The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-15

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Court House. 10 the town OF Jasper, ID,
bois county. Indiana. on the End Nor
day in February. 1856. between II
hours Of ten o'clock A. N. aud fou
O'Clock r. ~. Of said day, IN the manDt
prescribed BY law, and that such ssl
will be continued from day to day, unit
sll Of said lands and lots are disposed o
IsIDoRE SCHUMACHER, A. d. G.
II Jan. 9Th. 1885 NJ 4w.
A Card from Tol Bartl in whicI
d he pays his Compliments (?) to
I "DefendeP OF Truth" (7)
alias Or. Burrif.
EDITOR CoURIER We ask space Il
this weeks issue OF your paper, in orde
70 answer Dr. Burris' "Reply to Romeo,
in the Washington Gazette OF the 1911
of Dec, 1885, in which the Dr.. come
bravely ~ to the rescue Of his Lord ant
Mater, Elder w. II. Krutsinger. owe,
,'the Ron ne plume Of defender OF Truth.
! This is evidently misnomr. A mor'
appropriate NON de plume for the doctor
would have been "Defender OF Krut
singer :" or better one still, "DefendeI
of the Devil"
We don't mean TO nay by this tha
these two latter terms are synOnym0us
or in other words that Krutsinger IL thu
Devil. or that the Devil is Krutsinger
hut We mean amply, that for one to de,
fend the doctrine proclaimed by Krut.
singer. viz "That the trans,atars OF
the Bible were drunkards and dcbauch.
ees," he had Ne well defend the Devil,
hn AAs <&( n vi
will just as certainly lead to "His
Satanic Majesty" . that water lows
down hill.
Hence. II is not ~ al TO be wondered
'at that the doctor should talk about .the
Devil The calls II Satan owing 10 HE ex-
cessive modesty) walking hither and
thither over hills and valleys, seeking
whom he may devour." and that he es-
pied ne, - country school teacher" 10 do
his Satanic work. The trouble about the
whole business ie this, doctor: You
remind us Of one who commits .
criminal offensc. He IL pursued and
ovestaken in his crime He then IN or
der 10 throw or suspicion. n possible.
turns upon his pnrsuer and cries "Stop
theft" Mr.. Krutsinger can not be
shielded ia any such way. Ne bss pro.
Iclsimed 4 hellish doctrine and has been
|overtsken IN Il You need not now.
doctor, cry out, stop thicfr Mr.. Krut-
singer Il the guilty part and, not us
But the doctor says ave are alvsvs
ready TO defend the truth" aud that tho
one wants 10 yet out Of y hist was said .
Are you REALLY 10 esrnest about thi.
msster. doctor? DO vOu mean "a de-
fsnd the truth /? and u II tact thst no
one wants 70 get out nf what wa- said ~
Well. now. LEI us see what the ''truthr
is, and then We will know what was
said We re-sssert what We asserted
formerly, that Dir. KrufsInger proclsisn-
ed from The pu pit, THAT The transls.
'0rs Of the Bihle two in number were
drunkasds aud dehauchees.s We 81,
lhis j. the struih" Now for the proof:
STATE OF INDIANA,
DAVIES County. ~
We, the undersigned, being duly
sworn. on our oath say we werc pres
mi in the Christian church house, Il Al |
'ordsviIIe, Dsviess county. Indiana. On
SATURDAY. night, Nov. %. 1885, aud hesro
Elder w. II. Krutsinger use The follow
ng language In HE sermon. viz: That
King james had appointed seventy per-
ions 10 translate the Bible, aud that tbey 1
serc drunkards and debauchee<.v La
'onius WaiIs, John e. Horrsil. Joe. IA.
Parker, Miss Lou. Walls. Mics Beile
Walls. Charles g Camp, Mack Gootee.
Nm g Allen.
Subscribed and sworn to. before me,
bic 2ist day Of December, lSs5.
w. w. KYLE, , r. (Seal.l
Now, what say you Doctors You are
iwsys ready 10 defend the s'truth.v|
b and mo one wants TO ret out oil
hat was said2 Well, Il 90. You mustls
ecesssrily then give the lie 10 your own Il
ssertion. viz: The statement VA made
hat part Of the seventy trsnsIators ofI,
ling James version we're drunksrds I
nd dobauchees II
We ere willing for the reader 70 pass 4
1dgInent We made the assertion Cha,
Lsuisinger said that Slhe trauslators oil
1e Bible 10 ID number, were drunk srtls y
nd dsbsuchees." We s,smd Corrobcrn. !,
~ " eight witnesses, who swear On /
ath, 70 the same state Of facts. Wei
AVE proven our seeestion. What more 4
- any one sski You, doctor, staud 4
pis,ary and alone. II
Oh, doctorl your "stop thiefn dodge (,
loo thin; you cau'l gull the good
eople Of this community In any such
ray.
But the doctor, In order 10 mystif,
,Slicrs little more says: We are not I'll,
and holds UP bic hands IN holy 4
error aud AXIS the reader. .Wh.t
v0uld you think 0t : peopie WIN wnm,d y
'np'oy man 70 defend them. thai
1skes no pretensioms to ChrstianI.y. |,
"a who has not even : good mora !
hxracter?" Oh, dearl
No, doctor, We are not Christian II
either are We hypocrIte. W. hone |,
ONE day, 20 be : Chrissiap, but God ~. \
I'd that We should ever en,brnce X.
octor's kind of Christianity, Viz: .Thas
ne transiators ofthc bible were drnnr
rds and dcbauchees. = ''''' ~ s'
Aud we neye mot even . good moral |
harsctcr }" chf Well, We have no
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