The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-03-22

W uel Ndlud0 TAXES QoWn dROlneT
volume in that collection of his-that
library which according to his intima-
tion surpasses the famous collection
of the Alexandrian library before it
was destroyed by Napoleon, would
suggest to him that he carefully looks
up the Text that proves that the King
James Bible which unequivocally says
on the title page was translated out
of original manuscripts from the orig
inal Greek, when the Bible writer's
knew only Hebrew is correct. He
might note the fact also. that there
is not an original manuscript of any
of the books of the Bible, save per-
haps one at st. Petersburg. and that
this one is dated 400 years after Christ,
and he might in passing give us the
names and the character of the CON
tents of the lost books of the Bible.
among which scholars list The Book
of Wars, The Book os Jasher," "The
Book of Nathan" (Not Ell, and THE
Book of Cad"
| want TO compliment the Rev.
Jerome E. w. Jackson, the colored
minister of this city who had an ar
ticle in a recent issue of the Chieftam
in which he acknowledges that it is
impossible to harmonic the crude
70 ohIoC of Tho nibln ,,r;tt, A. az.
coveries of science. The Caucasian
defenders of Superstition have not
proven as careful as he in making
their statements | do not blame this
elder of the Colored Baptist church for
trying to secue the reputation of his
race, for the distinguished Eel. Nathan,
had been slandering his people in a
lot of alleged negro dialect stuff--stuff
that would shame the jargon of a
South Sea Islander. Rev. Jackson's
article is so much ahead of any of his
white contemporaries that | take off
Nathan will go to Elder Jerome E. w.
Williams for some light, he can be
Accommodated, and he will not be under
the necessity in the future of saying
that the sun and moon ''tarried,' in
stead of standing still. Just what diff
ference there is in the two statements
deponent saith not Elder Nathans
church career reminds us of a story
recently passed around. 1t seems that
an old darkey conceived a n ition that
he would be much better off in his
chance for an Eternal Home in the
Celestial City if he could secure mem
bership in very exclusive high-toned
white church. The darkey approach
ed the membership committee and
made his wants known and they hated
to turn him down outright, for they
OF course believed, that the colored
man and the white man went to the
same Heaven; but they told their
preacher to talk the darkey out of the
notion. Agreeable to this arrange
ment, the pastor sought out the darkey
and told him that he had better take
the matter up with the Lord and pray
over it earnestly. The darkey went
his way, and some time later, when
seen again, the pastor said: We'll,
Rastus, what did you do regarding the
prayer to the Lord as to securing com
munion in our Church"
Well" says Rastus, Il done tole
the Lord about trying to jine your
church, and now hard / had tried, and
he said, Keep on trying, Rastus, Use
been tryin' to git in that church for
twenty year. and hasn't made it yet" /"
That's the situation with El Nathan's
church, the Lord has been trying to get
into it for several years but he has not
been able to make the rifle. The
great trouble with our distinguished
opponent, and all his lieutenants, is
that they pretend to believe some
thing that is impossible to believe.
Nathan we'll knows that the Old
Fables and Myths of the Bible are un-
believable and unspeakably cruel, and
knows too that the Commandments
that he pins his Faith too are impos-
sible and unreasonable. Any sensible
man knows that it is impossible for a
human being to Love the Lord thy
God with all thy might and with all
thy SOUL This Commandment is 50
foolish that any reasonable man, after
moments reflection will admit to
himself Cat least) is impossible. A
man might worship the Book or a
symbol as a fetch, but how could he
love any being that he had not seen,
especially a Being that made man,
knowing when he made him that he
would damn him, and punish him for
ever and ever.
The Commandment: Thou shalt
love they neighbor as thyself," is also
foolish and one that could not be ac-
complished unless human nature is en-
tirely made over No man of any
sense believes that this can be done.
III Nathan ba IF tho Most Holv