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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1898)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y 13, 189S. b reik in g • n ink well over his evil W’H next discuss for a moment story? There could, in the n atu re most distinctly when you are asleep th e m y sticism in science of the case, he hut one w itn ess— and dream ing. head. (<O N TIN l'EII NEXT W EEK .) Mary. W ould we accept her testi- Such is a brief outline of the first This chief agent of the m ystic, m ony to such a m onstrous story lesson in the.life of Jesus,“ W ho w-ig the angel S atan, ruler of the dark- N o t e —A ddress the -‘Old Doc- if she hail declared it, under her begotten of the Holy (¡host, boru of ness and keej>er of the nether tor>w care of C. Elton B lanchard. own band, certified by a notary? the virgin M ary, crucified, dead world, cam e greatly into pr in' editor C urrent 1 b o u g h t, 802 An- jja v e we her testim ony? W hut buried, and descended into hell” nence d u rin g the eighth and ninth scj \ ve Cleveland. O. have we? .Joseph, the m an with where he met the thief who was to centuries. Baptism was the favor two fathers, is alleged to have had be with him in Paradise. He al«o ite exorcism in which the devil F o r th e Torch of Reason, a dream which quieted w hat was ascended into heaven. was driven from the soul. The fa- Bible L essons. supposed to he his m ind about the W here is heaven? Robert Bur- m ous synod of Leptinse, in 743 A. ----------- . . , _ , , .4 * ii* rpi i . • i paterm tv of .Jesus. H e w a s a gr»-at dette said that Mo lv Garfield was D., thought it necessary to add to I he com bined ecclesiastical f ® dream ..t-i. er. I suppose men with two a witch who could flv over the - . » * -xv i i, u. u , .i „ . , ; , th e confession of faith an “ abre- churches nave started a new series . f . . „ ,. o i o- r v i i l „ r i .. . ;,i, » fa th e rs u s u a lly are. He used highest church steeple in Hartford u u n ciatio n ” of the devil. Roskofi of bible bssons. 1 hey pick out . , , . , , X , , ,, .i . i i . , t .. . i dream s to find out what was going on a broomstick. II<* had not seen tells us th a t the Low -G erm an scraps arid patches here and there, . »» ,, . i - includes, i i n .i ; . what u ♦ they in ,.,1 1 explana- ^ .1 ..« . on m the world ’ as we m oderns use M olly G arfield, ’ nor did he see her form ula as well, the re- and i give call . . n of r ., the three great . /. .• -rk \, shows i . .... *k..» wi Al- i i the telephone and telegraph. But flv, n u n ciatio Ger- timis. th is th a t i' Goo 1 * 1 - out be bad seen the church m an deities along with the devil. m ighty, w.mn he wrote his book, how cat, we know th a t he dreem ed steeple and the broom stick. So did not have tim e to arran g e it ° " t “ 'e rig h t theory? Dream s, even baron M unchausen threw I t was given as follows: properly. S ingular th a t he should »•>'<>»? the ancients, were not the hatchet to the moon. The moon is “ Forsake thou the d ev il?” stak e his reputation on a las.k, got- lnf»lli,,le source of certitude in there and there are m arks u n it; “ I forsake the devil.” ten up like S alm agundi, which matt« rs of fact an d hist<»rv, th a t but w here is heaven? “ And all devil w orks?” brethren suppose J). P ries T ley . m ight properly he furnished with our Christian “ 1 forsake all devil w orks.” the proem which Coleridge prefixed th e m to have been. “ And all devil guilds?” There was a Jesus, the son of L1TTLL TORCH5. to one of his: “ I forsake all devil guilds, works Sirach, the reputed a u th o r of Ec- “ T h is book m ust su re im m o rtal lie, ByVV. E Johnson and words, Thornor, and \\ oden, clesiasticus, who wisely said, “ W ho K imi sii-, it cannot fail, and Saxnot, and all the evil ones For ’tis incom preh en sib le, so regardeth dream s is like one who The wise C hristian looks hack- And w ith o u t bead or ta il.” th a t are his com panions.” pursneth a shadow’ and followeth ward and forward ami all around him .— [N ashville C hristian Advo- r„. 4 » k r * i These lessons are to begin with a f,(.r ihe wind.” I he tru th cannot be disputed , ,.. . » w '•« .» T . , . . , . .... . . . . . , i Hie *, 'e Jesus. Now if they It ]s th«* shadow of this shadowy cate th a t C h ristian ity was regarded as . , - ’Eraid some other C hristian will . . . . . t w otild give an honest lesson on this dream which we find ourselves a kind of magic. 1 he sacram ent , . t , . . . r , subject, all the succeeding lessons cha-m g when in pursuit of the pick bis pocket. was a kind of sacred sorcery and ... u , , , , , S f would become superfluous and there (.e n tra | („ C hristian history, the literal flesh and blood idea of ... . . . ... , „• , , , T . . . . . , , 4 would he a gr« a t saving of “ labor.” How do we know that Joseph had praying the bread and wine clings to n , , . 4 , . . . , .. 1 , Two needed r „„ revivals— _ . , . , ... , But this is not what ’he nianipu- any dream ? We have not his tes- and p a y in g — [ I he C hristian Stand- hu m an m inds today with great . . f , ,, , J \ a v J e lators of churches and S unday i t j UJUI,v . The gospel according t o ' ard. “ J* schools are after. Religion has M atthew says he had a dream , but The priest never depends on pray- As a «ample of the m ysticism never been an industry in th e pur- w,,o wa9 M atthew? ’nP to God to collect his salary. which satisfied the people from th e of w|,jcfi honesty is the best Rev. J. R. Miller I). J), in the H e passes the h at and calls upon 8ih to the lo th century I refer you pOjjcv current num ber of The Record of the faithful to “ dig up” . to th a t wonderful hook, “ Dialogus I he gospels according to Mat- C hristian Work says, “ We do not M iracu o ru m ,” hv Cffisarinus von thew and Luke begin with a m an, know where he was horn. The devil was fairly well ac H eisterhach who died in 1245. . Joseph, who had two fathers. The, He breaks nto the story of the quainted with the Scriptures and 1 his book became very p o p u la r.-. . . . . ., , , , ,, . , , l t . 1« n o t. I d , h e w n n f , i e r p i l . n t t ; o r • i n infallible M atthew says, Jacob be- gospel suddenly, w it,mut any « » nre- could quote them on occasion, hut . . . . It is not to be wondered at, for in Ids heart was filled with enmity gat Joseph.” The infallible Luke vious intim ation of his existance. it we read of m any m ysterious toward God. [M e th o d ist Recoid- says Jesus, when he began to teach, . . . Only three incidents of i er. things. It states a t the hour of was about th irty years of age, he- his life are recorded. . . . Hi We go still farther. We hroadlv death, pious people will see the ¡ng (as was supposed) the son of nam e appears in I he first ch ap ter of 8Ugpect th „ t the Devil even wro,'e portals of heaven open for them , Joseph the son of Hell. Here we A c t s - h i s name o n ly — and th a t is | 6ome of the Script Scriptures. Mar.v while infidels will be tortured b y ', 1 . , . , . , » I ''ave an account of a mao with two the last glim pse we have of him .” passages are sm utty enough to black men and vultures, and for . . . . . . .. . . .... . .. , . .. fathers. And this wonderful man Such is the com prehensive : have b„ .n w ritten in i a sewer. the special edification of the fa ith ful rasom ed throng the dam ned are ' W,It ‘ t ''° ,a ,b ‘‘rs w”8 “ 'e .biography of the man who is sup- throw n one by one into the crater e< , Jh*UH’ u h<> P<>^d to have told us of this dream , , n e to . confirm c .1 p , re a lly a n d tru ly did not h av e a n y . w i In • ch , s . t a n d . s a lo the .4 It . ts . . the . follv • of skepticism , that , of a volcano. ■ " J it shuts its eyes to the tru th and ,ir, . • ... , ... ’ ’ h h a l | wt* suppose, to m ake a n o>t m onstrous and im probable t kpn W bat a woe is this terrible power k . . . . J |tnen com plains th at it. cannot see. . . . .... harm ony of In gospels, th a t Jesus story th a t was ever told. Blit there [N ashville C hristian Advocate. of m ysticism ! \\ hat a sorrow to a k..n »„•« .... . r « . . . , . , , a ■ ’ 1,0 l " ° hitheis, viz., Joseph is also the additional ditlicultv that Your religion doesn’t ask us to race th a t m ight have been and a glmst ? M atthew m ust have w ritten his w ritten his see. You dem and th a t we shall thousands of years in advance of J« sus was fond of calling him self gospel, im dium istieally, some gen- “ live hv fa ith ” and warn us not to its present statu s hut for it. W bat a crime against nature th a t the the son of man, which he was not if erations after he was dead; for the see. You c .n depend on skeptics m ind of m an should have been t lie ghost alone was his fat her. T his gospel did not appear until near to fail to see what does not exist — th u s befogged. Yet it is easily case of a m an without a father is ihe beginning of the t h i ’d century, only priests and inebriates ee realized how helpless we have been most em phatically one to which We have “ wise men from the e a s t” double. ___ ______ under the spell, when I tell von H u m e ’s experience argum ent is ap- follow ing a fte r “ bis s t a r ” , w hich plieable. According to C hristians «tar “ went before them till it came I ntil Nov. 10 last, a young cou th a t persons in this very audience them selves this is a sole, isolated ami stood over where the \o u n g hear with a strange sense of fear ple could not get legally m arried in instance. All other cases of the l»e- child was.” We have a flock of th e words I speak to you. It takes Peru unless the ceremony was pet- g e ttin g of, m en by gods or ghost« angels flying about in the night, courage to he free, especially to free are fabulous. 1 here is not another praisinggod and saving “ Glorv to a atholic priest. It was one’s m ind from this great enem y case in the history of the w orld like God in tin* h ig h est, an d on earth ' ” dy by listening to tliejibherish of m ysticism . ' t it or analagons to it. Each iudivid- peace atmmg men in whom he is some monk th at a legal wife could \V ith this brief reference to the ua, of the one billion three him- well pleased.” T hat is w hat the be obtained. On th a t date the Pe- relation <»f m ysticism to religion dred m illions of living in h a b ita n ts revised version say > the angels said, ruvian congress passed a bi,! legal* w< h av e it w ith very g«ntle hand- of this globe had a father. Each but tell us th at many ancient au- izing m arriages performed by the ling, for it is realized bow such a one of the countless billions which thoi¡ties say that they said some- civil authorities. Of course the fie< discussion shocks the m inds of history and arch®oh>gy give ac- thing else. Angels are h ard to re- priests fought desperately, but had those who have long huggtd to count of had a father, with th i-o iie port. A ou have to catch them on to give wav to m odern ideas. Grad- th e ir h earts what they are pleased exception. W hat, then, would he the fly. You can see them better ually the * priesthood is losing its to call the religion of my m other.” the evidence to substantiate such a t with your eyes shut ami hear them grip, even in South America.