give thee for an inheritance, thou shall save alive nothing that
breatheth."

Is it possible for man to conceive of anything more perfectly infamous?
Can you believe that such directions were given by any except an
infinite fiend? Remember that the army receiving these instructions was
one of invasion. Peace was offered on condition that the people
submitting should be the slaves of the invader; but if any should have
the courage to defend their home, to fight for the love of wife and
child, then the sword was to spare none--not even the prattling, dimpled
babe.

And we are called upon to worship such a god; to get upon our knees and
tell him that he is good, that he is merciful, that he is just, that he
is love. We are asked to stifle every noble sentiment of the soul, and
to trample under foot all the sweet charities of the heart. Because we
refuse to stultify ourselves--refuse to become liars--we are denounced,
hated, traduced and ostracized here, and this same god threatens to
torment us in eternal fire the moment death allows him to fiercely
clutch our naked helpless souls. Let the people hate, let the god
threaten--we will educate them, and we will despise and defy him.

The book, called the bible, is filled with passages equally horrible,
unjust and atrocious. This is the book to read in schools in order to
make our children loving, kind and gentle! This is the book recognized
in our Constitution as the source of authority and justice!

Strange that no one has ever been persecuted by the Church for believing
God bad, while hundreds of millions have been destroyed for thinking him
good. The orthodox church never will forgive the Universalist for