T H E TORCH OF REASON S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , MARCH 18, 1897. T h . Lamb-Ilk« B e a s t Baptists, tbe Secularist. and ths agree to oppose the beast. I ....... anding solution, we most not put - DE u v » E o Bv a , v . w . E. 0o r - ,‘u o it'lh e r d lv , h X ' h! d ^ ’ " * J “ ’0 '’ , 1*0’ .e x te n siv e ly the aside t h . grave p eril- of a U nion land , OF THE CMTVCHVKCH, SALEM, OKE.J accent ii l’ ’ • ** ** 1 T ~P<alier « 111 go into the explaua- between church an d state; which , , 1 " « a "-v a u th o rity , tion of th e purpose, o f th e S ecular grows more th reaten in g with every ■ And I beheld another beast com- and the th ird expresses no opinion. U nion, or how loud she will sound year. Once accomplished and we m g up o u t of t te earth, and he ha.l One believes in prayer, the second the alarm w h ic h - ...... arouse all have lost all for which the fathers , wo h o t,is tke a J a m b , and he rejects prayer, am i the th ird has th in k in g people to a knowledge of toiled so hard. T h at which spoke as a dragon. J opinion on the subject. T he the danger which th reaten s, a dan- brought th e m ost of the settlers to Here we art again, at the i , -t people a ,e acknowledged to be ger friends, not so far oft' as some the U nited States, liberty to wot- hook of Ret c a ti o n .. lhose, who earnestI Christians, the second repu- im agine. T he blindness o f the ship God a fte r the dictates of th eir make it their business to explain diate C hristianity; the th ird while m any is . surprising, . . 01 in say e,r , the ignorance conscience is im perilled. You the book of last things, tell us, th a t being, fo rth « most part Christians of the real purpose of the God oh, there is no danger, we shall al- the lam b-like beast is the protes- by profession, are more interested am endm ent is «farm ing. I his ways retain entire freedom m relig- taiU church of America, which is in politics than in religions. m eans a union of church am i state, ion. In some states it is already like the lam b, claim ing to be tru ly All are earnest in lighting the beast which once accom plished, this gone, in Tennessee honest u p rig h t Christian, but having a voice like a Had it not been for a leading church would be speedily ’c losed, citizens, diasron. This church claim s to Seventh S ev en th Day D nv P u aptist n tU ....J a .. \ n ___ _ .... ~ . . . . . u an u Pay diagon. B and All m ust observe a P u rita n Sab- their debts and are well educated, be a reformed church, yet seeks to Secularist, we should have had the hath; soon only Christians would he are chained side by side with the unite church and state as did the (rod am endm ent subm itted to the allowed to vote, and then only lowest crim inals, because thev dragon. This lam b-like beast several stales for a vote, and quite those who had the m ark of the worked on Sunday worship- causeth all great and sm all, rich and a num ber would have adopted it, beast could buy and sell. The re- ing on S aturday. after _..o ................. Ingersoll was poor, free and bond to receive a ^ ° w the A. P. A , ever increasing in cent P residential election has shown arrested in Delaware because he m ark in their l ight hands and in power, comes to the help, or seems to what extrem es men will proceed did not agree with the d o m in an t their foreheads, th a t no m an m ight toj for one cannot he exactly sure when anim ated by p arty spirit, buy or sell save him th a t had the " h a t position this society would hut replace this spirit with* religious theology. I n a num ber of Slates, mark or the name of the beast or take, could it he assured th a t the fanaticism , let one candidate for old laws are revived and good citi zens put in peril of liberty and the num ber of his name. P rotestant church would control. president have the m ark of the property, because th ey do not agree The Second A dventists declare I t ’s light is m ainly against R0111- beast, which the other did not p«»s- with the prevailing theology. I th at this beast has already come anism , which once well out of the sess and the law would he invoked tell you, judging from the lessons into the U nited States, and is try- way, it m ight possibly join hands to Seat the bea-t candidate by a ofhistory th at were such an am end- ing to do w hat th e dragon could with the God am endm ent people persecution of liis opponents which m ent to the constitution of th e not accomplish, th a t is, to u n ite and fasten around our necks a would rival any persecution th a t U nited States adopted, S unday church and state and bring about protestant yoke of conform ity, C hristians have ever suffered. In- would he the S abbath, and S abbath a condition of affairs where only equally galling with the Roman- evitahly, were such an am endm ent laws would he rigidly enforced, members of the churches, m arked ist }oke. It m atters hut little to pass, a definition of C hristianity, only churches which agreed with with the m ark of the beast, shall what church is united with the a resume of bible teaching would evangelical C hristianity could he have any civil rights. The God state; one will he as harsh, tv ran - he agreed upon; and all who could °PelH Cb and no F reetbought lectures am endm ent p arty and all people, nical and despotic as another; in not conform would suffer th e con- would he tolerated. You know who sym pathize with it, and its deed the Rom an yoke would be sequences. very well th a t there are thosa in purposes, are the beast and those easier to wear, because the priests You say th a t these things are ini- Salem today, i\ ho had they the who have his m ark. The purpose by long experience have learned possible, hut you would have said power, would place your speaker in of these fanatics is, to m ake this a h o w to make it com fortable 25 years ago th a t it was im possible prison or in the insane asylum , and Christian nation by law; Jesus is to In the ran k s of those who are fight for the U nited States Senate to woul(I «ladly close 1 his church, he the ruler of the people and ing the beast are to he b u n d besides even consider the God am endm ent . have in th e United States a .,„,1 ,1 . . . large num ber of good citizens, who the bible the suprem e law of the the leaders, S piritualists, U nitar- and yet they nearly passed ,t; you „re no, Christians, m any of them land; Jehovah is to he acknow- ians; some B aptists not Seventh would have said th a t no political hold office an d have done good serv- lodged as God by an am endm ent Day, the Jew s and others of var- party would listen to any priest or ice to the Republic. Let the beast Con to the constitution of the United ious nam es and beliefs— a rath er or clergym an, yet it is notorious ,r<)’ an<l they will be disfranchised, States. This beast has gained heterogeneous m ixture; hut all th a t a R om an C atholic A rchbishop T , " T ? Wh“ ‘. iB great power in the last ten years, prizing above creed, religious and caused a political p arty to a lte r its S ab b ath . „11 these are d is p u te d Several times the am endm ent has civil freedom; all ready to do val- platform , io n would have said questions. Once pass the God am end- very nearly passed the U nited ian t service against the beast and th a t no president of the United m ent and will be i»‘ order to pass States Senate. P resident Cleveland his followers, all willing to m ake S tates w’ould antagonize a large o tber law’s defining these questions, seems to he in entire sym pathy some sacrifices for the sake of firmly •art o f the people by utterances )'"? '] , n ’r V* l'a v " r , of »ueh i pf - i legislation will find them selves dis- with the beast and more distinctly establishing religious freedom, diMtinntiiroi» uistinctively and offensively evan- franchised. than any president, gives the idea which is really endangered. For ;clical: yet president Cleveland did The price of liberty is eternal in his public docum ent, th a t this is in-tance in the h u rry of closing , ust this thing. You would h a v e ; v>iiilance, and unless we would • a no __ _ freedom, e 1 a c ln stian nation, and in some pri- the Senate, a god am ed m en t could said, U nited States senator 1 lose OUr _1: religtous we m ust \ ate speeches seems to favor the besm uggled through: m any Sen- would advocate so m onstrous • *x* aw a^e to this great d in g e r which amendment. T here has been a ators would not know for w hat they DroDosition a« ti 1Qf a • ’ * t J1‘,eateus us from the followers of notable increase in the num ber of were voting, others would vote for h ou i 7 hv .» » th ,\ " a 10,1 Not only m ost we he tho<P u-bo b u rn ,1 1 . , snouia he by Jaw a Christian vigilant, hut we m ust educate the of the I , H veJ J ‘' e d , h «. “ •»'k J as to secure the passage of some n ation; yet no to n ly one but enough people until they prize alwve all ’ .St. Beginning with only hill winch they w anted passed, the senators alm ost to adopt the e,M€ freeiio,n to worship God a fte r a few, more and more have joined, President m ight sign it, Haying to am endm ent were found Y th ® dictates of th eir own consciences, until the m eetings of th e God him self the S tate L egislature will would have said th at H ’ ' Veret th e am endm ent, of which I .... m d tn e n t people are largely at- kill it. But the sam e tactics could L . 2 J “ , ‘peaking, onW adopted, worse than religious ’ended and men of prom inence be used in the State Legislatures protestant denom inations would s »mething have opposed such a return to th e d esp o tism would beestah lish ed ,an d 'akt* part in th eir deliberations, and l>efore we knew it, the yoke 18 Pbariseeisin, hypocrisy D ark A ges, yet th e den n o m in a tio n s ..... Its.. A r << But the beast is not left to have would be fastened about our necks - a whole, m aintained a profound p < ■ 1 1 /I../... " ’ » »H his own way; three bodies of people and the beast would be trium phant, • , . * •>« content to proclaim allegiance silence or openly encouraged the to th e creed established by .th e are organized to destroy him , so I have taken this topic for my movement, each hoping th a t were beast and would let go such "un- utterly unlike one an o th er th a t one subject this m orning; because Miss x ---- ----- the am endm ent passed, it would be im portant m atters as righteousness, j m o t understand how they can N etne A. Olds Vice President of strong enough to he known as th e ^ ’-‘herhood, love and , 0 ^ "<>rk together. I t is another in- the Oregon S tate Secular Union, Christian church U nitarian and AJ wa-VH when you have a union of togh: t h e ° no r ah l ^ ‘S i ^ i t h 0^ ^ d “y - P - Ä „ „ * * ‘ ■rh inspired w ith courage fights # «. purposes of the Secular Union 7 -------- I Amid all the tro u b le s p ressin g S ' id' U lth the ilon- m ost heartily sym pathize an<l I ex- upon us a t this close of the 19th min are scrupulously paid, hut the hree collections of people can he pect th a t most of the mem- century perils of no vert v *,,f Weightier m atters of the law ,judg- '.■ore unlike th a n the Seventh D a y , bera of this society do also ¡„e, am ong a l i the p ^ b le m s de" X iu e d ™ 6^ f‘ ith have