THE
The Licensed Preacher.
TORCH
OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , MAY 27, 1897.
gether. He who breaks the laws
of right b* ha vi«»r invites d is ti action.
BY “ OLD M ORTALITY.”
Therefore, the wise man will prac­
Mv little ones, as variety is the tice pure behavior.”
“ Follow right doctrine and be
salt, pepper and m ustard of life, I
will read for your instructiou a few kind to all th a t live. Know when
select passages from the B uddhist to ea t, and th e right m easure; so
bible. Buddhism was founded by with th e rules of clothing and m ed­
G autam a, a H indoo sage, in the icine.”
“ Wisdom is the bridge th a t sp an s
eleveuth century B. C. The teach ­
ings of G au tam a are asthetic, m oral, the ru n n in g stream o f ignorance.
instructive and in teresting beyond Now guard yourselves a rig h t.”
any teachings of the sixteen s o -, My little ones, study the Bible
called Saviours. G au tam a wrote of In d ia ; it may prove of great
with much p u rity of expression. practical benefit to you and your
There is no word in the bible of I n ­ pared ts.
dia th at would shock th e most re­
K E E P AN EY E ON YOUR PARENTS.
fined. W ould th a t I could say as
much for the w ritings of the Jews,
Is m y advice to you my littte
who, it appears to me, vied w’ith ones— for I have found by years of
one an other in telling frightful study th a t there are com paratively
ghost and hobgoblin stories. Then few children th a t know how to bring
after they had lied u n til they could up th eir fathers and m others in the
lie no more, these w onderful old way they should go, so th a t when
liars employed an o th er old liar by old age fastens his heavy hand
the name of Jo sephus to write a upon th'-m they m ay look back­
book in which he states th a t his w ard and say— “ My children have
brother liar told the tru th . But I been a blessing to me. They
will say of Josephus th a t his work raised me on good old fashioned
is far superior to the works he es­ horse sense and I nave not d e p a rt­
sayed to sustain. And this congre­ ed from the paths of wisdom.”
gation would do well to place the
L ittle ones, perhaps your father
works of F lavins Josephus in th e ir is in the h ab it of spending bis
library, as it is the best history of small cash for wine, should this be
the Jews ever w ritten. After Jo ­ the case, (I hope it is not) j u s t
sephus had been gathered unto his clim b upon his knee and whisper
fathers, the early religionists were into his best ear the following sug­
sore perplexed because he had not gestive words:—
known of Jesus, so they inserted a
“ W ine is a mocker and strong
falsehood in Book 18, Chap. 3. drink is raging and whosoever is
Thus they m ake Josephus lie anew deceived thereby is not wise.”
w hilst he lay in his tomb.
These perhaps are the verv best
“ Lie still, brave old worrior,
words the bible contains could you
I will run thy falsifiers up a pear prevail upon your good parents to
tree.”
read and study all the 27 different
Do not, I beg you, th in k th a t I bibles and so-called sacred books?
do not reverence the H oly Bible
You can rest from your lab<>r of
for I now say th a t I respect and love, for by th e tim e your parents
hold it in much esteem for the good have learned the good things these
it contains. I read this book as I strange but interesting old voluums
do any book or new spaper— for the contain they will no doubt be much
inform ation I m ay derive from it. wiser and better prepared to face
America is called a C hristian n a ­ this old world and take it for what
tion, notw ithstanding the bible is it m ay be worth to them in true
very little read or understood by the happiness.
m ajority of our people.
L ittle girls, keep a sh arp eye on
Some of the in tellig en t ladies of your father, straighten him out
England and America bad qu ite; when he goes crooked— some fathers
recently published w hat they call are queer folks and are far from
“The W om an’s Bible.” This new being angles.
departure set a few of the wise
L ittle boys, keep close to your
churchm en of th e eastern states to m other, and should you hear her
thinking, so they have com bined I sing th at “Sister H ighjinks is no
and will soon put in circulation “ An I better th an she should be.” Hold
Expurgated E dition of the Holy up your little hand and say "M other
Bible.” I will now read from the it is wicked for you to H atter your
Bible of India.
neighbors.”
“To solve a doubt is only reason­
In this m anner and ten thousand
able; who could forbid a m an to other ways you can be of advantage
seek its ex p lan atio n ?”
to your m other. You will fierhaps
‘‘A hollow com pliance arid a pro­ discover th a t your m other is more
testing h eart—such m ethod is not easily m anaged than your father.
for me.”
F ath ers in the m ain are very head
“ W alking in the path of tru e strong, proud and egotistical, they
wisdom, letting go troth extrem es, get th is notion from the Turks. In
we then reach u ltim ate perfection. conclusion I will say I am glad
“ W hat is reverenced should be th a t you have learned so many
known and seen
Reverence is due patrio tic songs of different nations
to righteous conduct.”
— t h e s e songs m ay perhaps be of
“Sorrow and jov cannot agree to­ much pleasure and satisfaction to
y o u should you visit foreign coun­
tries.
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Foes To Progress.
At U nity church yestardy m orn- J
Barber
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interesting serm on on “ Progres-.”
He took the ground th a t the old
A rtistic W o rk
O riental idea th a t there could be
no good in this world was wrong
and responsible fo r ho.ding civili- ! W hen you w ant a ....
G ood S m o o th S h a v e
zation back for centuries, u n til the
Saxons of G erm any preached the Or a F irst-C lass........
H a ir -C u t
new doctrine. He spoke in part as
follows:
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been foes to progress. They had
9 0 0 9 9
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divine and perfect rem edy for all
th at was wrong, and it was no use j
trying a n y th in g else. But the!
worst of all was th a t this world
was given u p as a had job. It was
for one reason or an o th er a com ­
plete failure, and wdiat hope was
preached was for the world to come.
This world was m erely to he e n d u r­
ed, not enjoyed, but borne p a tie n t­
Cor. W a te r and Lew is
ly, to wdn som ething in the life or
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lives beyond.
My little ones you need not
repeat to your parents this portion
Double Rigs and Saddle H orses alw ays
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w ith th e barn for loose stock.
them to think th a t religion has connected
In fo rm atio n regarding any kind of
been and still is a draw back to the sto rk p rom ptly atten d e d to, by person
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