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Show OLD NICK A HOI'S ED. I Religion U in alarm in this vicioage. ! Piety is in a eold sweat. The "Free-' "Free-' Thinkers," an they call themselves, or the "InliJels," as other people call them, have concluded to turn the ; tables on their opponents. They pro-: pro-: pose to fight Christianity with its own weapons, to collect funds, issue tracts and circulate them, provide lectures I here, and .send Out missionaries to i establish clubs elsewhere, to dissemt-1 dissemt-1 nate l heir peculiar notions. I cud hardly understand why men who have no faith in a hereafter should much trouble themselves about other people's faith here; but a regular meeting of I these people was held at the Masonic Hall the other night, and a campaign opened. This lias really astounded 'tho religious portion of the community, commu-nity, and churches protest that ' active operations must commence to ' tight Satan at onco, and boldly, on this Held of enterprise. Our plump and : well-paid orators groan at the idea of ! girding on their armor and goiug to ; work in reality lor the "good cause." But the devil baa taken advantage of ' their love of ease and indolence. He : thinks himself in a position to make a successful combat, and a struggle in ; earnest in about to begin. Christianity j has nothing to fear, however, from such a quarter if its reverend leaders only prove sincere and energetic. Old iSick is by no means a "slow coach," ! and they who intend to get ahead of him must be wide-awake aqd full of I activity. New York Cor. San I'ran. Papers. |
