T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , JU L Y 29, 1897.
the m illions would congregate about
TORCHES.
hi? throne. So, with sad intensity,
Jo h n so n
he re a l the Scripture*, and Hung
.
.
. , Rev. John Ja*|*er of R ichm ond,
over
the
scene
the
weird
fascination
v « , L o f * “ T S1
h^ < nn I I , \i,
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fM,,,e’
of the ancient faith.
celebrated his eightv-fifth b irth d ay
“ In the nam e of the F ath er, the on last S unday, Ju ly 4th.
He
Son, and the Holy Spirit, we com- doubt less draw s a larger congrega-
rnit this bodv to the sea. In the ti<>" of «Gangers, w hite as well as
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* a " ..;* „ i „ ii i
• colored, than any Negro preacher
¡»at great day ,t shall n se again: h) , he
His reputation for
for the sea shall give up its dead, ignorance is helpful to h im .—S ou’h-
and there shall he no more sea, for j western C hristian Advocate, J u ly 8.
God shall reign forever and ever,
The Bible s a y s ‘-the sun do move.”
Amen.”
Jasp er believes it and you twit him
1 hen the body was gently taken of ignorance because he believes it
and lowered over the side of the We have alw ays held th a t anyone
- ship, and with a prayer from th e who believes the Bible is an ignora-
heart of even the roughest sailor it n]Us, a ,,d ,IOW we are gia(f to tlnq
was dropped into the bosom of the this position sustained by such high
calm im m ensity, ami sank from ecclesiastical a u th o rity as the South-
view; and, in a few m om ents, the western C hristian Advocate.
glassy azure shone over the path of!
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,
a
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1 he greatest failure in life is a
h erd ep artu re with scarcely a ripple. failllr„ „ 1He,.k th „ L„ r , |. _ B ll| , i.„„re
“Gone!” said W ill, as he bent C hristian Advocate, Ju ly 14.
over the sh ip ’s side. “ I wonder if
W hy, is th e Lord lo st? Ila* he
our angels are there to save her to been kidnapped?
B -tt-r notify
a nobler heaven than was ever the police to keep an eye open for
dream ed of by the ancient saints,- him . S p re a d th e a irm a n d have
the heaven of hum an love.”
his picture printed in the news-
They were there,— two calm, de- papers. W hen you catch him, put
term ined men; and as the enshroud- a bell on him, so he can be found
ed body floated down, th eir strong more easily.
arm s were placed about it, and a
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1 Adam C larke, the com m entator,
rubber cuvering folded over her ,,as a curioua il()tion that th(,
head and breast. Then they began pent in the G arden ot Eden stood
to bear their precious burden upright, and walked, and could
through the rolling caverns of the clim b a tree. New \ ork* C hristian
deep, while every faculty was alert ''h o * .in», .Juh 15.
Very likely. T he snake probably
t<> guard against injury. An enor
rode a bicycle, also. It is no won
mous fish, with g littering scales, as
der th a t the au th o r of “ C larke’s
if each were an electric battery,
C om m entaries” saw snakes. It is
dashed ath w art th eir pathw ay
enough to breed snakes in one’s
brain to read them .
( to be continued .)
S te in e r ’s L ectu re D ates.
Mr. F ran k lin Steiner is on his
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wav to the coast. His dates are as
follows:
Spokane, W ashington Ju ly 31, Aug-
ust 1.
<<
Reardon,
Aug. 2, 3, 4
u 6, 7, 8
Davenport,
u
W ilbur,
9, 10
u
Sherm an,
11,12,13
W aterville,
15, IB
“ I say th at the Bible is G od’s
word, m eaning thereby th a t every
v' <>,d HI?d syllable in th e Bible, as
first w ritten, from beginning to end,
. ’/■
• asserted
7 , and
comes f from
God i as is
claim ed in the e x tiacts from it
which I read you, ami, therefore, is !
absolutely true; and th at the office
of reason is not to sit in judgm ent
upon w hat is found there, hut solely
to seek to learn w hat is the t r u e 1
m eaning of every p a rt.”—Jam es
Woodrow’, President of South Caro-
ate I
For S ale.
E
l HER HARDESTY,
One hundred and sixty acre* of
M
jlg & w .
tinil»er land in Tillam ook countv.
Gne mile from N etarts Bav. House
.
,
,
’ Will practice in all courts of th e Htate.
1^x24. Sm all clearing. Excellent
Special a tte n tio n given to collections
and n o tary work.
water. Good bargain. Inquire at
R oom
this office.
3,
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ybod\
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,
'♦ hen the load gets heavy on o u r'
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ask God to
»o remove it. and
are sometimes disappointed to find
that he does not seem to answer our
p ra y er-.— N ashville C hri-tian Ad
vocafe, Ju ly 15.
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