Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-04-30

translations; but now you can find it
in between two and three hundred diff
ferent versions, most of which have
been made in this last progressive, in
tellectual nineteenth century. All over
the globe it goes; touch any shore and
you will find that book there before
you.
And it is a curious,fa that most of
our skeptical friends contrive to keep
very close to where its shadow falls.
1t does not take a great while to get
out of sight of the Bible. You can go
in very few days, where there are no
churches, Sunday schools, Young
Mems Christian associations, i'preach-
ers, deacons, or anything else of the
kind-you can "go West" There is
little difficulty in getting beyond the
reach of the Bible. Your scalp might
not be very safe, but you can easily
get away from the reach of the Bible.
But the infdel, while finding fault with
the Bible, takes good care to stay where
the Bible is. Why is this
There was once vessel wrecked on
one of the South Sea Islands. There
was on board sailor who had been
there before, and who knew that the
people where cannibals. And when
the ship was wrecked, and they were
cast away on this shore, they knew
there was no hope for them, for they
saw no way to escape The sailor,
however, climbed up on hilltop to re-
connoitre little. Presently his ship
mates saw,him swinging his arms in
great excitement, and inquired what
was the matter. He had just seen over
the hill the steeple Of q meeting-hOuse !
Applause. That was what took all
the fear of trouble out of his SOUL He
knew that church spire made his neck
safe on that cannibal island
Now infdels know that fact just as
well as he did. Years ago, a young
infdel was travelling in the West with
his uncle, banker, and they were not
little anxious for their safety when
they were forced to stop for night in
rough wayside cabin. There were
two rooms in the house; and when
they retired for the night they agreed
that the young man should sit with his
pistols, and watch until midnight. and
then awaken his uncle, who should
watch until morning Presently they
peeped through the crack, and saw
their host, rough-looking man, in his
bear-skin suit, reach up and take down
book-a Bible; and reading it awhile
he knelt and began to pray; and then
the young infdel began to pull off his
coat and get ready for bed. The uncle
said, 81 thought you were going to sit
up and watch" But the young man
knew there was no need of sitting up,
pistol in hand, to watch all night long
in cabin that was hallowed by the
word of God, and consecrated by the
voice of prayer Would pack of cards,
rum-bottle, or copy of the Gage of
Reason" have thus quieted this young
infidel's fears
Every one knows that where this
book has influence it makes things safe.
Why is this2 If it were q bad book,
we should expect to find it in the hands
of the worst men. In New York there
was once kind of rogues' museum
place where they had all kinds Of
skeleton-keys, and jimmies, and brass
knuckles, and dirks, and pistols, and
implements of mischief, which they
had taken away from roughs and Grim
inals. Do you suppose there was a
single New Testament in the whole
kit !? Why not If it were a bad
book you would expect man to have
revolver in one pocket, and New
Testament tucked away in another.
There was row the other night, and
a man broke his wife's head with "a
Bible? No it was bottle Where
the Bible bears sway, the rows and
quarrels do not come.
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