T IIE TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , O R EG O N , T H U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y 28, 1897.
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and sm all philosophers who have
lieve th at God, instead of being u n ­
had little a priori system s of their
changeable, is in m any cases decid­
own to defend ami u tte rly unable
edly the opposite.
to appreciate the m ethod, the re­
It is evident th at the Lord de- I vv, I*
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signed th at A dam ’s wife should be
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these critics have l»cen or are fast
from his first intentions.
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has steadily grown in reputation
the Lord, th at he bad m ade man
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repents.
Pherefore if he repented
yearg ago
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lie m u d have changed his mind,
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said th a t tepencer s s ta r was alread y
for hecaused the Hood in order to
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«•hange f.,r the brU er the dw elling Co»k was evidently turned around
place of m an.
and perhaps m istook the E a st for
In 2nd, Kinjps xx-17, he told the \\ est. H is M onday lectures
Hezekiah to put His house in order, which hundreds of clergym en a p ­
th a t he should die and not live. plauded in Trem ont tem ple are no
But the Lord changed his m ind
longer
quoted or renum bered
ami added 15 years unto his days,
but Spencer’s works are now being
notw ithstanding his assertion, “ I
read and appreciated as they n e v r
am the Lord I change not.” In
were before. They are an im per­
1 hose da vs, Gideon with the aid of
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most ignorant barbarian.
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scientific expounder of organic
19th century philosopher should
evolution. Spencer is tbe pliilo-
ask for a m iracle to be performed.
(sophie expounder of
universal
would the Lord do it r If la lm a g e
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were lost in a desert would the
secure
B. F. U nderwood .
Lord send food to him by a raven,
like he did E lija h ?
S e c u la r P la s h e s .
And the Lord said unto A braham
‘‘Take now thy son Isaac, whom
To the m ass of people nothing is
thou Invest, and get thee into the so costly as th o u g h t.—Spencer.
la n d of Moriah, and offer him there
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“ I he tender words and loving
If the Lord should ask for a s :m-
ilar sacrifice to he m ade now, <^ee<ls which we scatter for the
where is the person who is not a fit fiear,s which arc nearest to us, are
subject for the insane asylum or the im m ortal seed, that will spring up
p en iten tiary th a t would do w hat ’u ev er'a8ting beauty, not only in
A braham did? Yet th a t request our ° " n lives, Hut in the lives of
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Lord I change not,”
E. L. D avidson .
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H e r b - r t S p e n ce r.
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“ E ighty noblemen and g e n tle -' htdp him . If he do good, go thou
men em inent in literatu re, science I an<‘
likewise.— Chas. Linton.
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H erbert Spencer, asking his per-
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