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AS AN EXPONENT OF WHAT IN

FIDELS WOULD DO IF THEYIWERE NPOWERI

An Intelligent Infidel woman said tome that It Infidels were in power Inrthls country tho>v would persecute andabuse their poorer just as Christianshave done All of us are oven nowIfar below the high pretensions of ourphilosophy4 tarwould all probablybe worse than we are now It therewb nobody to restrain us but In thehistory of France we have a plaindemonstration that a country absolute-ly

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in control of Infidels is far betterthan one under the Influence of Chris ¬

tianity Fran Is today so absolute-ly

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under Infidel control that the Infi ¬

dels of that country can dictate anyterms they may desire to the Chris ¬

tians and yet Franco Is today thehappiest country it what is common ¬

ly called ChristendomThe business prosperity of France

is phenomenally fine Only a few yearsago at Sedan France capitulated toPrussia on terms of paying an Im-

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war indemnity and cedingAlsace and LoraIne parts of her valuable territory and yet France has notonly leenable to pay the indemnitybut has loned to Russia 2500000000and is abundantly able to lend stillImore if she regarded it as good financial policy and in the interest of peaceto do so-

On the other hand Christian En ¬

gland never has paid and in centuriesprobably never will pay the debt shecontracted to conduct the Revolutionary war against the United Statesand the Christian United States nev-er has paid and In centuries proba-bly

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never wUUnay the debt she con-

tracted W sO tcmir civil °war arOur debt being to our own people-

Is of course better than Englandsdebt to foreigners unless one or bothsome day repudiates those debts aswill almost certainly Ic done and trthat event the United States will beworse off than England With all theImmense resources of America ourgovernment could not lend money asPrance has done and while InfidelFrance is enjoying the greatest ser¬

enity of any European governmentand Christian Russia is but a hell onearth the government of the UnitedStates is but a seething caldron of alltho woes that Shakespeares witchesmixed or that flew from Pandorasbox and our condition Is rapidly get ¬

ting worse and worse every day untilnow such is the condition of affairsthat the guards around our presldenwill allow no man to come Into hispresence with a wrapped package lestIt may be a bomb with which to kilthim as Christian Russia lately killedSergius

Suicide of all classes of people andmurders especially of women andchildrena Christian woman In Mayfield Kentucky a few days since hav ¬

ing murdered three beautiful daugh ¬

ters that he might marry a brutalman are simply rampant in the Unit ¬

ed States and In Kentucky the mostdastardly assassinations of each otherby Christian leaders surpassanything known In the annals ofcivilized history

2In France none of these things are

occurringFrance

and Switzerland the latterof which gavo its University for theuse of the great International InfidelCongresss are the only two govern-ments in Europe that are Republicanand constructed upon exactly thee planof government that tile Infidels Jeffer ¬

son Paine and Franklin framed forthis government and those two gov¬

ernments are the only ones In Europewhere peace and prosperity and hap-pIness reign all the time and Italythe home of the Pope Is coming to thefront rapidly and just In the ratiothat she discourages religion untilthe Polo has to beg of America tofurnish him the money upon which tosupport his Infamous and nefariouspretensions in the country that oncegave 70000000 to build St Peterschurch

In the light of such facts as theseit is not reasonable and fair to saythat the United Status in the handsof Infidels would beinq better off thanit is now in the hands of Christians

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WHY DEATH HAS NOIUntil death stares him in the face

tho Japanese does not care to bo rel-

igIous in the ordinary sense of theterm and death Is to him but a newlife Jed in a supernatural way Whentho father of a family goes on a jour-ney

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a part of his room Is held sacredhis memory and devotional offer-

Ings are made to him In all thefamilies who have some relative fight-

ing In the war there Is not a singleone where the mother wife or sisterdoes not practice the rite or endear-ment

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for the absent and If he diesthe attitude of the bereaved shows nosubstantial change

The departed Is regarded as beingstill present and dally offerings andsalutations are made to him In theagnostic temperament of the Jap-anese there Is always a corner sacredto this feeling d

If you will ask a Japanese whetherhe believes in God in the ordinarysense as a dIety presiding over theuniverse he will unhesitatingly an ¬ aswer No

The school education Is free fromany teaching of a doctrinal characterand the Japanese cannot see whymorals should be based on the teach-Ing of a special denomination but bel-

ieve that there is no reason why peo-ple should not be upright and bravewithout the help of a God or a creed

We have always considered the lowform of Buddhism merely as an

aid to the weak Loyalty filial pietyand honesty have always been theonly gods to whIchthe educated Japanese look up

The code of warriors has formed thecreed of Busbldo which means ThePath of the Samurai To be aSamurai is the highest aspiration ofthe Japanese It applies all that Isconveyed In the word gentlemanused in its best sense with a dash ofthe soldier added

In earlier days no special stress waslaid on hook learning but In thecourse of time literature and musichave added softening touches to thebrusque features of the Samurai char-acter

But the keynote of Busbldo Is anindomitable sense of honor A Samu ¬

rais jealousy of his good namereaches the pathetic extreme of pre-ferring instant death to a slur on hisreputation and the practice of harrakarri Is the outcome of this feelingHarra signifies the abdomen which

Is supposed to be the seat of ideasand thoughts and the act of cuttingopen the abdomen is a symbolic de ¬

monstration that no Ideas unworthyof a Samurai have been harbored

But for this alldaring spirit of Bus ¬

bldo Japan would never have beenable tomake such gigantic progressin the last forty years and the samespirit will continue to urge Japan onIn her pursuit of the Ideals of thegood the true and the beautiful

The above appearing in the Lexing ¬

ton Leader the most influential paper except tho Blade that was everpublished in this city is the most re-

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editorial that I have everseen in any paper of Lexington In thonearly sixty years that I can remember Lexington journalism

The editor of the Leader Is theson of a Presbyterian preacher and Isno more Infidel than all Intelligentmen are and yet while the wholeChristian Inslstanco has always beenthat there was no morality or heroismoutside of Christianity here Is aneditorial that says the very acme ofmorals now known to the world is tobe found among a people who do notbelieve in any god and has no reli ¬

gion and of whom It Is known anddally being demonstrated in our pa ¬

pers that they are physically Intel ¬

lectually and morally far superior totheir foe the Russians who are thetruest and most orthodox of all Chris ¬

laneNothing In the whole history of

Christianity since the villain Con

stantlne started that Infamous fraud1500 years ago has even shown soplainly to the world the superloty ofatheism as a moral influence to Chris ¬

flan as has the conflict between thesetwo nations one representing atheismand the other representing Christian ¬

ityIn twentyfive years from now every

newspaper in Lexington will be Infi ¬

del and probably b f the atheisticschool

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And Socialist Baptizes Babe I

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all religious officesGeorge Junghany of 1327 Bremen aL

freethinker and Socialist Sunday delea ted his firstborn to the life of theNew Thought of which he is an

ardent devotee The attending cere ¬

monywas performed by B S Fraynelecturer who also composed the

unique christening ritualOnly in the sprinkling of the wa-

ter upon the childs forehead didthe babtlsmal ceremony resemble thatprescribed oJy most creeds

Tlie strange but simple exercisesof the fathers dedication of his childto littoral doctrine was attended by 15

of his most intimate friends all more-

r less radical In their religious beliefand Industrial Ideals Evelyn Junghanyfs a little over four weeks oldHerfather is a machinist-

I know he said that before manyyears my daughter with thousandsof ofer unfortunates will have toseek mployment In factories

lik now she will never have oppor-

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to attend the high school andcolleg Vas Is her right

IM how that under conditions asItheymshe will never get out of theIsurroi ndlngs of the tenement house

rWlil TeacTtfHerloRe iglon as popularly conceived

says i citing of those conditions norhas It a remedy for them-

I v 111 teach my daughter to realizeher c mdition and Its cause I willtpoint mt to her the path of justice

Bu I will propose no dogma I willsend her to no Sunday school andonly the religion of justice will betaught her from the time that hermind opens to Impressions-

I know social justice will not comein my day but I Intend to prepare herfor the great struggle for Industrial

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freedom that must come in hersThe Ceremony

This was the form of the strangebaptismal ceremony

Child of Nature we are about tochristen you with water Natures nec-

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Its state of impurity Is symbolcal of the unjust conditions existing atthe time of your birth

Into this water we pour a little saltand a little sugar these being symboli-

cal of all the vast wealth that yourmother Nature so bountifully provides and to which you are joint heirwith all of her children

We christen you Evelyn Junghany-In the name of Nature thy motherand in the name of humanity sisterto whom you are

May the trials cares and sorrowsof this world fall as lightly upon you i

as the drops of this essence Maylive to see or be the seed of youI

who will live to see the dawn of ¬

tice when humanity will have cometo Its own when the essence will not I

be an emblem of humanitys birthright but that birthright a realitywhen men will not live In strife andcompetition but in peace and indus-

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concordHopeThe Star

Let Hope be the star of your lifelose not faith In humanity but abideIn patience until salvation come Thunight of Ignorance Is slowly passingaway and the dawn is coming Theveil that has hid Truth from man forages is rent asunder and theof justice stands exposed to demonILike the shadows of nightdissolve with tho first rays of tho I

sunChild of the future happy Is your

lot you are born at an opportunemoment A suffering world no longerweeps but smiles with hope and withImplicit faith works for Its own salva ¬

tionGo then J o sister and take with

you the good will of this assembly andyou could not have a higher or toileblessing Amen

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TWO CHRISTIANS HUNG

At Pittsburg on March 22 twoChristians Dyers and Dardala werehung first Protestant latter a Catho ¬

lic They had their clergy with themand went through the same religiousperformances that all persons do whenthey are hung

INFIDELIs the Right Name for Infidels Sayse

Maryland Brer Groh andHumanitarian Review Never

The Less Yet Notwith-standing

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Editor Moore and Elder Jim HughesDearly beloved and coworkers in

the vineyard and fig orchard Greetingand kisses

It behooveth us to take to heart BroD Webster Grohs wall over the tak-ing

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in vain the generic name ofourpaternityThe

enemy glbeth aodIsneereth and salth Go to thou In ¬

fidel and it cometh to pass that BroGroh taketh this ribaldry to heartcand he appealeth to the enemy oventhe Inventors of charity to spare onelittle mite of their product from theIcoldstorage vaults of their Holyhearts and call us RatlonallstsI

But the deluded and Chris ¬

tian turnetn up his Christly nose andplat jVT hIs Godly thumb thereon hetwitcheth his sanctified fingers andmocketh with a great mockIThe Christian is pitched inside andoutside with pitch and he defileththe Rationalist with vlrtuperatlon re-

dolent with Ignorance Rationalistsalth the Curistlan no man may berational who denyeth that I am savedevery hour and minute in the daythough the ever flowing blood thatottluThe Christian standeth upon ail therational ground that is in sight AllIother ground Is sinking sand Hishymn salth so

It behooveth us then dearly belovedo retaliate and can the Christian

hypocriteAfterdearly beloved what dif-

ference doth It makeWe know who they mean when they

call us Infidel and answer Presentevery time

We might call the rose a cabbagebut we would get little sauer krautfrom It It would remain the sameobject Just so with nonbelieversWe are essentially the same bunchof thorns to Christians

They continually kick against thepricks and get their Christian feelings

laceratedDidthe Christian call the Sar-

acen a dog of an Infidel and did notthe Saracen call tne Christian a dogof an Infidel Have not Christianscalled all opposition Infidelity fromtime immemorial

It behooveth the unbeliever to puton the whole armor of nonchalanceand leave no Ahillean heel to Pacslstan craftiness

Good Bro Groh slioweth a sore spotto the enemy and the enemy shootethhis shaft and danceth his skirt dancebefore the Lord even as did Davidthe paramour of Bathsheba

two Christians stand upon theINo creedlc platform Every Chris-

tian Is a heretic to every other Chris

tianEveryChristian is the only true

Christian all others are spurious Inour camp are many banners AtheistsAgnostics Infidels Rationalists Unbe ¬

lievers Freethinkers etcThe only thing that we agree upon

Is that the Christian Is the humbugof humbugs We have no privateswe are nil chiefs I am called out ofmy number but I answer just thesame under any appallatlon that op-

poses the Prince of Peace who cameinto the world to bring a sword Thissword is a twoedged affair and cutsfor peace when the Christians are lick-

ed and cuts for war when the enemyis seemingly inferior

Christianity has warred upon heneighbors and has brought the weakto tho knee or to the rack and hasbent the suppliant knee in time to superior force It Is a submissive con-

queror

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It is a beggar on horse backat all times and fulfills the character

Christianity has provided for thegreater part of humanity a place ofeternal torment and then brags of Its

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munificence Prates of Its benefac-tions and provides a hell

For Its favorites it has set up somewhere a place where they may If theypay for the privilege come and see-the holy degrees conferred upon thegroundfloor promoters

As hell is near enough to heaven forLazarus to carry on a dialogue withDives we will not be so very far fromheaven anyway

As Dives is near enough to catch ndrop of water on his tongue the onlydifferences will bp that of under orover the grating

It will be as much too cold in heavn as too hot In hell and Id just as

lief sweat as freeze In addition toother names a Christian called me anIngrate at the free discussion society

in BaltimoreHe said I was an Ingrate to God

who had conferred manifold blessingsupon me while I turned and barkedand snapped at the heels of OmnIpo-tence iite a snarling flee

I asked him what return he hadmade to the Giver of all things Hesaid that he had made no return ex¬

cept a public acknowledgment of histhanks I asked him who provided forhim in his infancy and he said Godprovided him with a father and moth

who looked after him-

I then asked him If he had spentmuch time In thanking his parents forItheir care of him and he said No

I then asked him if there was not apossibility of his barking his thanksup the wrong tree

He said It was possible that he wassomething of an Ingrate himself

Tho fellow that depends upon Godalone for sustenance in this world isapt to go hungry Thanking God forwhat he does not provide is the Christians idea of gratitude

Most all inventors and scientistshave been Infidels and the world isungrateful enough not to perpetuatetheir names as a sense of obligationand gratitude Even the Christiansometimes gives credit to an Infideland robs God of his dueCWhen the Christian opens his head

public Jesus done It all all to him-I

oweWhenJesus slid down the Almighty

Dads cellar door ho did not know Itwas the attraction of gravity thatcaused the exhilaration When helet the Devil lead him up a high moun-

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he did not know that his eyesighthad a down shoot on Its penetration-to see the kingdoms that were on thefar side of the globe

In fact his atlas told him that helived on a plane

Rational why the Christian is theonly rational Irrational that Is whatBro Groh will get How can a manbe rational and not let the Christianthink for him

The ideal If Bro Groh wants ahobby to ride let him mount his Rationalist pony

Ho can carry a sign upon his breastI am a Rationalist as the farsighted

man does the misinformation I am

blindChristianityhas preempted all the

pleasing appellations and leaves usthe harsh momenclature

Dearly beloved let us have somefun out of the Christian Call him

LongfacePietytold the Christians that

the heavens would roll up like ascroll and melt with fervent heatthat the earth would pass away with agreat noise

It St Peter had heard one of thoseeleven inch Japanese shells that bursted at Port Arthur he would have mis ¬

taken shimore powder for the wrath ofGod on a rampage

Old Sol when he wrote Ecclesiasticsunder Inspiration said Eccle 1 4

One generation cometh and anothergoeth but the earth abldeth foreverOne of these wise guys was off his

baseStillthe Christian says he Is the

only bonafide Rationalist In theChristians eye we are Infidels wheth-

er we are Infidels or whether we arenot Black Is white to him when hewasheth It In the red blood of the

LambBrotherGroh could not wash anywhiterrthan snow

Perhaps ho Is not steeped In iniquitysufficiently to cause such a chemicaltransformation as that Iniquity Is

supposed to neutralize the red andblack and produce white

IInfidel Infidel Is my name Infideltill I lie been baptized in the Infidelfaith and swIne to eat Infidel pieJOHN F CLARK

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