Blue-grass blade., 1909-07-11
BLUE GRASS BLADE.


Apostles Creed Let give it of Reason In this
we find stated that Jesus descended into hell and later
assembled into heaven If he descended he naturally go
downward nward and if he assembled he had go syward
Therefore, Jesus descended into hell he have gone farther
into the earth The Christians have shown that hell is
part OF the earhs INTERIOR implied in the Apostles
Creed and who Reason his guide has
to such conclusion If the Christian hell
place from earth part of the earths INTERIOR did Jesus
reach it by descension! Faith and creed he did, Reason
says he did
Reason is the only dependable guide
Faith has been tried and failed mseray with sup
port of kings sword Reason has fought along
has made estmabe showing Only during the last of
the Pennsylvania Legislature bill passed putting the
Agnostic equal footing with the Christian with respect
to giving testimony in Court And here well that
these Christian legislators who for years have looked upon
Agnosics and Freehnkers sect of liars, recognizing the
nadequacy of their divine law and the of fur
nshes by offering absoution to the epntan evdoer have
enacted laws making per crime in order to punish the
god believers who have hestancy taking OATH yet
ready to lie for the purpose OF defeating justice Finally Reason
has convinced of the Faith legislators that willingness and
ability tell the truth is not dependent upon ones belief
disbelief in the supernatural Gradually Reason her
foes not by sword lnuisition Holy Oce) orch
but by perseverance and education.
Faith propagaors point China and Japan and ask
look what Faith has done for those Is the awaken
ing of China and Japan due to the incubation of Christian
cpes? Or due to the injection Of the Western spirit of
activity into their lives? Or the education which many of the
Ontas have received in Western Universities during the past
half century? the benefits of which the less fortunate receive by
initiating their Western educated brothers. What did Faith do
on its first attempt gain recognition Japan when Faith
alone the Importation? When left of its trickery,
persecution and domneerng methods behnd 1t is generally
admitted that the Oriental people, who have been
satisfied with little The American missionary goes there i'm
porting with him the methods he used with
this country to gather to finance his sousavng expedi
of the people with whom he contact absorb
the spirit of activity which he practices and at matters
differently. This change of of the native the
AIRY tells him is due his having been converted to Christianity
Who would Rockefeller, Carnegie, Hartman Morgan
being successful of their Christian Faith lack
of it? Was Christianity that aided idoaous Japan to whip
Christian Russia! Was it Christian god that allowed the
soldiers Of these nations butcher each other the battle
fields of war? Did Christian god the soldiery OF these
two clash Could he have averd this war? Reason
tells that gods missing in this instance in all others
they could make themselves useful and reveal their
es Faith that is changing the Monaghan, but it is
his awakening the Western spirit of competition, and his
getting in touch with outside world. The Christian mis-
sonary does not forget to import Western progression customs
and habits as well Christian Faith.
The longer to the torch thumbscrew and