The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-14
IN0ERSoEL ON DIVINE coy, ERNAARNT.
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f1N0ENSOkL QN Nx DIVINE A00K~ ERNMRNT.
 lSan FraneiseAn-I I9 &a1 Rev. Heber Newton and other New York clexgymen, having been proading Colonel gngerson in their sermons re-
 gently, the inidel orator appeared upon
 the stage of the Academy of Music h
 that city the other evening, and charged upon the intrenchments of she Eaiahfnl with his usual viRne. The H@&kg hives
 the subjoined report:
 The ogaaes AsRaa hg zsking which way
 men sh0uid turn for propeF guidance. Then he csukinukd: Nos, the Rfsfquea-
 ton is whether this world shall he Ruv-
 exned by God or man. Admitfinx that
 the being spoken of in the bible is God,
 he governed this worla oaee4 Theze was theocracy at the start That uas she
 6,st government ot the world. Nov, how do you jadge cf manf Tho hest ,fest of q maa is, how does he use his powerf
 That is the supreme test of manhood. How does le treat those within his con-
 trol7 The greater the man, the Rrander
 the man, the more careful he is in tke
 use of power-the tenderer he is. the nearer just, the greater, the more merci- ful, the grander, the more chaFim6ae.
 Tell me how a man treats his wife or his children, his ,or debtors, his serv-
 ants, and will tell you what manner of man he he. That, say, is the supreme
 test and we know tonight how good
 and great man treats has interiors. We
 know that. And a man endeayoring to
 raise his fellow-men higher in the scale of eivihxation-what viii that man ap- peal b ? Win he appeal to the Iowestor to the highest thas is. in man! Let us
 be honest Will he appeal to prejudiced prejsdice, the fortress, the armor, the
 sword and shield of ignorance1 Win he appeal to eredulity, the ring in the nose by which priests lead stupidityl Will he
 appeal to cowardly man2 Will he play upon his fears-fear, the capital stock of impostufe the lever and fnicrum of hy- pocSisys Win he appeal to the selfish
 ness and all the slimy serpents that crawl h the den of savagesy? or will he
 appeal to reason, the torch of the mind Win he appeal to jussicel Win he ap.
 peal to charity, which is justice in blos- som ? Will he appeal to liberty and love These are the questions. What viii he do2 What did our God do? Let us
 see. The first we know of Him is in the
 Garden of Eden. How did He endeavor to make His children great and strong
 and good and free2 Did He say any thing to Adam and Eve about the sacred
 relation of marriage7 Did He say any thing to them about loving children ? Bid He say anything to them about learn- ing anything under heavenp Did He say one word about intellectual liberty2 Did justice? Did He make the slightest ef-
 fort to improve them? All that He did
 in the world was to give them one poor,
 little miserable, barren command: 1: Thou shalt not eat of certain fruit" That's all that amounted to anything {:
 and when they sinned did this great God take them in the arms Of His love and
 endeavor to reform them)s No; He
 simply put upon them a curse When
 they were expelled, He said to the wo-
 man, @I viii greatly multiply thy sor-
 TOW. In sorrow sAalt thou hring forth children. Thy hnsbspd shah rule over thee" God made every mother a crim-
 insl. and placed . perpetual penalty of
 pain upon human love. Our God made wives slaves- -slases of their husband. ] Our God corrupted the raaxsjaae xelation ana parslysed fhe firesides of this sorid.
 That is what our God did. And what
 did Hesay to poor Adam7 Cursed be
 the gfoand for thy sake {; h sorrow shalt
 thou seaf of 1t atl the days of thy life :;
 thcrns and thisties shall 1t bring forth to thee, and thou shalt cat the herb of the
 field, and in the sweat of thy face shalt
 thou eat bread" Did He ssy one word
 calculated to make him . better man
 Did He pnt in the horisen of the future one star of hopef Let us be honest
 and see what this God did, and we will judge of Him simply hy ordinary common sense.
 Alter awhile Gaia murdesed his brother, and he was detected by this God. And what did this God say to him2 Did He say one word of the crime of shedding human blood2 Not . word. Did He say one word calculated 10 excite in the breast of Cain the slightest real sorrow for his deed2 Not the slightest Did He tell him anything about where Abel vas? Nothing. Did He endeavos to make him a better mani Not bit. What had He ever taught hsm beSose on that subject? Nothing. And % Cain vent out to the other sons and dauehsers of Adam, according to the bible, and they multiplied and increased until they covered the earfh. God gave then no code of laws. God never built thesn . school-house. God never sent then a teacher. God neyer said word to them about future state. God never held up before their gaze that dazziing reward of heaven never spoke about the iurid grlfs of heIl kept divine punishment a perfect secret and, 6ithouf having given them the slightest opportunity, simply drowned the world. Splendid adminis- trztion Cleveland will dc better than that. And after the waters had gone away, then he gave them some com mandments. 1 suppose he ssw by that time that they needed guidance.
 And here are the commandments:
 I. You may eat all kinds lof birds,