The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
The Essence Of The Matter.

a tire-mist and planet,
\ crystal and a cell
A jelly-fish and a saurian
And caves where the cave-men dwell.
Then a sense of law and beauty,
And face turned from the clod;
Some call it evolution.
And others call it God"
In yesterdays issue of the Chieftain.
| am pleased to note that Captain
White, after getting his fiery temper
Isubdued, admits that "Any person
who studies the Bible only to find
scandals, murders, wickedness ana de-
lprayity Of mankind has not the good Of
mankind at heart What? Does the
Captain admit that the Book which he
thinks is the source of all Justice.
Morality and Civilization is filled with
such things? I admire the sincerity
of my opponent for finally coming to
the trough and making this acknowl-
edgement, as that leaves very little be
tween us.
No Rationadst has ever denied that
there were not good things in the
Bible, but they have always denied its
foolish fables and miracles, believing
that Truth was truth without the aid
of any supernatural influence. In an
article of day or two ago, the Cap
tain's sensibilities were very much
shocked because the Turks, forsooth
| had crucified few Albinos who pre-
sumably were fighting with the Italians
lagainst the Turks. 1t is very current
lamong the Mohammedans that they
lare much shocked to hear of our civil
lized, Christianized America pouring oil
lover negroes, burning them at the
limbs and performing other atrocious
acts equal to any ever performed by
the armies of the Lord in the Old
Testament 1t is also well to note in
connection with this crucifixion as told
by the Captain that Italian aeroplanes
manned by Italians and their allies are
dropping Lydite shells in the ranks of
the Turks and the explosions are tear
ing them to pieces. OF course cruci-
fixion would be very much more severe
than to be manned and blown to pieces
by Lydite.
The Captain in attempting to prove
the Flood Myth, says that: 'Of course,
lit is so, there are shells on the hills
and mountains" Any eighth grade
pupil in our public schools-any per-
son that has studied physical geog-
raphy or geology knows that much of
the earth's surface was once the ocean
bed and has been lifted up by great
CONFUSION in the heated interior and
that the shells are only evidence
that it was once the bottom of the sea.
This section of the country here,
and much of it further east is known
as the Ozark uplift and there are many
evidences to show that mighty cata-
clysm has occurred some time in the
the lost rocks found scattered over
the central states were brought to us
during the glacial period and that this
vast mountain of ice very greatly
changed the configuration of the earth,
and that the large granite boulders that
belong to the New England states were
carried to us, not by Captain Noah's
partial flood but by the glaciers.
1t is too bad to know that all the mis-
takes the Captain has made in life
were due to the unholy influence of
Paine's age of Reason" According
to the Christian world Paine has much
to answer for, but it seems to me that
This is the straw that breaks the
camels back"
AS a matter of common justice to
the memory of Thomas Paine, his
teachings if followed would make the
world much better, and | am inclined
to think that man that could write
the following paragraph from "The
Crisis" would be a spiritual aid even
to our doughty friend, Captain White
These are the times that try mems
souls. The summer soldier and the
sunshine patriot will in this crisis
shrink from the service of his coun-
try; but he that stands it now, de-
serves tht love and thanks of man and
woman Tyranny, like hell is not
easily conquered; yet we have this
consolation with us, that the harder
the conflict, the more glorious the
triumph. What we obtain too cheap,
we esteem too lightly 'Tis dearness
only that gives everything its value.
Heaven knows how to put a proper
price upon its goods; and it would be
strange indeed, if so celestial an ar
ticle as Freedom should not be highly
rated
| notice in yesterdays issue that a
new Richmond has taken the field in