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HllIlCHI I tr I A 10 BLUE GRASS BLADE and wisdom of Jehovah but tLe languand is not our own ObserVe the quotation marka I ft is taken from tho Old Testament of what is commonly known na IUI0 bible Accepting the language quotoI as representing the true Christian attitude and as furnishing men and women with i a true picture of tho character of the Christian god we opino that one Amos II Gottschal of Harrisburg Pr must be on the most intimate terms with Jehovah a sort of boon companion birds of one feather or Jehovah has appointed him President of the recently organized Annanias Club Any man who will knowingly and wilfully publish a lie is too unclean to bo designated as carrion unfit for the buzzards a product of Sycorax and Satan a disgrace even to such a parentage and were ho born in hades he would cast dishonor upon the place of his birth Such must be tho character of him whose name and address is given above Through a Blade subscriber A Osborn of Greens bore 0we are in receipt ofa small yellow leaflet and appropriate in colorwhich purports to give the last words that were supposedly uttered by some of the worlds greatest men on their death beds These last words are made up of a collection including Christians and Infidels among tho latter being Paine Voltaire Mirabeau Newport I and Chartcres Of the three latter wo are sufficiently informed to question merely to doubt but as concerns both Paine and Voltaire wo are in a position to know and can furnish acceptable proof We here give veruatim what this lying apostle of a revengeful god is circulating concerning Paine and Voltaire STAY WITH ME FOR GODS SAKE I CANNOT BEAR TO BE LEFT ALONE IT IS HELL TO BE ALONE a ALONEThese are given as the last words of Thomas Paine I AM ABANDONED BY GOD AND MAN I SHALL GO TO HELL These are ascribed as the last words of Voltaire Neither Paine or Voltaire gave utterance to any such sentiment thoy did not use any such language and as the burden of proof is upon him who makes the assertion we challenge proof or Amos II Gottschall must stand condemned as a wilfull falsifier a base slanderer but withal a worthy representative of the Christian religion One would think that such a man as this could never find even a temporary lodgment in a land where liberty of conscience is supposed to reign supreme or beneath the flag of a free people History teaches that the more ridiculous a craze foolish a fad or base the lie it will find some ready believers Doubtless this Pennsylvania hypocrite will find some foolish and unthinking people to believe in him The mores tho pity of it Ho is a Benedict Arnold to truth His ancestry must have belonged to those ancient Hebrews whom tho Lord of Hosts sent to deceive old King Ahab I His mind needs a bath nay it needs fumigation Such a man should be given a rope instructed carefully how to tip the knot and then invited to play the Judas act a I 1 I I tl 1 1 1 IT Either Amos Gottschall at tho time ho prepared the leaflet knew that he was about to publish and circulate a lie or ho was ignorant of the facts in each case and just invented what he wanted Wo are inclined to believe tho latter view of the situation Every quotation used bears the imprint of invention The last words which he puts in the mouth of dying Christians are given to express a belief in Christ crucified and salvation through faith Thea last words ho puts in the mouth of dying Infidels are framed for the purpose of suggesting a horrible and fearful agony Tho mind that could conceive such an argument is incapable of comprehending the eternal principles of truth and would wilfully misrepresent for the greater glory truth That the dying expressions ho of of a god supposed attributes to both Paine and Voltaire aro mere personal inventions is suggested by their newness and novelty Wo 1 have never heard or read of them before Wo have read all we could get concerning both on all sides and we have never heard or read of these last words before getting this leaflet The author must have a vivid imagination but it would be advisable for him to turn it in another and different direction Malice like death always loves a shining mark and there is no sting so venomous as that springing from religious hatred i That man who would slander the living without cause can be but a human vulture but ho who sinks into the grave and slanders the dead is but a mangy flee and not worthI tho price of the powder to blow him into a warmer climate Christians managed to learn and put into practice the killing reputations finding that reputations were more easily slain than persons and with less risks They turned from murder to slander and infidel deathbeds have afforded them a field for their operations The English language is lacking in words or sentences to fittingly describe the author of this yellow leaflet THE NEW ORGANIZATION Judging from the letters that continue to pour into the Blade office with reference to the proposed now organization of Freethinkers tho tide has turned towards it with increasing be done but to i creasing favor and but little now remains to meet organize and get down to work The great bulk of thoso undertaking to write their opinions have not made mention of any place or locality for tho of them unable to attend it is a are meeting and as manyof matter of indifference whore it shall be hold The Blade has named St Louis for the reason that the larger number have expressed themselves in favor of St Louis Since the last issue of tho Blado has boon mailed out wo have received a few suggestions that tho placo of meeting ought to be a little further east and both Cincinnati and Indianapolis have received favorablo mention Either of the latter points would bo more convenient to the Blade as being much nearer but wo have not been guided by our own considerations or preferences being desirous of conforming to the wishes of the majority as expressed and to call tho I.