Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

And remember: the flesh is as sacred as it is profane.

I was once reproved by a minister who was driving a poor beast to some meeting-house horse-sheds among the hills of New Hampshire, because I was bending my steps to a mountain-top on the Sabbath,...

That many good men have believed this strange fable [Christianity], and lived very good lives under that belief (for credulity is not a crime) is what I have no doubt of. In the first place,...