Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-12-03
December 3, 1881
from he capital
4 Mat Of the G-orld.cs. Bob lnger,oH

10 the Editor of TIM CArfTAI.
While I'll the people are agoe a thewoH
dcrful mental eyrators Of tie Royal Bob
I thought it possible something irom 8 mai
Of tie world, outside of and away from
biblical disputation, might be acceptable.
call him Royal Bob because I believe
him possessed og royal heart and head
Ike latter temporarily deyiatng from nor
nd lines tnToaeh the internal spirit Of in
tolerance which he so much condemns il
the chnrchmen.
Let Us see what lis highncs- teaches.
lie teaches the young mother lingc1inl
over the .li,ping prayer Of her frst-rou
"Now lay ne down to sleep" that th,
faith of her childhood, strengthened BY til,
thought and experience of riper years anC
yirtuous life, is delusion; that there j.
10 merciful and responsive ear to answer
the;nnocent appeal of her darling.
lie teaches the family mourning over the
body Of the father on whose brow the ever
lasting impiint--of death is stamrod. that
the leg body soon to be reduced to dust j.
all that i, les Of the noble life that strewed
their pathway with roses and who has SC
twincd himself around the tendrils of thciI
hearts that parting wi.houthope Of reunion
would blast and withcr ,heii liyes.
He teaches the haxon-Laircd boy, Just
emerging from the Gower-bestrewed path
Way Of childhood and entering the danger
GUS channels of knowledge, as, heart-bro-
ken, he clasps hi4 dying mother in his arms
that tie promise SIZE whispers with her ex-
piriny brcathlmy darling ae viii meet il
heaven, Is 'ne infatuaiion Of ignorance
that there is 10 heaven, and that all hcl
virtues. when the breath leaves her, perish
forever.
lie teaches inc wife, PROSTATE at the i'm
pending death Of tie father Of her children
vixen she olTcrs q gricfs,riclcn prayer fol
mercy to her Creator, that her act is as
brainlcss as that Of the dog that bays th,
mooa.
lie teaches the husband and the It'll,
oa4s. kucelins around the bedside in pray
or to God that the dire caiamityof mother.
death may be aycFted, that the barbari,
var-whoop Of a Camancha indian would I,
equally as effective and approrria.a az theil
prayer for mercy.
lie teaches mankind 10 let 60 the anchor
age that makes life bcarahle; that in thi
aye and country cuitiyates and encourage
All the noble emotions, and is the mainstay
Of al the moral forces Of society, and offer.
nothing as a substitute for lis blasting phi
lo-ophy.
He teaches tho world that the Sabbath
chime,, which for many centuries in many
countries have called christian families 70
worship. are a device Of yillainy; that thc
cdifces dedicated to tie worship Of tie
christian God are clarnel-houses built By
wages extortcd from ignorance.
He teaches his generation that there is no
hope beyond the grave; that al that is Vi
tai Is the body; that we ere created only %
struggle and suffer for three score and ten
years that whether our lives be gloriiied
by all the virtues or damned by all the Vi
c., a common and eternal scpuichre yawr S
for all
The man Of the world says he so teaches
because the utmost energy Of lis great mind
i, devoted to the destruction Of the chris
tian faith, in which, if successful, the chris
tian world would be without a religion and
without a God.
Our Pagan Prince enthrones reason. and
seductiyely discusses the benedeence, the
mercy and the grandeur of its sway.
The God Of reason had worshippers in
other times the bowling mob that govern
ell Paris in the revolution Of 50 were the
deyotees of this deity. Their deeds distort
and blacken the pages Of history; the street.
of Paris run red With the blood Of the inno-
cent. The world has properly described
file reign Of this God as tie reign Of terror
The accusation of aristocrat, whether true
or false, consigned The accused to speedy