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
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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.- -
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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
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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.
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