Religious Scepticism and Infidelity

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Excerpt from Religious Scepticism and Infidelity: Their History, Cause, Cure and MissionAnnals Of the unfaithful. The phenomenon has ever been a fruitful cause Of controversy, both with the sword and the pen. Many a bloody battle has been fought through, and many a mighty tome written upon, its existence. Still the question appears as much unsettled as ever. Our press teems with works upon its present in¿uence. Our pulpits fulminate their thunders against its devoted head, and utter fearful lamentations upon its increase amongst us. Daily do we hear that our institutions are being sapped, our morals depraved, our religion undermined, by its insidious and Open attempts. Under a variety of names, we are told, its baneful power is felt in all ranks of society. The emptiness Of our churches is cited, the recklessness Of a large part of our people upon sacred subjects is adduced as proof positive that we are going to darkness and destruction, through the folly or wickedness, or both, Of sceptics and unbelievers. In a thousand forms is this hydra-headed monster devouring his victims daily. Socialism, Communism, Pantheism, Spiritu aliem, are given as a few Of the forms of its mani festation. Revolutions are said to be its immediate production, and anarchy its certain and constant attendant. All the evils which af¿ict humanity, socially or politically, are, proved to owe their po tency to this the arch evil. Beneath the terror excited by the constant contemplation of its effects, and the fear Of its increasing growth, men become prophets of disaster, and foretellers of ruin.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.