The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-02

1t is difficult thing to keep the
mind on any sensible course of reason
ing when an overbearing fraud insists
at every word in elevating the voice for
the express purpose of drowning n
opponent: besides adding emphasis 0
such a procedure by digging" per-
SON in the ribs every other time, Oh
striking one with the hand upon the
limbs or back. At this stage, law. er,
doctor, and farmer came in, and it
began to look like one 10 four. But
once having mbarked, determination
IS made not to cry quit" until some
satisfaction is secured.
After the formalities OF an introduc-
ton, we again set religious sails against
sitter breeze caused by tho appear
ance OF the three gentlemen. "Now,
tell me what sense there is in believing
IN the Bible, and what right you have
to believe in it?'"
If for nothing else than the moral
Lessons contained in 1t, IL would pay to
become familiar with it; and as much
right for believing in Christ as you have
to believe in Lord Byron, you have so
generously quoted.
THERE IS AS MUCH EVIDENCE
to establish the mission OF one as the
works of the other; besides Josephus
speaks of Christ"
oh! Cd On it, why Nathan,
speaking to the lawyer here's man
that does not know that the account
given by JOsephus was a forgery and
he never had anything TO do with it,"
A few isolated passages were then re-
terred to for the express purpose of
ridiculing, with q triumphant air, and
he added, There, look at that" refer
ring to some of Moses laws; that's
d-n pretty God that would require
such things, isn't it?"
Don't be too fast in your depuncia-
ton. Do you understand the condition
of the people in those days? Wby
take those instances and attempt to ap-
ply them in our day? With equal pro-
prlety could you take the laws of the
land enacted thousands OF years ago,
md "ttempt to apply them in our
day."
On. you're a fool! Stop! You
won't let me say word"
My dear sir, [ always like to copy
after great men, and in this IN only
70 lowing your illustrious example,"
The lawyer took up the word cudgel.
and very strongly denounced certain
our people have practiced in
.No ~" cSvin0 j. vas oNpOS~d IN the
New Testament. He was handled with
ouL gloves W ktneI.us Viz SIT.
" No. Nathan; you are much mistaken
in that. | would to God it did; but not
one reference can be found denouncing
it. More than that, Christ, if there
was such a man, knew of the practices
OF the Saducees, and had he been OPP
posed to that principle. he would have
denounced it in unmistahabls terms in
stead of saying nothing against it. Be
sides, you know there is not a man in
this country who is not a practicer of
that principle before he is twenty-five
years of age"
To this l desired to add, there is
one thing certain, we have no halt
white negroes in our country" but loud
talk prevented.
THE JAW LASTED ABOUT FOUR HOURS,
and until the gentleman of the house
an adjournment.
The days proceedings furnished con-
siderable food for reflection, and ecca-
sionally fitted across the mind the
of correcting misquoted
and Inisapplied Scripture. Almost
audibly the words "a broken down pol
ltician" sounded in my ears. as l pro-
ceeded to q. friends to feast e? on
squirrel and opossum.
E-Ess-U U.
DRESDEN, Tenn, Jan. %, 1888.