SUPERSTITION VERSUS CHRISTIANITY.
CHRISTIANITY received, constrains men by the power of an indwelling life to do right. Superstition will lead them to worship a fetish or adhere to a dogma, tho they were doing the wickedest things. Here is a good illustration of the latter from "Wit and Humor of the Age," by Eli Perkins:— Two Irishmen, convicted of murder, stood tremblingly before the judge to receive sentence. "Did you murder this man?" asked the judge. "We did, sor. We would not tell a lie." "I shtruck him wid a stone, and Moike he hit him wid a shillalah, and then we both av us buried him in a bog, sor." "Well, well," said the judge, "but what did you do before you threw the body into the bog?" "Sure we searched him, sor." "Yes, and what did you find?" "Two shillin's and two sixpence, yer Honor." "Yes, sor; a foine lunch of bread and mate." "Yes; and what did you do with that?" "We were hungry, sor, and we ate the bread, but threw the mate away." "Why did you throw the meat away?" "Sure, sor, it was Friday."