_Christian_--It is this: The mind of man may be divided into ten parts or powers; five external, or the five senses; and five internal. The external I need not name. The internal may be presented thus: First, perception; second, reflection; third, memory; fourth, reason; fifth, judgment, or decision; each of these entirely dependent upon its immediate predecessor for support and action. We can not judge of that upon which we have not reasoned, nor reason where we have not remembered, nor remember that of which we have not first thought; neither can we think of that which we have not perceived, nor perceive without the action of some one of the five senses. _Atheist_--I admire your analysis--it is scientific; but, Mr. C., I should not think that you, with your present belief in the existence of God, would adopt this system of mental philosophy. _Christian_--Why? _Atheist_--_Did you ever see a God?_ _Christian_--If you please, I will test the question with you, and, in order to do so, I will personify these powers. I will suppose them to represent ten men, all of whom are Atheists, and we will rely upon their testimony. _Atheist_--That is an honorable offer; I will accept it most cordially. _Christian_--Then, we are to consider the powers of the mind as so many men, and hear their testimony? _Atheist_--Yes. _Christian_--Will you examine the witnesses? _Atheist_--You would more properly do that; I wish to hear you. _Christian_--Very well; I will, then, call on Mr. Judgment, and ask, Have you given a decision on the question of the existence of God, and if so, what is your decision? _Judgment_--There is no such being. _Christian_--Tell us whether you created the idea of a God, or brought it into the world with you, and how you obtained the material from which you manufactured your verdict? _Judgment_--"Did I bring the idea into the world with me, or create it?" _What a question!_ Had anybody but a Christian asked it I would have thought it an insult; but, then, Christians are never thinkers. You ought to have known that the thought could not have been created by me. To say I created it would be an endorsement of your foolish idea that _something_ was made of _nothing_. I have no creative power, much less the power _to make something out of nothing_; neither did I bring it into the world with me. _We have no innate ideas._ _Christian_--Then where did you get the material from which you made your decision that there is no God? _Judgment_--"_Where!_" I have but one porter, Mr. Reason. He gives all the material upon which I ever act. If you doubt this try and judge of anything upon which you have never reasoned. If you can not do this you must agree with me that judgment can only act and decide by the aid of reason.