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Civilization.— Citizenship.
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OLOGY IN COLUM BIA U N IV E R S IT Y .
g u a g e w ith w h ic h to e x p r e s s th e i n ­
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T he d em o n , G reed, sta lk e d from o u t its deu,
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S trife an d m isery to o k th e ir p la c e :
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A ud saw bu t th e sheen of its b raz en face !
W ar a n d fam in e a n d p e stile n c e cam e;
F reed o m seem ed s u n k in e te rn a l sleep ;
K ings d esp o iled in G re e d ’s foul n am e
A ud deeds were d o n e th a t m ade a u g e ls weep.
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c ru e l a n d h e a r tle s s w o rd s.
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tr ib e s in s e a r c h o f e c o n o m ic g a in ,
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a r e n o t g e n e r a l l y a c c o rd e d . I t is
“ T h u s s h a i t th o u d o u n to a ll th e
T he H ope of th e Ages be fu lfilled
e v id e n t t h a t s o m e o t h e r t h a n t h e
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c itie s w h ic h a r e v e ry fa r off from
g e n tile b a s is m u s t be fo u n d fo r th e
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s t i t u t i o n - m a k i n g p o w e r of s o v e r ­
B I B L E IL L U S IO N S .
I d e s tr o y th e m w ith a m ig h ty de- th e s e p e o p le w h ic h th e L o rd th y
e ig n t y is c o m p e lle d to d e a l w ith a
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Does the Bible Describe a God of Mercy?
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ta n c e , th o u s h a l t s a v e a liv e n o th in g
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C o m m e r c ia l r i g h t s a r e g r a n t e d
t h a t b r e a th e th .”
in to t h i n e h a n d , a n d th o u s h a ll
w ith b u t l i t t l e h e s i ta ti o n . T h e fo r­
BY R O B ER T G. IN G E R SO LL.
I h e se te r r ib le i n s t r u c t i o n s w ere
d e s tr o y t h e i r n a m e fro m u n d e r
e ig n h o rn a r e a llo w e d , a s th e y w e re
g iv e n to a n a r m y of in v a s io n . T h e
a v e n u ; : t m h e r e s n h a l l n o m a n be i ab le
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av e d e r e d , w ere f ig h tin g fo r t h e i r h o m e s , lo c a l la w in a ll a f f a ir s o f t r a d e .
R ig h ts of i n t e r m a r r i a g e , h o w e v e r,
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p ro c e e d e d fo r t h e i r l i t t l e c h il d r e n . Y e t th e s e b e tw ee n th e n e w e r a n d th e o ld e r
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t h in g s a re c a lle d a c ts o f s u b lim e
p o ss ib le . T o p e r m i t th e a lie n to
w o rd s s a id to h a v e been s p o k e n b y h a ' 1 b e e n 8 p o k e n by s o m e e n r a g e d
m e rc y .
m a r r y i n to a lo ca l c la n is to a d m i t
t h is D e ity , w ith o u t a s h u d d e r ?
Is a n d ’ o d n i t e l y m a lic io u s fie n d , I
A ll th is is ju s t if i e d b y th e d o c ­ th e w ife to th e w o r s h ip of s t r a n g e
it p o s s ib le to c o n te m p l a te h is c h a r - ? b o u ld n o t h a v e b een s u r p r is e d ,
t r i n e of th e s u r v iv a l of th e fitte s t. g o d s, a n d s e e m s lik e ly to e n d in i n ­
a c t e r w ith o u t h a t r e d ?
^ u t th e s e t h i n g s a r e a t t r i b u t e d to
I h e O ld T e s ta m e n t is filled w ith
t r u s t i n g to s t r a n g e r s th e s o le m n
“ I w ill m a k e m in e a r r o w s d r u n k * G ° d ° f i n 6 n i t e m e rc y .
a n a t h e m a s , w ith c u rse « , w i t h ’w o rd s s a c rific e s to th e c i t y ’s d e a d .
So
w ith b lo o d a n d m y s w o rd s h a l l d e-
* “ S o J o s h u a s m o te a ll t h e c o u n -
of v e n g e a n c e , o f re v e n g e , of j e a l ­ s e rio u s a n in n o v a tio n is n o t p e r ­
v o u r fle s h .” — D e u t. x x x i i.
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m itte d u n til r e v o l u t io n a r y p r e s s u r e
I s th is t h e la n g u a g e of a n in fi- a n d o f t h ® v a le , a n d of th e s p r in g s ,
fin ite b r u t a l i t y .
D o n o t, I p r a y b e co m es i r r e s i s ti b l e .
n ite ly k in d a n d te n d e r p a r e n t to h is an(^ a ^ t h e i r k in g s ; he le ft n o n e re-
y o u , p lu c k fro m t h e h e a r t th e sw e e t
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w e a k , h is w a n d e r in g a n d s u f f e r in g m a in in g , b u t u t t e r l y d e s tr o y e d all
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D o n o t le t t h e
m u l t i t u d e c a n n o t p e r m a n e n t l y be
ra e l to o k fo r a p r e y u n to th e m s e lv e s ;
g a z e of th e g o rg o n of s u p e r s t i ti o n
e x e m p te d fro m th e d u t y of s u p p o r t ­
Is it p o s s ib le t h a t a G o d ta k e s d e- b u t e v e r y m a n th e y s m o te w ith th e
u
t u r n y o u r h e a r t s to s t o n e .— [ D r e s -
in g a n d of d e f e n d in g th e s t a t e ; a n d
lig h t in s e e in g d o g s l a p t h e b lo o d o f 'e d g e of th e s w o rd u n t i l t h e y h a d d e n E d i t i o n , V o l. 7.
t h a t u n le s s in s o m e m a n n e r it is
h is c h il d r e n ?
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A n d th e L o r d t h y G o d w ill p u t a n y to b r e a t h e .” — J o s h . x i.
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th e e .
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w h o se w o r s h ip h a s been k e p t p u r e
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la w s a r e n o w in d a n g e r of a v io le n t
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