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Liberal
Hypocrites.
by this vile vender of “ wine, which
cheereth God and m an” (Judges
9:13), but
what
about their
neighbors one mile awav who m av o-o-o-oooo-oooo-f'o-o
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be pestered to any ex ten t th a t said < x x x x > o < x x x > o o o o o o ^ 6 S 3 3 ^ S 3 ^ ^
vender may choose?
Of course all this must be in ful
fillm ent o f some prophesy. W hich
one is it? It may be, “ The lam b and
the lion shall lie down together,” or
it may be in contradiction of th
scripture which says th at whatso
ever a m an soeth th a t shall he a 1st
Liberal Books
How would it do for us to give
the hypocrites th a t are found in the
Christian churches a rest and traiu
our guns on the hypocritical Liber­
als (?) who h av en ’t self-sacrifice
enough to help build up now th a t
we have a chance.
I t ’s a m ighty easy thing to find
fault and tear down others’ work,
but when it comes to building up
it takes som ething besides jaw-bone.
It takes th o u g h t, energy, money
reap.
•and hard work. Secularists, let us
It is h ard to to tell w hether these
not daspise the hypocrisy of the
good people love their neighbors as
C hristians an d then be worse o u r­
them selves or not, but they have
selves.
had th eir say anyhow and ini
pressed the public with the grea
We May Be Delayed.
T H E EVOLUTION OF T H E D EV IL
th o u g h t of G od’s power.
By H enry I ran k , th e in d ep en d en t p reach er of New York C ity. The
All come to prayer m eeting the
m ost learned, accurate, scientific an d philosophical analysis of his Sa­
On account of some of our com­
tan ic m ajesty ev er before p u b lis h e d ; 66 paires
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m ittee not being quite satisfied Lord is on our side!
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with the legal papers, and on ac­ The
Its uselessness an d unscientific assu m p tio n . Some one h u n d red a u ­
Future
of
Orthodox
th
o rities quoted to show th a t p ray e r c an n o t, in th e n a tu re of th in g s,
count of other prelim inaries, the
Theology.
be answ ered. Bv H enry M. T a b e r..
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work on th e U niversity may be de­
IN PLACE OF C H R IS T IA N IT Y
Rev.
Thom
as
Dixon,
of
New
layed a few days. We are bound
An an sw er to th e co n stan tly repeated qu estio n s which C h ristia n s ask :
to have everything all rig h t before York, recently took the ground
anity? ’ ‘ V i Z l T a u T ”
‘he reHgiOn ChriB‘i’ . „
starting. I t is better to w ait th an th at “ the orthodox church has lost
its hold on the public m ind,” and T H E E A R T H NOT C R E A T E D
to make a mistake.
Exposes th e fallacy of p o p u lar cosm ic th eo ries: 39 nai/es
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men,
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Meanwhile, let everybody come
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church,
and
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women
arc
the
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forward an d say what he or she is
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people
who
hold
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going to do to help along the work.
C H A R LES DARW IN
If you have already done all you dox o rganization.” Mr. Dixon a s­
H is life and w h at th e world owes to h im . W ith p o rtra it and illu s tra ­
tions. By B. O. fo w le r and I1. B. W akem an
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can, talk with vour friends and cribes the fact he m entions to de­
tell th»*m all about our plans and cline in the intellectual statu s of L IB E R A L IZ E D C H R IS T IA N IT Y
A collection of evidence, m ostly ad m issio n s of the clergy, th a t th ere
perhaps they m ay become interest­ the clergy and to a lack of inde­
is a g rea t change taking place in ch u rch d o ctrin es. By H en ry M T ab er 10c
ed and help build the first U niver­ pendent thought aixl expression in GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION
Ingersoll s best arg u m en t in behalf of th e e n tire separation of church
sity th a t is free from supersti­ the m inistry.
and
sta te . By R. G . In g e rso ll............................
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Of the falling off* in church a t­
tion.
tendance there is no doubt.
Says C H U R C H AND STA TE
tB® Pu bli<! schools and th e new A m erican p arty . By
the Chicago Tribun'*: “ It is cer­
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Slow.
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tain th a t in western European n a­ COSMOLOGY AGAINST TH EO LO G Y
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Some people who have talked tions and in the United States the
Liberalism for th e last twenty m ass of organized laborites have TH E R E L IG IO N OE H U M A N IT Y
By J . Leon Benwell..............................................
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years are as slow in backing up practically ceased to go to church, RELIGION AND SCIENCE
their word, now they have a They leave th a t d u ty to their wives
‘•R econciliation” refuted
By “ C o rv in u s” ................................................ 26c
chance, as the orthodox God is in an<^ ‘laughters. They themselves D W IG H T L. MOODY
An interview . By Susan II. W ixon
his plan of salvation.
appear a t church on stated occa-
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We have concluded th at no such
such as m arriages, baptism s,
A neat little book on science and m o rality w ith lessons for 13 weeks
a god exists, for p rayers are never Hn<l funerals, and on certain fcsti-
for p rim ary , in te rm e d iate and ad u lt classes. By J . E. and M. P. Hos-
m er
answered, and we will begin to v a ^ ^ a y p» H,td not generally even
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are not Liberals a t all, but are ju st m em bers of any church. In coun­
W H A T W OULD FOLLOW ON T H E E F F A C E M E N T OF
being wicked (?) aw hile as a prep- ’rH S *’ke France and Belgium half
C H R IS T IA N IT Y
T his is a splendid m issionary Ixxik and an eye-op un r f o r orthodox
aration for graduation into the ,,,c 1 he m en are n o n-attendants of
people. By George Jaco b H o lv o a k e ............
joc
Salvation A rm y.
divine worship. How the m atter
T H E MYTH OE T H E G R E A T D ELU G E
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stan d s in the cities of this country
A com plete an d overw helm ing .efu tai ..n of th e Bible stories
By
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T o rc h of R easo n ”
O ffice.
Jam es M. M cCann....................
Methodists Save a Saloon-keeper. a“.' one can ascertain by looking
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We u n derstand that a peculiar
C hristian perform ance occured in
the little Oregon town of M arquam .
It seems th a t a saloon keeper
who has been Ixithered very much
by C hristians who, some say, vote
one way and pray another, has at
last, after ab out a dozen charges,
been convicted and fined $250, and
costsor was to lie m prisoned. The law
m ust he satisfisd, but wail! He
plays the baby act and his former
enemies are touched and on his
prom ising not to start an o th er
saloon w ithin one mile of the town
the good M ethodist leaders get up
a petition and the law will he cheat-
ed out of its victim and the tax
payers out of about $100.
I he C h ristians have had their way
and will n o t be bothered any more
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into the P rotestant churches on B IB LIC A L M YTHS
Shows plainly t 1»* unreasonableness and ab su rd ity of m ost of th e
^ ’m day an d then looking into the
B ible stories. By Professor Daniel T. Ames.
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cars, t h e . parks, the pleasure LIK E AND C A R E E R OE C H A R L E S BRADLAUG H
By Genrye Jacob Holvoake...................................
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Ma rdens, the theaters, the base a
g ro u n d s, a n d th e salo o n s.
It will PRO G RESS OF EV O LU TIO N A RY T H O U G H T
A ddress before th e Congress of E v o lu tio n ists held in Chicago Seo-
not ta k e long to find out th a t th e
tem b er, 1893. By B. F. U nderw ood . . . .
a tte n d a n t* in th e one case are JE H O V A H IN T E R V IE W E D
hir^ely women, and in the other
1 h»*ir husbands, sons, and brothers.”
Now as to the cause, or causes,
of this absenteeism . The clergy,
^ I** Bixon included, fail to see or
are unw illing to acknowledge the
m ain cause of decreasing interest
,n l^ e church. This cause is th e
<*ecBn‘‘ of belief in the theology for
" b ic h the churches stand. \\ here
^lith was once strong, skepticism
a n ^ ‘bsbelief now prevail, and they
are stenilily increasing.
This in-
,e Bectual condition is largely the
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O r O rthodoxy from H ead q u arters. Good for dyspeptics w h o d e sire to
laugh and grow h e a l t h y ..................................
W H A T C O N STITU TES A F R E E T H IN K E R
By H . L. G reen
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STA N D IN G UP EOR .JESUS
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For fram ing. A »«eautiful o rn a m e n t for a F re e th in k e r’s hom e in
place of su p e rstitio u s o rn a m e n ts ..........................
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BIBLE AND CHURCH DEGRADE WOMAN
A most conclusive refutation of the claim th a t woman owes h er a d ­
v ancem ent to the Bible or th e ch u rch . By E lizab eth Cady S tan to n
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W H Y AN E X P U R G A T E D B IB L E
1 he w riter, a m in iste r of th e gospel, h ere endeavors to prove th a t the
Bible teaches w hat is false, w hat is im m oral, and w hat is obscene
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