The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-31

give a little space for me 10 try and
correct a very narrow and egotistical
article in your issue OF the 18th, head
ed Does Everybody Read the Bible?'
signed Capt. White He makes the
assertion that the man OF woman who
is not familiar with the Bible is a
heather, II such is the case how or
what would he call man or woman
that is familiar with great many
Bibles. Now not wishing to weaken
the slim hold he has on the subject
viii not try to show him how absurd
his themes are. but | will try to widen
tie horizon OF his intellectual vision
by quoting from some of his so-called
heathens. suppose the Captain likes
hymns about Heaven Here is one
that was written many thousands Of
years ago by some great souled Aryan.
where there is eternal light. in the
world where the sun is placed. in that
immortal. imperishable world, place
me, o Soma. Where Kink Vaivasyata
reigns, where the secret place of heav-
en- is. where these mighty waters are,
there make me immortal Where life
is free. in the third heaven of heavens,
where the worlds are radiant, there
make me immortal. Where wishes
and desires are, where the place of the
bright sun is. where there is freedom
and delight, there make me immortal.
Where there is happiness and delight,
where joy and pleasure reside, where
the desires of our desire are attained,
there make me immortal"
That hymn is from the very old
sacred bible of the Brahmans. Here
are some precepts from the Buddhist
bible:
Conquer anger by mildness, evil by
good. falsehood by truth. Be not de-
slrous Of discovering the faults of 9TH
ers. but zealously guard against your
own. He is a more noble warrior who
subdues himself, than he who in bat
tie conquers thousands. To the vir.
tuous all is pure therefor think not
that going unclothed. fasting, or lying
on the ground, can make the impure
pure. for the mind will still remain
the same
an,.ld o,nfo c,tcl nfapoc until
filled your paper, but let me ask the
Captain. are these people heathens
did they not seem to know as much al
the Captain about a hereafter, al
though they never heard about the
Bible. Say, Captain. the Bible never
taught people religion, the Great Man
itou of the Indians and the happy
! hunting grounds were just as real as
your God and your haven. They are
the same, the names make no differ
ence to the idea, and these ideas exist
ed thousands of years before the Holy
Father compiled the Bible at a council
held. think at Nice or Trent about
the year 100 A. d.
What greater themes can be nam
ed, thought of, or read about than God
heaven. hell, eternity man, his origin
and destination" To the first of these
God is infinite. and we are finite OF
limited and We can't so beyond oui
limit and discuss or know the infinite
Heaven, quote from my memory
Tom Moore in one of his poems says;
Vain things as lust or vanitay in
spires each mans heaven is but what
each desires" and in all my reading
| can't recall anything better. Hell
1 will pass that by the idea is tc
cruel for any intelligent man. Eternity
another infinite question. Man. yea
the study of mankind is man. His
origin. Come out here Capt. and | will
loan you Darwin's Origin Of Species
of Mans Place, by Huxley, in nature
But suppose you like the idea that
F., God made man in his own image, did