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(FORMERLY TfiE FOOL-KILLER) i
VOLUME 8
TO THE WAR-BEREAVED.
I have been impressed here, of
late that I ought to make Good
Kews carry a sort of special mes-
the War-Bereave 1 to
BOOMER., NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER, 1918.
Where Reason Is Needed.
uikuu, uever nas oeen ana never
will be, and I think you dear peo-
viu wiiw rtio nuvv urougut iice to laOOO JNews never trips tn vet
face with this great, question you excited. A person in an exci-
vu.uu w auu wuiu. ouiicu conaicion is not capable of
i IV U Vm r-VUW-MMlH 1 I.fl
sa - ..- , ie every ooay rally to the support sane reasoning And I contend
those,whohave J" of Good News and we will all Uat if God had not; LlntTus
sons brothers, nuscauus, sweet- learn fp thin tn
- : i r?- 4. : I "r acoouu nc wuuiu uui
Are You Tied to a Post?
NUMBER 12
s
Notes and Comments.
' ' " " '
It ip absolutely necessary for
me to repeat from time to time a
good many things that I say,- in
order to emphasize them. One
light tap on the head won't kill a
bear. It takes hard licks and- of-
have given us any such a faculty: ten repeated. It is the same way
Furthermore, if cool and calm rea- with getting the truth into the
son is ever needed it certainly is noggin of the average person;
needed when we come to consider
our future destiny. 'it is unthink- Once more let me remind you
able that an All-W'se God would that tne thing3 yon lock ahead to
hearts and friend
War.
The list of Bereaved is now
growing long, and every name in Some folks are so hide-bound
it means a saddened and broken: and prejudiced. toward their old
hearted home. If ever people established views that nothing in
,1 a. : ii it i
needed a mes-age ouu-. m worm can cnange mem. have given ma a rmmi togaMe are never like you think they are
solation and cheer, these bereared They seem to think it would be an him fa th(J and unimDortant going to be. You can read a de-
0Des certainty ao neea now. awiui sin to . cnange tneir ; views things of j., &nd then ref uge fc scription of a place you have
WMA"1f! ""V T ! " , T . g' , , ugn con- let him use that reason when he never seen, and you think you
yery timely and very important vinced that they had been wrong. comes up against life's greatest know iust howit looks-But when
messjge iur UK wUi.u- j.uey preier 10 go -on m a way problems It would be like fur- you really see the place with your
that ought to appeal to every one, that they know to be wrong nishine a man a compass to ex- own eyei it will hardly resemble
dot especially tuyao wuu aic raiuer man io auiiuowieuge weir pjore own plantation but driv- the cental picture you had form-
sunenug me uA uucwmwa ujibiaKti auu geu ngui. inghimout to cross a strange ed ot lfc- Ana tnat 1S 3 ustule wa
for the absent and of bereavement But that's not me. If I know LnnHLuw mifioe m o,v it will be with the future events
for the dead. If your Soldier is my own heart, I am entirely free w0lild never do a thing like that that the Bible tells about. They
fighting Over There, or if he has from prejudice. But it was not Your reasoning nowers WPrp will be so different. from the com-v
finished the fight and laid down always so. I used to be jas ivl vnn tft
his life for the cause of humanity ,1 hide-bound a Baptist as you could nnfi:Hnri nf will scarcely be recognized when
you have passed through an ex- find in forty states. I swallowed iessrother gifts, and they may tney come. The Last Trumpet
peneuce vuau uuiera uauuuuuw. aa tuau uureabuuauic uupo auuub serve a higher purpose but there I TOe :
me reu-nut ures ui uucnug auu i,n immoriai soui, goiug tu iienveu jg nothing to take the place "of Imn2s WU1 proDaDiy De neany
Dereavemeut uave uurueu away wnen you aie, ereraai wnueot, fl fn ncinr unnn ocati over DeiOie tne people Nreanze
.iiil.j c i .11 ii i -i- ii. xtti.o o Kca"vo w ubing your reason, , , . .,.. -
. Hie ur.r ana f ine ,r J vv 8 mister man, and you will
all
soon see
what is happening.
There is no way of knowing for
certain just yet whether the Ten
Toes of the Image -will develop
at the end of this war. But it looks
and more like it.evecy day.
listen at all .this talk about
cricy pride and prejudice out of ply because I had been raised that that most of the things teu ht in
uja. au 4wu v, - uu uauy m guu w w the orthodox creeds are entirelj
i iKUb uaru uu, auu aWC, auy Lumiiiiig xur uiex,. ; unreasonable and' out of place . in
mib wum wnerever you uuu iu 11 tiowever, wnea i urn get my a common-sense world.
you have never been honest bethinker to working, I soon discov- rvhprf rp flpVPri hniulrm! Sf.
fore, you are honest now. You are ered that the readymade creeds ferent creeds, and each creed more
in too serious a slate of mind to wouldn't do to depend on. Right fn up hQnlntplvrio-lif Pnf Just
be otherwise. I may never have there ended ray creed-worship, they are all wrong to a great ex- a Federation of Nations, and just
seen or heard of you, but if you and right there began my search tent. Doubtless, each one contains keep your eye skinned to see who
have just received a telegram that for something both sensible and f ' OTa:na ftf rilfKiiv fliftnn, gets up the peace terms that will
i our ooiuier is ueaa. in jd ranee, i saiisrymg. o mis gooa aay 1
would not be afraid to trust you. have not found any man nor any
And you would not betray the set of men tiiat I am willing to
trust, either. You are honest, follow all the way through. Some
Your sorrow has lifted you above have one truth 'and some another,
all the little mean things that you but all have a lot ots error mixed
with great obdlins of error. Just "uauy u"awcu- " '
tn woiir wW lio-i,!-t in Rome gets up the peace terms,
crof naW i,Wt o f oof o 0,? w. you can oust watch out. He will
that is my only creed..
The 1 ' immortal soul" is
the
become the head of the Federa
tion of Nations; he will be the
literal and personal Antichrist; he
will not last long, but while he
ID 1 OfVl f. VlQira Vinan r-ii 1 1 4-tt rf KnniiA . HPa nVke-kli-iAl rr
And so I want to make friends free in my- mental and spiritual wJ'JIT w;. does last there will be more trou-
with the bereaved. I want to talk life, and to form my own opinions fi Mai wood on w and is about hie tnanjany of us would like to
toyou through this little paper, and chance them when they need worn out. People are beginning think about. But remember this:
awl see if I can help to lighten changing thatis my method now. to T read arid think for themselves. Even if the Ten Toe phase of Gen
your burdens and comfort ?our Thft wira man changes, but the You can't cram any old dope tile dominion is still to come, it is
srAn,i i i.- I . , -T- iJwn the tolks like r you once
"vxxvwiu nearis. iooi never aoes. x. am going w could
It is a sad fact that the establish- edit this paper to day according ' -. '
Pfl rrnnJn Ll- A.l J 1 . . . l i t . .1 a T 1 A -
ue urinoaox cnurcnes lo tbe vjery oesii ugm x nave w- Yo can . aepend -on it that
Uft,cu 1 mucn m me way oi day, while l Keep ngnt on trying tnis Great War will end exactly
comfort or consolation to offer to get better light tomorrow. This like it OUGHT to" end. &nd since
yu. All they can tell you is that old world is" moving these days, it is a clear case that' Germany
your Soldier if he happened to and a stationary1 creed is out of is in the wrong and. OUGHT to be
D out of the churchis doomed date.
eternal torment in hell. I want Now
10 tell j ou , and I want to prove to breadth
j ouuu is noL ine case. itrvAi with nin KAarsnn aioncr tnisi
mi . i v v ' ' w - r i v w ui ug vmuju v j uu w
is no place of eternal tor- road, come ahead.- get out of heart.
certain to be short; and then will
come the Golden Age of peace and
joy. Keep your eye on that.
Sample Copies.
Uncle Sam is asking us editors
defeated, therefore she WILL be to conserve the paper supply by
.ew if vn,i'TO defeated. But it is liable to be a eliminating waste and extra cop
, mister, it you ve got',OT.-, vii .TTnf thai. T, j
and liberality enoueh to ;"' - "Z 3 "J' so i nope every e ,m
xiwvo c , jr Ult - niea on to some mena
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pass a
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wno is not a suuscriuw.