Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-16
AS TO
mr. TaIn.ss inquiries whether ~axshslszT j.
stale nnd Unreasonable.

Tie gnDa way. uno walk fifelNin, ans sc HhGu
ind rrst Tor vyar souls, aatf answered the
qnsstlnat -h Orthodoxy stale and Jnnen-
sanabie1 Following b a xsrbarim IMPORT q
A great Lauioa Eag hns ceme DIVA UPON
some 0f the ministers and some ef the
churches in the -haDa Of what IL eallal I'D
vaRced t~h0ugsat IN BihliraI interpretation
An OF them, and without q exception. deny
the MI Inspiration of the Blele. Genesis rs
an afIeglry. and thers ara many myshs in
the Bible, and thsy pfnlDscphize and gaess
the rcaso2 and exoiufe until they land in a
great ~consnsne Of mud. from winch. I iear.
for al etermty they viii no6 be able 20 extrs
cafs themselves.
The Bihie il not 0nl< mvsceis INSURED but
Il ~ divineiy pruteeteti in ia present shape.
You could az ensilF. without etegtien, take
trum the writings OF ShakesFAars Hamlet,
aud msrirats IN place GAsrsof Alexander
smiths drama a. nc any time during the
last L.5uA years a man could rave made any
Important changes in the Bible without i'm
ms=iiate dsterfian. II there had been an
element OF weakness. or of deception. or of
d-isintegratiou. the Bible womb long aap
haye tnllen TO pieces. Ifthee mad been one
loose hrirk or cracked cnsement in this caste
inced truth. surely the reimbursement OF eight
centuries wnuid have discover-i ana broken
through thnt importation. The faet that
the Bible stands intact, notwithstanding all
the furious assault ON all sides upon il. h
proof 10 me thar IL ts a miracle. and every
miracle IN Of God.
But. says some que. while We admit tar
Bible Is of God. il has net been understood
until eur time. Ms answer in. that il the
Bsiis BE- q letter from God. our Father. TO
man., His child. il il n0e strange tAas that
istter shouif have been written in such a
way that il should allow seventy grnerations
"a pass away and be buried Befnre the leftsr
coula BE- understood That would be a very
bright father who shculd write q letter for
the guidance and inteliigence Of his children
not understandable until = thousand years
after they we're barred and f0rcottan. While
as the yenIs roll ON oehRr beauties and excel
ieneies VIII unfold rom the scriptures. that
the Bible is sach a dead fsilurs TINT aIi the
Christian scholars for I.s00 years we're de-
eeised IN regard - vast nsaehss of Is menn-
ing, ~ a demand upon nv eTetulify 81 great
that i | bum myself az al disposed 10
yfeid sDft should tomorrow morning apply
At SONS insane asylum as unit To gDaione-
Who make up this prrcioss group OF adj
yanrr-i thinkers 20 whom God has made g.
peeiai reveiarlon in cur time Of that which
he tF1esi 10 make known thousands of years
ago and fhlled to make inreIiigiblef Are
they 10 distinguished for unwor4dline--, piefy,
and scholarship that II in to be expected that
they would have been chosen to iii up riIede-
ferfIve work OF Moses and isaiah and Paui
and Christi Is it AT all pssssibleg wonder
on what mountain these modern exegptss
were traTsfgnred7 wouder what star
pointed down to their birbhplaces Was IL
rhs North star, or the evening star. or the
DiSper As they came through and de-
seeRde-i 20 our world did Mars blush or Sa.
uIrn loosss one Of has ringss Nheu | inft cut
Of these wiseaeres Attempting 20 improve mp
on the wsrk of the Almighty and to inter-
lard IL with their wisdom and 70 suge
gest propheulc and apostolic errafa.
l am hiled with a disgust msufferahln. Adj
vant.Si thunghf, which proposes to tel the
Lord what He ought ts nave sand Thousands
OF years agu. and would have said il He had
been as sse as H5s ninrtssnth century critics.
All TINS comes Of living away bark IN the
etsrnities insteai Of ISIS. | fave two won-
dsrs in Fpsanl 10 these men. The first one il
how the Lord got alnnE without them bsfone
they were born. The serund wonder how
tine Lord viii grt along without them after
they ara deaL
But. : say some. 'du you really think thu
scriptures are inspired throughout Yes,
either ns history ar az guidance. Gihbon
and Tosephns and Prescott recsrEi IN Their
history a great many things they Gid not
approve of When George Bancroft puts
upun ais brilliant historical page the aecount
nt an Indian massacre. daes ne approve OF
rant massacres rherp are srnres OF things
IN the Bible which neither God mar inspired
men sanctioned. Either rs history or as
a~Tndaace the entirs Bible was inspired OF
God
But. snys Some one. DIDN'T you think
that the eopyists might have male mistakes
in transferring the divine words from one
manuscripts - saother'' Yes. no doubt
thers we're snrh Mistakes. but they no more
affs<t me meaning 81 the Scripo1reS than
tins misspeiiing Of a word or the ungramaor
eaf structure af a sentences IN TIE lsfst viii and
testament affect the ~vaisfIty or the meaning
- Ill AH
eopyisf< IA rhe seTigtures do not amount "a
ans nuue Importance than the difference boz
tween YOUR cling IN a document the wrni
brty- haFty or fuurty. fhfs bouk II the last
VII aud testament af God 70 eur Inst Rorist
and it bequeafhs everything m the right WY,
although human haEts may have damaged
the grammar or made HninstEiahis interps-
iaEion.
These men VITO pride themselves in aur day
ON being advaar~d thinkers IN Biblical inter
PFsslflOu viii al Of thHm end in atheism II
they live long enouxa. aEd | decsaze here to-
day they are doing more in the different de-
% Christians. and throughout
the world. for damaging Christianity and
hlnuerTEE the cauSH of the worlds better
mrut than 5000 Robert TnuprzoFs could do.
That MN b stands inside a enstie 10 FAR
more dangerous. Il he be an enemy. than
5000 enemies outside the castle. Robert g.
IH=ersol aEsailH the castle from the outside. /
These men who pretend "a be advanced
thinkers in al the denominations arr agHt-
ing the truth from the inside. and trying 10
shove back the bolts and SWING open the
gates
Vow. l am IN fayGr of the greaaese freedom
af r~eiigious Thought and discussion. I
would have aE mueh liberty for h-fsrotioxy |
as for orthodoxy LII Should rssugH my |
theories Of religion ! sisaid puslh-a Hhrm cut
aud cut. but o IN the building where I am
aa-rfTsfsxrawl - nraa.hD &C. ,~ - h..slN - I
a people who believe in an entire Bihie. and
u would Be dishonest in ne TO p~rumulgare
sentiments different from these for whirii the
builliing was put up. When We enter any
denomination as minister's Of religion we
TAKE a solemn vow thHt We viii preach the
sentiments OF that denomination. II We
eiIangs our theories. as We have "A rghf 10
change them then there il a world severaf
Thousand miles IN circumference. and there
are hundreds Of halls and huudrazis Of acade-
mics Of music where We caa Eentilate
our sentiments.
| remember that in all eur eitiee. n time sf
political agIta51on there ara the Republican,
h~endquartsrs and the Democratic -headauar-
ters- suppose / should 90 intooue Of these
headquarters pretending to bs in sympathy
with their work. aa the sane time e-lecfIoneer-
ing tor the opposite pnrfE. Ewonid soaa hud !
that the centrifugal fsrcs y7s rTeater than
the cenrr7petaf Ssw 4 q man cutters a de-
hIdltllsA4t9u MNdElrt3lIst GfaiuE y Solemn [
oata. as ne AL do. that va viii p~rumulgara
thu t~ss8ries of thar denomination. and chen
the man -hna proclaim some other theory he /
has broken 1s oath. and be - an oHr-aRd-
cut Ferrnerrr. AsxeFtaeies~, de~iare for
iarzest liberty in religious diarfiss.sun- I
would ms more have the attempt to reHr =
IN Thomas Pane infeF1arezf with /
than [ would have ~intererr-f with the Iffinr
% the splendid mounmras TO Washington.
LaTgesE Iiherty for tine body LARGEST liberty
fur the mind largest lbert for the -oaf.
Now ] want 20 show you. ~ n matter. Of
afsoeary aor what / hslieEs - De right. the
splandors Of orrhudUzT. Many have sup
pusrd that the disciples arr people NJ har
skulls. and no reading. and behind the age.
and the vSrfims OF guliibifity- / shiaIi show
you that the vord orthodoxy stands for the
splenfoss outside Of henTlin. Behold
rir spte1dur- Of ins achIsyernents. All the
of The guspA the world round
arp men who bssieve in an entire Bible. Cab
ruii q al the missionarss who aFs today
euduE-uE saerTffcrs IN the ends Of the earth
for tac cause ef rpiigion and the xaridfz ber-
Torment and they sii beirire IN an entire BIZ
bic. Just as soon ASA missionary begins 70
loubS whether there ever was a rsrdel Of
Eden. or whetaer there r. any -urh a thing ~
punishment. be comes right homr from
Bsyrssuu OF Aadrasi Al the MISSIONARY so
this DIV areofiiceFpsf BY oFthniDx men. I
and are Supported BY orthodox ehnruhe-.
Orthodoxy. beginning with the Sandwich
Irlantis. has captured vast rs.ion Of burbar
snr cirilizarssu, while ~heterudnxy has 10
capture the first sguare inch Blatant fur
many yehrs in Great B0tiaa and the United
States, and srFattinE aboux with a peacoekian
bragSatfouio, il has var N capture the first
continent the first state. the first township.
drsS ward. the first spacs Of ground as big a.
you enuid cover with the small end a9a sharp
pan. NiJesy-uins cut Of every hundred Of
the Protestant churches OF Amerira were
by people rho beIievei in an ENTIRE
The pulpit nov may preaeh some
Jther rospet. but II is . h~etsrodox gIn or an
srthosI0x carriage The fBundatiDn Of an
Hhe ciiurehes TINT arr Of very great nse IN
inns EOrid t0sfnY we're laid by men who be-
rhe Bible frDm Iid 10 hi. and IL I'll
rase Il IN t1af way I VIII not t2ke IL
az al, inst as Il / reviewed a hitter that pre-