T orch VOL. 2. The B etter Part. SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1898. NO. 37. There are hundreds of counter pas.-h»n for the dow n-trodden a m i1 17. Be at war with m en’s vices, p arts to the history of Christ prov-, th«* suffering.” A Budhist in Ceylon, but at ¡»eace with their persons. BY HARVEY’ R E E S E . 18. There should be no disagree ing their histories to be alm ost who sent his son to a C hristian identical, such as: 1. His m iracu- ' school, once rem arked to a m is m ent between your lives and your E T T E R to know th e tru th lous birth by a virgin; 2. The mo- ; sionary, “ I respect C hristianity as doctrine. th a t m ak e th free, 19. Spent! every day as though Than revel in th e tre a s th er and child being visited by a help t<> B udhism .” Thus is disclos ures of th e d e a d ; ed the fact that the motives of some it were the last. X B etter to open th in e own shepherds, wise men, and the a n gel hosts, who joyously sang, “ In of “ the h eath en ” in sending to 20. Lead not one life in public eyes and see Than blindly tru st to w hat m en m ay thy delivery, <> favored am ong C hristian schools is the promotion and another in private. have said. women, all nations shall have cause; of th»*ir own religion, which they 21. By growing fam iliar with Better th a n dream s of h eav en ’s fu tu re ' to e x u lt;” 3. The edict of the ty ra n t consider superior, and in m any re- vices. we learn to tolerate them bliss, ( )r p h antom pictures of a n o th e r life, ru L r Causa ordering all the first sp« cts most of them are. We have easily. It is to live thy fu tu re life in th is— oo We m ust m aster our evil Bring heaven down into th is vale ot born to he put to death. 4. The the rem arkable adm ission of the strife. m iraculous escape of m other and C hristian E xam iner that “ the best propensities, or th e y will m aster us. Better to touch with gentle hand a heart child from his bloody decree by the I precepts of the (C hristian) bible 23. From thought springs the That h a th l>een w ounded in the shade parting of the waves of the River are c«»ntaiued in the H indoo Bag- will, am i from the will action, true of d e ath , to pass J h av at.” Then it is not true that or false, just or unjust. I lian from the sinful turm oil sta n d ap art Ju m n a to perm it them Ami gaze e n ra p tu re d and w ith hated through on dry gound; 5. The early “ C hiist spake as never man spake.” I 24. The virtuous m an is like breath retirem ent of C hrishna io a desert; And if his best precepts were pre-, the banyan tree, which shelters and protects all around it. Into a vision-land th a t fancy weaves Beyond the clouds th a t deck e te rn ity . 6. His baptism or ablution in the viously recor«led in an-old heathen I 25. Your greatest enemy is in Better th an p ain tin g angels on th e leaves River Ganges, corresponding to bibr*, then they aff«»r«l no proof of your own bosom.— [Sixteen C ruci Of hook or serm on, tale or hom ily, C h rist’s paptism in J o rd a n ; 7. His his divinty. Phis suicidal concess fied Saviors. It is to show th a t angels walk th e e a rth transfiguration at M adura.w here he ion of the E xam iner pulls up the Clad in the flesh of pure h u m a n ity ; P h y sica l C u lture. To ojien w ell-springs in a land of d e a rth , assured his disciples th a t “ present claim s of orthodox C hristianity by And prove m a n ’s stre n g th in his in or absent, I will alw ays he with l lie roots. Ami m any of the pre firm ity. BY F E L IX L. OSW ALD. y o u ;” 8. He h a d ’a favorite disciple cepts uttered by C hrishna display —[Secular Songs. ( Arjoon). who was his b o so m friend, a profound wisdom and depth of In the work of physical regener as John was C h rist’s; 9. He was thought equal to a r y of those a t ation N ature meets the reform er Christina anointed with oil by women, like trib u t'd to Jesus Christ. In proof; more th an h a lf wa v. Our children C hrist; 10. A som ewhat sim ilar fish j of liit* statem ent we will cite a few i need hut little encouragem ent to BY BE BSE Y G R A N ES. story is also told of him — his dis- < xn tuples out of the hundreds in, break the fetters of the fatuous re The history of C hristina Zeus (or eiples being enabled by him to catch uu> possession: s tra in t th at dooms them to a life o f large draughts of the finny prey in I 1. rims«* who do not control their | Jeseus, as some w riters spell it) is physical apathy. They ask no th contained principally in the Bagha-i their nets. Like C hrist he taught passions cannot act properly toward j ing hut time and opportunity to re vat G ita, the episode portion of the much by parables and precepts. A <>th« rs. deem the coming generation from 2. 'The evils we inflict upon oth-i the stigm a of unm anliness ami de M ahabarat bible. The hook is be notable sermon preached by him is lieved to he divinely inspired, like also report e«l which we have not ers follow us as our shadow s follow bility. Physical and intellectual all oth« r bibles; and the Hindoos space for h e re . < hi «me occasion,hav our ho«lies. education should again go hand in ing r< turned from a m inisterial jo u r 3. V irtue sustains the soul as claim for it an a n tiq u ity of six • hand if we would promote the h a p thousand years. Like C hrist, he ney, as he enter» d M a«lura,the peo- the muscles sustain the body. piness of a redeemed race on the ple came out in cmvds to meet him, 4. \\ hen the poor man knocks at ¡»lan th at made the age of Grecian was of hum ble origin, and like him strew ing the ground with b ranch your door, take him and adm inis- i philosophy an«l gym nastics the had to encounter opposition and es of cocoa-nut trees,and desiring to ter to his w ants, for the poor are brightest era in the history of m a n persecution. But he seems to have hear him ; he addressed them in the chosen <>f God (C hrist said, kind. Physical reform shouhl be been more successful in the propa parables— I he conclusion ami moral “ God hath chosen the poor” ). gation of his doctrines; for it is de prom oted by the system atic encour «> f on« of which, called the parable 5. Let your hand he alw ays open agem ent of athletic sports; every clared, “ he soon la came su rro u n d of th e fishes, runs thus; ‘’And thus to the unfortunate. ed by m any earnest followers, ai d tow nship should have a free gym it is. () people of M adura, th a t you 6. Do good for its own sake and nasium , every village a free f«»ot- the people in vast m ultitudes fol lowed him , crying aloud, ‘This is « ught to protect the weak and each expect not your reward for it on race ¡»ark; hv prize offers for su indeed the Redeemer promised to other, and not retaliate upon an earth. prem acy in com petitive gym nastics enemy th«* wrongs he m ay have 7. C ultivate th a t inw ard know l our fath ers’.” His pathw ay was we 00539349 ,ists could tu rn «Ion«* von.” H ere we see the peace edge which teaches what is right thousands of hoy topers into young thickly strewn with miracles,which consisted in healing the sick, c u r doctrine preache«! in its purity. and wrong. athletes. We should have atletic “ Ami t in t s it was,” says a w riter, 8. Never take delight in a n county meetings, state field days, ing lepers, restoring the dum b, deaf, and the blind, raising the “ th a t C hrishna spread am ong the o th er’s m isfortunes. and national or in tern atio n al 9. It is better to forgive an in Olym piads. dead, aiding the weak, com forting people the holy doctrines of purest the sorrow -stricken, relieving the “ And thus it was,” says a writer, jury than avenge it. E d u catio n al ethics should fully “ th at C hrishna spread am ong the 10. You can accom plish by k in d recognize the rights of the body. distressed, casting out devil-, etc. He came not ostensibly to destroy people the holy doctrines of purest ness w hat you cannot, by force. We should adm it the unorthodox, m orali’v, ami initiate«! his heaters 11. A noble sp irit finds a cure hut also undeniable, tru th th at an tne previous religion, but to purify it of its im purities, and preach a into the exalted principles of ch a ri for injustice by forgetting it. upright and m agnanim ous disposi ty, of self-denial, am i self-respect at 12. W hat you blame in others tion is a concom itant of bodily better doctrine. He came, as be declared, ‘‘to reject evil and restore a tim e when t h e <!♦ sert countries of <lo not practice yourself.. strength, while fickleness, d u p lic the we.-t were inhabited onh by sav 13. Do right from hatred of evil, ity and querulous injustice are the the reign of good, and redeem man characteristics of debility. We from the consequences of the fall, age 11 4 he.-;” a ml we will a«ld, long be and not from fear of punishm ent. fore C hristianity was thought of should teach our children th a t a 14. A wise man corrects his own and deliver the «»¡»pressed ea rth from its load of sin and suffering.” P urity of life and spiritual insight, errors by observing those of others. healthy mind can dwell only in a healthy body, and th at lie w ho pre-, 15. He who rules his tem per tends to find no time to take care His disciples believed him to be God we are told, were distinguishing himself, and m illions worshipped tra its ” in th«* character of this conquers his greatest enemy. of his health is a workman who oriei,nil sin-atoning Savior, and 16. T h e wise man governs his th in k s it a waste of time to take him as such in the tim e of A lexan that “ he was often moved with com- passions, but t h e fool obeys them . care of bis tools,—[Bible of Nature, der the G reat, 330 B. C. B