The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-17

sicians by IN" AID vi Harvey, discovery
can tell what diseases are. When
Stephenson made the first locomotive
the world looked on in scorn. Now all
men believe in the power OF steam.
over lS1o years ago Jesus Christ
made known that his blood would
cleanse all sin, yet even AZ this are men
doubt IL. How do you account for that?
man can believe the truth Of the
Btble and got drunk every dap and can
lie and can steal. a man can believe
III the crucihxion and be as mean as
satan, but when ho takes the blood of
Jesus he has to quit all that. There is
the secrets of the doubts OF men and of
the inidclity of all tho world They
don understand it.
VI will not hang nv Immortality on q
theory or dogma that don't unuer-
stand and that can't be demonstrated.
Mathematics can he demonstrated
When tho French and tho Swiss con-
structed the great tunnel through the
Alps, they met in the middle, and
didn't miss the hundreth part Of an
inch. Listen, brother, and hear the
word of the Lord. You can demonstrate
religion just as you can mathematics, or
anything else. If you want high up
demonstration l can give it to you, but
1t Is not demonstration you want, Bud,
its reformation. DO you take that into
your noggin endways, you old fool?
Let's get up something a man can't
do, and III have it done for you by
supernatural power. There is 4 man
born blind in my county. All the doc.
tors can't cure him. Trot out your blind
man and place MIN on this roadside
Let him cry out to the Lord: What wilt
Thou have me to do that may receive
my sight?' Tho Lord spat on tho clay
and rubbed it in his eyes and told him
TO wash in tho pool He could then
see. He looked up and saw rocks and
rivers, hills and mountains that ne had
never before thought of. The people
said: Let's give the glory to God. and
say the fellow who did it mas got
devil. Tho fellow said: i don't know
about the devil, but ono thing do
know, was blind: now / can see, you
can tell your kintollls .ha;.'
There never WAS case, mental.
moral or physical, that baked Jesus
Christ when he put his hand to IL. Oh
these little infidels or ing-hells Now
! have got some patience with John
Stuart Mill or n Hixloy, bu, these little
fools disgust me. The word skcptic
used to mean seeker after tho truth,
but words change their meaning and
now sceptic is a little fool. An asnos.
tic is little fool who took a cold in his
head and blew hi, brains out. l have
caught many an intidel but ! never
string EN-. 1 just throw them in the
bucket for bait to catch others with.
Ii You will find me an inhdel in this
world that prays and gives to tho poor
and goes tochurch and does right I'll
give up.
These little iniidel fools need boring
for hollow horn and bleeding in tho
frog o. the foot. Christianity is sus-
ceptible of demonstration like anything
else. A fellow came to me once and
! said. I'm an infidel.' told him to
keep his mouth shut and do as | told
him. said, 'KDeel down and say.
God be merciful TO me sinner, and
keep your mouth shut, for you have
talked yourself nearly to hell already.
II IL tell you what an infidcl is. 1t
is great big old mouth. mover argue
with one. just hit him in the mouth
and that mashes him from head to tail.
You must not expect an infidel to be.
iieve too much.
"We preachers have taught them that
if they don't believe everything there is
no chance for them. For instance. Won
are sick, the doctor examines you and
gives you little medicine lio don't
give you the whole drug store Yet
preacher wants to ram the whole Bible
down little intidel's throat. You
might choke the little foo! to death.
Like fellow who swallowed a half dol.
lar, they had to send for Methodist
preacher who took up collection. That
Will make them disgorge every time.
You sec you have to get remedy 10
suit the disease.
Every man can be saved if you go at
him right Give each man medicine to
suit the case. Don't give an intidal
much of anything. Like patent medi-
cine: Dose for an adult, tablespoonful,
Tor children teaspoonful, for an in
FAINT one drop Brother, you ought to
have two drops. I'll cure you.
wouldn't give ono ounce of common
sense mixed with the bible for all the
theological seminarics in tho world.
II anyone got hold of my boy and sent
him to the theological seminary | would
sue them for damages
San old Georgia preacher said that If
you will do before You ge, religion like
you expect to do after you get religion
you will get i. There is Il fellow in the
church who don't have family prayers
you old sneak, have you got any re.
ligion? Brother preachers, have Won
got any OF that kind in your churches?
Speak out, Brother Hammer, if they
run you out of town. That's follow
VINO has got a good thing and won't
give any to his wife and children.
Great big old Christian swine; won't
give any to his family That lnfidel
spoke to you about kept on doing as
told him for three weeks and got the
greatest case of religion that ever broke
out on man.
The road to Heaven i, grand
trunk line. 1t starts at Conviction.
Obedience is the next station, Broth.
erly Love is another. Then comes