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SOUTHERN BANNER. JUNE 25, 1378. Voltaire’s Day amt Ours. REV AN CONTRASTING 19 I'll cen- ITUV FACTS WITH THE IDEAS OK THE 18tII. The ltev. Llewellyn D. Bsvan pivachod at the Brick Church, last t .-.- ning to a large congregation, a ,ji-course on “ Voltaire, his time and oars.” I lis text, taken from the UUtli Psalm, 89lh verse, was, “ For- n or, O Lord, thy word is settled in !. •aven. T!iv faith fain ess is unto all generations.’’ He Slid : I presume you have all seen no* tiejs of the various cenlcimial obseiv vaiices of the death ot Voltaii These centennial celebrations are lu.'' , nning very common, perhaps almost too common. They tend to make u- live in the paat x . to leJjniM the tmbs of the pro|>net5. Then, too, they afford predestals on which pig-, aies may manage to he obsdrviad. It i--. not worthy that a TfOuWcfi cele bration has ' oen held by* devout Catholics in Paris to purge, as it were, any pollution arising from the eulogistic observances of the amii- \orsary. I have been struck by the re markable contrast between Voltaire’s ngo and oar own and I propose showing how the influence exercised l>v him ins to a great extent passed away—how the aims ho sought have signally failed. And to do this is but to advance a new argument for the unchaugeahility of God’s word and his faithfulness unto all generations. Voltaire is the representative of his age—we may almost say of his cen tury. lie is aptly called the month* piece of the eighteenth ccntufy/The lirst contrast I shall allude to, is that ol the style of the two ages. Ilis time was one of consummate taste was a master Again, the eighteenth century was one of destructive tendencies, of intolerance, injustice, covruption, op pression and tyranny. It is almo:-t incredible that the world should have made the advancement it has during 100 years. You all know what Vol taire did for the destruction of the state and for the downfall of religion. Monarchism and churcliism were swept away front their old moorings. 1 he preseat ago on the other hand, is one of construction, of up-building. We have our changes, but they are reform*;* Wo are becoming conser vative. We cling to venerated forms , (i j in Church and state, in art, literature iv~ jlaities. Jpe are looking back . as Wnialfnh^nrilfiii'rifi?*“■]ii the n were ncitgJoi .•iglttb^j^cei^fy. As a fourth contrast I would point out the anti Christian spirit of Vol taire's age. The tendencies to dis tort historical factsaiul to tcar ^lotfn, spoken of before, were centered on religion. \ oltaire openly boasted that while it took twelve men to spread Christianity, he would show that it would *tahe but one man to subvert it. Voltaire was not an atheist, but lie was terribly opposed to Christianity. lie knew no such thing as devotion or piety. The whole movement ot that age was anti Christian. Now, observe what has taken place since 1778 in spite of \ oltaire’s boast. Since then lias dawned the great period of political and religious freedom. Witness the extoHtion of constitutional liberty in England. ‘ Intolerance has given place to tolerance. The civil disa bilities have been removed ifpm Xoneonfoimists, including even Jews and Catholics. What shall I say of religion and philanthrophy ? Since Voltaire’s death the English Bible Society lias been established and InW scattered 130,000,000 of Bibles in all lands, while its American sister CT-A.S. _A. G-IR-A.ST & GO., AUGUSTA, GEO O lxA Our Stock of Spring and Summer Dry Goods is now complete, and is the largest and best assorted in the South. Our Mourning department contains everything from the lowest price, to the finest goods imported. 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However, we can hardly tell whether the wri ters of Voltaire’s time meant what they wrote, where as no one doubts the sincerity of the writers of the nineteenth century. The eighteenth century was char acterized by a false philosophy of the past. Materialism was in tlic asc lain. The sources* philosophy, as well as of the mat^Nj rialism of Germany-three in number —were all English. The;first influx er.ee was the physical teaching of Newton respecting the constitution of the universe, of which Voltaire became the exponent in Ffauce. The second was the sensualiiic philosophy of Locke. The third was the skepx ticisrn ol Hume, who denied , the possibility of human knowledge on any subject. These influences directed the thought and file tbods of Voltaire and of the French encyclo pedists, and decided the manner with which they dealt with the questions of their time. The philosophy of the seventeenth century was. intensely theistic. Newton, as has been said, * — AY tiLJf ii % en years ago this English society distributed in France alone 2,000,- 00.0 Bibles. I do.iG if all France contained as many copies of tlie acripture in Voltaire’s time. Do these facts indicate that Voltaire was successful in uprooting religion and the Bible ? What shall I say of the rise of Methodism and the, power, for Christianity it exerts to-day r And what of missionary oxterprisc ? In Voltaire’s time there existed but two missionary sociqjj Society for the Propagation and the Moravians, missionary enterprise jflSi every denomination, pride to the strides-riM thropy. Neither tho j the American flag floats any where been and 03 O 02 -■HI £ n* cS £ 03 -■-■ t/2 I will undersell any house, in the United States, test this, which is to-address There is but one w: y.to *«. P..6UILFOBD, 53Wto.iieja.aU Street, Atlanta, Cat fi§&“Thc only Exclusived Dealer in Pianos and Organs i'1*the South. feb5-tf. TO THE imravixi Thosn o.lunnnec Ac., that it is composed of, whicb you can examine :it your leis 1 *'* A Hose atl^.yiCCS YiteliusOvi, AiSyduIus, JIol, i'iiuir Palustrij, Andromeda, I„vn he n mvin.r t,, lw.hti'.eh niulu,Marfublum Vulgar*, AutdiinaHa MhrgM&eeum, Dumb lu\c UCUl owing not lO political Occidentals, Symphytum Ofliciuale. . . influences, bufik to Christianity. I look with great satisfaction upon the age in which God lias cast my lot, and I believe that as the nineteenth be better than its predecessor. Ip there anything more remarkable concerning Voltaire than that to-day he is almost unread ? There is often no toi^ence- skejtics -who IN CALLING THE PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THE Indian. 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Jtispre- pared purely front vegetables a medicinal property. *' * ‘ - bowed the Divine Being om wMli? universe. From theism the age pas sed to deism—not to atheism, and people recognized in God a beinGj; who had created the world and aban doned it—a God who governed his universe by his vicegerent gravitax tion. All references to the past wer j false, hence Voltaire in his historic reviews was untruthful. Destructive criticism and not historic kefl^ng, mark his writings. On the‘ other hand, we now have historical accura cy. Compare a page of Voltaire with one ftom Bancroft, or of any other recognized historian of our time; he and his contemporaries at tempted to compel history to prove certain preconceived notions, where as to-day we interrogate history to find what truths she inculcates. prate about him than to ask what they have read of his writings. This age has outgrown Voltaire. Should not the contrast between the age of Voltaire’and our own be one full of comfort for believere ? Let id&elMveriiilgWv these facts and see. what their bearing is. Is it not that “ forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven : thv faithfulness is unto all ..; , ..... >. TESTIMONIALS. ||i. Hil ¥ Atlakta,July 1st, 1874, DR. BiGGERS— Dear Sir: In theme or your Southern Remedy In my fomily, I have found It the must pleasant medicine for children to take, and the most satisfactory to cure I have ever met. I have IIUCIILC til.Ill tiua *ptl tllL| It ,*IOIIL OIIUUIU git L IV tw jUU| lIUU OUttl| IAUIC UlIU lUIlUUC »»' would ouly sutBciently advertise it to let the world know itehealing powet and benefits:’ Respectfully, __ _ O.O. LOCHRANE. The above is from the Ex-Chief Justice Supieiue Court of Georgia EUREKA! EUREKA! (I hive found it. My wife and two chit two children were down with Bloody Flux. Wo had two doctors, as goo l as any in the city, and found no retie!’. 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