The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-16

you state truth as to the history of
the Bible 1t is true as you say that
the Bible has been banded about and
that it has been used on every side of
every question.
The south used the Bible to prove
that slavery was right before the war,
and John Brown of Kansas executed
{ two shareholders in Kansas before the
war by authority of the scripture in
Exodus which says that any person
enslaving his fellowman shall be put
to death.
The Bible supposedly gives history
of mans origin and destiny-two hori-
IONS that have never been passed and
never will 1t is the foundation of over
$50 different religious denominations,
and only few years ago many of these
diherent sects believed implicitly that
any one not belonging to their church
was on the way to damnation. This
is being rapidly changed and many of
Ius will live to see the day when the
sects win be united under the Father
hood of God and Brotherhood OF Man
idea-an idea which has insidiously
lbeen instilled into the brains of men
lby the various lodge fraternities. In
gersoll and his co-laborers forced the
church to reeede from the doctrine of
eternal punishment-"he took away
from it the consolation naturally aris-
ing from a belief in hell and Beecher,
ISwing, Gunsaulus and many other emf
nent divines who were too strong to
be tried for heresy assisted in finally
doing away with hagiology.
1t is no trouble to prove anything
you desire by the Bible The Mormon
eller, Heber Kimball successfully de-
Tended Polygamy against one of the
finest minds the Methodist church pos
sessed, and the Mormons circulated
the debate as campaign document
The morality as taught in the SER
mon on the mount is as fine as langu
age can frame into words-the doc
trines necessary to humanity, but these
are taught by all the great religions
Mohammedanism Buddhism, Taoism,
olintoism, Confucianism, Judaism and
Christianity have the same moral pre-
lcepts. When it comes to the Numbers
argument, either one of the other six
great religions surpass the Christians,
, even counting as Christians, the Greek
fnh w
, so different that they should not be
f counted.
The deathbed argument with any of
the religions named is equal to that of
, the Christian. The Turk dies with
the Koran pressed to his breast and
feels that he will go at once into re-
o gions of eternal joy, and it is a matter
; of historical note that the Turk has
r no fear of death, and to die fighting
i for his country purchases for him a
greater degree of happiness in the
= Elysian fields,
a The same is true of the Japanese,
q who adhere to Shintoism. The only
n difference between the great religions
4 mentioned and our system is that we
J. require belief in the Christ. He
4 must believe in the Blessed Trinity,
c THAT three in one and one in three
nonsense. No matter If no one can
4 understand it, it must be believed, and
q there is no chance to escape for Con
"a stantine who murdered his wife and
y eldest son, in the year 325 convened
~ 1.-THE great Council of Nice where 300C
# men labored for three months to make
10 us a creed, and here is the Trinity doc
i ltrine that they evolved and what Is
o. taugh in every orthodox church today
n "* And in one Lord, Jesus
Christ, the only begotten Son of God
&c begotten of the Father before al
ot worlds, Light of Light, very God o
+. very God, begotten, not made, being
or of one substance with the Father; b.
of whom all things were made; who, fo
ar us men and for our salvation, came
or down from heaven and was incarnat'
H. by the Holy Ghost Of the Virgin Mary
Of and was made man; and was crucifieC
III also for us under Pontius PLATE
> And in the Holy Ghost, tn
or Lord, the giver of Life, who proceed
ov eth from the Father; who with th
or father and the Son together is worship
he ped and glorifed"
IN 1t is not necessary to understan
ID this jumble-simply believe it.
ri would suggest to the readers of tn
~ New Testament that they secure
copy of the jefferson Bible, boo
to with all OF the miracles left out, an
of which contains the good things with
no out the crude fables and myths. Jei
no ferson took the ground that Trut