ,,it8 ,,what ,,are ,,its   
,,relations ,,and ,,uses8      ,i know  
of no religious people who intentionally
 deny his agency in  creation1          
providence or redemption4 ,but men      

differ widely in their  opinions        
concerning it and its relations and     
uses4 ,many honest-hearted  persons have
 been educated in the theory of an      
immediate and direct  operation of the  
,spirit upon the hearts of sinners in   
order to their  conversion1 which they  
often call the baptism of the ,holy     
,spirit4 ,on this  account thousands of 
prayers are offered up continually to   
induce the ,lord  to pour the ,spirit   
upon sinners and convert and save them4 
,and happy  meetings are attributed to  
wonderful outpourings of the ,spirit4   
,what is  his work8 ,it is said that he 
moved upon the face of the great deep1  
and  that ,god said1 ,let there be      
light1 and there was light4 ,this       
operation  upon physical nature gave to 
our planet cosmic light1 and the        
darkness1  which had shut out the light 
of the heavenly bodies through the long 
lapse  of time extending back from      
,moses' first day to the beginning in   
which  creation took place1 was removed4

 ,activity having begun in matter1      
periods  of light and darkness alternate
 until the conditions of our planet are 
so  changed that the light of the       
heavenly bodies becomes the light of    
this  world2 and the great work of the  
,spirit having accomplished its         
purposes1  is classified with the       
extraordinary efforts of ,god in        
bringing into  existence this beautiful 
planetary system of ours4 ,it is1       
consequently1 a  work of the past4 ,but 
the work of the ,spirit is not over4    
,there must be a moral and spiritual    
system1 as well as a physical4 ,as the  
material system would be unworthy of its
 creator1 were it not for the fact  that
 it is governed by law1 which is        
equivalent to saying1 it is a system1   
so the moral and spiritual must be under
 law1 in order to the  accomplishment of
 the ends of its creation1 which is     
equal to saying1 it  is ,god's moral    
government4 ,but how is this system to  
be brought into  existence8 ,and how is 

it to be perpetuated8 ,in answering     
these questions  let us remember the law
 of analogy1 based upon the simple axiom
 that ,god  is a ,god of order4 ,in the 
use of the analogy about to be          
instituted we  simply pass through the  
outer court of the temple of ,god in    
order to  behold the beauties of the    
inner4 ,then1 as the world of matter    
existed as  an inactive1 confused mass1 
surrounded by an envelope of darkness   
which  shut out the light of the        
heavens1 so the human family1 without   
the  knowledge of ,god1 without the     
light of knowledge1 left to its own     
mental  and moral wanderings1 without   
law or system or order1 would present   
all  the horrors of pagan darkness and  
woe4 ,then the ,spirit of ,god must move
  again in obedience to the mandate of  
the ,most ,high4 ,and as the object to  
be accomplished is now connected with   
mind1 the ,spirit now moves upon the    
face of the great deep of the human     
heart or mind4 ,but shall he move upon  

all hearts throughout all time in order 
to dispel moral darkness1 and so  the   
extraordinary become the ordinary8 ,or  
shall he move in an  extraordinary      
manner and cause the light of revelation
 to flash across the  world and dispel  
the darkness consequent upon the mental 
and moral  condition of the children of 
men1 and give us a glorious lamp of     
light1  along with law1 order and       
system8 ,and has the extraordinary given
 place to  the ordinary8 ,and what is   
the use of the ordinary if we have the  
extraordinary1 or the use of the        
extraordinary if we have the ordinary8  
,as the operation of the ,spirit upon   
the face of the great deep was to       
dispel the surrounding darkness and     
reveal the sun in the heavens1 with  all
 the lesser light bearers1 which are    
dependent upon the sun for the  light   
they give to our planet1 so the         
extraordinary movement of the ,spirit   
upon the world of mind was to give us   
light in the place of darkness and      

reveal the ,son of ,god1 who is the     
8,sun of ,righteousness10 who rose 8with
  healing in his beams40 ,this work of  
the ,spirit upon the world of mind is   
doubted by no ,christian1 for 8holy men 
of old spake as they were moved  upon by
 the ,holy ,spirit40 ,the knowledge thus
 communicated was given to the  prophets
 of old1 without action upon their      
part--that is to say1 they did  not     
attain unto it by taking thought what   
they should speak or say1 for in  the   
proper hour1 when it was needful1 it was
 given to them4 ,this grand  procedure  
was kept up until the 8,mystery of      
,christ0 was revealed1 or until  the    
light of the knowledge of the glory of  
,god1 in the face of ,jesus  ,christ1   
burst upon the vision of the world4     
,now1 he being the brightness  of the   
,father's glory and the express image of
 his person1 and it having  pleased the 
,father that in him all fullness should 
dwell1 he is the 8,light  of the        
,world0--,god's great light bearer4     

,along with the revelation of  ,christ  
comes a revelation of all the lesser    
lights that shine out in the  mental and
 moral heavens1 who have been1 and are1 
dependent upon him for  their knowledge1
 or light4 ,in order to give the world  
this revelation of  ,christ1 ,jehovah   
selected his own men1 and confirmed     
their mission1 and the  ,spirit moved   
upon their hearts to give light until   
the ,christ1 himself1  with all his     
satellites1 should shine forth in the   
light of life4 ,these  men were the     
ancient prophets of the 8,high and ,holy
 ,one40 ,they were  teachers sent from  
,god4 ,their mission was confirmed by   
the wondrous works  which they were     
enabled to perform4 ,nicodemus          
understood this matter when  he said1   
8,rabbi1 we know thou art a teacher sent
 from ,god1 for no man can  do these    
works which thou dost except ,god be    
with him40    ,the little ,jewish maiden
 who waited on ,naaman's wife understood
 it1 for  she said to her1 8,would to   

,god my ,lord were with the prophet in  
,samaria6  for he would cure him of his 
leprosy40 ,it is said of the disciples  
of  ,christ that they 8went everywhere  
preaching the word1 the ,lord working   
with them and confirming the word with  
signs following40 ,and also1 that  the  
great salvation1 8which at the first    
began to be spoken unto us by the       
,lord1 was confirmed unto us by those   
who heard him1 ,god also bearing them   
witness both with signs and wonders1 and
 divers miracles and gifts of the  ,holy
 ,spirit40 ,and that the apostles       
preached the gospel with the ,holy      
,spirit sent down from heaven4    ,it   
was communicated to the prophets and    
apostles by the ,savior1 and to the     
world at large through them4 ,as proof  
of this proposition ,peter says1 8,the  
prophets searched diligently with       
reference to the time which the ,spirit 
of ,christ1 that was in them1 did       
signify when it testified beforehand of 
the sufferings of ,christ and of the    

glory which should follow40 ,it was an  
important work for ,christ to teach his 
apostles1 and when they had heard  him  
through all his toils they were not     
suffered to go forth1 or shine as  stars
 in the church's crown1 until they were 
moved upon by the ,spirit of  ,god to   
bring to their remembrance those things 
which ,jesus had taught  them4 ,but one 
other course could have been pursued1   
and there were  insurmountable          
difficulties in the way of its adoption1
 and that was to  make the extraordinary
 ordinary by causing the ,holy ,spirit  
to move upon  all hearts throughout all 
time1 and give to each member of the    
race1  regardless of his character and  
the manner in which he might abuse it1  
the  entire revelation4 ,the first      
difficulty is in the fact that wicked   
men who  wilfully deceive would have    
confronted the best men upon the earth1 
and  confusion without remedy would have
 been the result of leaving our world   
without a common and infallible test4   

,another difficulty appears1 in the fact
 that it would have compromised the     
purity of ,god through the presence of  
the ,holy ,spirit in the hearts of all  
the vile and abominable sinners of      
earth4 ,there was one way to avoid these
  results1 and that was to irresistibly 
destroy all disposition in human  hearts
 to have their own way1 and so remain   
unworthy of the presence of  the ,divine
 ,spirit2 but this would have been a    
complete destruction of  moral freedom  
along with all the principles of        
accountability1 and  consequently a     
destruction of ,god's moral government4 
,moral freedom was so  sacred with ,god 
that 8the spirit of the prophets was    
subject to the  prophet40 ,hence1 the   
importance of the searcher of hearts    
choosing his own  prophets out from     
among men4 8,god1 who in ancient times  
and diverse  manners1 spake in time past
 unto the fathers by the prophets1 hath1
 in  these last days1 spoken unto us by 
his son40 ,the ,lord of ,hosts guarded  

this great work with reference to the   
deliverance of man by the most  severe  
penalty4 ,the law governing the prophets
 was in these words3 8,and  that prophet
 which shall speak a word in my name    
which ,i commanded him  not1 or that    
shall speak in the name of other gods1  
even that prophet  shall die40 ,he      
guarded his own infinite and spotless   
purity4 ,while he was  8in the          
generation of the righteous1 he was far 
from the wicked40 ,so there  was always1
 from the time of ,adam's offense till  
the present such a thing  as being      
8without ,god40    ,when the ,jewish    
people became apostate in the times of  
,malachi1 who was  the last ,old        
,testament prophet1 the ,holy ,spirit   
left the world4 ,the proof  is in the   
,savior's words to his disciples3 8,if  
,i go not away1 the  ,comforter will not
 come unto you40 ,and one of the        
witnesses said1 8,the  ,holy ,spirit was
 not yet given because ,jesus was not   
yet glorified40 ,during  the long night 

of apostacy between ,malachi and        
,zechariah1 there was a time  when 8all 
were gone out of the way20 8when there  
were none that did good1  no1 not one20 
8when darkness covered the earth1 and   
gross darkness the  people20 when they  
had not so much as 8the dayspring from  
on high1 to give  knowledge of salvation
 by the remission of sins40 8,the temple
 of ,god was a  den of thieves40 ,the   
commandments of ,god were made void     
through the  traditions of men1 and     
there was not a people upon the earth   
prepared for  the ,lord1 worthy of his  
introduction among them ,,as ,,the ,,son
 ,,of ,,god4 ,the  dignity of his       
person1 consequent upon his being the   
,son of ,god1 along  with his purity1   
rendered it improper for him to be      
manifested1 in his  introduction as the 
,son of ,god1 to a den of thieves4 ,so a
 people must be  prepared for the       
occasion4 ,hence ,john the ,baptist was 
sent from ,god to  prepare or make ready
 a people for the ,lord4 ,he was the    

8dayspring from on  high10 sent to give 
knowledge of salvation unto the people  
by the  remission of their sins1 but the
 ultimate of his work is expressed in   
these words3 8,but that he1 ,christ1    
might be made manifest unto ,israel1    
therefore came ,i baptizing with water40
 ,which was as much as to say1 ,he  will
 not be made manifest to ,israel unless 
a people in ,israel is made  ready for  
him4 ,therefore ,john was his           
forerunner1 to prepare the way  before  
him4    ,in doing this work he          
proclaimed the kingdom of ,god is at    
hand1 and  8preached the baptism of     
repentance for the remission of sins40  
,and many  people were prepared for the 
,lord1 and finally he is acknowledged1  
from  the eternal world1 as the ,son of 
,god1 while he is yet in the presence of
  all those who were present at his     
baptism and heard ,john say1 8,behold   
the  ,lamb of ,god1 who taketh away the 
sin of the world40 ,the ,savior now     
calls  about him twelve disciples1 and  

they make and baptize many more         
disciples4  ,john the ,baptist and      
,jesus ,christ1 as prophets1 were under 
the influence  of the ,holy ,spirit1 and
 were engaged in the grandest work ever 
known among  men4 ,but1 so far as a     
wicked world was concerned1 it must be  
redeemed from  moral pollution first1   
and then await the day of ,pentecost for
 the gift of  the ,holy ,spirit4 ,thus  
keeping before our minds his relations  
to men1 we  ask what was his work and   
relations from ,pentecost and onward8   
,on that day  he came upon the          
disciples1 who were already converted   
and pardoned2 so it  was not for those  
purposes that they were baptized in the 
,holy ,spirit4  ,jesus had said to them1
 long before this1 8,now ye are clean   
through the  words which ,i have spoken 
unto you40 ,and the wicked ,jews had    
8closed their  eyes and stopped their   
ears1 lest they should see with their   
eyes and hear  with their ears and      
understand with their hearts and be     

converted and  healed40 ,and ,satan     
himself took the word out of the hearts 
of some 8lest  they should believe and  
be saved40    ,and all this took place  
before the ,holy ,spirit was given to   
any1 whether  good or bad4 ,so we must  
look outside of sinners for the presence
 and  wonderful work of the ,spirit of  
,god1 and also outside of their         
conversion  for its immediate and direct
 agency4 ,jesus said to his disciples1  
8,if ,i go  away ,i will send you       
,,another comforter1 even the ,spirit of
 ,truth1 whom  the world can not        
receive40 ,and again1 he said1          
8,howbeit1 when he1 the  ,spirit of     
,truth1 is come1 he shall guide you into
 all truth40 8,he will  show you things 
to come40 8,he shall take of the things 
of mine and shall  show them unto you40 
8,he shall testify of me40 ,does this   
look like  extraordinary work8 ,was it  
to be continued8 ,did it not belong to a
  creative period1 that was to be       
followed by the existence of a system1  

or  government1 in which law and order  
would take the place of the             
extraordinary operations of the ,spirit 
of ,god8    ,i wish to present the      
promise of ,god which relates to the    
baptism of the  disciples in the ,holy  
,spirit upon ,pentecost1 that we may    
discover1 upon an  analysis of its      
terms1 its nature and place in the reign
 of favor4 ,it is  in these words3 8,and
 it shall come to pass in the last days1
 saith ,god1 ,i  will pour out of my    
spirit upon all flesh2 and your sons and
 your  daughters shall prophecy1 and    
your young men shall see visions1 and   
your  old men shall dream dreams2 and on
 my servants and on my handmaidens ,i   
will pour out in those days of my       
spirit2 and they shall prophesy40 ,jesus
  gave his disciples the great          
commission to go into all the world and 
preach the ,gospel to every creature1   
but said1 8,tarry ye in ,jerusalem      
until ye be endued with power from on   
high40 ,after the ,savior ascended it   

is said that he received the promise of 
the ,father and shed forth that  which  
was seen and heard on the day of        
,pentecost4 ,what was the result8  ,they
 spake with tongues4 ,they prophesied4  
,they healed the sick4 ,they  raised the
 dead4 ,they bestowed spiritual gifts4  
,they were guided into all  truth4 ,they
 8preached the gospel with the ,holy    
,spirit sent down from  heaven20 and in 
this fact we have the beautiful figure  
of rivers of living  water flowing out  
of their hearts1 for ,jesus said1 8,he  
that believeth on  me1 as the scripture 
hath said1 out of his belly 7,from the  
,heart1 inward  part7 shall flow rivers 
of living water40 ,this1 the historian  
says1 8,he  spake of the spirit which   
they that believed on him were to       
receive1  because the ,holy ,spirit was 
not yet given1 for ,jesus was not yet   
glorified40 ,hence1 we are authorized to
 look for its fulfillment at            
,pentecost1 and also in the preaching of
 the gospel of ,christ4 ,paul says1     

8,my speech and my preaching was not    
with enticing words of man's wisdom1    
but in demonstration of the ,spirit and 
of power3 that your faith should  not   
stand in the wisdom of men1 but in the  
power of ,god40 ,here is the  basis of  
our faith4    ,all those who believe on 
,christ through the words of the        
apostles have a  faith that stands in   
the power of ,god4 ,the apostle further 
adds1 8,now we  have not received the   
spirit of the world1 but the ,spirit    
which is of ,god2  that we might know   
the things that are freely given to us  
of ,god4 ,which  things also we speak1  
not in the words which man's wisdom     
teacheth1 but  which the ,holy ,spirit  
teacheth1 comparing spiritual things    
with  spiritual40 ,before the ,savior   
left the world he breathed upon his     
apostles  and said1 8,receive ye the    
,holy ,spirit10 adding1 8,whosesoever   
sins ye remit  they are remitted unto   
them1 and whosesoever sins ye retain    
they are  retained40 ,so it pleased the 

,father to 8save men through the        
foolishness  of preaching40 ,and ,paul  
said1 8,we preach not ourselves1 but    
,christ ,jesus  the ,lord2 and ourselves
 your servants for ,jesus's sake4 ,for  
,god1 who  commanded the light to shine 
out of darkness1 hath shined in our     
hearts1  to give the light of the       
knowledge of the glory of ,god in the   
face of  ,jesus ,christ4 ,but we have   
this treasure in earthen vessels1 that  
the  excellency of the power may be of  
,god1 and not of us40    ,the mystery of
 ,christ was revealed to all nations for
 the obedience of  faith4 ,paul says1   
the mystery of ,god's will was made     
known according to  his good pleasure   
which he purposed in himself1 and that  
he was 8made a  minister according to   
the dispensation of ,god which was given
 to him for  us1 to fulfill the word of 
,god1 even the mystery which had been   
hid from  ages and from generations1 but
 now is made manifest to his saints4 ,to
 whom  ,god would make known what is the

 riches of the glory of this mystery    
among  the ,gentiles2 which is ,christ  
in you1 the hope of glory1 whom we      
preach1  warning every man1 and teaching
 every man in all wisdom1 that we may   
present every man perfect in ,christ    
,jesus40 8,whereunto10 he says1 8,i also
  labor1 striving according to his      
working1 which worketh in me  mightily40
 ,from all that we have before us it    
appears that all things in  the gospel  
of ,jesus ,christ constitute1 simply1   
8the ministration of the  ,spirit       
written upon the hearts of ,new         
,testament apostles and prophets1 or    
teachers1 by the ,spirit of the living  
,god1 and that we have in their         
preaching and teaching the rivers of    
living water1 flowing out from the      
throne of ,god to slake the thirst of a 
famishing world1 and that all this  is  
attributable to the descent of the ,holy
 ,spirit upon them40 ,such being  the   
case1 8the gospel is the power of ,god  
unto salvation unto every one  that     

believes40 ,and in it ,jesus ,christ1   
the ,sun and ,lord1 in the moral and    
spiritual universe1 shines forth with   
all his satellites as the light of  the 
world4 ,the creative period is now past4
 ,the extraordinary efforts of  the     
divine ,spirit are past4 8,the darkness 
is past and the true light now          
shineth40 ,the ordinary has taken the   
place of the extraordinary4 ,what good  
would it do to have a repetition of the 
extraordinary8 ,would it give us        
another gospel1 and confirm it by signs 
and wonders and divers miracles8  ,would
 it give us another ,christ8 ,would it  
give us other rivers of living  water8  
or another word of reconciliation8 ,what
 good would be accomplished  by a       
repetition of the energies of the       
,divine ,spirit1 as they are known in   
the history of the new creation8 ,do we 
need these to dispel the darkness8      
8,the darkness is past40 ,do we need    
them to give us light8 8,the true light 
now shineth40 ,do we need them to give  

us more truth8 ,jesus said of the       
,spirit3 8,he shall guide you into all  
truth40 ,the ,roman ,catholic priest1 in
  his discussion with ,mr4              
,chillingworth1 planted himself upon    
this promise1  made by the ,savior to   
his apostles1 as the proof of the claim 
of ,romanists  to the attribute of      
infallibility4 ,said he3 8,if the       
attribute of  infallibility is not in   
the possession of the church1 the       
promise of the  ,savior has failed40 ,to
 this ,mr4 ,chillingworth replied3 8,it 
would be well  for us to determine who  
is meant by the pronoun #8you1' found in
 the  language1 before we put up the    
high claim to infallibility40 ,the      
promise  was fulfilled to a jot1 and we 
have the 8all truth0 in the teachings of
  the apostles4 ,let those who extend   
that promise to themselves meet the     
,catholics' argument upon it and save   
themselves if they can4 ,we now enjoy   
the ,spirit of ,god through faith along 
with all the beneficial1 practical  and 

comforting and redeeming results of the 
baptism of the apostles and  first      
,christians in the ,holy ,spirit4 ,what 
more do we need8 ,faith lays hold  upon 
,christ2 upon the ,holy ,spirit2 and    
upon ,god4 ,the just live by faith1  and
 drink of the rivers that flow from the 
great fountain of the ,holy  ,spirit1   
which was created in the hearts of the  
apostles and ,new ,testament  teachers4 
,the effects of their baptism in the    
,spirit are ours through  faith4 ,and   
all the world may have them through     
faith4 ,they are free to  all4 ,the     
government of ,god is now set up4 ,order
 and law reigns throughout4  ,jesus     
said1 8,so is the kingdom of ,god1 as if
 a man should cast seed into  the       
ground1 and should sleep1 and rise night
 and day1 and the seed should  spring   
and grow up1 he knoweth not how1 for the
 earth bringeth forth fruit  of herself2
 first the blade1 then the ear1 after   
that the full corn in the  ear40 ,the   
kingdom of ,god now bringeth forth fruit

 of herself1 the good  seed1 the word of
 ,god1 having been cast into it4 ,its   
glorious blessings  are open to all men4
 ,the prophet says3 8,ho1 every one that
 thirsteth1 come  ye to the waters1 and 
he that hath no money1 come1 ye1 buy1   
and eat2 yea1  come1 buy wine and milk  
without money and without price4        
,wherefore do ye  spend money for that  
which is not bread8 and your labor for  
that which  satisfieth not8 ,hearken    
diligently unto me1 and eat ye that     
which is good1  and let your soul       
delight itself in fatness4 ,incline your
 ear1 and come  unto me2 hear1 and your 
soul shall live4444 ,let the wicked     
forsake his  way1 and the unrighteous   
man his thoughts2 and let him return    
unto the  ,lord and he will have mercy  
upon him2 and to our ,god1 for he will  
abundantly pardon40 8,the ,spirit and   
the bride say come1 and let him that  is
 athirst come1 and whosoever will let   
him take of the waters of life  freely40
 ,yes1 freely4 ,there is no obstruction4

 ,all are without excuse4               
,,credibility ,,of ,,the ,,evidence ,,of
 ,,the ,,resurrection ,,of ,,christ4    
,our senses are the means by which we   
were made competent witnesses4 ,they    
are the bed-rock of evidence4 ,we know  
facts and truths1 both  comprehensible  
and incomprehensible1 by the same means4
 ,we are as  competent to testify of    
that which we do not comprehend as we   
are to  testify of the most ordinary    
fact4 ,as competent to bear testimony to
 the  fact of a sweeping tornado as to  
the fact of a gentle breeze4 ,as        
competent  to bear testimony to the fact
 that water freezes and becomes hard as 
to  testify to the truth of its being a 
fluid4 ,as competent to testify to a    
fact that we never before experienced as
 to one that we have4 ,without this     
competency no man could be justly held  
responsible for slander or perjury4     
,we gain knowledge by means of our      
senses1 and all lying and perjury is    
outside of our senses1 having no        

connection with them4 ,we can1 in truth1
  testify to that which we have seen1   
heard1 tasted1 smelt or felt1 and to    
such only4 ,that which somebody else    
thus witnessed may be testified by  him1
 but not by me1 unless ,i1 too1 was     
connected with it by means of my        
senses4 ,wise men may be deceived in    
some things1 but fools can not be       
deceived in others4 ,things addressing  
themselves to our senses are things     
about which we can not be so deceived as
 to truthfully deny that they ever      
occurred4 ,i know a live man when ,i see
 him by the same means ,i know a dead   
man4    ,being competent to bear witness
 to a new fact1 to one heretofore       
unexperienced1 ,i would have been       
competent to bear witness to the death1 
burial and resurrection of the ,christ1 
in case ,i had lived in his day1 and    
had been as familiar with him as his    
witnesses4 ,by which ,i mean to say1    
they were competent witnesses2 every way
 qualified to know assuredly  whether   

the ,savior rose from the dead4 ,they   
could not be deceived about  the matter4
 ,they were not4 ,if they were honest   
men they told the truth1  for they say1 
,we saw1 and heard1 and our hands have  
handled4 ,then the  entire ,christian   
religion1 with its immortal blessings1  
stands or falls  upon the honesty of the
 ,savior's witnesses4 ,martyrdom has    
been universally  conceded to be an     
evidence of sincerity2 there may be a   
few exceptions to  this general rule1   
but even they are not parallel cases4   
,there is a story  of a man who endured 
with great fortitude all the tortures of
 the rack1  denying the fact with which 
he was charged4 ,when he was asked      
afterwards  how he could hold out       
against all the tortures1 he said3 ,i   
painted a  gallows on the toe of my     
shoe1 and when the rack stretched me1 ,i
 looked on  the gallows1 and bore the   
pain to save my life4 ,this man denied a
 plain  fact under torture1 but he did  
it to save his life4    ,when criminals 

persist in denying their crimes they do 
it with the hope of  saving their lives4
 ,such cases are not parallel4 ,who ever
 heard of persons  dying willingly in   
attestation of a false fact8 ,can we be 
made to  believe that any set of        
rational men could be found who would   
willingly  die in attestation of the    
false fact that the ,president of the   
,united  ,states is now on the throne of
 ,england8 ,the witnesses of ,christ    
died in  attestation of those facts     
which they say they saw1 and heard1 and 
knew1  among which was the great fact of
 the resurrection of ,christ4 ,it was   
their  privilege to quit their evidence1
 at any instant1 and save their lives1  
but they did not do it4 ,who can account
 for this strange course of conduct     
upon the ground of dishonesty8    ,if a 
man reports an uncommon fact that is a  
plain object of sense1 and we  do not   
believe him1 it is because we suspect   
his honesty and not his  senses4 ,if we 
are satisfied that the reporter is      

sincere1 of course we  believe4 ,so our 
case is now in this shape3 ,first1 the  
great facts of the  gospel of ,christ   
addressed themselves1 as simple facts1  
to the senses of  men2 second1 no       
witness could affirm those facts        
honestly unless they took  place2 third1
 the witnesses to those facts gave all  
the evidences of  sincerity and honesty 
that are possible4 ,reputation for      
truthfulness and  honesty has never     
rested upon any evidence that is not    
found in great  abundance in the lives  
of the witnesses of ,christ4 ,it is said
 that men die  for false opinions3 very 
true1 but their sufferings and death1   
nevertheless1 prove that they were      
sincere4 ,true philosophy does not      
charge men who die for their opinions   
with dishonesty4 ,men may be mistaken   
in some things1 but mistaken men are not
 cheats2 are not insincere or           
dishonest4 ,but the witnesses of ,christ
 could not1 in the nature of the  case1 
belong to this class2 they could not be 

mistaken about any such  facts as those 
of the gospel4 ,the only fort to be held
 in order to hold  the gospel of ,christ
 is the sincerity of his witnesses4     
,when a man gets  rid of the evidence   
upon which the reputation of those      
witnesses for  honesty rests1 he has    
removed the only evidence upon which it 
is possible  for him to build a         
reputation for truth and honesty4 ,so1  
if a man succeeds  in sinking the gospel
 of ,christ1 he succeeds1 at the same   
time and by the  same means1 in sinking 
himself4 ,this is the philosophic and   
logical  conclusion1 from which there is
 no escape4    ,let us look around one  
of the ,savior's witnesses and see what 
we can  discover4 ,first1 we find ,saul1
 a bold and fearless ,jew1 a ,roman     
citizen by  birth1 and a pharisee in the
 ,jews religion2 a legalist by          
profession2  laboring under all the     
prejudices of the straitest sect of the 
pharisees2  persecuting the ,savior's   
disciples to the death4 ,he was a man of

 no mean  attainments4 ,his worldly     
prospects were greater than those of any
 other  man known to be converted from  
among the ,jews4 ,the testimony which he
  submits for our consideration is like 
the evidence of all the others4 ,it     
consists in simple facts about which    
there was no possibility of being       
mistaken1 for the facts were seen and   
heard4 ,allowing that ,saul did  neither
 see nor hear the ,savior1 he was       
insincere4 ,and if he was1 then we      
shall always be at a loss to know what  
constitutes the basis of an honest      
reputation4 ,did he give his evidence1  
knowing that it was false1 with the     
intention of deceiving8 ,if so1 what    
were his motives8 ,he could have had no 
reasonable inducements4 ,christianity   
could not furnish him with temporal     
power1 credit1 or interest during all   
his lifetime4 ,so far as credit was     
concerned1 in the affair of his         
conversion1 he knew that the world had  
none to give4 ,he knew that preaching   

,christ crucified was 8to the ,jews a   
stumbling-block1 and to the ,greeks     
foolishness40 ,he knew that the ,christ 
himself had been crucified4 ,credit or  
reputation was lying upon the           
anti-christian side of the gospel4 ,he  
was already in high esteem among the    
,jews2 a 8ring-leader10 pursuing the    
course of action calculated in the  very
 nature of things to advance him higher 
in their estimation4 ,his  entire life  
demonstrated the fact that he expected  
nothing of the ,jews1  for it was spent1
 with trifling exceptions1 among the    
,gentiles4 ,his  enterprise was with    
them1 for he was sent to them4    ,the  
difficulties lying in the way of any    
worldly emoluments were many and  great4
 ,he had to contend with the authority  
and policy of the rulers2 with  the     
interest1 credit and clique of the      
priests2 with the prejudices and        
passions of the people2 with the        
shrewdness and pride of the             
philosophers4  ,every man acquainted    

with ancient history knows that the     
established  religion with which he     
would necessarily come in conflict1 was 
interwoven  with their civil            
institution1 and supported by the rulers
 as an  essential part of their         
government4 ,the ,romans allowed a great
 many  religious systems to exist1 but  
they allowed no such thing as a religion
  destructive of the genius of paganism4
 ,the existing religions were many1  and
 embraced the system of many gods ruling
 under one 8,master ,god10 as  8his     
members10 or representatives4 ,the      
antagonism between ,paganism and        
,christianity may be seen at once1 in   
the fact that the ,gospel of ,christ    
was death to all the lower gods4 ,on    
this account the first ,christians      
became at once the object of national   
hatred and scorn4 ,this accounts for    
the fact that bloody ,rome baptized     
herself in ,christian blood in spite of 
all her tolerance of religion4    ,the  
apostle met with sufferings on all      

sides2 and having perfect liberty  of   
recantation at any moment1 how did it   
come to pass1 if he was  insincere1 that
 he did not recant8 ,was he rational8   
,let his writing  answer6 ,they are     
admired by the best minds of earth4 ,if 
he was irrational1  let us have many    
more insane writers6 ,was he honest8 ,if
 not1 who is  honest8 ,could he be      
deceived about the facts which he saw   
and heard8 ,no6  ,if he was1 who can't  
be8 ,he could not be mistaken1 for he   
saw1 and  heard1 and felt--even to      
blindness1 and1 also1 to the receiving  
of  his sight4 ,he was sincere4 ,he     
suffered long as a bold defender of the 
,christian religion1 and died a martyr's
 death at last4 ,let us work on1  suffer
 on1 hope on1 8hope in death10 and live 
forever6 ,so mote it be4                
8,,broad-,,gauge ,,religion40--,,shall  
,,the ,,conflict ,,cease8      ,first4  
8,a portion of the ,church of ,england1 
comprising those who claim to  hold a   
position1 in respect to doctrine and    

fellowship1 intermediate  between the   
old ,high ,church party and the modern  
,low ,church1 or  evangelical party1 a  
term of recent origin10 having          
originated in the last  half century1   
8which has been loosely applied to other
 bodies of men  holding liberal or      
comprehensive views of ,christian       
doctrine and  fellowship40--,webster4   
,side by side with these various shades 
of ,high and ,low ,church1 another      
party of a different character has      
always existed in the ,church of        
,england4 ,it is called by different    
names3 ,moderate1 ,catholic1 or ,broad  
,church1 by its friends3 ,latitudinarian
 or ,indifferent1 by its enemies4  ,its 
distinctive character is the desire of  
comprehension4 ,its watchwords  are     
charity and toleration4--,conybeare4    
,broadgauge4 ,this word is connected1 in
 its origin1 with railroads4 ,its       
radical idea is that of distance4 ,it is
 credited by ,webster to ,simmonds in   
these words1 8,a wide distance 7usually 

six or seven feet7 between the  rails on
 a railway1 in contradistinction from   
the narrow gauge of four  feet eight    
inches and a half40 ,the watch-word1    
8charity10 is a term that  has been much
 abused4 8,charity is a grace of        
heavenly mien40 ,it is the  8end of the 
commandment40 8,the law was not made for
 a righteous man1 but  for the lawless1 
and the disobedient1 etc40 ,it is love1 
in the ,new  ,testament sense of the    
term1 as modified by all the essential  
elements of  the ,christian religion1 so
 it is 8the fulfilling of the law40 ,it 
is not  passion1 but affection4 ,to my  
sensuous life all my passions belong4   
,the  brute has also a sensuous life4   
,but man has1 in addition to this1 an   
intellectual life4 ,passion always      
passes away with its object1 but        
affection remains to soften the heart   
years after its object is gone4    ,my  
intellectual nature is the field of all 
legitimate gospel operations  with      
reference to the production of a        

,christian life and character4 ,as a    
divine affection1 charity or love       
springs out of union with ,god1 or being
  made a 8partaker of the divine nature1
 having escaped the corruption that  is 
in the world through lusts40 ,such being
 the height of its bed-rock1 it  is     
said1 8,every one that loveth is born of
 ,god and knoweth ,god40 ,and it is     
also said1 8,he that saith ,i know him  
and keepeth not his commandments is a   
liar40 ,this strong language correlates 
with the fact that charity  expresses   
the idea of love as an attribute of     
divine life1 known as the  life of ,god4
 ,it is an attribute belonging to those 
who have made the high  attainment of a 
spiritual or mental condition which     
places them beyond the  need of penal   
laws to restrain them from crime4 ,its  
measure is the love  of ,god4 ,its full 
import may be expressed in these words1 
loving as ,god  loves4    ,after        
enumerating many of the ,christian      
graces an apostle said1 ,above all      

these things put on charity1 which is   
the bond of perfectness4 ,so charity1   
or rather its possessor1 is no willful  
truth 8butcherer10 for charity          
believeth all things 7or all truth72    
hopeth all things 7promised72           
rejoiceth1 not in iniquity1 but in the  
truth4 ,it has no 8stock0 in known      
error1 for it 8abounds in all knowledge 
and judgment10 and 8approves  things    
that are excellent40 ,it is noble and   
right to let 8love10 or  8charity have  
her perfect work10 to be1 or rather try 
to be1 as charitable  as ,god himself2  
but it is absurd and preposterous to go 
beyond or try to  be more charitable4   
8,it is enough that the disciple be as  
his master40    ,men are guilty of this 
presumption when they1 in feigned       
charity1 go  beyond the word of the     
,lord1 or beyond the truth in their     
expressions of  kindness4    ,there is a
 great deal of love in this world that  
lacks the elements of  perfectness4 ,it 
is not the 8love of ,god10 or loving as 

,god loves4 ,it is  not the attribute of
 a divine life4 ,there is no charity in 
influencing a  person1 willfully1 to    
stop short or go beyond the truth in    
,christian faith  or obedience4 ,there  
is no charity in giving a man money     
knowingly to  purchase whisky to get    
drunk upon4 ,charity never conflicts    
with truth or  right4 ,on the contrary1 
it endeavors to bring all men to the    
standard of  truth and rectitude4       
,the phrase 8,broad-gauge0 seems to have
 been gotten up to express the idea  of 
an intelligent relaxation from 8human   
creeds0 as bonds of union and           
fellowship4 ,in this sense we all ought 
to be the advocates of 8,broad-gauge    
religion40 ,we should cultivate the     
spirit of gospel liberality until we    
utterly disregard and put away all human
 creeds4    ,it is a trite saying1 that 
one extreme begets another2 against this
 error  we should guard with great      
caution4 ,to succeed in religion1 we    
must  remember1 always1 that we have in 

the word of ,god a standard of truth and
  right that will always govern us      
according to heaven's will4 ,many       
persons1  forgetting this truth1 have   
been led to conclude that departures    
from the  word of truth1 as a matter of 
8liberality10 or 8broad-gauge religion10
 are  justifiable4 ,and1 as             
8liberalists10 or 8broad-gauge          
,christians10 they are  disposed to     
recognize all the existing divisions in 
faith and practice  that are known in   
,christendom4 ,they even go further and 
allow that somehow  all are right1 and  
will stand upon an equality in the      
righteous judgement  of ,god4 ,this is  
not perfect love4 ,charity1 over and    
above a kindly feeling  towards those   
who are in error1 is unfaithfulness to  
the truth1 to ,god1  and to the very    
best interests of our humanity4 ,it is1 
in all such cases1  love run mad6 ,a man
 should never get so broad in his       
religion as to be  unfaithful to truth4 
,the phraseology has also been          

appropriated by skeptics and            
semi-infidels  to popularize their own  
semi-infidel philosophy1 which they love
 to  denominate 8free thought40 ,deists1
 ,pantheists and ,atheists have seized  
upon the phrase and appropriated it to  
their ungodly speculations4 ,it is  true
 that others1 in getting away from their
 old creeds1 have run past the  standard
 of truth and right4 ,all this wildness 
in the standardless field  of thought1  
where ,hobbes and other infidels        
reveled1 without any guide  save the    
civil law1 has been denominated         
8,broad-gauge religion10 and            
8,liberalism40    ,we should always     
remember that going beyond the truth and
 the eternal laws  of right is          
libertinism or lawlessness4             
8,charity10 extending1 or reaching out  
thus1 is no longer 8charity10 or        
8perfect love40 ,such expressions of    
love are misdirected1 and1 if  knowingly
 done1 are blameworthy4 ,charity is     
governed by the perfect law of  truth2  

when it is not destitute of its own     
divine nature it conducts us in  the    
8straight and narrow way40              
8,long as of life the joyous hours      
remain1      ,let on this head unfading 
flowers reside1      ,there bloom the   
vernal rose's earliest pride2      ,and 
when1 our flames commissioned to        
destroy1      ,age step 'twixt ,love and
 me1 and intercept the joy2      ,when  
my changed these locks no more shall    
know1      ,and all its petty honors    
turn to snow2      ,then let me rightly 
spell of ,nature's ways2      ,to       
,providence1 to him my thoughts ,i'd    
raise1      ,and love as he throughout  
remaining days40        --,gray4        
,we should cherish a kind feeling for   
all our fellows1 and in doing this we   
should not forget our duty to point them
 to truth in word and example1 to  be   
ever faithful to truth4    ,there are   
two great fields of thought for the     
exercise of the ,christian  intellect of
 the present times4 ,one is the         

corruptions of ,roman ,catholic         
religion1 and the other is the          
corruptions of ,protestant religions4   
,that both are great feeder-dams to     
infidelity and skepticism is            
demonstrated by the infidel productions 
of the day4 ,the dogma of  ecclesiastic 
authority set up in opposition to reason
 and scientific  discovery is the       
infidel's devil1 and a very poor devil  
at that4 ,for1  when the ,pope has      
interfered to settle a question it has  
often happened  that his decisions were 
wrong4    ,on ,march #e1 #afaf1 the     
congregation of the ,index published a  
decree  condemning as 8false1           
unscriptural and destructive of         
,catholic truth10 the  opinion that the 
earth moves round the sun4 ,it is denied
 by ,roman  theologians that ,paul      
,,iv41 who set the ,index at work and   
agreed with its  decisions1 was         
responsible for this decree1 but the    
preponderance of  evidence is against   
them4 ,it is known that this ,pope      

presided in a  congregation of the      
,inquisition on ,february #be1 #afaf1 in
 which1 after this  same opinion1 that  
the sun is the center of our universe1  
had been  described as 8absurd1         
philosophically false and formally      
heretical1  because expressly contrary  
to holy scripture20 and the opinion that
 the  earth is not the center of the    
universe1 but moves1 and that daily1    
8absurd1 philosophically false1 and1    
theologically considered1 at least      
erroneous in faith20 ,cardinal          
,bellamine was appointed to visit       
,galileo1  the astronomer1 and order him
 to give up these false opinions under  
pain  of imprisonment for refusal4 ,it  
was thus that the congregation of the   
,index took action and published its    
decree a week later4    ,in #afcc       
,galileo1 having continued to propagate 
his views1 was called on by  the        
,inquisition to retract and abjure1 and 
the formal notice to him to do  so      
states expressly that the declaration of

 #afaf was made by the ,pope  himself1  
and that resistance to it was1          
therefore1 heresy1 contrary to the      
doctrine of the ,catholic and ,apostolic
 ,church4 ,on being brought to trial1   
,galileo made a formal abjuration1 and  
on ,june #cjth ,pope ,urban ,,viii4     
ordered the publication of the sentence1
 thereby1 according to ,roman           
ecclesiastical law1 making ,galileo's   
compulsory denial of the earth's  motion
 binding on all ,christians as a        
theological doctrine4 ,infidels have  a 
vast deal to say about such an          
abominable manifestation of ecclesiastic
  tyranny and unscientific and          
unscriptural nonsense4 ,all intelligent 
,roman  ,catholics of to-day reject the 
judgment of ,popes ,paul ,,iv4 and      
,urban ,,viii4  as absurd1 and          
scientifically and scripturally false4  
,there is not so much  as a hint at     
papal authority found in the three old  
creeds known as the  ,apostles'1 the    
,nicene and the ,athanasian1 nor in any 

ancient gloss upon  them4 ,neither can  
we find in them any of the              
distinguishing special  doctrines of the
 ,church of ,rome4    ,christianity came
 from the hands of ,christ and his      
apostles in all its  perfections1 and as
 long as infidels stop short of the ,new
 ,testament  itself1 and short of       
,christ and his apostles1 in their      
warfare1 we may  well believe that all  
their efforts to blot out ,christianity 
will be vain4  ,protestants themselves  
have demurred as much as infidels       
against the  errors of the ,roman       
,catholic ,church1 and fully as much    
against the errors  of each other as    
denominations4 8,truth stands true to   
her ,god1 man alone  deviates40    ,the 
greatest difficulty that ,christianity  
ever encountered is the  ignorance and  
imperfections of its own friends4       
,protestant errors are many  and        
serious4 ,but why should the genuine be 
discarded on account of the  existence  
of the counterfeit8 ,and why should we  

shut our eyes to the  importance of the 
great work of establishing truth1 to the
 destruction of  all ,catholic and      
,protestant errors of faith and practice
 by becoming the  advocates of false    
charity through the adoption of         
8broad-gauge religion10  in a           
8broad-gauge church80 ,infidels who1    
like ,col4 ,ingersoll1 assert that  8no 
man can control his belief10 had better 
look in a glass and see  themselves as  
others see them1 before they strive to  
conquer a victory  for the black  demon 
of despair1 by fastening the absurd     
philosophy of  fatalism upon all the    
world4 ,if men can not help their       
belief1 who is to  blame8 ,surely1      
neither ,roman ,catholics1 nor          
,protestants1 nor those who  managed    
8thumbscrews0 and 8hot irons10 and other
 condemned instruments of  the dark     
ages1 nor yet those who now live to be  
the 8butt0 of ,colonel  ,ingersoll's    
satire and ridicule4 ,a kind feeling for
 all1 and  unfaithfulness to the        

truth--never6            ,,papal        
,,authority ,,in ,,the ,,bygone4--,,the 
,,infidel',s ,,amusing ,,attitude4      
,the doctrine of papal infallibility    
amounts to this3 that the decisions of  
the ,pope on faith and morals1 being    
divinely inspired and infallible1 are1  
when placed upon record1 so much more   
holy ,scripture4 ,this infallibility    
dogma has been a great source of        
mischief and of unbelief4 ,it has       
accomplished no good1 but a great deal  
of harm4 ,some ,roman theologians  claim
 that the ,popes have only once1 up to  
the present time1 spoken with  the      
formalities necessary to make their     
utterances 8ex cathedra0 and  infallibly
 binding1 and that was when ,pius the   
,ninth1 on ,december #h1 #ahed1  decreed
 the ,immaculate ,conception of the     
,virgin ,mary2 which1 if true1  belongs 
to the realm of unpractical speculation4
 ,it was denied as heresy  by orthodox  
,catholics1 including fourteen ,popes1  
for a thousand years1  and is contrary  

to the well-nigh 8unanimous consent of  
the fathers40 ,see  ,dr4 ,pusey1 ,letter
 #a1 to ,newman1 pp4 #gb-bhf4 ,to use   
such an engine but  once in all the     
centuries1 and then to accomplish so    
little1 aside from  furnishing infidels 
with something to say1 is much like     
constructing a  vessel of twenty        
thousand tons capacity to carry one man 
across the  ,atlantic4 ,there is such a 
thing as ,parthenogenesis known in      
nature4 ,the  ,vatican decrees declare  
that the ,christian religion came       
perfect from  ,god's hands2 that it is  
not like a human science1 such as       
medicine or  mechanics1 which can be    
improved or altered by the skill of man4
 ,in view  of this conceded fact we have
 no kind of use for the decree of ,pius 
the  ,ninth upon the 8miraculous        
conception0--8,pope ,pius decreed it40  
,well1 well1  if ,christianity really   
stood in need of such a decree it would 
not have  been left off until ,december 
#h1 #ahed4 ,it has been a bone for      

infidels to  contend over from that time
 to the present4 ,the ,new ,testament is
 not  responsible for it4    ,men of    
sense1 who are not already traditionized
 nor ,christianized1 find  facts enough 
in the line of papal bulls and decrees  
to disgust them so  thoroughly as to    
drive them at once to reject religion   
entirely4 ,sixtus  the ,v41 in #aeij1   
declared1 by a perpetual decree1 an     
edition of the  ,vulgate1 just then out1
 the sole authentic and standard text1  
to be  received as such under pain of   
excommunication4 ,he also decreed that  
future editions not conformed to it     
should have no credit nor authority4    
,but its errors were so numerous that it
 was immediately called in1 and a  new  
,vulgate was published by ,clement      
,,viii41 in #aeib1 differing1 in several
  thousand places1 from the one of      
#aeij4 ,this last publication was also  
issued under penalty of excommunication 
for any departure from it4 ,so  ,roman  
,catholic faith rests very largely upon 

the assumed authority of the  ,pope1 and
 this authority has often been exercised
 in the wrong1 they  themselves being   
witnesses4 ,this authority1 opposed to  
human progress1 has  been and is one of 
the greatest feeders to ,atheism and    
infidelity4 ,mr4  ,draper1 in his work  
entitled 8,conflict between ,religion   
and ,science10  wishes his readers to   
understand that he uses the term        
,christianity in the  sense of ,roman   
,catholicism4 ,the entire work is one   
grand scientific effort  against        
popecraft and priestcraft4 ,his work is 
well worth a reading2 but  it is to be  
remembered by all who would do ,mr4     
,draper justice that his  great         
antagonist is the ,roman ,catholic      
,church4 ,will she defend herself       
against the charge of being in conflict 
with science8 ,is she in the way of     
human progress8 ,how does she compare   
with ,protestants in morality and       
virtue8    ,let us give you a few       
figures1 by the way of negative         

evidence1 upon the  question of         
comparative morality1 remembering that  
it is a sad necessity  of our nature to 
have to determine which of us has the   
least of moral  miseries in order that  
we may know which has the most of       
virtue4 ,let this  be as it may1 these  
moral miseries show themselves under two
 principal  phases1 acts of profligacy  
and acts of violence2 corrupt manners   
and  assassinations4 ,here is what we   
read in ,jonnes3    ,assassinations ,and
 ,attempts ,to ,assassinate ,in ,europe4
    ,protestant--,scotland1 #ahce1      
#a for #bgj1jjj  ,protestant--,england1 
#a for #agh1jjj  ,protestant--,low      
,countries1 #ahbd1   #a for #afc1jjj    
,protestant--,prussia1 #ahbd1         #a
 for #ajj1jjj  ,catholic                
,states--,austria1 #ahji1    #a for     
#eg1jjj  ,catholic--,spain1 #ahbf1      
#a for #d1aac  ,catholic--,naples1      
#a for #b1gej  ,catholic--,roman        
,states1            #a for #gej         
,jonnes1 vol4 #b1 p4 #beg4    ,now1 if  

we take the average1 we have one        
assassination1 or one attempt to        
assassinate1 for #ahj1bbb inhabitants in
 the aggregate of the four  ,protestant 
nations2 and one assassination1 or one  
attempt to assassinate1  for #af1aec    
inhabitants in the four ,catholic       
nations2 in other words1  eleven times  
more of these crimes among the ,roman   
,catholic nations4 ,the  contrast       
between the sixteenth and nineteenth    
centuries in ,spain is so  very         
striking1 and is painted by a writer in 
such lively colors that one  is tempted 
to believe that the picture was intended
 to serve as a  demonstration4          
8,spain is a dispossessed queen4 ,for   
two hundred years and more diamonds     
have been falling from her glittering   
crown4 ,the source of her wealth1  well 
or ill-gotten1 is exhausted forever4    
,her treasures are lost1 her  colonies  
are gone2 she is deprived of the        
prestige of that external  opulence     
which veiled1 or1 at least dissembled   

her real and utter poverty4  ,the nation
 is exhausted to such a degree1 and has 
been so long unhappy1  that each        
individual feels but his own misery4    
,his country has ceased to  exist for   
him4 ,even those time are gone when the 
guerillas called the  citizens to arms  
for the sole and generous purpose of    
vindicating the  national honor4 ,the   
despondency and apathy of the nation are
 visible even  in the battles fought by 
the ,spaniards among themselves in their
 civil  dissensions4 ,they fight from   
habit1 and discharge their muskets at   
their  countrymen because they can do   
nothing else1 and because every shot    
from  their guns may bring them a piece 
of bread4 ,a nation reduced to such a   
state is low indeed2 the chilliness of  
death is very near seizing upon its     
extremities4 ,what a length of time it  
will require to heal the wounds of      
these populations1 so brave and so      
devoted6 ,how much gold1 how much blood 
have been lavished during the last seven

 years without an object1 without  any  
conceived plan6    8,what would ,charles
 the ,fifth say1 if1 rising from his    
grave he saw his  great and glorious    
,spain struggling thus miserably in     
dread uncertainty of  her future        
destinies8 #8,where are my colonies8    
,where are my ,batavian  provinces8     
,where is my gigantic power1 and the    
glory of ,spain1 which  resounded from  
one hemisphere to the other8 ,what have 
you done with my  inheritance1 ye       
cowardly and unskillful men8 ,where are 
my treasures2 where  the victorious     
fleets that crossed the ocean to bring  
back in profusion to  my empire the gold
 and gems of the ,new ,world8' ,the     
question naturally  arises1 what can be 
the cause of so many evils8 of such     
utter misery1 such  extreme ignorance1  
such disgusting sloth8    8,tyranny1    
says the politician4    8,catholicism1  
says the ,protestant4    8,the          
,inquisition1 adds the historian4       
8,but these three replies form but one2 

they are the three sides of a  prism1   
which1 united1 give the entire ray of   
truth4 ,in truth1 ,catholicism  is the  
father1 the ,inquisition and tyranny the
 daughters4 ,we are not the  first to   
pen these words2 we only repeat what we 
have read in the lines we  are now going
 to submit to the perusal of our        
readers4 ,it is sufficient  for us to   
have pointed out the connection of the  
different causes which  will be assigned
 by our authorities4    8,that          
,catholicism produced the ,inquisition1 
a tribunal of priests1 judging          
heretics1 it is unnecessary to          
demonstrate1 for the very nature of the 
institution renders it evident4 ,the    
ruling idea of ,catholicism1 the        
principle of authority1 was the germ of 
the ,inquisition4 ,it was impossible    
that the ,romish ,church should not     
extend its principle to its penal code2 
it does not doubt in matters of faith1  
neither does it doubt in criminal       
matters4 ,this is the reason why1 in the

 church1 the accused and the guilty     
have but one and the same appellation4  
,whoever is arraigned at her  tribunal  
has heaven and earth against him2 the   
interrogatory is already a  species of  
torture4 ,when the church accuses1 she  
seems already convinced2  all her       
efforts tend to extort the confession of
 the crime1 which1 in  virtue of her    
infallibility1 she discovers in         
darkness2 from this  anticipated        
conviction of the guilt of the accused  
are produced all those  ambushes and    
snares laid for the purpose of          
obtaining1 by surprise1 the  confession 
of the accused4 ,the names of the       
witnesses are concealed or  falsified4  
,everywhere1 in the most trifling       
details1 it is strikingly  evident that1
 truth is on one side1 and the demon on 
the other40 ,see  ,tardiff1 pp4 #aci1   
#adj4    ,in the second place1 that     
,catholicism has produced the ,spanish  
absolutism  of the ,catholic kings is   
sufficiently shown by the very name     

given to  these kings4    8,another no  
less deplorable consequence of the      
position of the clergy in  ,spain and   
,portugal is1 that they have no sooner  
confounded the cause of  religion with  
that of despotism1 than this error1     
producing its  consequences1 leads to a 
monstrous abuse of the word of ,god4    
,political  fury has invaded the pulpit 
and stained it with abject and          
sacrilegious  adulation4444 ,the lips1  
whose mission is to speak peace1 charity
 and  mutual love1 have spoken the      
language of hatred and vengeance2       
horrible  vows1 abominable threats in   
the presence of the tabernacles in which
  abides the ,son of ,man1 who          
sacrificed his life for the salvation of
 his  brethren40 ,affairs de ,rome1 pp4 
#bej to #bed4    8,spain1 since ,phillip
 ,,ii41 has remained closed and         
uninfluenced by the  ordinary progress  
of the human mind elsewhere4 ,the       
monkish and despotic  spirit has long   
preserved itself in the midst of        

ignorance1 without1  indeed1 acquiring  
strength from abroad1 but at the same   
time without  permitting the            
intelligence of the nation to borrow    
foreign arms against  it40 ,idem1 p4    
#ec4    ,we shall now see this ,spanish 
,catholicism at work2 for three         
centuries1  assisted by its worthy      
offspring1 absolutism and the           
,inquisition1 and at  every ruin1 at    
every crime you meet with1 if you ask   
who has done this1  the reply will      
assuredly be3 the church of the ,pope1  
the tyranny of the  ,catholic kings1 the
 ,inquisition of the priests4 ,to       
convince yourselves of  the fact1 you   
need only put your questions and listen 
to the records of  history1 written not 
by us1 but by men of talent and skill1  
who have long  enjoyed unquestionable   
authority4    ,the expulsion of the     
,jews and the ,moors was the first fruit
 of the  ,catholic ,inquisition4        
8,spain10 says ,m4 ,roseew ,saint       
,hilaire1 8exterminated  them forever as

 poisonous plants from its soil1 mortal 
to heresy4 ,the ,jews  and the ,moors   
left it in turn1 carrying with them1 the
 former trade1 the  latter agriculture1 
from this disinherited land1 to which   
the ,new ,world1  to repair so many     
losses1 vainly bequeathed her sterile   
treasures4 ,and let  it not be said that
 ,spain1 in thus depriving herself of   
her most active  citizens1 was not aware
 of the extent of her loss4 ,all her    
historians  concur in the statement that
 in acting thus she sacrificed her      
temporal  interests to her religious    
convictions1 and all are at a loss for  
words to  extol such a glorious         
sacrifice4    8,in banishing the ,jews  
from her territory1 ,spain1 then acted  
consistently2  her conduct was logically
 just1 but according to that pitiless   
logic which  ruins ,states in order to  
save a principle4 ,from that period1    
therefore1 a  new era begins for        
,castile4 ,until then she had been      
divided from the rest  of ,europe only  

by her position2 foreign1 without being 
hostile1 to the  ideas of the continent1
 she had not begun to wage war with     
those ideas2  but the establishment of  
the ,inquisition is the first step in   
the career  in which she can never      
stop40 ,saint ,hilaire1 vol4 #f1 p4 #eb4
    8,it required10 says ,m4 ,sismondi1 
8about one generation to accustom the   
,spaniards to the sanguinary proceedings
 of the ,inquisition1 and to  fanaticise
 the people4 ,this work1 dictated by an 
infernal policy1 was  scarcely          
accomplished1 when ,charles the ,fifth  
began his reign4 ,it was  probably the  
fatal spectacle of the auto-d-fe that   
imparted to the  ,spanish soldiers their
 ferocity1 so remarkable during the     
whole of that  period1 which before that
 time was so foreign to the national    
character40  ,sismondi1 vol4 #c1 p4     
#bfe4 ,who1 employing these instruments1
 depopulated  ,spain8 ,,the             
,,inquisition4 8,to calculate10 says    
,liorente1 secretary to the  ,holy      

office1 8the number of victims of the   
,inquisition were to give  palpable     
proof of the most powerful and active   
causes of the depopulation  of ,spain2  
for1 if to several millions of          
inhabitants of which the  ,inquisitorial
 system has deprived this kingdom by the
 total expulsion of  the ,jews1 the     
conquered ,moors and the baptized       
,moorish1 we add about  #ejj1jjj        
families entirely destroyed by the      
executions of the ,holy 787  office1 it 
will be proved beyond a doubt that had  
it not been for this  tribunal1 and the 
influence of its maxims1 ,spain would   
possess #ab1jjj1jjj  souls above her    
present population1 supposed to amount  
to #aa1jjj1jjj40  ,liorente1 vol4 #d1 p4
 #bdb4    8,the ,inquisition ruined and 
branded with infamy more than #cdj1jjj  
persons1  whose disgrace was reflected  
on their families1 and who bequeathed   
only  opprobrium and misery to their    
children4 ,add to these more than       
#ajj1jjj  families who emigrated in     

order to escape from the blood-thirsty  
tribunal1  and it will be seen that the 
,inquisition has been the most active   
instrument of the ruin of ,spain4 ,but  
the most disastrous of all the acts     
which it occasioned was the expulsion of
 the ,moors4 ,if we add to those who    
were banished from ,spain the countless 
numbers who perished in the             
insurrection of the sixteenth century1  
and the #hjj1jjj ,jews who left the     
kingdom1 it will be seen that the       
country lost in the course of a hundred 
and twenty years about three millions of
 its most industrious  inhabitants40    
,weiss1 vol4 #b1 pp4 #fj1 #fa4    8,the 
advisors of ,phillip ,,iii4 said to him 
with affright3 ,the houses are  falling 
in ruins1 and none rebuild them2 the    
inhabitants flee from the  country2     
villages are abandoned1 fields left     
uncultivated1 and churches  deserted4   
,the ,cortes in their turn said to him3 
if the evil is not  remedied1 there will
 soon be no peasants left to till the   

ground1 no  pilots to steer the ships2  
none will marry4 ,the kingdom can not   
subsist  another century if a wholesome 
remedy be not found40    ,what was the  
cause of the ignorance so general and so
 profound in ,spain8  ,the ,catholic    
,inquisition4 8,the commissaries of the 
,holy office received  orders to oppose 
the introduction of books written by the
 partisans of  modern philosophy1 as    
reprobated by ,saint ,peter and ,saint  
,paul1 and  ordered information to be   
given against persons known to be       
attached to  the principles of the      
insurrection40 ,liorente1 vol4 #d1 p4   
#ii4  8,theological censures attacked   
even works on politics1 and on natural1 
civil and international law4 ,the       
consequence is1 that those appointed to 
examine publications condemn and        
proscribe all works necessary for the   
diffusion of knowledge among the        
,spaniards4 ,the books that have been   
published on mathematics1 astronomy1    
natural philosophy and several other    

branches of science connected with      
those1 are not treated with more        
favor40 ,liorente1 vol4 #d1 p4 #dbj4    
8,the ,inquisition is1 perhaps1 the most
  active cause of that intellectual     
death that visited ,spain at the close  
of  the seventeenth century4444 ,it     
encouraged ignorance1 and instituted a  
censorship even for works on            
jurisprudence1 philosophy1 and politics1
 and  for novels that reflected on the  
avarice and rapacity of the priests1    
their dissolute conduct1 and their      
hypocricy40 ,weiss1 vol4 #b1 pp4 #cai to
  #cba4 8,lastly1 if it be asked what   
has corrupted the morals both of the    
clergy and the laity of the former times
 and of the present day1 the  answer is 
still1 ,catholic superstition60         
,napoleon ,roussell4    ,infidels1 who  
are noted leaders in 8,free ,thought10  
as it is termed1 are  invariably men    
whose religious education was in the    
religious literature  of the old creeds 
of centuries gone by1 or otherwise in   

the religious  literature of ,roman     
,catholicism4 ,they live in thought upon
 religious  matters centuries behind the
 times1 but1 in scientific thought1 are 
too  well informed to adhere to their   
religious training4 ,such is the        
philosophy of infidel making4 ,let a man
 be trained in the obsolete  religions  
of an hundred years or more ago1 and    
otherwise well educated1  and he is1 at 
once1 an infidel4 ,no man is to blame   
for setting his face  like a flint      
against old-fashioned ,roman            
,catholicism1 and high-toned            
,calvinism1 nor for repudiating ,papal  
and clerical authority known in the     
,spanish ,inquisition with all its      
horrible1 unscriptural and ungodly      
barbarities4 ,but why it is that the    
infidel's religious foot should set     
away back yonder in the smoke of the    
dark ages1 and his scientific foot  away
 down here with the railroad and        
telegraph1 is rather difficult of       
solution4 ,it is rather amusing1 since  

all well-educated ,american ,catholics  
condemn the ,inquisition along with all 
the abominable cruelties of the  dark   
ages4 ,and1 as for ,calvinism1 there is 
not enough left for seed if it  was     
properly distributed--it is old and     
thin4            8,,even ,,now ,,are    
,,there ,,many ,,anti-,,christs40       
,col4 ,ingersoll says3 8,he 7,paine7    
knew that every abuse had been embalmed 
in scripture1 that every outrage was in 
partnership with some holy text40  ,if  
such was really true every rascal1      
scoundrel and villain should carry a    
copy of the ,bible4 ,do they8 ,are they 
in affinity with the ,bible8 ,are they  
even friendly to it8 ,things that are in
 affinity with each other are drawn     
together4 8,a fellow feeling makes us   
very kind40 8,by their fruits ye shall  
know them40 8,birds of a feather flock  
together40    ,before the ,bible went to
 the ,sandwich ,islands ,col4 ,ingersoll
 would have  been hailed as a very      
proper object for a sumptuous feast4 ,he

 would have  acted wisely in making his 
last will before starting1 but now1     
since that  book has gone there which   
embalms every crime 787 he would find an
 asylum  of safety in which to repose   
his weary limbs4 ,how is this8 ,is every
  outrage in partnership with some holy 
text8 ,if so1 the ,bible would be just  
one more reason for the continuance of  
cannibalism4 ,the secret of ,mr4        
,ingersoll's tirade upon the ,bible may 
be accounted for when we measure the    
magnitude of his infidelity4 ,it is no  
shallow sort of unbelief1 but1 on  the  
contrary1 it is deep seated1 and one    
with the infidelity of his  excelling   
predecessors4 ,ingersoll intends to have
 no superior in  unbelief--you know he  
is ambitious4 ,let us give you a little 
speech that  was made1 by one of his    
particular friends and co-laborers in   
this unholy  crusade1 at ,geneva1 in    
#ahfh4 ,here it is3    8,brethren1 ,i am
 come to announce unto you a new gospel1
 which must  penetrate to the very ends 

of the world4 ,this gospel admits of no 
half  measures and hesitations4 ,the old
 world must be destroyed and replaced by
  a new one4 ,the ,lie must be stamped  
out and give way to truth4    8,it is   
our mission to destroy the ,lie2 and to 
effect this1 we must begin  at the very 
commencement4 ,now the beginning of all 
those lies which have  ground down this 
poor world in slavery is ,god4 ,for many
 hundred years  monarchs and priests    
have inoculated the hearts and minds of 
mankind with  this notion of a ,god     
ruling over the world4 ,they have also  
invented for  the people the notion of  
another world1 in which their ,god is to
 punish  with eternal torture 7not a    
,bible term7 those who have refused to  
obey  their degrading laws here on      
earth4 ,this ,god is nothing but the    
personification of absolute tyranny1 and
 has been invented with a view of       
either frightening or alluring          
nine-tenths of the human race into      
submission to the remaining tenth4 ,if  

there were really a ,god1 surely he     
would use that lightning which he holds 
in his hand to destroy those  thrones1  
to the steps of which mankind is        
chained4 ,he would assuredly use  it to 
overthrow those altars where the truth  
is hidden by clouds of lying  incense4  
,tear out of your hearts the belief in  
the existence of ,god2 for  as long as  
an atom of that silly superstition      
remains in your minds you  will never   
know what freedom is40    ,this has the 
genuine ,ingersoll ring upon the subject
 of 8,liberty of  ,man1 ,woman and      
,child40 8,when you have got rid of this
 belief in this  priest-begotten ,god1  
and when1 moreover1 you are convinced   
that your  existence1 and that of the   
surrounding world1 is due to the        
conglomeration of atoms1 in accordance  
with the law of gravity and  attraction1
 then1 and then only1 you will have     
accomplished the first  steps toward    
liberty1 and will experience less       
difficulty in ridding your  minds of    

that second lie which tyranny has       
invented4    8,the first lie is ,god4   
,the second lie is ,right4 ,might       
invented the  fiction of ,right in order
 to insure and strengthen her reign2    
that ,right  which she herself does not 
heed1 and which only serves as a barrier
  against any attacks which may be made 
by the trembling and stupid masses  of  
mankind4    8,might1 my friends1 forms  
the sole ground-work of society4 ,might 
makes  and unmakes laws1 and that might 
should be in the hands of the majority4 
,it should be in the possession of those
 nine-tenths of the human race  whose   
immense power has been rendered         
subservient to the remaining tenth  by  
means of that lying fiction of ,right1  
before which you are accustomed  to bow 
your heads and to drop your arms4 ,once 
penetrated with a clear  conviction of  
your own might1 you will be able to     
destroy this mere  notion of right4     
8,and when you have freed your minds    
from the fear of a ,god1 and from that  

childish respect for the fiction of     
,right1 then all the remaining chains   
which bind you1 and which are called    
science1 civilization1 property1        
marriage1 morality and justice1 will    
snap asunder like threads4    8,let your
 own happiness be your only law4 ,but in
 order to get this law  recognized1 and 
to bring about the proper relations     
which should exist  between the majority
 and minority of mankind1 you must      
destroy everything  which exists in the 
shape of state or social organization4  
,so educate  yourselves and your        
children that1 when the great moment for
 constituting  the new world arrives1   
your eyes may not be blinded and        
deceived by the  falsehoods of the      
tyrants of throne and altar4    8,our   
first work must be destruction and      
annihilation of everything as it  now   
exists4 ,you must accustom yourselves to
 destroy everything1 the good  with the 
bad2 for if but an atom of this world   
remains the new will never  be created4 

8,according to the priests' fables1 in  
days of old1 a deluge destroyed all     
mankind1 but their ,god especially saved
 ,noah in order that the seeds of       
tyranny and falsehoods might be         
perpetuated in the new world4 ,when you 
once begin your work of destruction1 and
 when the floods of enslaved  masses of 
the people rise and engulph temples and 
palaces1 then take heed  that no ark be 
allowed to rescue any atom of this old  
world which we  consecrate to           
destruction40    ,a representative of   
the kingdom of darkness4                
8,destruction and misery are in their   
ways1 and the way of peace they know    
not40            ,,what ,,is ,,to ,,be  
,,the ,,religion ,,of ,,the ,,future4   
8,brahmanism has avoided the fatal      
mistake of ,catholic and ,protestant    
philosophy by assuming an impersonal    
deity in three modes of  manifestation1 
while ,christian thinkers have played   
around the logical  contradiction of one
 personality in three equal persons for 

fifteen  hundred years4 ,we must utterly
 break with the idea of a personal ,god1
 and  accept that of one impersonal     
essence behind all phenomena40          
,hartmann's  future religion4    ,must  
we do this8 ,is there any necessity for 
it8 ,what have we to do with  8the fatal
 mistake of ,catholic and ,protestant   
philosophy80 ,it was a  mistake1 that's 
all6 8,christian thinkers have played   
around the logical  contradiction of one
 personality in three equal persons for 
fifteen  hundred years40 ,have they8    
',tis well6 ,christianity requires no   
man to  step into logical contradiction 
and stand there4 ,they have done this   
8for  fifteen hundred years40 ,well1 it 
has been about that long since men1 in  
the prelude of the dark ages1 began to  
speculate foolishly about the  subject  
of the ,divine existence4 ,there was a  
purer atmosphere in the first  centuries
 of the ,christian era1 in which        
primitive ,christians enjoyed  better   
conceptions of the ,divine ,being1 to   

which it is the privilege of            
,christians to return4 ,is it the only  
alternative 8to break with the idea  of 
a personal ,god1 and accept that of one 
impersonal essence behind all           
phenomena80 ,no6 ,we ,christians affirm 
nothing that can necessarily be         
construed with the ,catholic and        
,protestant 8mistake0 concerning the    
,trinity1 nor anything that can be      
construed with ultra ,unitarianism1     
which treats of our ,lord and ,savior   
simply as an extraordinarily inspired   
man4 ,neither are we under any logical  
necessity to 8break with the idea of  a 
personal ,god10 and form an alliance    
with ,atheistic philosophy through  the 
adoption of the idea of a ,pantheistic  
8essence behind all phenomena40  ,such  
speculative nonsense may be the best    
that a mind can do while it is  in its  
own ignorance upon the subject of what  
it takes to constitute  personality1 and
 while it is also surrounded with       
nothing but the darkness  of the dark   

ages1 which has been the legitimate     
accompaniment of 8the  ,catholic and    
,protestant fatal mistake10 but it is   
not the best that an  intelligent mind1 
clothed with the sunlight of the gospel 
of ,christ1 and  intelligently educated 
upon the subject of personality can do4 
,no6 ,the  intelligently informed mind  
can stand upon the everlasting bed-rock 
of  truth1 which has been raised to the 
highest mountain top of ,christian      
thought by the pure1 unadulterated      
teachings of the ,savior of men1 which  
lie behind the fifteen hundred years of 
jargon upon the questions of            
,trinitarian and ,unitarian 8isms40     
8,god is a spirit40 ,that settles the   
question of 8person0 with every well    
instructed ,christian mind4 8,what man  
knoweth the things of a man save the    
spirit of man which is in him2 even so  
the things of ,god knoweth no man  but  
the ,spirit of ,god40 ,the ,spirit of   
,god is the ,supreme intelligence4      
,and1 being such1 he is the ,supreme    

person1 for where there is  intelligence
 there is person4 ,the attributes of    
personality belong to  intelligence1 and
 they belong to nothing else4 ,if you   
have an  intelligent essence1 it is1 of 
a logical and scientific necessity1 a   
person4 ,let some ,pantheistic          
8wiseacre0 grapple with this thought4   
,the fatal mistakes are not all confined
 to ,catholics and ,protestants2        
,pantheists and ,scientists have made   
full as many mistakes4 ,the great       
mistake upon the subject of the ,divine 
existence1 which ,scientists and        
,pantheists have made1 is the conclusion
 that person is simply and  necessarily 
material1 or animal existence4 ,so they 
say1 if ,god is a  person he must be a  
great big almighty man1 having great    
arms and legs1  etc4 ,i have the first  
,atheist or ,pantheist to meet in       
conversation that  understands the truth
 of science in reference to this        
question of  person4    ,it is claimed  
that a ,monotheistic ,pantheism1 that   

is1 the idea of one  essence1 not       
person1 but essence1 is to unite1 or    
make one1 the whole  human family upon  
the scientific 7sciolistic7 base that   
man himself is one  grand part of the   
grand all-pervading1 impersonal essence4
    ,religions have their practical     
results1 and1 consequently1 bearings    
upon  human society4 ,the ,monotheistic 
idea1 which1 it is claimed1 is to       
equalize  all beings and things         
throughout this vast universe1 in the   
conception  that all are parts of the   
same grand all-pervading essence1 can   
have only  the following results3       
,first1 to wipe out all ideas of a      
future  retribution1 for want of judge1 
for want of governor2 second1 to destroy
  all distinctions consequent upon the  
ideas of a divine moral kingdom1 or     
,kingdom of ,god among men2 third1 to   
loosen up the religious and moral       
restraints by removing the religious    
sanctions1 or promises and threats1     
which relate to the future retribution4 

,the advocates of this universal        
religion of the future1 which is simply 
universal non-religion1 say             
8,protestantism is the grave digger of  
,christianity40 8,but ,christianity     
stoutly refuses to be buried alive10 and
  the multitude of facts that are       
continually transpiring demonstrate a   
living1 active existence2 8its blood    
circulates2 its pulse is certainly      
beating20 its force is not spent in the 
least2 it is always giving but is  never
 growing lean2 8it has a long lease of  
life40 ,all the trees of the  forest    
stand together in one grand old struggle
 for life4 ,it may be that              
,christianity will be under the         
necessity of struggling1 for many years 
to  come1 with the ,godless forms of    
,pantheism and ,atheism1 which are      
simply two different phases of the same 
,godless philosophy2 but the seeds  of  
the great ,christian tree1 in these     
,united ,states1 are being shaken down  
into the tender and warm soil of        

millions of hearts in all our           
,sunday-schools1 and it will be many a  
year before ,christianity dies4         
,,bill ,,of ,,indictments ,,against     
,,protestants4      ,first4 ,the idea of
 total hereditary depravity which never 
can be  correlated with accountability4 
,second4 ,the idea of those who were    
never converted being rewarded          
according to their own deeds1 when they 
were never upon trial2 for a man  must  
have ability to try before he can be    
tried1 and that ability must  extend to 
the accomplishment of that to which the 
trial relates4 ,wesley's  ,discipline   
says1 ,the condition of man since the   
fall of ,adam is such that  he can not1 
by his own natural strength1 turn and   
prepare himself to faith  and calling   
upon ,god1 without the grace of ,god by 
,christ going before to  give him good  
will1 and working with him when he has  
that good will4    ,if it is improper to
 say that a man can by his own natural  
strength turn  and prepare himself to   

faith and calling upon ,god1 it is1     
also1 improper  to say he is naturally  
accountable1 for where ability ceases1  
accountability also terminates4 ,but a  
prop is found in 8the grace of ,god  by 
,christ going before to give a good     
will1 and to work with that good  will40
 ,so the grace of ,god by ,christ must  
go before to displace a bad will  by    
giving 8a good one40 ,but this fails to 
relieve the doctrine from               
embarrassment2 for if the sinner is     
unwilling1 has a bad will1 it is        
claimed that the ,spirit goes away and  
leaves him to die in his  helplessness4 
,does the ,omnipotent ,spirit go to a   
man to give him a good  will1 and then  
refuse to give it because the poor man  
has it not already8  ,do you say he     
resisted8 ,well1 well2 suppose he did8  
,what1 is that in the  way of an        
,omnipotent ,spirit8 ,who can explain   
such nonsense8    ,if ,i had a son      
laboring under the conviction that the  
,bible is the source  of such teachings1

 and he was to become disgusted and fall
 out with it on  that account1 ,i should
 be proud of his common-sense4 ,is the  
poor man  mocked in that manner8 ,if he 
dies in his sins1 on account of his not 
being  in possession of a good will1 can
 his future reward be according to the  
deeds done by himself8 ,no6 ,he was     
never on trial--he had no ability to    
try4  ,there is just as much sense in   
the idea that an ape is on trial4 ,adam1
 the  first1 ruined him2 and ,adam1 the 
second1 did not help him4 ,can a man be 
justly condemned because he was not what
 he never had the power to be8          
,third4 ,the idea that the ,lord would  
command men to convert themselves1      
knowing1 at the same time1 that they    
could not do it4 ,he commands men to    
convert4 ,he 8commands all men          
everywhere to repent40 ,he knows1 also1 
that  they can do it2 so ,protestantism1
 to the contrary1 is an everlasting     
disgrace to our religion4 ,the original 
term translated by the word convert  is 

in the imperative active in many places4
 ,our translators put it in  the passive
 in the third chapter of ,acts1 where it
 is imperative active in  the original4 
,why they did this no scholar can tell1 
unless it was to  favor their           
,calvinistic ideas upon conversion4 ,the
 term occurs forty-seven  times in the  
,new ,testament1 and it is translated   
thirty-eight times by the  words turn   
and return4    ,paul says he 8showed to 
the people that ,,they ,,should ,,turn  
,,to ,,god1 and do  works meet for      
repentance40    ,this great thought     
harmonizes with all that is taught upon 
the subject of  future rewards4 ,a man  
can turn1 and he is therefore           
accountable4 ,to make  man responsible1 
it must be shown that he is capable1 or 
able4 ,this is the  one great fact that 
lies at the foundation of future rewards
 and  punishment4 ,take this fact away  
and the justice of ,god is imperiled by 
the  teachings of the ,bible upon the   
subject of the future retribution4 ,i   

know  that men who are under the        
influence of the traditions of their    
fathers  and mothers turn from the truth
 upon this question and say hard things 
against it2 but ,i know1 also1 that     
those same men speak the same sentiment 
when they talk about the future         
judgment4    ,fourth4 ,the idea that the
 ,divine ,spirit must convert the man1  
and that  it passes the unwilling soul  
without giving him ability that he may  
be  tried1 for a man must be able to    
attain the desired object1 otherwise    
trial is mere mockery4 ,so1 according to
 this kind of teaching1 justice is      
mocked1 and the sinner is sent to       
perdition without anything more than a  
mock trial2 i4e41 without being tried4  
,if this be not true1 the theory  of    
helplessness growing out of ,adam's sin 
is utterly false1 and man's  salvation1 
under all dispensations1 is presented to
 us as a matter that  was1 and is1      
disposed of by himself1 he being able1  
in his own natural  strength1 to turn   

and prepare himself to faith and calling
 upon ,god4  ,again1 all men pray4 ,it  
is instinctive to pray4 ,it is an       
instinct that  defies reason and        
philosophy4 ,if men have not 8natural   
strength to turn  and prepare themselves
 to faith and calling upon ,god10 then  
they are not  naturally responsible nor 
accountable4    ,fifth4 ,the idea that  
the ,spirit goes to the unwilling sinner
 to give him  a good will1 and then1    
because the man is not willing already1 
departs  from him1 leaving him in his   
sins to continue in his helpless1 wicked
  condition until1 having passed a mock 
judgment1 he is banished to outer       
darkness1 for if the man was never able 
to do otherwise on account of his       
helplessness1 why should he be          
condemned8 ,tell him it is for his own  
deeds  and you mock his good sense4     
,sixth4 ,the idea that ,christ died for 
an elect few1 and damns all the  balance
 because they don't believe he died for 
them1 when he did not4    ,seventh4 ,the

 idea that ,christ died for a few1 and  
commissioned his  disciples to preach   
the fact to all nations--to every       
creature1 as 8glad  tidings of great    
joy10 which was 8to be unto all people10
 when it is1  according to the doctrine 
that he did not die for all1 positively 
no good  news to any soul that was      
passed by4    ,eighth4 ,the idea that   
all who are finally lost1 will be in    
that sad  condition because of unbelief1
 when1 if they had believed that ,christ
 died  for them they would have believed
 a falsehood1 because ,calvinists say no
  soul for whom ,jesus died will be     
lost4            ,a ,,summary ,,of      
,,truth4      ,first4 ,by the           
transgression man's eyes were opened1   
and he became as  ,god1 to know good and
 evil4    ,second4 ,he has always had   
intellectual and moral ability to turn  
and  serve ,god1 and so enjoy his divine
 favor4    ,third4 ,he has been required
 in every dispensation to do this4      
,fourth4 ,christ died for all men4      

,fifth4 ,all men may turn and be saved4 
,sixth4 ,god is no respecter of persons2
 but in every nation he that  feareth   
him and worketh righteousness shall be  
accepted with him4    ,protestants1 do  
you believe the ,bible8 ,then throw away
 your errors4 ,,let  ,,the ,,lower      
,,lights ,,be ,,burning6    ,,the       
,,unreasonable ,,conduct ,,of ,a        
,,pope4--8,pope ,sixtus ,v4 expended in 
three  years 7from #aehf to #aehi7      
#e1cci scudi1 7about #hc1ejj7 in        
destroying a  portion of the ,baths of  
,diocletian2 and #b1efj1jjj cubic feet  
of masonry  were broken up4 ,these facts
 are recorded in a book of accounts     
found in  the ,vatican library1 at      
,rome40--,the ,toujee ,tourist1 of      
,april1 #ahhj4            ,,ethan       
,,allen1 ,,the ,,infidel1 ,,and ,,his   
,,daughter4          8,the damps of     
death are coming fast1        ,my       
father1 o'er my brow2      ,the past1   
with all its scenes1 are fled1          
,and ,i must turn me now      ,to that  

dim future which1 in vain1        ,my   
feeble eyes descry4      ,tell me1 my   
father1 in this hour1        ,in whose  
stern faith to die4        8,in thine8  
,i've watched the scornful smile        
,and heard thy withering tone           
,whene'er the ,christian's humble hope  
,was placed above thine own4      ,i've 
heard thee speak of coming death        
,without a shade of gloom1      ,and    
laugh at all the childish fears         
,that cluster round the tomb4           
8,or1 is it my mother's faith8          
,how fondly do ,i trace1      ,through  
many a weary year long past1            
,that calm and saintly face6      ,how  
often do ,i call to mind1        ,now   
she is 'neath the sod1      ,the place1 
the hour1 in which she drew        ,my  
early thoughts to ,god4        8',twas  
then she took this sacred book1         
,and from its burning page      ,read   
how its truths support the soul         
,in youth and failing age2      ,and    
bade me in its precepts live1           

,and by its precepts die1      ,that ,i 
might share a home of love        ,in   
worlds beyond the sky4        8,my      
father1 shall ,i look above1            
,amid the gathering gloom1      ,to him 
whose promises of love        ,extend   
beyond the tomb      ,or curse the being
 who hath blessed        ,this chequered
 path of mine1      ,and promises       
eternal rest1        ,and die1 my sire1 
in thine8        8,the frown upon that  
warrior brow        ,passed1 like a     
cloud1 away1      ,and tears coursed    
down the rugged cheek        ,that      
flowed not till that day4               
8,not--not in mine10 with choking voice1
      ,the skeptic made reply2          
8,but in thy mother's holy faith1       
,my daughter1 mayst thou die40          
--,virginia ,missionary4                
,,truth ,,is ,,immortal4                
,philosophy has sometimes forgotten     
,god1 as great people never did4 ,the   
skepticism of the last century could not
 uproot ,christianity because it  lived 

in the hearts of the millions4 ,do you  
think that infidelity is  spreading8    
,christianity never lived in the hearts 
of so many millions as  at this moment4 
,many forms under which it is professed 
may decay1 for  they1 like all that is  
the work of man's hands1 are subject to 
the changes  and chances of mortal      
beings1 but the spirit of truth is      
incorruptible2 it  may be developed1    
illustrated and applied2 it can never   
die2 it never can  decline4 ,no truth   
can perish4 ,no truth can pass away4    
,the flame is  undying1 though          
generations disappear4 ,wherever        
immortal truth has started  into being1 
humanity claims and guards the bequest4 
,each generation  gathers together the  
imperishable children of the past and   
increases them  by the new sons of the  
light1 alike radiant with               
immortality4--,bancroft4