from Genesis to Revelation, and Repudiates the Theory of ContradictionsóHis View of Mankind Indicated in Quotations from his Confession of FaithóHe Insists that the Bible is Scientificó Traces the New Testament to its Source with St. JohnóPledges his Word that no Man ever Died for a Lie Cheerfully and TriumphantlyóAs to Prophecies and PredictionsóAlleged "Prophetic" Fate of the Jewish PeopleóSixth Interview: Dr. Talmage takes the Ground that the Unrivalled Circulation of the Bible Proves that it is InspiredóForgets' that a Scientific Fact does not depend on the Vote of NumbersóNames some Christian MillionsóHis Arguments Characterized as the Poor-est, Weakest, and Best Possible in Support of the Doctrine of Inspira-tionóWill God, in Judging a Man, take into Consideration the Cir-cumstances of that Man's Life?óSatisfactory Reasons for Not Believ- ing that the Bible is inspired. THE TALMAGIAN CATECHISM. The Pith and Marrow of what Mr. Talmage has been Pleased to Say, set forth in the form of a Shorter Catechism. A VINDICATION OF THOMAS PAINE. (1877.) Letter to the New York ObserveróAn Offer to Pay One Thousand Dollars in Gold for Proof that Thomas Paine or Voltaire Died in Terror because of any Religious Opinions Either had Expressedó Proposition to Create a Tribunal to Hear the EvidenceóThe Ob-server, after having Called upon Col. Ingersoll to Deposit the Money, and Characterized his Talk as "Infidel 'Buncombe,'" Denies its Own Words, but attempts to Prove themó Its Memory Refreshed by Col. Ingersoll and the Slander RefutedóProof that Paine did Not Recant - -Testimony of Thomas Nixon, Daniel Pelton, Mr. Jarvis, B. F. Has-kin, Dr. Manley, Amasa Woodsworth, Gilbert Vale, Philip Graves, M. D., Willet Hicks, A. C. Hankinson, John Hogeboom, W. J. Hilton, Tames Cheetham, Revs. Milledollar and Cunningham, Mrs. Hedden, Andrew A. Dean, William Carver,óThe Statements of Mary Roscoe and Mary Hindsdale ExaminedóWilliam Cobbett's Account of a Call upon Mary HinsdaleóDid Thomas Paine live the Life of a Drunken Beast, and did he Die a Drunken, Cowardly, and Beastly Death?óGrant Thorbum's Charges ExaminedóStatement of the Rev. J. D. Wickham, D.D., shown to be Utterly FalseóFalse Witness of the Rev. Charles Hawley, D.D.óW. H. Ladd, James Cheetham, and Mary HinsdaleóPaine's Note to CheethamóMr-Staple, Mr. Purdy, Col. John Fellows, James Wilburn, Walter Morton, Clio Rickman, Judge Herttell, H. Margary, Elihu Palmer, Mr. XV Lovett, all these Testified that Paine was a Temperate ManóWashington's Letter to Paineó Thomas Jefferson'sóAdams and Washing-ton on "Common Sense"ó-James Monroe's Tributeó Quotations from PaineóPaine's Estate and His WillóThe Observer's Second Attack (p. 492): Statements of Elkana Watson, William Carver, Rev. E. F. Hatfield, D.D., James Cheetham, Dr. J. W. Francis, Dr. Manley, Bishop FenwickóIngersoll's Second Reply (p. 516): Testimony Garbled by the