toward improving _any thing else_, unless _forced_ into it by outside influences; and it can not feel a _proper degree of interest_ in those improvements essential to the progress of society. On the contrary, it must check the growth of every thing it touches with its palsied hands. Here we can see the reason that no church in any age of the world has inaugurated any great system of reform for the improvement of society, but has _made war_ on nearly every reform set on foot by that class of people which it has chosen to stigmatize as "infidels." Such a religion will _decline and die_ in the exact ratio of the enlightenment and progress of society. THE COMING REVOLUTION. That there is a general state of _unrest_ in the public mind, at the present time, on the subject of religion, must be apparent to every observing person. Theological questions, long since regarded as settled for ever, are being overhauled and discussed with a freedom and general interest far transcending that known or practically realized at any previous period. This is premonitive of a _speedy_ religious revolution. That it will come sooner or later is as _certain_ as that seed-sowing is succeeded by harvest. Reforms no longer move with the snail's pace they did a century ago. This is an age of steam and electricity; and every thing has to move with velocity. We cherish no unkindly feelings toward any church or people; but we must rejoice that the strongholds of orthodoxy are being shaken, and error exposed, and that creeds are loosening their iron grasp upon the immortal mind Old, long-cherished dogmas, myths, and blinding superstitions are passing away, to make room for something better. Yes, the signs of the times indicate the _dawning_ of a brighter day upon the world,--a day which shall be illuminated by the rays of reason and science. And, if this work shall contribute any thing toward _speeding_ the dawning of that glorious era, we shall feel amply rewarded for the labor and personal sacrifice required in its production. REASON WILL SOON TRIUMPH.