THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, TH U RSD A Y , DECEMBER 9, 1897.
C h ristian Inconsistency.
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E ditor T orch of R eason :
odd to the orthodox. One of the
conclusions to which it im pels its
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believers is that m atter eternally
I nearly always attend the Union existed. Now the eternity of m at-
Sunday School at this place, ami ter is a notion which leads directly
today I thought I would stay for to the doors of Atheism. 1 he idea
preaching and write it up for the
},n eternal universe is incom-
T orch . The preacher is a young patible with the idea of an eternal
fellow and a Baptist. His sermon God, the co-eternity or even co-ex-
was on the love of Christ for the i«t**nce of a “ stupendous whole,”
fallen.
with anything else, am ounting to
He said that if we were in a large an im possibility.
'I he universe
city, say Portland, we would see ’Hay be an intelligent being— which
th a t the C hristians tu rn their backs of course, may receive nam es by
upon the poor and outcast nearly 1 he score; hut it is impossible th at
every time; th a t they would look there can be a God in, out of, or
out for the soul of the wife o f the ap art from the universe. The
president of the United States, but whole includes the whole, and is
the soul of a beggar or an outcast the whole, or there is no sense in
from society would he of no account language; vet, in trie teeth of th at
in the eyes of the average Christian truism — a trui-m standing m no
He said: “ Suppose a girl from more need of proof than the tru
R espectfully invite you to visit
the slum s should come here to T u r ism th a t a triangle is not a square
th e ir estab lish m en t and con
ner today; how m any of v«»u peo -pantheists gravely assure us
vince yourself th at they are
ple who call yourselves C hristians m atter is the body, God is the
show ing the greatest line of
would go to her and help h e r to a soul, of the universe, which am ounts
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better life? Not one of you. You just to this: m atter is everywhere;
county at popular prices.
would turn your hacks upon her God, though not m atter is every
Mail orders given p ro m p t a tte n tio n ._
and keep out of her way.
There where too.
would bedozensof excuses for your
I he ablest w riter m ay be defied
Yours to Please
not helping her: people would to m ake clear a philosophy which
laugh at you; people would talk; is obscure by nature. Such a sub
people would think it strange th at ject is pantheism . It is neces
Silverton, Oregon.
you would have anything to do sarily obscure, because based on
with such a person.”
pi inciples purely assum ptive ami
The average C hristian looks up dark as assum ptive. It is neces
on the soul of the well dressed per sarily absurd, beeause all its con
son as worth saving, hut the beggar clusions are draw n from premises
- dealers in -
at the gate receives no attention. positively false, or, at best, purely
There was an instance of this, here, im aginary. It is necessarily tnis-
lig h t after church was over. A chevious, because falsehood is in
man was found on the street who variably so. Pantheism
is, in
was deal and dum b, out of work, tru th , a senseless su p erstitio n ; and
Corner Main and W ater Streets,
and hungry. The Sunday school pantheists may, w ithout injustice,
SILV E R T O N , O R E.
boys and men on the street gather he ranged in two great sections—
ed around and laughed and jeered one of honest sim pletons, .the other
at him , but did not offer to help of dishonest A theists.—[C. South-
\
him. 'fhe ex-m inister of the M eth well, in Freethinker.
odist church, who had heard the
DEALERS IN
sermon th at morning, passed him
Resolutions.
without a word. At last an unbe
liever gave him a nickel, and a n
The following resolutions were
AG RICULTURAL IM P L E M E N T S
other gave him twenty cents. One adopted at the regular m eeting of
of the Infidels of T urner took him
th e executive board of the 0 S. S. <iuns, Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Sporting Goods, Etc.,
home and gave him a dinner. As
U. last S unday:
SILVERTON, OREGON.
he was going along the street he
W hereas , death has claim ed as
met another Infidel. “ Where are
you going with that m an ?’ asked its victim our esteemed friend and I
the second Infidel. “ The C hristians co-worker. Mr. Robert H. Scott, ;
have throw n off on him, and I am vice-president of the Oregon S tatel
taking him home to get some d in Secular Union, and,
” heheas , we deeply feel the loss !
ner.” said the first Infidel. “ T ..........
h a t’
just the way with the C hristians,” froni our ranks of one so earnest
said the other.
and honest in the work for m ental
So I don’t think the sermon this Jiberty, and in every p u rsu it of
m orning had much effect on the life5 ° ne w,»o was respected by all,
C hristians of this town.
n" m atter of w hat belief, therefore
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Pantheism .
All are bat p arts of one stupendous
Whose body nature is, and God the
8 oul ’ )
I op«* s Essay on Man.
Popes authority, then, is in
favor of the idea th at nature is the
universes body, ami God is its
soul. Odd doctiine. Alarm ing as
R esolved , that w e, the E x ecu tiv e
Board of the Oregon S tate Secular
I «don, do hereby tender our sincere
sym pathy to th e bereaved relatives
and friends in their great loss* and
**
urther
R esolved , th a t a copy o f th ese
resolutions he spread on the books
<«f the secretary, a copy forwarded
to the wife of the deceased, and a
copy given to the T orch or R eason
for publication.
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