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Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

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DANGER IN THE DARK. 163<br />

undefiled, nor cause you rashly to discredit <strong>the</strong> word<br />

of God."<br />

"When I see <strong>the</strong> vilest of men," remarked Alonzo,<br />

"claim<strong>in</strong>g to be div<strong>in</strong>ely commissioned to rule <strong>the</strong><br />

earth, enlighten <strong>the</strong> bl<strong>in</strong>d, guide <strong>the</strong> err<strong>in</strong>g, reclaim<br />

and save <strong>the</strong> lost, I must confess myself tempted to<br />

repudiate all religion. If history speaks <strong>the</strong> truth,<br />

priests <strong>in</strong> every age, with here and <strong>the</strong>re a rare excep-<br />

tion among <strong>the</strong>ir number, have been <strong>the</strong> most corrupt<br />

and heartless men upon <strong>the</strong> face of <strong>the</strong> earth I Now<br />

if <strong>the</strong> Bible sanction <strong>the</strong>ir lives and conduct, as <strong>the</strong>y<br />

would have us believe, why <strong>the</strong>n it sanctions crime--<br />

<strong>the</strong> worst of crime I how <strong>the</strong>n can rational m<strong>in</strong>ds<br />

believe it ~ If Christianity fails to improve <strong>the</strong> lives<br />

of those who profess it, what is it worth ~"<br />

"Mistake not Romanism for Christianity, I earn-<br />

estly entreat you i nei<strong>the</strong>r believe Catholic priests, <strong>the</strong><br />

true m<strong>in</strong>isters of Christ. To f<strong>in</strong>d excuse for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

crimes, vile and abom<strong>in</strong>able men may pretend to<br />

shield <strong>the</strong>mselves beh<strong>in</strong>d <strong>the</strong> Bible, and have <strong>the</strong> pre-<br />

sumption to claim its sanction i but rest assured, that<br />

book gives no countenance to unrighteousness, nor<br />

approves aught that's unholy."<br />

" But why, allow me to ask, if it be of God, is it<br />

80 easily perverted, and rendered impotent and <strong>in</strong>ef-<br />

ficient by wicked menf"<br />

" See you not, that ali of heaven's best gifts and<br />

richest bless<strong>in</strong>gs may be, and are daily abused and<br />

perverted by transgressors 9 The laws of nature,<br />

which exist for our benefit and contribute to our hap-

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