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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1897)
« LITTLE TORCHES. joy of freedom and reason which is in my own soul will leap from a By W. E Jo h n so n thousand fountains to all the m ill The man who fights the bible ions of the race. We shall never with science is the m an who pre go hack, but forever forw ard W hat tends to have much wisdom, but is dearest in all the past of m an advertises him self a fool.—Gospel shall bloom to more splendid fruit E cho, A u g u st 2 6 th . age. There shall be less theology The m an who fights science with but more brotherhood; fewer m an the bible pretends to have faith, Di sions in the skies, but sweeter cot sm a l of wisdom, and can be r e c o g tages on the bosom of the earth. nized as an ass w ithout any ad v er ‘‘Religion, in its tru e sense, is the tising. harm ony of m an ’s nature. It is the sentim ent stirred a n d exalted by W hat we find in the bible de the contem plation of the universe, pends largely upon what we are.— expressed in forms of reason and T he Bible Reader for September. binding the soul to progress. T h a t’s ju st the trouble with the H ith erto , it has been at war with book; you can find in it au th o rity itself. In order th a t it m ay here for an y th in g from cannibalism io after become one, its method must baptism . The polygam ist, the be one; and th at m ethod is science, I slave-holder, ’he m urderer, the b an Science is the Christ of the new re dit, and the adulterer can all quote ligion, the co n stan t revealer of d i the scriptures in justification of vine possibilities. their crimes. “ T h at which is to come is not m erely a choice expression of the A sermon m ay satisfy the soul olden tru th s. I t is a vast original w ithout fully satisfying the in tel m ovem ent, which, having passed lect, hut it cannot satisfy the soul through the chaotic stage, shows by ignoring the intellect.— R ich the beginnings of the cosmos, of the m ond C hristian Advocate, August ideal republic wherein all hu 26th. m anity shall ‘be good and W hat in Tophet has “ intellect” great, and joyous and beau'iful and to do with “ salvation by fa ith ? ” free.’ T h e C hristian dogma teaches th at We spring from the bosom of the intellect should be suppressed and past, and all its precious past is faith nourished, plowed, hoed, and ours; hut we are likewise children dilligentlv cultivated. Intellect is of the future, and feed upon its a sure antidote for faith. boundless promise. W hatever is sweet in Jesus, heroic in M oham A m an’s ch aracter can be more med, divine in B uddha, hum an in i accurately determ ined bv what he Confucius, we accept; hut, in the does, and by the com pany he keeps, fresh light and color of new know than bv what he profes-es to believe ledge and inspiration, we take the and to be.— N ashville C hristian Ad golden threads they give, but the vocate, A ugust 26th. W h a’’s the use of the C hristian woven picture is beyond their u t having any ch aracter? The blood most conception.'’ of Jesus has so laundered th e sinner C H A P T E R X X X II. th a t one character is a* w hite as T he San Francisco m orning another. F aith and belief counts; papers contained the following ch aracter is not in it, according to “once upon a tim e,” subsequent to the theologians. the events last n a rra te d :— “ E phraim Gooch, the m illionaire Superstition, fanaticism and b a le and p h ilan th ro p ist, is now at the ful forms of hysteria break out ev er G reat Globe Hotel. He has just and anon. It was so in th e lo g in returned from E ngland and brought ning, is so now, and will be to the with him an immense fortune, re end, if hum an nature and hum an ceived through his wife, who u n ignorance continue the sam e — fortunately died on her bridal trip P ittsburg C hristian Advocate, A u gust 26th. to the home of her ancestors. He The object of the Liberal U niver intends to rear a superb m onum ent to her m em ory, which will no doubt sity is to com bat “ superstition, fa be an ornam ent to the c t v , of naticism , and baleful forms of hys All these subjects are which every citizen m ay well l>e te ria .” proud. This great m in and lover tau g h t in every C hristian college in of bis race is also desirous of doing the country. They comprise almosi some!bi g for ih»* welfare of the the whole course of study of every world. He is about to m unificent theological sem inary in the land, ly endow a theological sem inary, and the P ittsburg C hristian Advo which will be called after bis nam e. cate is the official organ of those He will estal-lish s- v» ral Hebrew w ho d e m a n d th a t su ch n o tio n s con scholarships, as he is extrem ely tin tic to he p ro m u lg a te d . anxi'-us th at th is ancient language sh >uld he thoroughly understood, Notice our ad for our New Song in order that the bulw arks of our Book These little books have cost faith in iy he au^ce.-sfully defended. He him self has some literary am us much labor and we want to sell bition, and is preparing for the them . Send for one and write to ( t o BE C O N T IN U E D .) your friends about it. A. Wolf & Son R espectfully invite you to visit th e ir establishm ent and con vince yourself th a t they are show ing th e greatest line of G eneral M erchandise in Marion county at pop u lar prices. Mail orders given prom pt attention. 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