Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-11-23
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published as early as 1910 by res
ponsible christian editor Of N. Y. City
The authors name is not now known
but it cannot, for moment, be sup.
posed that any reputable editor would
give publicity to such a statement
without good and satisfactory evi.
dence Of its genuineness.
Rev. Evan Stevenson, editor of The
Christian Lntelligencer, Georgetown,
KY, republished the article May 80,
lS45; and at the request of j. M
Jameson, Sept. %, 1875, forwarded it
to the Western Christian Aduocate at
Cincinnati, Ohio, in which paper it
appeared Oct. 81, 1875. The paper is
of considerable value as it is the only
rational clue to the Interpretation OF
the Age of Reason. DIG. STRONG:
About the first of February, 1905,
having some business with gentle.
man then residing in house near
William Street, in Maiden Lane, New
York, entered his store, and found
him overwhelmed with business that
required all dspatch.. Apologizing
for inattention, he asked me if ! could
wait awhile, and to induce me to d.
80. he proposed this inquiry, "Would
you like to sec Thomas Paine?" Ny
reply was, Very much indeed"
Then will introduce him to YOU"
said Mr.. b. "He is now in the sit
ting-room, behind the store, waiting
my leisure to select some articles that
he wants to purchase, and having
nothing to do, he said he could pass
the time in that just as well as in any
other place" Upon this we walked
into the interior room, and the usual
first civiltes having been exchanged,
the author of the impious burl, sque
on Christianity and were left alone.
A conversation Of an interesting
character occurred, respecting Napo-
Icons ernperorship, with the colIater-
al European topics and the probable
results, secular and ecclesiastical, Of
the then existing state Of France
During our intercourse, some remarks
had fallen from me in reference tn the
avowed confidence which Napoleon
placed in the officers Of his govern
ment who were faithful Huguenots,
and the marked suspicious reserve
which he ever manifested to the Ro.
mish adherents, except such men as
Fcsch, Talleyrand, Gregoire, Raynal,
and their confederatcs who might be
called prelates and abbes, but who
had abandoned "the unclean thing"
if they still were nominal Papists.
Probably the repetition Of sentiments
Of that character elected substantial
" and in many instances, | believe,
the precise words, of the ensuing dia-
loruc. On one occasion, when more
directly impressed with the principles
of divine revelation that I introduced,
Mr.. Paine remarked, with considerable
suavity, Excuse me, sir, but | cannot
help expressing my surprise that you,
who seem so conversant with general
history, should use language so much
like that of the religious fanatics. Il
only state my opinion, Mr.. Paine" Il
am. therefore, still more astonished," !"
Paine replied, that an educated, en-
lirhtencd man should profess to bc q
Christian believer" Ny reply was in-
"And am more amazed
that any we'll informed man should
not be believer. Permit me, then,
a. YOU have challenged me upon an
essential topic, to make the personal
to my principle You un-.