Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-06-16
UNCLE JOE'S
LETTER.
Written for the News,

Dear friends, | am glad to be able to
write once more. have been a little
sick and my fertile brain has been
little more cloudy than usual but will
ask our friend, Mr.. A, L. Griffith, few
questions which hope he will be able
to answer to everyone's satisfaction.
However, l will not attempt to argue
any question with man who does be.
lieye in a God or Creator who made all
things and does not believe that a man
has soul or spiritual part which is to
be judged or rewarded according to his
works.
Now, MIR, Griffith, can you explain
why the natural body Is sustained by
eating or where does life come from?
Why is one rose red and another pink?
Why do colors grow natural from the
earthP
Why can't we stop the action of our
minds and why do we think Of things
unpleasant when we don't want to?
Now, readers, know Mr.. Griffith
very we'll from reputation and have
had a little personal acq quaintance with
him. He is an attorney-at-law and
ought to be a smarter man than to un-
dertake to convince Uncle Joe that
there is no truth in the Bible. Nature
teaches me that there is God or crea-
tor and there is reading in the New
Testament which is being fulfilled to-
day. You can never make an infidel Of
Uncle joe But do believe that the
great majority of so called Christians
today are geod deal worse than inf
del because the devil is master of their
acts and they are wolves in Sleeps
clothing. They are making merchan-
disc of the word of God-the very thing
which Christ forbade. They put on
long faces on Sunday, take their Bibles
to church and listen to Mr. Preacher
tell few fables or yarns or lies, per-
haps, and then say, "Oh, what fine
sermon that was. Yes, it was just
what the devil wanted.
| was at a Christmas tree one time and
heard a preacher tell the children a
wilful lie. He had sham telephone
in the church and made a pretence OF
of talking to Santa Claus and told the
children that Santa Claus was broken
down in a mud hole and would not be
on time as expected but would get
there soon. Such is wicked and learns
children to tell lies. But one says
there is no harm in little fun for the
children. There are little lies. A lie
is lie and there is as much wrong
done by the person who tell small lie
as the one who tells a big one. Thou
shalt not bear false witness and be die
bear false witness when he said Santa
Claus was broken down.
When Moses was born twas the purpose
of God
That he should show wonders witt
the help of rod;
That Pharoah should issue that memor
able curse;
That his daughter should send for {
Hebrew to nurse,
That Moses should slay the Egyptian
who fought
With one OF bis bretheren in the fell
as he wrought;
That Moses should wander in a ia
distant land,
7 And return into Egypt with rod il
his hand
! And there before king and magician
he stood,
And, among other things, turned wa
ter into blood.
He brought up the frogs, the lice an
the flies,
t And Pharoah continued to tell Nose
lies.
!. Old Pharoah got angry with Moses a
last,
And said, "They be idle: IN incre as
their task"
But, God in.his wisdom, now thought
was best
! That Israel be idle and take them
> rest,
/. And be made it so dark that the darl
e ness was felt
: Except in the houses where the l.
q raelites dwelt;
= He caused great murrain as ne'er WI
= before
y And never shall be in the land an
: morr.
And because old Pharoah did wickedl
s lie,
, He caused the first born of the Egy,
N tian to die;
Caused Moses with rod the sea to divid
And the armies of Pharoah wei
caught in the tide.
That the Israelites borrowed both 81
d. yer and gold,
~ And carried it with them when the
y left we are told:
rs That the Israelites wandered for fort
r long years,
And had many trials and shed mar
w tears.
That be fed them with manua whiC
came from above
Because they we're people whom Gt
said he loved.
O. That Moses should die on mounta
IN with God
Mt And cease to work wonders with ii
IL help Of a rod.
- Mr. William Dooley, the world-r
nowned writer on political subject
now comes to the public with another
his love letters for democrats, viii
H reads more like the republicans th