Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1881 — What Has It Done for You [ARTICLE]

What Has It Done for You

The sceptical Mr. Bradlaugh was once lecturing in a village in the north of England, and at the close challenged discussion. Who should accept the challange but an old bent woman, in the most antiquated attire, who went up to the lecturer and said: “Sir, I have a question to put to you.” “Well,my good woman, what is it?” “Ten years ago,” she said, “I was left a widow, with eight children unprovided for, and nothing to call my own but this Bible. By its direction, and looking up to God for strength, I have been enabled to feed myself and family. lam now tottering to the grave; but I am perfectly happy, because I look forward to a life of immortality with Jesus in heaven. That’s what my religion has done for me. What has your way of thinking done for you f” “Well, my good lady, rejoined the lecturer, “I don’t want to disturb your comfort; but”— “Oh! that’s not the question,” interposed the woman; “keep to the point, sir. What bas your way of thinking done for yon ?” The infidel endeavored to shirk the matter again, the feeling of the meeting gave vent in uprorious applause, and Mr. Bradlaugh had to go away discomfitted by an old woman.—Tie Lutheran.