The Astonished Atheist

An atheist, being asked by a professor of Christianity, How he could quiet his conscience in so desperate a state, replied, "As much am I astonished as yourself, that, believing the Christian religion to be true, you can quiet your conscience in living so much like the world. Did I believe what you profess, I should think no care, no diligence, no zeal enough." Alas! that there should still, by Christians, be so much cause given for the astonishment of atheists!