The miracles are not only incredible from their being incompatible with and contrary to human experience, but the manner in which they are related proves that they never were performed. (See "Miracles.") And concerning the moral teachings of Jesus we find great imperfection. He did not come to save all men, but only the lost sheep of the house of Israel; he taught that the end of the world was nigh at hand, when a great physical revolution should usher in the kingdom of heaven, but it did not come. We find also that Jesus did not respect the rights of property; that he despised this world; that he condemned the rich because they were rich, and made great promises to the poor because they were poor; that he professed to pardon sin, and on one occasion pardoned a person's sins for washing his feet; that he exhibited an imperfect sense of justice in a great many instances; and, lastly, we find that there is no history of him excepting the gospels, and in these there is no unquestionable record of the time when or the place where he was born. We are forced to conclude that if ever there was such a person as Jesus of Nazareth, we have no trustworthy sources of positive knowledge concerning him. Christianity Rests Upon a Dream. "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost." (Mat. 1 : 18-20.) "Before they came together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Ghost." 1. How could any one but Mary say who the father of the child was? 2. If the conception was miraculous then neither Mary nor any one else could know ought of the paternity of the child. 3. Mary says nothing about the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost. 4. Who found out that Joseph had had such a dream? 5. Was it duly reported and verified then and there? 6. The book that relates the dream is anonymous and does not appear in history until A. D. 180-182. 7. The writers of the other three gospels know nothing of this dream. 8. There is no evidence that the writer of the first gospel ever personally knew Mary. 9. Luke (1 : 30) says that it was to Mary that the angel of the Lord appeared. 10. Only a dream! The corner-stone of Christianity rests upon a dream! Take away this dream and Christianity has nothing left. THE GOLDEN RULE.