Three Young Men Deny God
Illustration★★★Immediately after committing the crimes for which they suffered, one evening they heard the family with whom they lodged employed in the worship of God. This suggested the question, ether there is a God, and a world to come? After some discussion, they came to this conclusion, “That there is no God, and no world to come!”’—a conclusion, as they themselves acknowledged, to which they came on this sole ground, that they wished it to be so.
The point
Overhearing a family's evening worship, three men who had just committed crimes debate God's existence and conclude there is none, admittedly because they wished it to be true.
Tone
Sobering · Cautionary
To tell aloud
under a minute · 77 words