Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-01-07

. svss anxfeus, and for waas Of means
1nformasion or possessing them, cteo
> g trust the educated, shs interests sf
: soul in the sussrnal world uos even o,
tiag himself to saie trouble to s1qu3
whether the prsssader Be . good man,
hyPocriss, Ware some friend 10 info
AHA thai his seaaAer was q bad man. n
h@d betrayed his Ganadense, without I'd
herinjusy, Or ceremony, the ffiend woa
be pnheeded, and be charged with bel.
AS >2any to oar tsbelevsd pastor &" b
Ntehs be Informed by the sans friend th
an accident had psfaiisn one Of bis fan
lEy or his horse, or fhis OK, or that . mi.
ssser Of aaathss belief had stolen hor,
the friend would be believed With thank
/ Ih1s i is: The man of the profeasio
eS divinity whether be be insdel al bea,
Afad an enemy to his country or hieote
'enshaEiast andts honest With che gualifi
cations named, bears Of the better iudp
ment of bis uninformsd dupe, and precip
ttases hisTictim into his own nsshes o
'rretFieVable ruin; on the contrary til
open fuddel proceeds 10 the same work O
treason declaring his intention TO disc
hey GODS word because 1t was mol In
sptred; in other words, the isfdel wb,
avows himself as such, says ''I lecture OF
'F!IdeI pri"eipiss''' while the infdal hyp.
ocrite in sacFadotal robes promulgates th,
same doctrines BY the same t' prineiples,
onder false presenses.
In "AVine's CyeIopediA Of M1raI and
Religious Anecdotes" !" and the, follow.
ing:
"ISTIDELs GosG MAsKxp.-At an in
hdeI meeting in New York, Johp A. Col
lens ono Of the principal speakers, dis
coarsed at leRgth upon the best means Of
Importing in6dslity. After a series of
rulings, against God and the Bible. and
everything sacred, be used this laguage !:
Il never deliver lectures on infdelftv,
but am constantly leeturing on sbs va
nous reforms Of the age. lecture on
'etuPefanee and anti-slayeEy, peace, on
moral reform, and socialism, &c, Ee.-
lot wherever 20 lecture on Rufdey
Thss Is our cause promoted
continually"
The only difference between the two, ia
That the lay infdsl is honest; but the
's7' Inhdcl, is dishonest; and hence the
'1ccess Of the Rer. infdel wisb the aid of
~a lay infdel, both on the same
'""tform, both laboring for the same
'"use-t tnGde!ity, hare accomplished the
'yect sought-utter ruiz of our once
.aPPy nation.
Ito" can you expect to be forgiven of
he people you have destroyed, or escape
h. just judgments of the God you haye
anied?
You harangue the people of your focks
sliA lies on your lips, when you assert
our Innocence Of the charges brought
sainss you IN this discussion.
faa have been warned of the fearfu!
onsequenees Of the teachings of your
'Iergy, to the people in the Sunday
euoo.s, lecture rooms, and pulpit, and
7fItings Of yourselves, and other traitors
or half century, and you have un-
eeded all prophecies, and admouitions
n tho subject of your abomiuations.-
'a have been notified that if you per-
lSted in this iniqaitous course the nation
-oud be destroyed, dissolution and civil
'"T would be the result; and you scotfed
ls patriots who admonished you, bv
'eeFingly applying to them the epithst
Upion-saveE."
You are guilty Of all with which you
re charged, and more as you will pgoba-
" be made aware Of before this discus
on is ended.
Say no more, o ye Rev. traitors against
lese truths, or against those who utter
'em; your dsseerated pulpits, are testi-
ony against you; and you can neither
lecessfully deny, or gainsay them. l.
You are challenged 60 make the al
mpt. L. /