Not Associate With Universalists;

they will not associate with Unitarians: they will not associate with Scientists; they will only associate with those that believe that God so loved the world that He made up His mind to damn the most of us. (Laughter and applause.)

But then they say to me, "What do you propose? You have torn down our hope, what do you propose to give in the place of it?" I have not torn it down; I have only endeavored to trample out the ignorant and cruel fires of Hell. I do not tear away the passage, "God will be merciful to the merciful." I do not destroy the promise, "If you will forgive others, God will forgive you." (Applause.) I would not for anything blot out the faintest star that shines in the horizon of human despair, nor in the horizon of human hope; but I will do what I can to get that infinite shadow out of the heart of man. (Loud applause.) "What do you propose in place of this?" Well in the first place, I propose good fellowship—good friends all round. No matter what we believe, shake hands, and say, "Let it go; that is your opinion, this is mine; let us be friends." Science makes friends; religion, superstition, makes enemies. They say, belief is important; I say, no I actions are important; judge by deeds, not by creeds. Good fellowship! We have had too many of these solemn people. Whenever I see an exceedingly solemn man, I know he is an exceedingly stupid man. (Laughter.) No man of any humor ever founded a religion—never. Humor sees both sides; while reason is the holy light, humor carries the lantern; and a man with a keen sense of humor is preserved from the solemn stupidities of superstition. I like a man that has got good feeling for everybody. Good fellowship! One man said to another, "Will you take a glass of wine!" "I don't drink." "Will you smoke a cigar?" "I don't smoke." "Maybe you will chew something?" "I don't chew." "Let us eat some hay?" page 17 (Laughter.) "I don't eat hay." "Well, then, good bye—you are no company for either man or beast." (Laughter and applause.)

I believe in the gospel of cheerfulness; the gospel of good nature; in the gospel of good health. Let us pay some attention to our bodies; take care of our bodies, and our souls will take care of themselves. Good health! I believe the time will come when the public thought will be so great and grand that it will be looked upon as infamous to perpetuate disease. I believe the time will come when men will not fill the future with consumption and with insanity. I believe the time will come when with studying ourselves and understanding the laws of health, we will say we are under obligations to put the flags of health in the cheeks of our children. (Applause.) Even if I got to heaven, and had a harp, I would hate to look back upon my children and see them diseased, deformed, crazed, all suffering the penalty of crimes that I had committed. (Loud applause.) I, then, believe in