Sharp County record., 1891-05-14

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bic been TO You. 0 woman, curse or
blessing? Why is it that a woman when
she is troubled will 90 to her worst ene-
nv. the Bible? Why do you not go for
comfort to some great infdel books,
Spinoza's Ethics, or HuEe's Natural
History of Religion" or Paine's Age
of Reason. or DedrO's' Dramas, or
anv Of the two hundred and sixty vol
umes of Voltaire? No. the silly, deLuded
woman persists in hanging about tho
Bible verses: Let not you heart be
troubled" " "Al things work together
for good" Weeping may endure for
night" Il am the resurrection"
peace, be still"
There stands Christianity. Thera
stands infdelity. Compare what they
have done. Compare their resources.
There is Christianity, a prayer on her
lip: benediction on her brow: both
hands full of help for all who want
help: the mother of thousands OF coll
leges: the mo ther of thousands of asy-
lums for the oppressed. the blind, the
sick. the lame, the irntecile; the mother
of missions for the bringing back OF the
outcast the mother of thousands of re-
formatory institutions for the saving OF
the lost: the mother of innumerable
Sabbath-schools, bringing millions Of
children under a drill to prepare them
for responsibility and usefulness, to say
nothing of the great future. That IS
Christianity.
Here is Infdelity; no prayer on her
lips. no benediction on her brow, both
hands clenched-what for? To fight
Christianity. That is the entire busi-
ness. The complete mission Of Intdelity
is to fight Christianity. Where are her
schools, her colleges, her asylums Of
mercy? Let me throw you down a
whole ream of foolscap paper that you
may fill all of it with the names Of her
benefcent institutions of mercy and of
learning, founded by Infdelity, and
supported alone by Infdelity pro-
nounced against God and the
Christian religion and yet in favor
Of making the world better. "Oh, >"
you say, "a ream Of paper is too much
for the names of those institutions. :"
Well. then, l throw you quire Of
paper Fill it all up now, l will wait
until you get all the names down.
"Oh," you say, that is too much. "
Well then, will just hand you a sheet
Of letter paper. Just fill up the four
sides while we are talking of this mat
ter with the names Of the merciful in.
stitutions and the educational institu
tions founded by infdelity and sup.
ported all along by infdelity, pro.
nounced against God and the Christian
religion, vet in favor of humanity.
oh" you say, that is too much
room; we don't want a whole sheet OF
paper to write down the names. >"
Perhaps l had better tear out
one leaf from my memorandum
book, and ask you to fill up
both sides of it with the names of such
institutions. "Oh," you say, that
would be too much room; | wouldn't
want SO much room as that" Well,
then, count them on your ten fingers,
"Oh," you say, not quite so much az
that" Well, then, count them on the
fingers of one hand. "Oh," you say,
1--WE don't want quite 50 much room as
Il z -SunnaSe- thep-unn halt and
count on one finger the maine OF any any
institution founded by Infdelity, pro-
nounced against God and the Christian
religion, yet toiling to make the world
better Not one! Not one!
Infdelity scrapes no lint for the
wounded, bal<es no bread for the
hungry, shakes up no pillow for the
sick, rouses no comfort for the bereft.
gilds no grave for the dead While
Christ, our Christ, our wounded Christ.
our risen Christ, the Christ of this old
fashioned Bible-blessed be His glorious
name forever-our Christ stands this
hour pointing to the hospital, or to the
asylum, saying: 81 was sick and ye
gave me u couch; | was lame and ye
gave me a crutch; was blind and We
physicianed my eyesight; | was or
phaned and ye motheredm my soul; | was
lost on the mountains and ye brought
me home: inasmuch as ye did it to one
of the least Of these, ye did it to me-"
But | thank God that this plague Of
infdelity will be stayed. Many of those
who hear me now by the Holy Ghost
upon their hearts will cease to be scott
ers and will become disciples, and the
day will arrive when all nations will
accept the Scriptures. The book is
going to keep right on until the fires Of
the last day are kindled. Some of them
will begin on one side and some on the
other side of the old book. They will
not find bundle Of loose manu-
scripts easily consumed like tnder
thrown into the fire. When the fires Of
the last day are kindled some will burn
on this side, from Genesis toward Rev.
elation, and others will burn on this
side, from Revelation toward Genesis,
and in al their way they will not find u
single chapter or single verse out Of
place. This will be the first time we can
afford TO do without the Bible. What
will be the use Of the book Of Genesis,
descriptive Of how the world was made.
when the world is destroyed? What will
be the use of the prophecies when they