THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 21, 1899.
Little Torches.
BY W. E. JOHNSON.
The one lesson which we need to
learn above everything else is to
have complete confidence in God.—
[Advance.
That is the identical lesson which
the bunco man seeks to teach his
bucolic acquaintance before selling
him a gold brick. Yes, “confidence’’
is essential in swindling enter­
prises.
When we seek to stand only with
xaud for God, he will, without any
seeking on our part, give us the
favor o f all whom we need and
whom he can use.—[Omaha Chris­
tian Advocate.
Then wherein is the object of
prayer? Is it to pull God’s leg for
something that you ought not to
have?
Let any of his friends or followers
ask themselves this one question,
What good did he (Col. Ingersoll)
ever do? Leaving God out of the
question, in what respects was man
made the happier or the better?—
[Presbyterian Journal.
He chased a cruel monster out of
the skies with a whip of small
cords.
He made it possible for a person
to express his honest thoughts with­
out being boycotted in society and
business.
He scourged the Christian church
until it acquitted their God of
damning innocent babies.
He forced clerical leaders to ad­
mit that Moses filled the Pentateuch
with colossal blunders.
As a result of his labors, the fires
of hell have been put out and the
infernal regions are for rent.
He compelled the Christian
church to substitute a god capable
of love for the horned dragon Je­
hovah.
He forced Christian theologians
to confess that God did not inspire
the blunders, falsehoods and ob­
scenity of the Bible.
He made the high water mark in
oratory of his generation. The
sweet fragrance of his home life has
been breathed into ten thousand
Christian kraals.
If you wish to know of any more
“good things” which Col. Ingersoll
did, ask any one of the thousand
unfortunates who have been fed at
his table, who have been clothed
from his purse, and who have per­
sonally shared in four-fifths of the
money which he ever earned.
A Revision of Definitions.
3
Heavy Reductions
The meanings of words often us­
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been unsettled by recent changes.
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I suggest the following definitions:
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1. S ecularist : One who believes
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in the complete separation of
church and state, in the taxation of
church propel ty and the freedom of A fortu n ate chance aw aits those of you who have need of
legislation from favoritism to sects.
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2. H igher B iblical C ritic : One
who, while adhering to the church
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and the essential doctrines of relig­
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ion, denies the plenary literal in­
spiration of the 66 books of the Bi­
S e e o u r S h o e A d . in th e A p p e a l . . . .
ble, subjects each one to the rules of
historical and literary criticism and
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carefully separates religious truth
from legends, national traditions,
literary embellishments and errors
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in matters of science.
3. C hristian : One who is born of S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E .
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Christian parents, or in a country
known as Christian, or who is
T h e G re a t
a member of some sect which pro­
fesses the religion of Christ in some
form. Unitarians and Universal-
ists are included, although they
deny theological dogmas regarded
No Need to Suffer from A ny Disease.
as essential by the evangelical sects.
E lix ir
Mormons are excluded, although
B a c te r ia c id e
they believe in the inspiration of
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the Bible.
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4. F reethinker : One who re­
jects the right of the church and the
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clergy to prescribe his beliefs, and
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maintains his individual right to
think for himself in matters of re­
ligion.
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5. S keptic : A non-church mem­
ber who doubts the credibility or
sufficiency of the evidences of Chris­
tianity.
6. I nfidel : An opprobious epi­
thet applied by Mohammedans to
Christians and vice versa, and by
Christians to an offensive unbeliever.
7. U nbeliever : A Pagan, or
heathen, or other person, who has
not accepted the religious belief of
n new Tamlly medical ttlork
the person who uses it.
by Dr. 3. B. 6reer, Chicago-
8. D eist : A person who believes
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in one God, a divine providence and I
ticu lar.
natural religion, but rejects my­
thologies and theologies.
9. P antheist : One who believes I
I t tells you how to cure yourself
that the universe, with its forces
by sim ple an d h arm less hom e rem ­
and laws, is God.
edies.
10. A theist : One who denies
It recom m ends no poisonous or
dangerous
dru g s.
that there is any God. Denying
I t teaches sim ple com m on-sense m ethods in
that the Jehovah of the Old Testa­ accordance w ith n a tu re ’s laws.
not endorse dangerous e x p erim ets w ith
ment is God, does not make a man th e I t su does
rg e o n ’s knife.
an Atheist.
I t teaches how to save h e alth and life by safe
m
ethods.
11. A gnostic : One who, in regard I t is e n tirely free from tech n ical ru b b ish .
to important tenets held by the I t teaches p rev en tio n —th a t it is b e tte r to know
how to avoid disease th a n to tak e any m edicine
Church, says “I do not know.”
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—[Boston Investigator.
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