The Chances a few Years ago--Capital now Required--Increasing competition in Civilized Life--Independence the first Object--If he has something to say, there will be plenty to listen. SCIENCE AND SENTIMENT. Science goes hand in hand with Imagination--Artistic and Ethical Development--Science destroys Superstition, not true Religion--Education preferable to Legislation--Our Obligation to our Children. "SOWING AND REAPING." Moody's Belief accounted for--A dishonest and corrupting Doctrine--A want of Philosophy and Sense--Have Souls in Heaven no Regrets?--Mr. Moody should read some useful Books. SHOULD INFIDELS SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SUNDAY SCHOOL? Teachings of orthodox Sunday Schools--The ferocious God of the Bible--Miracles--A Christian in Constantinople would not send his Child to a Mosque--Advice to all Agnostics--Strangle the Serpent of Superstition. WHAT WOULD YOU SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BIBLE AS A MORAL GUIDE? Character of the Bible--Men and Women not virtuous because of any Book--The Commandments both Good and Bad--Books that do not help Morality--Jehovah not a moral God--What is Morality?--Intelligence the only moral guide. GOVERNOR ROLLINS' FAST-DAY PROCLAMATION. Decline of the Christian Religion in New Hampshire--Outgrown Beliefs--Present-day Views of Christ and the Holy Ghost--Abandoned Notions about the Atonement--Salvation for Credulity--The Miracles of the New Testament--The Bible "not true but inspired"--The "Higher Critics" riding two Horses--Infidelity in the Pulpit--The "restraining Influences of Religion" as illustrated by Spain and Portugal--Thinking, Working and Praying--The kind of Faith that has Departed. A LOOK BACKWARD AND A PROPHECY. The _Truth Seeker_ congratulated on its Twenty-fifth Birthday--Teachings of Twenty-five Years ago--Dodging and evading--The Clerical Assault on Darwin--Draper, Buckle, Hegel, Spencer, Emerson--Comparison of Prejudices--Vanished Belief in the Devil--Matter and Force--Contradictions Dwelling in Unity--Substitutes for Jehovah--A Prophecy. POLITICAL MORALITY. Argument in the contested Election Case of Strobach against Herbert--The Importance of Honest Elections--Poisoning the Source of Justice--The Fraudulent Voter a Traitor to his Sovereign, the Will of the People--Political Morality Imperative. A FEW REASONS FOR DOUBTING THE INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE.