The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-08-17

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Whitcomb reports his road in fine con-
dition and doing a good business.
ADVERTISEMENT.
A Mean Courage and Robbery in
school House No. 3. cambridge
Township, Dubois County,
state or Indiana.
Not without hesitation and with
feeling Of disgust. we relate the follow
ling event:
About eight days ago an advertise
ment was posted up at public places, no.
Itifying legal voters and candidates, that
Ia school meeting would be held on Sat-
lrriay, August nth, for the purpose of
lelecting d teacher. Out of what reason.
we cannot tell, the advertisements werel
taken away again and no meeting took
place.
But Il seems some one had taken no
fice Of the advertisement and came to
lie school house at the appointed time,
and not finding it opened, violently
broke open the door--and stole--no
school books or school utensils, Of which
There were 4 great many and some Of
value in the school room, No-notling
else but d picture Of our Lord Jesus
Christ. which was hung up back OF the
teachers desk.
The loss. pecuniarily considered, IS
mot very great, and hardly worth while
10 talk about: but the fact itself might
he worthy 10 he taken notice Of Maybe
\ | am right, mav-be not: don'tconsider
lmyself infallible; but that only said pic
iture was stolen away and all other
things Of value were left untouched.
This circumstances leads me TO the sug-
lgestion, that probably religious zeal or
lfanaiacism might have had hard In
1.-The procedure; and, therefore, ia assur-
ling the criminal my forgiveness, for he
Ibid not know what he did, l take the
opportunity to explain publicly, 70 my
lfellow-citizens, amongst whom 4 have
Ito live and 70 labor as teacher, MY views
about religion.
AZ for myself believe III Christianity
as divine revelation, because its facts
land doctrines ate 80 sublime that no
Imam could have made or invented the
lsame; and, because no philosophical
System Is 20 appropriate and adapted to
The wants or Tile human heart and even
mind a. the .Reyelalion through Christ
\ Very well, may some one ssay, and ii
was said, that may be All right 50 far
hut you--yeu ole Schifferling--yo you was
la protestant minister and y0u turned a
Icatholic; you turned from light into
darkness. and you hang up or have hung
lup images, and worship. and cause others
3 Ito worship them, in Free School house
II Not 90 hasty. my protestant friend.
!. catholicism il not SO threatening and
7 dangerous Ghost as protestant folks are
made believe to be. The calumniatisn
slthat catholics give to images divine
Z honor, Is 10 often and plainly repudiated,
\ tina. we would find it speaking to the
!. deaf, ii we should gire one word in de-
: fence. But let bile whisper In your ear,
, my dear friend Of another Ghost, more
Threatening and dangerous than catho-
4 Iicism--will you know and mind its
! name--we will tell yOu--it is "Preju-
Dice
Believe me my friend, was born, rails
led and educated in all the !prcjudiccs
lagainst catholicism, but DESTROYS OF
knowing the truth, as the Almighty
lmadc me, I did not shun the trouble o.
y lstudying catholicism, and looked thu
e lthrcatening Ghost in the face, and have
found out that catholicism is nothing
morc nor less than Charity and Love fol
lall mankind, and sectarianism involves
and exhibits nothing more or less thar
lssprejudice" against catholicism.
Notwithstanding you my protestan
friend, have your own way; you shall
mot be compelled to believe In any man
Experience, and we only give the advice
Don't be entangled in prejudice, bu
come and see.
DO you think, my protestant friend
that il was an easy task to gropc m,
path through all the prejudice | was ed
ucatcd in, environed with nearly unsur
mountable relatives and the tendcrcs
re- ties that bound me 10 professionalism, 4
n gropc my path through all hindrance
n INTO light and truth. Try! and yo
allwill see.
NJ But We will be short. Some one stol
IL The picture 0ut Of school house No.
Ia YoR may take the picture but you can
ks lnot wipe ont the footsteps Of our Lore
NJ lin historynn in cultivation Of mankind
vi Should any picture Of our Lord !
v-ESchool house No. Q be disagrneaOle
alIyour sight, please friend, DO 50 kind
ldlnot show madness toward the innoccr
N. picture, but come as man 10 I'll
cdcriminel.
bv BERNHARD ASgLEM STORYTELLING,
hc Hermit of Viromonticcllc.
Aug. i7th, l877--lw.