ather flock together."

Before the Bible went to the Sandwich Islands Col. Ingersoll would have
been hailed as a very proper object for a sumptuous feast. He would have
acted wisely in making his last will before starting, but now, since that
book has gone there which embalms every crime (?) he would find an asylum
of safety in which to repose his weary limbs. _How is this?_ Is every
outrage in partnership with some holy text? If so, the Bible would be just
one more reason for the continuance of cannibalism. The secret of Mr.
Ingersoll's tirade upon the Bible may be accounted for when we measure the
magnitude of his infidelity. It is no shallow sort of unbelief, but, on
the contrary, it is deep seated, and one with the infidelity of his
excelling predecessors. Ingersoll intends to have no superior in
unbelief--you know he is ambitious. Let us give you a little speech that
was made, by one of his particular friends and co-laborers in this unholy
crusade, at Geneva, in 1868. Here it is:

"Brethren, I am come to announce unto you a new gospel, which must
penetrate to the very ends of the world. This gospel admits of no half
measures and hesitations. The old world must be destroyed and replaced by
a new one. The Lie must be stamped out and give way to truth.

"It is our mission to destroy the _Lie_; and to effect this, we must begin
at the very commencement. Now the beginning of all those lies which have
ground down this poor world in slavery is God. For many hundred years
monarchs and priests have inoculated the hearts and minds of mankind with
this notion of a God ruling over the world. They have also invented for
the people the notion of another world, in which their God is to punish
with eternal torture (not a Bible term) those who have refused to obey
their degrading laws here on earth. This God is nothing but the
personification of absolute tyranny, and has been invented with a view of
either frightening or alluring nine-tenths of the human race into
submission to the remaining tenth. If there were really a God, surely he
would use that lightning which he holds in his hand to destroy those
thrones, to the steps of which mankind is chained. He would assuredly use
it to overthrow those altars where the truth is hidden by clouds of lying
incense. Tear out of your hearts the belief in the existence of God; for
as long as an atom of that silly superstition remains in your minds you
will never know what freedom is."

Thi