A minister says to me that I am going to hell--that I am bound to be punished forever and ever--and thereupon I say to him: "There is no hell you are mistaken; your Bible is not inspired; no human being is to suffer agony forever;" and thereupon, with an injured look, he asks me this question: "Why do you hurt my feelings?" It does not occur to him that I have the slightest right to object to his sentence of eternal grief. Does the gentleman imagine that true men and pure women cannot differ with him? There are many thousands of people who love and honor the memory of Jesus Christ, who yet have not the slightest belief in his divine origin, and who do not for one moment imagine that he was other than a good and heroic man. And there are thousands of people who admire the character of Jesus Christ who do not believe that he ever existed--who admire the character of Christ as they admire Imogen, or Per-dita, not believing that any of the characters mentioned actually lived. And it may be well enough here to state that no human being hates any really good man or good woman--that is, no human being hates a man known to be good--a woman known to be pure and good. No human being hates a lovable character. It is perfectly easy for any one with the slightest imagination to understand how other people differ from him. I do not attribute a bad motive to a man simply because he disagrees with me. I do not say that a man is a Christian or a Mohammedan "for revenue only." I do not say that a man joins the Democratic party simply for office, or that he marches with the Republicans simply for position. I am willing to hear his reasons--with his motives I have nothing to do. Mr. King imagines that I have denounced Christianity "for revenue only." Is he willing to admit that we have drifted so far from orthodox religion that the way to make money is to denounce Christianity? I can hardly believe, for joy, that liberty of thought has advanced so far. I regret exceedingly that there is not an absolute foundation for his remark. I am indeed sorry that it is possible in this world of ours for any human being to make a living out of the ignorance and fear of his fellow-men. Still, it gives me great hope for the future to read, even in this ignorant present, that there is one man, and that man myself, who advocates human liberty--the absolute enfranchisement of the soul--and does it "for revenue"--because this charge is such a splendid compliment to my fellow-men. Possibly the remark of the Rev. Mr. King will be gratifying to the _Telegram_ and will satisfy that brave and progressive sheet that it is in harmony with the intelligence of the age. My opinion is that the _Telegram_ will receive the praise of enlightened and generous people.