The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-04-10

has wrought no positive good for the
world. and Is always hindmnce. !
ask you to mention the names of the
merciful and the educational institu-
lions which infdelity founded and Il
supporting, and has supported all the
way Observation-Disclosures pronounced
against God and the Christian religion,
and yet pronounced In behalf Of suffer
ing humanity. What are the names Of
them2 Certainly not the United States
Christian commission or the sanitary
commission, for Christian George H.
Stuart was the president of the one
and Christian Henry W. Bellows was
the president of the other Where are
the asylums and merciful institutions
founded by infldelity and supported BY
infidelity, pronounced against God and
the Bible, and yet doing work for
the alienation Of suffering9 InHdel-
ity is so very loud in its bragga-
docio 1t must have some to men,
ton. Certainly, If you come to speak
Of educational institutions, it is not
Yale, it is not Harvard, it is not Prince
ton, it is not Middletown, it is not Cam
bridge or Oxford, it is not any institu-
ton from which a diploma would not
be a disgrace. Do you point to the
German universities as exceptions? I
have to tell you that all the German
universities today are under positive
Christian influences, except the univer-
sity of Heidelberg, where the ruffianly
students cut and maui and mangle and
murder each other as matter of pride
instead of infamy. Do you mention
Girard college, Philadelphia, as an ex-
ception-that college established by
the will of Mr.. Girard, which forbade
religious instruction and the entrance
of clergymen within its gates2 My re-
ply is that lived for seven years near
that college and knew many of it's pro-
fessors to be Christian instructors, and
no better Christian influences are to be
found in any college than in Girard
college.
NFIDELITY A KNOw-NOTHING AND A
DO-NOTHING.
There stands Christianity. There
stands inf1delity. Compare what they
have done. Compare their resources.
There is Christianity, prayer on her
lip, benediction on her brow; both
hands full of help for all who want
help; the mother of thousands of col
leges; the mother of thousands of asy-
lums for the oppressed, the blind, the
lick, the lame, the imbecile; the mother
Of missions for the bringing back of
The outcast; the mother of thou
sands of reformatory Institutions for
;he saving of the lost; the mother
If innumerable Sabbath schools bring
ng millions of children under drill to
prepare them for responsibility and
usefulness, to say nothing of the great
.uture. That is Christianity.
Here is infidelity; no prayer on her
ips, no benediction on her brow, both
lands clenched-what for2 To fight
Christianity. That is the entire bust
less. The complete mission of infidel-
ty to fight Christianity. Where are
her schools, her colleges, her ,asylums
If mercy? Let me throw you down i !
whole ream of foolscap paper that you
nay fill all of it with the names of her
,eneficent institutions. the colleges and
he asylums, the institutions of mercy
md of learning founded by infidelity
md supported alone by infidelity, pro-
against God and the Christian
eligion and yet in favor of making the
world better. ''Oh," you say, "a realp
# paper is too much for the names OF
hose institutions" Well, then, throw
ou quire of paper Fill it up now.
will wait until you get all the names
own. "Oh," you say, 'that is too
luch." Well, then, l will just hand
on sheet of letter paper. Just fill
p the four sides while we are talking
f this matter with the names of the
lerciful institutions and the educa.
onal institutions founded by intidelity
nd supported all along by inidelity,
against God and the Chris.
an religion, yet in favor of humanity
"Oh," you say, that is too much
,om; we don't want whole sheet of
aper to write down the names" Per
APPS / had better tear out one leaf
om my memorandum book, and ask
ou I'LL up both sides of it with the
ames of such institutions. ''Oh," you
", that would be too much room;
wouldn't want so much room as
lat." Well, then, suppose you count
lem on your ten fingers. "Oh,'
~ say, mot quite SO much as that"
ELL, then, count them on the fingers
one hand. "Oh," you say, 1--WE
mt want quite so much room as
at" Suppose, then, you halt and
unit on one finger the name of any III
tuition founded by infdelity, sup
'rted entirely by infidelity, pronounced
,ainst God and the Christian religion,
t toiling to make the world better.
Of one Not one!
Is infidelity SO poor, SO starveling, so