Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-02-25
Yours Truly,
a BELIEF IN GOD
To the Editor of the Eagle.

| To the Editor of the Eagle.
| In reference 10 that article in last
| weeks EAGLE entitled "A Belief in
God, Your correspondent at this place
would like 10 offer few remarks
Not in spirit of controversy please
note, but because certain of the aSser-
| tons made by "A l.. T." seem TO be
too sweeping 10 be altogether just
When Il man rejects all belief in God.
he is nearly ready for any use the
devil may have for him. aud then zoe,
on and calls that man an ''iBfiIcl " 1t
is the materialist who rejects ''all be
lief in God" While believing in
Supreme Being. or great first cause,
the iniiiel rejects the Bible a. His re-
vealed word given through direct in
spiratiOn. just is the Indian "sec-
God in clouds the infidel sees Him in
all animated nature. 1t would be un-
fair TO judge the whole membership
of Il church by some rOor, unworthy
member whose standing is very low:
even the most prejudiced ought to all
NIT that it is equally unfair TO CON
denim a whole class of people on ac-
count of few. Ii is said that "Satan
finds mischief for idle hands" and it is |
probable that his Satanic Maj |
"sty finds much more lin |
proportion) Tor protesting believers.
than for the class to whom 4. l. L. |
refers. Il: death be an eternal sleep,
if there is no court hereafter whose |
decisions are infallible, where the
wrongs aud injusticcs of this life are
righteousiy adjusted, and every man
receives the just reward of his acts.
there is little left TO restrain outbursts
of passion. lust and hatred" Alas
for the honesty and morality of the
man whose fear of future punishment
Is the chief motive actuatin@ him. In
speaking of Immortality, Tennyson in
his ''Memoriam" says, I'VE have but
faith. we cannot know" but he thinks
that if humiliation is our destiny, then
life is futile. as il is frail. Another
author, whose tendency is toward ma
tcrialism says, "To live in hearts we
leave bch ind, is not TO die
Again, Tcnnyson SAYS, Ills better
to have loved and lost. than never 10
have loved at ALL and why not say
''Twere better to have lived and died.
than never TO have lived nj ALL" How
many beautiful lives we may see. if
We are observant enough, whose gov
erning motive is 10 do right because
il is right, not wasting strength and
time in vain vain. futile specula;ions.
the unknowable future. Ii
may be taken for granted that have
lot much faith in a life 10 come"
Such, however, is not the case. As
Don would | doubt the fact of my ex-
stence Is that the soul of man is inn
Mortal. Blu, that Is no reason should
Xpect everybody else to believe the
anne way. Christianity, pure. consist
mt and devoid of bigotry i sublime.
; l. not more christianity. but more ,
that is needed TO bring abouI
happier state of affairs on this mum
lane sphere. When we turn the pages ,
Il history and read of many grand !
men who have had the pride and cour-
&c of manhood tortured on, of them !
II the mining prisons OF Russia. where
he head of the government rules by
IivIne right. recognizing the bible as ,
he only authority, it is only natural I
q ask where i the humanity in that
And yet if the proposed ,
10 our constiiulion-that {
4 making the bible the foundation of
Nv and Christ the acknowl- :
dyed ruler-bc comes law, lust
uch scenes of barbaric cruelty
: were witnessed in Cotton
fathers time. may be repeated sill
yer our land, for the hands would 6
hen turn backward upon the dial. n
link of Boston in the early days and
ontrtsi it with the Boston of today, O
here will be found the headquarters
iufideliiy aud adherents of every o.
ism, aud Vel it is the very center of :,
llture. =,
Mr.. Editor, this is notably an age of m
rosress and advanced thought. Not %
My men, but women also, are finding n
lie old conventional ruts aud grooves
70 narrow, and consequently they
ranch out and form new ones. We
Fed not follow them. But mark this: in
'osc men and women are broad and ~
beral. They DO not say, This is the ~