The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-01-28

called priest Of the Goddess Of Reason,
who is really nothing. or the humble
Jesus Of Nazareth. who taught that ia
love one another, i the true religion
You have before you the example Of
the christians of byeone centuries, icr
whom the lions Of the Coliseum. and
the stones Of the pagans had NO
terrors. who suffered and died for their
belief. and should you now after the
religion for which your ancestors
bled. has become firmly established.
be turned away BY the seductive
oratory and the smooth flowing words
Of this lecturer and politician. Nav
God help and sustain you for this
new battle. for sooner or later it will
come. the great hattie with infd-li,y.
it is gradually and slowly marshalling
its cohorts and in the fight that !. Ia
come let the though, of those argu-
ments OF ancient days. which were far
more potent than words. Undue you
with new strength.
There are other men as dangerous
as this one. the theorists. the eyolu-
tiOni>ts. the originators of grand and
intricate theories. What wonderful
creations they are. how far superior
are their massive brains in every
respect To those III common morials.
Of course although some If their
specu!ations are too profound for
ordinary minds. they cannot but be
true, nothing false can emanate from
such august and wise personageS, they
have but 10 make their statements
they may not be credited by the
masses. but the masses are peer
ignorsnt clods who know nothing. and
their stupidity should not cause these
erudite gentlemen To become M all
rufiIeti. Is some 81 them sometimes
are. Yes. publish Your theories. cast
adrift Your spcculations to ruin the
Young. and enjoy yourselves in Your
prominence. Think If yourlal,or has
been rewarded, when you see the
youthful mind over which YOU have
spread your dark covering, and the
Young hearts into which YOU nave
nstillei your deadly venom. when
rOu see the aged mother mourning
,ver her son lost in the mire ei
lnbelief, and the father whose old
heart is breaking "n account ii the
Owed one lost, are you repaid. Go
ook at the scofiers. the >o?his,ers, the
whom you have turned loo.e
q blacken everything good and holy
with their cold and cutting ridicule.
md then consider your reward.
These men even 90 80 far as to- saw
hat he earth WAS originally formed "A
.Oncourse Ut Stones, that life va.
ormed by similar assemblaga under
certain chemical conditions. one could
Is well say that a watch Is composed
Il atoms which well mixed together
md BY some unknown process came
orth created and perfect. 1t Is absurd
q sav the least Of II.
But to return 10 Mr.. lngersolI. He
wishes Us 10 bow the knee before this
ocalled Reason, il has been done, and
he remembrance of il is not So
bliiera.ed that we rush b!indIy forth
md worship. During the French
Revolution. maddened by long penr
~ passions. men even went SD far "a
q abolish Co.'s worship. AMI parade |
conrtesan up and down the streets |
{ Paris. who was To he their new
i"ddess, and the resnl, was frightful. |
was over;hrown. the moral
iw was taken away and the govern
nent was literally forced 10 restore
he worship of God. and the French.
hat noble and ciivalrous nation have |
ut yet recovered from that suicidal
low which they in their frenzy dealt
And it seems a. though NV vouuy
nd inexperienced eyes cnuld see
'rther into the evil Of the future. n
,e the great battle going on and fear
u chaos accompanying. and 1 hide
" eyes from the sight. And again I /,
NIX. see the battle won, and the
nth recovering from the shock but i
las. many have fallen and the field is
Drrible to look uron, And again I
ose nv eyes and the third time /
ok and | see the nations of this earth
rising above the dark clouds which
i've enveloped them, and l see them {;
,joying the fruits Of honest labor and
,acefnl conduct. The word had i
IS dropped from the vocabularies. I
mine and pestilence no longer |
reich their grisly shadows over the :
ir lands of the earth. and the low I
lien roariDgs Of the infnriated d
,ople no longer cause the rulers to
emile. The Communist, Nihilist. $
ID the revolutionizer have long since v
and the command. "thou a
alt love thy neighbor as tn. self"
literally obeyed. And then the d
essiah comes for the second time, {
d at last, Oh, joy Of joys! Eternity e
4 Night Among the Flounders.
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