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'And all the congregation said, Amen.' Then, instead of the great cry of distress, was heard the great shout of joy, for They 'praised the Lord.' And the promise was not one of those promises made to be broken, for 'The people did according to this promise.' It has been well said that Christians are the only Bible that men of the world read.

In other words, those who will not read the Bible themselves, judge the religion of Christ simply by the Christians they happen to come across.

This is not a fair way of judging; it surely cannot be right to condemn Christianity itself, because some of those who profess it are not what they ought to be.
Let us picture to ourselves an island in the Pacific Ocean, where no European has ever been seen.

A large ship is wrecked not far from this island, and three men are able to make their escape in a boat, and to land upon its shore.

The men belong to three different nations--one is a Frenchman, another is a German, and the third is an Englishman.