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VOL. 1.
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SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JU LY 29, ¡897.
Creed.
NO. 39.
general principle». M orality is not before C hrist, who saw the iniquity
nesota was the home of wild men
lim ited by the belief of any sect or qf slavery; hut they could only
and wild beasts; now M innesota is
W hat is creed? The p rie s t’s specific, class. C haracter ¡«character, w heth
use
their
in
flu e n ee to create a a great Slate, with a school system
W ithin narrow bounds co n strain ed ,
er it is shown in thp life of B uddha sentim ent against the great wrong
O ut of tu n e w ith tru th and logic,
-»r Jesus, o f Jo h n S tu art Mill or I he people where slavery existed equal to the best. The school sys
And by faith alone su stain ed .
Ralph W aldo Em erson. T ru th is could come Io understand the m oral tem of J a p a n , though scarce a de-
\\ h a t is faith ? The tam e su rre n d e r,
I cade has passed since it was found
neither B uddhistic nor Jew ish, character of the in stitu tio n and its
Of o u r ju d g m e n t u n to « reed.
ed, com pares favorably with the
neither ( h ristian nor M ohamme evil results only through the in flu
to w a rd Reason folds its sta n d a rd ,
school
system s of Europe and
Lays it dow n a t D ogm a’s feet.
dan, neither Catholic nor Protes ence of m any yea is o f educa
America.
ta n t. It exists in th e nature of tion and experience and even war.
Trifling are th e causes, p o ten t
2. Education is an Investm ent,
To e n sn are th e hum an m ind
things, and d o e s not depend upon There are m any in the South even
not an E x p en s-.— .Money ju d ici
Into fancies, weird as goblins,
creed or dogma. T hai twice two now who tielieve that t h e a b o litio n
ously expended for educational p u r
S hifting as th e changeful w ind.
are four is a proposition ju st as true of sla v e ry was a great wrom?
poses pays th e largest dividends.
Moss-clad te n e ts, hoary gossip,
before C h rist was born and before
\\
hat
i>
known
a
s
international
A i ruly educate«! p e o p le are alw ays
M ildewed w ith th e b reath of T im e,
Moses lived, or tbe Jew s existed as law is involved in the Golden Rule
•lau d e d down th ro u g h g enerations.
a prosperous and happy people.
a n ation, as it is to-day. That and in the precept, “ Do ju s tly ,”
May ap p ea r to som e sublim e.
E ducation pays.
'ru th fu ln e ss is a virtue, that lying which were as well known to tin*
Such is fa ith —’Tw ere lal>or w asted
Only the ignorant grum ble about
is a vice, th a t tem perance prom otes people of a n tiq u ity as they are to
To advance a single th o u g h t.
judicious school taxes. Only stupid
health, and drunkenness is hurtful us; but travel, commercial relations
W here conclusions are abortive,
people want cheap teachers and
And discretion rendered n a u g h t.
to body and m ind, is no more true and interests, em igration, im m igra
cheap educational in stru m en tali
to-day th an it was when Egypt was tion, and thousands of secular
Still I know : T he Pagan m atron
ties.
I a great em pire.
In th e palm y days of Rom e,
agencies resulting from the more or
3. E ducators should Direct th e
W as as faithful in her w orship,
The general principles of m oral less free inter« out se <.f nations were
E ducational W ork.— E xperts direct
As th e m atro n of o u r hom e.
ity have been recognized in all ages necessary to m ake the people see
in every departm ent of p rac
Pointed to our self-sam e heaven
of hum an history. “ Be ju s t,” “ Do that nations should respect one
tical life. Engineers plan our ra il
As th e th ro n e of m ighty Jove
rig h t,’ —of these injuuplions the another s rights and to bring into
T hat our orisons ascend to
roads, architects constru ct our
most
savage
tribes
are
not
ignorant.
existence by legislation an in te r buildings, physicians d in c t the
From th e tem ple or th e grove.
Progress does not consist in discov national code.
Proudly tow ers th e fame of H ellas
healing a rt, lawyers m anage legal
e
r
in
g
new
general
principles
or
pre
The m oral conceptions and rela m atters. I he knowledge and skill
U nsurpassed u n to th e «lav,
Rank its sc u lp tu re d m arvels, H om er, cept , hut in learning from experi tio n s of civilized nations to-day are
acquired by long years of devotion
And his glorious Trojan lay.
ence w hat is involved or included a -ery com plex product, hut the
to a special work count. The folly
in the old ones.
But in vain we search for P allas
fundam ental precepts of m orality, of em ploying preachers to construct
And th e a n cien t gods on high ;
“ Be ju s t,” “ Do rig h t,”— these such as “ Be ju s t,” “ Do rig h t,” “ Do
railroads, and law yers to prescribe
Relegated to th e g arret
words m ean much more to an en to others as you would have others
for disease, is only exceeded by that
Of oblivion—d ead —they lie.
lightened m an th an they do to a do to you,” ‘‘Give food to the hun
of leaving everybody or anyltody
W here is now th e m ystic cu ltu s
Indian. Not m any years gry and drink to the th irsty ,” are
to direct educational work.
Of th e p re-h isto ric E ast?
ago C hristian clergym en, C hristian am ong the i«l«-als of d u ty w herever
T he educational work dem ands
( ountless c en tu rie s they w orshipped
m
issionaries,
a
m
i
even
C
hristian
Idols at th e beck of p riest.
men are found. They are the ele the best, talent and the widest ex
churches and other C hristian soci m entary foundations of all moral
perience. T h a t experts
should
Lullabies of all th e ages,
eties
owned
slaves,
bought
and
sold
a nd social system s, as com paratively plan and direct every step here, is
P recepts, ta u g h t by sire and sage,
men
and
women,
and
profited
by
H e revere—b u t m ay not sw ear by
unspecialized structures are the infinitely more im p o rta n t than th a t
In th is an aly tic age.
th eir unpaid labor.
I have no common basis of the m any differ
we should have skilled engineers
( ults and system s are the m ile stones doubt they did this believing th at ent highly-developed groups of a n and physcians.
Never will the best
<>n T im e's endless, boundless shore, they’ had a right to do it. They imals. Moral progress has been a
educational results he reached un
And th e ages are but epochs
could quote the Bible in defence of process of evolution—of change til this principle predom inates.
Of e te rn ity —no m ore.
this supposed right. A lexander from the indefinite t.» the definite,
4. Schools ami Teacher» should
E verlasting atom s only
Cam pbell was an advocate of slav from the simple to the com plex ,and he Removed fro m Irocal and P a rti
May survive th e tooth of Tim e.
ery’ and himself a slave holder. such words a s ‘ differentiation” and san M eddling —Our public schools
* reeds will rise an d fall a su n d e r;
Rev. Mose S u art, of Andover, the “ integration,” apply as well to occupy common ground.
N ature only reigns sublim e.
Here
learned Hebrew scholar, declared moral as to organic evolution.
— Independent P u lp it
Jew and Gentile, C hristian and
th a t slavery was right and th a t
Infidel, C atholic and P rotestant
S im p le and C om plex H o r a lit y .
Progress in E d u c a tio n .
the Bible p lainly authorized it.
may unite. The developm ent of a
By B . F. U nderw ood
By Baldwin.
Phis belief in the right to hold
m an physically, intellectually, and
f or centuries it has been common slaves was not due to ignorance of
1. T ruth Reached by one People m orally Iwdongs to our common h u
t »r the clergy to put the C hristian the Golden Ride; hut the slave
label on everything th a t has re holders and their supporters, blind should he Accepted by A ll.— T ru th m anity. Partisan or denom inational
“Seize upon tru th interference with our public school
ceived the approval of m ankind. ed by selfishness and by fam iliarity is cosmic.
where’er it m ay be found” is j is unpardonable.
M e hear co n stan tly the expressions,
with injustice and the social and the key to progress. The press,
1 his principle is beginning to be
‘‘C hristian ch aracter,” “ C hristian religious santions it received, failed
steam , and electricity have m ade recognized. Our schools are m ore
m orality,” a n d ’ even “ C hristian to see th a t the Golden Rule involv
the nations one fam ily; theachieve- and more removed from the in ter
tru th ,’ as well as C hristian faith ed the condem nation of the in stitu
m ents of an individual or a nation ference of partisan elections and lo
and hope. If one objects to the tion. Men never could have been
at once liecoine the property of the cal disturbances, but the tim e has
t »‘ trines of the atonem ent, he is m ade to see this by’ the repitition
Asked what the world would do m erely of general m oral precepts. race. T hus it occurs th a t institu- not yet come when we dare even
.
.
tions are horn in a day, and tbe indicate the results of th e complete
" ith o u t C hristian m orality, as rhcKH were clear-headed men
with w orld’« progrew. is startlin g . This application of th is principle.
' " ’gh m orality were not n atu ral, a strong sense of justice, and un- principle is now the accepted policy
as though it were dependent upon a
tram m elled by social or religious in science, a rt, and practical life;
Logic is not satisfied with asser
-pecial dogm atic religion, as though sanctions, like G arrison and P hil
tion. It cares nothing for the
w ithout the doctrine of the atone- lips, like F ra n k lin , Jefferson and its thorough introduction in to the opinions of the “g re at,”— nothing
educational work is a prime factor for the prejudices of the m any, and
m en t m oiality could not exist.
Paine,
like
some
of
the
pagan
re
*PI * •
•
in hum an elevation.
least of all for the superstitions of
’•is is pu ttin g a special stam p upon formers even in the fourth centurv
A q u a rte r of a century ago, Min- the dead. —Robt. G. Ingersoll.
By L. Bjrth.
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