the Judge said to him, "Sambo, how is it
that you Christians are always talking about the conflicts you have with
Satan. I am better off than you are. I don't have any conflicts or
trouble, and yet I am an infidel and you are a Christian--always in a
muss-how's that, Sambo?" This floored the colored man for a while. He
didn't know how to meet the old infidel's argument. So he shook his head
sorrowfully and said: "I dunno. Massa, I dunno." The Judge always
carried a gun along with him for hunting. Pretty soon they came to a lot
of ducks. The Judge took his gun and blazed away at them, and wounded
one and killed another. The Judge said quickly, "You jump in, Sambo, and
get that wounded duck before he gets off," and did not pay any attention
to the dead one. In went Sambo for the wounded duck and came out
reflecting. The colored man then thought he had an illustration. He said
to the Judge: "I hab 'im now, Massa, I'se able to show you how de
Christian hab greater conflict den de infidel. Don't you know de moment
you wounded dat ar duck, how anxious you was to get 'im out, and you
didn't care for de dead duck, but just lef 'im alone!" "Yes," said the
Judge. "Well," said Sambo, "ye see as how dat ar dead duck's a sure
thing. I'se wounded, and I tries to get away from de debbil. It takes
trouble to catch me. But, massa, you are a dead duck--dar is no squabble
for you. The debbil have you "sure!" So the devil has no conflict with
the infidel.

An Infidel who would not Talk Infidelity before his Daughter.

Not long ago I went into a man's house, and when I commenced to talk
about religion he turned to his daughter and said: "You had better go
out of the room; I want to say a few words to Mr. Moody." When she had
gone he opened a perfect torrent of infidelity upon me. "Why," said I,
"did you send your daughter out of the room before you said this?"
"Well," he replied, "did not think it would do her any good to hear what
I said." My friends, his "rock is not as our rock" Why did he send his
daughter out of the room if he believed what he said? When these
infidels are in trouble why do not they get some of their infidel
friends to administer consolation? When they make a will why do they
call in some follower of the Lord Jesus Christ to carry it out? Why, it
is because they cannot trust their infidel friends.

A Dying Infidel's Confession.

I want to read to you a letter which I received some time ago. I read
this to yo