The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-04-24
THE PUBLIC FORUM.

ing is having its effect on Mr.. Obser-
yer He has come to the conclusion
that some preacher is aiding me and
ESPECIALLY in my last two preceding
articles. Don't squirm. Mr.. Observer.
you have never touched the question
lat issue with an argument up-to-date.
| stated at the very outset for your
benefit at a time when | thought you
an honest truth-seeker that one good
reason for believing the divine inspir-
alton of the Bible was that it gave
correct history of every man mem
toned whether his deeds were good
or evil. You won't do that even in
this enlightened day. You have DEM
onstrated beyond all question that
you have done your best to strengthen
your position by not only drawing pic
lures of the most heinous types and
snppressing their good qualities. You
kick because you are invited out into
the open that those who you are try
ing to mislead or who you are trying
to pose before as wise, learned man,
or so that the Christians of Vinita
might size you up and get your true
worth to the community. Aud | re-
peat that there can be but two con-
elusions reached by your failure to do
So Either your character and life
won't bear the light of day, or you are
a moral coward that can not face adj
verse public opinion. And at this
point ii your threat is meant for me
call your hand.
You plead guilty to reading between
the lines and have interpreted that
II am quoting from some preacher.
Well you are just in the same boat in
this particular as in your every effort
so far. That little Arkansas joke you
| got off is star in your ecursions. You
have revamped it in your last effort
and attempted to laugh your self
Through
Here are some of the troubles that
handicap you. You have never put
, yourself in the position where you
} can legally testify. The Christian
knows he is right by the power of the
spirit. You place yourself ON level
; with the beasts of the field. You have
, been born, you live and when you die
!, that's the end of you. Now If you are
J right why do you want to do away
with the Christian religion? II you
should be wrong what are you doing
for yourself and your fellow man?
The evidence says the fated men on
the Titanic prayed That like you and
! your class that they had forgotten
; God and had trouble recalling their
} youthful prayer But they prayed Just
as you'll probably do when YOU face
: your DOOM How came that band to
! play Near My God to Thee?Y
Another wrong you are doing your
fellow man: A good many people are
ascribing your letter to another pro
fessional man and it is not doing him
any good.
Now some more reading between
the lines. You are supposed to have
/ written an article for the Chieftaiu
sometime ago in which you tool
e sides agains- a popular law and YET
( your moral courage was not sufficient
to allow your name to be signed to the
article. | mention this not to estab
! lish the fact of your moral cowardict
for that has long since been settled
but to show that you are out of line
with the times. You are an old soured
disappointed. disgruntled man. anf
evidently in your dotagc, prematurely
hence like the drunken man thinl
: everybody but yourself off
+ You stated that the matter at issut
is whether the Bible is the most reat
, book in the world You admit thai
: you have read it, that all infidels have
read it. OF course all Christians reat
lit Now tell us some other one booi
! that everybody reads.
I Now If you haven't admitted the
question can't see what you coult
: say to admit that you are beaten. o.
4 urse you are mad. you have II II
! for preachers. You are in sympath,
! with criminals and would like to be
: able to follow your lusts and not b'
I bound by the moral laws of the Bible
2 Why, Mr.. Observer you admi
Christianity every time you date ;
I letter, or book an account.
If by any accident you should ge
seriously hurt. your first cry of dis
tress would be o, Lord.
Yes, sir. III leave it to every Chris
tian on earth to testify If he doesn'
know positively that his Savior lives
was at church last Sunday night
didn't see you there but | saw seyera
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