The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-26

intelligent Christian men ana women
who rescued from gsrrets aud CUTTERS, are
now reputable citizens, enjoying the fruits
OF their industry, aud relating with great
full hearts the missries Of their past, the
; Joys of their present, and the hopes o.
their future. BY all who "went TO scott,
but remained to pray" Jerry McAuley
and his exemplary wife are regarded with
affection, and will be remembered with
; gratitude.
INPIDELITY AND coNMuNlsM.
Infdels OF all ages found their strongest
arguments against revealed religion upon
what they regard as improbable. Aud
yet we are not called on to believe any
J thing more incomprehensihle than oul
own existence. We might with the came
degree Of reason deny this fact IS to refuse
to believe In future existence. We know
that we live in this world. Is It unreSs
enable TO believe that we may live in an
other world? II we are to believe moth
ing but what we understand, we should go
through life inCredulous and aimless,
We are ready enough to believe on iniOr-
nation the things that relate 10 this world,
But we are slow to believe In prophecy
and revelation, though both are coTrObo.
rated by observation, experience and
events. 1nfidelty, claiming superiority
In treason" and Gommon'sense, asks US 10
believe that all Of grandeur and sublimity,
all OF vastness and power, In the beautiful
heavens and upon the bountiful earth,
comes by chance; that everything
Is seltcreated and self'existing; and
that law, order and harmony are
accidents. Those who accept this
theory would find the application to their
business anything but advantageous. In.
fidelity and communism are kindred In
character, and aim by different methods
10 undermine the sanctions and securities
upon which the worlds welfare and hap.
piness rest. Inhdelity aims at religion;
communism OF property. One seeks to
weaken our faith, and the other demands
for the idle and worthless on equal share
In the earnings OF the industrious and
frugal. AgrariRnism (Communism Of
milder type) came to us some forty years
ago from England, with Fanny Wright
and Robert Dale Owen as It's apostles.
This bad element has been reinforced by
communism from France aud Germany.
All three are working out their destructive
mission In city where, unhappily, they
find co, operation and sympathy. To these
birds OF III omen comes infaelity, equally
aggressive, with Robert q. Ingert oil as its
teacher. II 1t be said that, unlike the
communicate leaders, Mr.. Ingersoll Is q
gentleman and scholar" the danger Ia
thereby intensified. The wonder Is why
q man Of good character and aCsooia.
tons should take pleasure In teachings
whose practical effect Ia to make his read.
ers and hearers worse instead OF better
citizens The strongest argument urged
against Christianity, from the days OF Vol.
taire and Paine, is, that bad men make o
profession OF II; that hypoc ties are found
10 all churches. This Ia true. But Is II
not equally true that everything intrinsic.
ally valuable gets debased? Frauds are
praC!iCed In business. The richest fabrics
have their imitations. Gold and silver
coins are debssed or counterfelted. The
evils, however, resulting from impositlons
Of this nature, are not serious. The intel
ligence oil our people, and the penalties to
which offenders arc subjected, afford ade.
Quate protection; and, Tor one hypoCrite
who makes false profession, there are at
least nine conscientious, devoted Chris.
tians. Another argument against re.
ligion 10, that our Savior was an i'm.
poster; and that, as corollary, Ills teach.
ings exert baneiul influence. And yet
both Of the accusations are disproved by
the experience oil 1000 years. II Jesus OF
Nazareth had been an impstor, His name
and everything connected with II would
hardly have survived second generation.
There would then have been no occasion
for the labors Of Voltsire, Paine, or Ia.
gersol. Other and numerous false teach.
ers have appeared and disappeared.
But time and truth have been attesting
the divinity Of our Saviour. His Apostles
and their successors, In obedience 10 In.
struotions, have carried, and are carrying,
glad tidings 10 the uttermost ends Of the
Earth. As far and 40 fast az this Gospel
travels, tho world 10 civilized and its In.
habitants benefited.
cnRlsrIANirY's INFLUENCE ON EARTH.
Civilization and It's benefcent institu.
tons abound by the religion which our
Savior instructed His Apostles to preach
10 the heather. Geographical lines are
not more distinctly established than those
which mark the progress OF missionaries;
and, while religious light brlghtens the
Christian world, its rays dawn upon the
darkest portions Of earth. What have the
doctrines Of Coninciug, Mohammed and
other false teachers done for thelr fol-
lowers but to hold them for centuries In
ignorance and barbarism7
But, returning, to our own city, let us
contrast the labors Of two prominent con.
temporary teachers--one, Mr.. Moody, q
Christian, and the other, Mr.. Ingersoll, an
inldel missionary. Mr.. Moody lie self.
made and self.eduCated. Mr.. 1ngersoll is
q gentleman Of education, culture and re.
hnement. That Mr.. Moody's labors have
been In the highest degree beneficial 10
all classes will not be denied. The highest
and the humblest listened with charmed
Interest, and all left the Tabernacle better
and happier. The general effect OF his
preaching, supplemented by the never.to.
be.iorgotten voice oil Mr.. SankeY, cleared,
braced and purified the religious, moral
and social atmosphere OF the city. The
labors Of Moody and Sankey were praCti.
cal They not only asked, "What shall
the harvest be7" but they obtained In
their inquiry.rooms gratifying responses
TO their question:, Hundreds Of drunk.
ards we're reclaimed gamblers and prize
fighters we're converted destitute wives
and children and desolats homes have
been made happy and bright by The res.
cue and return Of reformed husbindg aud
Long and gratefully will the advent Of
Moody and Bankey Re remembered. The
city is still fragrant with Tabernacle mem.
cries. Mr.. Moody is turning the results
] OF bic labor 10 good account The Moody
| and Sahkey Hymns, we'll known 10 the
Christian world, are now sung by native
converts In tho interior Of Africa. The
sale otthese hymn books produces hand.
some i1nd, which Mt. Moody devotes To
missionary purposes. At his home In
Mortified, Mass, he has erected a suit.
able building for . mission school and
home for Indian girls, some City Of whom
from the Far West have already been
received. Mr.. Moody, therefore; has
taken up aud will carry on the good work
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