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this terrible •upernatorali«m.
u they forage through the jooglM f
But, y u reply, I am ready to de- of Africa.
We co-operate when it
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nee »he C h ristian faith, b u t— ’8 to o u r interest, but, like wolves,
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each other
if this
best serves o u r
-,.n, and finally end — I can not af- ends.
ft.rd to shoulder the responsibility
h a moral coward can find one
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. , g,”,d excuse for his lethargy I wish
a |0I,e. Mf fam ily m ust lie provid- it m ight
p u b | i4lel,
ed for. I have spent years of tim e sage is, fear not to bear witness to
a(l,J thousands of dollars to get the truth,
E lton B l a n c h a rd .
where I am. ft would be pure fol-
lv to oppose C h ristian ity as a faith
Endless Hell.
at so great a cost personally. I
have a good business am ong C hris- E ditor T orch of R eason :
tian people, and w ithout it I would
I , hin k one of , he best ,hinge to
he ruined. Besides, I observe th a t do is to ciul3e th e C h ristian s to stop
the best men are church -going men and th in k , if it is possible to do so
and believers in the religion called , i kn„„. it is alll„,bt ln)possible for
Christianity.
I you or me to reason with them , from
Yes, it is the sam e old reply.
A the fact th a t the more unreasonable Pupils are Given Every O p p o rtu n ity to Learn W ithout
Being H am pered by S u p erstitio n s and Dogmas.
practical adm ission of moral cow- a n d m iraculous the bible -is the
ardiee. The message I send you is more they believe in it. Yet it may
that such as you would be the most he possible to cause them to reason
contemptible of men in the sight of with themselves.
a just god or a ju st m an. You and
In tin* course of reading, I have
your like, the so-called well-to-do, met with an effort to describe eter
the so-called better class, who have nity. It is not new, but it was new
means and respectability, you are to m e the first tim e I read it, and
A Splendid C orps of Teachers and Good Facilities for
the cause of the world being a it caused me to think, too:
Teaching.
For inform ation, address
thousand years behind w hat it
‘‘Fancy ten thousand tim es ten
J. E. HO SM ER, Ph.D., B.S.D , President,
might have been in progress and thousand of the longest conceivable
S ILV E R T O N .
OREGON.
advancement but for this same old ages in futurity, and then m ultiply
cowardice you m anifest. It is such this sum by itself ten thousand
as you th at is really responsible for times, and has endless suffering
N ay, verily, it
the wrongs of o u r present social come to an end?
has or.ly just commenced I '¡’hen
-DEALERS IN-
system, which shoulders the bur extend your im agination on a m il
dens upon the poor, the ignorant lion tim es further, if possible, into
and the weak. You belong to that futurity, and then subtract all
class of people who believe, or p re these innum erable ages from the
tend to believe, th a t a loving God misery of the dam ned, and they
have ju st as long to w rithe in
Corner Main and W ater Streets,
watches the sparrow and num bers ceaseless torture as when these ages-
the hairs of yo u r heads, yet perm its of to rtu re first com m erced!
SIL V E R T O N , O R E.
a part of the hum an fam ily to “ W hen these are gone, as m any add to
these
crush, directly or indirectly, a n o th
As leaves, and buds, and blossom s crown
er part into the direst poverty, en-
th e tr e e s !
W
hen
these are gone, as m any m illions
slaving ¿oil and d ark est ignorance.
DEALERS IN
m ore
I his submerged class are wicked, As g rain s of sand upon t he ocean’s s h o r e !
criminal, d irty and depraved. Yes, W hen these are gone, as m any more
shall pass
this loving C hristian system of so As in th e v erd an t fields are blades of
g rass!
A G R IC U L T U R A L IM P L E M E N T S
ciety has made them so. You w ant
W hen these are gone, as m any more
the good will and patronage of this
G uns, F ishing Tackle, C utlery, S porting Goods, E tc., Etc.
shall rise
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sta
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gem
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decorate
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dominating class. You court their
As m any m illions m ore th e ir rounds
S IL V E R T O N , OB EGON.
favor. You fawn a t th eir feet.
shall run
Much as I can give of credit to mod As rays of light which h u rst from yonder
sun !
ern liberalized C h ristian ity and the W hen these are gone, as .m any m ore
shall glide
church, m any of whose people and
As drops of w ater in th e sw elling tid e!
ministry are good at h eart, more or W hen these are gone, as m any m illions
m ore
■ ess dishonest in profession <>f faith,
As m om ents in th e m illions gone b e fo re .'
yet f want it plainly understood As m any m ore th is m ighty run shall
sw ell,
that as long
I draw’ the breath
B ut still th e sin n er groans in endless
' f bfe I am to be an enem y of dog
h e ll! ”
matic ( hristian faith, founded up-
J. T. Cox.
Roseburg, Ore.
°n fictitious teachings of a Jewish
I'ihh1. If this a ttitu d e costs me mv
The C hristian S tandard says
financial success, I am still rich in
W e W ill Do It For You
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there are two needed revival»—
tny self-respect for doing w hat I I raying and paying. Since it is
know is right. If it costs me social prom ised th a t what is a^ked in
"b"<nrity, I am still happy in the Ch rist’s name shall be given, wh
fl "Hglit th at I do not deserve my do not the sky-pilots pay them
treatment. If it costs me my life, I selveH h> l ’r a x e r ? - [ E x
Than You can Get It E lsew here
sh;tii ilie, as did the m arty rs of old,
U n iv e rsity F und.
counting it blessed to give up life
for conscience’s sake.
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I he am ount given h i this fund
. "u are men with half hum an ¡s actual cash paid in, regardless of
’’ y°u would stan d for tru th w hat has been prom ised:
and - justice, and \ye
would
soon Previously
acknowledged, $565.55
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