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

To the Editor of the Chieftain: The
recent articles in the Chieftain by Cap
tain White, Jno. Ratcliff, w. S. Ma
loney, and your own editorial, prove
this one thing to me that you are all
investigators, and that is the one thing
that we are finally interested in-the
intellectual side of the discussion.
Any person who is an investigator
and thinker is bound to progress and
no matter what absurdity he sub
scribes to, he will, if he has his ears
open to reason and his eyes open to
the facts of science remodel his views
even in spite of himself
AS a parting shot, Captain White
with the able collaboration of one of
Vinitas foremost Divnes, enters a de-
murrer to the whole matter, and says
that lie believes the Book from kiver
to kiver," that it has all that man
needs, THAT the fool, though way
faring man need not err therein The
Captain does well not to attempt an ex-
PLANTATION of any of the absurdities or
crimes that were sanctioned by the old
Bible, as there can be none evinced.
He has adopted the only method He be-
lives, and that is all there is to it. He
started with the postulate that the
Bible was the book for the people to
rs nd
Mercy, and now when pressed to re-
concile the terrible things sanctioned
by Jehovah, he relies on the Thus
saith the Lord"
Writing on biblical subjects is not
the Captains long suit, as we believe
that his style of literature should be
more on the order of his Famous Fox
Hunt" story, and we would respectfully
call the Captains attention to the fact
that he has not published that classic
yet this year. 1t seems to us that ii
is long overdue, as we are now long
ing to know how fast Queen" ran in
that famous chase.
w. S. Maloney of Bluejacket takes
his pen in hand to say that he is not
very positive as to the Old Testament;
, that he is not prepared to say whether
it was proper for the great author o
the Universe to kill Ahab's 70 sons fol
crime that Ahab and Jezebel did, o.
: whether the clothing worn by the chill
dren of Israel during the 40 years tina
they wandered in the wilderness diC
not grow old and grew with the owner
and that when a button fell off anothe
grew on in its place, nor is Malone!
certain that Jepthah did the prope
[. thing in sacrificing his daughter on th'
d account of foolish VOW he made t
d the Lord Perhaps ALSO Maloney woul'
6 hardly think it necessary for the Lor'
It to kill 10000 Israelities because they
;. after 40 years got tired of Mama.
e Brother Maloney pins his faith t
S the new dispensation-to the law o
e Christ. and he does not see anythin
l. wrong with the fable of Christ bein
l. Prince of Darkness and offered all tn
r. wealth of the world if he would VOL
d ship his Satanic majesty The fac
< that Christ the son of God was owne
is with his fatner of this universe befor
d the worlds were. and that the Dew
IS didn't even own tax title to a foe
a. of earth does not make any differenc
,r with the true believer. He takes
d. bug or cherry" There is some Ne
Testament scriptures that fit Bro MI
s. loney's case. Brother Maloney was
lie very devout democrat until he faile
s. to secure from the democratic part
a coveted nomination few years ag
III ana when this occurred, the scales fe
at from his eyes in one night like Sal
of of Tarsus he saw the light ard hs
st since been chief mourner in the ranl
he of the G. o. P. There is sog mo-
is New Testament scripture IL mig
We be used to advantage by Maioney az
90 that is the advice of the Savior to Il
ge lawyer. GO sell what thou hast az
give to the poor" pass this to Br