"'In the name of the past and of the future, the servants of humanity--both its philosophical and practical servants--come forward to claim, as their due, the general direction of this world. Their object is to constitute at length a real Providence in all departments--moral, intellectual, and material. Consequently they exclude, once for all, from political supremacy, all the different servants of God--Catholic, Protestant, or Deist--as being at once behind-hand and a cause of disturbance.' "The work consists of 'Thirteen Systematic Conversations between a Woman and a Priest of Humanity,' and the doctrines contained in it are epitomized in the following blasphemous lines: "_'In a word, Humanity definitely occupies the place of God, but she does not forget the services which the idea of God provisionally rendered.'_ "TESTIMONY OF REV. PROFESSOR LIDDON. "Again, during the last two sessions of Parliament, a Select Committee of the House of Lords sat to inquire into the condition of the English Universities. The Marquis of Salisbury was the chairman. The evidence taken before that committee reveals the appalling fact that infidelity, or doubt as to the first principles of the Christian religion, nay, of belief in God, is wide-spread in the Universities of England, and especially among the most intellectual of the students; and that this sad result is due in a great measure to the teaching and examinations. In the first report for the session 1871, pp. 67, 69, and 70, in the evidence of the Rev. Professor Liddon, D.D., Canon of St. Paul's, London, and Professor of Exegesis in the University of Oxford, we find the following passages: _"Quest._ 695. _Chairman._--'Very strong evidence has been given to us upon the influence of the Final School' (the examination for degrees with honors) 'upon Oxford thought, as tending to produce at least momentary disbelief.' "_Witness._--'I have no doubt whatever it is one of the main causes of our present embarrassments.' "696.--'That, I suppose, is a comparatively new phenomenon?' "'Yes; it dates from the last great modification in the system pursued in the Honors School of _literæ humaniores_. It is mainly the one-sided system, as I should venture to call it, of modern philosophical writers.' "697.--'Is there any special defect in the management which produces this state of things, or is it essential to the nature of the school?' "'I fear it is to a great extent essential to the nature of the school, as its subjects are at present distributed.' "Again, in answer to Question 706, the same witness says: