Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-07-30


the gospel of Jesus Christ stands.
Now, for my part, while l hold that
denominationalism ought never TO De
taught in state institution, L contend
that no young man is properly educat-
ed who has not been made familiar
with the Bible and its religious ana
moral principles. l claim that as edu-
Gated men and women 1t is just as I'M
nortant to know who were Moses and
Joshua and David as who were
Shakespeare and Burns and Walter
Scott and Goethe and Victor Hugo. L
claim that it is more important edu-
cationally to know who Jesus Christ
is than who Mohammed was and what
was the cause Of the Trojan war. IL
the atheistic elements of this country
are not trying to get possession or TINS
government, why did certain hinder
newspapers a few years ago denounce
the presidential act Of taking the oath
of office upon the leaves of an open
Bible? They claimed that, as the
government had no established church,
therefore the president elect had no
right to render allegiance to any
one particular God Men who write
sophistries of this kind are enemies
whom we cannot afford to deride.
They masquerade under the banner or
free thought" and they appeal to
the intellectual pride which fiourishes
among uneducated or half educated
elements in our population. DO not
imagine that they are despicable OPP
ponents or that there is no danger OF
their ever electing president OF the
American people i tell you that to-
day the church as well as the people
ut large should recognize the evil In
fluences which are working under
meath us and all about us to render
this goddess nation and TO exclude
all recognition of God from the acts
and policy of the United States.
The "BrambIe of Free Thought"
l would especially plead with the
American people to fight the evil
"bramble of free thought because re-
sistance to God is the spirit Of anarchy,
which. when developed, becomes social
and political anarchy ana is subversiVe
of every form Of civil government.
When under the teaching of that great
infidel Voltaire the churches of Paris
were closed and a harlOt dressed in gor-
geous robes and seated upon gilded
throne was carried about the French
canital and wOrshiped, then the reign
of terror" was at hand. Where were
the bullets of the slayer OF Garheld
and of the slayer Of William Mckinley
nodded? Amid the hot, kissing flames
of a fire started in the attemptsto burn
ND the throne of God! You never saw
in your life an anarchist who was not
nj heart an infdel. Furthermore, you
never studied the history of stable
form of earthly government which did
not first give its allegiance to an over
ruling Providence before it gave its al
legiance to an earthly ruler.
| was never more impressed with
this thought than when some years
ago from noted atheistic as well as
anarchistic paper l cut out the fuii
developed poisonous results OF those
two accursed doctrines Like Siamese
twins. these two words, atheism ana
anarchy, in their ultimate meaning
should never be separated. This was
the editorial l found in that famous
sheet. This is our doctrine: We be-
Iieve in no divine government we be-
licve in no human government. Might
only is right. The only remedy Tor
wrongs is butchery. The tree or llD-
ertv bears fruit only when manfred
with the bones of fat usurers, insolent
despots. perfidiOus politicians ana
blacklegs generally. If squatters OPP
press YOU, plant rackarOck for their
buggies: also fire low and lay them
out. If Shylocks Of the bloody city
fleece you, make their homes desolate.
Study the science Of death. Use Dul-
let's steel, melinite, kerosene, phos-
phorus. fire sticks, torpedOes, litho-
fracteur, poison, blasting powder
bombshells-any weapon you can get
hold of. Also you must steal ike
Spartans. think like heroes and lie like
hell" Such is the full grown poison
Gus plant which the soil and seed OF
atheism will ultimately produce II le1t
alone. All. my fellow cOuntrymen in
the convention hall Of the American
people. fight this foe miscalled free
thought as you would fight death.
Drive God away from your land, and
YOU hand over this government to be
the plaything Of anarchists.
The worshipers of Wealth.
But standing today in the great con-
ventiOn hall Of JOtham's vision we see
the bramble being advocated as king
by another powerful faction. 1t Is
composed of the worshipers Of wealth.
When the members of this faction rise
to make their nominating speeches we
see that the speakers teeth are all OF
gold, and their arms are of gold, and
their hair is of gold, and their legs
are of gold Their fingers are Of gold,
though they have gold rings upon
those fingers. Their necks also are of
gold, though the collars around those
necks are of pure gold. Their feet are
Of gold, though the shoes which cover
those feet are not made of leather, but
of gold. BY the old Roman law
man could not vote unless he was
property owner and his property was
valued, l believe, at something like
$1,000 in our money. Today there Is
a tendency not so much to restrict the
vote in presidential elections to the
property owner as to those who either
own gold or can be Influenced by the
prospect Of getting gold.
If gold is not becoming great fac
tor in American political life, what
was the meaning of the sudden change
Of American sentiment in reference to
war when, in 1904, Grover Cleveland,
president of the United States, drifted