Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-03-16

The Logic that Makes SkepttcS.
If there is anything which proves
. person to be bovr. rowdy, and
thoroughly a wretch, II IL to attend
q place where persons are met TO-
gether for purposes ofreligious wo'.
ship, and disturb the exercises, or
make mock OF them.
But we see going the roun!s ~
the Iowa press just now spccimen
OF logic which seems to ms very shah
low The following Item, which
originated, il onr contemporaries cred
it correctly, in the Jasper Republi-
can, we have seen in at least score
OF orr State exchanges
Terrible Warming to Scoffers-At
series Of rel gions meetings being
held at the Black Oak school house.
three miles north OF Lynnvil,e, a
young man by the name OF Foset,
on Monday evening Of last week,
while making light Of the services,
to the merrimcnt of few irrelio-
ious comrades, was suddenly strick
en- by paral ysis, as by an unseen han !,
and at last accounts was lying in
powerless and insensible condition.
The claim is, that the hand Of
Omnipotence intertcred to strike
down scoffers. Without stopping
to question whether this view IS one
that reflects credit upon Him who
rules the Universe. let rs see width.
er this sort OF argument would lead
us. The argument seems to be.
l. A man was scoffing at = relig
ions meeting.
2. He was struck down with para.
lysis.
3. Therefore, scofiing at religious
meeting is d.spleasing 10 God, and
dangerous to life.
Let us apply this logic in few
other cases.
Some three weeks ago, Mr.. Amos
Burrows, attending to some legal
business before Mr.. Rouser, Justice
OF the Peace at Rel Oak, Cedar
,unty, while answering some q,,es-
tons propcundeti by the latter, was
struck by paralysis, and died Instant
~. Therefore, attending to legal
business before Justice of the
Peace Is displeasing to God and dan
gerous to human lite.
A fortnight ago. Mr.. Williams
Frost, of Bellevue, Jackson county,
went ont to sweep the snow troiH
the sidewalk in front OF hisresidenca.
A short time afterwards he was found
dead upon the sidewalk. Therefore,
sweeping the sidewalk is displeasiny
to God AMI dangerous co ham,s,
life.
On the 9th of February, John Big
Glow, residing ten miles north west
Of Fort Dodge, came home from
church in apparent health, took his
seat at the dinner table, asked u
blessing-atter which his head drop
ped upon his bosom. His wife spoke
to HIM, but he did not answer and
on examination was found that he
was dead. Therefore, asking bless
ing b. fore meal is displca ing TO
God and dangerous to human hfe.
In .ockrilge township, Monroe
county, during one OF those series
OF protracted meetings, Mr.. Louis
Brant arose. and spoke in earnestness
of his bright hopes of heaven, closing
by saying, Il have wife an! two
children in the promised land, and l
am going to meet them, fand drop
ped TO the floor, dead.
At the Methodist church at Free
dom, Lucas county, few weeks
since, IN the absence of the pastor,
Mr.. Joseph Cary was called apon to
lead in prayer. After prayer, he
arose and spoke OF the Christians
trials ; said some great generals fin
ally suffered defeat, but shouted he.
"the Christian is always trirmphant."
The words were scarcely out of his
mouth before lie tell to the hoor,.
dead.
Therefore, it is slispleaslng to God,
and twice us dangerous, to speak AMI
pray in q religious meeting in earnest
ness and sincerity, As it is to do 80
in mockcry AMI blasphemy
Seriously, there seems t. us to be
much harm in sach reasoning as that
IN which the Jasper Rupu5lican and
its co-.aborers indulge. A vast
amount OF skepticisn is engendered
by this habit Of dragging in the snip
ernatnral interference Of the Omnipo-
tent-bnt ignoring it under precise
" similar circumstance elsewhere.
Besides. when so macn ado is made
over an argument so weak, it gives
tho opponents Of religion an oppor-
tunity to claim that all arguments in
behalf of religion arc corresponding.
" weak.