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joy of freedom and reason which is
in my own soul will leap from a
By W. E Jo h n so n
thousand fountains to all the m ill
The man who fights the bible
ions of the race. We shall never
with science is the m an who pre
go hack, but forever forw ard W hat tends to have much wisdom, but
is dearest in all the past of m an advertises him self a fool.—Gospel
shall bloom to more splendid fruit E cho, A u g u st 2 6 th .
age. There shall be less theology
The m an who fights science with
but more brotherhood; fewer m an the bible pretends to have faith, Di
sions in the skies, but sweeter cot sm a l of wisdom, and can be r e c o g
tages on the bosom of the earth.
nized as an ass w ithout any ad v er
‘‘Religion, in its tru e sense, is the tising.
harm ony of m an ’s nature. It is the
sentim ent stirred a n d exalted by
W hat we find in the bible de
the contem plation of the universe, pends largely upon what we are.—
expressed in forms of reason and T he Bible Reader for September.
binding the soul to progress.
T h a t’s ju st the trouble with the
H ith erto , it has been at war with
book; you can find in it au th o rity
itself. In order th a t it m ay here
for an y th in g from cannibalism io
after become one, its method must
baptism .
The polygam ist, the
be one; and th at m ethod is science, I slave-holder, ’he m urderer, the b an
Science is the Christ of the new re
dit, and the adulterer can all quote
ligion, the co n stan t revealer of d i
the scriptures in justification of
vine possibilities.
their crimes.
“ T h at which is to come is not
m erely a choice expression of the
A sermon m ay satisfy the soul
olden tru th s. I t is a vast original
w ithout fully satisfying the in tel
m ovem ent, which, having passed lect, hut it cannot satisfy the soul
through the chaotic stage, shows by ignoring the intellect.— R ich
the beginnings of the cosmos, of the m ond C hristian Advocate, August
ideal republic wherein all hu 26th.
m anity
shall
‘be good
and
W hat in Tophet has “ intellect”
great, and joyous and beau'iful and to do with “ salvation by fa ith ? ”
free.’
T h e C hristian dogma teaches th at
We spring from the bosom of the intellect should be suppressed and
past, and all its precious past is faith nourished, plowed, hoed, and
ours; hut we are likewise children dilligentlv cultivated. Intellect is
of the future, and feed upon its a sure antidote for faith.
boundless promise.
W hatever is
sweet in Jesus, heroic in M oham
A m an’s ch aracter can be more
med, divine in B uddha, hum an in i accurately determ ined bv what he
Confucius, we accept; hut, in the does, and by the com pany he keeps,
fresh light and color of new know than bv what he profes-es to believe
ledge and inspiration, we take the and to be.— N ashville C hristian Ad
golden threads they give, but the vocate, A ugust 26th.
W h a’’s the use of the C hristian
woven picture is beyond their u t
having any ch aracter? The blood
most conception.'’
of Jesus has so laundered th e sinner
C H A P T E R X X X II.
th a t one character is a* w hite as
T he San Francisco m orning
another. F aith and belief counts;
papers contained the following
ch aracter is not in it, according to
“once upon a tim e,” subsequent to
the theologians.
the events last n a rra te d :—
“ E phraim Gooch, the m illionaire
Superstition, fanaticism and b a le
and p h ilan th ro p ist, is now at the
ful forms of hysteria break out ev er
G reat Globe Hotel.
He has just
and anon. It was so in th e lo g in
returned from E ngland and brought ning, is so now, and will be to the
with him an immense fortune, re end, if hum an nature and hum an
ceived through his wife, who u n ignorance continue the sam e —
fortunately died on her bridal trip P ittsburg C hristian Advocate, A u
gust 26th.
to the home of her ancestors.
He
The object of the Liberal U niver
intends to rear a superb m onum ent
to her m em ory, which will no doubt sity is to com bat “ superstition, fa
be an ornam ent to the c t v , of naticism , and baleful forms of hys
All these subjects are
which every citizen m ay well l>e te ria .”
proud. This great m in and lover tau g h t in every C hristian college in
of bis race is also desirous of doing the country. They comprise almosi
some!bi g for ih»* welfare of the the whole course of study of every
world. He is about to m unificent theological sem inary in the land,
ly endow a theological sem inary, and the P ittsburg C hristian Advo
which will be called after bis nam e. cate is the official organ of those
He will estal-lish s- v» ral Hebrew w ho d e m a n d th a t su ch n o tio n s con
scholarships, as he is extrem ely tin tic to he p ro m u lg a te d .
anxi'-us th at th is ancient language
sh >uld he thoroughly understood,
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