/P "You bid us spare your vision; Put faith in a life after death, Strive on toward some realm Elysian And heed all that one Book saith.
"You will pray to a power celestial, To direct us in all our ways, Lest we fall to a region bestial And lose ourselves in its maze.
"You speak of the Crucifixion Of one on Calvary As if his benediction Was a rank monopoly.
"Shall we pray to a power not human For guidance miraculous When the nearest man or woman Will give help, and without that fuss?
"When the glorious future people Have realized our dream, Then the cross upon the steeple No longer shall blaspheme.
"The godhood of the lowly Their sacrifice unknown; Of the temple once held holy There shall not last one stone." P/
Only two stanzas of a poem which appeared in "The Call," March 17, 1912, are hereby given:
/P "The Gods are dead; Dead lies their Heaven, their Hell. The Gods are dead, With all their terrors! Well!
"Man now unmakes them, Who made them in his youth; He boldly breakes them With shattering blows of truth." P/
Editorials and articles attacking religion are of very common occurrence in "The Call." Several illustrations will suffice. In the May 1, 1912, edition we read:
"In our combat with the natural forces we have been taught by science to seek the cause and effect not in anything supernatural; we have gotten rid of superstition<sup></sup> and fear of revengeful gods."