The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
RATCLIFF.


can your simplicity is sublime.
RATCLIFF
Estella
Editor vinita Chieftain love to
think of millions of people past and
present who have and do believe in the
inspiration of the scriptures. The
Jewish nation from Moses to Christ
believed the Old Testament scriptures.
There certainly must have been mil
lions of them. Then from the crucifc-
ton to the present there must have
been millions who have believed in the
New Testament scriptures. And at
the present time in the Christian ma
tions there must be millions of men,
women and children who believe in
bob the Old and the New Testament
scriptures. Ipicked up a paper dater
January 27, 1912. and read reports
from % communities covering only
two days, January 21 and %, in which
were reported additions to one branch
of the church of 2,913 persons. An
other paper dater February 8, reported
from II different localities, l 1,402. Feb
rnray 10, 1878 at "a churches; total
in four days at 50 churches 6,193-all
in 1912. SO you see 1t is safe to say
there are people by the thousand daily
openly protesting their belief in the
inspiration of the scriptures. How
many converts has any infidel got to
his credit? And what is their hope,
either in this life or that to come. And
where has the infidel any hope of fu-
ture life at all?
He dies as a dog or as an animal
with no check on his conscience, with
neither hope of reward, nor fear of
punishment He is basing his all on
the belief of men He calls them scien-
lists, men who only for the Bible never
heard of such thing as eternal life,
Men who explain material things only
by camulation of words. Men who
have got it in for the Bible because
it's the only book that has shown up
man as he is. The only book in exist
ence that has told man what he must
do to inherit eternal life. Men even in
this day of science, murder innocent
men, women and children, rob and
commit every crime that can be COM
United, and science has made infidels
believe that the God who created all
things hasn't power to control what
! he has created. Nor to even communi-
cate with even the l,'ghest of His crea-
tor, because some man who believed
the Bible committed murder.
Well the Bible describes the intidel--
It tells of his living in all ages, and
tells of his works. OF his methods,
and tells what is to be his end. | don't
wonder at any infidel being ashamed
to let his neighbors know who he is.
And again | ask, where are the infidel
institutions for the uplift of humanity ?
What has the infidel to offer instead
of Christianity. These are questions
pertinent to the issue And still am
proud that l can classify with Chris
tian people.
No specific crime or crimes proves
nfdelity Thep prove the validity of
the Bible. 1t was crime that made the
Bible u necessity. | have never yet
read Of nor heard of, any infidel liter
Iature, or infidel teachers that tried to
make men and women better. Or tried
to fit or prepare them for any exist
ence after death If there are really
any infldels. they are either cringing
towards who fear to give their identify
or blatant heart-hardened men who
who been given over to hardness of
heart who have been fully described
by the scriptures.
/ CAPT. G. S. WHITE.