The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-04-19
THE CHARACTER OF lNFlDELlTY.
(By John Mareus)

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That the Devil is aroused goes With
out saying If there is one doctrine
of the Bible which finds in the pres
ent day it's tangible confirmation, it
is that of the existence of Ruler of
Darkness and of kingdom of infer
nal powers. A shower of fire and
filth is sweeping over the civilized
world, and the shield-bearers and
apostles of unbelief shoot up from the
earth, like the fungus, in a night The
champion apostle of infidelity in our
own community, "glories in his
shame" seems to possess nothing in
the shape of reverence for truth. In
stead of a sword, his weapons consist
of an outpouring of filthy blasphemy,
and an utter adherence of all that
sayors oftethical courtesy Like many
others OF his tribe his unbelief is no
longer the blind bantling Of heart en-
shared and deluded by the spirit of
the world; but the lightshunning off
spring of wicked and rebellious Will
now current in the columns OF the
Chieftain, were never before seen in
the world in such intense anti-Chris.
tian atrocity as in these days. How.
ever, | have more respect for a man
of Observers" type than | have for
the preacher who denies the plenary
inspiration of the Scriptures. The pull
pits are being filled with the Devils
ministers, and one cannot wonder
that such a ministry will produce an
Iinfidel laity. You know how to meet
an open sceptic who makes no pre-
tense to biting a Christian; but these
wolves in sheep clothing" are the
most difficult to deal with | refer tC
the destructive critics. and the
cause of this there is peril to the un
settled everywhere He who is bu
halfway in this mystery Of iniquity
may finish his course ere the montl
'modernist," who claims to preach /;
gospel that is an Improvement on tha
revealed to us in the Bible. And be
is out in total apostasy from Christian
truth. | AM FOR A WHOLE BIBLE
and make no apology at al Ito eithe
open blatant infidelity or an apostat'
ministry. | believe in standing fear
lessY for the truth as revealed to II
in the Book of Books. no matte
whether popular opinion subscribe
thereto or not.
1t seems that We are now in tha
| period of the history of the worl
; when Christianity is being ASSAULTS
more cunningly and more fiereely thai
in all the ages past. It may SCUM
! paradoxical and sayoring OF bigotr
| to speak out burningly of these things
but | believe the time is here whe
: 'the defenders of the truth" shoul
speak out with no uncertain sound
} And why not? While we could no
: and would not employ the kind G
. weapons used by the more blasphen
2 Gus tribe of infidel assailants, yet
2 behooves all those who love the trut
. to utter language that is not misundel
standible. 1t is therefore, with II
! bitterness of heart that this scribe re
+ sorts to plain English in way tina
E will not be misconstrued or misar
r piled
} All infdels. whether in the pulpit
: pew, or outside the pale of the pre-
e Tossing church, will be dealt with o
t the basis of enemies to God, Chris
5 and the Scriptures. These infidell
t like spiders. eviscerate themselves i
t weaving sophistical webs to catch III
t wary souls; and others trying all cor
| misunderstanding their own brain.
r and the drivelling of dead men
= brains-searching the Devils skull
e were it possible, and listening at th
d very gates of hel flor new design
E and forms of blasphemous oppositio