, 1881-11-06

Wiuelt uilcFcI- l3ht the suggestion thAt the
ln!alllblc GO,l might be believed III, hnyc pro-
ceeded On just grounds without in,pugutuE the
righteousness uf the Abutionists met with nu
fAtNr.
THE rR-ACTICEl, Df:sAtOG CANNOT FOEEGo
the tricks of his trade, anl s., be makes tue
pAncEyric Of his political faction uu excuse for
cast Ing contempt III the t.cte &f his Maker u1d
for insulting the faith and reasn, ot I'LL who be-
Judge Of a!l the earth did reh, tiiis ht,, with
ratlcor. which he pours cut pugc after pag,,
and then rencats 1t assain and again:
CnEat Ks Als heart with words
-ina tails 70 eurs.ns like u very drab-
/ have said thus mich about the slavery
point. not as MI answer IL Mr.. tnEersu hut IT..
cause will not have it understood if can helt,
H.. that permitted or provoked the iutroluction
uf parfsutl politics into the discussion OF II re-
These furious outbreaks of iMtemper,te abuse
upon Gcd, His laws, aud Institutions do not dis
1urb any one's intellectual belief or ut all dlin~
ish the ;lwful reverence WHICH /. Christian feels
for the supreme Object ut his uttnration. Mr..
lnEersoll thinks he is raisin:; sturm the
He is merely tlottl: part Of common sculu,
to whom the idle listen for the sport OF tho
thing. while others. taking counsel! ot tneir out
raHeu feelings. think him nuisance that ought
to be Abatca- T4lis is. perhaps, moi vary easy 10
do. \ woman. for such u1TenSc, cDiii be
sluc}lcd under the rule OF the :,ucientlaw but
when IL t1nn'uus ritut,7r o. the ulae gender
vcNe5 the peace at tlei=hborht'od itt ti1is way
the rcucdyis didcntt a,:u doubtful.
!
how he scoids for :lie mere suke OF scoldtug-
look III his tltfaro1ladc OH putygs.Iny- BY the
unaidetl influence Ut the church alone this vice
has been eNtrpatcd completely and perfectly.
III Christian countries tho universal rule IS that
one ulan shall he the husband OF wife and
mort; al1d it is neither the rule nor the Drnc
tice anywhere else Oh the face Of the .ylvbe.
Now. Il person WHO has ordinary Sense must see
ti,at tho neral merit Of Christ's Gospel iii this
respect is directly
rrorolT1oS1:D TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THE
frou, which II has relieved human society. But
Mr.. Iu@ersul tries 10 bt;lckctl the character of
the Christian, religion by railing ut the bad prac-
,ice which it has opposed and destroyed. II he
tu flung out ut homogeneous marriage, which
Christianity upanlds, his ;tct, though unjust,
might bAve had an apparent object moi alto
rs open to mere vulgar vituperaiion as
poly*amy When au unclcan mind exerts
i1selt to 'nasine ~. what @ may .. take
the animal degradation Of woman in one casc as
another. To the beastly nil things are beastly-
In ponne od 1hH f, sGy o1 of
marriage with especial bitterness. 10 tic one
man aud one woman tngcther by 4 bond which
nothing hut death can dissolve is. III their opin-
ioii. not only unjust and immoral. hut base
anu brutal tyranny which imposes i degrading
restraint upon the natural rights Of men and
women 10 love and cohabr with whom they
piease- This is prime and prominent pArt OF
tho atheisric theory. everywhere advocated BY
is regular orgtns and its greatest disciples. In
1,om"rfi +ha1 ,1.,i,,n thair rrnaI s,,lsrnnt;uiir
thus: ]. There is no Gou. q. Religion is Il lie. :
:; I,roDertv IL fhaff ! 1--we tp115, h, free.
+ Marriage is suycry G. Children belong to
the State And not toanyoo!ty ~ particular ..
Mr. Inyersuli swallows it whole. lie believes,
at least he p17tctics. the Christian doctrine Oh
the subjects OF marriage paternity. nud prom
ea mot u1 nc he y tae Pc IT,
Others, rejecting ns he does the - golden met
wand Of tie law have III eauni right TO take
their feelings US tlt. measure TT righteous
ness So one sci Of atheists curses nurriAs,e
and another blackgunrds p,.ygatuly, and they
are both right If there be TO Cod aboEe all anu
over ALL
do not intend this rs 4 substitute for the an
swer which | would have Hlnt3c il tho presiding
genius Of the Keucic had been rropitious NY
principal object Is to snow thlt MS "clrchlir
abuse amounts to absolutely nothing. A reg
uIar; reply would prove 'hut III every tine Of his
last article he has either falslflta history or APP
piled to it an erroneous interpretation hut
u1n tc.uptel uut to quit without giving l. sample
Of his efforts at scientific reasoning.
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II HE noEs Nof DEM iftE fAtstE>tf. "f
\ COD
his occupnton is gone The object therefore,
stump against Christianity has leten and Is I"
anuihhtc the evidence which shows that the
beng bis srcnt central poiut on whc,, ali other
points must tlr.i he has OF course laid himself
out to bis very best Tor it. Let US see VIAL nc
h:s ncniescdr .~,,,,r tr,,, ,nd o,.c,,r,tc
- his rhon,-.- whom S,1ij thrt I,n re-
.'Ssvuti. ~ .s ; . - ,,S,,r,f. th,r :. !, tnr
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az luuvn. t'nt -; ;a ~ .,,3 -, rnrcsos his cnr
poslt.ou ~ nts ,,, tha, o,r"j., ,n@ =, sh,r,
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no". lruuf a utltest G.ctu1ts .uu,c -, ~ @ "
sure ntl l1ncn - tn''Se Z: ~ ' 49,, ~ :. ~ sJ nnd
lone any work. y ~ % ual.ns - ns:,1 ~ ha't
the uniformity o. iss actom .l
any rule or FegulhtioE pfesc'iueu i ~ auiet ~
o"ef, tnen tnero = auG m:ls uIs, W. .n.e u ~ to!, ~
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foi tne l opos.su .,e ' ,rt1 h.. fora,..r rish
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@ .uEs :. o ~ ,,,.,,,.;,,I .iI ria Ied,,c,i0ns nf
o, ii ,,;,ii,,:,.,h~ MI iii f,,j1h in IIuy Writ
,;,,st H. swrnt as,lc 81 mat j;s ;cx1 1,ay have
rus' p'..s ,,, ~ -, , ma i1 ,i'rdn hit ibis
,strjntion of supreme authority 10 u,, idea,
merely because 1t hnppens to be his idea, will |
larrly be concurred in The assertion If it. in