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.
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....... anding solution, we most not put
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~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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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But the beast is not left to have would be fastened about our necks - a whole, m aintained a profound p < ■ 1 1 /I../...
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his own way; three bodies of people and the beast would be trium phant, • ,
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•>« 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
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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
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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