They talk about probability--analogy--inferences--but they present no evidence. They say that they know that Christ lived, in the same way that they know that Cæsar lived. They might add that they know Moses talked with Jehovah on Sinai the same way they know that Brigham Young talked with God in Utah. The evidence in both cases is the same,--none in either. How do they prove that Christ rose from the dead? They find the account in a book. Who wrote the book? They do not know. What evidence is this? None, unless all things found in books are true. It is impossible to establish one miracle except by another--and that would have to be established by another still, and so on without end. Human testimony is not sufficient to establish a miracle. Each human being, to be really convinced, must witness the miracle for himself. They say that Christianity was established, proven to be true, by miracles wrought nearly two thousand years ago. Not one of these miracles can be established except by impudent and ignorant assertion--except by poisoning and deforming the minds of the ignorant and the young. To succeed, the theologians invade the cradle, the nursery. In the brain of innocence they plant the seeds of superstition. They pollute the minds and imaginations of children. They frighten the happy with threats of pain--they soothe the wretched with gilded lies. This perpetual insincerity stamps itself on the face--affects every feature. We all know the theological countenance,--cold, unsympathetic, cruel, lighted with a pious smirk,--no line of laughter--no dimpled mirth--no touch of humor--nothing human. This face is a rebuke, a reprimand to natural joy. It says to the happy: "Beware of the dog"--"Prepare for death." This face, like the fabled Gorgon, turns cheerfulness to stone. It is a protest against pleasure--a warning and a threat. You see every soul is a sculptor that fashions the features, and in this way reveals itself. Every thought leaves its impress. The student of this science of theology must be taught in youth,--in his mother's arms. These lies must be sown and planted in his brain the first of all. He must be taught to believe, to accept without question. He must be told that it is wicked to doubt, that it is sinful to inquire--that Faith is a virtue and unbelief a crime.