Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-06
Nuts for Skeptics
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ginning was. A day may mean a per-
iod. That doesn't mean twenty -four
hours as we understand the term "day."
That doesn't shake my faith in the
word Of God. But they have never
proved that mankind lived on this
earth over and above the time the bible
says-6.000 years.
Effort Failure.
In 1855 the London Geological In
vestlgating Society delegated man to
make some interesting experiments In
the neighborhood Of the Nile. so at
the expense of hundreds of thousands
OF dollars they went to Egypt and
started to make their Investigations.
They sunk shaft and went about 100
feet and struck some brick, clay and
pottery, evidences that at one time the
surface of the earth had been there
They sank their shaft $50 feet and said,
'Now we have established beyond all
doubts that the bible is false" and the
knees Of the trembling adherents to
orthodoxy smote They sank deeper
and struck a statue of old Rameses H.
He was crowned king 232 years before
Jesus Christ was born. And every at
tempt they have made to prove that the
bible Is false has ended in absolute
failure.
Take the Metropolis. They used to
bury them in the limestone caverns.
They We're investigating and delving
there like they are in Pompeii now, and
Professor Frank DeHass said they came
upon thousands of skeletons stacked
up like cordwood, all of uniform sizes,
and he said: For scientific reasons
we investigated these mummies. We
found them Of uniform sizes, heads COW
cred with thick, black hair, teeth in
tact. AS this was near the spot where
Moses wrought his miracles before
Pharaoh, are we not justified in sup
posing that they We're the victims Of
divine wrath. They died so quickly
that they didn't have time to dig their
graves, so wrapped their bodies in cloth
and piled them like cordwood. You can
find an account of the plaques of Egypt
in the historical books, and they are
over 10000 years old-older than the
bible itself. You talk about the bible
not being the word of God! There is
nothing more secure in the universe
and you will be damned if you don't
obey it and rewarded if you do.
In that same museum there are
inches, and in those inches are the re-
mains Of the rulers of the thrones of
Europe, but one niche is vacant. That
vacant niche is one of the most mag
nificent testimonies to the word of
God. 1t should contain the remains of
Pharaoh, who was on the throne when
Moses took the children of Israel from
Egypt All the other kings of Egypt
died natural death and their death
is recorded in the historical books in
that museum today. There is one
niche empty-the mummy is not there
the mummy Of the king that sat on
the throne when Moses took the chill
dren Of Israel from Egypt is not there.
Moses came to the Red Sea and
stopped. God said, Lift thy rod" and
the Red Sea rolled back, and on dry
land God led the Jews over, and Pha-
roah and his hosts sought to follow.
Moses stretched his rod and the wa
tiers Of the Red Sea closed again. Pha-
raoh and his hosts are lying in the
bottom Of the Red Sea. That Is the
reason his mummy is not in that niche
When Gabriel blows his trumpet the
old mummy that should be yonder in
the niche will Chamber UP the coral
reeds and he will stand before God.
All the rest are there, every one of
them but that old fellow. Every one
| of them died natural death, but he
was drowned in the Red Sea.
Believes Word Of God.
II believe the word of God. Heaven
and earth shall pass away, but my
word shall not pass away
| Some people say, 'tMr. Sunday, I get
my inspiration and my information
from the spirits; I am spiritualist.'
Well, you are fool if you are. Now
listen to me and I will keep you out
OF hell. have no quarrel with you
but have quarrel with the nonsen-
steal, damnable, hell-soaked stuff they
are trying to give you to gulp down.
think Of all the idiotic, nonsensical
stuff spiritualism is the worst. In the
first place the bible is against them
with all the power it has. 1t says in
Malachi 3:5: Il will be swift wit
ness against the sorcerers," etc.
Some people suppose that spiritual
ism Is product Of the nineteenth
century. Spiritualism proper had Its
birth In this country in 1S47, down ir
Hydesville, N. Y, on the banks of the
Hudson In the home of a fellow names
Fox. There were two sisters in this
family. There were ominous raps an6
sounds in the neighborhood, and 6
friend of mine told me that he attend
ad q naatino y1o
people. half of whom were followers Of
these two sisters. The priest had re.
fused to grant them absolution, an6
they made a public acknowled gemen
and confession that they made the rap.
pings by throwing their big toe out q
joint, and my friend said he sat in the
gallery, in the back seat. Two raps
affirmative; one rap, negative AND
my friend sat there and heard them. 81
much for the raps.
A fellow came out on the stage
where there was a table, and he pu
q slate on the table, on the slate put
pencil, and out of his pocket pulled {
check for $4,000. signed by a. multi.
millionaire, and he said, Il will Civ.
this check to any medium that will
MANY eAAe'e PeiACAi move oHe-QuarCer o.
an inch on that slate" Slate writint
is one Of the spiritualist's favorities. HI
kept his money, and the newspaper,
In Chicago went to those old clairvoy.
ants those old mediums, and made a,
expose of their tricks.
Photographed tho Dead.
One of their favorite tricks Is tn,
photograph of your dead baby, or you,
dead wife, or husband, or friend, ant
will pick up fragments of family his
tory. An unprincipled woman ca,
read III Yaiir face enough To rnaka