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T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, JU LY 13, 1899.
(for tilt1 T orch o f Reason.
Object Lessons.
by C H A R L E S K E N T T E N N E Y .
of prayers have an n u ally gone up
from the pulpit and the home, from
the streets, and even from the sa­
loons, for the reform ation of some
lost one. T he pathetic appeals of
the heart-broken m other, sister and
d au g h ter for the
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husband, son, or brother, ought to
melt the heart of a stone, yet God
fails to respond. T ally an o th er for
the efficacy of prayer.
Our city contains quite a large
German population, and one of its
societies owns a beautiful park,
bordering on one of our lakes. In
the sum m er tim e th is park if used
for picnic purposes, and on S unday
afternoons h u n d red s of our work­
ing people, who have no other tim e,
O ur Congress passes a bill for the
with th eir wives, children, and abolition of the canteen in the
sweethearts, assemble there to en­ arm y.
The P resident refers the
joy Sts quiet shades and refreshing m atter to th e A ttorney-G eneral, and
air. It is an afternoon of sim ple, he holds the law to be inoperative.
quiet, orderly enjoym ent to these The en tire clergy of the country
people and their families, and call upon the Lord to over-ride the
speaks volumes for the forethought A ttorney-G eneral, and to guide the
of the society in providing such a President in the lig h t.
So far
beautiful retreat, where our people these prayers have b e e n ineffectual,
may, for a short tim e a t least, get and we fear we m ust tally another
away from th e ir cares and busy for the devil.
haunts of the city. C ertainly these
people should he co n gratulated for
There once lived on a farm , near
having such a beautiful place in
the village, a noble, kind-hearted
which to spend an afternoon, and
girl. She had been brought up by
most persons would encourage
her parents, under strict church
them in it. None of them , up to
discipline, and was a firm, con­
last Sunday, ever supposed th a t
scientious believer. Near by lived
for this little enjoym ent and com­
a country lad of equally good and
fort they were in cu rring the divine
generous ways. He, too, had been
wrath and sending them selves and
brought up in the sam e C hristian
families to everlasting hell. Such
faith.
In time the friendship of
desecration m ust, of course, be
these children ripened into perfect
stopped; and as the authorities
love, and they were m arried. In
would not interfere, four of the their new relation they became still
faithful, upon whose shoulders more active m embers in tin church,
alone rested the entire responsi­
and active p aiticip an ts in all
bility tor the three or four thousand prayer m eetings. In tim e five little
souls assembled there, took th em ­
ones came to still more brighten
selves to these grounds, and upon
th eir already happy home; and
their bended knees, began long and ranged in tg e from one to twelve
pathetic appeals to the A lm ighty to years. The older ones were regu-
disperse th is gathering of happy,
lar a tte n d a n ts at the Sunday ,
innocent people, and send them im ­
School.
At this tim e the most
mediately to th eir respective homes,
dreaded of all diseases, m alignant
there to ask forgiveness for the u n ­
d ip h th eria, entered this happy
pardonable sin of seeking recreation home, an d , despite the most frantic
and fresh air for them selves » "d I
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djstracted mother)
families. B ut the Lord, for so m e , gupplen)enU.d by the ,(roken.heart-
reason, did not see fit to answ er ed father, and the entire com m un-
these prayers, and the devil, in the ity in which they lived, these inno­
shape of an officer, finally succeed­ cent children, witlrin three days,
ed in driving these
, . passed , away, h I?:.,«
, holy
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had
ive little graves
from the grounds. I ally one f o r , ^ (he ch u reh v ard wa8 the anfiwer
the efficacy of prayer.
to thepe prayers. The m other, be-
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prayers, as the abolition of the
liquor traffic, and the reform ation
of the d ru n k ard . Yet the business
Keeps right on, and th° d ru n k a rd is
continually, and w ithout interim 's-
sion, being m anufactured. M illions
with his children, and he beat and
m isused his wife, upon whom he
and his fam ily depended for their
daily support. One Sunday this
m onster went out on th e river to
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SILVERTON.
OREGON.