The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-22

Of every ten homes ln BrOoklYn2 The
Bible. ia nine out of every ten homes
in Christendom2 The Bible. Noltaire
wrote the prophecy shat the Bible in
the nineteenth century would become
extinct The century is nearly gone
and AS there have been more Bibles
published in the latter part Of the CEN
fury than ia the former part OF the
century. 90 you think the Bible VIII
become extinct in the next six years2
{ have to tell you that the room in
which Voltaire wrote that prophecy.
not long ago was crowded from floor to
ceiling with Bibles from Svitzer-
land Suppose the congress Of
the United States should pass
law that there should be no
more Bibles printed ID America. and no
more Bibles read If there are 40-
600 900 grown people in the United
States, there would be go. 600, 900 people
in an army to put down such a law
and defend their right to read the
Bible But suppose the congress Of
the nited States should make law
against the reading Of the publication
of any other book. how many people
would go out on such crusade Could
You get 40. 600. 600 people to 60 out and
risk their lives in defense ST Shake
speare's tragedies or Gladstone's
tracts, or Aaeaulay's history of Eng
land2 You know that there are
thousand men who would die IA de-
Tense of this book where there IS not
more than one man who would die in
defense of any other book You try
to insult my common sense by telling
me the Bible IS fading out from the
world 1t is the. most popular book Of
the century How do I know it2
know it just as know ia
regard to other books How
many volumes Of that book are pub
ished? Well YOU say. five thousand
How many copies Of that book are
published? "A hundred thousand
Which is the more popular2 Why Of
course the one that has q hundred
thousand circulation And If this
book has more copies abroad in the
world if there are five times as many
Bibles abroad as amy other book does
rot that show YOU that the most pop
ular book on the planet to-day is the
Word of God2
sob, say people, ssthe church 81 q
collection Of hypocrites. and ST Is los
ing its power and it is fading ont from
the world is it2 "A bishop OF the
Methodist church told me chat that
denomination averages two new
churches every day of the year.
There are at least fifteen hundred new
Christian churches built in America
every year Does that look as though
the church were fading out. as though
it were defunct institutions Which
Institution stands nearest the hearts
of the people Of America to-day2 ] do
not care in what village or in what
city. or what neigh borhood you 30.
Which institution is it2 is the post
ofiee2 Is it the hotel3 is it the lectur-
ing hau2 An. you know it is not.
You know that the institution which
stands nearest the hearts Of the Ameri-
can people is the Christian church If
you have ever seen a church burn
down. you have seen thousands of
people standing and looking az it,
people who never GO into q church.
the tears raining down their cheeks.
The whole story is told.
Y on may talk about the church be-
ing a collection Of hypocrites but
when the diphtheria sweeps your chill +
dren off, whom do you send for2 The
postmaster2 the attorney eneral2 The /
hotel l1eeper2 alderman DO Won
send for a minister Of this Bible relig-
ion And If YOU have not d room ia
your house for the obsequies what
building de you solicit2 DO you say.
tGive me the finest room i'll the hotel2''
DO YOU say. 'Give rae chat theater2''
Do YOU say. "Give rae place ln that
public building. where i can lay my
dead for little while until we saw a
prayer over it2 mo- YOU say Give
us the house of God And if there is
a song to be sung at the obsequies
what de You want2 What does any
body vantg The Marseillaisa hvmn2
God Save the Queen2 Our own grand +
national ARP No They want the
hymn with which they sang their old
Christian mother into her last Sleep.
or thew want sung the Sabbath school
hymn which their little girl sang the
last Sa bbath afternoon She was out
before she got that awful sickness
W hitch broke your heart a appeal To
your common sense You know the
most endearing institution On earth.
the most popular Institution on earth
today, is the church Of the Lord Jesus
Christ
The infdels say. .Inhdelty shows
its successes from the fact that it IS
everywhere accepted. and it can say
what it VIII Why. my friends inn
fidelity is not half - blatant in our
day as it was in the days of our fath-
ers. Do You Know that In the days Of
our fathers there were pronounced in
hdeIs in ru bile authority and they could
get any political pos ition9 Let a man
to-day declare himself antagonistic to
the Christian religion and what city
wants him for mayor. what state wants
him for governor and what nation
wants him for president or for zing2
Let a man openly proela aim himself the +
enemy Of our glorious Christianity
and he can not get q majority Of votes
in amy state. IA amy CITY, in amy conn-
fv ia a7y- ward OF a rra1-ies