The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-08-23


answered Yes the same kind Of in'
nor nee that characterizes the hy-
ena and tiger That don't sound
much Ike the story Of Adam and bis
arple. and vet these are archaeological
and geoloeical facts that fully sns-
lain Mr Beacher's assertions. Man
gasaaseas, a armed and aole ex-
Pres yterian minister IN crltlcisfne
ihe story Of Sinai and especially that
a1 which says God wrote the Deco
log on two tar let's Of stone that we're
laced In the ark OF tn covenant
and borne finally to the mple at
Jerusalem says when the ark rest
ed at the temple the two ston were
removed from the ark, but there was
no sign Of an inscription either
Where are those ston s today? The
echo answers, where. II in existence
those tablets would be Of more value
tran all the gold Of Opher and Peru
and all the diamonds and rubies Of
tse earih's Priests and Potentatcs
Or Strong in r viewing some OF
th'se criticisms is quoted as saving
While these storiss will not bear a
literal INTERPRETATION, yet there must
re some alleeorical sense in which
the IRE true That is eQulolent toI
an Acknowledgement OF their untruth.
Lr Buckner one Of Guthries ab.
est ministers said to his congregation
We do not ask You to accept every
thing in I've Biol as Of divine au-
thority for it is not We only ask
Won to acccet that which commends
iself to reason But enough. We
might write $40 volumes OF criticism
from our aDlest ministers and college
Professors on the fictons and falla.
Il Of the Bible Rnt now my broth |
er why not turn your artillery upon
vour churches and colleges for teach. |
ing rs this unbelief instead of tenn
lorizing rs puny socialists for ac-
ceptlng so much church and college |
tcachiine? But believing as evd nj
" Won do, that the Book is diyinely
iosoired you mnet hohev, that at
enc time God nspirod dumb ass
TO rcluke IN madness and folly OF
his own proaAet Then could not
Tod inspire these agnostics and in
'idels to rebuke the churches and es
lecially some Of our ministers for
.h ir shortsightedness, prejudice ana
olllical folly in leading the nations
" this world into a condition Of strife
md bloodshed, theft, and robbery |
insanity and suicide ana condition
VI oaroarity scarcely equallcd in the
nnals Of the past. Is it The fault OF
he gospel you preach? No. the gos
= is good enough. But whE is il
fter having This gospel dinned into
$ for 1900 years and having given L
o the churches untold billions in
loney that conditions are as above
iscribed9 II
The gospel you preach is one o. +
eace on earth and good Will to man
is the gospel of golden rule and l
kindness. Yet you preach
lis gospel and then by all the miga I,
your impulse and BY your franchise Z
Du support an economic system that n
lthers crime of every character and
flicly fight the only system that ,,
an auxiliary to Christianity and 81
rat would enable men TO live Of
tristian life. NJ
Prior to the present Eurcpeon war al
elsium possessed the greatest 80 .,
ierati societies in the world. One lal
.eiety is said to have had capital on
$3.50 100000 These societies an of
tally elected delegates 10 con. llo
renee, At one of these conferences '
q bishop of Lincoln delivered AMI
dress. He said, For thirty wears f.,
have watched your cooperative We
'vement and in that time Won have tn
ne more not only for the economic '",
I for the moral uplift of YOUR peo jho
than all the churches have done. tn
" brother quit fighting Gods way ol,
receiving the world unto himself lie
making us helpful to each other goo
tead Of cutting each others throats 80,
a good shepherd quit feeding tho ,
ives and help us poor sheep TO get of
nioble at Gods green pastures on
ev have taken our places for 10 IN
Sc many years and left us to shiv- ,o
in the cold. Th,v have entrench. no,
themselves In our churches and Won
our courts. garbed themselves in thin
v-n's livery to deceive and de- "
~ us. God will help us if the i'al
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