The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-04-13
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beterodox has been shed here Of late feel
constrained offer article for publication replying
kind of general way the spirit well letter
these false doctrines and therein upon the faith
of Christian people
Ever since the introduction Of Christianity into the
world h has met with opposition in some form or other
and yet were II not for Christianity the world woud
imagine be but miserable place for any of We owe
its present status-to the
acceptance Of the doctrines of the Bible and inf
deity as has been broadly but untruhfully asserted
To Christian and women that noble thought and
action which spring from minds actuated by divine in
huence does the world owe Its advancement towards
higher and better plane Of existence Human nature,
left to itself is bad, Passionate and selfish and Christi
any Is the only thing that has any power to make bet
ter That notwithstanding sin and wiekedness yet
vail is not the fault Of Christianity 1t Is responsible for
no man If man is mean. lowved. dishonest liar, q
swearer thief murderer it is not because he is a
Christian but because he is That there Of
rofessng Christians whose lives far from being
accord with their professions is not evidence that
Christian ty makes that it Is fraud That
such exist is but evidence Of Bible truth for
speaks of these very characters and describes them
ravening wolves.
1t does indeed, strange, when consider what
Christianity aims do for the human race that any
should wantOnly oppose it. But such be the
wiekedness Of the human heart that led op-
pose what is manifestly and reasonably for their
good UEbelief Is one Of the obstacles. and perhaps
one Of the greatest that Christianity has to
tend with. One cause of unbelief is the bigotry
and conceit Of men. Holy Writ says: "Seest thou
a man wise in his own conceit there Is more hope
of n fool than of him ;, InNdsHt q; ,..nI;.r h,o,a1
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not clear to the understandings Of Its well enough
to scrutinze and investigate and have ones faith built
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we are not to admit the truth of certain things in the
Bioe simply because we do not understand them or the
purpose Of their creation or performance the same line
Oh should lead Ne to reject many things in ma
ture- 1t said that God created nothing in vain and
yet many OF us cannot see for what good purpose the
ioathsoms lizard, the venomous reptiles, many savage
animals noxious insects &c, were created The com
mon house-ny we abomnate as pest Yet all these
things exist and must have been created by the
power that created all that is good and useful We might
extend the argument and likewise Of the punshments
the ungody are threatened with The skeptic exclams
oh, uod 700 sood 70 punish men eternaliy. Why
thnk more Oh God than these Christians do With just
a u'n reA'on gh' VIC say oi .ne norrid repnies ana
.nA' VIC Ano" 10 exist Oh' 1od never made such
hortlo tn'nss as tnose. he Is TOO good
cannot men eat the Bible with the same sense Of
and fairness tnat they exercise in regard to other
ningsi IL mas come down to us through translations
rom the original tongues with fewer departures from
the text than many OF the classics or much OF
'ncient history OF the yet people accept the latter
y truth, anu "a tine pure original |
Ihere Is no order OF benevolent character that has
lou he Dioe ior s ioundaton We believe there Is no
oar 10 an lhndei OF skeptc getting into Masonic or
'da feiows odgei at least they do get In there From
Bible these Orders draw their lessons their inspira
ION skepucs oeheve the Bible fraud, how can they
Doone 70 .nese orders and be consistent How dare
ney ake their oaths and solemn Obgaonsi leave it
U .neir own conscienoes
ioui INC oioe We get All our knowledge OF what We
NC sn lneey' win us eyes smut 70 the Bible tell
10 ol man orslnf Indeed, could it tell us our
Ame even man is nrst mentioned In Genesis, and we
previous 70 tnis from any source This
oA INC nr'' 70 zen US Oh our creation and the name
WINCH we arc aesisna'ed among created living things
Q. nueS "ouiu CAST tue "hoie record asde as
o' vi iAes, as un"ortny oi oeiet How clouded must
70 tne understanding Oh that men who would call the