Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-28


The fo15o9inE quesfion having
been Submitted 10 scoIl<1e professor.
BE replied IN TIE Aibany Journal.
from which ve quo<.
DxAR PnosEssoz: Ars mot In
gerS0Ifs arguments unnnswernbles
Whist are you going 10 do ahout h.
SEVERAL STrpxxTz-
So you are ous half . dollar .psece.
are yoas No, no, / cAnaos answer
hiu- Boys. l recall the incident n
my eager snd impefuoes yoafh q
wasting pound and half Of bird
shot On small ovl followed him
from tree 10 tree. and shot away a
much ~ hstfui Of feathers. and
when be eied Of fatigue l found that
his body Sas about - large - 81
robins and J could put Il 70 no earth
y use DE Was deceptive target
II understand the gentleman from
Peoria. be wishes 20 IiLrrAfe youth
from the incubus and lhrAldom Of
saperssitution- That devasisfiag in-
ineace Of the country cser1ynas on
500 per annum and donation 10
What worries Robert. and be pro-
poses 10 cure and eradicate Il for the
lri1ing pisfance OF ts5o per lecture.
For fifsy cents he Purposes 70 fiberate
your mind from that Influence which
filtered into IL from the trembling lips
Of your mother. and free you from
the chains of superstition loaded
upon your soul by the rough, bu,
loving. hand OF your father. OF
course. be worries about you more
ihsn those old fogies did-fsr fifty
ceafs
Yoa look around yon in this city
here and you discover several millions
OF dollars invested in hos pitfalls, semi
naries and asylums. forced on the
suffering community by this same
mythical, miraculous and supersti-
tous incubus Of religion. You ask
the gentleman from Peoria where his
little public Institutions are, founded
BY his peculiar teachings. and he says,
10 an sbsentminded manner, Fifty
cents 81 the door Boys, you zee,
sometimes, q poor mans little funeral
procession, with . democratic wagon
and q little coffin In Il % small you
could carry It under your arm. A
poor couple walk behind II with
breaking hearts Their baby Is In
the little coffin. IL was their all.
Their hearts are broken. On, IL We
only had Bob there to tell them about
liberty, and myths, and miracles
tor fifty cents-how II would cheer
them upl
But you say, "There are 90 many
iniideis." Bay. you are mistaken.
An infidel 10 an abnormal growth,
and nature feels funny once Ia
while. creates . freak; e. g.. the liv-
ing skeleton, the fat woman and the
two headed girl. So there 10 about
one infidel 10 . million sane men.
The most OF these noisy fellows are
amateur infidels. They talk lnger-
soil in fair weather and pray them
selves hoarse every time IL thunders.
A well developed case of cholera
morbus will knock their infdelity out
Of them and leave them in cold
sweat like china dog in "A ice
house; know them. The most OF
them are like the boy who runs away
from home and comes back 10 stay
with father nights.
Then again, boys. take q look
around you when you invest another
tifty cents 10 liberty. and compare the
crowd with the kind of people you
lad In Amos, any church. Is II the
odor Of sanctity you SMELLY Hardly.
boys, hardly. But you can eat pea
nuts there, aud choke on the shells.
while you applaud the funny jokes
about the heaven, where you know
IN your hearts you hope your mother
is. or hear the humble Nazarene ridi-
culed, who. you think, AID always
will think, gave q home TO your
weary old father when he left the
earth.
Yes, boys. his arguments are un-
answerable, and | think the seasons
will come along. aud the churches
win continne 10 bloom, and all ma
ture will most exasperatingiy and
calmly perform her functions. II
Robert is not answered. You know
when the first steamer crossed the
Atlantic great philosopher was de
livering most conclusive argument
to prove that by no possibility could
steam vessel cross the ocean. and
that provoking steamer came snort
log. aud sizzling, and splurging
RICH, into the hsrbor. Boys. 50 win
Gods foolish children 60 right on
praying, and preaching. and dying,
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