THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1 8 9 6 .
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GUR SUNDAY SCHOOL
W hen relief is found in p ray er.
One Sunday m orning of this an- W hy l>eg coin to save the heathen,
tu m n I th ought J would go to Sab-
Of the w idow ’s m ite her share,
bath school, as 1 seldom go. The A nd of childhood’s tiny trea su n —
blight faces of the children brought
W hy not tru st it all to prayer?
recollections of the long ago, when From the earth q n ak e be-,| prot(.ct
my lim bs were lithe and light and
vou
my gray hairs were of a .litferent
Cvcloije’s wreck von need not fear
of the Em pire state, o f sparkling
If y „ ,fll cry alotnl in prayer,
w aters dashing in the sunlight
down their rocky sides; of ,|,e y r " ' " the fever’s breath he'll g u ard
brown autum n forest leaves stretch-
3 O,L
L ightning’s Hash be lost in air,
ing away in the distance of an In ­
dian sum m er’s hazv atm osphere; of A nd dread hunger ne’er will drive
you,
m y childhood’s hom e where my
I f to God you’ll shout in praver.
m other dw elt. Ah me! Can we
ever forget? W hat is there in the To the starving babe and m other,
Plenty-laden, he'll repair,
joyous face of a child that affects
And the knife of the assassin
us so?
Shall he turned aside by prayer.
T'he children were taking their
places as I entered the room; the \ ot an ill will e ’er betide you,
school was called to order, and,
Never w ant your frame im pair;
after a song and prayer, each class A p earth shall be changed to please !
recited a w ritten lesson from Mark
vou,
xi, 23: “ For verily I say unto you
b y your faith and power of
th at whosoever shall say unto this
prayer.
m ountain, Be thou icm oved, ami b- H orrid wars will ne'er oppress you,
thou cast into the sea, and shall not
Sorrow, pain, nor wild despair;
doubt in bis heart, but shall believe, Death,so grim ,will never seize you,
th a t those things which he saith
I f you spend your tim e in praver.
shall come to pass; he shall have I
whatsoever he saith.”
J. E. Hammond,
DRUGGIST,
DEALER IN
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THE PEOPLE.
W h e re A ll can buy to A d va n ta g e -
Some Store-keepers pride themselves on
Great stress Chr,Kt wiU come in a11 his 8lor-v -
Quick descend from
heaven
was laid upon the efficacy of prayer,
through air,
and the teachers, especially the
young ladies, were very earnest in We will all be changed to angels,
By our constant ceaseless p ra v e r.
trying to impress upon the m inds
I reached my home, and, seating
of the children th at prayer could
myself, fell to m u sin g upon the lu-
accom plish everything.
The exercises were concluded, dicrous side of religion,as tau g h t in
the collection for foreign rniasi-»ns Sunday-shools.
Being a Sunday
was taken, calling out some dis- school scholar m yself once, I re ­
satisfied rem arks from the superin- m em ber how irksom e it was to me
tendent, when a commotion was an ^ bie whole class to be confined
raised by a bad boy (w hat school to lessons we could not understand,
has not got i t ’s “ bad boy?” ) who or °'Jr teachers either. Once out-
said, m a voice th a t could be heard side the class room, relieved from
all over the room, “ Let us give the the te a c h e r’s presence, our childish
blam e heathen our prayers, and love of fun found full sw ay, and
keep our m oney to buy m arbles our lesson, teacher, school room,
w ith .” There was a wild look of the Bible, and God him self were
dism ay on the faces of th a t school, forgotten in our eagerness for boy-
Then the children tittered and ish play.
th ru st their handkerchiefs in their
T he question has come to me
m ouths. Some of the teachers in- through all these long years from
dulged in a suppressed laugh be- mv childhood: W hich is the more
hind their books, while others w ith instructive to the child, the re-
a desperate tw itching of th eir vengeful God of the Sunday school
m ouths, strove to be earnestly in- room, with the agony of an endless
terested in th eir classes. The sii- hell, w ith its devils and its tor-
perin ten d en t cast a
w ithering m ents. or the lesson of nature.w ith
frown at the guilty culprit, who hid its wonderful song ofsighing breeze,
him self behind the seat in front of its beautiful display of flowers and
him. The exercises were brought forest, the music of the plunging
to an abrupt close bv the s u p e rin -• cataract, the tw inkling of the starry
tendent briefly exhorting to in- space, the sublim e roll of the rest-
crease the collection for the next less sea, and the changing seasons’
Sunday, and be dism issed, after onward inarch, bringing health,
singing, “ W hat a friend we have in a n d lig h t, and love? Must we in-
Je su s.”
cline our eyes and ears to the beau-
A t this stage I w ithdrew , and, tifui tru th , or accept w hat none can
slowly passing down the street, the see or h ear?—J. G. Slover iuT ruth-
notes of the organ fell gently on seeker.
the air, the voices of the children
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blending sweetly w ith the sound, com positor who is w illing to sacri-
and these words shaped them selves flee for the cause by working one
in my mind:
year for board and lodging and a
little pocket m oney now and then.
W’liat a friend we have in Jesus
No one with bad habits need
All the ills of life to bear:
apply. Address T orch o f R eason ,
W hat a folly in enduring
S ilv erto n , O regon.
the fact that they eater to a special class
of trade.
We don't.
here and be suited.
Everyone can buy
One price to all, and
the very lowest.
A. W o lf &, S o n .
S ilv e rto n , O re g o n
John Hicks
Samuel Ames.
Hicks
¿jr J{mes,
DEALERS
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