witchcraft now.

They used to believe the legends of Adam and Eve, and the Flood. They
call them allegories now.

They used to believe that the world was made in six days. Now they talk
mildly about "geological periods."

They used to denounce Darwinism as impious and absurd. They have since
"cheerfully accepted" the theory of evolution.

They used to believe that the sun revolved round the earth, and that
he who thought otherwise was an Infidel, and would be damned in the
"bottomless pit." But now--! Now they declare that Christ was God,
and His mother a virgin; that three persons are one person; that those
who trust in Jesus shall go to Heaven, and those who do not trust in
Jesus will be "lost." And if anyone denies these statements, they
call him Infidel.

Are you not aware, friend Christian, that what was Infidelity is now
orthodoxy? It is even so. Heresies for which men used to be burned
alive are now openly accepted by the Church. There is not a divine
living who would not have been burned at the stake three centuries
ago for expressing the beliefs he now holds. Yet you call a man
Infidel for being a century in advance of you. History has taught
you nothing. It has not occurred to you that as the "infidelity"
of yesterday has become the enlightened religion of to-day, it is
possible that the "infidelity" of to-day may become the enlightened
religion of to-morrow.