, TORCH OE REASON, SILV E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , S E P T E M B E R 23, 189 I .
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s h e i e a t | “You laugh," said the doctor.
H erein another, in e r u It i n to rest, and
iv » v your t word ia good for “ You are blind as a bat. You don’t
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N oah’s
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k n o w w hat science can do.
It is
p a X u l . r description of the Ark very spiritual.
I ant d e lig h te d noth,ng
bigger th an your God, I can assure
on a new anti revised plan, which wilh it. T ak e ,h en , hom e,and read
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you. .Jehovah c a n ’t hold a candle
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‘ I defy you,” said Gooch.
will no d o u h t throw a g re a t deni of a t y o u r leisure, a ml p ra y over era
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lig h t upon and in that veneru .le ( am a fra n you
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«1 ra n prove it by B lanche's own! “ It can ’t raise the dead, th a t I
structure; for he intends to have enough, Mr. Demorest. T oo are I , an prove ,
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know,” said Gooch.
know,” said Gooch.
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th e window go all round the boat. not in a subn„s-,ve sta e o , m ,nd
“ How do you know ?”
u h irb as all m ust adm it, is a
“ I am submissive to uiy own
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“ It’s impossible. I would never
n arked im provem ent upon the „Id 1 sense of right,” -aid .........rest. ” 1 turning p al* ‘-sh e ,s ,n the deep
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Gooch ¡"tends , mid no, d o differently from what sea. 1 -aw her there mysel, s o - believe it, if I saw it with my own
renaenng.
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CO1|. ¡n s fr ,mi sig h t forever, th a n k G o.li eyes. Though a th >usand told me
also to sta rt a bible soc.ety and has , h„v e„ done, and obey my
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I would swear th a t my senses de
resolved to present a gold-hound seu-nce.
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copy to every hotel in the city. He “ T h at only makes it « « * * , said
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“ How reasonable you are all a t
is also on the verge of adopting Gooch, “ for it h a rd e n s you ag a .n .t
once!” said the doctor. “ No am ount
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several infants, and intends to fit repentance. May you he conve i
It is n ’t for of tesiim ony could convince you
“ He w ouldn’t do it.
them for the m inistry.
His heart like S aul.”
th a t a m iracle li ippened to-day. If
is evidently full of the m ilk of hu-
“ I’m ready for the tru th , What his interest to.”
“ Not for your God, I grant; but, testim ony is so insufficient now,
m an kindness, and his pockets are ever it may be,” s a id D e m o re st.
if there is a God of justice and why not equally so eighteen h u n
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“ Don’t bother me,” said Gooch.
come him to our shores. We are gj,« up, and take th -B 'b le a - ,, is.
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“ I hate your logic. I believe w hat
su re th a t be will be a g re a t p u b lic
“ Bu, th e re a r e d iffe re n t w avs of w rong m ig h t he r.g h te d ,, t h a t
I w ant to.”
b en efacto r, a n d will p u , his m oney u n d e rs ta n d in g th e J l i h . e .
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“ Confession at last,” said the
mosty gm"d’’ W" ere "
" I " " “ There ¡«“'only ' one way,” said There is only the Bible God; and doctor.
“ T h a t’s orthodox, to be
Go," h sat in h iseleg an t reception Gooch, “ and th a t way I know. I he lets n atu re take her way, and lieve w hat you w ant, testim ony or
no testim ony, be it for good or evil.
room. He looked quite king-like have travelled it. Follow me, and (»he
o re je n asleep;
We have no m iracle for you to
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just what the law s of n atu re allow ,
watch ami chain. He was ohse- order to be saved, I m ust interpret be does. H e is t t
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provided we have keenness enough
quiously waited upon, and requests the Bible, and believe it as you do. own fancy. Let me
?or aid to many a k eb le
church So it is, after all, your individual Blanche is not d ad.
She lives to to use them . We stu< k to n atu re,
and nature has helped us out.
constantlv poured in upon
him. c e d o that I m ust adopt. Even the claim her own.
W e’ve caught you in the netw ork
Charlie and Will and
.Jimmy the Bible won’t save me, if I differ
“ You are crazv.
on c a
of her laws; and you may squirm ,
threaten me? Go! I am safe.’
m ade him a m orning call.
from you.’
“ You th in k the waters of the sea hut you can ’t escape.”
“ I am glad to see you fr iend#,”
‘ I have been illum inated by the
“ No more nonsense,” said Gooch.
roll between you and Blanche. But
said he. “ We parted upon a very spirit and canrmt he m istaken,
“ You are mad men.
These things
sad occasion. My wife died very
“ P erhaps so, lime will tell,” said know th at there is a God in hu-
cannot be done ”
suddenly. It was hard to p art Charlie. “ I unde, stand you have j m a|lity t h al has circum vented your
“ C an’t be done, O, you m iserable
w ith her, h ut the Lord’s will be grea, property through your w,le.
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sceptic!” said the doctor.
“ How-
d „ ne.”
and intend to use it for th e a d-1 vim p u rp o ses, i
itself, and scieu-e th at you so much narrow your range of thought!
‘ I am ghul you a re s o s u b m is s iv e ,” vance,nent of the church?”
W hat, when th elig h tn in g so fh eav en
“T h at is my plan. I want to Go deride. Blanche did not die.
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m id Charlie. “ I hope you will a l
can be stored up and sold by the
ways be as willing to take things good. I t seems as if tlie Lord had was only the sem blance of death.
pound for the illum ination of our
performed a m iracle in mv favor, She was taken from the sea by h u
as th ey come.”
dwellings, when your words can be
“ I shall. The Lord giveth, and and th a t I am specially endowed.” m an hands, and in living tlesh and sent across the sea as articu late as
“ You believe in m iracles th»-n,
the L<>rd tak eth away.
He rulcth
blood is ready to meet you and when I listen to you here, when it
over the nations of the earth , and even at the present d ay ?’
can, even to its lightest in tonation,
“ Yes; God will alw ays interfere claim the m illions th at you have
he doeth all things well. Not a
put your villainous clutch upon.’’ be oorne to remotest ages and then
sparrow falleth to the ground with- to protect his saints.’
“ It’s impossible!” cried Gooch. let loose,—w hat, do you dare to
out his notice. I feel safe in his
“ You believe in raising from the
I t ’s
“ I’ll not believe it.
i t ’s beyond say th a t this is impossible?
hands.”
dead th en ?”
hum an power. Even if she were the easiest thing in the world. Are
‘ It strikes me things don’t alw ays
“ That has alw axs h apoeivd i t
not dead, you could not have saved there not subtle agencies th a t can
go rig h t,” said Charlie.
the history of the C h u ich .”
clothe us with the sem blance of
“ Yes they do,” said the deacon,
“ W ould a resurrection he po*si- h er.”
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“ I saved her myself,
said d eath 9 Are there not in stru m en ts
“ unless vou are a sinner.
I he ble now ?
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righteous'are alw ays taken care of.
“ I auppnae it m ight.”
C harlie. “ I was in
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I ex w et to be hnppv as long as I
“ If vou shotihl see one living bore her in mv arm s to the Alba- bosom of th e s e a .
Could we not
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dead, w old yon tross.’ ”
setze and bear the body of Blanche
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“ And I was there too,” said the to a place of safety? This we did.
“ But suppose you shouldn’t be, lieheve it?
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doctor,
into the
“ I shall still praise the Lord, He
“ But you renounce evidence, an 1 Baddy. “ It was my invention th a t sim ply worked in and th ro u g h the
is my shepherd, and I shall not say we must believe on faith .’’
saved h r. I am one o t e w it laws of n atu re; and now you can
see what you will see.”
W;int »
••C ircu m stan ces a lte r cases.
It nes<es
“I t’s false,”
said Gooch.
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“ You mean it depends w hether cried C harlie.
“ I d id n ’t exp«ct reasOn. I believe iu m atter of fact,
“T h at can’t I>e possible.
No one
it’s for or against your interest. I you. Welcome!”
This is a mere dream that you
can make a better use of it than I.
can well believe it. I’ve a miracle
“ J u s t from the 8ea- 'Y e’ve bad 8peak of. I am m aster of th e sit-
The Lord needs me as bis stew ard,
tliat surpasses all your Bible mir- a gay tim e, loaded with treasures; u a tio n , and I defy you again,
and I am perfectly willing to serve.
acles, yet it has been done by hu- and now we are just on tim e to wit- W h at I have done I have done.
I shall not resign. I shall not re
1 man science.”
ness the punishm ent of thia sinner. You cannot touch my gold.
No
volt as you have, Mr. Demorest,
“ 1 d esp ise science,” >aid Gooch. I ’m ready to lend a h an d .”
jury in the world would credit vour
am sorry for you. I vHVe r ° n e i “ It c a n ’t perform miracles. It is of
aid wild tale.”
“ T his is all nonsense
Your
heart
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tracts
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the devil. '
<<You think t<) fri hten
« W ouldn’t th ey ?” said Charlie.
is not in the right comlition.
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“ No doubt you 11 ttnnk so before o<wui
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belief always springs out of our d e -( you get through. Science will be a me; you cannot do it. I have no ‘Well, under the circum stances, a