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Show man, and besides this is a moral man and a strict an J zealoas temperance man. Itat be i, nevertheless, as I have said, an infidel. Yt, however, bis Infidelity seems to be the natural result of tbe dbtHtion of the Christian doctrine which the prevailing dogmatism dog-matism has Intlrted upon American tbenfry The results of this kind are very contraou In these dogmas, that sre notr so generally accepted, God is rrpre-entcd, not as a Father, who in undunKlWe love, sends his aul iMgottea Son In search ot tbe bewildered children and to bring tbem back to tbe forsaken fold, bat rather as a grim tvrant who, alleging li! righteoases.eannot accept er pardon a sinner unless be (God) has first in Hided upon a substitute that miiusu-me&t miiusu-me&t which tbe inner has merited. Inonetieint Dr. Waldenstrom is right. Inger-oir infiidlty is a natural remit of the fearful distortion dis-tortion of the Cliri-tbn dogmas, as b ml of the infidelity of our age. Hut Dr. Waldenstrom shwl J draw a lesson from Ingersoll. If the prevalent distortion of the Ciiri-stian Ciiri-stian dinn, has produced Inger- sollian infidelity, what kind of in-fidelity in-fidelity is Waldenstrom's distortion of the Christian dogmas likely lo produce? Dr. WaUeustrom, we hare no doubt, lias not the mt desire to contribtitetjwardsUiafp-ead ofiu fidelity. i!j he has nevt-rtuelt done much in tint direction, and if his doctrines gain ground, they are vi n likely to produce more than one dtsciide or ImiUttor of Ingcr--oll. THE INCItEE OF CHIMES. Cea9M&ieated.j It Is a truly humiiiatimrfact, but w uui wc Afurvairu, tliat crimts an I criminals are Increasing In-creasing continually . Our age boasts of its culture anJ its wondirful rogrefs. It is moreover, more-over, an age of religion Ncir before be-fore did tlie wo-H it fortli so muih energy in di-tributiug Hiblrs all over tlie globe and mdravoring through mlssisiiary societies, rt!i-Ktus rt!i-Ktus a?-ociition-, salvation anuK and other amcies tj instil nllg-ious nllg-ious seutimenU Into the minds of the lopk, nt home cud abroad. Witue- tbt fabulous ums that are (Xjiended on missionary enterprises, thunhes and scbooLs of learning. And yet, ln iiteof all these efforts, trime is iucrea-Ing. ethlr the dlflusion of religion nor the effort to spread secular knowledge among illUas-fci of ipeoplehave been able to stop Its onward course. The following data with regard to the United -states have rectntli betu published "The renvn. r..r ISsu shows 00,vj irisontni of all grades, in the United States and I I,Ot lersons In various reformatory in-tiiuiions. According to careful computations by Mr. Wines, secretary secre-tary of the National Prewn Association, Associa-tion, thecensus for 156M will shown prfcsm population of 75,0) and nearly S,0 in reformatories In the HA twenty years tbe criminal lobulation has increased one-third faster than the pjjilatijn of the country In the p-ulteutiiries of the United btates the average is eleven for every Iu,0M InhaUtanU. ICansas runs as fow as five In I3.tfcM. and Ma-saohitLfic na i.t .i. twenty iu 10.0W. The alarming lucrease of crime Is a just cause for dark forebodings as to the future. The causes of this Increase of crime In the United States are many. The Urge cities seem to gather ln much of the criminal element, awl from these centers It spreads like a contagious disease. The obscene allussonsof the theatres; the con-nt con-nt rerreswntatfon of scents of horror; murder, burglary, robbery, itc cannot but be injurious to tlie woral sentiments or the public. Hie pernicious lnfluince of the ! toons ani daucimthrcnes where peopto are educated In sir- and from which places they carry with them impressions the'lnfluencusof which descend to their prosterity to the third and fourth genera tloa, have much to do with tbe Increase of crimes. There is one great lesson to be drawn from the sad facts presented auove, namely. Hat Uie remedies ued against the evils of the body politic arc practically ueJe. Tlie great Apostle of the Gentiles, Paul Jeelares that the Gospel -of Jcs,, Christ is a power" of salvation, but the Gopel preached today Iu the various va-rious churches of Um ..,! i i. uoh power. It !u nst been able to top the evili of the worl 1. In the Oret centuries or onr crs Uie apolosrtical writers were able to point to the Christian churches and ask, with noble pride: "Where liare you a Christian Imprisoned far crime of any bind, unless It bean apostate era martyr?" And natoacofthtlr opponents could paint out any Christian among the criminals, rhen ths G j-p-1 was proved to be a power. Today the case Is otherwise. It's mmmmmemm in "Christian" countries that crimes are mostly lncreaalug. Some of the worst criminals on record In our ge have been Christians." We have lived to behold the spectacle of a world producing "Christian" murderers, ' Christian" thieves, "Christian" gamblers. Is it not easy to understand tliat such a state of affairs Is radically wrong? And where can tlie wrong be? We know it, and it is easy to understand. The original Gospel, which proved itself to be a power to save from sin has been abolished and n placed by a powerless, uulnspired, human remedy, tlie cQccts of which are more Injurious to the body politic than beneficial. There is only one remedy against the Increase of crime In tlie world. And tills remedy must come from God. The history of mankind proven this in numerous instances. Where God reveals Ills revelation to tlie children of men and these receive re-ceive Ills revelations ln humility and sincerity, then the true re medy is found against all moral evils. Human skill miy sometimes be able to produce a palliative. But a true remtsly Is found now here except ex-cept in tlie nvtlallons from the living God. J. il. S. |