, 1876-07-15

time AMI again, hut which continue To hc
reiterated Notwithstanding, and which
shows him TO be hard mp for Argument,
when h. can u.r,np better argument than
that. In thi. regard, with him, what j,
sauce TOR the 4"osc, is not sauce for the
gpndcr,
A to the comparative morality of
Pagan and Christian nations, which
brother Thompson attempts To slow, he
ignomnUy mtsrcprcsent' and unduIy
maanih.s. For instance, the story ot
dcvutc,s hrowing themselves under the
wheels OF the car Of Jrggrrnant Is Il
myth and never had any foundation in
fact the religion of Juggernaut is Of Il
mild, peaceful and benevolent character;
and the lies told in reference to II, in all
probability, are very much nf the same
character us the stories told ot other
Pagan rclig'o They are all surersti'
tions, and indicative Of the growth Of
the people in mental, moral and scientific
| development. The burning of widows
on the funeral piles of their husbands
was founded on the idea that they would
thereby rcjoin their husbands in Para
disc. But that people now have ont.
grown that idea, and are now content 10
wait till God a,uds them TO Paradise in
the natural way. Christians formerly
burnt hcrcliCs in order 10 get them to
he'll before their natural time; but now
they have outgrown that, and are now
compelled 70 let God send them there or
elsewhere, when fIe gets ready. That is
tho difference. And as TO wickedness
and moral rruption--where on Gods
earth can we 90 to find greater than to.
day exists in these Christian United
States. Luok at the daily robbcrcs, mur
,lcrs, infanticides, suicides, wife murders,
parents numbering their own children,
the vast prevalence ofsyphill'ic affections
under polite names, the country dotted
all over with prostitution and its appro'
pirate accompaniments- whskey dens,
hypocrisy and corruption pervading the
church every where, anl pcrmeating
every department Of the government.
No! Brother Thompson Let US first
pull the beams out Of the eyes Of our
nation before we attempt TO pull the
notes out Of the eyes OF our neighboring
nations!
But how long will the popular Chris
tian body remain in the puerile and i'm
beetle state Of thinking that mankind are
indebted to what is called spiritual rev.
elation, for their knowledge of right and
wgongl And how long will they con-
tinue to look up 10, and worship these
reputed reveEtors of the moral law,
which law exists in mans nature, and
which he is able 10 see and understand
only through his natural and intuitiye
perceptions and reason2 For the moral
law can not be received on mere author
ity, as we receive facts in history 0t
which we are not personally c0gnizant,
any more than the law of mathematics
can be 30 received. Do know that tour
is more than two because somebody has
told me soi No, know it because
can see it il nobody tells 1t 10 me. So
OF the law Of Inorals--I do not know
that it is wrong TO steal my neighbor's
property because somebody has told mo
so; see il and know it through my
natural and intuitIye perceptions and
reason; ! sec that it would be wrong
for my neighbor TO take my property
against my will and from that, am nee
essaiily driven to the conclusion thar it
would be beeQually wrong for me take his
property agains. his will; hence the nat
ural perception Of the principle Of :he 80
called golden rule, Of acceding to others
The same rights and justice that We
would exact from them to US. And yet
in view OF this simple and natural pro.
cess by which man arrives ut this con-
clusiop, it seems that brother Thompson
has not ye. outgrowu his swadling
clothes of ealIy prejudice and supers,i
tion, but yet abjectly kneels in slaVish
subjection before the pretended vice.
gerents Of God, instead OF standing up
rightly in his true manhood and being |
himself
Natural principles are eternal and true
in the na,u.e OF things, and do not de-