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Show 1 1I1U TAMIANi: OS ATIIKISM. I lirlllltnt Atldreis tn an Interesting SuhJ'cl. Litter J L. Tulmnjo rpol e lu the rwenlletli ward nieellimliiiue on Hun-lay Hun-lay eivsnlng tm the euU-elof Atheism, Athe-ism, He begin by deecrlblDg Iho various vari-ous divisions nt lielerodoxj-athel.in, inRdthly an I materialism, then shetche 1 1 rltll) the at slams r p-cj lu this The Inn, Deism, l'uivtlultni and TauthulMii. Tlieae were all made plain to every listener, and then tlio speaker proceeded to his sutject proper, showing how tho disposition biwor ship rointtt'lng the sun, the hlllr, graven Images, lire, anything where tho mind hainot bttn educated up to the Chiltllan standard la Inherent lu our epcclej. Ho ridiculed the Idea that Idolatry belonged only to past ngrt and was cuufiretl to the untutored, thawing how Ihe golden calf In oilier forms Is worshiped its much now as In the diytof Its creatlor,and even moie. It waa also shown that the worship of the c-tlf that la not gotdeu, In the shape of tliieka and herd", Is mire i revaleiit now than ever It was; that furtheaaku cftheso Idollzetl symbols men will swear falsely before their Maker nnd thruit the neck of nn Innocent Inno-cent fellow creature Into tho nooso If mrd bo to gatu Iheni or a fortlon of Ultra. "Then,"aa1d In ,"lf the King nf Terrors thrusts bis haud Into your family circle and takes away a loved one; If J nu sen another lingering lu the shadow and nbout to depart, call loud ly tion this god joti have created this interior thing that you worship an 1 adore for aid nnd comfort, and It will not give them. Why, then, worship a thing having no iiower slid unable to rrspond to your calls?" Thoepeakcr'e lllustratlona were numerous and ao at aa lowtes plain beyond ronlroversy all his us. lions; an slrlalug, lulled, were tome nf these that even tn many of tlioee who were prepare-l for Mietit they seemed to lo nn an akenltig, the bursting furlh In a new and striking form of moreor lets dormant fact. The mwt striking feature, icthnps, of Lldor Talmnga'a reaaomng la the having of nothing to the lliteuer In tbo form of nn I; so dixit. Hit litt words were. "Let us ever keep before ua tlio words ejokenupm rilnt.il, amid the thunilet'a roar and Iho llghtulog'a Hash Thou shall have uouo other (.loda but Me,' " |