Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-01-15
HJ,c t. Trent tnJersoii.

submitted t. c'llrge profcssor. he r'-
plies a. follows in the Albany Journal:
Dear Professor Are MT lnsersolls
arguments manswrra lie? What are YOU
,oin. to do about it?
SEVERAL STUDENTS.
So YOU are ont half Il dollar apiece.
are you? No, no; cannot answer him.
Bows recall the incilent in my eager
aud imp 'iuous youth of wasting pound
I'm half of bir shot on Il small owl.
fnllowel him from tree to tree. and shot
away IL haiful of feathers. anil when he
liel of fatigue found that his u 'dy Wa
about rs larI, us Il robins aud | could
pm ii To no earthly use. lie was Il de-
c,piivc target. II understand The gen
tlrnan from Peoria, he wishes To libcatc
voath fr m the incubus and ihrlldnm oi
superstition. That devastating influence
# the country clrrlymaus on 500 per
innum anl Il Il maiioa is what worric,
Robert, AMI he proposes to cure it AMI
rldcaie it for the trinin- pi tauce o.
Sl5) per lecture. For Fl " cents he pro-
pD.e> To librrate yohr mind from that in
lucncc which lilicrel into it from the
trembling lips of your mother. and free
you from the chain OF superstition loaded
upon your soul bv the ugh but loving
hand of v0ur father. OF course he wor
rirs ah ur voI more than those old figirs
lil-fr liiiv cents.
Yoa Ink arpun you in the city here
mi yu discover several millions of dol
lars invested in hospitals. semnarirs, asy-
um., forced on the suif ring community
" the same mythical. n,irLculou. and III
lcrsliIira< incubus of religion. Y'u ak
the gentleman from Peoria whore his lit
lc public ils;ituin. ar, founded by hi.
rcu'iar tcacIIia., aul he SAYS in an ab
.cul-mi rIcd manner, Fifty cents at the
lonr."
B,ys, you see sometimes pDor mans
uncra pr1c,s,in with IL dem mlcrat wag
N. and litIlc colii ia it 50 small YOU
mld carry ii under your arm. \ poor
couple walk behind it with breaking
hears. 1t was their ALL Tacir heart,
are broken. Oh, it VIZ only ha | Bob
III re 10 tell lhcm about liberty aud myths
lnd miracIcs-.or fifty cenis-how ii
would cheer them up.
Bat You say there are so many inf lclS.
B rvs You are mi.takcn An iniilel l. an
ablurnal grow h, and Nature feels funny
y zee in Il while and creates Il freak. g. = +,
tie living skrlc on. the fat woman, The
lwc.had,d gilI. So there is about one
iniidcl 10 million sane men. The mort
IT these fellows are amateur inf lcls.
they talk Ingrr<oll in fair weather, and
pray them elves hoar.c every time it Ihun-
lers. a wcll-de:clnped case of cholera
morbuS will knock their inlrliiy out oi
them and leave them in Il COLL sweat like
Il china dog in an ice house. know
them. The most of them are like The
boy who runs away from home and comes
back To- ,tay with father nights.
Then. again. boys. take Il ok around
ynu when YOU invest another fifty cents in
liberty, and compare the crowd with the
kind of people YOU find in almost any
CHURCH l. il the odor of sanclily YOU
smell Hardly. boys, hardly. Bat you
can cat p anuis there and choke on the
shells while You applaud the funny jokes
about the heaven where you know in your
heart won hop; mriher j.. or hear the
humble Nazarcnc ridiculed, ,whoyou think.
AID always will think. gave n home to
your weary old father when he lett the
earth.
Yes, BOYS, his arguments arc unanswer-
able, and | lh nix the season will cume
along. and the churches will continue to
bloom, and all nature will most exaspcr-
aiingIy and calmly perform her functions
it Robert is not answered. You know
when The fir,t steamer crossed the Allan
tic great philosopher was delivering Il
most conclusive argument to prove that
by NJ p,.,ibiiiy could steam vess'
or IS the ocean. and that provoking steam
er came snoring aud sizzling aud splurg-
iug right into the harbor. Boy, - will
q as loolish children 90 right on prly-
iag and preaching AMI DYING and goinl
10 heaven i'll spite OF argument.
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