Can Infidelity Stand the Test?

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A girl lay dying. Her father was an infidel, her mother a Christian. Her father had often ridiculed his wife's faith to his children.
Now a great sorrow is plowing through the father's heart. His child is dying.
Presently a weak voice is heard.
"Father, shall I believe what you tell me, or what mother teaches me out of the Bible?"
What a test! If infidelity can give comfort on a death-bed, here is the chance. What does the father say? Infidelity gives way before a father's love!
"You had better believe what your mother tells you," came the answer, earnestly and distinctly.
Yes, the Bible can stand the test of a death-bed. Infidelity cannot.
That Thou shouldst love me as Thou doest,
And be the God Thou art,
Is darkness to my intellect,
But sunshine to my heart.
Faber.