Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-21
I do not know the Brother that


wrote it; never saw him IN my
life that / know of, but he is evil
IDENTIFY not a fool by an over
whelming majority. / believe in
what he calls "airing" things.
There are several reasons why
I ought to publish this.
One is to call attention to the
fact that here is an infidel who
lampoons me for having promised
to say nothing against religion,
and for sticking to that promise.
/ want to put this in connec-
ton with the fact that dear good
Bro. Mathews, whom l heartily
love because he is Christian
Prohibitionist, not long ago,
through the press of the city
possibly with the good purpose
to allay a little racket that seemed
likely to arise in his church.
undertook to show that l had
cast some discreditable reflections
upon religion. | replied to him,
and the testimony of the whole
town, IN round numbers is, that
1 routed him horse, foot and dra-
COON.
l don't believe that the whale
swallowed the ark, and l don't
care who knows it, though l have
only had three conversations on
subjects of that kind, that l can
now recall, for several years, and
they were all with gentlemen who
are stockholders in this paper.
One of them was one of the most
prominent and valuable physi-
clans in this city, who asked me
what l thought about the stars
being inhabited; and we talked,
IN the star light, a long time
about whether there was a God,
and how the world got here, and
about the Immortality of the soul.
The second one was a Metho-
dist who bounced me about what
I "said about the Presbyterians,'
as he expressed it. What | did
say was about some "durned old
hypocritical Presbyterians about
this town.
l did not say anything against
them as class, but there are
men "in the town" who fill that
bill, and that the people here
generally recognize just like they
do the pictures down at good
Bro. Mullins photograph gallery.
He undertook to lampoon me,
and l said to him that he was q
halter and 1 was theologian,
that he knew hats and l knew
theology. l said he would call
me a fool if 1 were to 60 into his
house and undertake to criticise
his knowledge of the hat business
He made his own inference and
kicked like mule. 1 own some
mules; they kick, but l ride them
and 1 rode that Methodist.
Another conversation on relig.
ious subjects khad not long age
with a gentleman on a train. Six
years ago he was a drunkard
Now he is one of the finest Prohi.
! bition workers in this State, and
puts his time and mind and
money into the Prohibition cause
He belongs to one of the fines,
families in this State, is rich, has
taken his college degree, is an
elegant writer. and a real rip
staving woman's rights man. He
is not orthodox by large odds.
Not long ago an old gentleman
who l regard as the most enthu-
siastic Prohibitionist in the State,
came from another part of the
State, and came to see me. He
is religiously hereto, but walk
ing along, holding me by the arm,
on the concrete of the court house
square he was telling ME about
his good wife and his good chill
dren, and his pretty farm and his
wite's pretty flowers-all OF which
he made me promise to bring my
wife to see in the spring-and he
said, "Brother Moore, 80 many
good things have happened to me
that some how or other it seems
to me that a God does it,"
Do you think l said nay? Hard
ly ever.
A few hours before write this
1 have had a long and delightful
talk with Bro. Felix of the
Baptist church in this city, about
religion.
He is a Prohibitionist and a
stakeholder in the Blade.
What he said suited me to a
dot.
He believes that religion is not
worth shucks unless it leads men
to do some good for their fellow
men. l don't know whether he
believes that Jonah swallowed
the ark or not, and l don't care.
/ must however say to Bro.
Cozine that the Christians have
not been specially hard on me.
had a nOsitiOn IN q bank once,