"The more mystery is encouraged, the more deceit can impose upon the human mind."s

-Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911

"A miracle is not an explanation of what we cannot comprehend."

-Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays

"The egg of prayer never yet became a chicken."

-Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays

"There is no justifiable Christianity in this age."

-Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays

"Prayer is begging from a pauper."

-Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays

"If there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches?"

-Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911

"Do not thank God for what man does."

-Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911

"Our duty to the god of christianity is to bury him."

-Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays

"The man who wants to be an angel is never in a hurry to begin."

-Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays

"No man ever yet tore down his altar and found a God behind it."

-Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays

"Where the cross has been planted only superstitions have grown."

-Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays