The Retort of a Colporteur.
A number of German farmers one market day were sitting at a long table, in an inn, when a colporteur entered. One of the farmers was offered a Bible, and the colporteur began to talk to him. He looked very uneasy, and bought a copy simply to get rid of his tormentor. "But," says the colporteur, "matters grew warm, some jeered and scoffed. One man said, 'We men are no better than beasts; monkeys were our common ancestors, and when we die we shall fare no better and no worse than they.' I said, 'Monkeys were not my ancestors.' 'Who then?' 'I was made in God's image and after his likeness. Had monkeys been my ancestors possibly I might have thought as you do about God and the future of my soul.' At this retort some laughed, others looked serious, and several took my part and bought Bibles."