THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, OCTOBER 19, 1899.
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Creeds Perish.
Rev. Frank G. Tyrrell, of the
First Christian church, Chicago, on
a recent Sunday morning, asked in
the theme of his sermon, ‘‘Are
Creeds Crumbling?” and in answer-
ing4the query said in part:
“It is every day more and more
apparent that creeds are waning.
Dealers in F ruits, Vegetables . . . Ajcreed is not what 1 be
lieve, but what I am determined to
and C onfectionery.
make you believe; it is an ecclesi
astical document, an authoritative
W ho D oes Y our
statement of faith, made a term of
communion, by which persons and
opinions are tested and approved
and J condemned. Such are the
If you req u ire any
Athanasian Creed and the West
minster Confession.
C a rd s or C ir c u la r s ,
A. few years ago the great Pres
B ill H e a d s ,
byterian church was agitated over
N o te o r L e t t e r H e a d s ,
the question of revision. Later
S ta te m e n ts ,
men like Brooks and Heber New
T ic k e ts , P ro g ra m s ,
ton, of the Episcopal church, were
accused of heresy; Professor David
In v ita tio n s ,
Swing was driven out of the church
B e o k s o r P a m p h le ts ,
by the proscriptive and persecuting
E n v e lo p e s
creed, but the thinker lives and the
Or any o th e r P rin tin g , you will serve creeds crumble.
your own in te re st and help su p p o rt
“Such a document destroys free
th e L iberal U n iv ersity hy se n d
dom of thought. Either the mind
ing your o rders to us. We
will execute th em p ro m p tly , tastefu lly . must decay, like an unused mem
ber, or the creed. Let creeds and
collects go; sweep them to the lim
bo of forgotten iniquities, but let
the mind expand.’’
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