2 T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , A P R IL 21, 1898. that believe: in my name shall they The hum an intellect is dissected W h a t is P a trio tis m ? east out devils; they shall speak and spread before our gaze by the BY JOHN A. WILSON. BY B. F. UNDERWOOD. with new tongues; they shall take celebrated phrenologist, Prof. \Vins­ up serpents; and if they drink any dor, of Chicago. In plain effect- Compare yourself with the bible .Much th at passes under the name deadly thing, it shall not harm ive language the professor deals of patriotism should not be eucoiir- requirem ents and see whether you them ; they shall lay hands on the telling blows at some of the cus- Love for one’s country does are a C hristian or not. Do you sick and they shall recover.—[Mark toms and beliefs of the dav. I had aged. n". , . , r r countries, w ant to be a C hristian according to xvi. 17-18. the pleasure of m aking th “ ac- n Psire for the welfare of one s own scripture requirem ents? He th a t believeth on me, the qiiaintance of the professor and his country docs not m ean a desire to .i e -t ...... .. work th a t I do [raising the dead, wife, and find them agreeable com- , f , e r . Re ye therefore perfect, even as _ profit by th e m isfo rtu n e s o f foreign . , , . , • i. ...... : healing the s ic k , etc. shall lie do pany. May he continue in his . i .* t > . • . • » your father which is in h e a v e n i - ' * • populations. P atriotism does not . . i« also; and greater works than these work of spreading the gospel of the . e perfect.—[M att. v. 48. i r i io 1 6 1 m ean th a t we shout for war until Jesus said unto him, if thou wilt i s ,a ie f • <> w xv. . mm . diplom acy and arb itratio n aud all be perfect, go and sell that thou! I f ^ ehal1 aek »r-yth.ng in my The teacher», too, of K ing county peaoeful m eans haTe failed. j hast and give to the poor, and then name, I will do it .- J .,|,n xiv. 14. are a liv e and active. T his week doea not im ply th a t we regard all Are You a C h ristia n ? ahalt have treasure in heaven: and If -VP have f““ h as a « "» " of they are holding their institute and other countries inferior ¡„ every come and follow me.—[M att. xix. m ustard seed, ye shall sav unto the discussing the wavs and m eans of respect to our own. It does not m o u n tain , remove hence to yonder teaching “ the young ¡«lea how to requ!re that we should blind our 21. Give ti> every man that asketh <»f place; and it shall remove; and shoot” . Here, too, the beckoning eyes to the defects of our own, or thee, and of him that taketh away nothing shall be impossible unto hand of progress is present and is to the excellencies of other goverri- weeding out some of the p lan ts lnent< thy goods ask them not again.— you.— .Matt. xvii. 20. which have lost their usefulness. n * • a Amesbury, Mass [Luke vi. 30. Patriotism is intelligent, consci- May the lan e seen c i n e when ¡t entious devotion to one’s own coun- Lend, hoping f<»r nothing again. , will weed out the powerful weed of try and coorageous sllpport of d In W a sh in g to n . — [ Luke vi. 35. ; superstition. Some of the best ed- nien and measllreg, especially when Resist not evil, but whosoever BY K A TE P E PE ATT. I ucators of the state are present and tbey are unpopular and in nw(] shall smite thee on thy right cheek, . .,u 7, f r I had the pleasure of listening t o j,)fbe, Patriotism is an exten- turn to him the other also.—[M att, Apr, , w, h its refreshing showers |>re, ,, A. G„% of E l|ensl)urg ■ ’ v. 39. And if any man will sue thee at ; l e t : X ; t t r x 5: — y u v ,,. the law, and take away thy cloak, which a, present throbs and th riils X i X t o “ let him have thy coat also. And witli Aiawbt. \n College,— r. ,, . both . former .. 6 all of the . homes, with ev i y «•ifitirro c a ge in in A a ka. Al instructors of as r -° -v include -i, whosoever shall compel thee to go is rush and excitem excitem ent ■ ,n • ., „ onmouth . S . lat« Nor- s- families, cities ent, ami as I mine the M of the sam villages, e nationaH ty. and states a mile, go with him tw ain,—-[.M itt, drift idly by the great surge of hu mat School in Oregon. , n the intelligent' and broad. v. 40-41. inanity, I look with interest upon I.a. i. hi,I n o t le a s t, tin gio, ions , m inded patriot the sam e sort of If thy hand or foot offend thee, the faces which have so much to do cause of M ental Liberty has risen g(M)d wi„ and pbilalltbr()py ¡8 ex. cut them off and cast them from with the weal or woe of a nation - - and flourished t h i . city of evolu-1 tended to a „ natione> to all man- thee, . . . . and if thine eye a race. The value of character- lion. Dr. .1. L. York, the veteran kind ,.The wor,d is ,„ y country offend thee, pluck it out.—[M att, study was indellihly impressed on and cham pion of the Pacific coast, xviii. 8-9. my mind, and I made a mental re­ has for the pasl eight m onths been and all m ankind are my brethren” Take no thought for your life, solve t<> begin there and then. Here hurling daggers of tin* finest steel is a far more patriotic sentim ent w h a t v e s h a ll e a t o r w h a t y e shall are all classes, all nationalities of straight to the heart of orthodoxy than is “ My country right or d rin k ; nor yet for your liody, what people blended together to form and superstition. His wit and elo- wrong”. Because the ocean rolls ye sluill pm on. Take no thought, between us and E ngland, Ger- what bids fair to become the me­ queue« ultra,-I ami his logic and m any) Fl.allce and Russia> shou|d saying, what shall we eat? or, what tropolis of the. Pacific coast Here shall we drink? or, wherewithal reason convince. The doctor con- ■ we be ¡„different to the sufferings the mason and the carpenter are shall we be clothed? lak e there­ fin.s himself to no , arrow issue, or uninterested in the welfare of busy erecting buildings to accom­ fore no thought for I be morrow l.ut interprets th at the Freetl,ought ! tbe toiHng millionB of tbose landg? m oda.e the large stocks of aoods [M att. vi. 25, 31, 34. which the increasing population de- ' f r " " 7 * 7 ” - 7 ,7 W ' ,y 8h° U'd We rej° ice in tbe Ifa n y man come unto me, and M I question which has to do with the m isfortunes of m ands. Here the m erchant is a n - ! ,7 , • , 7. - .......... , -! u i.s.o n u n es o. our fellowmen, be bate n<»t his father, and m other, happiness or misery of tills world. flnffp re rs onr. o w n c n n n tr v m e n swering to the urgent calls of the r i ; r. i 1 • • •. 1116 sunerers our own countrym en, ami wife, and children, and breth­ te le p h o n e o f b u s in e s s ; here the 7 7 7 7 ™ a"d or m en, women and children of an- ren, and sisters, yea, and his own Klondiker, equipped for his peril- 7 ” j ' 7 '7 7 ¡' other C0un' !7 living under another life also, he cannot he my disciple. ous journey, bids his last goodbye i . ' 7 ’ ' ” ‘P‘' ' ' ' i'” ' !'"l ’ 8yB,e“ ° f 8overi,m ent? Is the doc' —[ Luke xiv. 26. ...... her,-, I must in trut , sav ex I “ ’" " V '" " t ? trine of ,ha brotherhood of man, Whosoever is born of God doth ists th e , tv • ’s s h a re o f ' p„vertv and “ courage of th eir convictions, who, ive of C h ristian ity , a m ere dream not com m it sin; . . . he can criinu not commit sin, because he is horn The eve seeks a change, a res. t f “ 1,“ ’“-'' in 8' d‘8 of of enthusiasts, undeserving of re­ of God.— [I. John iii. 9. am! w in d ers the hroad ex? | , ^ 7 eU‘ ^ ,h 7 ’. 7 el7 r icognition in the dealings of nations Eor there is not a just man upon pause of water, hut no change is n'" s t ‘" ^ '' g c nt and'- with one an o th er? ’ migr K ence t pe e,ty affords. If every place . . . . , , . the earth th a t doeth good and sin ­ r - a ......— p p a re n ‘ t, Steamer* olv in uni . , , . ' , Am ericans, citizens of this great irainrrB p i\ in am i |,ad such active, enthusiastic work- , .. . , e .. ned» not.—[Eccles, vii. 20. o u t, d av in and d a y o u t G reat «1 r i . republic, should rise above this , , y 1 ers, the success of our cause would .. . a. . .L , . , . As it is w ritte n , th e re is n o n e) vessels spread their white wings awsn e(j jingoistic sp irit which seeks to di- righteous, no, not one. [R om ans and sail triu m p h an tly by. All is I r i •„ c i vert attention from evils at home iii. 10. life. Even snow-capped Mount t i c ,.|i by fostering hostility tow ard people Jesus answered and said unto R ainier, to the south, catches un k f1 / , , . not of our own national household, them , verily I say unto you, if ye the rays of the sun and bursts into „ * J "' ’e c h a ™I)10ned Our own country, like our own l tT have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the tig tree, hut aim. if ye shall say i . , , unto this m ountain,be thou reniov- . . . . it ed, and be thou cast into the sea, it »ball be d o n e .-fM a tt. xxi. 21. a thousand-hued gem. Truly this ie a land to inspire the mu«es p''"'6 whi» - - ----- , , a . o G od T M -.tt x ix 04 ! E very ih u rsd ay night ment a, B rig h to n , E n g lan d , a sufferer P ™ p le w hat we teach m our Sun- b ’ the Socialists g ath er into an enthuB- from h eart disease. H aving m ade his day Schools. C an’t you distribute I here shall no evil happen to the iastic assem bly and plead for the record in th e world of letters and his some? W e will send you fifty for just — [Prov. xii. 21. co-operation and the uplifting of im Pr^ s upon th e realm of th o u g h t, he twentv-five cents or fifteen for ten , 11 r n a, b n m .i„ i f v w aits, subject to th e w him of m o rta lity , nve Cen tp, ° r niteeu lor ten These signs shall follow them hum anity. th e final call of n a tu re cents.