The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-13
AEnostIc PhiIanthropistS.

One Of the allegations frequently
made concerning agn9sucism is that il
has done nothing fo~ the world COM
pared with Christianity. Some re-
Iigious writer's are fond Of making the
statement that there are no schools.
colleges, hospitals. and other beneficent
institutions founded by agnostics. while
those which owe their existence To
Christian organizations are legion.
Like most partisan statements, this
contains a small fraction Of truth and
a considerable amount Of ignorance. Ii
is true. Of course. that there are in this
country and some others more beuevo-
lent institutions Of one sort or another
founded by the Church than there are
Of those founded by me7 who were not
Of the Church But i'm a letter 10 the
New York Tribune" Mr.. 5. n. Farrell
makes it plain that the agnOstic record
in this respect is a fairly good one. He
says:
The college founded ia Phu4deIrl-a by Ste
Theu GiTaTd. 40 luutrI. whore flarI-guE- az or
TIau- have been I.d clothed and ,fraared and
which has an endowment fund Of over twenty
million dollars b. worthy oi mention. Is 30 not
D even.
founded ty one MANI In addition tY this great
glr, ho gave throughout hi, lifetime and lt
EIs death thirty thousand dollars Co the hos
pitfalls, twenty thousand dollars % the deaf and
dumb lsFi.lus- twenty Thousand d3IIars % the
orphan asylum, twenty thousand dollar. t, Ian
caster schools. ten thousand dollars t1 ur.yId.
fuel for the Philadelphia poor. ten thousand dol
ia7 tp AID distressed sra captains twenty thou
sand dollars FOR the rrfri ~ poor and dis
dressed Wasaus, fifty thousand dollars for various
other charIUe5 IN PHILADELPHIA and three hum
drod thousand dollars for the absolutely poor.
Al rl- time ri the cholera rufirnir iu PHffl-
from tHn city. ibis IEudel went into the hus-
T-.a-a -S @ nurse AMI cared Jos ere sick and
dying Who had been deserted
hs- Wallace q. Andrews. az New York. an
asua-tlr. vino died about rsU years ago let uu-
d"r-taut ABOUT five million dollars o. found COLI
.r-p Tor .I. TO Boz modelled after the IIr4rd COL
lrEr- Mr. James Lick, oi California. an iuddcl
gave one million dollars To- found an astronomical
Observatory, which bias, ! believe. one OF the
finest TELESCOPES iH Che world Mr. Hatlaud an
iufdfl. 81 Toronto. h,IuCarhed nfrg thousand dol
lars to the Toronto hospitals.
Just one word more. Iu reference t1 Mr. Hulk
l-y. Colonel lugorzGl and Prof H1rrkeI. Nr.
Huxley and Colonel Iuger,Ju died comparatively
poor men. and think DO is pretty generally cur
coded tIsl the reason Colonel lugersoH died poor
Was because Doe was 90 charitable. } DO not he-i-
tate 90 ~aE alst. In proportion % hrs means u1
one ever gave more freely Nr. Ha-rb-l i- "a
college professor. poor man. and should NOT
Zoe expected ty cHaoW colleges. hospitals and
asp ,ums. "
This looks very much as If the agnOs-
tic were al least as generous as those
who hold opposite views. according TO
his ability. OF course, the protesting
Christians in this country outnumber
the followers Of Huxley, InsersoH. and
Herbert Spencer TO an extent which
would make IL simply impossible for
them to amass as much money 10 b.
devoted 10 philanthropy as that which
is at the disposal Of the various church
organizations. Moreover. good part
OF the money given 10 the church comes
from men who profess no religion, but
who believe in .,oing good 10 others. and