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shadow, an intelligent being will see evidence of 

 light, and thus like every evil, the atheist serves 

 a purpose albeit a poor one to himself. 



And now, however superfluous it may seem > 

 the author would say a few words for the Bible. 

 Let it always be remembered that this book was 

 written by comparative savages ; and in that light, 

 who shall say that the writers were not inspired ? 

 If man could receive the exact truth from Heav- 

 en, he would no longer be a man he would be 

 too perfect to live upon the earth. But let us 

 take the Bible, all in all, as we find it, and compare 

 it in the matter of truth, with the complete book 

 of science and we will find that it will compare 

 favorably. For each absurdity in the Bible, we 

 will find a score of absurdities in the pretentious 

 book of science; and for the latter book, above 

 all others is claimed the pre-eminence of truth. 

 These books of the Gospel and science are kept 

 respectively, within stately temples, where infa- 

 tuated mortals kneel at their shrines. But these 

 temples in many instances, have come to be 

 guarded by mountebank showmen. 



HEAVEN. 



The soul, when it leaves the body, is like a 

 vapor of self-sustaining elements, that is, there is 

 a reciprocating action of the several circuits of 



