A New York City missionary, accustomed to speak in the lowest sections of the city, was going to hold an open-air meeting in Paradise Park. Before he began to preach he heard a man in the crowd say, "Damn the Bible,anyhow." He mounted his barrel and announced, "My text to-day is 'Damn the Bible, anyhow.'" That made that man and every other man eager to hear what he was going to say next. Then he told why the devil wanted the Bible damned: because it closed up all liquor stores and brothels, cleaned men's lives and taught truth and salvation.
