1. The existence of a God 1. The self-existence, the infinite in presence, yet a eternity, and the sufficiency of personal being; infinite in nature, and the universality and knowledge, yet a being who invariableness of natural law. cogitates, contrives, plans, and designs, like man; infinite in 2. That in the history of this power, yet the author of a world world there has been an evolution full of imperfections; infinite from the simple to the complex, in goodness (as well as power), from the special to the general, yet permits martyrs to expire from the homogeneous to the amid flames, and patriots and heterogeneous. philanthropists to languish in dungeons; unchangeable, yet at a 3. That good and evil are relative certain time after a terms. All morality is founded on beginningless state of inaction, utility and evolved by the wants aroused from his idleness and and necessities of human existence. made a universe out of nothing; Honesty is right, not because a God is not the cause of evil, yet the has so declared, but because man's creator of everything and security, safety, and happiness are everybody save himself; is free promoted by it. from infirmities, yet is pleased with some things and displeased 4. That man's condition, although with others; is without body, imperfect, is improvable by his own parts, or passions, and yet is of unaided efforts. the masculine gender. 5. That man should look to himself 2. The original perfection of and not to a spectacle of suffering everything. and death of eighteen hundred years ago, for improvement and elevation. 3. The existence of a devil--a creature made by God, and the 6. That belief and unbelief are author of evil that will exist involuntary and without moral merit forever. or demerit. 4. That man is a "fallen 7. That instead of worshiping God, creature," and unable to improve we should direct all our efforts to by his own unassisted efforts. improve ourselves, letting "gods attend on things for gods to know." 5. That man can be "saved" only through the blood and merits of 8. That man, wherever he may exist, Christ. it is rational to believe, will be fitted to his condition. An 6. That belief in the Christian unbroken everlasting sleep, which system involves moral merit; probably awaits us all, affords no disbelief, sin. ground for fear. And how infinitely preferable to a future state of 7. That it is man's duty to punishment in which the majority of worship God by prayer and praise. our race will be forever miserable!