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O ur M essag e of Peace.
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uncaring, to ascertain the tru th
for themselves, they inevitably d is
BY H E N R Y CLINTON P A R K H U R ST .
play a great willingness to swallow’ Fac-simile ot the Cloth Editons oi Fac-shnile of the Illuminated Paper
the Famous
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Covers o[ the
1 saw a ship with a deep, wide hold,
an y statem ent which m ay oblig-
\\ hich th e c a p ta in said was tilled w ith ingly be offered to them by some
gold.
“ O, w here are vou g o in ., m v sailor one else.
b o ld ?” *
E very belief, no m atter w hat its
.
... “ Goiag.
the m issionsriea
oz>tpre t« in tim e subject to exarc*;
'it»
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1 saw a sto p on th e M oslem coast,
ination, if it stand, it stan d s be-
W ith a savage c ap tain a t his p o st;
E ach sailo r looked like o u r H e rr M ost, cause it is able to bear this e e a rc h -
‘O, w here are you going, m y g a llan t
ing scrutiny and to answer fairlv
h o st? ”
He w aved his sw ord w ith h a u g h ty the questions of honest doubt.
boast—
‘‘G oing to protect th e # m issionaries !” H onest doubt may be the result of
honest reasoning; it m ust dem and
I saw som e soldiers clim bing a h ill,
And th e c ap tain th u n d e re d fo rth his honest reasoning to satisfy it.
will.
fliis exercise of the rational faculty,
E ach soldier his gun proceeded to fill
then, depends upon and results;
W ith six teen b u llets bound to kill.
” 0 , w here are you going, vou sons of from au aw akened love of tru th , '
ill? ”
‘‘G oing to p ro tect th e m issio n a rie s!” How directly do these m ost obvious
principles of scientific investigation
I saw a sh ip on th e C h in a seas,
P A P E R E D IT IO N S .
C _O T H E D I T i C H S .
W ith cannons w hich looked like saw ed- forbid us to be carried away into;
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W ith wild m arin es as th ick as bees,
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And sailors who skipped like Frisco fleas.
If love of tru th and appeal to
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Paine’s R eligious
Theological W orks hi« OO
“ O, w here are you going with folks like reason mean an y th in g a t all, they
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Paine s C om plete Life, by Clio R ickm an a n d
We need a bigger natio n al fleet,
of blind feeling.
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W ith d y n am ite guns nobody can b eat,
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Secondly, they defy p reju d ice., ffiS
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W ith pow der and shell to rule th e roost.
lialwcr’s H istory o f a F alse R eligion. Illua. I f .
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To every chief on th e C h in a coast
T hey call for the open court, the S“ Kn-sBHi>?oS?or,,<ni,ri?.?2i,lRca,.„trT‘k*- 1 “ T lib a lle
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fair trial, the im partial judge.
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“ A gospel of peace we bring to th ee.
Reasons for U nbelief. By Ironia V iardot.
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You read th is book, you h e ath en C hinee,
T hirdly, they dem and a sufficient
F a th e r T om and th e Popc’a t th a V a tican .......
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Or w e’ll blow your city clear over th e
am ount of evidence. T rue Science
se a .”
is the enemy of wildcat theories
O leave th e Pagan of child-like sm ile
and reckless generalizations.
To w orship God in his own style.
L ib ra ry o f L ib e ra l C la s s ic s .
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D espite our fears, p erh a p s h e ’ll reach
F ourthly, the love of tru th and |
The p early gates of th e A fter W hile,
By th e good old ro u te his fath e rs teach. reason, which are in the very grain
—[Boston In v estig a to r.
Science Study and National
C haracter.
BY A L B E R T B. CROW E.
of the scientific mind and h e a rt
laugh at credulity. They do not
scoff at au th o rity , or reject it. But
they say; “ We m ust know .”
The fruit of honest investigation,
the conclusions of careful reasoning
on sufficient inform ation, these are
the Scidnce stu d e n t’s riches. We
should hold fast the proved good
which we have received from others.
And we should honor and revere
those who have opened the way for
us to the tru th .—[P opular Science
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FO R S A L E BY
FOR S A L E BY
It is the sober second thought,
we are in the h a b it of saying,
which saves us, which takes the
helm and sheers us away from the
half-hidden reef in our first mad
course. I t is not. It is the sobtr
first thought which has redeem ed
us from destruction tim e after time,
the sober first th o u g h t of the few
who are tru ly educated, who have
looked below the surface of things
and considered the hidden and ob
scure results, who have weighed
the rig h t and wrong and stood im
movably for the right. I t is the
counsel of such men which has
given us courage and power to re
strain ourselves and face our h a rd
est d u ty .
Evidence of disease of the n a
tional conscience m ust raise in the
m inds of th o u g h tfu l men grave
doubts as to the sufficiency of our
education to “ insure ra tio n a l pro
gress, prosperity
and
honor,”
w hether because of in h eren t weak-
ness of the system or because of
the stren g th of the forces opposed
to it.
P robably th e most striking phe-
nomenon which we have witnessed
has been the trem endous display
of excited feeling. No m an can
doubt th a t the force of blind
passion has been in hundreds of
thousands of men the d o m in an t
force.
Torch of Reason Song Biok, No. 2.
When men become unw illing, or They are only 10 cents each.
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