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by Marilla M. RickerThere is in the city of Boston a memorial building to Thomas Paine. This Paine Memorial was finished and dedicated forty-two years ago. It is the finest monument to Thomas Paine on the earth.For twenty years Ralph Washburn Chainey has been the Manager of this building and the Treasurer of the Paine Memorial Corporation. Under his wise and prudent m..
A Wayfarer's Faith
by Edmund HarveyThere is a well known story of how a man of letters a century ago, when questioned as to his religious views, answered that all sensible men were of one religion, and to the further query as to what that religion might be, made the curt response: "Sir, sensible men never say." The story is characteristic of its age, and of the attitude towards reli..
A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
by FaxianSeveral times during my long residence in Hong Kong I endeavoured to read through the ‘Narrative of Fâ-Hien;’ but though interested with the graphic details of much of the work, its columns bristled so constantly—now with his phonetic representations of Sanskrit words, and now with his substitution for them of their meanings in Chinese characters, ..
Christianity in relation to Freethought, Scepticism, and Faith
by Charles BradlaughChristianity in relation to Freethought, Scepticism, and FaithThree discourses by the Bishop of Peterborough with special replies by Mr. C. BradlaughIt will be seen by the following Circular and Correspondence how the Discourses of the Bishop of Peterborough and Mr. Bradlaugh’s Replies thereto were brought about. The Dean’s Circular speaks of..
Biology versus Theology
by JulianBiology versus Theology. The Bible: irreconcilable with Science, Experience, and even its own statements.“The myths of paganism,” says Professor Huxley, [3] “are as dead as Osiris or Zeus, and the man who should revive them, in opposition to the knowledge of our time, would be justly laughed to scorn; but the coeval imaginations current among the r..
Moses, not Darwin
by B. G. JohnsThus, my brethren, in noble and grand words, noble in their strength and in their simplicity, we are told of the creation of man, as separate and distinct from that of all other creatures. Having formed his bodily frame out of the dust of the earth, the Almighty breathed into him the breath of life, and man became a living soul, in the image ..
The Way of Martha and the Way of Mary
by Stephen GrahamThis book was written in Russia and in Egypt during 1914 and 1915. In 1913 I was in America and wrote my study of American ideals in contrast to Russian ideals. I returned to Russia in January 1914 eager to look at the East afresh and compare it with the West. In setting out for Russia the fundamental idea in my mind was that of Russia as a religio..
A Class-Book of New Testament History
by G. F. MaclearThe present Volume forms a sequel to the Author’s Class-Book of Old Testament History, continuing the Narrative from the point at which it there ends, and carrying it on to the close of St Paul’s second imprisonment at Rome. In its preparation, as in that of the former Volume, the most recent and trustworthy Authorities1 have been consulted, notes ..