Man Christ, or we might refer to other profane writers, as Tacitus, Josephus, &c. That such a sect as Christians exist at the present day is quite certain. Hence it must have had an origin. That this origin is of considerable antiquity may be gathered from the various persecutions of the Christians recorded in profane HISTORY. We find that, as early as the year of our Lord 41, Herod, King of the Jews, instituted a persecution against the Christians, and imprisoned Peter. Now, as the Crucifixion of our Saviour took place in the year 33, which ended Christ's ministry, and at a period of only eight years from that time, we find that a Jewish Monarch persecutes the Christians-surely this is a demonstrative proof that this religious sect was sufficiently formidable to attract the notice of that Potentate.

Roman HISTORY teems with persecutions, councils, and Popes; all confirmatory of the existence of a religious sect called Christians. As early as the year 64 of the Christian era, we are gravely told by Roman HISTORY that the Emperor Nero raised a violent persecution against the Christians! If Nero reigned, then Christians existed- or he could not have persecuted them. This same HISTORY records a most dreadful

persecution of the Christians by the Emperor Domitian, A. D. 95-sufficient evidence of the great increase of numbers in the religious sect called Christians. These persecutions recurred under various Emperors, until the year 306, when Constantine the Great arrested the progress of this horrible mode of punishment for the sake of opinion, by establishing "Christianity" as the true Religion, and suppressing paganism-nay, nay, he even destroyed the heathen temples. This Emperor assembled the first general Council, which was held at Nice in Natolia, A. D. 325, and consisted of the various bishops and learned men of the Christian faith. It was at this celebrated Council that the Arian controversy was settled and the Creed of Athanasius voted canonical. Here also were selected the four Gospels, which at present constitute the "New Testament."

Profane HISTORY proceeds regularly from this period in confirmation of the existence of this sect, without referring to the respectable authorities of the Greek and Latin Fathers. It were needless to proceed farther in the devious path of HISTORY to establish facts that leave little room for doubt, and to show that the Religion of Christ has descended to us in an uninterrupted line. That the primitive purity of this sublime Religion

should have been corrupted to serve worldly purposes is more than probable; more particularly when we reflect that during the dark ages learning was exclusively confined to the cloister.

Be it our task to restore the DOCTRINE to its primitive purity and pristine vigour.-When it is thus refined and purified, we shall find that it will take such hold on the. soul that no human being can exempt himself from the demands which this perfect "Science of Morals" makes upon his CONSCIENCE. The advantage gained by clearing away the never to be reconciled differences of HISTORY is incalculable, and will for ever crush all dispute and cavil as to the divine source of these perfect morals. This confirms our statement that "REASON" is the fountain of pure truth, which constitutes DOCTRINE; and "SENSE" is the ground of all the illusions and contradictions that occur in HISTORY. We need no further inducement to adopt the one and reject the other than arises from the love of truth and the hatred of falsehood.

Thus, then, is pure CHRISTIANITY established for ever!

It is a remarkable fact that numbers of intelligent and thinking beings have united themselves into a sect, which has been distinguished by the epithet-INfidel.

These persons have exerted their efforts to repudiate Christianity altogether.-What shall we say of the secret workings of Providence, when it is shown that their most severe and acrimonious endeavours to produce this effect have furnished the highest panegyric that can be bestowed on the founder of this Religion, and the strongest corroboration of the statement of the "Saviour" of himself.

Christ says, I am perfect MAN and perfect God. The meaning of this assertion evidently is, that, when he refers to his own worldly actions, he proceeds according to the laws of matter, gravitates like other matter, and is affected by inclinations, and thus is perfect MAN. On the contrary, when he is teaching the "Divine Science of Morals" to his disciples and the multitude, then he is perfect GOD. What can be more divine than the "WORD OF GOD," the λoyos, the REASON- which is an emanation from the Deity—and which Christ was sent to unfold! In the performance of this Holy Office, therefore, he says "I am the word, the λóyos; and whoever believes in me shall be saved" - that is, whosoever does the will of my Father Θεὸς

- or,

in our

scientific language, "He who fulfils the "MORAL Law," seated in his own REASON-not in a printed Book

will be acceptable to his Maker, and inherit the kingdom of Heaven; because such conduct alone is approved by the Holy Ghost, that Spirit of Truth - our own CONSCIENCE - συνεχής.

It really moves our wonder to be told that a class of rational beings, merely from being puzzled in their logic, when investigating "Holy Writ," should be fully bent on destroying the high authority of these writings; and yet that, with their minds filled with these sentiments, their efforts should turn out to be essentially instrumental in proving the human nature of Christ. Should we fail in establishing that Christ is perfect MAN, we shall have failed in our duty in developing the true Character of the Saviour, whose own words are: “I am perfect Man." Now, to be perfect MAN is actually to be imperfect, that is, to be an inhabitant of the blue field of our Diagram-TIME; while absolute perfection can alone reside in the yellow rays of ETERNITY. The leading distinction between humanity and Divinity is that the one can only approximate to perfection, and the other can consist of nothing short of absolute perfection.

Some of the points adduced by this class of reasoners, for the purpose of invalidating the "Sacred Text," but