Until the majority of the people are emancipated from authority over their minds, we are not safe. A religion that has a personal God, outside of humanity, to worship and to please, is quite apt to get appointed an official to regulate the people, and particularly to execute punishment adequate to the offense committed against an Infinite Ruler of the universe. Humanity so likes authority, it seems sometimes as if it gloated upon the sufferings of its fellows. If your Bible is a bundle of rods, or a license for adultery, the loss of it will be a blessing. Either is fatal if it predominates.
Parochial schools are a menace, and the Bible in schools is an insult.
Our Sunday-schools are very mischievous. Which is most to be feared I cannot tell. We need to use great diligence as Freethinkers lest we find ourselves imprisoned or even executed for expression of opinion. Like a Queen she came, proud of her position and happy in her thought, contented in her association with kindred hearts and minds. In the course of time, by actual experience, aided by reading and study, Mrs. Colman became a radical Freethinker.