The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-05

the Darkness of Egypt was so thick
that II could be felt that God diyid-
ed the waters above the armament
from those below the armament; that
500 feet OF water fell each day during
the food; that the grass grew before
a ray OF light was launched from the
quiyer Of the sun; that the sun was
stopped a whole day in order TO give
General Joshua a little time in which
to murder few more helpless babes;
that the sun was turned backward in
his course 10 degrees in order to con-
vince a barbarian, Hezekiah that he
was not going to die from carbuncle;
that after making the earth, this grain
OF sand, he made the stars also, either
one Of which is many times larger
than our little planet
The Captain doubtless has no trou-
Bile in understanding that the Bible
was originally written in Hebrew
characters without vowels, or punctu-
alton and that it was not divided into
chapters or verses until the 10th CEN
tury, and that pious monks made all
necessary alterations. On the subject
of ventilation, the Captains scientific
mind is not worried when he reads in
the book an account of a building five
hundred feet long, ninety feet wide
and 55 feet high with one window
about two feet square.
The Ark finally rested on the top
of Mount Ararat, four thousand feet
above the line of eternal SHOWS, in
order no doubt, that the animals from
the tropics could have a breath of
fresh air.
rhe fact that the Almighty left the
throne of Heaven and came to earth.
to give priest directions as to how
to make patterns for tongs, snffers
an dother paraphernalia used by Moses
and Aaron in ministering to the spir-
tual welfare of the Israelities, or that
Moses, the leader of the chosen peo-
pie, was murderer, and a fugitive
from justice, does not alter the case
with Bro White.
Captain. it will not do Come out
into the glorious light of the goth CEN
tury and do like the balance of the
haIiavore dO. x.,I,a,, !, fo ~ *, octolI;oL
ed by science becomes a fact as evi-
denced by your reason, throw away
that part of the book. Spiritualize it,
or forget it. Call the days of crea-
tion long whiles, 6 Eons, or ages and
say that the world was evolved and
assist the heretics of this age who are
trying to harmonize the foolish myths
of the Bible by explaining away por-
tions, to get rid of the Objectionable
material. We now rarely hear of the
fires of hell except in times of great
stress to-wit: During reviyals where
the results are not satisfying, and on
those occasions the fires of hell are
rekindled and the unbeliever is shook
over the flames and the adolescents
are given picture of the eternal an
guish of the damned On other oe-
easions, Hell is a Violated Con-
science and We have personal God
and personal devil.
call attention to the fact that all
the great orthodox religions have been
founded by murderers and that each
of these demons from the time of
Moses have thrown the burden on the
Lord and have sought to explain away
their infamies by Thus Saith the
Lord
Constance the founder of our re-
ligion, murdered his wife and Oldest
son, and yet when he died an angel
came to his room and carefully carried
his spirit to the realms of the blest.
John Calvin murdered Seryetus by
having him burned to death at the
stake with slow fire, and yet Calvin
is worshipped next to Christ by a
large orthodox body in this country.
Just what sort of condition that man
can be in that could justify John Cal
vim is hard to understand. There
should be a Hell thousand times
worse than the most distempered inn
agination of the orthodox believer
could conjure up, for Calvin. People
should get the badge of reverence off
their eyes, and know that murder can
not be sanctitied by any Saint, and
that no matter what book the account
occurs, the deed is the same. | quote
a few lines from 'Ironquill" on Super
in ciosing:
From east to west, half buried side
by side, +
A chain of boulders, which the icy tide
Of glacial epochs centuries before