The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-06
PEARSON AND SPAHR.
This Writer Thinks the Latter's Ar
gument Not Entirely sound.

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
In reply to Mr.. Spahr. allow me to say
that the arguments he uses could be used
against him by any intelligent and pious
Mohammedan. were he to meet one and en-
deavor to criticise Mohammedanism and its
traditions. The believer in the Koran would
tell Mr.. Spahr that the founder of his re-
ligion uttered these words on the day of his
birth: allah is great, and l am his pro-
phet:" that the idols in the temples fell
down: that the wheat in the fields and the
moon nodded to the child when he walked
out into the open. In vain would Mr..
Spahr endeavor to reason that there could
be no connection between the carved idols
and the advent of the prophet; that chill
dren do not talk under one year. at least:
that wheat and the moon cannot discern
between different people; the answer would
come. "Is not Allah all-powerful?" He
would insist that these miracles were a
proof of his divine mission. And If he were
a Jealous upholder of the faith of Islam he
would denounce my friend as IAN infideI
dog And Mr.. Spahr would be up
AS to the three Hebrew children in the
furnace why should fire have no effect
the line down to the prosecutions of the
Quakers by the Puritans in our own coun-
try There were no angels TO cool the fires.
to hold the mouths of the lions that de-
stroyed thousands of Christian believers or
to stay the red-hot irons that were thrust
through the tongus of the followers of Will
liam Penn and George Fox. If the miracles
reported to have been performed by Christ
were a proof of His divinity, then how
about Moses? What about Joshua? Elijah
and Elisha both raised the dead. They re-
plenished and multiplied the meal and oil
for the widows. they divided the waters.
In III Kings fourth chapter we read the
story of the miraculous conception. Elisha
transfers lcprosy from one person to an
other; falls into the water and he
makes il swim. We even read of virtue in
dead mems bones. for in III Kings. l3. a
dead body was let down into a sepulchre
and when II touched the bones of the
prophet the man revived and stood on his
feet" Isaiah caused the shadow on the
dial 10 go back ten degrees. Paul restored
Eutychus TO life Peter talks 10 Ananias
and Sapphire and they fall dead. Peter
raised Dorcas from the dead and in Rev
Ella ton we read Of the false prophet that
wrought miracles
The curse upon the Jews has not had the
awful effect that some would suppose. They
are getting along as well as the rest OF the
races. and our Hebrew brother will not
soon leave America for any other promised
land unless We resort 10 the un-Christian
method OF prosecuting him. which will not
be possible as long as our Constitution rec
ognizes no religion. or does not contain the
words God. Christ or Bible
As Or. Pearson has not and is not likely
TO turn prosecutor. the fear of being
brought UP I'm the middle of the road. as is
reported in the case of Paul does not
trouble the professor, so / am at least in
clined to believe, but even in that episode
there seems TO be a discrepancy, for in
Acts tx. :. we read: And the men which
journeyed with him stood speeches.. hear
ing a voice. but seeing no man, and in
Acts xxi Paul says: They that were with
me heard not the voice" Which report is
correct
Professor Pearson does not believe in the