, 1879-05-04
RELIGIOUS.
Some Reflections 10y Prof.
Swing. or the Psalm
ISIS Remark.
That "All Men Are Liars ~.
Truth-Telling at the
Talmage Trial.
Mnster.Roll Of the Anti-Polyg.
amous Mormons Through
out the World. j:
Abraham Lincoln's Unpublished
Work Denying the Divinity
Of Christ,
An American Girl at the
Jews Wai1ing-Place in
/ Jerusalem.
General Notes.. Personals, Sab.
bath Smiles.--Servlces
To-Day.
ALL MEN ARE LIARS.

] O'Oafs
ALL MEN ARE LIARS.
il. SOME REFLECTIONS By FRoF. SWING.
Tie IllIance-
The Psalmfst rather apologized Tor the re-
mark that all men are liars. dc goes SO far Us
to state that the allegation W:.s made in haste.
It is not particular to the modern render just
how sweeping the ancient intended to be, but it
is Of great Importance to note TINT the world
las made progress since the days Of King David,
for no one would now say, even In haste, that
nil men arc liars Exceptions to the rule have
hccomc quite numerous Of. late times, SO that
the word all can no longer be used bv calm and
,houphtful persons. Only q reckless scold
coud affirm mendacity OF all mankind. George
Washington disturbed the long. succession to
which the Psalmist alluded; and since Washing
ton, almost each village or each large town has
been able to point to some one man who was
almost certain to speak the truth. There being
about 3,0Oo towns in the UDtedStatcs, and ad-
mittinn that there is one mau in each town who
is stubboruly opposed to faisehood, this would
rive us quite IN army of persons who eau state
tue fact so Tar as they knoy it.
In CINCINNATI thirty years ago, there was
Iavyer who Who would not tell lie. He may
indeed now be dead, and there may not be, in
that CITY, any living successor, but the existence
of that one lawyer, Of that mental and moral
quality, would show that we. are living in an
aoe that is liable to produce truthful men, and
that if this liability is not just blessing our
city it must be at work In some other metropo-
lis That one attorney following 10 close upon
The departing heel OF George Washington
| sneaks volumes in favor OF the progress OF
yeracity in our century. There is not indeed
conclusive evidence that Chicago or ST. Louis
has the sctual duplicate OF that Cincinnati oar
| rstcr but the drift Of the age is such that We
arc almost warranted in saying that 50 large
city rs Chicago must possess ut its legal bar
! some ono mind which is disposed to state the
extstin!. as existing:
brought back to the General the non~existng as
| thr existing. In such ~wor1s re find the philo-
| sonbical analysis Of the common liar. but that
| ali men are like that seouffue should deny. Inc
| rited. 70 such faTorablex xsidence must now be
addcl tho fact Of. q ruth-tclllngs: calciminer,
| There may be one or two others in America, tof
the population OF North America is now about
sixty millions, and OF this vast crowd the num-
| her OF persons who decorate rooms about the lst
of each Nav must be at least 1,000, ,0oO, and
/ therefore In this million there may be some
| other fresco.artist who reports tile existing as
existing, and the non-exist!ng Us non. existing;
hut many persons who have studied the habits
| of these May-bugs are not satisfied that there
is more than just this one who are 6tubbornly
! onnosed to false assertion. We do not feel
that it would be important to name this one and
designate his street and number for as he is
now very aged, and totally blind, and out OF
| service. the Information could not be turned to
any valuable account by any parties wishing tq
renew the color Of wall or fence.
Casulsts and all dealers IN moral statistics az
clare thut there are plumbers and paper-hangefs
VINO consider their promises as DlndlnS. b4t
there are two reasons why this theory should he
considered as rose-colored. The first reason Is
that very few OF these casuists and stattst1c1ans
have apy house to which an actual artisan ever
| is wont to come, either in time or out Of time.
These deep thinkers dwell in garrets. and have
| no more use for plumber or papercr tnan
they have for coachman; m lhe'r renark .9e - noI
bosed upon experience. The second objection
to the theory is this, that We have already founc
| m honest LAWYER and an honest calcEner, and
| must be slow to load any more virtue upon tue
credulitv Of our readers "hle we aam1Ie
rrentlv our own era, NC do not feel Inclined to
speak boastingly OF its superiority over the
ancient periods.
has been. or now is, a veracious p!umner; tnen
along would come some other little Herbert
Spencer to ask us to admit some rea!-estate
aren't Of Europe, or America, or Atrica-an ad-
mission it would be reckless to make. There
would be no end to the rush for places should
it be once seen that even rea!-estatc men were
liable to follow the story Of the cherry-trco and
~ In ] ths estimate of the story Of the truth,tell
ing men which our age possesses, special ano
exceptional line Of srgx 4S5 hex oe do po
enter into the common herd Of mankind. lhe]
are peculiarly nodded By conversion ant
| sanctfdcation, and by theology and By muct
teachng of the ten th 10
: Of illustrious dead. All things tend to MAKE
this class lovers Of plain truthfulness. HAY
inr enioyed an exceptional training aud prac
tice, they must not be classed witn plumbers
and whiteTashsrs, ana a fea1-fSa1u hioher @state
We have found one honest lawyer, and ON
- spotless calcimincr (not spotless as to MS Dig
mcnts for the wall, but rs to bis soui1' put pass
ing over to the clerical profession, IL Is nut Jus
I to say that there are perhaps large nnmoef
these IN the United States who do not tell lies OF
nny OCCASION OF that grave body OF minister
who arc now holding court over clergyman u
- Brooklyn, it is probable thai mere gre lures @
= four who do not state what DID not exist as be
:; ug what did or does exist. Well, now, II IN ina
: one rToup there are at least three men who's
|. words Stand for actual events, then extendtn
our sway all over the United etates IN WHY
msftcs 1nefS aff ta t6ep are only OF these VII
will tell small story when In straits That II
out Of 5000 preachers, there are 5,u0 VINO II
buke that ancient who 1elt uat ~ ,n anen ~ei
liars 1t is not true of humanity at large, II
cr not true Of the clergy in particular. Many
o5 them tell the truth, and Il things 20 on as tRe
are now going, it will not be more than a5 zca}
Of geological epochs before the plumber ana u u
whitewasher will stand at the front door at II
time appointed.
= LINCOLN.
DID He WRITE AN 1Sr1DEls11c booh:-H
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 10, 1s7o.-Io
2. Editor Of Tue Cincinnati Commercial: The co'
,aercia1 Of the 18th inst contained letter fro
Mr., Reuben Daley, editor Of the Jefferson7il
G. Ipd.) Ners, tnquirtng as to the truth OF t
. statement that Abraham Lincoln once {. wrote
book refuting the miracles and superss1tions
Christianity" with an allusion to the ctrcu'
stances that many persons arc impressed tn
Mr.. Lincoln was - confirmed ,intidei." :
J. everything pertaining to the Martyr Preside
is OF absorbing interest to at hast thirty mi
= ions of the people of the United states'; 20
CORRESPONDENT thought 1t worth while TO 10