The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-03-22
An open Confession.

we have yet another apologist for tn
Book that is to be taught our childrc
to make them kind and loving; an
this new Jason" who seems not s.
much to be after tne Holy Fleece as b
is after the price of the Fleece, Ia
the cognoment of Paul Norton. Nov
Brother Paul, your argument whicl
it seems that you intended to hnall.
put the "Kibosh," on the doubters, il
likely to have the opposite effect al
evidenced by this quotation taken from
your article: There has been 5,
much said, so many bitter insinua
tions uttered against the character u
the scriptures, as for instance Nose.
and David that thought | would stat,
a few facts that would throw 4 dif
| ferent light upon the subject than that
Offered by the Champions of .infldal
| Iity." In approximately 1850 words oi
dissertation on the subject which
Paul" set himself to straighten out
he has succeeded admirably in prov
ing every contention that has been
urged as to the character of Moses
and David We claimed that they
were murderers, and adulterers, and
the Reverend Paul" has proved this
beyond question by the BOOK.
He manages to pull in something
about conscience, also something to
the effect that David was brave, all OF
which we can not let go unchallenged.
The question arises if the proven char
acter given to David by Paul, is true,
why should we refer to him in getting
perfect Abstract of our Title to resi-
dence property in the New Jerusalem
DO you suppose that the Reverend
Paul Norton" would advise the seek
er for Truth to go to the teachings of
Captain Kidd for instruction as to
how best to live a Cody life, and yet
according to his own words, David's
career even surpassed that of the FAM
GUS Atlantic Freebooter
Let us examine the character of
David little more, not in the effect
to deny anything that our worthy op-
ponent has said for we admit all of
that; but in an effort to show David
in his true character, and to show fur
ther that David's God endorsed the
major portion of his servants actions.
Was David an outlaw? Read Sam
uel XXI, 2. "And every one that was
in distress, and every one that was in
debt, and every one that was discon-
tented, gathered themselves. unto him;
and he DAVID became captain over
them; and there were with him about
four hundred men"
No wonder Saul, the representative
of law and order in that community,
tried to capture this young road agent.
But the Almighty knowing that David
was of this character sent his agent,
the Prophet Samuel and annoited him
with some preparation of Witch Lubri-
cant, known as Holy Oil" The Sam
uel that did this feat, is the same Sam
uel, who, when he found this Saul had
failed to kill King Aaga of the Amale-
kites ordered Saul to bring him forth,
an dhe, the benificent prophet and son
of the famous Bible Woman Hannah,
hewed King Agag in pieces before the
Lord in Gilgal. (See Samuel XIV,
33)
This amounting as mentioned in the
paragraph meant that David,
if he succeeded in his brilliant career,
should one day succeed Saul as King |
of Israel, position, which, judged by |
the description given in Holy Writ of
Sauls seats of government would not |
be a very desirable job, especially un-
der the character of civil service and |
judicial recall that they had in those
times when God talked face to face
with his subjects Sauls location or
throne seems to have been more or
less ambulatory, juding from the fact
that he was under tree" ''in a cave"
and at various and sundry places when
he issued orders.
To return to David. What was the
first exploit that he and his 400 picked
bunch of discontents did? Led~by
their Holy Captain they went about
10 murder and plumber Hiding them
selves in caves and mountain fast
nesses, they became a terror to people
aboring in the fields or travelling from
place to place so every one that
was in debt, joined the robber band.
rhe thoroughness with which David
md his marauders did their devilish i
work won for them the favor of
David desiring to branch
,ut little. invaded the nations of the
seshurites, and Amalekites, aud the
account says left neither man, nor
woman alive, and brought all their
.attle with him. The reason for this
,xploit follows; And David saved
ieither man nor woman alive, to bring
he tidings TO Gath, saying, Lest they
hould tell on us, saying, So did