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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1900)
3 an‘l ¿ ” “ ¡“ ‘ “ . , ¡ 2 i r K D. E. No more taken up at - the the Oregon Oregon th a n th a t im p o rtan t topic was the recent m eeting of — -------- ---------6 S Secular Union. S tate tate Secular U nion, of Secular S unday ’L m i ’ w .V i r » X the P resbyterian church was justi- hed silencing Prof. Briggs, , hese hum an in stitu tio n s had uo option, unles they h a rg e d t th h e ir "I'tion, unles they c changed eir ....................... “ e ,A n d i u r n m 0^ m ! s X ? 8 ‘ bX m„n to hear this given as a reason why .hey should he defeated. Yet discontent is a state of m ind 'lu m e n , !s a state ind „ „ A oi W m here very necessary ... to progress. this discontent exists there is hope, th e ^ a r s y s t e m , X ^ h " '. a f d ^ t o his friend J e f f r e i: th e s d - ar'sy stem I ,h e so1' a r r !'ySlem syste - B“d lights, pian et too a distant p e s te r e d w ith c o m e ts , feeble c l.,„ L a n c e . Could m a k e a " h e n we blam e the R ussian \ \ hen discontent disappears there better with ease.” c^ urch for excom m unicating is no possibility of progress. Such speculative fault-finding Count 1 olstoi, or the P resbvterian D iscontent spurs men to thought should not, of course, be confound church for silencing Prof. Briggs, , And action. Its presence m eans ed with earnest and practical pro we blam e them °m y for not re- thought, hope and effort. Ito ab- a g a . n s t s o c ta l . political tests against social, * political or nng eir constitution. \\ itn sence means acquiescence, subjec- religious conditions which h 1 th e,r c o n s , , , ution they could not , ion, lethargy, and subm ission’ to to the order of h X n , ,He a n ! Z Schools, so feelingly presented by P resident H osm er. In the n atu re of the case but little can be done at present. But if each person in sy m p ath y with the work will do w hat he can, w ithout waiting for form al organization and direction, m uch can be accom plished even tion ^ 7 ' X T 1Cet a n 1 WrOUg; aK d 1itiK faV - ^ c h a n g e d by hum an effo’r t. tion th a t needs enlarging. No now. Let an y m an or woman, in oral,le to despotism , which, as All th is talk about the “ diecou- any place, where there is now' no body of men ought to call itself a W endell P h illip s used to say, tent of the m asses,” and the evil church, or th e c h u rc h of C hrist, and S unday school, sta rt one and stay ‘steals like a m ist over a n a tio n .” results which may follow denuuci- with it. The staying power of the then drive out of its m em bership Slaves only, thoee who have u o a t i o n of established institu tio n s those w ho love God and are discip leader is the great essential. aspirations for freedom, represent and prevailing conditions, should The the nearest approach to absolute W here there is now a C hristian les of his son, Jesus C hrist. be prom ptly m et with the d eclar Sunday school, let L iberals stay Russian church ought to have co n ten tm en t,—satisfaction with ex ation th a t.th is is a governm ent of with it, not to criticise and dispute, m ade itself roomy enough so th a t isting conditions. the people, by the people, for the but in c h a rity forbearing, with Tolstoi would not be crowded; the The following satirical lines by people, and th a t it is not only the gentle insistence to witness for the Rom an church should have been Dickens sum m arize the teachings right, but the d u ty of Am erican J ru th . K ind reader, this m eans wide enough to allow L u th er and of the clergy of the established citizens to protest ju s t as long as you. K eep peace with all men Calvin to swing th eir arm s about; church in E n g lan d to the poor, in they can see an y th in g wrong to The Presbyterian church ought to the novelist’s time a t least,— b u t work, work. protest against. I th in k about these L iberal S u n have broadened its lim its so th a t O h! let us love o u r o ccu p atio n s, Desire and eflorts to im prove the day Schools all the more since at Prof. Briggs m ight have served god Bless th e sq u ire a n d h is relatio n s, world m ust be preceded with d is tending a C hristian Sunday school in it and yet have p artitio n ed the Live upon o u r d aily ratio n s, satisfaction w ith existing condi And alw ays know o u r proper statio n s. convention th is week. M e ssrs1 P entateuch a3 the powers W'ould tions. “ W here liberty is, there is Being as they Reed and W inan, of Salem , (S u n p artitio n C hina. An intelligent E nglish w riter, my c o u n try ,” quoted one of the day school w orkers) were there, are, the churches m ay properly Mr W illiam C lark, sa>s th a t this founders of th is republic. “ W here th a t is co n sisten tly —excom m un kind of teaching has produced the and told of the Horne D epartm ent liberty is not, thare is m y coun for S u n d ay schools, as now being icate those who love God and try to dull, boorish existence of the E ng try ,” said P aine; “and th ith er I established. The idea seems to be serve his son; the trouble is th at lish rural d istricts, from which the hasten, th a t I m ay help to estab to have persons connected by card they should not be as they are.” towns have been saved by the vi 1 he3e words express the Some w orthy peoplo will u n tality of town life, the grow th of lish it.” or letter correspondence with the sp irit of the reform er. school when they live too far aw ay doubtedly be shocked at the sug dissent, and the developm ent of D iscontent m ay be unreasonable to atten d personally. W hy is not gestion th a t the church, which is modern industry. and m ovem ents m ay be untim ely this a good idea? W hy cannot I, supposed to be divine, should ac W here there is the least discon or unw ise; but men D arn for instance, though I live forty com m odate itself to the hum an in tent, as in O riental countries, there through th eir m istakes. It is a l miles away, be conuected with dividual ra th e r th an the la tte r is the least progress. A people sa t The isfied with existing conditions is a ways safe to discourage ap ath y , your S u n d ay school at Silverton, should follow its tenets. inaction, and fixation, and to en if no other is nearer, and be in tru th is however, th a t the narrow people hopelessly wedded to exis courage the people to keep their form ed of the studies you are p u r and bigoted confínes of churchism ting superstitions and social and eyes open to wrongs and abuse» suing and follow the sam e in my are being daily broken down. political ills. Only by the “ dis and to th e possibilities of im prove own homo. There m ust be m any Tolerance and sy m pathy are in content im pulse” is emergence from m ent. The test of C h ristian ity had conditions possible. The gos Liberals all over the S tate, in creasing. places where it is not practicable now adays is to love god and thy pel of content is the gospel of sta- Sects contin tionaries, or worse still, of retro to m ain tain a L iberal S u n d ay neighbor as thyself. The gos school, who would he benefited by ue to exist, as they always will, gression and decadence. but baptism or im m ersion is no pel of discontent is the gospel ot such a connection. H u n t them up, . One of th e ra re st gifts is th e ta le n t to enroll them , and set them to stu d y longer regarded as deciding the meliorism and progress. judge accu rately a d iam o n d in all its rew ard or dam nation of the h u ing. I n all ages despots, great and various q u a litie s. As genius for m usic m an soul. I t is better for the sm all, have inveighed against pop o r p ain tin g m u st lie in b o rn to produce th e g reat a rtis t, so th e facu lty to cor world th at this is so. It m eans ular d isco n ten t; and the Am erican rectly d e te rm in e a d iam ond in all its The E x c o m m u n ic a tio n of T o ls to i. diversified d e ta il an d ch arac teristics can more widespread happiness, Jess new spapers th a t denounce the dis never be acq u ired , unless by the rare, bitterness, and a greater degree of satisfaction of the “ m asses” with few who are gifted in th is direction Y The excom m unication of Count C hrist-like fellowship than the d ealer m ay he a good jew eler, a success- things as they are, and discourage iul m e rc h a n t am d i an 'h o n e s ? m an; am i Tolstoi from th e Greek church has world has ever known. popular aspirations for better con y e t deceive you on a d iam o n d , sim ply attracted but little a tte n tio n , ’«•cause he h im self is deceived. I have ditions th an exist, are A m erican been In th e business forty years I The above clipping from the In- doubtless because it was not u n ex representatives of th a t Bourbonism could no m ore be deceived on a d ia pected. Tolstoi, a visionary re dependent, and com m ent by the winch h a e ’cnreed "¿“¿rope ' b y " Rs m ond th a n th e c a sh ie r of th e Bank of former, has long attacked the W ashington D. C. Poet of the 5th h o stility to freedom an d progress, E n g lan d could l»e on a b a n k n o te . W hen buying d iam o n d s I use no glasses, ask church to which he ostensibly be no q u estio n s ex cep t th e p rice : m y inst., shows the drift of religious Wa9 only when th e “ discon- acu te vision in s ta n tly d etects th e s lig h t longed, and there was no thing for thought am ong thinking people tent ’,nPu l8e” exerted itself in the est difference in color every flaw and the churchm en to do but dissever im p erfectio n . Y our in te re sts will be ancient world th a t the statu s yield- protected of m m e. If you w ant him from th eir organization. B ut and gives evidence of effective ed to ... . . . . ' ------ ; if you buy ui e. 11 vou wan > public discussion, and a higher a ,H,k. Stud, etc., for $10,’$20 $50 we find in th e c u rre n t issue of the work done by Freetbought, and political and social o rd er was evol- i . i — o——w K eep them a week In d ep en d en t a com m ent which is which can be further advanced by ved, as in Greece, where “ freedom ?r t '^°» “ h *1 " y ° a «re n o t satisfied th a t worth reproducing: such institutions as the Liberal rose like sunrise on the sea.” The getytaTm oney“ “ ’’®1“ 0" '’ re‘“rn “" ,1 “ The R ussian church is a h u U niversity. G C rccian civilization was initiated Send for m y price list of Watches m an in stitu tio n , ruled by hum an and sustained by the agitation of nJe7 elry’, 8ilve'ware, Frcel The Gospel of D iscon te nt. will and hum an force. As such an thought w hich has been declared my trai t, • • f lw is n M n ’’ t i L T m r i b i i " ” in stitu tio n its self-preservation re to be the beginning of wisdom. free’ BY B. F. UNDERWOOD. quires it to to expel Tolstoi, and it 1 here is a M ephistophelian spirit, ¡» juatitied^ As a hum an in stitu - The charge ia som etim e, m ade » cyn ica h p e to im is tV c H .iro /m in d ’ O tto W e tts te in , tion the Rom an Catholic c h u rc h , a g a .n .t certain political candidates a chronic deaire to find fault with DIAMONDS. R o c h e lle , III.