His Rearing and his Anticipated Biography--The complex Character of the Christ of the Gospels--Regarded as a Man by Renan--The Sin against the Holy Ghost--Renan on the Gospels--No Evidence that they were written by the Men whose Names they Bear--Written long after the Events they Describe--Metaphysics of the Church found in the Gospel of John--Not Apparent why Four Gospels should have been Written--Regarded as legendary Biographies--In "flagrant contradiction one with another"--The Divine Origin of Christ an After-growth--Improbable that he intended to form a Church--Renan's Limitations--Hebrew Scholarship--His "People of Israel"--His Banter and Blasphemy. TOLSTOY AND "THE KREUTZER SONATA." Tolstoy's Belief and Philosophy--His Asceticism--His View of Human Love--Purpose of "The Kreutzer Sonata"--Profound Difference between the Love of Men and that of Women--Tolstoy cannot now found a Religion, but may create the Necessity for another Asylum--The Emotions--The Curious Opinion Dried Apples have of Fruit upon the Tree--Impracticability of selling All and giving to the Poor--Love and Obedience--Unhappiness in the Marriage Relation not the fault of Marriage. THOMAS PAINE. Life by Moncure D. Conway--Early Advocacy of Reforms against Dueling and Cruelty to Animals--The First to write "The United States of America"--Washington's Sentiment against Separation from Great Britain--Paine's Thoughts in the Declaration of Independence--Author of the first Proclamation of Emancipation in America--Establishment of a Fund for the Relief of the Army--H's "Farewell Address"--The "Rights of Man"--Elected to the French Convention--Efforts to save the Life of the King--His Thoughts on Religion--Arrested--The "Age of Reason" and the Weapons it has furnished "Advanced Theologians"--Neglect by Gouverneur Morris and Washington--James Monroe's letter to Paine and to the Committee of General Safety--The vaunted Religious Liberty of Colonial Maryland--Orthodox Christianity at the Beginning of the 19th Century--New Definitions of God--The Funeral of Paine. THE THREE PHILANTHROPISTS. I. Mr. A., the Professional Philanthropist, who established a Colony for the Enslavement of the Poor who could not take care of themselves, amassed a large Fortune thereby, built several churches, and earned the Epitaph, "He was the Providence of the Poor"--II. Mr. B., the Manufacturer, who enriched himself by taking advantage of the Necessities of the Poor, paid the lowest Rate of Wages, considered himself one of God's Stewards, endowed the "B Asylum" and the "B College," never lost a Dollar, and of whom it was recorded, "He Lived for Others." III. Mr. C., who divided his Profits with the People who had earned it, established no Public Institutions, suppressed Nobody; and those who have worked for him said, "He allowed Others to live for Themselves." SHOULD THE CHINESE BE EXCLUDED?