HEAT AND COLD. 



He should have twelve twentieth century men sworn to 

 take and weigh evidence, weighing him in the scale of 

 life and death. He should then have impossible evi- 

 dence, that is, physically impossible, brought to bear 

 against him. He should sit and see in the light of his 

 own knowledge the impossible accepted as possible by 

 the men sworn to do justice. 



Then he could reason thus: Twenty- five cents will 

 buy sworn evidence in the light of my own personal 

 knowledge, and within the range of all my five senses. 

 They will swear to the impossible of accomplishment in 

 the light of my own existence. They are good people, 

 they have been schooled for thousands of years in the 

 teachings of Christ. There are twelve passing judg- 

 ment on me. There are many more giving evidence 

 capable of proof, within the laws of nature as revealed; 

 to be cruelly premeditatedly and criminally a most 

 damnable lie. 



Then the following cogitations should come to 

 light in the mind of the man : If twelve will sit in judg- 

 ment sworn, and lie in the light of my own knowledge, 

 and my own life, then what class of man was the pro- 

 duct of the dead ages? If many bore testimony against 

 me that I knew to be false in the light of my own know- 

 ledge, and the light of my life; if nature's laws will 

 prove the lie wherever it has been told, and is capable 

 of being demonstrated on the stage, then what must I 

 think of the ignorant beings who failed to have the 

 truths of Christ's morals taught to them more than a 

 few days; especially when the truth of their assertion is 



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