, 1873-08-31

sion, II no wof,ld not hoodwins ourselves, II out
Hpooch IL to 10 yea, yoa, md no, no II wo must
nnswor like upright, honest men, eoutesn m
.nuHt we aro no Christians"
Christianity and roltgion aro not Synonymous
in gtrnusB' 1angnago-nor aro they fn fact.
Therefore his second question Ia not disposed Of
bY Ais snswer TO tho 0rat. and ho proceeds to
inquire: Hnvo we any rcliglon7 It has beon
sata tint there llavo boon reliClona antccodont
to chsss'anity, that tlioro aro re1lgioIsa conto-
porary with 1t. but TINT, nfter Christianity thero
cali 10 no fnttEor religion; that tho man wto
giFos up Chratiantty giyca up all religion, aud
n1fauaa question Ia practically an inquiry into
ing trath Of thin assertion. Accepting the mn
tef1anstio View Of tho origin OF roliglor 1t
had tts rlao In mans Ignorance Of nat,1ro.-it ia
evident that ho mutt hold that whom tI,os lam.
rance Is diapol1ed, religion nuss "a
with it.-sucA religion at loaat as ta
baaod upon IT, and, acoording to Rtrause.
tho religions Of the world havo hitherto had nd
no othor foundations. Our viowa of Nature and
Of law mako prayer an irrational aot and With
prayar the e1is!onco Of God who can bo proved
to Islands or fas--"A God to whom no cannot
pray does not interest u.s." and "uod and Nature
aro only two expreagions for tho sano i1en.H
Schlolormaohor mado the oseonco Of religion cons
stst In feoling Of dependence, Fouorbach in le~
alro. 6trausa' definition fs compound Of
Bohlaierlnachora and Touerbacls,--a feeling OF
| dependence Oh Al external poWor, coupled With
! tho doslre TINT tho power may be propltious to
us; and, aB tho wish Ia father to the thought.
ITO ensily persuade ourselvca that 1t ls so, This
power is tho all, and tho fooling Of dependence
TINT no aro part Of part Of that all, and so SUBJ
ordinate to It, tho desire, That NO may, although
a part, mako t1o all oboy our caprices, Tlue
religion In only pleasant solf-docopton: and
| Strauss aoemB to tako similar delight in tho OBJ
servation which 4o makoa that ita domain crowd
narrower every gear, llo the territory Of tho
North American Indian bofofa tho advance Of
tho white man. His answor to tho question
proposed In tho second part Of Ills work Ia, tlaa
whether wo haYo any religion or not dopenda
! very much upon what wo understand by religion
and ho in8inuatos that ne may ha7o little loft.
In SO far as no transfer to tho universe Of thincs
in it's unity the feelings tho race lnB llitl,erto
experienced towards God. Evidently in thu sonsa
In which religion has eyer bofo,o boon undor-
STOOD Strauss ia of tho opinion that no hayo
mono.
And now to his third question: How do wa
v1or tho world ? Not a tic work Of an ntol[i-
| gent personal boing. Uoat is the first great
I cause. uoat aud motion exnlaius MI thjnpa.
| There is nothing in lia work to show TINT eyon
intelligence docs not oweits origin to tho etornnl
oauao. heat. So that We conceive the world in a
| purolY scientific way, aud know nothing of it but
| what geo1ogiste botauiats, aud chemists can toll
uB, md haye no yiev OF It bllk such as NO obtain
| from tho information they afford liz. The
world, mud,- ,-eyorythng,'in in fact, t,-is destined to
destruction and ultmatc claos, from which
subsequent world, other uteu;goncos, and All
other history may be, and in all probability will
! bp, evolved
Strauss last question ;e, How do vo regulate
our livos or, rather, how should wo I1ere l1e
touches on tho great political and social oucs-
tionB Of tho time; and It Is remarkable what
I contract exists between his religious ralicalisn
mud political conservatism, Hero, too, he laws
down Lis standard Of otlies, Following
Kant, he makes this to bo: So act
TINT your rulo OF conduct NAV bo a
universal rule tor mankind. 1o rightly
snys that the man Who cous,derg hi,nselr tho
descendant Of m inferior bong must uocossari-
II hayo Of iimBolf yiows very different from
tloue entertained BY Christians, who look upon
themselves as tho workmanship Of the Amightys
hand Tho decalogua ho finds good as far ~ IL
goea, but is itsolf the result of experience, Moral
action Is tho "eolt~detcrmination of tho inaiyid-
ual In manner In harmony with tho nature Of
hia like" Forget ut no momont that thou art a
man, aud that alt others aro lnen Act as man
towards mon. Remember that it has taken
practical otor1lity to produce you, o ulan Horo-
IN tioB your true dignity. You arc at tho sunaIais
| OF croationt
Tho indisaolubility Of marriage strausa dis
co'lntenances. He has little aympathy with tho
advocatoa Of universal peace. As woll try to do
away with war as ia abolish tllundor-ptorrns.
Reason alono will novor preside at tho Hottlng of
national Disputes. The dream OF tho parliament
OF man and tho confederation OF tho world ia a
dream only. Universal suffrage is IN absnrdity.
The State should grant privileges to tho citizon
in proportion to tho heryico received from him.
The abolition Of tho death ponalty would DO Al,
any time q orino against Rocoty, Just nov nn in
aano oct. There aro Huus and Vandals, social.