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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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