[B y M bs M. J . O lds .]
Feb. 4th, 1897.
E d . T orch :—As I have in my for­
m er article t<» your colum ns, stated
ihat I have had quite a religious
r x p e r i •: ce, and fo r y e a r s had u n ite
an experience in tliechurcl,, causing b,,xblg
m any to believe in a theory which
A Springfield, Mo. church gave a
is against the laws of nature, and
‘‘Dance of the A rab M aidens” a
.herefore, false.......... productive «BUckW rd
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rew
of m ore m isery th an happiness, so ..
lue Sisters,’' with song and dance
as I realize this fact, and have a
specialties. At a F redonia, N. V.
desire to prom ote .all the true h ap ­
exhibition, the young women of the
piness I can, and undo if possible
church bloomed out in burnt cork
some of the wrong influence 1 have and bloom ers.
heretofore had on the m inds of the
A wnodside, L. I., church beat
young, I wish to give a little of mv
th at, by perm ittin g one of its pious
e xperience; now th a t I am upw ard
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an d p rc ttv m aidens to kick a
of •f r H i x x t ty
v y y i ia
a r s of
< f age a and
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that
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tam bourine held above her head.
I will not have m any vears to do » T „ r,-.
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A J e r s y C ity P resbyterian church DEALER IN
w hat little good I may, I wish to gave a th ree act FrPllch
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Chem icals, Drugs,
give my opinio., on several point«. w bich tW(> of th „ luH,e role were
M edicine, Toilet A rticles,
F irst, as to Regeneration, or getting taken by ch„rchgirllt
ti bt8. At
Perfum ery and Soaps, Stationery,
religion as we call il. Second, E ter- a « V
W()nlan „ < s()clal
al a
Patent Medicines, P aints and Oils,
mil to rm e n t, T hird, the C haracter Hancock , J
chllrch one o f the
( ’ombs and Brushes.
of C hrist, from a phrenological p p articip
a rlic i.,a an ,lt8
|,Deared “clothed in
ts a appeared
standpoint. F ourth, (he W orking red bloom ers and an angelic s m ile ’’
ol miracles, Iron, the standpoint of
New Brunswick> N j a||d s „ f.
iiatti., « la w s.
ferers N. Y church gave t “ Trill-v
I d ate th e first cause of my re- p a rtv . foot social and ankle a'uction,”
ligious experience, hack to my inwhich the young women displayed
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clitldhood days, even farther, yes, , h„ ,r bare ' {eet> from behbld a
before I was horn, and even far- curlaillj „ , , h„ HpecUlor8. The
tlier th an th at, before my parents ,„en bid lively for the privilege of
were born, an,I according to the tak in g out to 's u p p e r the owner of
law of transm ission, still further tbe “ TrilbieM„ voted , be be8, A(
back; b ut as far hack as I can re- Kan8a8 C itv
th e 8lereopti(!(,n is
member, 1 can see my good old or- tb e favorite diversion, an d atO tsego
tliodox grand-m other, having me \ I i c b p r i z r e to th e ....... ..
go into h er room, where she would were given by th e pastor Io induce
have prayers with me. F am ily-pray- atten d an ce to his church.
Corner Main and W ater Streets. Silverton, Oregon.
ers she called it. I thought it ail
Yours Only,
right, for she was so kind to m e.
II. C h a p in .
Spring
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alley,
Or.
She would ci m b m y h air so nice
and have me eat with her; of course
F o r variety th e Salvation A rm y
I thought a great deal of her and
corps in New’ York burned the
her influence over me in bendinir
devil th e other evening, and the
my m ind toward orthodoxy, was
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age
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73,
to
this
pictures.,,». ere-
wouderful.
a i m e age 01
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m atiou p a rty was 10 cents a head.
she took sick and died, and we
The reports of the scene are sug-
had to p a rt with her; but only for
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, , gestive of the dark ages, and as
a little while, and then we would
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m any of those present believed in
meet in a better world, never to
a personal devil, the com parison of
part; this th ought touches m y sym ­
the affair w ith certain medieval
pathies and O h ,h o w I alw ays shed
rites m ay not he inapt. The Salva­
tears as my good old father w’ould
•f
tionists advertised th eir show w ith
p ray th at we m ight bean unbroken
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big red posters of S atan, and in
fam ily in heaven, never to part; .
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front
th eir hall raised a placard
what a happy th o u g h t it was to me
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W h e re A ll can buy to A d v a n ta g e .
h
saying: .January b, 8 p. m.— The
Devil, his A natom y Dissected arid
(T o Be ContbiHed .)
D eetrnyed; Burned in Effigy; Aw-
Some Store-keepers pride them selves oti
M c M in n v il l e ,
S ilv e rto n ,
J. E. Ham m ond,
DRUGGIST,
Silverton, Oregon.
Dealers in General M erchandise :
A STORE
FOR
THE PEOPLE
Orthodoxy.
I he Rev. W. B. • H ale reports
activ ity
in the church circles
d u ring 1896.
St. Paul church N ew buryport
Mass, edified its members w ith the
play “ 1 he m au who kicked his wife
to death. ’
A Paw tucket R. I. church gave a
S hakespeare carnival in which the
m inister
nobly
im personated
H am let. The choir sang the lullaby
from “ The M idsum m er Nights
dream .” The p lay ended w ith a
dance, th e preacher leading the
g rand m arch.
ful, R ealistic, S tartling!
They
the fact th at they cater to a special class
paraded the streets carrying a
mock coffin an d then cam e the I
of trade.
We don't. Everyone
can huv
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crem ation.
Before startin g the
fire they cut off the devil’s h ea d ,1
here and he suited. One price to all, and
cut out his tongue and cut off his
at the very
•z lowest.
wings, these interesting ceremonies
being interspersed with songs from
A. W O L F &. S O N ,
several of the sisters. F in ally the
hall was darkened, the matches
were applied and the women C o r. M a in A W a t e r S t s . ........................................... E ilv e r to n O re g o n .
scream ed as w hat was left of the
devil was seen in the flames. It is
to be hoped th a t th e moral effect of
th is spectacle was all th a t its pro­
jectors desired.—Springfield Repub-
lican.
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