T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , S E P T E M B E R 9, 1897.
LITTLE
TORCHES.
greater injustice th an the clergy­
m en; and they are u tterly uncon­
By W . E Johnson
scious of this, or of the savagery of
The young m an who desires to
their opinions and conduct. De­ be pure m ust th in k pure thoughts.
liver me, said a M assachusetts —Southw estern C hristian Advo­
judge, from the m ethods of an eccles­ cate, August 19.
And in order to th in k pure
iastical trib u n al. Surely they are
infam ous. They either whitewash thoughts he m ust steer clear of
or they crucify. Ther^ i« no sifting such villianous obscenity as be­
of testim ony, no effort to discover fouls the old testam ent from lid to
the true relation of things, facts are lid. Much of th is sacred book is
perverted, reason ignored, only not fit to be read in a sewer.
prejudice and the petty feelings of
WheD affliction is in our home,
th e hour trium ph.
“ I t ’s like going into a deu of when disease is in the body, or
tigers,” said Jim m y . “ Look over when death invades the home circle
th e crowd. Can you expect justice and the crape is on the door and
the coffin in the home, the Holy
from a set like th a t, the cowed S pirit com forts and helps us,
slaves of popular o p in io n ?’’
soothes our sorrows, helps our
“ You m ight as well take your hopes, and points us to the world
o f light, life and joy where we shall
staff and s ta rt,” said Charlie.
meet the God we have loved and
“ I will compel them to say som e­
he friends we have lost.—C hris­
th in g . They s h a n ’t evade it. H alf tian Conservator.
these people call them selves liberal.
T h at is just like the God of Moses
L et me see if they are or not. They and Talm age: he kills some m em ­
h ate Skinflint, and yet they will do ber of a fam ily and then sends the
exactly as S kinflint orders.”
Ghost around to ask the m ourners
Skinflint was indeed the ru ler of how they enjoy the funeral.
th e assem bly: for he was really the
only bigot in it, and therefore the
“ C ertain papers representing the
only m an of real conviction, and C atholic T otal Abstinence move­
suprem e by the power of his con­ m ent are doing great injury to the
viction. H e believed in H ell-tire good cause they are cham pioning
by th eir violent and scandalous
You could see th at he did in every denunciations of “ beer-swilling
lineam ent of his face. There w asn’t C atholics.” H undreds of canon­
a chance for a sm ile in it.
I t was ized saints and m yriads of uncanon­
the face of a m um m y, cold anc ized ones have drank beer every
terrible.
He could answ er any day of their lives.”—Church P ro­
gress.
question you m ight propound con
T h at is the trouble you get into
cerning an y p a rt of the Scriptures
from w orshiping beer-soaked sain ts
an d had a thousand texts a t com
and a “ D ivine” N azarine who
m aud. He was com pletely armec
rushed the can for the guests at
and equipped for theological battle
th a t celebrated m arriage pow-wow
He believed em phatically in verba
in C ana.
in sp iration. The salvation of the
world depended upon th is belief.
R ationalistic C hristianity does
The word of God must be accepted not reach the people, and is little,
ju st as it is.
There must be no often nothing, more than an in tel­
lectual diversion and social nucleus
disp u te and no doubt.
In forcing Demorest to say yes to the cultivated.—The C hristian
or no to this dogm a, S kinflint was Advocate, A ugust 12.
“ R atio n alistic” and “ C h ristian ­
sim ply acting out his n atu re
The mo­
O thers would like to have dodged ity ” are opposite term s.
the issue; b u t he was relentless, be­ ment C h ristian ity becomes “ ratio n ­
alistic,” it ceases to be C hristianity.
cause he was illogical.
H e saic
very p ertin en tly , if there isn ’t
Every believer in Jesus C hrist is
any hell-fire, w hat is the use of the
under obligation to receive the old
C hurch? They all saw the poin testam ent in precisely the spirit in
an d m eekly obeyed his sum m ons to which Jesus C hrist received it—one
of unquestioning oltedience.—The
the com bat.
B rother B alderdash, a fam ous C hristian H erald (D etroit) August
p h ila n th ro p ist and president of the 19.
By the same logic, this believer
Young M en’s C hristian Association,
was th e right-hand m an of S k in ­ is “ under obligation’ to go bare­
flint in th is all-im p o rtan t struggle. headed and wear sandals and sk irts
He would also be
H e him self, however, was not as Jesu s did.
m uch of a theologian or student. “ under obligation” to ride a jackass,
He called him self a “ C hristian when travelling, instead of a street
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w orker.” He took his creed e n tire ­ car.
ly on tru s t and swallowed it whole;
Grand Undertaking.
an d , as hell-fire was a p a rt of it, of
course he swallowed th a t.
He E ditor T orch of R eason :
could have swallowed an ything.
Enclosed please find $0 for the
He was very receptive, and entirely U niversity; I hope to be able to do
obedient to the dignitaries of the more later on. It is a grand u n d er­
C hurch. H e was once a m erchant, tak in g and must succeed—and it
b u t found th a t he could m ake a will.
W ishing you all kinds of
great deal more money as a serv an t prosperity, I rem ain very sincerely
of C hrist. He had a wonderful yours, B. L. H jekmstad , D. D 8.
C incinnati, Ohio.
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