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GLORIOUS DELUSION.
DIR. TALMAeE sATlRlzeS THE ANTAG-
oNiSTS OF CHRISTIANITY.
uhe Great Preacher Depicts In
very unususI way the Triumphs of
the Gospel - A "DeIusion" which
Oycrpovers strongest Intellects.


Ovcrpowers strongest Intellects.
Copyright Louis Klopsch 1902
wAspINoToN. Aug. G.-The antago-
pists of the Christian religion are i'll TINS
sermon of DR.. Talnlage met in very
unusunl way, aud the triumphs OF the
gospel are depicted. The text is Ezekiel
xxi. al, HE made his arrows bright he
consulted with images, he looked IN the
liver"
Two modes OF diyination by which the
king Of Babylon proposed to find out the
will of Cod lie took Il bundle OF ar
rows, put them together, mixed them up
then pulled forth one and by the inscrlp-
zion on it decided what city he should
first assault Then an animal was slain,
md NV the lighter or darker color of the
Nver the brighter or darker prospect OF
ouccoss was Inferred. That is the mean
inc Of the text "He made his arrows
bright. he consulted with images, he
,ooked In the liver" Stupid delusion.
And vet all the ages have been hlled
with decisions. 1t seems as If the world
loves 10 be hoodwinked, the delusion OF
the text only n specimen of vast mum
her of deceits practiced upon the human
race. In the latter part OF the last cen
fury Johanna Southcote came forth pre-
tending to have divine power. made
pronhecies. had chapels built in her hon
or, and 100000 disciples came forward
70 follow her. About five years before
the birth Of Christ Apollonius was born,
ana he came forth, and after five years
being speeChless, according TO the tradl-
ton. he healed the sick and raised the
dead and preached virtue and, according
to the myth, having deceased, was
brought To resurrection.
The Dclphic oracle deceived vast multi
tudes of people; the Iythoness, seated
in the temple of Apollo. uttcring n crazy
jargon from which the people guessed
their individual or national fortunes or
misforuues. The utteranccs were of
such nature that you could read them
amy way You wanted to read them. \
general coming forth TO battle consulted
the Dclphic oracle. and he wanted to find
out whether he was going to be safe in
the battle or killed in battle. and the an
svcr came forth from the DelphiC oracle
in such words that if you put the comma
before the word never" it means one
thing and if you put the comma after the
VOID never" it means another thing just
opposite. The message from the Dclphic
oracle to the general was, "Go forth, re-
turn never in battle shall thou perish y
II ne was killed, tina. was according to
the Delphic oracle: If he came home SAFE
~. that was according to the Delphic ora
Gle.
Deccits of Ancient Au%uri"r.
SO the ancient augurieS deceived the
people. The priests Of those auguries by
the flight Of birds or by the information OF
thunder or 10y the inside appearance OF
slain animals. told the fortunes or miSfor'
tunes Of individuals or nations. The
sbyls deG~ved the people. The slbyls
were supposed to be inspired women VINO
lived in caves and who wrote the skyline
books afterward purchased by Iarqun
the Proud. So late ms the year lS-3
man arose in New York, pretending to he
n diyine being. and played his part so
we! that wealthy merchants became ms
disciples and threw their fortunes into
his keeping. And so Ill all ages there
have been necromancics, incantations
witchcrafts, sorcerie', magical arts en-
chantmeuts, divnations and decisions.
Tho one of the text was only specimen
OF that which has been occurring i'll all
ages OF the world. None Of these deln-
sCrS accomplished any good. They de
ceiyed, they panperizcd the people they
were as cruel as the were absurd They
opened no hospitals. they healed no
wounds, they wiped away no tears, they
emancipatcd no scrfdom
Hut there are those who say that all
these decisions combired are as nothing
compared with the dc.usion now abroad
in the world, the deluSlph OF inc NhrlS-
tlah reilSloh. lhat u'luSl"n mas 'ou"S
4OU,VOo'O" dup"s' II PROPOSES 10 cuclrcIe
been called IL deIhNloh mas ALREADY over
shadoW'd the Appaiachiah range on thlS
elde the sea ana IL nus oNersuauo"'u
me baikah ana caucasian raHEes on the
othcr side lhe sea II mas cohquereu hus-
land ana lhe Chlted states, Inns chah-
ploh deluSioh, inns noaN' tniS SWlnule Oh
the ages as II mas peeh Called mas gone
forth 10 conquer the ISlhhuS OF 'he IA
clhc, ana Melahesla ana Mlcr"hrSR ana
Nalayan Polynesia nave already sur
rendered TO the deluSloh. Yea IL mas CON
quered the INDIAN archlpcIaEo ana Dor
neo, ana Sumatra ana 'oI"u'S ana java
nave laleh uhder ltS WheS. IN III" l ~
IsAhdd' "hcre there are l-o'Ooo people,
loZ'Wu nave already become the dnpes OF
TINS CHRISTIAN religion ana II Things 20
On ms they are now gong on ana II the
influence OF ms great haluclnaton or
the ages cannot De stopped IL VIII sWal-
low the globe Supposlng then mat
phHstanlty Is the deluslon or the cehtu'
res as some nave pronounced IT, pro-
pose TO snow you What mas peen accom-
Nl a.aFN Ia. lu .Iu In b