(1882.)
Rev. David Walk--Character of Jesus--Two or Three Christs Described
in the Gospels--Christ's Change of Opinions--Gospels Later than the
Epistles--Divine Parentage of Christ a Late Belief--The Man Christ
probably a Historical Character--Jesus Belittled by his Worshipers--He
never Claimed to be Divine--Christ's Omissions--Difference between
Christian and other Modern Civilizations--Civilization not Promoted
by Religion--Inventors--French and American Civilization: How
Produced--Intemperance and Slavery in Christian Nations--Advance due to
Inventions and Discoveries--Missionaries--Christian Nations Preserved by
Bayonet and Ball--Dr. T. B. Taylor--Origin of Life on this Planet--Sir
William Thomson--Origin of Things Undiscoverable--Existence after
Death--Spiritualists--If the Dead Return--Our Calendar--Christ and
Christmas-The Existence of Pain--Plato's Theory of Evil--Will God do
Better in Another World than he does in this?--Consolation--Life Not a
Probationary Stage--Rev. D.O'Donaghue--The Case of Archibald Armstrong
and Jonathan Newgate--Inequalities of Life--Can Criminals live a
Contented Life?--Justice of the Orthodox God Illustrated.