The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-07-03

OF humanity no claim upon your knight'y
sysmpathy?
In your blind wrath, O brave knight
YOU make reckless assertions. You char
acterize my report as scurrilous and my
statements as "illogical, malicious and
weak lies" There is another book besides
the Bible that I would commend to your
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Dictionary. A
lie is an untruth with intent to decesz'e
Do you imagine that any reader Of the
TRIBUNE, except B. w. Darlington, Il
stupid enough not to understand that
repo-t' The leading statements Of the ar
ticle are Mr.. Putnam's, the logical infer
ences are my own. MIR. Putnam did re-
cite that bit Of church history. Mr.. Put
nam did say that Christians do not think.
Mr.. Putnam did advise his hearers to read
the Bible without the aid Of men who had
made a special study Of the scriptures,
though he seemed willing enough to in
terpret them for US himself Mr.. Putnam
did try to construct for his audience sys.
tern Of morals based upon the n'ore.than-
one.'nan theory, and in which God was
lett out entirely. And worst than all. Mr..
Putnam did say that he did not believe in
Deity. Were it not that you would cry
''scurrious, malicious" We would assert
that man who does not believe III a God
is fit subject for ridicule, If indeed he be
not more fit for that place with which you
seem so ta,niliar-the lunatic asylum.
You are mistaken B. w. G., in thinking
that Christians would deny you the right
to think. My personal opinion is that
your intellect in its present excited state,
would not bear too great a strain. Try to
think soberlv, do not become tretful if
Christians reserve the same right Of
thinking, and above everything, seek all
possible light on the questions that now
distract YOU. This question Of Religion
is not to be comprised by your single
mind, however mighty You may, in your
supreme egotis,n, imagine it to be. You
are peevish and angry Cool your think
err that you extoll SO highly, with the ice
you would furnish me. Sit down and
calmly consider your colossal ignorance
for several weeks, and you may perpaps
then know the limitations Of your intellect,
and begin an examination of authorities in
humble earnestness. AS it is now, Mr..
Putnam and Col: Ingersol are the lights
Of your mental armament. You doubtless
think that the claims Of the Christian re.
ligion deserve no more consideration than
those Of the Mormon outfit. This is a
grievous error, my little man. Have you
read none OF the Christian Evidences:
Have YOU ever read Buffers Analogy,
Have you ever read airy reply to Col. In.
gersolls rehash of Tom Palmer fnot,
read I-ambert'> "Notes on Ingersoll."
The notes are couched in easy plain
English which you might read without
suffering brain fever.
You say tina, the report is one of the
"most beautiful illustrations of Christian
charity that has (sic). come to your notice"
There you are again q "brave" Knight,
whirapering about "Christian charity"
Why is it that YOU and your friends wish
to be treated with such tenderness: A
"bru,~' man as you in your letter say you
are, would not Cry for SO much quarter.
The Knight of old was more willing to
give quarter than to ask it, Your nerves
are upset. What you need my tiny little
man, is not charity but bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup. You say also
that it took me a week to- concoct (sic)
my report. That statement is but another
OF the way you theorists argue
from insufficient data. There is one SEN
tence in your letter which you would have
done we'll to have "taken week" "to re.
You say the worst that we can
do is to "wri,c ill.man ner ed, abusive, illogi.
cal malicious weak lies OF these brave
men, Yes, that is exactly what we wished
to do. 1t was the lilies of these brave
men, that we wrote. AS Il matter OF fact
It did take us long ,i,ne--several hours
10 set down the lilies of these brave men,"
W. have not the happy faculty Of dashing
of rhetoric regardless of the feelings of
Goold Brown. We generally revise our
proof too, to see that we do not boast of
our ''bravery.' We know of your bravery
o gallant Knight 1t takes the courage OF
4 Most or a Parsons to deny what YOU dare
'eny. "Wha: man dare you dare" You
would make magnificent Macbeth, IS.
pecially upon the entrance Of the ghost.
\ es, as you say, you "are advancing" II
YOU continue to develop at the same rate.
'ou may finally reach the heavens, but