the ornament of his race, "I was sure of many things; there are only two
things of which I am sure now: one is that I am a miserable sinner; and
the other, that Jesus Christ is an all-sufficient savior." The closing
pages of Dr. Johnson's works are filled with simple little prayers to
his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. "I have lived long enough to know
what I did not at one time believe--that no society can be upheld in
happiness and honor without the sentiment of religion." This is the
language of La Place, the author of "La Mecanique Celeste," one of the
greatest books of the world. He spoke from real experience. He had seen
religion "abolished by law." He had seen the "worship of Reason"
established with the decapitation of seven thousand innocent citizens of
France. He had heard one of the apostles of Reason arise in the
Constituent Assembly and demand two hundred and ninety thousand corpses
instead of seven thousand. Then this man who had grasped the machinery
of the heavens, who had shown the absolute accuracy of Newton's great
discovery, wrote, in the same spirit of absolute knowledge: "I have
lived long enough to know what I did not once believe." Magnificent
testimony! Almost as valuable as the teachings of our own hearts! The
same statement comes from