FLOWERS OF FREETHOUGHT
(First Series)
By G. W. Foote
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
OLD NICK.
FIRE!!!
SKY PILOTS.
DEVIL DODGERS.
FIGHTING SPOOKS.
DAMNED SINNERS.
WHERE IS HELL?
SPURGEON AND HELL.
IS SPURGEON IN HEAVEN?
GOD IN JAPAN.
STANLEY ON PROVIDENCE.
GONE TO GOD.
THANK GOD.
JUDGMENT DAY.
SHELLEY'S ATHEISM. *
LONG FACES.
OUR FATHER.
WAIT TILL YOU DIE.
DEAD THEOLOGY.
MR. GLADSTONE ON DEVILS.
HUXLEY'S MISTAKE.
THE GOSPEL OF FREETHOUGHT.
ON RIDICULE.
WHO ARE THE BLASPHEMERS?
CHRISTIANITY AND COMMON SENSE.
THE LORD OF LORDS. *
CONSECRATING THE COLORS
CHRISTMAS IN HOLLOWAY GAOL. *
WHO KILLED CHRIST?
DID JESUS ASCEND?
THE RISING SON.
ST. PAUL'S VERACITY.
NO FAITH WITH HERETICS.
THE LOGIC OF PERSECUTION.
LUTHER AND THE DEVIL.
BIBLE ENGLISH.
LIVING BY FAITH.
VICTOR HUGO. *
DESECRATING A CHURCH.
WALT WHITMAN. *
TENNYSON AND THE BIBLE. *
CHRIST'S OLD COAT.
CHRIST'S COAT, NUMBER TWO.
SCOTCHED, NOT SLAIN.
GOD-MAKING.
GOD AND THE WEATHER.
MIRACLES.
A REAL MIRACLE. *
JESUS ON WOMEN.
PAUL ON WOMEN.
MOTHER'S RELIGION.
FLOWERS OF FREETHOUGHT
(SECOND SERIES)
By G. W. Foote
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
LUSCIOUS PIETY.
THE JEWISH SABBATH.
PROFESSOR STOKES ON IMMORTALITY.
PAUL BERT *
BRADLAUGH'S GHOST.
CHRIST AND BROTHERHOOD.
THE SONS OF GOD.
MELCHIZEDEK.
S'W'ELP ME GOD.
INFIDEL HOMES. *
ARE ATHEISTS CRUEL? *
ARE ATHEISTS WICKED?
RAIN DOCTORS.
PIOUS PUERILITIES.
"THUS SAITH THE LORD."
BELIEVE OR BE DAMNED.
CHRISTIAN CHARITY.
RELIGION AND MONEY.
CLOTTED BOSH.
LORD BACON ON ATHEISM.
CHRISTIANITY AND SLAVERY. *
CHRIST UP TO DATE.
SECULARISM AND CHRISTIANITY.
ALTAR AND THRONE. *
MARTIN LUTHER.
THE PRAISE OF FOLLY.
HAPPY IN HELL.
THE ACT OF GOD.
KEIR HARDIE ON CHRIST.
BLESSED BE YE POOR.
CONVERTED INFIDELS.
MRS. BOOTH'S GHOST.
TALMAGE ON THE BIBLE.
MRS. BESANT ON DEATH AND AFTER.
THE POETS AND LIBERAL THEOLOGY. *
CHRISTIANITY AND LABOR. *
AN EASTER EGG FOR CHRISTIANS. *
DUELLING. *
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN. *
SMIRCHING A HERO.
KIT MARLOWE AND JESUS CHRIST. *
JEHOVAH THE RIPPER. *
THE PARSONS' LIVING WAGE. *
DID BRADLAUGH BACKSLIDE? *
FREDERIC HARRISON ON ATHEISM. *
SAVE THE BIBLE! *
FORGIVE AND FORGET. *
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
THE GREAT GHOSTS *
ATHEISM AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. *
PIGOTTISM. *
JESUS AT THE DERBY. *
ATHEIST MURDERERS. *
A RELIGION FOR EUNUCHS. *
ROSE-WATER RELIGION. *
ARROWS OF FREETHOUGHT.
By G. W. Foote
CONTENTS
PREFACE
RELIGION AND PROGRESS.
A DEFENCE OF THOMAS PAINE.
THE GOSPEL OF FREETHOUGHT.
FREETHOUGHT IN CURRENT LITERATURE.
DEAN STANLEY'S LATEST.
GOD AND THE QUEEN.
CARDINAL NEWMAN ON INFIDELITY.
SUNDAY TYRANNY.
WHO ARE THE BLASPHEMERS?
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
THE REIGN OF CHRIST.
THE PRIMATE ON MODERN INFIDELITY.
BAITING A BISHOP.
PROFESSOR FLINT ON ATHEISM.
A HIDDEN GOD.
GENERAL JOSHUA.
GOING TO HELL.
CHRISTMAS EVE IN HEAVEN.
PROFESSOR BLACKIE ON ATHEISM.
SALVATIONISM.
A PIOUS SHOWMAN.
BIBLE ROMANCES
First Series
By G. W. Foote
CONTENTS
THE CREATION STORY.
NOAH'S FLOOD.
EVE AND THE APPLE.
THE BIBLE DEVIL.
THE TEN PLAGUES;
JONAH AND THE WHALE.
THE WANDERING JEWS.
THE TOWER OF BABEL.
BALAAM'S ASS.
GOD'S THIEVES IN CANAAN.
CAIN AND ABEL.
LOT'S WIFE.
THE BOOK OF GOD
IN THE LIGHT OF THE HIGHER CRITICISM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DEAN FARRAR'S NEW APOLOGY
By G. W. Foote
CONTENTS
THE BOOK OF GOD.
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE BIBLE CANON
III. THE BIBLE AND SCIENCE
IV. MIRACLES AND WITCHCRAFT
V. THE BIBLE AND FREETHOUGHT
VI. MORALS AND MANNERS
VII. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PROGRESS
VIII. INSPIRATION
IX. THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS
X. THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
XI. AN ORIENTAL BOOK
XII. FICTITIOUS SUPREMACY
SATIRES AND PROFANITIES
By James Thomson
1884
CONTENTS
PREFACE
THE DEVIL IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
RELIGION IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
THE STORY OF A FAMOUS OLD JEWISH FIRM
CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE UPPER CIRCLES
HEINE ON AN ILLUSTRIOUS EXILE WITH SOMETHING ABOUT WHALES
THE DAILY NEWS
JESUS: AS GOD; AS A MAN
THE ONE THING NEEDFUL
THE SWINBURNE CONTROVERSY
GREAT CHRIST IS DEAD
RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF JESUS
SOME MUSLIM LAWS AND BELIEFS
THE CHRISTIAN WORLD AND THE SECULARIST
THE ATHANASIAN CREED
OUR OBSTRUCTIONS
MR. KINGSLEY'S CONVERTITES
THE PRIMATE ON THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD
SPIRITISM IN THE POLICE COURT
A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON ROYALTY
Draft
A BIBLE LESSON ON MONARCHY
PRINCIPAL TULLOCH ON PERSONAL IMMORTALITY
THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH
VOLTAIRE: A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS
WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS WRITINGS
J. M. Wheeler & G. W. Foote.
1891
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
EARLY LIFE
HEGIRA TO ENGLAND
EXAMPLES FROM ENGLAND
AT CIREY
"CANDIDE"
THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA
LAST DAYS
HIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES
TRIBUTES TO VOLTAIRE
SELECTIONS FROM VOLTAIRE'S WORKS
History
Wars
Politics
The Population Question
Nature's Way
Prayer
Doubt and Speculation
Dr. Pangloss and the Dervish
Motives for Conduct
Self-Love
Go From Your Village
Religious Prejudices
Sacred History
Dupe And Rogue
"Delenda Est Carthago"
Jesus and Mohammed
How Faiths Spread
Superstition
The Bible
Transubstantiation
Dreams and Ghosts
Mortifying the Flesh
Heaven
Magic
DETACHED THOUGHTS