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
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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
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“ 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
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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
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and sustained by the agitation of
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The Gospel of D iscon te nt.
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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.