SATIRES AND PROFANITIES By James Thomson 1884 CONTENTS PREFACE THE DEVIL IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS THE STORY OF A FAMOUS OLD JEWISH FIRM CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE UPPER CIRCLES HEINE ON AN ILLUSTRIOUS EXILE WITH SOMETHING ABOUT WHALES THE DAILY NEWS JESUS: AS GOD; AS A MAN THE ONE THING NEEDFUL THE SWINBURNE CONTROVERSY GREAT CHRIST IS DEAD RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF JESUS SOME MUSLIM LAWS AND BELIEFS THE CHRISTIAN WORLD AND THE SECULARIST THE ATHANASIAN CREED OUR OBSTRUCTIONS MR. KINGSLEY'S CONVERTITES THE PRIMATE ON THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD SPIRITISM IN THE POLICE COURT A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON ROYALTY Draft A BIBLE LESSON ON MONARCHY PRINCIPAL TULLOCH ON PERSONAL IMMORTALITY THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH VOLTAIRE: A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS WRITINGS J. M. Wheeler & G. W. Foote. 1891 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PREFACE EARLY LIFE HEGIRA TO ENGLAND EXAMPLES FROM ENGLAND AT CIREY "CANDIDE" THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA LAST DAYS HIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES TRIBUTES TO VOLTAIRE SELECTIONS FROM VOLTAIRE'S WORKS History Wars Politics The Population Question Nature's Way Prayer Doubt and Speculation Dr. Pangloss and the Dervish Motives for Conduct Self-Love Go From Your Village Religious Prejudices Sacred History Dupe And Rogue "Delenda Est Carthago" Jesus and Mohammed How Faiths Spread Superstition The Bible Transubstantiation Dreams and Ghosts Mortifying the Flesh Heaven Magic DETACHED THOUGHTS End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George William Foote, by George William Foote