Joshua Crossword

3. n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
4. n. A series of commandments, ten in number—just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice. Following is the revised edition of the Decalogue, calculated for this meridian.
8. n. A form of theological riddles in which universal and eternal doubts are resolved by local and fugitive answers.
10. n. A commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.
11. n. A sacred rite of such efficacy that he who finds himself in heaven without having undergone it will be unhappy forever. It is performed with water in two ways—by immersion, or plunging, and by aspersion, or sprinkling.
13. n. The part of immortality that we know about.

1. n. An ecclesiastical dignitary one point holier than a bishop.
2. n. The first of the five sacred books written by Moses. The evidence of that great man's authorship of this book and the four others is of the most convincing character: he never disavowed them.
5. n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.
6. n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.
7. n. A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound your own.
9. n. A form under which the pretended god Vishnu became incarnate. A very likely story indeed.
12. n. An ecclesiastical court for the discouragement of error by mitigating the prevalence and ameliorating the comfort of the erring.