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.
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