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other- is as bad as the weaknesses
p. W. G eer,........................ M anager you, as a part of the crucified Hu- ‘ han any dream book of ig n o ran t
lie condemns. Some whom he
in an ity , to help .Io aw ay with the Jewish prteste._________
classifies as our people d rin k in to x i-
E n tered a t th e postoffice at S ilv erto n , ,
devil of superstition, and to estab ­
t is not C hrist- eating liquor, and this we th in k
Oregon, as second-class m ail m a tte r.
lish u n ity , love and progress where
“ The Old T estam ent n
to us the very foolish and stu ltify in g ; but
now
reign
anarchy,
hate
and
war.
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said
a
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now reign anarchy, hate and war.
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, with the New Testament, the story filthy, disgusting, ■»■nd-destroy.ng
^ ’ J m o s t does
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V “ "» oti.Lr weak-
adds bigotry to one’s other weak­
nesses. We ought not to he classi­
the best school in the world. Let
Notice!
fied as “ the sheep’’ and “ the
u? all talk , work and pay w ithout
goats.” The people of the world
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until
our
efforts
are
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each
other
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th a t vour su b scrip tio n has e x p ire d . warded with a w ell-earned victory
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as brothers
sisters, ond
and noVOl»
never
You are e arn estly requested to re ­
al
ignorance.
for
Science
and
H
um
anity.
new so th a t you m ay ^ c e iv e th e pa-
condemn to hell, as the old Jew ish
per w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . W e have d e­
God did, all those who do not wor­
cided th a t it is best for all concerned
W
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have
much
sport
as
well
as
Rev.
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of
Tillam
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th a t we do n o t send p a p ers longer th a n
ship to suit them . Creeds separate,
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. fond of quoting to us who do not satisfaction in quoting, “Give to him
hut Science will unite.
T his will p rev en t any loss and we will
th a t asketh thee,” to our C hristian
believe
in
the
S
anta
C
laus
God
in
know iust w here we sta n d .
We request you to send us th e nam es the sky, “ The fool hath said in his friends. One “ follower of the lam b ”
( i Secularists who m ight become su h -
T H E H E L L OF CASTE.
recently explained to us th a t Jesus
scriljers and we will m ail sam ple copies. h eart, there is no God.” He forgets
th a t Jesus said: “ B ut whosoever was not speaking of m aterial things.
The caste system in In d ia is a
shall say, Thou fool, shall be in A fterw ards he said th a t it m eans
danger of hell fire.” “ The goblin» th at if we see any in need, we great hindrance to the H indoos es-
will get you if you don’t watch should help them ; and th a t each tab lish in g a high civ ilizatio n . 1 he
M an created a god in bis own
one’s conscience is to be the judge division m ade by these castes
out!”
im age; a m ale god created he him.
of the needy. It is too bad th a t makes m any unaffiliating peoples
T he two accounts of the creation Jesus did not have our friend as right in the sam e country, each
The effects of C hristian m ission­
of m an in Genesis suggests to some his private secretary, for he would caste hindering the others from
ary work in China are hat<, rt
th a t God lost sight of the first pair have w ritten the serm on in such progressing instead of all working
hellion, crim e, war! H as it ever
and th a t they w andered to the land a way th a t even the “ lost” could for each and each for all. The
been an y th in g else?
of Nod. T h at country was thus have been saved. An ex-C hristian C hristian creeds ai;e doing for us
w hat the caste system has done for
Secularists, unless our righteous­ populated when Cain went there iu friend sa js , “ th a t is ju st w hat ails
search of a wife. If God was so the dam ned th in g —the Bible; it In d ia. Instead of being um tef in
ness shall exceed the righteousness
easily deceived in his younger days, don’t say w hat it m eans and it building up our homes and our
of the orthodox Scribes and P h a ri­ perhaps we “ Infidels” m ay sneak d o n ’t mean w hat it says.”
governm ent, we are sep arated ,ev en
sees of our tim e, we shall in no case into heaven and find our “ sp irit |
----------------- down to the mem bers of fam ilies,
build a heaven here on earth.
m ates” after all.
| W inking on the ignorance of by these religious castes. The Fro-
their flock, m any preachers stu ltify testan ts look upon C atholics as
T he evils which C hristians and
T he preachers are forever m aking the m inds of the defenseless by non-C hristians and m ost as bad as
Secularists alike condemn have
much out of the awful m ysteries, m aking m ysteries out of th a t which the Infidels, and the C atholics oo
been largely caused by the evils in
We should never forget th at w hat ¡g understood and enjoyed by all upon the P ro testan ts as not fit to
C hristianity; and the only good in
we d o n ’t know is ju s t as sim ple as Scientists. For exam ple, the beauty even m arry good Catholics. I he
C hristianity is purely Secular, all
w hat we do know. Wise men solve of the form and coloring of the lily different P ro testan t churches have
of which was borrowed from P agans
th e problem s of nature, but fools, in j8 often m ade to appear to be th eir little clannish sets who on y
and “ Infidels.”
w ide-open-m outhed wonder, cry, caused by the caprice of God to work for “ our church, as the} ca
please his children “ here below.” it, boycotting each o th er and only
T h a t th e kingdom of heaven is “O ur God alone u n d erstan d s these
now and then show ing any love or
a t hand was preached two thousand m ysteries and he will reveal them How false and dw arfing are such sy m p ath y , and th a t only when
doctrines. To the Scientist every
years ago, and the A dventists are to us in his own good tim e, if we
they think policy dem ands it. And
still at it. W hy on earth don’t it only watch and p ray .” F a ith oi step in the flower’s grow th, from we have become so used to th is
come? P erhaps it is here,but, being Science, which does the world need? the time when the attractio n of hell th a t it d o n ’t seem very hot,
gravity pulls the seed and earth
like to a grain of m ustard seed, it!
One of T illam ook’s preachers, in together till the corolla is delicately either. We could do much better
m ay have escaped our notice.
a private conversation, said th a t we striped, the little ovules fertilized work if we were all united, and the
and more seed ready to propogate common ground on which all good
One of T illam ook’s late converts F reethinkers are not as accommo­
_______ ______ its kind is well known. Spencer’s men and women can unite is the
to C h ristian ity was heard to say dating and kind as the C hristians.
The same day a F reethinker (W . E. ’ S ynthetic Philosophy is worth far religion of Right Living, with Sci
th a t it is a good thing for his busi­
Page) m ade us a present of a fine more th an all the Bibles of the ence as the in terp re te r of the uni
ness to belong to the chnrch. But
Prince A lbert coat from his store, world. B ut p rep arato ry work m ust verse. The old castes m ust he
a m an who joins for th a t reason is
broken up; we m ust be a united
apt to be found out and lose more T his coat will last us all winter he done before such books can be people; we m ust learn to love all
to teach in, and we feel very proud understo )d. M oral: If you have . . .
th an he gains. Be honest!
of it, as it is a visible proof th a t the not learned to read yet, d o n ’t pray, m ankind, and especially our fathers
m an of God, and not the m inister hut go to the L. U. O. One is never and m others, and brethren
ant
If our Tillam ook challenge is r.ot
sisters, yea, and even our own life
taken up, m any of the most in te lli­ of th e Gospel of H u m an ity , was too old to learn,
also; we m ust drop the artificial
gent citizens of the city will th in k m istaken in the argum ent.
A C hristian insinuated to us in props th a t the priests have given
it is because the preachers are
An indiv id u al aud a nation need a private conversation this week us and get hack to n a tu re , we m ust
afraid to do so. T heir devotees
nothing more th an they need th a t the followers of our doctrines not condem n, but we m ust find
m ight hear som ething th a t would
definiteness of purpose and a are very bad people. He judges , causes and rectify > purify an
he a disadvantage to the church.
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of the “ fall of m an” is not au tb en -
tic, only a Jewish story; and if
there is doubt about the “ fall”
there m ust be doubt about m a n s
redem ption through G od’s only he-
gotten son. M an never fell. Jesus
was not
Science
war
nut a son
b ’ mi of a god.
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