The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-04-25
HE FRUITS OF The SPIRIT.

THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
Editor of The Chieftain:
In your issue of yesterday. | notice
that my friend Captain White has
finally overwhelmed me under his
wordy diarrhoea of Billingsgate. As
| pondered over this last effusion of
vituperation and abuse, wondered
how any individual could have the
effrontery to hypoeritically insist after
writing such rot that he knows he
is right because of The Power of the
Spirit in him, Whom the Gods
would destroy, they first make mad"
For the Captains information on this
question, call his attention TO the
fact that the Book which he insists
that he follows says of the Spirit;
but the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, good
ness, faith, meelness, temperance,
against which there is no law Gal.
v, %
In the same chapter of Gallations,
and goth verse, find this language;
- Idolatry, Witchcraft, hatred,
emulations, strife, seditions and
heresies. Fruits of the flesh.
will allow the Captain to take his
choice of these two passages Of scrip
ture,--to see which fits the better
with his attitude in these discussions.
For the benefit of the Captain, as
am anxious for him to follow the
Book that he believes, or says he be
lieves, | quote the 5th. 9Th and 18th
verses Of the First Chapter of Second
Peter.
And beside this, giving all dill
gence, add to your faith virtue; and
to virture knowledge; and to knowl
edge temperance; and to temperance
patience; and to patiesce godliness'
and to godliness brotherly Kindness
and to bsotherly kindness chariry.n
And the 9th verse of this Chapter
which | present for the Captains edi
fication, -the condition Of the individ
ual who has the Witness. reads
thus But he that LACKETH these
THINGS is BLIND and cannot SCI
afar off and hath forgotten that h'
was urged from his old sins
would ask the Captain to ponde
the scripture | give him very care
fully. for am trying my best to con
vince him that take a brothcrly in
terest in his lost and undone condi
tion: and trust that he will soon ge
himself right with the standard tha
he sets up.
Mo, Captain the Witness that youI
self and many other good people thin
they have within them as to their cor
version, and the workings of the Hol
Spirit is certainly an error. Why
Do you think that the Puritans wer
dishonest when theey murdered tn
Quakers and executed Anne HutchiI
sons disciple IN Massachusetts, d
you believe that the Scotch Presbyte
ians were dishonest when they tie
the brave girl out in the way of tn
tide. and allowed her to drown b'
cause she would not say God save th
King?e but insisted in saying Go
save the King If it is Gods WHIP" Cal
tain it will not do. The people wei
with a few exceptions honest. The
all believed as you believe that the
had the witness within them, and "
:. they did some of the most dastardl
: deeds.
Why, my dear Captain, your GREA'
EST law-giver Moses, who was God
Prime minister here on earth, mu
dered an Egyptian because he did NJ
treat Jew to his liking. The accouI
says that he looked this way and th'
way and then killed his man. Doun
5 less Moses had the witness with
: him. and believed that it was perfec
r ly right to remove the Egyptian. On
+: account Of Moses death insists tn
: the Lord looked after his sepulehr'
/ but it seems there was some troab
J, according to some language in Il
!, book of Jude, 10Th Verse Of the !
: Chapter.) Yet Michael the Arc
o angel. when contending with the dey
n he disputed about the body of Moses
e From this it would seem as II 7
It devil thought Moses belonged to =
n country. To pursue the question
q sarha Nitneee of the Spirit" furtht