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such tbere existed spirit who guided It's movements
Now there cx1s:s not spf in each planet but one IN
heaven WHO guides ali God, person, says the thee
1ogian gravity, law says the scientist: The mum
beS u srrits Ct gods came be REDUCED to who
H Tah eg liz hs though M
sessrg greater yet not superior power
s s5 M t h 2s o ssEs
ing M Himself and Hts ,pargosea. These =,
nssy L not ii the rIob,ens hish lad
hitherto failed to aove Historians in the main fail to
sye " the reasons Why many ne essnea and
tious Iut history does no: fal to give us what was
thcn, und By many "recvers" !" sill IL, regarded as
so-csct revelations THIS leads the consideration
Of the nAture aud character Of ohcse esidenct
with ssw the fe . the e.1 de51 ruth 70. ..
regarded =. tac1ed I'll inquiry vas forbidden.
Che, ultu1 ard sersrh him have ceaeed to
doors, and in tearc Of truth professors and rreach
e1s hays dared to enter ard with oil nstead Of
faith i'll their mpe. Faih as Bacon says Of riches,
brings comfort it may be, but not substantial I'D It
theds Light, but dark.ns Il serves only to luh the
aea the be 10
handmaid " Doutt, rays Buckle, - the kry to
knowledge" Lien who have no ttuuits. and who are
perfectly satisfied with their own knowledge, will nev-
er stiempt TO Increase it. Doubt must IRE
Hs!;soa fsSs 1oaa:a .sss2s .hs
IL ave- douLer ..Thorgh It bath BEEN eye1mera affirm
cd " Holy W1.t th.t the earth should to q wide
fort nyse.f when remen4ter that in the ecliI u
the the shadow c:tt the e@1th is 1uund, ard cs
is the shadow, such in like manner is the substance
Religious teachers have fer the oa part always Dis
couragtd state OF doubt End fostered spirit Of be-
Hef- Even at this late day mGuy religious peoe tt!g.
,,utize tt,te OF doubt upon qucstions sinful
+. 4tA 4 fer uEtd
lerson. Such osition may he IN tue highest degree
religious, but not in :le smallest degree il 1t
system sg1,atizes as crirninal state Of doubt, de-
ounces the examination Of scme one c1aEs Ct a.sn-
ens Or iaets tee1s to introduce the Las Of e H.
honest conclusions OF N Upright investigation as in~
voving moral guilt. that System j. suLvcrsiye OF IN,
1eilee,al honesty" II Is not difficult to understand
,h1t many comforting assurances to the uan Of
faith. aIi he deserves but little charity who
would rudely rlu'k them away. There ran
to Talrablo e7rcrs aAo-ds great comfort
Of mind while the acceptance Of the rel truth would
tai revolution" s:ys ill., Spencer, "c.n Ge accom-
piisbed without great nceraicn-" What must he tho
anguish Of the Hlndoo wo1sh3pcr who y1e1ds hts eef
in he divine attributes OF his stone god who can no
longer with fuh look to him for 70, giveness for Iast
OF tnses, and for blessings upon hs future under
rive him Of the comforting If hiB simple.
cLildike faith in a god he can both zee and fec!?
We not reekiug comfort hut tearchtng for tr;th.
What ale the facts 7
According to mans testimony, there Is power
grtaIez than Natule and which established fatn,e's
lawg. He tells that that owcr hza personality,
nc, whoy unlike h1ma. nat he 81 tas Mas
re1seuay, t.at he hes teen that Ierson nay, n1ore
That lie hes tslhed with H:m face TO face As with a
friend Since Nature in all her wat laboratory Of facta
fu1niAhes net trg'e cne in sui ort OF this claim Of
man, what the evidences uTon whhh 1t
sss r. .0 fsy and 1' % ..,s tbs ps Ds
Per, .'wLo relies u1on tho authority Of
human eydence in the guidance Of Ills opinions, rst
with little degree Of s:dncse aays another, that
have reached the conclusion that OF I'll sources OF
truth to which vs rtsort human testimony in the
st unreliable. What, amCEg the thtrgs Of the past
which are row regarded ~ abeu1dtes, cannot be
proven ty human ttst:nony7 Rather let ne under
he many "a ~ of fact With have come down
them sun tunSed Is haio q religious glory, md III
Will FATS the familiar stories Of tho storliug OF
the planets in their course 1t command Of ancient
ary ehtftain, the adventures Of enc Of the early
nnyg.tors in tie stomach Of the great fish, the aeton
lt Mt Of the traveller at hearing the heast I'll which
he lode tbkng him questions, and talking cct Ike
which SO attcniahed in childhood sud com1or.ed
in n.Aturer ytsss s Lest he passed to consider
occurrences Of IN, ch later la:e. scme Of which,
though not recorded IN holy books, seem to Ia even
Better 2ttcsted.
Plato born Of virgin; his fstber WIS the god
Apollo Simon Msgus could instantly make himself
-. % ~ ~ a. ~ t a - t; @ ara. ha
na1 -. ~ .-ast - E ~, aa"+ =, .1 ni. ~ a,eorat ~
e staes ~ ,sa ne s @ ELL ~ ~ ao,.a - ti,
e. o.s , S .n,,,as -. -, 40. ~ 1.s, ~ 11ir
wsarr Of thih void he ascened LuIi:y into Heaven
hits-.ra Maunra rcne4r,cted iTa7en r,n m akilI-
fny tba+ he G.s 1,se,i ~ sesvant Int becoming
r,1ous ri,d o,orrt1soTne Thcmaa fou;nes broIe him
IN rjecea viii = tomner 11~N ~Na.
nahomet. the founder OF great religion, performed
many tirncIea. .nd after LIS deatL. lis ccfu lis
hof, or tnth Tere eusrended far ionc Zine In mid
~ aithont Jesns rbr;st the foundrr of
1no,her nreat yei;nrn IKE F1.to ,rns hnrn of vron
~ ent Ts,jis r,;saI thc dad rosr Himsrf from
he se"5 md HSc Simon Nsr1,r nfeend, olily INTO
81 Istc ~ ihc cear III ln1I of Pone Inno-
e@nt viii nnnornces that ncreons HAVING In
with the Devil .nd 20 IRE EastpC tte fruits
and o1 ans cf The fed ihe tucrc.ee Ct cattle etc In
nj edtnre Ia to # III, head of the Cbrs-
fien Church n,sry hrnd1nds of srcd women wcra
br1ued ut iho sIke Tor holding in,ercourse with tie
Inher ,he fa,rc- NJ rays that he fre
orr n,lv TenvcIsed viii lie Dts;I On CO oeca1ion
yhen xnrstcd in IN arrument With him lie threw an
intsfani At h3s uhc DeYii,L, Iuler Was no
le.s vanino in co71rs IN tun in faith The Deyi'
says Tuher .Enovs we'll how to construct his ara1,-
rsn,s and r. ,1Yoo thcr1 Win @ha el{ OF = mar:er
t9e a11;vors @ ~ bi,nssf atb ars1e rct with sirili
to;cs Nor doaa +. nse e,rsurocntton. and heat
b ~, ~ ~, s 1e 1 -; torcir1e st,ttmsnta mi
an?ut % nq In5n, not e1ee11 ~ - onar ttt snna