THE TORCH OE REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JUNE 1, 1899.
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been that baptism by immersion
! that it would be going back on her 'chusetts. While we regret the loss was uot practiced prior to 1641.
, more to blindly follow her ideas of “Current Thought,” we congrat­ Many Baptists, especially in the
ulate the Arena Company upon its
The O nly P ap er of Its Kind. ' than it would to try to improve on good fortune in securing so able North, have protested against the
I them; that we were Christians
and energetic a man in its work. prosecution on the ground that as
once,
but
had
studied
some
since
Published Weekly by the Liberal I ni-
a teacher of church history Prof.
versity Company, in the Interests ot
we were converted and could not We also congratulate Mr. Blanch­ Whitsett ought to be allowed full
Constructive, Moral Secularism.
longer believe the old, old story. ard upon bis enlarged opportuni­ liberty of investigation. Another
“Yes,” sneeringly and excitedly ties for pushing ahead the cause in church disagreement, this time in
J. E. H o sm e r,....................... E ditor
which we are mutually interested.
shouted
this
disciple
of
the
meek
the Presbyterian fold, comes again
p. W . G e e r,.......................M anager
and lowly Jesus, “I have seen lots
to light with the news that the
of
boys
backslide
and
forsake
the
More
T
rouble
in
th
e
Theological
Entered at the poetoffice at Silverton,
Rev. Dr. A. C. McGiffert will be
Oregon, as second-class mail matter.
teachings of their mothers.” “But,
Schools.
called to account before the Gen­
my friend,” said we, we’ve not
eral Assembly for the alleged un­
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Prof. Oscar W. Morgan, who has
backslid; we have slid forward.”
orthodox views expressed in his
occupied
the
chair
of
Biblical
Lan­
He
could
stand
it
no
longer,
and
One year, in advance......................U
book, “A History of Christianity in
Six months, in advance................. w with “ I won’t talk with you any guage in Drake University (Camp-
the Apostolic Age,” that attracted
Three months, in advance.............
bellite)
at
Des
Moines,
la.,
for
sev­
longer,”
he
ran
away
as
from
some
In clubs of five or more, one year,
so much attention when published
horrible monster that he could not eral years, has announced that he last year. Dr. McGiffert’s critics
in advance................................ ...
Money should be sent by registered conquer.
no longer believes in the inspira­
consider his book rationalism of
letter or money order.
Meanwhile, the great iron serv­ tion of the scriptures, and so he has
the worst kind.
ant of science, the steamer’s en­ been transferred from the theologi­
Notice!
gine, has not been idle, and we cal department to the chair of He­
A hand pointing to this notice denotes soon reach The Dalles, where, fail­ brew and Greek. The action of the
C apital P u n ish m e n t.
that your subscription has expired. ing to find our friends at home, we trustees to this effect grew out of
You are earnestly requested to re­
I think the refusal of Governor
new so that you may receive the pa­ go to the hotel to rest for the night. the protest of about thirty of the
per without interruption. We have de­ The Dalles has many Infidels but more orthodox theological students, Roosevelt to commute the sentence
cided that it is best for all concerned
that we do not send papers longer than very few active Secularists, and not who asked that Professor Morgan of Mrs. Place is a disgrace to the
the time paid for unless so ordered. being able to arouse much interest be dismissed from the faculty on state. What a spectacle, of man
This will prevent any loss and we will
or to obtain a hall without paying account of his heretical teachings. killing a woman—taking a poor,
know just where we stand.
We request you to send us the names a big price, we mount our “fancy He was called before the trustees pallid, frightened woman
and
of Secularists who might become sub­
scribers and we will mail sample copies. horses” and roll away toward and questioned. He did not deny strapping her to a chair, and then
Dufer. We found the road to be his reported views that “the accept­ arranging the apparatus so she can
very hilly, so much so that we ance of every word as the expres­ be shocked to death! Many call
were obliged to walk much of the sion of inspiration is impossible in this a Christian country. A good
way. But what matters it? W ho view of the development of the many people who believe in hell
ALL ABOARD!
cares if black Infidels suffer? What higher criticism of the scriptures.” would naturally feel it their duty
“Down the river of time we if Mrs. Hosmer does become nearly Investigation showed that a large to kill a wretched, insane woman.
Society has a right to protect it­
glide,” which is much like our exhausted, overcome with the heat majority of the divinity students
gliding up the great Columbia, nearly to the point of fainting? were in sympathy with him, and self, but this can be done by im­
where our readers left us last week. What if we should all be oyercome that William Baird Craig, the prisonment, and it is more humane
In this youthful part of our journey and die in great agony? Just chancellor of the university, held to put a criminal in a cell than in
the scenery is most beautiful—too think of Jesus and how he suffered about the same views, so the trus­ a grave. Capital punishment de­
beautiful to mar by a feeble at­ and never mind! That fixes it all tees concluded it would not be grades and hardens a community,
tempt at description, but although right! But Infidels ought to suf­ prudent to go further than to take and it is a work of savagery. It is
we are much occupied in admiring fer, so damn them here and God the liberal thinker out of the Di­ savagery.
Capital punishment does not
the rocks, the rills and that won­ will damn them in the sour “by vinity School. The students are
divided and bitter feeling has prevent murder, but sets an ex­
derful product of science, the Cas­ and by.”
We reach Dufer after a hard, cropped out in the form of an ample by the state that is followed
cade locks, we find time to get a
few fellow passengers interested in hilly, helly journey, hut we took anonymous circular, assailing the by its citizens. The state murders
our work. To some we give sample some subscriptions to the Torch, students who complained of Prof. its enemies, and the citizen mur­
copies of the Torch; with some we had dinner with some fine people Morgan. It closes by saying: ders his. Any punishment that
have interesting debates. We get who, although somewhat orthodox, “They are shallow enough to be­ degrades the one punished must
a number of subscribers and sell listened and became interested in lieve that the removal of one man necessarily degrade the one inflict­
our University; and thus our work would dispose of the doctrine ing the punishment. No punish­
one ‘‘Right Living.”
which he so ably advocates. Poor, ment should be inflicted by a
One old gentleman whom we ap­ grows, even if
deluded fools. They have not human that could not be inflicted
proached became very much ex­ “ It comes with marks of toil upon it,
With marks of toil and strife uj>on it,
sense enough to observe that every by a gentleman.
cited, and when he found that we The
outcome of all ages in it,
For instance, take the whipping
thinking man is tainted with the
could successfully overthrow what Evolution written on it.”
post. Some people are in favor of
same doctrine.”
he supposed to be unanswerable
At the present writing we are at
flogging because they say some of­
arguments, he fairly danced up Dufer, where we have found many
The action at Louisville last fenses are of such a frightful
and down and shouted, much to liberal-minded people. We have
our amusement. “Do you sup­ taken some subscriptions, have en­ week of the board of trustees of the nature that flogging is the only
pose for a minute,” said he, “that I gaged a large hall ar.d billed the Southern Baptist Theological Sem­ punishment. They forget that pun­
will go back on the religion of town and surrouuding country for inary in accepting the resignation ishment must be inflicted by some­
Jesus Christ. I belonged to a fam­ a lecture and entertainment to­ of President Whitsett of that iusti body, and that somebody is a low,
ily of six boys, and they have all night. Now for it! Help and sym­ tutiou recalls a long-continued contemptible cur. I understand
gone to their reward excepting my­ pathy or rotten eggs, it matters church controversy. The dissatis­ that John G. Shortall, president of
self; they all died happy and not; we’ll good-naturedly take what faction against Dr. Whitsett arose the Humane Society of Illinois, has
shouting glory to Jesus. Do you comes and “bob up serenely” some­ chiefly, if uot wholly, over an ar­ bad a bill introduced into the legis­
suppose I could be such a wretch where else “after the ball is over.” ticle contributed by him to the In lature of the state for the establish­
dependent some two or three years ment of a whipping post.
as to go back on their religion and
The shadow’ of that post would
ago, and another article contrib
not meet them in heaven?” We
Our friend and fellow-worker in uted to a cyclopedia. In these he disgrace and darken the whofe
quickly explained to him where
such blind following of the ideas of the Religion of Humanity, Mr. C. made statements with regard to state. Nothing could be more in­
others would lead us. If we had Elton Blanchard, late editor and the history of baptismal customs famous, and yet this man is presi­
not advanced and improved on the publisher of “Current Thought,” of that, from the point of view of dent of the humane society. Now
ideas of others, the world would Cleveland, Ohio, has become bus­ many of his fellow denomiuational- the question arises, What is hu­
now be supposed to be flat. We iness manager of “The Areua,” the ists, were damaging to the position mane about this society? Certain­
explained that our mother is a leading progressive magazine of to­ of the Baptist church. The one ly not its president. Undoubtedly
Christian and that we love her;. day, published iu Boston, Massa chiefly objected to seems to have he is sincere. Certainly no mau
Torch of Reason