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90 TIlE SrRI:SG-Ti:\IE OF J.U'F_
that not on~ of them h:ulanother word to utter.
But ,,,hat l.'l it. except pride nlul R('lf-confideuce
that rnrlkc~ such persons iuJidc18 ~ ]n81(':IIlof
being reall)" JistinhJ'11k;heJ for free awllibeml
tbought~ tlle~e are tho mCll of nIl other~, whose
minl1? arc hampclY'fl, nnd. whf)~c horizon is
Dnrrow, Xoticc it when nut! where rOll will,
real superiorit)" is always connecteJ. with diffi.
llenee nl1~l 1"clf-lli~tru8t. rI'he grc:1.t Sir Isaa«.:
Xcwton wa..;; tL pflttcrn ofmodc,c;:ty.
Hut, nbm"c all, skepticism has its origin in
(~ bad life. 1\othing has l'uch an influence in
leading mCII to break 10(")HC from the Sabbath,
the Bible and the Saviour as the love of sin.
Thousaw.1:; arc agaiu!:it religion for no other
rea~on tuan because it condemllS their wicked
pmctices. You llever heard of an inJiyidual
that was humble and holy and prayerful, who
rejected the Scripturcs, J .!nied an hereafter,
and c.:\l1eu in (Lucstion the beiug of a GoJ.
Thi~ is fruit which groWl~only on the bram.
bles nnJ thorns of ,'icious indulgence:;. A
l)elllQn Ul.UJ::il h:.wc a rcason for wishing there
,..-ereno final account and no eternal rctribu~
.ion, before he can Jx'licvc t.llat there i~ none.