All deviation from DIVINE REVELATION is Superstition

A New and ETERNAL GOSPEL is foretold in the Scripture

Superstition denounced by Jesus Christ

Sin against the HOLY GHOST shall not be forgiven

CONSCIENCE is in our own keeping

RELIGION is not founded on a DOGMA but on REASON

REASON is a faculty which acts of itself- Spontaneity

SENSE must be acted upon - Receptivity

Whatever acts of itself must be Spirit - thinks

Whatever is acted upon is Matter - moves

AUTONOMY OF THE WILL generates Morality

HETERONOMY OF THE WILL generates Superstition

ib.

ib.

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ib.

ib.

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317

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ib.

318

ib.

Virtuous actions are performed for the sake of the law — disinterested

ib.

Christ employed no book to teach Morality

The Parable of the sower explained

CRITIC OF PRACTICAL REASON contains the Science of Morals
"Thou shalt not lie" is a moral CoмMANDMENT

BELIEF is the measure of ignorance, CONVICTION the standard of truth
Every EFFECT must have a CAUSE―an axiom of our Thinking Faculty
SCIENTIFIC FAITH confirms the Divine Revelation

The BIBLE is a book made by hands-material

The SCIENCE OF MORALS is wholly in the mind-spiritual

SCIENCE can exist only in a Mind, not in a Book

Whoever worships the Book sins against the HOLY GHOST

ib.

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ib.

323

ib.

ib.

ib.

ib.

324

ib.

325

Who by searching shall find out God?-every sincere inquirer
CONSCIOUSNESS decides in material things

The WORD OF MAN is the action of matter upon matter

The WORD OF GOD is the affair of spirit with spirit

Sound is a sensation produced on the nerves of the ear.

Ring the bell under the exhausted receiver-then define sound

Sound produces the most delightful feelings
Christ used Parables, being known to all his hearers
Written Books might be mistaken

The communion of spirit with spirit is the essence of prayer

The Morality in the New Testament confirmed by REASON

The Narrations in the New Testament come through SENSE

The birth, ministry, and crucifixion, of Jesus Christ authenticated

Who will deny that Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea?

The power of life and death wrested from the SANHEDRIM

Did Cæsar reigu or did he not?

338

ib.

ib.

ib.

339

ib.

The proof of DOCTRINE is the universal assent of mankind

340

The proof of HISTORY is the contingent belief of mankind

The DIAGRAM shows a trinity in light — blue, red, yellow

Newton demonstrates the TRINITY IN UNITY in light

Every apparent oneness is a TRINITY IN UNITY

TRINITY IN UNITY constitutes the essence of God

RELIGION is awakened by SENSE and confirmed by

A medal worn by the disciples of Jesus Christ

Dr. Walsh's account of the discovery of this medal

Fac-simile of the medal presented by the Rev. Dr. Walsh

Explanation of the Hebrew inscriptions on the medal

The history of the medal confirmed by Lentulus

ib.

ib.

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REASON

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348

That Christians exist at present is quite certain

Publius Lentulus's letter to the ROMAN SENATE

The early period of Christianity proved by the persecutions

Nero, Domitian, and others, persecuted the Christians

CHRISTIANITY established by Constantine the Great, 306 A. D.

COUNCIL at Nicé in Natolia held 325 A.D.

ATHANASIAN CREED Voted canonical

The Four Gospels selected which compose the New Testament

PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY Corrupted for worldly purposes

DIVARICATION restores CHRISTIANITY to its primitive purity

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350

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351

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CHRISTIANITY established for ever by REASON

Infidels attempt to repudiate Christianity

PROVIDENCE defeats these attempts by making them promote CHRISTIANITY

Christ is PERFECT GOD and PERFECT MAN

WORD OF GOD-the λoyos—is divine—proved by REASON

WORD OF MAN-sensation—is human―proved by SENSE

HOLY GHOST is the spirit of truth-CONSCIENCE

HUMANITY is imperfection - DIVINITY is perfection

Christ disputed with the Doctors when twelve years old

INFIDELS prove the humanity of Christ

Christ's ministry commenced when he puzzled the Doctors

INFIDELS are the true supporters of CHRISTIANITY

BIGOTS convert Religion into SUPERSTITION

INFIDELS are in fact the only true Christians

BIGOTS build their Religion on an absurdity

357

Spirit can only inhabit ETERNITY

Matter must exist in TIME

BIGOTS are in error when they consider themselves the only true Believers
DIVARICATION exposes this sophistry

When REASON ceases to act the " Moral Law" will cease to command
Jesus Christ overthrew the tables of the Money Changers

358

ib.

ib.

The INFIDELS say spirit cannot move matter
INFIDELS impeach the morality of Christ

INFIDELS prove the humanity of Christ

ib.

359

ib.

BIGOTS want the moral courage to examine their own DOGMA

DIVARICATION will rouse both Temporal and Spiritual rulers

DIVARICATION purifies all Religions

The INFIDEL says it is immoral in Christ to take the ass and foal

The humanity of Christ proved by the words, Eli! Eli! lama sabachthani!

INFIDELITY turned against itself

The Rational investigator of Holy Writ is the Primitive Christian

Christ proves his DIVINE NATURE in saying I and my Father are ONE

Christ begotten before all worlds

Christ says, The DOCTRINE is from my Father- hence he is the Son

ib.

REASON, or Freedom, guides Man

Christ is only divine when he identifies himself with his DOCTRINE

Christ's body consisted of matter like that of other men

Christ's divinity is in his MORALITY

Christ the only begotten SON OF GOD

The miraculous conception of the VIRGIN MARY explained

To doubt the inspiration of the Scriptures is impossible

Inspiration is "the true light that enlightens every man that cometh into the

world"

PRACTICAL REASON is the touchstone to try inspiration

The divine laws of Jesus Christ lead man to his Maker

The HOLY GHOST is the spirit of truth awakened by Christ

Christ's DOCTRINE is the way to the Kingdom of Heaven

Christ's DOCTRINE comes from God and is divine

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SCIENCE OF MIND proves the truth of Christ's DOCTRINE to absolute CONVICTION 377

The chosen people of God may look in vain for another Messiah

DIVARICATION separates precepts from facts-DOCTRINE from HISTORY ib.

Jew, Hindoo, Mahomedan, and Pagan, must all be true Christians

MAN arrives at the moral law through REASON

ANIMAL cannot be moral-it acts through SENSE

The WORD OF GOD not known till preached by Christ

PRACTICAL REASON forms no part of Nature-is free

SPECULATIVE REASON refers wholly to Nature-is constrained

Can the planets quit their course or the waters run upwards?

To be Reasonable is to be good, to be virtuous

The Moral Law is the law of God

AUTONOMY OF THE WILL is the principle of the MORAL LAW

HETERONOMY OF THE WILL Opposes Morality

Man is at present a member of the Kingdom of God

The destruction of vice by the triumph of virtue

REASON is the author of its own laws

CHRISTIANS have split into Sects to destroy CHRISTIANITY

DIVINE REVELATION completely defined

GEOMETRY is a pure mental Science

A mathematical line is not evident to SENSE

REASON originates SYLLOGISMS

SENSE produces SENSATIONS

The RELIGION of Jesus Christ is a divine REVELATION

Christ has awakened us from the dead, and called us to everlasting life

GOD'S COMMANDMENTS revealed by Jesus and confirmed by REASON

Christ taught by parables - not by Books

SCIENCE OF RELIGION is susceptible of absolute proof

SCIENCE OF RELIGION is the SCIENCE OF SPIRIT

PRACTICAL REASON originates RELIGION

Man is to obtain perfect bliss in the world to come

The cultivation of Intellect must extinguish ALL SECTS

ONE only true Religion-the Religion of Christ

SCIENCE OF MIND dispels all Religious doubts

The demands of the INFIDEL merit complete answers

DIVARICATION satisfies every scruple of the INFIDEL

INFIDELS are forced to acknowledge CHRISTIANITY

BIGOTS take the letter for the spirit of the Holy Book

No religious action can be performed on earth

RELIGION Consists wholly in the motive

SACRED SCIENCE is founded on Axioms, Definitions, and Principles

Man the master of his own virtue

In the SACRED SCIENCE there is no belief- every thing is proved

Catechisms, Beliefs, and Formularies, only tax the memory

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ib.

Man dare not presume to judge his fellow-man

REASON commands us to effect our own PERFECTION and the HAPPINESS of

All Religions lead to Morality

BIGOTRY and INFIDELITY totally annihilated

PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY established for ever

St. Paul expounds the DOCTRINE of Christ

REASON crucifies the affections of SENSE

SCIENCE OF MIND establishes the Gospel

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Christ's precepts are absolutely secured by the SCIENCE OF MIND

Pure principles of REASON constitute the WORD OF GOD

Related facts to SENSE constitute the WORD OF MAN

Herod the tetrarch put John the Baptist in prison

To these charges the Author stands acquitted in his own Conscience

RATIONALITY IS CHRISTIANITY

CRITICS Sometimes employed as Book Makers

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