The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-05
before the Inquisition Again.

There is nothing so much calculated to get the
average One-horse preacher on his ear, as the ex-
preston of little honest wholesome sentiment
that conflicts with the narrow and bigoted doc
trines which he has learned, by a regular course
of schooling, to preach. 1t makes him frisk
about, and kick the dashboard, like fractions
horse in hy-time. certain class of these gospel
mongers in this part of the country seem to be
badly worried by an irreyerant and perverse rep
rebate named Sol. Miller, who, it seems, is some
times in the habit of hurting cat what he thinks
even if it is contrary to the orthodox faith. We
have several times, especially of late, been the
object at which COB of pulpit .meekness, boiled
down three quarts into. one, has been hurled.
The last fork full was slung by Rev. Mr.. Biggs,
the Methodist preacher at White Cloud, last Sun
day. The town was still in fever heat over the
late murder, and of course, it naturally compos-
ed part of the sermon; and in this connection,
he got off the following: He "wanted Sol. Miller
to put in his paper, this week, that the man who
committed the murder here last week, was not a
church member"
We have no acquaintance with Mr.. Biggs We
met him once, for about half q minute, short
time since, when at White Cloud, and think that
during that time, as well as during the whole time
we were in town, we did no act which even he
could condemn. Our columns are free for church
notices. and churches are not backward about
availing themselves of the privilege, even if the
preachers pay us with kick. We have had our
say about preachers of the Beecher stripe; but
we do not think that any reader of the Chief can
truthfully charge that we have been in the habit,
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perpetrators belonged to church or not, unless
the fact had some special bearing upon the deed
certainly not for the purpose of casting Odium
upon the Church.
We now comply with Mr. Biggs' request, and
state that, to the best of our knowledge Hurst,
the wife-murderer, is not church member. We
might stop with this announcement, but are NOV
ed to make some additional remarks; and in so
doing we shall quote writings and refer to men
that Mr.. Biggs endorses.
Moses was a murderer. Exodus, liz IL, u. He
also instigated murder, and melted to prostitu-
ton. Numbers, XXI: IL, lS
Solomon murdered his brother Adoniiah, be-
cause he wanted one of his seven hundred wives
and three hundred concubines. 1st Kings, IL: %,
"a, 25.
Law blidu ioi MS Nllcy dllOl nav
ing committed adultery with her. I'd Samuel,
xi: 2 to IL.
The Emperor Constantine, who presided at the
Council of Nice, where the Bible was manufac-
tured, and who saw in the sky a flaming cross
bearing the inscription, "With this you will con-
quer," was another lovely specimen. See Apple
tons Cyclopedia, Vol. 5:
vain that jealous writer's tried relieve
COnsantines reputation from the crimes committed to
satisfy his ambition However they may have succeeded
himself their better in moral qualities His faith
ern-law his brOtherinaw, (LiciniusD nay his
Crspus his nephew, 1.-THE of Lcnius boy Of II years
and lastly his wife Fausa successively his victims
1t said by Zosmus and SOzOmeaus that he became
vert Christianity only because the Pagan priests refused
to absOve him from those crimes but not much reliance
TO be placed this assertion Constannes character
scarcely the belief that he seriously troubled
by nor it to be supposed that the Pagan priests
at that time scrupulOus in regard to the sins
Of EmperOrs. As and politician but scarcely
from religious motives Constantine favored and protected
Christianity though he baptized only his death
bed
Now, what we are driving at is this: The
great lights above mentioned, with many Others
not mentioned, whose hands were red with the
blood of murder, are supposed now to be promi
nent among the hosts of Heaven. May not Bill
Hurst repent, be born again, regenerated, bap-
tized at the last call, and get seat in the New
Jerusalem, by the side of Bro. Biggs and some
where near the pew of Moses, David, Solomon,
and Constantnel