I. The Old Testament--Story of the Creation--Age of the Earth and of Man--Astronomical Calculations of the Egyptians--The Flood--The Firmament a Fiction--Israelites who went into Egypt--Battles of the Jews--Area of Palestine--Gold Collected by David for the Temple--II. The New Testament--Discrepancies about the Birth of Christ--Herod and the Wise Men--The Murder of the Babes of Bethlehem--When was Christ born--Cyrenius and the Census of the World--Genealogy of Christ according to Matthew and Luke--The Slaying of Zacharias--Appearance of the Saints at the Crucifixion--The Death of Judas Iscariot--Did Christ wish to be Convicted?--III. Jehovah--IV. The Trinity--The Incarnation--Was Christ God?--The Trinity Expounded--"Let us pray"--V. The Theological Christ--Sayings of a Contradictory Character--Christ a Devout Jew--An ascetic--His Philosophy--The Ascension--The Best that Can be Said about Christ--The Part that is beautiful and Glorious--The Other Side--VI. The Scheme of Redemption--VII. Belief--Eternal Pain--No Hope in Hell, Pity in Heaven, or Mercy in the Heart of God--VIII. Conclusion. SUPERSTITION. (1898.) I. What is Superstition?--Popular Beliefs about the Significance of Signs, Lucky and Unlucky Numbers, Days, Accidents, Jewels, etc.--Eclipses, Earthquakes, and Cyclones as Omens--Signs and Wonders of the Heavens--Efficacy of Bones and Rags of Saints--Diseases and Devils--II. Witchcraft--Necromancers--What is a Miracle?--The Uniformity of Nature--III. Belief in the Existence of Good Spirits or Angels--God and the Devil--When Everything was done by the Supernatural--IV. All these Beliefs now Rejected by Men of Intelligence--The Devil's Success Made the Coming of Christ a Necessity--"Thou shalt not Suffer a Witch to Live"--Some Biblical Angels--Vanished Visions--V. Where are Heaven and Hell?--Prayers Never Answered--The Doctrine of Design--Why Worship our Ignorance?--Would God Lead us into Temptation?--President McKinley's Thanks giving for the Santiago Victory--VI. What Harm Does Superstition Do?--The Heart Hardens and the Brain Softens--What Superstition has Done and Taught--Fate of Spain--Of Portugal, Austria, Germany--VII. Inspired Books--Mysteries added to by the Explanations of Theologians--The Inspired Bible the Greatest Curse of Christendom--VIII. Modifications of Jehovah--Changing the Bible--IX. Centuries of Darkness--The Church Triumphant--When Men began to Think--X. Possibly these Superstitions are True, but We have no Evidence--We Believe in the Natural--Science is the Real Redeemer. THE DEVIL. (1899.)