The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01

Eay. some rod of terror ne is -rassfseAd IN
IS tolG OF our much I4nHled N9w England
no. because K gave pain o the bear. euf
witnessed IL
his desire 20 hold rof cve- SsrnA c..s,
= strong In US all. | sa 1Iaese Scr no one
lussrate -
Net fong since was rravelsn- with a
E,osallup Indian with whom / was no. ousy
vel aeq4a4nsSd. bus az TIE .uae ga seiaas
OF lnsiEn acy. This Incssn - 4 very goo
syecisnen or his tribe, fairly well 10 do.
ne mas good farm. and takes reasonably
ssoa care or MS family He is also strong
y FeslslolS. he only gets drunk once in
, whiie; nos very often. Riding along, ne
soia me OF bow much he knew and in or
der 10 draw him on, / fastersa him He
TOOK u ali and strasghtened himself f3lsifss
proudly as a result He knew me Pnyallup
Yakima. too; his mother was q Yakima.
lnen, OF course. ne knew Chinook and
Engissn. he knew. he thought bout half
a3e9f half was. all he .fia know bat
1eil taas y pretty good. Why. I only
Know one. and ! doH't know tha; half as
Wei as ! wish did To be sure | ala get
some sEnatserings Of one and perhaps two
others when | xent 10 school. hut these ars.
al gone long ago. Yes yes. you are a
pretty bright man.'
Then hs asked quick as fash. Indian
,asnion: Who you think make all the
Oh / said. '.t took a long time long
time. long time. Word at a time. word
folks make their language. Yakima folks
language
His only answer was a scornfui snort
Well said. who you think make all
ianguagess' His answer. given with the
utmost confidence, was: Jesus Christ; He
make en-
".Ah.' I said. you think soe I think
yon are mistaken. What makes you think
"Pliest' tell me so. and hIeve him.
Well. said. maybe you're right. but
think you are not quite right
His next question. fired at me like a
shot out of gun. was this: What church
You h'iong tor
Oh, said. 4 don't belong to any:
and some not so good. but never be-
longed to any
He laughed outright He had me now.
IN MS mind. Tor he scornfuliy said: 1t
Is easy enough now TO see why you don't
know who made the languages
The Puyallup's mental attitude is the
attitude of the bigot of all grades of In
telligence- II is this: We have special
avenues OF informa ton which are barred
TO you. We know regarding the hidden
things Of faith. and you don't; therefore
YOU are TO follow us
This Is what protest against, and
attitude Is born of ignorance and bigotry,
mere paganism. IL certainly is not Chris
tian. Under the Jewish system the priest
entered the holy o. hoiies and made sacri-
flee for the SINS of the people. In all re-
ligions aside from the Christian. there
are certain priests. holy men. or adopts
who are 10 be implicitly followed. Not so
with the religion OF Jesus This man took
men OF the lowest social order, ignorant
and superstitious. and bade them think
for themselves.
but thou. when thou prayest, enter
into thy closet. and when thou hast shut
thy door pray TO thy Father which Is IN
secret, and thy Father which seeth In Sc
eret shall reward thee openly
Each man was taught to be his own
prohpet priest and king; he was 10 wor-
ship no man and to call no man master.
II am ready to stand. and TO fight. II
need be. under this banner and claim
the right to worship God according TO the
dictates OF my own conscience holding
allegiance TO none and pinning my faith
to no mans coat sleeve.
Carlyle had the truth when he said:
There is but one temple of the Living
God-the human body Let each man be
his own temple and proclaim his own
faith. And having the opportunity will
here proclaim mine.
life Is a struggle; a school; test OF
fitness. No struggle. no schpol: no school.
no fitness: no fitness no future"
The programme also included the follow
ing numbers:
Violin solo. George A.. Browne: "our
Movement From a. Jewish Standpoint
Morris Gross; Our Movement From
Japanese Standpoint" Mkt Saito: ''Our
Movement From a German Standpoin'"
Hans Geise: vocal solo, Mrs. Hochstait
err: THE Ethics of Membership" A. E.
Joab; Reflections of a Charter Member"