The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-02-01
Give rs Rest.n

Henry Ward Beecher, probably wish
ing to atone for his past crime OF ser
iously exciting humanity in general,
and Brooklyn ia particular, now kind
tells us there is no he'll. This would
be very nice. and we could forever
Danish this one great fear from our
mind. But somebody else rises TO ex-
plain that Mr. Beecher is I fraud, and
that there is a he'll. In proof of his
assertion MIR. Beecber 81 avs up the
love, indulgence and In roy of our
Creator to the best possible advantage.
And somebody else parades B.lzebub,
Lazarus, and the rich man, and quotes
fiery passages of the Bible uuEii we |
can almost smell the smoke of the but
tOmless pit. IF these wise men do not |
succeed in proving anything else, they |
will surely prove beyond doubt that |
there is no peace for credulous human
ity, at least on this earth.
We had just began to rest little
easy, having carefully ignored all re-
ligious argument, and discontinued
our subscription to all religious papers,
and concluded to take what Gene, and
not worry If it did not come at all. 1t
is true the boot black on the street, and
the passenger who arrives grIp-sack in
hand, just in time TO see the train dis
appearing in the distance, occasionally
remind us of the much disputed ques-
ton. But we could stand that and
might haYe been happy man to-day
had not Professor Delap scared us out
of three or four years. growth, by tell
ing us that every time we light our
coal oil lamp we are liable to touch off
mine of destruction. That our own
LIE and an unlimited amount of our
friends property is at the mercy of a
set of dishonest coal oil dealers some
where in the east. The Professor
means well, of course, and we honest
ly believe he is just as well posted
on his subject as Mr.. Beecher and his
opponents are on theirs. According to
the Professors test the oil in question
ignites at 3or different degrees ofheat.
OF course it must be three or four times
more liable to explode. OF course the
professor means well, but If he had
known how nervous we were under IA
vorable circumstances, and what fear
ful nightmare we endured while our
better-half sat up and read just few
more pages of Beedle's history, the
other night, after we had retired, 1t
would have thought twice before he
had his article published. He may
think he has great advantage over Mr..
Beecher and his opponents, as he has
chemistry as his proof, but as the pub
lie are about as well posted on chemis-
. try as they are on the fearful hereafter
we fan to see the advantage. If the
, professor should tell the public tina;
: hydrofiuoric acid was 8 good wash fol
the face and hands, no doubt many
persons would try it, If no one else told
them better. Not that We are particu.
7 larry ignorant as a people, but q
r knowledge of chemistry is something
, we do not often need in every day life
f The Professor says, ''if a lamp in any
way misbehaves, it is a safe rule &c
: conclude that the fault is in the oil. ,
Our stove often misbehaves in various
ways, and we have always supposed
the fault was in the pipe and f1ue, but
hereafter our coal dealer will hear from
, US. While the Professor points to ar
imaginary picture of few fragments
a of broken glass, and dark, smoking
q object flying above, bearing ruin, oul
religious friends point to another inter.
, esting picture of a fiery lake of brim.
, stone, and both tell US there's where
we will end bodily and spiritually
Either the Professor and the minister:
q must be victims of imaginary scare.
crows, or we are gone up communi,
, ty. Would it rot be well to let us live
in peace while we do live? Perhaps
the Professor and the reverend sirs
, think it nothing more than right and
just to keep us in state of mental tor
ture on this earth, so that we will be
a | better prepared to endure the coming
horrors of the FEARFUL future. Now il
3 Prof. Tice would only come to the
front and predict an earthquake or two
and prophesy for Kansas a volcano
compared with which Vesuvius will
, be a mOle-hill, the much aggravated
! question of hell would be dropped fol-
, the present; or at least it would lose
! its terrors when compared with Oul
q present condition. QUILP.