Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-06


been $3.50, land they had no immi-
grafton" Every woman would have
had an average of So children. And
they call that inspiration, and say a
man will be damned if he don't believe
it. Well III be if l do
He next attacked the statements con-
corning the amount of gold aud silver
raised by David. In the Book Of CnTon-
icles Ii was stated that David collected
seven thousand millions Of dollars in
silver and gold, as much as all the coin
and bullion now known, to build
temple
With the remark that can objection
is as fresh as a morning glory with its
heart full of dew. until it is answered, "
he took ND the New Testament, which
he said was much worse than the old.
He said the inspired writers ought TO
agree On the day Christ was born, but
none of them know the day or the
month. December 25th was a festival
in honor Of the sun god, and was adopt
cd bv the early Christians as the date
of the biu.h Of Christ. Luke and Mat
thew do net agree upon this point,
hence they were not inspired. Neither
do the inspired writer's agree about
Judas. Matthew says he repented and
hup- himself: Peter says he fell down
and burst asunder. The lecturer said
it was hard for him to understand why
the Christians hate Judas. fer accord
ing to their scheme Of salvation, Christ
had to die JUDAS was bound to see
thar he was betrayed: he would have
been etemally damned if he did not.
Glow do YOU prove the existence Of
God? Does the word God stand for
what we know or what we don't know?
Do we not put all our ignorance IN
pile and call il God? What we do
know is science. and what We donF
know we bow down and worship. " =
The wise man. being asked the origin
and destiny of man, is honest enough
to say he does not know. That's where
I stand" RE spoke Ct the infinite
power attributed 70 God, and mention
cd many of the evils which he would
correct If be he'd the same power.
He next took I'D the doctrine Of the
Trinity. Of which he said: Nothing
ever was. nothing ever can be, more
perfectly idictic than the dogma Of the
Trinity. Absurdity having
reached IT'S limit. nothing more can be
said but let us pray" Continuing on
this subject ne said: Christ, accord
ing TO the faith, IS the second person ia
the Trinity the Father being the first
and the Holy Ghost the third. Each
Of these three persons is God. Christ
is his own father and his own son. The
Holy Chest is neither father nor son,
but both. The son was beg0tten by the
father. but existed before he was be-
gotan-iust the same before as after.
Christ is Just as old as his father, and
the father is Just as young as his son.
/ The Holy Ghost proceeded from the
Father and Son. but was equal TO the
| Father and Son before he proceeded,
that is to say. before he existed, but he
| is of the same age Of the other two. SO,
it is declared that the Father is God,
| and the Son of Cod and the Holy Ghost
I God. and that these three Gods make
! one God.
According to the celestial multiple
cation table, once one is three, and three
( times one is one, and according to heay-
emily subtraction if we take two from
three. three are left The addition IS
equally peculiar: if we
ADD TWO TO ONE
We have but one. Each one is equal 70
himself and the other two. Nothing
ever was. nothing ever can be more
perfectly idiotic and absurd than the
dogma of the Trinity How Is it posi-
be to prove the existence Of the Trim
itv? lis it possible for hui
man being. who has been born
once to comprehend. or to i'm
agine the existence of three beings, each
Of whom is equal to the three
The lecturer had great deal to say
Of what he termed the Christian
scheme for redemption Christ
cannot die for me-" he sad. Il must
bear the consequences Of my acts. l
cannot be justly sent to hell for the
evil Of somebody else. / cannot be
Justly sent to heaven for the goodness
of somebody else. ! don't want TO go
to Heaven unless I am entitled TO SO
there. I have no ambition to be a
winged pauper of the skies"
of Christianity was only stupid; If
its God was only ignorant and kind; if
If promised joy to believers, and did
mo-. dig hells for others, / would let 1t
alone"
In conclusion he said.
some NAV ask: Are you trying to
take our religion away?'
81 answer superstition is not re-
rgion. Belief without evidence is not
religion. Faith without fact IS not re-
| ligion.
"To love Justice. to long for the right
10 love mercy. to pity the suffering, to
assist the weak. TO forget wrongs and
remember beDefts-tO love the truth,
to be sincere. to utter honest words, to
love liberty. to wage relentless war
AGAINST slavery in all its forms, to love
wife and child and friend, to make a
baDpv home. to love the beautiful in
art I'm nature. to cultivate the mind, to
he familiar with the mighty thoughts
tbat genius has expressed the noble
deeds of all the world, TO cultivate cour-
age and cheerfulness, to make others
hgDDv to fin life with the splendor Of
generous acts. the wamth Of loving
words to discard error, to destroy
nreiudice. to receive new truths with
elednees. to- cultivate hope, to see the
calm bevCnd the storm. the dawn be
vond the night. to do the best that can
be done and then to be resigned-this
is the religion Of reason, the creed OF
science. THIS satisfies the brain and
heart.
But SAYS the prejudiced priest, the
malicious minister, you take away a
ALL KINDS 0F Eyes FITTED