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learn about matter and its laws. the waters under(?) the earth is
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versity. Header, how m any can you d is trib u te to
make
them,
brother;
they
grew
tecost, said that “a god without a
good advantage? 'Phis will cost you n o th in g b u t
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the
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evil
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all;
but,
unlike
their changes, as existing longer
8 h o u ld H e l p t o B u il d
S ta tio n e ry .
than the life-time of a man; and is Mr. Pentecost, we are not quite sat­
not a god imagined to be more like isfied with “what is,” and we Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables |==Z L ib e ra I U n iv e r s ity
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inherent forces? The idea of abso­ fortitude, hut let us not be satisfied
lute eternity is beyond our power with the world as we find it. The
1 I t will h elp m any young m en and
of thought; but to think of an eter­ various ideas of the gods and the
young
wom en to a h ig h er education who
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nal intelligence, an eternal Christ
advantages.
for most of the evil in the
or an eternal god is still farther be­ sponsible
2 I t will educate w orkers for th e g reat
world; and while we should “fear
forw
ard m arch of F re e th o u g h t an d P ro ­
yond our powers of thought, fills not,” yet we should endeavor to get
gress.
the world with fear and makes us and teach the truth, for truth is
3 I t will forever silence th e accusation
th
a t S ecularists have n ev er done a n y ­
slaves; and when it is insisted upon MIGHTY TO SAVE.
th in g .
T rade M arks
by an arbitrary priesthood as essen­
4 I t will h asten th e tim e w hen Reason
D e s ig n s
and Love will reign, and w hen su p e rs ti­
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C o p y r ig h t s A c .
tial in order to save one’s self from
W ouldn’t Bear W atching.
Anyone ¡«ending a sketch and*deseTi|Ytlnn,niny
tion and h a te will he forever gone.
quickly ascertain our opinion free w hether au
an awful damnation of some kind,
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invention is probably patentable. Communlca-
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ruinous.
tim es m ore good th a n th e m ost cofetlv
one of cold, senseless m arb le.
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derstand it or its solution, ask resurrection, hut he doesn’t per­
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questions. I t is not to be wondered form that part of the program, and
at, when from childhood the in­ it appears he positively declines to
T he O ld est! th e
explain
his
reasons
for
that.
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Largest !
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dividual and the race has been so
In Place of C h ris tia n ity :
haps
he
likes
death
too
well
to
re­
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confused with the false theories of turn to life. Anyway, he sticks to
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0 -an F Pirsxst..
, 1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
irs t S t.,
the priests. The earth is round, death just as if he had never
P ortland oreo . 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil­
turns around, and there are other promised to ride again. If the
ization?
worlds than ours, and working on friends of Jesus had only watched
3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
him
as
this
saint
was
watched,
he
lUST
AS
NATURAL
3
2
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this comparatively new theory the
■ and • good deal more reliable. L*«»t> * 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
J br-ak IU egge or make IM ch,dl*
never would have risen either.
5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
pceen’tatay o f the neetand allow the s g p
questions of astronomy are solved; Resurrection never takes place in
,O chin hot hatchet every egg that can ba
6 Immortality or Annihilation?
hatched.
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but there are still many who claim the presence of witnesses. C02 pses
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