Illustrated with Pictures of the Instruments of Torture used upon Heretics, Auto-de-fe Scenes, etc. CONTENTS Large 12mo. 750 pages. Cloth, $2.00 In the year 1906 the Young Men’s Christian Association of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, rejected the application of an actor for membership on the ground that one of his profession could not be a moral person. Viewing the action as a slur cast on the whole theatrical profession, Mr. Henry E. Dixey, the well-known actor, offered to give one thousand dolla

It is unlikely, however, that the believer performs this mental operation before reaching a determination to do that which is wrong. Were he capable of analyzing the plan of salvation in that manner he might doubt it. But he is like other men in the same environment, and, like them, when inclination prompts, he falls. Conduct, in the last analysis, is a matter of common sense, in which the minister and the believer are likely to be at a disadvantage as compared with the Rationalist. In our own m

Six little preachers, preaching Christ alive, One enticed a little girl, then there were five. Five little preachers, preaching “Sin no more,” One committed an assault, then there were four. Four little preachers, pure as they could be, One deflowered an eight-year-old, then there were three. Three little preachers—pity they’re so few— One killed his paramour, then there were two. Two little preachers, to glorify the Son, One whipped his child to death, then there was one. One little preacher, i

The Devil sat by the river’s side— The stream of time, where you’ll always find him— Casting his line in the rushing tide, And landing the fish on the bank behind him. He sat at ease in a cozy nook, And was filling his basket very fast; While you might have seen that his deadly hook Was differently baited for every cast. He caught ’em as fast as a man could count; Little or big, it was all the same. One bait was a cheque for a round amount; An assemblyman nabbed it, and out he came. He took a ge

He caught ’em as fast as a man could count; Little or big, it was all the same. One bait was a cheque for a round amount; An assemblyman nabbed it, and out he came. He took a gem that as Saturn shone; It sank in the water without a sound, And caught a woman who long was known As the best and purest for miles around. Sometimes he would laugh and sometimes sing, For better luck no one could wish, And he seemed to know to a dead sure thing, The bait best suited to every fish. Quoth Satan: “The fish

“To plow is to pray; to plant is to prophesy; and the harvest answers and fulfils.” The Truth Seeker THE LEADING FREETHOUGHT JOURNAL OF THE WORLD. Largest, Cheapest, Best. “ The Truth Seeker is to-day the strongest foe with which Superstition has to contend. ” The Truth Seeker stands for justice, for liberty, for equality of all men before the law, regardless of religious belief. It asks for justice, not only for the Freethinkers, but for the Jews, for the Adventists, for every sect, and for eve

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