Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903, June 03, 1897, Image 1

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    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
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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.
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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
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i-» zl d ia n a fl/kw
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• s o ! ! a o ,,d.in
n/4 i I this
L «.-• way I he _ was
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i to
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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
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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
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his presence,
laws passed
bv men
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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
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. \ accused of f<»rm-
1 ‘‘ave had, during the last 'hypocrites. Such a provision will
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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
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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 ,
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•prespntatives in America, his
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so.
Vivekanada
dulges in no falsehood in saying
that C hristianity is deadening in
America, though possibly he mis-
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takes the readiness of large audience
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m an.’ ±
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• wh° are willing to die for the honor
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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 .
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