Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-01
SATURDAY ------ JUNE |, 1856!
sALrM.s rAITHLEss JoURNAL.

sAIEM's FAITHLEss JOURNAL.
IL Is alleged, and unfortunatel.
the evidence adduced il sOmcwha
conclusive, that Springfield, I'LL.
contains greater number of idiots
outside of an asylum, than any 9th
er city known. The testimony u
support of the statement Is that Mrs
Pauline King, colored woman o
the "faith cure" species, recently
gathered 800 followers about her II
that city and engaged in the expert
ment Of turning water into WINE ~
the proclaimed instance Ofthc Lord
The company prayed and sang bcsid,
AN eight gallon jar of water passed
round its contents at intervals III q
dipper In order to discover by, "tesi
ing" whether the miracle had taken
place. The foolkillcr Is due at that
city and IL il trusted he will not be
far behind tIme.-Capital Journal.
What's the matter with "faitl
cure,n Bro. JOURNAL? Have ye MOI
read what Jesus said unto his disci
pies when they asked why they could
not cure certain individual? "Be
cause of your unbclief: for verify ]
say unto you, lfyc have faith as II
grain Of mustard seed, ye shall say
unto this mountain, Remove hence
20 yonder place, and ii shall remove:
and nothing shall bc impossible unto
YOU" ON another occasion He said:
"All things, whatsoever ye shall ask
iDprayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Now If Jesus when ut the marriage
feast actually turned into wine the
water contained in "siX water
pots of stone, containing two or
three tirkins apiece" should II bc
considered strange that believers in
Him should have faith that by
prayer they could also turn into
wine II little measly "eight-gallon
Jar of wnter?" What right has the
JOURNAL to call these people idiots
or fools? For did not Christ tell his
followers that "lIe that believeth
on me, the works that do shall he
do also; and greater works than
these shall he do; and whatsoever
ye ask In my name, that will ! do"
Again when Peter marveled at the
withering of the fly tree which
Jesus had cursed because II had no
fruit upon II when he was hungry,
the Saviour said unto him; "Nerily,
say unto you that whosoever shall
not doubt In his heart, but shall be-
lieve that those things which lac
saith shall come To pass, he shall |
have Whatsoever he saith. There !
fore, say unto you. What |
things soever you desire, when yc
Pray, believe that We receive them,
aud We shall have them.n 1t Is pain
ful Ia witness ~ sad n case of unbe-
lief as that exhibited by the bright
and enterprising, but woenllly skep-
Iical JOURNAL, IL has evidently
Iallen from grace or has not yet been
Christianized. II plainly does not
believe that Christ ever spoke the
works attributed TO him, or, which
= much worse, does not believe that
he Savior spoke the truth. Salem
y sadly In need of missionary. -
Isoseburg Plaindealer
The brother to the sruth argues
we'll. lie is willing To accept the
ath and imagine the cure. II he
hould break his arm he would have
he fractured member "set hy faith
lie would argue with himself that
lis arm was all right when, 10 aud
'ehold the broken bones would be
nit AS To the colored lady's at.
empt To make wine out of water the
orkNAL In mute, The water is still
'ater despite the earnest prayers
nd supplications, But il Is perhaps /
yell that all newspapers are not 81 /
edulous rs the rlaindealer, else thy d
iitorial profession might torset the a
sste OF water. A