Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-06-14
BLUE GRASS BLADE
The Soul Not Found

dent by having a crow-bar through his
head And it was tightly embodied there; they
cut the bar off close to his head and the man
lived for years afterwards with this iron in
his head. And behold the grand-stand
play he makes when he says to his audience.
Does this think with a crow-bar or a
BRAIN"
To all such argument as this I would say.
that all priests from Constantine's time to
the present have been thinking with a crow
bar in stead of a good healthy brain. We all
know there is portion of the brain that can
be removed and the person live and still have
their faculties, and there is another portion
that cannot be removed unless instant death
ensues. So 1t Is easy to see the point he was
trying to make with his rusty crow bar refer
ence. His whole argument this subject was
more like that Of hottentot than that of
philosopher.
This distinguished priest answered three
questions that someone unknown to me had
put into his "hot-box." Two of them l shall
give. The third one have forgotten. The
first was, why do priests pray in latin"
His answer was, Because all modern Language
are changeabe." Certain words In one gen.
Grafton may mean the reverse in the next.
The second "What is Purgatory."
His answer. IAN intermediate place between
heaven and earth where the soul goes until
prayed for"
Does this holy father want to infer that
God cannot keep up with the languages as
they change or the usage of words or that
he does not understand any other language
than latin. Or is not purgatory the greatest
place the priest has got to extort money from
their people for saying mass for the repose of
the soul in purgatory. Is It not a fact the more
ignorant they keep their people the cas-
Ter it is for them to work off their Holy
Twaddle." Work their charm and take their
money O. consistency thou art a jewel.
In the science of mathematics they prove
all mathematical problems beyond shadow
of doubt. In the science of chemistry they
dissolve the material body and the different
parts that compose the whole structure are
here found and made known The human
body has thus been dissolved by chemists,
but this supposed soul has never yet been
found. 1t is only a delusion the same as
Santa Claus or God. and it never did inhabit
the material body. 1t is unknown guam
tity and absolutely beyond the power of any
man to make it clear that 1t is spiritual
thing and leaves the body at death. have
been on this planet for fifty years and have
always treated this material body to the best
that was In my means and power l have
done anything contrary to my nature.
and II there any such thing a spirit
dwelling within me I the party that is
the most capdDle OF It's discovery. inis
say is possible for me while l in my fun
mental and physical strength If 1t was
reality 1 am sure i should have made its
acquaintance before this. but deny the whole
spiritual theory with one stroke of my pen.
and to those who affirm let them prove 1t.
and settle the argument forever and forever.
Do you not think the soul would make it.
self manifest to me while am still In this
life and capable of understanding what life
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