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ing thut he was corning* to gee her
E ditor T orch of R eason :
by the evening train .
In view of the fact th at I am get
Not a word about his w ife did he
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write. And M other H aw kins,look ting old and m ay not la-t much
ing at M ary moving about with longer, I desire to place on record
such a bright face, thought th a t if som ething regarding my views on
Will had m arried a girl like th at what is term ed “ religion”, especial
ly the religion, so-called, which is
they could have been so happv.
But her rckness Lad softened her prevalent and somewhat in fashion ta
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hard old heart toward h e ro n lv s o n a t this time.
and she wanted to see him very ligionists as an “ Infidel” . N either
much indeed.
the appellation nor my views are
She heard the whistle of the train generally understood, and I do not
th a t brought him down. It was expect them to he, because of the
only a half-m ile from the farm ignorance and prejudice generally
house, and she waited, listening to prevailing, especially am ong Chris-
• very sound u n til she heard his tians. And I claim to know more •!.
step upon the porch.
about myself as regards these m at-
“T h a t’s him! t h a t’s my boy, Ma ters th an others do or can know;
ry, come to see liisold m other!” she hence this w riting.
As to my belief:
I believe in a
said, eagerly. “Open the door a n ’
let him in !”
suprem e power.
As to the attri-
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I am , in com- .1.
Mary opened the d o o r— a n d __j
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what? M other H aw kins conld not mon with all others, to tally igno-
believe her eyes. W as W ill, a m ar ran t. And I regard all persons who
ried m an, hugging and kissing her pretend to know more th an I do re-
hired girl, with all his m ight, right garding th is power, eith er as frauds
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before her eyes? The scandalized old e r a s ignorant, u n th in k in g persons
lady sprang right up in* her chair, on this subject.
crying o u t:
I believe th a t true religion, in
“ \\ by, W ill! — W illiam ! — stop
that! You, a m arried man! T h a t’s
life here. This is right-eousness. I
my M ary!”
“ Yes, m other,” answ ered W ill, have endeavored to do this to »he
best of my ability, and do not en-
brightly, “ ar d she is my
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And he took the new girl to his tertain the slightest fear of death, |
m other with his arm around her as such, or w hat m ay come after.
As to a future state or condition,
waist. “ M other, this is m v wife.”
“ Your wife!” and the old lady I know absolutely nothing, and I
Pupils are Given Every Opportunity to Learn
dropped hack in her chair, over regard all persons as equally igno
come with surprise.
“ But your rant.
V if Lout Being Hampered by Supersti
The only guide to conduct is
wife’s nam e is L ily .”
tions and Dogmas.
“ Yes, so is this lad y ’s. Lily M a reason, hut a great m any people, a
ry »Sherman H aw kins.
I sent her large m ajority perhaps, are con
to take care of her so you would trolled solely by prejudice and con
learn to love her. You have le a rn ceit, the result of ignorance.
As to religions and religious sys
ed, h av en 't you, m other?”
Well, th a t stubborn old lady, tem s, they are sim ply schemes con
who had vowed she never would ducted by designing rascals for the
have a n y th in g to do with her purpose o»‘ securing the resultant
daughter in-law , ju st put her arm s power and revenue. And I regard w
up about L ily ’s neck and cried like the C hristian religion as the most ^1/
cruel ami unprincipled fraud of the
a b ab y !
lot. O f course they condem n me. ^vX
And now, when Mrs, .Jones goes
uver to take tea, M other H aw kins I do not blame lln m ; it is a p art
can talk of nothing half so much of their business.
as the perfections of her daughter-
I he necessity of my m aking some
i »‘-law.— [Selected and Revised.
statem ent regarding m y position on
these questions was exemplified
some three years ago. 1 was quite
S k ep tical.
sick, and a report got abroad th a t I
An old \\ est of E ngland co u n try was dead. And the lying about me
woman, speaking to a district visit im m ediately began. How I had re-
or of her son who was a sailor, said: pented; had called upon C hrist;
A Splendid ( orps of Teachers and Good Eaci
“ Ah, in a’m, m y son th a t has was a ¡raid the devil would get me:
¡ties for Teaching. For information,
been to th e N orth Pole, he tells and a h»t of sim ilar silly stuff. O f .1.
me some things th at I really course it was all false, hut that is
address
an t believe, though he is mv son. the usual course by which Chris-
lie tells rm*. m a’m ,th at he has seen tia n itv is sustained.
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But suppose I had done so.
as a ch u rch .”
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