the torch of REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, FEBRUARY 15. ,900. cause “ G od’s book so teaches,” as a The Great Plan. kind of joke. They do not know, and they know th a t they do not The Rev. Dr. M. D. Babcock’s know, th a t “ G od'’ was ever engag pastoral relation with Brown Me ed in “ the book business;” and h av m orial C hurch, Baltim ore, has been ing thus necessarily a certain dissolved, he having accepted a call am ount of contem pt for the claim s to the Brick P resbyterian Church, m ade as to the origin of the alleged New York. law of right, the rules laid down There was considerable opposi fail to im press them wholesomely— tion in the presbytery to the however good some of such rules change. The Rev. T. E. W illiams may be. said he did not believe the Rev. Dr. new family medical Ulork It is a m axim of jurisprudence Babcock’s going to New Y ork was th a t in order to u n derstand a law justified. H e said it m ay be the bv Dr. 1 B. Greer. Cbieaao one m ust u n d ersta n d the reason of judgm ent of the presbytery th at, as H IS book is up to d ate in every p a r tic u lar. 7 * x the law, and this principle applies one speaker had said, it would be I t tells you bow to cure yourself to codes of m o rality as well as to p art of the great plan of th e great >v sim p le and h arm less hom e rem edies. ordinary civil enactm ents. E thical god for the great kingdom. rp, o , ft recom mends_ __ . no poisonous or rules, com m ending what is right i lie Koman C atholic press d e - 1 j ( . dangerous drugs, and prohibiting w hat is wrong, to m ands th a t the Roman Catholic ■ a c c o r d a ™ ^ m ethods in be of force in controlling the ac Catechism , a book full of the most | t h ^ s u ^ ^ ? ,0’« u,K-?r8e dangert>" 8 e x P<‘n m e ts with tions of enlightened men, m ust be horrid superstitions, shall he taught n - 1. tO 8BVe hea,th and life by safe meEbod8heS b°W founded on dem onstrable facts. to the children of the P hillippine I t teae’h j ^ fret‘ fr° " ‘ tet’h n i‘’al ru b b ish , C hildren m ay be influenced by Islands. It is to be supposed they how m fthvfti?H Vent,O,* r t h a t i t i8 to know “bogie m en” and ig norant adults consider this p art of the great plan as a cure d * th an to tak e a n -v « ‘««Heine by im aginary Gods, b u t this does of the great god for the great king h,’?V ‘yph.iid and o th er fevers can be not prove th a t practising deception dom. th e ria , c J ta rrb , im isu m p lio n “ a p i X ^ d b d t , . ‘^ i know '' tr,'i,,," e h l ,o n tre a tu ie n t lor la g rip p e, dip» is the best way of teaching true A strong protest is being m ade It “¿'a m orality. If encouraging hypoc by an influential section of the It has 16 colored p lates show ing d\ fibre I n 010? an#d i ,le U8e ° f a n ti-to x in e . risy and g aining ends by false pre T his hook e a n n o tV il t o X j e " v t^ u ll?e Hum an ^ 7 - , ’ B uddhists against the hill for the tences is the “ sum m um bonum ” of and easiest m eans, do not delay g ettin g it looking for h e alth by th e safest regulation of religions. The Budd tbC aU th° r ’ 18 a P r^ j « i n g physician in Chicago, is Professor of ethics, then the present system of hists mav consider this g ran tin g of deceit, bribery and in tim idation is * *— " President’ “ *- - s Cesiimon" * G.eI 'l,“ ; I . r ” ,ary I)ist‘ases in th e College B College religious liberty interfering with of M edicine and Surgery, P h v sician -io - good enough. B ut some how, along COu'1 ,,, f, r thirty - v ,ars or the C lnef to th e ------------ H arv ard Medical titu the great plan of the great god for C o l l e g e , w rite s to --------- ------ u w m In m s i w , te , and h hua unHzw, w,«....... the»uihci Xi follow and as w ritten m any works of value to with the increasing m odern unbe the great kingdom . Hoc «" the > profession and public. lief in the old religious dogmas, ^ 7 ^ T his hook has son pages, is neatly W h at a tum bling of innum erable there is com ing a quickened con , ■ ;'.v ,•, k ,o,,nd?n <*><»• wm, goid letters,and win disgusting, disuniting, unproved s i “ p , t ‘n»“ni " U luly ""'¡«TKtami. icon I . se n t postpaid to any address on re science which hesitates to per in i n , .U leny °* « v p-'»-'” <’e lPt of price, $8.00. ,,.e of theological theories there will he b ¿ ,. he. petrarte frauds as a m eans of p ro »‘H n c îp .e t h a t s h o u ld ^ i d e Si when the tru th s of science are re my praetlei. y'earZor mJre“' 6 “<1VOcate<1 *" moting righteousness. Men in this OF ™ E tlOUSE and the TORCH T o u r» tru ly , ceived and welcomed, not only for t REA3ON for one year for only P Q f i n D b . W. H. C o o k .” age are hu n g ry for facts; they have the price of the book alone. 0 U i(J U the m astery they give over the out eaten of the fru it of the tree of knowledge and have w hat is some er world, but for the clear light I T • h • * » W n M --.-» M ■ W «■ t. they throw on questions of moral times called a “com ing” appetite. obligation”. M. M> T> The more facts they learn, the more repulsive becomes a false statem ent, and it is not surprising th a t even M alietoa Protests. No Need to Suffer from A ny Disease. ‘pious fra u d s’’ are becoming more and more distasteful to th in k in g The Sam oan chief, M alietoa Ta- i Elixir men. nus, writes a letter to the London B a c te n a c id e V IT ^ -O R E E u c a ly p tu s O il I t m ay be th a t in th e n atu re of Times, in which he says: O r e - O lin e things, much tru th is worse than “ The m issionaries who graced our M e d ic a t e d S o a p none; it m ay be th a t m an can not country with their holy or unholy PEARL W. GEER reason out bis d u ty in the world, presence introduced the same relig Agent but I, for one, firm ly believe th a t ious differences and hatreds against S ilv e r t o n , O r e g o n . it is tru th , actu al tru th as revealed each other as obtained at the hour by reason, th a t will ev en tu ally lead in civilized States. The m issiona man forward to his noblest destiny. ries live in palatial concrete hous 7 *» v How to Make 1 his is the faith of R ationalism ; es, with all the luxuries their coun and this, 1 take it, is the kind of tries can afford, and charge us for faith which your U niversity will Bibles and prayer books which, we encourage. understand, are sent as free offer T ™ tto v £™ D,e“ t » a tio n a lin d th e Po«t»l S ystem , w hy not also A.PlaniBW'H:y C' E^ > ii BtA & H A K iS » I deeply regret th a t a t this tim e ings 1 am not able to become a stock M alietoa T anus further charges holder in yo u r gran d enterprise. 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