The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-27
ARP ON INFIDELS.
HARrOw MAN READS WHAT THEY
WRITE IN NEW YORK PAPERS.
Tney Shock His Foellngs- Philosophc hcr Talks
ofthc Mysteries OF Nature and Says Hc
IL Satisfied.

'.hcso modorn agnostics, sloptics,
atheists and ii.iidols arc having a
lively time i'll tho Now York papors.
Tho columns arc open to thom and
it kcops our Christian and God fear
ing people busy in replying to thoir
assaults upon tho Biblo and Chris
tianity. No two Of them seom to
havo tho samo faith or to bo fighting
undor tho samo gonoral, but thoy arc
all engaged in storming tho citadel,
some on ono sido and somo on
another and with different weapons
of warfare. Thoy arc pull -downors
instead of build-uppers, Ono set
assaults tho miracles and seem to
havo Il special spite at Jonah and
tho whale. Another sct .lonounco
Jophthah for sacrificing his daugh-
ter and donounce God for pormit-
ting it. They arc equally indignant
against David for having Josiah
slain and against Samuel for ordor-
ing Saul to slay tho women and
ch'llron and cuttlo of tho Anal
okitcs. They declare that all these
stories arc fakes or, If truo, that
God is n bruto for allowing such
outragcs.
Some bclicvo in the Now Tosta-
ment, but not in the old, whilo
others ridiculo tho miraculous con
! coption of the virgin Mary and pro-
noun'o it woman's trick to hido
| her snumo. Somo writo from u
medical standpoint and assert that
man, is by no moans perfect
creation physically, but could be
improved on in many particulars
for instance, tho calf of tho log
should huvo boon in front and
thoro should havo boon ono eyo il
tho back of tho hoad and the oil
bow joint should havo had bacl
action, SO that q man could scratcl
his back and Il woman button hol
dross or fastcn her skirt moro con.
veniontly. They declare that n por
feet man should bc built TO run like
Il horse and swim lilt fish and fl,
like Il bird. Shakespeare they say
was only indulging in little taffy
whom ho wrote "what piece o.
work is man. How noblo in reason
how infinite in faculties; in form
and moving, how express and nd
mirable; in action how like IN IN
gel; in apprehension how like {
godW
Somo Of these writer's talk ubou
sacred and divine things with th'
most shocking contempt and init
nIato that nobody but towards ant
lunatics bolievo in them. They woule
make Voltairo and Tom Payn,
ashamed Of themselves Now, if
man has doubts about tho miracles
or thoir divinity of Christ and il
really soolting aftor tho truth ant
Expresses himself in language tha
shows respect for tho faith Of hi
follow mon, it is all right; but W.
arc too helpless to be vain or con
ccitod. If L knew whore | came
from or whore I was going or wha
would bo my future state, or if
could prolong my existence or coul,
forosce tho calamitics of life and pro
vent thom, l could afford to stru
around and play Sir Oruclo. But
feel my holplessness more and more
evory day, and like n child in trou
bic want to go to my father
Whether there be a God or not, al
tho good people / have ovor known o
road about believed thoro is, and i
is disrospoct to thcm to take Hi
namo in vain. Addison says tina
Sir Robert Boyle, who was th'
greatest naturalist that Englant
ovcr produced, had tho most pro
| fOund yonoratiOn for tho S,1Drom,
Bcing and mover mentioned the nam
Of God without a pauso--a visible
stop in his discourse. No wolI-bro(
man is evor profano or speaks th'
name Of God irrovercnty. canno
understand how medical mon wht
have studied tho anatomy Of TIN
human body-this complex and won
dorful machino-should ever be skcp
tical about Gods cxistoncc. IF