, 1879-03-31

sctcnce In. ,,othtny to sav abolt, Or to do viii!
either morals. rcIuu,,, heno,olcuc, duty, or
inspiration: The sources ot tllc, the cause Of
arc nj it,comprchcnsibo to science. aud witt re-
main 40 tili ihe end of tin,e. "'rlcra is no
science OF tho soul, any moro than tl,cro u d
prayer II mathematIcs;' How utterly, then.
tie rss faess s'p.tf"e'" q humaa a' experience, s
who tcachos that "nothlng ncetls inspiration
but fa!HchooL, or a mistaken md lint ono is
to aeecpt nothing as true whiel, ca,.not be dem.
ter nro TIM words Of 81. AuGutsne, when he SAYS:
"0osl dxsts more truly than liz cap bu thought
Of: lls can 6a thought of moro truly than lta
il!eyo l!eyo tint thu bible contains ruye1atIun from
uol!, say contains revelation from God, not
TINT 1t Is In Itself such rcve!attor, for tic
Bible, as such. was not reycn1cd. Tho inspira..
tl,e th'nEs written, but not Of Ill; tho insptra-
t!pn is rather Of tho ehOuaht. purpose, the lead
tgs OF GOD, than Of the letter In which they nre
expressed. Ihere ts. TO tny mini. no appeal
uttered the sayings WHICH arc attributed to Him
III tie Gospels, alil they arc to INC Ut lcast, in-
ialin'y true, ma literally %tl!o words q eternal
ilo:" INC 9tner general ihene 70 which refot
under notice Is to destroy t!e religious faith
which the people now Lave and give theM moth.
inE IN return. :, -, -.---...
hearers tne e rsadn G nsf'i9I g e a s
docs ne .ncan by W lle aus"cr Is, f'e means
Simply Atneistnt which ts virtually tho rejection
81 ~ religlon sihee IL 10 tc Denial 9! tho boinE
OF God hiusett. Nov With God dethroncf, tic
namc religion has no further use. What, then. is
tho religion Of humanity te thosn who deny tho
! existence Of God, md 1cnve everything either
70 ellanco or !nexoraolc !awt ono might inlor
from the the : assumption o. these Athesttc tcachers
llmt freo thinkers nro Tho only people who faye
nnv religion OF humanity, or who practice i.
rl,e general impression m made BY the Co'oners
lecture y tl1at Cllr,stians arc oad lot,-Tncan,
hypocr!tteql, ae,nentsa kind Of folks' and TINT
| bright AMI psoyrcssivo people, such as "hayo
brains" Qhougl Il docs INT require larEc sllt,-
| ply Of that articlu TO qualify onc 70 rid!culo
another pers9n's re!sgson2 n "do tets own
| religion, nild are governcu by somo sort Of a
higher law.
Now that thta view Of human nature, 80 COM
irg'' Is very likely true. ony likcs to he patted
| OH tho back In this way, And be called pro-
ercsslye," and not le.bouna Ike those ola f.
g!cs and senpd;theoloEical graduates, a;ki owltsh
how II docs not seem to stay upon the, public
stomach after II Is taken. For this Is Just tho
kind Of taik IN wa!sh noisy inldels have In
1asea Tor S Rass 3 ysas Is
10 hava now order of things" but, for some
reason Christianity does not dict anil tie world
moves forward In much tho old way.
s nngs sssn gery well
attempt to ombody tlctn In vital forms. As
t1cprlcs they look well, but iu practice they aso
worthless. They arc ~ beautiful rs foam and
just rs substantial. Where arc the monuments
Ut free rcllglona In the struggle for religious
liberty in France recognize the powerful in
iucncc OF Volia're; arid MI advocacy Of a true
democracy in this country, very fow,. II
any, did moro by ilieir pun ttan
Thomas Fainc; but, aside from theso
general benefits TO society, wheru are The tcs-
t!nonlcs Of the work they wrought What did
they DO for the more purfect organization Of CO.
cicty. and for the elevation md purity Of the
| public noralsl repent, where arc the mon,l-
lnct,ss Of thlH FREQ relgtonl LAS It nothing to
show IN It's own behalf but slandcrous asser-
tlonsa And has its most distinguished ativo.
cato In this country dcgcnoratcd into jrstlng
sco!fer7 WHO built tho Institutions Of lcarning
throughout tho Christian world, and who SUB.
ports thcml Who organlzcd tho institutions OF
charity, and who snsta!us ,hcnl repeat, this
"ruligiou vi hun,auty,n whatever that may be,
does we'll enough to iaIk about, but somehow,
when there Is solid work to DO done nos1oly