The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-12-02
3ER /, 1852. WHOLE NUMBER 0oo.

Il MppERy INFIDELIrY.--We are indebted
!. 10 an article ia BIackwood's Magazine for
E the following:
D We should like TO see in some one Of the
II modern periodicals devoted to the destruc-
J. ton of the christian religion, fair, four
0 square review Of the Anew Testament Of
Q our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
@ 1.-THE Gospel, SO called by the Christian,
d is not the wisdom Of God and the power OF
God, unto salvation, it would be quite az
easy 10 prove it in bold, manly, and
schoIar-like review Of the book its believ-
ers rely on, as by petty half and half, true
i and false. philosophical essays in the news
papers and the quarteries. The time
was when inaidelity had bold front, and
toeman's steel. It marched up to the
islrongholds of Christianity, and struck at
he heart Of the system. True, it made
failure of it, but the world is wiser now
then it was then; and sprogress" is the
watchword Of the infidel party 10 this
country and abroad. Why, then, do We
have 10 track the enemy as you would an
llndian through the forest, who fears to
leave a footprint lest you should run him
down? Why must you tie him to de6ai-
Ition, and then force him to explain himself,
before he will admit that he is the opposer
of revelation? Why does he contend that
he believes Paul was inspired, and then
Iconfess th., he believes Milton and Tom
Moore were inspired also? Why does he
INSIST that he believes in God, and then
say that every thing good is God, aud ne
believes in all alike! Why does he pro-
less TO receive the New Testament, and
then pretend to tell you what is true and
what is false in lis pages? Why do they
admit the Old Testament to be from God,
and then call it "Hebrew reservoir for all
possible Inconsistencies Why do they
liay the slightest claim to faith in Chris
tianity, and then discuss the question
whether Jesus was mistaken, or bis evan
pelists have misrepresen,ed him in the
report OF bis lectures?
All this, and more, we are free to
charge upon the modern opponent of Chris
Itianty, and 10 this we have reason TO CON-
plain that the enemy does not show his
lcolors, aud stand up to the fight. The evi.
4 ldences Of Christianity have been luminous.
iy sci forth By various writers in the last
and present generation. SO that IN a fair
field the intideI would have small chance of
making a successful stand. Instead OF
meeting him there we see him sneaking in
Ito the reviews, magazines and newspapers.
under the cover of progress, reform, and
! independent criticism making dig under
, the fifth rib of religion, as be says, cart
!: thou well, my brother!'
Al To -LYISG.-Never tell whole
, lie, or quarter Of lie, or any part Of
lie. MANY boys who know well enough
). what sneaking, mean thing it is to tell a
lie, vet will twist the truth, or deceive a
: little bit. Ifa boy does something wrong,
, either through ignorance, carelessness, or
accident. and then tell one halt truth and
one half lie about it, he might as well have
told the whole untruth. Now see how the
spirited, manly true hearted. clear tonngued
boy will do, after an error. He resolutely
, determines to acknowledge it, without be-
ling afraid Of any body's anger-te!l It just
as il was. never in my life knew any
one to be injured by telling the truth in
this way bu, heve seen many boy, and
man too, who were looked upon with con-
tempt, and thought poorly Of, because they
would tell sneaking lies, or quarter lies.
The worst of untruths--,hose which are
deliberately made up, stories about people,
or little stories magnitied into big ones
, prove the teller of them to be most worth
! less, impure and mean person. The liar is
/ indeed despicable both TO God and good
men.
/ On the other hand, nothing is more
beautiful than strictly truth-telling per-
son-one who never varies from the truth,
who is open, candid and above deceit. To
become so, u boy should strive hard, should
determine to become SO, and he will be-
come so. Besides, il is so easy always to
speak the truth, and SO very hard to ar
range very pleasant un,ruth, which even
then will, 10 all likelihood, be found out,
nine times out Of ten.
A SURE MARKsMAN.-We find ia the
: autobiography of w. Jerdan,n the follow
ing concerning Lord de Tabley's shooting.
"Lord de Tabley was the surest shot |
: ever saw in the field. His piece was rare-
" ever raised but to kill, and twenty
: snpes in succession have fallen in proof Of
his accuracy of aim. And with the pistol
he was still more wonderful. 1hs head Of
: a swallow peepug over the cornice Of the
: old Tower was a sufficient object for bull
let about the size of a pea. A wagtaii
! hopping and chirping on the lawn was
gone bird if /! asked for another specimen
Of skill, though he was out Of practice
since the time he fred for wager Of
! thousand guineas laid upon him by the
Prince Regent, the evidence Of the win
ming Of which bet was testified by card
with two holes in the center, resembling
the ace Of clubs, and which had been perfo-
rated in that way at the duellng dstance
of II PAGES. He would have stood poor
I chance in duel who ven,ured to meet
Lord de Tabey. The loading Of the pis-
tol was Bit OF minute science which a.
unused me. The gun powder was careful
" measured in a ramrod with funnel end
to receive il, and smoothed off by fine
card; the pistol was inverted over this, and
being reversed. every particle was emp
! lied IN the breech. The rest OF the loading