(July 5, 1810–April 7, 1891), was an American exhibitor and philanthropist. He originated The Greatest Show of Earth. Phineas Taylor Barnum stated:
Christ was sent into the world by our kind Father in Heaven to teach that “God is Love”; that love is the fulfilling of the law; and turn us away from our transgressions by showing us that the “way of the transgressor is hard,” and always will be hard as long as we transgress; but charity, unselfishness, and a godly life is filled with joy and peace—that at the last the Almighty Father, being Almighty, and being our Father, will bring about immediate harmony.
The old Bible I believe to be as correct a history as could have been formed in remote ages—containing accounts of various lives and experiences by which we ought to profit. The New Testament abounds in testimony of the undying love of our Saviour for all, and especially for the poor, the unfortunate, and the erring. His mission was to teach them, and to save them from their sins by reconciling them to their Heavenly Father, and not reconciling Him to His created beings, for He was never unreconciled.2426
Most persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing too little, than by believing too much.2427