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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1897)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEM BER 2, 189; LITTLE TORCHES. Skinflint is after me. At the con ference, lie asked me up and down By W. E Jo h n so n if I believed in hell-fire. I d<»dged In describing President M cKin the question of course, but he has ley’s fir*t Sum lav in W ashington, been so persistent that an answ er the correspondent told how he is dem anded and expected of me. bowed his head in prayer upon Several of my prom inent church entering his pew. — W estern C hris tian Advocate. in m b ers told me to say yes, and Hush! Husii! The good m an have the m atter done with. They was »imply asking G od’s blessing would not perm it me to say no, al on his two saloons out at Canton. though ev en one adm itted his dis- lielief in the horrible doctrine. But The Secularist does not escape they said: You ca n ’t tu n a church the obligations of religion by shift w ithout it. You must have it ing his worship from God to men stored away somewhere as an article and th in g s!—C hristian Leader. W hich shows you don’t know a of faith, but you neeedn’t show it nor talk about it. All th a t was Secularist when you see one. A necessary, therefore was to say, Yes, Secularist is not in the worshiping I belive in hell-fire; and I could business. He does not wear out have gone on preaching paganism the knees of his pants b foie g ds, to my h ea rt’s content, and im plic men, things nor spooks. itly denied hell in every sentence O u r S to ck We regret, both for the sake of I uttered. But here I was brought Of fle d iu m -P r ic e d the church and the race, that our to the issue. I could reconcile it to Baptist brethren of Montgomery, my conscience to conceal the tru th ; Ala., allowed their feelings in a but, when it came to telling an out church wrangle to rise to such a right lie, then my conscience re pitch as to prom pt one of their volted. 1 couldn’t silence Skinflint, num ber to m urder bis opponent.- - Mail Orders Given .P rom pt A ttention Southwestern C hristian Advocate. ami I couldn’t keep the golden sil Y o u rs to Please The good Baptist brother was ence I had desired for m yself.” merely following in the footsteps of “ Why don’t y<»u w ithdraw w ith his god, who habitually m urders out m aking any battle? \ ou d o n ’t Silverton, Oregon those who differ with him. believe in this fundam ental C hris tian doctrine. W hy not step down Prayer is hum bling work, abases and out? W hy rem ain in the intellect and pride, crucifies vain glorv, and signs our spiritual b a n k church at the sw ord’s p o in t?” “ I know th a t men of the world ruptcy, and all these are hard for flesh and blood to l>ear.—St. Louis look at it in this way. It seems •D E A LER S IN- C hristian Advocate. the common-sense way. W hat is T hat is exactly the reason we do the use of a squabble? But, in not pray. Prayer, and frequenting these things, each m ust act out his the saloon and the brothel, have own life. I am so constituted th at the effect of hum bling a m an, abas Corner Plain and Water Streets I cannot take the responsibility of ing Ids intellect and “ signing his going forth from the church. To SILV E R T O N , O R E. spiritual bankruptcy.” Away with do so would cause me infinite pain. ; such things, and he a man. It is like bidding farewell to a m other. I know th at I radically “ It is sufficient to believe in Jesus C hri-t, not the thousand and one D E A L E R S IN ( to be continued .) things v«’U don’t understand in the S e cu la rism . bible. The bible doesn’t ask you to believe ’em. G<»d doesn’t ask M ’s. Minnie P. II >s ner and Miss you to believe ’em. The apostles A G R IC U L T U R A L IM P L E M E N T S K ate D ePeatt, representing the d id n ’t ask you to believe ’em. Jesit* Secular Union of O.-egoi, lectured C hrist d id n ’t ask you to believe U U 118 s, Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Sporting Goods, Etc., in the court house S atu rd ay and | ’em.” —Evangelist Ben Deering, in S IL V E R T O N , OREGON. a sermon at K ansas C i’y, in August. Sunday evenings on subjects touch If we are not to believe the state ing their faith. ments o f the bible, how are we to J kl They are bright young ladies know an y th in g of C hrist? If there and en tertain ed th - ir audiences are a housand and one” falsehoods with both interesting talks and a d in the bible, who is going to assort m ira b le songs a n d m usic. them from the tru th . W hat has. The Secularists have q u i'e a fol become of your itifallable bible, lowing in this county ami the state anyhow ? of Oregon, ami now have under ____ process of construction a College Jesus wagi God, vet lie also was m an; though divine, le* was hum an building at Silverton. The Secularists are liberal in too; and. somehow, it is liecause lie th eir belief and m ake hum anita- was so hum an more than because W e W il l Do It F o r You he was divine, 'h a t we feel a one rianism the basis of their creed. ness and fellowship with him, and, They lielicve th a t a hum an life is through him, with God.— M ethodist tube m easured by tangible acts and R ecorder, August 21st. T hat is theological “ hot stuff.” kind deeds rath er than by an arb i Let’s see. Jesus is God l»eeau*e God tra ry belief. Than You Can Get It Elsewhere. This is an age and country of re is Jesus. Then Jesus is hum an ligion* toleration and men may because God is divine, and, some teach ami think as they choose, so how, God is more hum an than Jesus long as they refrain from interfer is divine, which clearly accounts ing with the rights of others. This for our fellowship with God, through was guaranteed by the first am end Jesus who is God. We suspected ment to the federal co nstitution.— th a t th at was the wav the m atter stood, all the tim e. V ale (Ore.) Advocate. A WOLF & SON C u s ite r & D a v e n p o rt .... general M erchandise Hicks & Ames H a rd ware^^ljn^waie^ S to v es, Secularists —Or Anybody SEND US YOUR JOBWORK Neatly, Quickly, and For Less Money We — > P rint A nything Etc.