The Infidel Confuted

A pious mother who was in the habit of catechizing her children on Sabbath evening, had gathered them about her in the nursery for that purpose, when an infidel physician who was in attendance upon her sick husband, entered the room and seated himself by the bedside. He heard her little children repeat answer after answer to the questions in the catechism, and at length interrupted her with the inquiry, "Madam, why do you teach your children such stuff?"

Fixing her tearful eyes on him, she said, "Sir, that it may preserve them from scepticism, save them, and nourish their souls when I am dead."

He left the room trembling before the power of her faith.