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endure for a night" II am the resur-
rection," peace, be still"
Furthermore, rather than invite resist
this plague of infideity because it has
wrought no positive good for the world
and is always n hindrance. ! ask You to
mention tho names of the mercful and the
educational institutions which infidelity
founded and is supporting, and has sup.
ported all the way hrough-institutions
pronounced against God and the Christian
religion, and yet pronounced in behalf of
suffering humanity. What are the names
of them? Certainly not the United States
Christian commission, or the sanitary com
mission, for Christian George H. Stuart
was the president Of the one, and Christian
Henry w. Bellows was the president of the
other
COMPARE THE HOSPITALS AND COLLEGES.
Where are the asylums and merciful in
stitutions founded by inhdelity and sup
ported by infldelity, pronounced against
God and the Bible, and vet doing work for
the alienation of suffering? lniidelty is so
very loud in its braggadocio il must have
some to mention. 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 Middetown, it is not Cam
bridge or Oxford, it is not any institution
from which diploma would not be dis
grace. Do you point to the German uni
versties rs exceptions? I have to tell YOU
that all the German universities to-day are
under positive Christian influences except
the University of Heidelberg, where the
rufiianlv students cut and maui and man
gle and murder each other as Il matter of
pride instead Of infamy. Do You mention
Girard college, Philadelphia, as an eXcep-
IL, ,,l
Mr. Girard which forbade religious in
struction and the entrance or clergymcn
within its gates. My reply is that lived
for seven years near that college and knew
many of it's professors to be Christian in.
structols and no better Christian infiu-
enceS are to be found in any college than
in Girarl college.
There stands Christianity. There stands
infidclitY. Compare what they have done
Compare their resources. There il Chris
tianity, prayer On her lip; Il hcncdiction
on her brow; both hands full of help for
all who want help; the mother of thou
sands Of colleges; the mother of thousand,
of asYlums for the oppressed, the blind, the
sick, the lame, the nheCile: the mother of
missions for the bringing back Of the out
cast; the mother of thousands of rcfurma-
tory institutions for the saving Of the lost;
the mot her Of nnumeruble Sabbut h schools
bringing millions of children under drill
to prepare them for rcspectahlity and use
fitness, to say nothing of the great future
That is Christianity
Here is inlidelity; no prayer on her lips,
no benedlctlOn on her brow, both hands
clenched- what for' To fight Christian
itY That is the entire business The com
ptete mission OF lnlidelity to fight Chris
tiuuitN " here 81 bpr .cbonls bar col
leges, her asylums Of mercy Let me
throw you down whole ream of foolscap
paper that you may fill all of it with the
names of her bencuccnt institutions, the
colleges, and the aSyitims, the institutions
OF mercy ana of learning, founded by in.
hdehty ana supported alone by nlidelity,
pronounced against God and the Christian
reIlEion, and yet III favor of making the
world better. ION, you say, "a ream Of
| paper is too much for the names oe those
institutions. Wei, then, | throw You a
quirc Of paper. Fill it all up now. | will
wait until you get all the NAMES down.
| ION, you say, THAT is too muCh.' Wei,
| then, | will just hand YOu a sheet of letter
payer. just fill up the four sides while we
are talking Of thi, matter with the names
of he nerciful institutions and the educa.
tionaI institutions founded by inlideiity
anu Supioit'V al HpNH by lnhdclltN, pro
nouHccd against God and the Christian
| religion, yet in favor OF humanity.
WHERE ARE YOUR FRUITS, AGNOsrICss
"Oh," You say, that is too much room.
| We don't Haut a whole sheet of PAPER to
write down the names" Perhaps | had
better tear ont one leaf from my memoran-
dunn boO; and ask you fill up both sides
of it with the names of such iustitu.
tions. "Oh," you say, that would be
| too much room. | wouldn't want so
much room rs that" We'll, then, sup
| pose you count ;aem On your ten fin
| liers. "Oh," you say. mot quite so much
rs that" Well, then, count them on the
| fingers Of one hand. OH" YOU SAY. eve
! dou't want quite so much room as that.
| Suppose. then, YOU halt and count on one
| finger the name of any institution founded
! by inlidelity. supported entirely 10y iundel
| ity, pronounced against God and the Chris.
| tian religion, vet toilin4 TO make the world
! better. Not one! Not one!
Is mfidclity so poor so starvelinc. so
! mean. so useless? Get cut. YOU miserable
pauper OF the universe! Crawl into some
| rathole of everlasting nuthingne.s. In
fidelity standing today amid tue suffering,
| pr.,rinO dviuy nations and ,a+ ,Inip., ali