In revolt

against the kind of religion which we exhibit to the world--against

the cant that is taught in the name of Christianity. And if the

men that have never seen the real thing--if you could show them

that, they would receive it as eagerly as you do. They are merely

in revolt against the imperfections and inconsistencies of those

who represent Christ to the world.

Second: BEG THEM TO SET ASIDE, BY AN ACT OF WILL, ALL UNSOLVED

PROBLEMS: such as the problem of the origin of evil, the problem

of the Trinity, the problem of the relation of human will and

predestination, and so on--problems which have been investigated for

thousands of years without result--ask them to set those problems

aside as insoluble. In the meantime, just as a man who is studying

mathematics may be asked to set aside the problem of squaring the

circle, let him go on with what can be done, and what has been

done, and leave out of sight the impossible.

You will find that will relieve the skeptic's mind of a great deal

of