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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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