VOL. 1. SILYEBTGN. OREGON. THURSDAY, JU N E 3, *S07. Now. who has in order to glorify his own religion habitually and persistently If vou have a kind w ord—say it, Throbbing h e arts soon sink to r e s t ; m isrepresented an«l slander. <1 in If vou owe a k in d n ess—pay it. the most outrageous m anner, not Life’s sun hu rries to th e west. only the religions and Can vou do a kind deed—do it, f the .. , peoph . of India but those of all heathen l*oin despair som e soul to save; " eacb^iay as you pass th ro u g h it. ku,d- ' M arching onw ard to th e grave. Rev. Barrows savs V ivikananda, It some grand th in g for to-m orrow ’i on are d re a m in g —do it now ; F roro the future do not borrow ; Frost soon g ath ers on th e brow. Sjicak the word—{»erform the duty Night is com ing deep w ith re st; Stars will gleam in fadeless b eauty, Grasses w hisper o ’e r thy breast, Pays for deeds are few, my b ro th er Then, to-day fiuliill th y vow; • If you mean to help a n o th er, I>o not dream it—do it naw. —SELECTED. i o o o m " " , 7 7 7 " ; ' , Ma" r,,S NO. 31 ' to li *ar eloquent expositions of the religions of India and the philosophy of the east for a d is- position to adopt his religi.ni in P . p ° / cl,ri,ti:‘" it.V- God in the C onstitution. And if there is to he an acknow le d g m e n t of God in the C onstittuion, rr>« P fh » - theqiiewtion naturally arises as to bility, however, is th a t he h a - m e r e - which God is to have this honor. ly asserted that he has found m any S h a ll we select the God of the here ready to accept certain ideas C atholics—him who has established WhiChhe te.| regardless an infallible church presided - , 0> people) falsified as to the of their historical ass «i .tlous. by an infallible pope, and whole 'u 7 e ? f r ,H 'a d " ' ‘‘X T Iceptance of Hm doo.sm or Bn.l- dhism in America. Well \ ivi- k an a n d a D ahm arp ila ami other scholars and teachers from lia n a ^ay t h a t the m issionaries are c m - I of G e i Z d " ‘ f T ”, h reP° r,R VirehaBd K ° a n ilh i- o f Bombay ! delighted with certain ceremonies was a t G rand Rapids, Mioh , last and p la e a f d by p ra y e r, uttered in m o n th l e c 'u r m g on O r ig in a l I'hilosophv. Mr. It.„ d a ll, pastor of a B aptist church, a young m an, invited this gm tlernan from I , id. a T at “ ,’" Sn,,'SS e x c e e d in g ly com m on L atin? Is it I he God o fifiS five I’o i.d s of Calvin i,in, who is ingenious enough to harm onize necessity and respo n d bi I ’ »’» ........... * ’» « w . / j o X ....... I ch rtsl.am ty am ong to be held in the ch u rch , . him self for dam ning nmst of hi- the Hindoos. Of the decline of “ Business Men in in d ia .” Mr own ch ild ren ? Is it the God of the C hristianity in this country there is G andhi write-: . j P u ritan , the enem y of jo y —of the Since Rev. .John Barrow ’s return no room for doubt. 'Phis decline! UI accepted the invitation. L it' i B aptist, who is great enough t o from India the religious and some takes the form m ainly of radical his com m ittee and two or three m i n - , govern govern the m e universe, universe and am i s s n n a a il il o fth e d a ily papers have contained m odification of belief which is seen m inisters o f orthodox churches dis- j enough to allow t h e ’destiny of a very disparaging personal references l,v the clergy and adm itted by them liked this idea and they said they soul t o depend on w hether th e b o d y to the eloquent exponder of 'n words like the following by Rev. c°uld not break bread with a H, it inhabited mu.mi was im m ersed or \ edantism. Swami \ ivekananda, A. J . F. B«*hrcnds in the t*m - h^athen. So Mr. R andall wrote ine sprinkled? who was one of the speakers at the greg.,Homilist Boston: “ T hedoctrine a courteous letter, regretting th a t W hat God is it proposed to put parliam ent of religions, and who <’t the T rinity is reduced to a form l,is com m ittee h .d changed the plan j in the C onstitution? Is it the G o d T*Pi lit 1 V returned Ftf * t 11 I* t to / * r In i-» zl d ia n a fl/kw n r I / » rP Ik i __i! • s o ! ! a o ,,d.in n/4 i I this L «.-• way I he _ was _ I 1 • i to | | . , recently f te r ' ' (if °f 1 i logic. The incarnation is obliged of the Old le s tu n e n t, who was a making a lecturing tour in this form ulated as to reduce it to the w ithdraw the in vita« io, i th a t lie had believer in s la v e ry ' and who country ami in G reat Britain. He . pantheistic statem ent of a universal extended to m e .” justified polygamy? If slavery has been giving his countrym en indw elling ..fG od in ali men In-! D is men who make such sham e- was right then, it is now; and if through newspaper interview s spiratiori is reduced to intuition. exhibition-<»i’m ental narrow ness Jehovah was right then, Mormons some of his im pressions of the Atonem ent dw indles down into a a,,d religions bigotry as those are right now. Are we to have the American people. I hey are for the rehetorical expression. E xpiation sbown m the treatm en t of Mr. God who issued a com m andm ent most p art quite favorable, but he and propitiation have become j (ja ,,d l'b & »! •»> ol ability and cu ltu re against all a r t — who was the enemv indulges in some criticism s. W hat figures of speech. O ur ranks seem a,,d of broad vieWiS w,'° >" favor of investigation an d of free speech? h i- offended the clergy and the Io he honeycombed with universal- <d e n d in g m issionaries to India to Is 1 it ......................... ' - the ' the God who com m anded religious press is his unfavorable ism and an n ih ilaiio n ism . The convert 1 lpJ heathens to the religion husband to stone his wile to death estimate of the character and some i reality of the fall is boldly denied, wb’cb Giese bigots of G rand Rapids because she differed with him on of the Christian m issionaries, whom and the m ost extrem e doctrines of POHSepiS- No wonder the Hindoos, he subject of religion?. Are we he regards as perverters of the n a 'u ra l evolution are openly ^ llddhists, Parsees, Jain s, and to have a God who will re-enact the Mosaic code and truth, his rem arks regarding a advocated in our pulpits. Sin is oth<*r religionists of In d ia have hundreds of officers with d eath ? certain class of women, and his declared to be only the rem n an t of rePre8en Natives in this country to W hat court, what trib u n al of last claim th a t the parliam ent of relig-1 our an im al ancestry, which we are de,,y and refute the falsehoods and resort, i« to define this God, and inns was a “ stiow” which proved to gradually sloughing off The re- 3,and”rs wiiich the m issionaries b ’ n,akc. kh,nv“ his I,J « . • f , ' 8 8 e r< I i ., . . . . his presence, laws passed bv men t / _ he more in the interest of Paganism volutionarv theories of W ollhausen an(* the orthodox clergy general!* will •••’• be of - no value. 1 The - decisions !|an of C h ristianity. The women are invested with infallible author- l,ave kePl circulotion respecting of courts will be as nothing. But hv alluded to are those who he says ity. and the n arrativ es of the Old Gxlia. C ontrast the trea tm en t who is to make know n the will of g" to sum m er resorts to ‘‘catch T estam ent are reduced to a mass of v' b ’cb H'-v. Jo h n If. Barrows re- this suprem e (iod? W ill there be hu-hands” hut failing, join the fables and forgeries.” ceiveil Ir an the heathens of In d ia, a suprem e trib u n al composed of priests? hiireh and become very churchy Advice, C ongregationalist, Chi- wherever he travelled in th a t c«»un- O f course all persons elected to and disagreeable old maids. Per- cago, says: “ it is a long tim e now " ith the contem ptible sm allness office will neither swear or affirm I'aps the Swami exaggerated in since a «dean U nitarian or Uni vers- showh G andhi by the followers of to support the C onstitution. Men g i' ’ring to women of this sort; or a ’ist has found it difficult to have a C hrist in G rand R apids. In reply who do not believe it this God can h rhap> reporters in India are lik e «-otincil so constructed as to ordain t o ’he «piestion “ How do you like n ' ' o ' ’f t so , swear ’*'ar or ol' affirm. a ,h rin- Suoh wuoh men ' in this country, more anxious him or install him for a Con- I,l,lia’ ’ M' * Ba, ,ows 8ai<i t h e ‘»ther , of tru st 1 ’AH().o(ja i?nO T ii to give sensational statem ents gregational p u lp it.” da> • C onstitution will not interfere with •ban to report accurately just what T h e A dvance says th a t Dr. Beh. ,iave every.reason to like In d ia the oaths or affirm ations of -aid ..„.i ;« i . u_____ . \ accused of f<»rm- 1 ‘‘ave had, during the last 'hypocrites. Such a provision will ,s said, and it ....... may i... be u th . a .. t ...... rends “cannot _ i he , w v v k s , m e m um c o u rte o u s eA ciuue o n iy rionest a n d con- i'ekananda’s rem arks were more ~. . J *.' - ,ni 1,1 um • r pi<- reception from th»* various religious scientious unbelievers. Intelligent qualified than tfiev appear as nnlb-nm puh- a h.as ,,o r..fla c k of know- c,.,llII)Ur,iti„8 , „ ,ls we|conie(1 aI l’«opl<- know th a t no one know , 7 ........... C h ristia n s an d H eath en s. - i Yt *r V a - — ------- * ( I 1 *1 1 I I I T’ f i tJT 1 K1 (X KN»* F t f M K t Q 1 » » n f r i l ’ i i n n / t f , i I - - i iV l t lO — ------- p L i f f Y i r O i K — • . '« W H IJ V 7 - m l n / l. v - H a t j j v .l i i ao 1 _ _ x 1 »> 1J I | ~ — I 1 Lr x » t I [ ‘ vs * v I I I V I ( --------- --- I L i .• V 1 U I1 , V H U Ib lJ e n i . 1 . . . 1 i I l U lf l’ . i th ., heathen jnst now an object may properly lead us to seriou- re- shown by "f pious ........ aouse. abuse. If. swayed hv flection.” Parasees. it, swaye< , • r, . BpsidM« “•i'»n in regard to religion or •prespntatives in America, his o ^ n c e is miM com pared with th a t •f th« . . O’dinarv e n n stia n preacher ■ ka - -n, to I«-, k , j u , t reaso n for mak- occurrence of h i, w a rn in g , ther,-lore „ „ ,1 Y C a h 7 7 7 e r X 3 , , e s s w ^ i,r .’ »dice, he has conveyed wrong ■ Exactly so. Vivekanada dulges in no falsehood in saying that C hristianity is deadening in America, though possibly he mis- , . ’ 8 ’ J 1 takes the readiness of large audience 7 ’T ' ' - * W " 5 * Mosh.an,, J a in s , " 3 , 7 T ! ’l " I’ lon- Men B rah.no, and m an.’ ± " he.!,1* rty ° f •»»", • wh° are willing to die for the honor . keenne^Tfir ^7 a< rn.ln . t u. / ' ,ri 00 min< , an» nrecUGon <»f“th 4; preciation oi the very ties! which I had in my power io offer.” B. F. U. J of their country, will be excluded G<»rn tak ih g any p a rt in the ad m in istratio n of its affairs. Such ? Provi.8io» Wf; u,d P1*™ this coun- try under the feet o f n r i p a t a K- oehsoll . P •