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dition, and th a t this gradual de- m ost anxious to procure a piece to
velopm ent has been going on for eat, however sm all,
hundreds of thousands, perhaps
In our own civilization we have
m illions of years.
wh at »» obviously, in p art, at least,
It is clear, therefore, th a t m any a later form of this relic of savage
of the habits an d custom s of exist- cannibalism >n what is known as
ine savages will be found to he toe E u ch arist, in which by con.e-
relics of form er habits and custom s oration by the priest, bread and
wine are changed into the body
which had existed am ong their an
And so, am ong civilized an d blood of one of the persons of
peoples we find traces of form er the C hristian deity, and are then
barbarism . As is said by Lub- p artak en of by the priests and peo-
bock: “ W e m ust, therefore, expect pie with much cerem ony. S till more
to find in each race tr a c e s - u a y , clearly
,h e «r.g.n of tins rile
more th an t r a c . s - o f lower re- ap p ear when we rem em ber h a t
ligions.” The study of hum an s a c * » • person of the deity,is consider-
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rifice and cannibalism furnishes an
s
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order to appease the w rath of an-
interesting exam ple.
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other person of the sam e deity.
The object of religious sacrifice ,
P r0(e8tant denom ination9
of an y kind is to secure the assist-
cerft
js foun(i ¡„ gtjl, more
ance and support of th e good or
f()rm8> u n tjli ¡n th a t of
evil goods, or to appease th eir su p ­
the more liberal sects, it is little
posed anger. Obviously the g reat­
more th an a shadow of its form er
est sacrifice would he a hum an be­
self; but to any unbiased m ind its
ing, and in the lower forms of this connection with savage c a n n ib a l­
rite will be found the actual killing
ism is too clear to bo m istaken.—
and eating of a hu m an being; but
P ortland Evening Telegram .
as the people rise higher and higher
in the social scale, the cerem ony
Good for the Second Thought.
becomes more and more modified,
u ntil the act is little more th an a
T he e a rth is my fo o tsto o l;
shadowy relic of the original cus­
To do good is m y m ission.
N
atu
re is m y golden rule,
tom.
My God and my religion.
—[The A u th o r, I . V. W .
H u m an sacrifice, either with or
w ithout cannibalism , seems to have
B rother G eer : Y ours of recent
obtained in the religious cere­ date, with lorch of R eason, at
monies of alm ost all peoples, the hand. I like the paper very m uch.
Jew s not excepted, a t some period I am subscribing now for the Free-
of their history. In m any cases a thought Magazine, Chicago; the
curious confusion arises between T ruthseeker, New Y ork, and A unt
the victim and the deity, the vic­ E lm iu a’s L ittle F reeth in k er, and
tim being worshiped as a god be­ cannot read all as they should be
fore it is sacrificed and eaten. read on account of my business.
T hus the great yearly sacrifice of a My life is devoted to F reethought,
Mexican tribe, described by P res­ having fought the Holy of Holies
cott, was very rem arkable. Some ever since I arrived at the age of
beautiful youth, usually a war cap­ study, being now in my fifty-fifth
tive, was chosen as the victim. For year. I th in k , by the grace of
a whole year he was treated and N ature, I may prove steadfast un to
worshiped as a god. W hen he went the end. I also have and do put
out he was attended by a n u m er­ aside tw enty-five dollars each year
ous train, and the crowd as he for the cause of F reethought, and
passed p ro strated them selves before use it where I think it will do the
him , and did him homage, as the most good. I write these p a rtic u ­
im personation of the good deity. lars, th in k in g it m ay induce others
E v erything he could wish was pro­ to do the same, or better. Please
vided for him , and a t the com ­ send me term s of tuition, list of
m encem ent of the last m onth four studies tau g h t in the U niversity, etc.
beautiful girls were allotted to him
W hile dew drops feed th e flowers
as wives. F in ally , when the last
A nd m an is a living c re a tu re ,
And
th e heavens b reath es affably
day arrived, he was placed a t the
Its b re a th ,
head of a solemn procession, taken
I acknow ledge no powers
B ut th e laws of n a tu re ,
to the tem ple, and, after being sac­
T he laws of m y cou n try
rificed with much ceremony and
And d eath .
every token of respect, he was eaten
Y ours tru ly ,
by the priests and chiefs.
I. V an W in k l e .
A nother instance, given by M ul­
On second thought, I enclose one
ler, shows a som ew hat modified
d o llar for Torch of Reason.
form of this cerem ony. At a cer­
I. V. W.
tain period of the year the priest
m ade an image of the deity, of
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meal mixed with an in fa n t’s blood,
and then, after m any im pressive
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tore out the heart, which was eaten receive during the next m onth
by the King, while the rest of the copies of all leading F reethought,
body was distributed am ong th e Liberal and New Thought papers
people, every one of whom was | a n d magazine«.
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In Place of C h ris tia n ity :
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1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
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5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
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