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VOL. 1.
S IL V E R T O N , OREGON , T H U R SD A Y , A U G U S T S , .Sit?
A New Creed.
NO. 40.
sorships, or who hold official posi­
The Ten Com m andm ents.
most perfect expression of anim al
tions, like state geologists.
organization,— it is not a gift of
By B <». Ingersoll.
E . F rank L in ta b e r, in Fuck.
It is not strange, therefore, that
Some C hristian law yers—some heaven l>estnwed equally on all
A group of theologians m et
Dr. Dennert “could secure no infor­
To m odernize th e ir creed.
em inent and stupid judges— have men, nations and times, hut th e
W hich held th a t black is w hite, am i vet m ation in the caseof 24.” He says
result of universal hum an educa­
Nail satisfied th e ir need.
that “ 22? turned out to be theists,” said and still say, th a t Ihe Ten tion; while even in beasts an incip­
T heir g rea t-g ra n d fath e rs learned it on w hile “ only 17 assum ed an indiffer­ C om m am lnients are the foundation
ient tendency to ail the activities of
T heir g re a t-g ra n d m o th e r’s knees,
of all law.
ent
or
irreligious
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How
About p red estin atio n and
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* - - o - - th in g v can
z o ■ ■ he 1 more
1 11 ■ XJ < absurd
I 1 i i I 14 • the hum
e an * mind is to he pointed out,
E lectoral decrees.
m any, if anv, accepted C hristianity
Long before these C om m andm ents a,1<
a higher degree Ihe nearer
In language m ore am biguous
is not stated. Yet tin* alleged ob­
they approach to m an; for in the
Than L atin upside-dow n,
ject of the investigation was to were given there were codes of law's anim al mind, banished to a narrow
It tau g h t th a t som e are born to sin
And som e to wear th e crow n.
sh<w th a t between science and in India ami Egypt — laws against sphere, the fundam ent*! forces of
These learned theologians fought,
the C hristian theologv then* D n«» m urder, perjury, larceny, a d u ltry the mind is latent
Thus reason is
D isputed, argued long;
and fraud. Such laws are as old
conflict.
And each one held th a t he was rig h t,
“ that higher qualification which
And all th e rest were wrong.
Dr. Dennert says th a t “only three as hum an society; as old as the proceeds from the proportionate de­
They all ad m itte d th a t th e creed
out of the latest period arc pro­ love of life; as old as in d u stry ; as velopment and com pletion of all
Was som ew hat o u t of d a te.
nounced an ti-m a te ria lists—nam ely, the idea of prosperity; as old as our soul’s faculties, to which the
But still they were not all agreed
Ju st w hat to renovate.
T y n d all, Vogt, and Mob schott.” hum an love.
All of the Ten Coriim andrtients i ,"*nsan fam i^ ’ haH been g 'a d tia lly
But w hen th e ir work was finished q u ite , W hy not include Haeckel, B uch­
th a t are good wer** old; all I h at rnafured, 1411,1 which will conduct it
T heir creed did n o th in g lack ;
n
e
r
and
Paul
B
ert?
In
w
hat
list
For where it once read “ black is w b ite ,’’
were new are foolish
If Jehovah to ever *reab r »“ »elligence.”
It now reads “ w hite is b la c k .”
does Dr. Dennert put the names of
C hristianity and Brotherhood
Darwin, the great n a tu ra list; H u x ­ had been civilized he would have
C hristianity and Men of Science. ley, the biologist; Spencer, the man left out the com m am lrnents about
keeping the S abbath, and in itR place
As to the proclam ation of the
of cycloptedic knowledge, versed in
would have said: “ Thou sh a lt not brotberb<)<>d ,,f m a «‘ which the g«»s-
By B. K. Underwood.
m any sciences; Lewes, the physiolo­
«re said to contain, does it
The S unday School Times says gist and psychologist —all avowed e n sla v e th v fellow.nen.” He would
th at it is “ cu rren t in m any circles Agnostics, all pronounced unbe­ have om itted the one about swear­ require to he pointed out that the
ing, and said : “ The m an shall have religion there proclaim ed is an
that the leading investigators in lievers in the C hristian theologv?
essentially exclusive one, g ran tin g
the dom ain of n atu ral science have
Dr. D ennert says that ‘ some­ but one wife, and the woman hut
been and are opponents of revealed w hat larger per ventage were indif­ one h u sb an d .” He would |,ave j 8alvation to tb<,se Ol,13 who will he-
religion and ot C hristianity; and ferent, hut I he great m ajority were left out the one about graven images, beVe »»* *L‘8U h , ami dam ning all the
this is regarded as a su b stan tial believers in theistic principles.” Of and in its stead would have said rest; th at Jesus himself exhibited
argum ent in m ain taining the propo­ the 227 rem aining we are told, “ Thou shall not wage wars of exter­ at tim es the narrow est sectarian
sp irit; th a t lie made a distinction
sition of an irrepressible conflict “ m any were strict!} ch u icld y in m ination, and thou shalt not u n ­
between exact science and C hristian their preferences; and of at least 90, sheathe the sword except in self- ^ w e e n »he Jew s and th e G e n tiles;
th a t tie expressly forbade his disci-
theology. A well-known G erm an or almost one-half, this can lie said defens«*.”
If Jehovah had been c iv iliz e d ,; pleH 0,1 O,le occ,' &ion to Preacb tbe
writer, Dr. E. D ennert, has recently with absolute c e rta in ty .” It seems
»o the G entiles and Sam ari-
published a brochure in which he th a t 90 (which is not “alm ost one- bow much grander the Ten Com-
tan8’ a " d ,h a t b‘‘ »hreatened with
claims, on the strength of statistics, half,” hut <»nly two-fifths of 227) i.iandm ents would have been.
the m ost dreadful punishm ent tin*
that this current opinion is a delu­ were “ strictly church ly in their
C onnecticut’s New Sunday Law. cities th a t w ould 'no, accept the
sion, and is contrary to facts.”
preferences.” Men m ay h e“church-
.
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teaching of tw elve ignorant fisher-
Dr. Dennert says th at he has ly in their preferences, as many
A new Sunday law has ju st gone _
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,
m e n .— H. M . C e c il, “ Pseudo-Ph ilo-
asked “ 268 n atu ra l scientists and are, and yet have no belief in the in to efh-c, m C o n n e cticu t. It pro-
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| sophy.’
representatives of the medical pro­ C hristian theology.
Ilnxley was vides that everv pel sou who shall
A lw ays Ready.
fession for th eir religious sta n d ­ churehly in his preferences, as was ; do any secular business or labor,
point.”
An exchange has a good story of
Darwin. M. D. Conway, though except works of necessity or mercy,
Now, memliers of the medical not a C hristian nor a tlieist even, or keep «»pen any shop, warehouse, a devout man who, in the graces
profession are not necessarily “ in ­ is so ehurchlv in his preferences or rnauufa<*turing or mechanical which he was asked to sav in the
vestigators in t he dom ain of n atu ral that he is opposed to the disestab­ establishm ent, or expose any prop- homes of his hospitable friends, al-
sciences.'’ Physicians arc supposed lishm ent of tin* English C hurch, erty for sale, or engage in any I ways quoted in his “ blessing,” some
t<> have some knowledge of science, much to the regret of m any of his sport, between 12 o’clock S atu rd ay passage of the scripture in which
especially of anatom y and physi-i radical friends.
night and 12 o’clock S unday night, more or less of tin* food item s then
ology, hnt some of them have very
waiting on the hospitable table are
But the main question is: Of shall lie fined not more th an $50.
little knowledge even of these the “ 268 n atural scientists and re­
I he old law provided for the oh- named or alluded to. The story
sciences; and only one of a thousand presentatives of the medical profes­ servance of the day only from sun- goes th a t he was one day called
oj them, herhaps, is or should he sion,’' whose ‘ religious stan d p o in t” rise to sunset, and the m axim um upon for his “ grace” at the am ple
«•lasted am ong scientists. Another Dr. D ennert tried to ascertain, how penalty for its violation was $4. f>oard upon which were oysters and
fact which should he noted hen* is, m any were found to he believers in Thus it is evident that the new law' d arn s, which were assum ed to have
that medical practitioners and m ed­ the C h ristian theology? Was the is m eant to he much more stringent, been rarities. A whisper wen taround
ical writers are, for obvious reasons, n u m bersosn all th a t the Doct«»r was — American Sentinel.
the com pany that at last the bible­
generally averse to the avowal of asham ed to announce it, and did
reading and grateful man was in
Human Reasoning.
heterodox religious views. Rarely be give the num ber of real or nomi­
the presence of two food item s
• ti an orthodox com m unity does a nal theists, and of those who are
By Dr. Lodwig Boehner
which are not named or plainlv
physician put him self in opposition “churehly in th eir preferences,” in
As regards the hum an reason, referred t<» in scripture. The devout
to the dom inant religions sentim ent. order to divert atten tio n from the which is generally considered an gu«*st, nothing daunted, reverently
Many physicians whose views are general unbelief in C hristianity in su rm o u n tab le harrier between “aid, “ We are grateful to thee, Lord
lil**ral prefer to be regarded as which prevails am ong men of m an and anim al, it is, according to who didst say, ‘Rejoice, Zehulun
holding to the popular faith. This science?
S ehaaffhausen, only “ the lesult of and Issachar, in thy tents; - f o r
is true also of m any scientists,
The p ursuit of a noble object a finer and more com plete organi- they shall suck of the abundance of
especially as 1 know, of those who adorns, ennobles, ami vivifies life. zation,” as the hum an liody can the seas and of treasures hid in the
have college and university profes­ — H orace Seaver.
only he regarde«I a- the finest and sa n d .”— C hristian Register.
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