Show atheism aud idolatry before the poly society B Y A one ot the most pro grammes ever witnessed at the B Y A was rendered last lundgr the auspices af the Pul society dr K Taliu ase in his usual cogert stylo lectured on the subject announced for the occasion atheism and idolatry the following ia a synopsis the subject in hand contains words sufficient to stir the very human baart haart atheism ia a disbelief in the ex istance of a god there arc many iams isms kindred to atheism although diametrically opposed to it as polytheism a belief in many goda pantheism tha doctrin dc trin that there ic no other god but tha universo uni verto deism a belief in god but denial of revelation and infidelity which in a milder form of atheism tha infidel mind is cither the result of wilful ignorance or neglect for the infidel of mind i the right bbate for a learned mind to deny god is to dony tha handiwork of his intelligence tha lovely paintings of ft stewart or the lua carved work ot the sculptor the of infidelity are sometimes attributed to ae scripture as in ahn case of joshua who cemma the sun to attaud until inc larae litus had avenged themselves of their enemies the writer foresaw the skepticism skeptic im that would arise and called a and said ig it not written in the book of jash er besides this the chinese romans Hin doos and various writers AS obid and others of classical dats which is amply p science although inana of alia scientists try to disprove the divinity of tle scriptures it ia evident that men love darkness bather than light or the invincible truth that nature proclaims would not be so grossly ignored wa cannot reason on that of which we know nothing of but when we aae in turf morning the sheep in tha lature with full fleeces ot wool and in tho evening a gentleman clad in rich c othes made broin the coat tho sheep wore in the morning we have some thing to reason from and although marvelous mArve Ious as it eniy seam we hav the evidences before us but should the housa wife ot years agone who knew of no other means than spinning and weaving by hand and which in her day would have taken six months to accomplish she uon see done in six hours it would almost blicke her faith in the scriptures which alie so fondly cherishes fco bainy true so with ti ft at hiett lus dors not make allowances for ane possibility of gods power to act and accomplish what to ua I 1 wonderous the data furnished b athi esti in this particular is of no authority gibbon the great historian studied with all liia might to shake ira fathers belief in the bible and as an argument he speaks of an uncharitable and of god in removing the candlestick out of the midst of the churches of asia and that philadelphia was not molested but stands erect today to day had the decree of go ben averted and I 1 ep ua sir henry gibbon have so profoundly silent or would behave cf his caustic pen and efran aided to the ahola world the act that god had failed to conclude I 1 do not believe there exists an atheist for every human under the sun has a will do most for is to him a god some worship images of wood and stone others see the vestal purity of the crystal brook and admire it as an object of worship and during the we are but in the dark there is n atheist lot those whose god is wood and stone gold or silver call upon them for relief when sickness and distress over their layes mankind cant live a day without bome adno of a god not even the israelites who were so miraculously delivered from egypt when they lost moses and supposed eup posed he would not return from the mount unto them they made e golden calf and becan to affer their idolatrous worship to it that being which haa no form of worship cant be found in chrt sem blance of man |