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Christiamity VS.. RmGideRity

christianity VS.. fm1ideRity.
Notwithstanding all the objections
which infdels and sceptics have bro't
against Christianity, it has nothing to
fear from impartial examination. 1t
will bear the closest inspection ofthe
most wise, and withstand the most
violent assaults of the most wicked.
1t will afford instruction to the phil
osopher, however exalted, and rem
der consolation to the ignorant how
ever wretched,
. Sir Isaac Newton set out in life
clamorous infidel, burona wise eN-
animation of the evidences of Chris
tianity, he found reason to change his
opinion, When the celebrated DIR.
Edmund HALEY was talking in6deli
ty before him, Sir Isaac said, DIR.
HALEY, | am always glad to hear
you when you speak about astrono-
my, or other parts Of the mathemat-
les, because these are subjects which
you have studied, and well under
stand; but you should not talk of
Christianity, for you have not stud
led it, and am certain that you know
nothing of the matter
DIR. Johnson well observed that no
honest man could be a Deist, for no
man could be one after fair exam
inatIon of the proofs OF Christianity.
On the name OF Hume being mon
toned to him, No, SIR said he,
Hume owned TO clergyman in Dur
ham, thai he had never read the New
Testament with attention.
Lord Bacon, toward the close of
his life, said that a smattering of phil
osophy would lead man to Athe-
lsm--but a thorough insight of ittwill
lead a man back again to a first
cause. He added, that he burst not
die with any other thought than those
of religion, taught as it is professed
among christians.
In6dels should never talk Of our
giving up Christianity until they can
propose something superior to it
Lord Chesterheld's answer to a fe-
male inhdel was, therefore, very Just.
When at Brussels, he was invited by
Voltaire to sup with him and with
Madame G.. The conversation hap
pened to turn on the affairs of Eng
land. i think. my Lord said Ma
dame c., that the Parliament OF
England consists Of five or six hun
drcd of the best informed and most
sensible men in the kingdom True,
madam;-they are generally sup
posed to to be So What, then,
my lord, can be the reason that they
tolerate SO great an absurdity as the
christian religion! i suppose, ma.
dam, he replied, 'it is because they
have not been able to substitute any
thing better in its stead when they
can, / don't doubt but, in their wis.
dom, they will readily adopt It,
Christianity is the best system for
raising the standard of morals and
promoting the happiness Of a people.
The French, aftc making the bold
est experiment in profanity, and Sc
riously deliberating whether there
should be any God at all, were OBJ
liged at length to bid an orator tell
the abused multitude, that under a
philosophical religion every social
God was broken to pieces, and that
christianity, or something like it must
be re-established, to preserve any de.
gree of order or decency.- Ameri.
can Banner.
WANTED, AN HONEST, INDUSTRIOUS
BoY.-We lately saw an advertise
ment headed as above. 1t conveys
to every boy and impressive moral
lesson.
"An honest, Industrious boy" is al
ways wanted. He will always be