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ther kiss oar hands and vcry feet a. their deliv-

ther kiss oar hands and very feet as their delis
ere;s.
Go still further back through the buried cea
fcraes, snd We stand 1T the foot Of the EgyotiA,
pyramids. Ihoussnds npoa thousands OF God
children are tolling n tue blazing aun under th
!ssh OF relentless and cruel tasxmastets, Gu
hearts are melted With pity \. tue sad sight Q
the fa1nting and dying malhtude and we in
4u!re the reason OF such Au apparently uneles
waete 81 lxbor aud treasure. The priests tell q
that t ia TO prera1c. znauso}eum for their dend
Wetell them IN reply that the work Of the igooran
l1horer contd be osed to betser advantage Il
beausifv1ng tke earth thxt OF the engineer il
discovery; and khat OF the echolAr 10 developing
the ec.ence Of navigation that the future nigh
ZEE the ends of the world united. and the races
OF the earth merged into one common and United
brotherhood. He says IN reply: . Take the idea
ont Of our Church that the enbalming OF our
dead with labor and rAina, and the laying them
swat in these inperiahable structures, is use
less ceremony. and our religion becomes bus AZ
empty sham" It is au empty sham then, We
tell bun. aud We place in his hands also tho ln-
sttlments which sc:enca haA constructed 70 meas
pre and weigh the universe Can We hold him
Eultiess If from thak moment he does not throw
away his kuperstitjors. and begin bis search for
the fac'a which God ms, IN earth, and se., and
eky. tpreAd oat before him
Como now down to the times Of Christ,-o
nan Of sorrowa Api acquainted With grief. who
With bleeding heart ende4voTed to perform for
The poor. blind, and ignorant multitude in Pa]es-
-tlDe the serslces 70 have rendered to the simple
Afstca end the enaiaved Egyptian. What waa
Els fate : Anybody who at that time heard HIS
scathing and burning words to the proud Scribe
and taaaticai Phansoa Is sst forth IN the tweu-
ty-sh1d chapterot Matthew, ccald have predicted
his fate wash absolute certainty. He toEefEom
then their ma-ks Of guilt and hypocrsJ, until
zuAudeued BY his truthful aud conbcisoce- -suitlue
words .hey nailed hun to the Cross. Even then
His charity and lore Tor tha cruel add Ignorant
as well ~ the downtrodden. 1hona forth in His
eweet words, Father, forgive them, for they
know not Whist they dol" and 40 He died, to bo
zn example TO us fos al time. His life xas writ
ten BY ignorant men who8e minds vera clooded
by the au:,etstitions aud mythotogies OF the Age
il which they lived. brt still the religion OF hn-
manity and the teachings. OF the Christ, eren
vLen stripped Of all legends and mythology
shine forth as calculated to LIT up tho down
uoddtn. and bring tbs capt;ves out Of captivity.
What has bean done WITH the CHRISTI He has
been made God bsiEnorant priests whoforesav
the influence that His teachings and death would
have on all tue fus1re, and who Wished to per-
petua.e for their own selGhG interests tho power
tl.at the priests OF the Jewish Church had over
tha multitude. Come stln Jown with me through
the centuries, and behold the ignorant Catholic
bowin5 n the confessional. Tha priest becomes
po,eessed OF the Eecret Of his life. and
from that moment he ia the slave Of tho
praeat, his Afe-lopg blaekmaier. His inno-
cent pleasures. and even the nohle desire
to educate hls children ut this public school,
and4p surround them vita the books and nsxs-
papeFs OF free press, are tortured into sips bya
priest who educates bln 70 beIiere that his abso-
Luton can alone cieanss hin from his sins.
This "a tAe NATURAL outgEogtt OF supernatural
religion. You may think it III innocent and con-
meudabie matter TO preacla mystlcA religion
{an yours certainly II u you Cannot prove the
truth Of tbs miraculous birth Of John and
Chrlst), but The present aod future generations
~li hold sou steEui7 respanalbie for tho further
propagation Of ignos.nea aud falsehood~
lou speak as though the church should not ba
once confounded the vian doctors in tus temple
1t Jerusalem, it has not ceen thought prudensto
allow the common psople any voice in the
c:u11,hea. venture to predlct tbst the first
church IN Chicago that will glre the people b
chance 10 be heard within. its walls in opposition
10 ministers who continually make the grossest
rnietaAes iu Their Conceptions and teachings Of
truth viii be the first to czowd every part Of the
building, With IN iata1sstad and excited audi
euce, the drst to pay off its burdensome
debt, tue trst 10 create demand at
the bookstores for. booka On every con-
ceivabto subject, and the first to start |
the work Of the new reformation, the grandest
Tue World has ever known, and upon the very
threshold OF rh.ch we ata now standing
Call to your ald the entire theological talent |
of the CITY, and show lhat the birth Of John and
Christ WAS Tor could by any possibility hare !
oeen) IN tho manner Indicated in the New Tea1a- |
neus, or else be hopast and candid enough 10 !
allow that supernatural reIig oa ID dead, and |
should be la,d ASIDE with past pagau1sm,-and !
khe future work of the minister and teacher to |
Eeazn and teach that the universe is governed By
and lnsa5iable laws. tho anthor Of which |
u tao oaly sraa ard I.irs God. PROTESTANT. !