Torch of reason., November 12, 1896, Image 1

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IF W E K N E W -
by painstaking and talented par-
PR A Y ER.
! part of ma n - th e power that oper-
Could we bu t draw the c u rta in s
/ ies^nes' grv,U
Have we any evidence that man ates for good. But we are coming
T h at su rro u n d each o th e r ’s lives,
creu
or ius helping his children . hft8 eyer recieyed ftn auswer to to learn that conscience is simply
See th e naked h e a rt an d sp irit,
o
e great goo< 1 ,at musk p,.ayer9 \ve k now that he is en- t*‘e ^an8uage of the moral organs,
K now w hat sp u r th e action gives;
a on <an accomp is i .
flowed with the means of providing an^ ^ ,e hiHuence of this language
Tjften we would find it b e tte r—
e made the acquaintance ofI f))r hjg wanU an<J
j
,
d depends upon the strength of these
Pure? th a n we judge we sh o u ld ;
the
stalwart president of the Me- .
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organs
We would love each o th e r b etter,
M i n n v i ll e e h ,.m l, v . i t At n „ i ” y t h e Pr o Pe r e x e r c is e o f h w reaso n
8 ‘“ 8-
If we only understood.
Minnville church, Mr. H. M. Dan
When we speak of a “clear con-
can, under
o ra b le c o n d itio n s.
iel, and he has the appearance of secure them. fa v But
Could we judge all deeds by m otives,
have we
we any
anv I s c ’e n c e w e niean that our moral
See th e good an d bad w ith in ,
being what one of his friends call
reason to expect that the laws of se,18e bas never been offended or
Often we would love th e sin n er,
him “an old wheel horse’’ in the
nature will or can be changed in blirt by tbeaction of any other or-
All th e while we loathe th e sin,
cause
of
mental
liberty;
Mr.
Oleson
Could we know th e pow ers
his favor, to the probable detriment 8ans OI the brain. If our coinbat-
and his wife Mrs. Addie OleSon,
W orking to o ’rthrow in te g rity .
and inconvenience of his fellow men Aeness and destructiveness become
superintendent o f the Sunday
We could judge each o th e r ’s erro rs
in other parts of the world? We arouse(l and we do something
W ith m ore p a tie n t c h a rity .
school, both active workers; Miss,.
wrong, our conscience hurts us just
• i youngest , daughter
,
t , believe
Maggie Daniel,
. not.
k . The laws of nature in proportion to the strength with
If we knew th e cares and tria ls,
1 4 . and i a very active are immutable. They J are not one
K new th e efforts all in vain,
of t ,, the president
compre-
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t u u n t d aud
im a another
u u u i e r tomorrow
to m o r r o w which the moral faculties w
u ip ie -
w o ..i.
r k e r in t h e o
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lhlng tod,,y
And th e b itte r d isa p p o in tm e n t,
wo.ker
,n
the
Sunday
school,
being
to
satjsf
ch
,)Ie
mi„d
()f
bend
the
injury-very
slight i f they
U nderstood th e loss a n d g a in —
the organist and kindergarten
k in d e rg a rte n
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W outd th e grim e x te rn a l roughness
any
man.
The
eternal
force,
which
are
8nia*b
very
great
if they arc
teacher: Mr. L. D. Hopfield, vice-
Seem, 1 w onder, ju st th e sam e?
moulds with its countless hands large.
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W ould we help w here now we h in d er? president of the church, and his
Conscience is a product, not a
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t,le
myriads
of celestial bodies and
W ould we p ity w here we blam e?
wife; Mr. A. McPhilips who is the
sends them whirling along their cause. Thought, mind, will, con­
justice of the peace, which shows
Ah, we judge each o th e r h a rsh ly ,
fiery course, as well as guards the science, etc. are but the forces gen­
K now ing not life’s hidden force;
that the old prejudices are being
tiny form of the weakest insect or erated by the action of the brain,
K now ing not th e fount of action
broken down and that a man can
swelling bud of the frailest flower, and not something that can assert
Is less tu rb id a t its source.
be
a
member
of
a
Secular
society
Seeing not am id th e evil,
is no respecter of persons. Moun- itself independently of the brain.
and
yet
receive
a
majority
of
the
All th e golden g rain s of good ;
tains tremble and cities are buried therefore the actions of the body
popular votes; L. A. Triplett, the in the execution of its demands. 1 be instrument by means of whicl
Oh, we’d love each o th e r b e tter,
If we only understood.
well-read and talented
teacher o f \ Monarchs
r A.
i and . babes
. .
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,
alike
suc- the brain executes its thought, an
the young people
s
class
in
the
Sun-
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f
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I cumb to its changeless operations. the direct result of the combinatioi
G O O D T ID IN G S .
day school, and many others who
there is no bribery in nature’s of mental faculties. We raise tin
are
anxious
and
willing
workers
in
We wish people could understand
court. She offers no atoning blood, quality of man’s actions, then, jusi
that Secularists can be just as hos­ our grand cause.
neither does she hear the prayers of in the degree that we cultivate and
pitable, just as moral aud just as
Mrs. M. J. Olds, the untiring Sec­ the inconsistent. Eternal justice is refine the brain, and improve his
good as Christians. During our ularist who has done so much both her theme, and at her sbrime none environment.—N. A. O lds .
recent visit to McMinnville, we in a financial way and in giving her
but the true and just are permetted
were
royally entertained
by taleuted daughter wholly [toI*the
Cougress shall make no law re­
to
kneel
in
peace.
Prayer
there­
Mr. E. N. Ford aud wife, two cause, and Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
fore, as experience has proven, is specting an establishment of relig­
staunch Secularists of that place, Booth, who have been old staudbvs
ion or prohibiting the free exercise
•r useless.
aud our kind reception, the care for years and whose borne is ever
thereof.—U. S. Constitution.
the workers had taken to furnish open to the weary Secular circuit
A S IG N O F E V O L U T IO N .
good music at the lecture, the in­ r'der, were there and did their part
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characteristic
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States is not in any sense founded
popular theology may be said to be
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Christian
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a tendency to eliminate from Chris- w i • «.
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come again, all made us feel that
May the work of the church aud tianity every supernatural element >V asnington.
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life is worth living.
Sunday school prosper and may which does not quite accord with
SIX SM IL E S.
Some years ago, when we were our efforts indeed prove “Good
curreut opinion, and yet to ignore
tangled in the web of superstition, Tidings of Great Joy” to many a
Can a h u n g ry m an m ake a square
the fact that, in so doing, ecclesi­ m eal off a ro u n d steak ?—Lowell
we had the honor of being a dele­ weary traveler.
astical Christianity has practically C ourier.
gate to a Y. P. S. C. E. convention
been altogether abandoned. This
and were entertained at the home
The Secular Sunday school con­ tendency is fostered with pro­ “ Y our h u sb an d is io m agnetic a m a n ,”
said th e visitor. “ I know i t ,’’responded
of one Simons, a Christian, who, cert poem,“ If We Knew,’’which ap­
foundly illogical zeal by many dis- th e wife. “ I found a steel h airp in stick»
during the convention said that he pears on this page, may well be
tinguished churchmen, who en- i°K to his coat collar th e o th e r d a y .”
swallowed the whole bible, Jonah, called the “Golden Rule of Secu­ deavor to arrest, for a moment, the bidianajM dis Jo u rn a l
whale aud all.
larism.” When it becomes possible pursuing wolves of doubt and un­ T he new spapers are forever speaking
We were kindly entertained by for all men and women to practice
belief which press upon it, by prac of th e “ blu sh in g b rid e .” W ell, w hen
these Christian people, but we have its teaching, there will be no such tic a lly th ro w in g a t th e m , sc ra p by JOU n ‘®ecf upon th e kind of h u sb a n d s
learned that kindness and hospital­ things as institutions of charity,
- - - con­ not a few of th e brides m arry , you can
scrap, the very doctrines which
ity is not confined to those who be­ prison cells, dens of crime, police
not w onder th a t th ey b lu sh .— Koseleaf.
stitute the claims of Christianity
lieve in gods and devils and holy courts, degraded, vile and miserable
to be regarded as a divine revela­ T he p o tato w ith all its eyes is th e
books.
human beings. Love and mercy tion. The moral part of religion m ost su scep tib le of vegetables. I t is
so easily m a sh e d .--P ittsb u rg h T eleg rap h .
Ihe Secularists of McMinnville will be the only religion. The
which they hope to preserve hat^
need a regular lecturer, but they weak will grow strong; the strong
P u p il.— How can I use t h j word
not one feature left to distinguish caroled
?
are not idle because they cannot will grow stronger and every heart
it as a miraculously communicated T each er.—T he bird caroled forth
have everything they need. The will rejoice in the light of its own
religion.—Supernatural Religion.
h e r lay.
Sunday school is doing a grand glad joy and true happiness.
W hen th e papers were handed in, th e
C O N S C IE N C E -
work and is increasing in numbers
teach er was n o t a little am used to find
and influence.
There is not a shadow of right
Many people believe there is a su th is se n ten c e: “ The bird caroled forth
At the evening lecture we had the in the general government to inter- preme moral ruling power that h e r eggs.”
pleasure of listening to the celebra-j meddle with religion. Its least in- speaks to the human miud, direct-i /'.
A young
;’ou”g lady
,auy being
oe,ng/ asked w here h e r
•d, “ I have none,
ted Clow band. It is simply won-' terference with it would l»e a most ing the course of man’s actions.
j an,
d a u g h te r *'<
d a u g h te r of a M ethodist
derful what children can be taught flagrant usurpation.—Madison.
They insist that this is the g( d ’y p re a c h e r.”