The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-04-26

- Tor E1e ZEN D.SSeOl @ S1lS. EO< 1S-
cause OF. ne Remission x Slns.
These no deep-w4gsr sects tAea sel6
rival meetings and during the heated
Eerms-the reviysis ~Aseh came every
fzH some tine IN October. tie leaders
q the tEO factions (sectsi woula Eos
speak 70 each other Behold the
chsnges Nov each one of these two
denominations VII accept the oon-
verss q the other without any popish
unmmaTy. TIE main thing Is 70 pay
the preacher. and that IS really the
only thing left in modern religion.
Dance. play cards. 30 to theategs. but
don't forget Peters PeEee,
This sect has very strong body in
Kansas City who have moderni1ed Re
ligion to the extent that they have a
swimming pool golf links. a Mothers
Club. a YOUns Mems Gymnasium, and
al the other things that usually 80 TO
make up an up-to-date club. The creed
of the Elks il lived up to Is as good as
that Of the Church. Then why the
eiTerenees Here is the bone OF con-
tentiOn. You must believe what's That
Man was lost and that Christ was God
and took on himself aesh and came 10
save the world; that he died the death
on the Cross for humanity. No mat
ter how pions you are. no matter how
moral you are, You are consigned to
eternal torment if you do not believe
the Apostles or rather the Nicene
Greed OF course. this doctrine Of the
Captains and his right bower is TO
the effect that the Bible is the only
book Of Doctrine: bnt they (the
preachers OF this faith put the proper
construction on the teachings Of the
Book. Raecoon John Smith, or Alex.
ander Campbell would not recognize
this bunch were they to return 10
Earth on a mission of investigation:
yet they claim to follow the teachings
of the primitive Christians Question?
If they were right thirty years ago.
are they right now? have watched
the growth Of the Captains sect and
have noted the deterioration of the
body. and have noted the increasing
amount of liberty that the brethren
have, just so long as the preacher RE
ceives his Pilgrims scrip" The Cap
tain says that his bunch are being
Augmented to by the millions right
along, whatever that may mean; but
! am inclined to think that his infor-
nation is wrong. II maybe that this
body of believers (?l have gained a
few numerically the past year, but
the number is so few that they are
hardly preceptible.
People want something that they
can use in this world, and they are
tired of pinning their faith to Deities
or agents of Deities. like Moses, David,
Joshua, Samson, Samuel and Balaam
whose records are so damning that nc
self-respecting persons could canction
system of religion with such a found
alton of murderers.
| 1t surely seems that the Supreme
Ruler of the Universe could have Sc
cured ancestors for the Meek and
Lowly Nazarene," whose reputation
was above that of Hahab the Harlot
who became the Benedict Arnold OF
Jericho, preserved the scouts sent by
Joshut, and was rewarded for her per
fdy by being rescued from that strick-
EN- city when the final blast from the
Rams Horns threw down the walls In
addition to being saved with all her
household she became one of the earth
" grand mothers of Christ-s not
only harlot but a traitorl
In concluding this article, desire
to say again to the Captain and his
co-laborers that am not opposed to
any system of ethics or morals that will
make man better, nor do I believe
that the prayer that Hindoo offers
to his idol is of less value than Cath
olie offers to his plaster paris Virgin
or a protestant offers to his Christ
The virtue is in the breast of the man
that supplicates. | do believe how
ever, that all the cringing, crawling
hypocritical and venal Priests from
Aaron to Dowie have, instead of bene
fitting the world, made it worse, fol
they have made 10 typocrites, dis
semblers, to one true believer. | viii
make long trip to see man who
loves his Neighbor as himself, or one
who loves the Lord with all his mind
soul and strength. OBSERVER.
Editor Vinita Chieftain A goot