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

man that today prophesies such a
gloomy outlook for the future should
be taken to a commission of lunacy
experts and booked for examination
and observation. Brother Marcus in
his person is living breathing proof
of one Bible text and l give it to him
for what it is worth.
a prophet is not without honor.
save in his own country" Brother
Maloney makes a feeble rejoinder
charging us with quoting from Inger-
soil and in the same breath says thar
he on one occasion palmed some Of
the truths Of Ingersoll off on unsus-
pecting public as his own On the
principle of an open confession is
good for the soul, l presume this con
Ifession helps Bro. NJ, and as to the
charge that he makes by inference
that | may have quoted Ingersoll. l
will say for the benefit of the Brother
that whatever l quote, | mark as quog-
ed. 1t is possible that I may use mat
ters that are similar to Pagan Bob's
writings, but in this connection | want
to call attention to the fact that as
long ago as the time of Solomon. he
declared that There was nothing new
under the sun. desire to compli-
ment Maloney on having the good
sense and judgment to appropriate
some of the beautiful things that Col
Ilngersoll said, for he said more for
the home, the tireside and the home
relation than all the priests since the
time of Melchizedek to Bro. Marcus
Now, / can readily understand how
easily Brother Maloney won his es-
timable wife, if he used in his court
ship, the following quotation from the
writings of Pagan Bob:
Love is the only thing that will pay
ten per cent of interest o nthe outlay
Love is the only thing in which the
height of extravaganza is the last de-
gree of economy Love is wealth
Love is the legal tender of the soul.
Is s. Love is the morning and the
|evening star Love was the first to
dream of Immortality. 1t shines upon
the child; it sheds it's radiance on the
peaceful tomb. Love is the mother OF
beauty-the mother of melody, for
music is it's voice. Love is the builder
of every hope, the kinder of every
fire on every hearth. Love is the en-
chanter, the magician that changes
worthless things to joy, and makes
right royal kings and queens out of
common clay. Love is the perfume of
that wondrous flower the heart With
out that Divine passion, without that
divine sway, we are less than beasts,
and with it earth is heaven and we
ARE Gods"
In concluding this paper | wish to
SAY that all Rationalists believe that
any code of ethics, any system of re-
good for the world and we have for
them all feeling of respect. We be-
lieve that the same sentiment prompts
the black man to pray to his wooden
idol, as the Christian to his Jehovah
It's all in the breast of the man. We
believe with Tyndal that the only
prayer ever answered is the prayer of
honest, earnest and persistent effort
We don't believe that 1t is necessary
for men to be intellectual cowards-
to say they believe a thing when they
do not, to pretend that they accept all
the cruelties and brutalities of the
Bible, when they have no such be-
lief We believe that each individual
us 4 law unto himself and any system
Iof ethics which will lead to higher
life--a purer life is good no natter
whether from the Bible or from Inger
soil, and we agree with Ironquill, when
he says
Human hopes and human creeds
Have their root in human needs;
And | would not wish to strip
From the washerwoman's lip
Any song that she can sing,
Any hope that songs can bring.
FOR the woman has friend
Who will keep her to the end
OBSERVER.