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 led them. They had  as  many  gods  as  they  had vices, while  the  virtues  were  as  little  known  as  was the unknown  God. Their gods  were  criminals,  worshipped with  crime — Venus,  with  adultery;  Apollo, with theft;  and  Jupiter,  with  the  sacrifice  of  human victims. Mothers inhumanly  slaughtered  their babes. Among the  young,  murder  and  rape  were daily occurrences. Wives were  but  slavish  prostitutes, and  the  very  best  of  the  men  were  so  bad,  that, did they  live  to-day,  they  would  be  considered  fit subjects for  the  gallows. These are  some  of  the  conclusions  of  rationalism. Are they  rational — are  they reasonable?

Brethren, we  are  all  pilgrims  in  the  desert  of  life, journeying onward  to  eternity;  and  revelation  is  to us  a  pillar  of  cloud  by  day  and  a  pillar  of  fire  by  night, guiding us  to  the  promised  land. It is  the  star  leading us  to  the  Christ. Hence, we  believe  every  truth of the  Bible,  every  truth  Christ  taught,  every  truth taught by  His  Church — not  because  we  understand them, but  because  we  know  they  are  the  teachings  of a  God  who  can  neither  deceive  nor  be  deceived. And when  in  doubt  about  any  vital  truth,  ill-content with the  judgment  of  fallible  reason,  we  seek  the  decision of  our  infallible  Church. Nor is  this  an  insult  to our  reason. For to  admit  an  ever  so  incomprehensible truth  on  the  word  of  an  infallible  witness  is itself  an  act  of  reason — to  deny  it  would  be  unreasonable. The light  of  reason  is  perfected  by  the light of  faith  as  is  the  candle  by  the  electric  light — and faith  is  perfected  by  glory  as  is  the  electric  light