o have rejected it as false; and a third class
who simply doubt, and neither receive nor reject it as a communication
from heaven. But, though, unbelievers, while they call themselves
skeptics, often wage actual war against the faith and hope of Christians,
still their actual rejection of the gospel has no other foundation than
pure aversion to its restraints and some doubts as to its authenticity.
The quagmire of their own doubts, be it distinctly remembered, is the sole
ground occupied by all the opponents of the gospel, whether they style
themselves antitheists, atheists, theists, unbelievers, or
skeptics.--_Alexander Campbell, in 1835._

INFIDELITY, AND THE FRENCH AND AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO
THOMAS PAINE.

Infidels can not free themselves from the bands which tie the universe to
its God. Every effort has been fruitless. Not one writer among all their
hosts has been lucky enough to avoid the use of Christian terms that are
in direct antagonism with their speculation and positions. It will be
interesting to review, occasionally, their literature.

Speaking of Thomas Paine, Mr. Ingersoll says: "Every American with the
DIVINE mantle of charity, should cover all his faults." What use has Col.
Ingersoll or any other infidel for the word DIVINE? The term is thus
defined: Pertaining to the true God; (from the Latin DIVINUS; from DEUS, a
god) proceeding from God; appropriated to God; or celebrating His praise;
excellent in the supreme degree; apparently above what is human; godlike;
heavenly; holy; sacred; spiritual. As a noun: one versed in divine things
or divinity; a theologian; a minister of the gospel; a priest; a
clergyman. _Zell's Encyclopedia._

Again, Mr. Ingersoll says, "Upon the head of his father, GOD had never
poured the DIVINE petroleum of _authority_." So much the better for the
race. What would infidels do if they had the authority? "Hume is called a
model man, a man as nearly perfect as the nature of human frailty will
permit." He maintained that pleasure or profit is the test of morals; that
"the lack of honesty is of a piece with the lack of strength of body;"
that "suicide is lawful and commendable;" that "female infidelity, when
known, is a small thing; when unknown, nothing;" "that adultery must be
practiced if men would obtain all the advantages of this life; and that if
generally practiced it would, in time, cease to be scandalous, and if
practiced frequently and secret