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Title: Flowers of Freethought
(First Series)

Author: George W. Foote

Release Date: October 6, 2009 [EBook #30202]

Language: English

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Produced by David Widger

FLOWERS OF FREETHOUGHT

(First Series)

G. W. FOOTE.

LONDON

1893.

CONTENTS:

PREFACE.
OLD NICK.
FIRE!!!
SKY PILOTS.
DEVIL DODGERS.
FIGHTING SPOOKS.
DAMNED SINNERS.
WHERE IS HELL?
SPURGEON AND HELL.
IS SPURGEON IN HEAVEN?
GOD IN JAPAN.
STANLEY ON PROVIDENCE.
GONE TO GOD.
THANK GOD.
JUDGMENT DAY.
SHELLEY'S ATHEISM. *
LONG FACES.
OUR FATHER.
WAIT TILL YOU DIE.
DEAD THEOLOGY.
MR. GLADSTONE ON DEVILS.
HUXLEY'S MISTAKE.
THE GOSPEL OF FREETHOUGHT.
ON RIDICULE.
WHO ARE THE BLASPHEMERS?
CHRISTIANITY AND COMMON SENSE.
THE LORD OF LORDS. *
CONSECRATING THE COLORS
CHRISTMAS IN HOLLOWAY GAOL. *
WHO KILLED CHRIST?
DID JESUS ASCEND?
THE RISING SON.
ST. PAUL'S VERACITY.
NO FAITH WITH HERETICS.
THE LOGIC OF PERSECUTION.
LUTHER AND THE DEVIL.
BIBLE ENGLISH.
LIVING BY FAITH.
VICTOR HUGO. *
DESECRATING A CHURCH.
WALT WHITMAN. *
TENNYSON AND THE BIBLE. *
CHRIST'S OLD COAT.
CHRIST'S COAT, NUMBER TWO.
SCOTCHED, NOT SLAIN.
GOD-MAKING.
GOD AND THE WEATHER.
MIRACLES.
A REAL MIRACLE. *
JESUS ON WOMEN.
PAUL ON WOMEN.
MOTHER'S RELIGION.

PREFACE.

Heinrich Heine called himself a soldier in the army of human liberation.
It was a modest description of himself, for he was more; his position
was that of a leader, and his sword was like the mystic Excalibur,
flashing with the hues of his genius, and dealing death to the enemies
of freedom.

Humbler fighters than Heine may count themselves as simple soldiers in
that great army, whose leaders' names are graven deep in the history of
modern Europe. I also venture to rank myself wi