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J e s u s of N a z a re th .
manner of that selection at the oneob you rememlKir dat you took erty they have in school and are
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Council of Nice in 325 A. D. in the
h° W l,e very gentlemanly and lady like.
There is no historical proof that following words: “This was done gma^ong?”' e' lnte"*S
such a person as Jesus, ever had an by placing all the books under a
N ota word was heard in reply. . Our ,frea rta d *ng room is highly
existence; but that there might communion table, and u |» n the “To be a little plainer,” continued *ppreclated l,y a nuiuberof earuest
have been a person by that name prayers of the council the inspired
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— the president, “am dar one single "tU ttn ,‘-
we will not deny. The name is
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syiioiTyiflvuB wim Jfnsuua ami i i k c e ( while
false M
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remained live cents’ worth ob anxiety for buiiding- Never sav fail.
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James and John might have been under.” A pretty story indeed and
Brudder Gosports’ wordly or spirit-
Don’t forget to keep the library
very common in Judea 1900 years a lit companion to Matthew and
ago, as it is in Mexico at the pres- Luke s dream and vision account. ual welfare?” The hall was so Sowing. Let every Secularist who
quiet that the sound of Elder Toots reads this send us a book and tie
ent day. Nothing else in the way However about the year 363 A D
rubbing his back on the sharp edge comc a member of the association,
of proof now remains except the another council was called at
of a window-casing gave everybody
a number has been added
disjointed, imperfect and conflict- Laodicea to make a more perfect
a start. ‘‘Not a m an in dis bull this week.
ing narrative ascribed to Matthew, selection. This plan
adopted club, not a man in d ’s hull city, so
One of the best books in our
Mark, Luke and John, though by
now far as we know, eber put hisself out library is Susan Wixon’s “Richt
w was by vote; when the
tut hooks
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whom written, where, or w hen,: accepted as canonical with the ex-
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tury no man knows. Candor and tione were ailonti il I
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lamented brudder, has been adopted in California
truth compel us to admit that the was admitted bv one vote
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"1* V'** 1 le che' k to talk S(‘hools as supplementary reading,
proof that Jesus ever li s t e d , is J lidI itt meet rejection ABer H ''
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fw th his and
thillk we can do no better
defective and very doubtful. And other council« were held; one was
now as regards the divine paternity held in 406 A. I), and another in
of Jesus, are the facts sufficient, as 680 A. D. The first rejected some
related in four gospels,
to induce I Die hooks which had been
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the world to believe that he was cepted in 363, which afterward tne
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anything more than any ordinary , council of 680 again restored
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human being? He wassupposed by | the councils, in the language of a
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buet h , r , h ' : M aryand
^ " ‘" e - b je c t. “The sac-
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ph, but that there are good red writings—the word God—was
reasons for supposmg- th a t Joseph tossed like a l-a.tledere from sect to
WM not his father will be shown in sect, and altered as the spirit of fee-
X ' w . ' N o J i H W , ’.'",lean“"pi“'' J ™
ll° ,be
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no sich hiznes heah! I should lie
Mr. E. N Ford nf
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ashamed to look his Widder in de ! Ore., hag promised $50 to the^Lib-
face if we did. It am de way oh de eral University building fund pro-
worm to ,e. men alone iest when a
.hen a “ , v^
d me
'h e omitting
building is erected
erected prior
prior
leetle . 1, .. 1, «. „11 a'° n! ! ieSt W
»hen
v„,eu
an ’ easy road. ' Ve h ’ar of dis
t° ,KoV5’” '* r
Mr.
or dat man bavin wmi de g r ^ . n " John Diamond, of Coburg, Ore.,
of de people, but w^ doan’ he ir of it promised $50 provided the building
un.il he an. dead When a man is erected by November 20. That
has gone from y ’arth de papers an" these men will have to pay over
this money, is a settled fact for the
building will soon be begun and
completed as soon as possible.
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Notice how the building fund has
denied his mother, we must still
n terest quarrels between bishops doin’, and what a loss to de world
grown the last week.
for want of further proof, believe and priest« raged when the truth his death will prove
him human.
S e c u la r News.
During the 2000.y e a r s proceed-
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Chaldea M ithra of Persia B id f
Phoenicia etc, in all abouL ixteep ^
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An entertainm ent will be given
at Liberal Hall. Silverton, Ore.,
Sunday eve, January 31, in honor
two of us in di« hall tonight, an’ of the birth of Thomas Paine. A
p ‘"at not one of splendid program will be rendered,
us ebber went outer our way to consisting of songs, recitations,
prove to our brudder that bis gen music by the Silverton Marine
tle ways, hissquar’ dealin’ an ’ his Band orchestra, and an address by
upright life war any mo’ ’preciated J. E. Hosmer. All are invited to
by us dan as if he had been a boss be present. No admission will be
thief! An’ to pass a resolushun charged.
would be to brand ourselves hypo
A Secular Sunday school is soon
crites. Let no man dare offer one.” to be started at Wamic, Ore. That
W.
is right; start them in every village
who had all been crucified. The the church were able to settle the
theory of the divine paternity of m atter as to which b joks were true
Jesus, rests entirely upon a dream and which false.
that Matthew says Joseph hail, and
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a vision which Luke says Mary
witnessed. One or the other of
P o p u lar H y p o crisy .
these accounts must be wrong.
But why the silence of Mark and
“At midnight last night,” said
John on this im portant subject? the old man, in a solemn voice, as
They probably knew Matthew and
in the land. It only takes a tria l
he looked up and down the aisle—
U n iv e rsity N otes.
Luke too well. Which is the more
to convince people of the useful
“at midnight last night de speerit
probable theory, that Je.-us, if he of Brud ler Charles Climox Gosport,
us ness and importance of Secular
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ever existed, came into this world
Sunday schools.
a local member ob di.- club, passed a® i« I homa* Paine’s birthday.
in a natural way, or that Matthew
from y ’arth to de unknown. Only \\ e hope that the students will u-e
The Silverton Marine Band
and Luke merely gave a new ver
a week ago he sat in dis hall; to the day in practicing his religion.
sion of the ancient fables of celes night beam dressed for the grave. He said: “ I'he w ord is my country, orchestra will give a concert Friday
evening January 29 at Liberal Hall.
tial birth? The story current in
What ackshun will de club take?” to do good is my religion” and he An excellent program has been ar
Celsus’ time viz: That Jesus was
“I ‘«pose, sah,” said Rev. Pen practiced what he preached.
ranged and the boys deserve a lib
the son of the wife of the carpenter stock, as he rose up, “dat it am in
Six new members joined the eral patronage.
Joseph, and a Roman soldier named
order to present resolushuns to de
Our business manager was sick
Panther, who served in the four < ffi < t dat he was a man oh de high Young People’s Social Science
Chub
last
Friday
evening.
A
very
.with a severe cold a few days and
teenth legion, is considerably con
est integrity, liberal-hearted, high- interesting and instructive pro
now our editor is taking a turn at
firmed by the fact, th at the name
minded, and dat his loss am a sad gram was rendered. The debate
it, or in fact the sickness is taking
of Panther was given in the gene blow to de hull city.” “ Yes, such
was decided in favor of the nega a turn at him. No doubt he will
alogy of Jesus by the Christians in
a resolushun am in order, Brudder tive.
be confined to his room for a few
the 4th century. Saint Epiphanius,
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-- ’ Penstock; can you remember dat
Who wrote against heresies, at the you took Brudder Go«,x,rt l.v de
“ Let your light shine” is a good days.
motto hut the chemistry students
to n,A h e
Cen7 T ? 8 fOr< ed han<1 an ’ «in him one word
The Silverton
artist photo
put the name of Jacob, called praise for his hard work an’ find th at there is danger of an ex graphed the students and mem
anther, into the pedigree of Jesus, honest ways?” I-I-doan’ remem- plosion sometimes if they let it bers of the faculty the first day of
And now as to the n,aimer of the her dat I eber did, sah.” “ Am dar shine too much.
the Liberal University. The pic
- lection of the gospels, upon which a pusson in dis hall who kin
M e have adopted the American tures are very good and will be
s , stately an edifice as Christianity remember dat he eber put himself system of verticle penmanship in interesting to refer to in after years.
has been bu.lt Paptas, the Chris- out to favor Brudder Gosport?” our school.
Any one wishing one or more of the
father, infoims us as to the Not
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r any
pictures may obtain them at this
Our students appreciate the l.b-
office at 50 cents each.