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con,act and relatione suff-rably tiresom e.
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them down
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o t|,ers tore the ancient Hebrews cam e to take function
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p ro d “ c' ” 8 <«- The Deity th at suffers us, we
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“ grand and i,8 p lttc e - Thia new creed was a don o f ?h ,
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" fUhC' " '“-V b - s o r e , can suffer m anv an
a n d ! n b h i Of” P" ,ioD8aod ‘«reams different one from the old, a n d , ' tea-kett « btHa" , 7 “7 “ 7
" ,e " " ler M-eer and wonderous' and
and am bitions of men lie stranded though original.ng from the « a n J
*ettle> but» s the color-fan of the only half-delightful thing ”
dow n the long stretch of the past! race, was suited ,o different condi
o in h “ “ ' ° “ l rpfri,cti"S P "'8” -
Such is the ch a racter of Professor
Each one, m its,h o u r of necessity, tions and peoples.
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P r''9" 1S’ ” “ dalne8’8 re fu tatio n s of the c u rre n t
» a s the o u tb u rst of the very soul
The C hristian religion never ful- 'etern’itv is " f L i ' p
‘h *’l;Sh ’ o f | «»jeotions to the doctrine of
O(>,.
or intellect of those who believed in
satisfied the needs ° of th e people ^ d if 1MIIJ
f e r e L is e t r r a n ^ s m i t t e ^ d : L e a j r ^ n , h ^ u e
. T h e , are broad a n d
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In his progress from savagery re.igion w ithout 7
p retatio n s; and these features— not
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" J the tendency
W iiu u u i J p ’¿
r o g r e ' s s Ï io n E a n , T
ï Whefn ° ne sto PH- “ tb a t special
oward civilization, m an’s history, the
tendency of
of all western
people
(heir definiteness— will recommend
stream
of
consciousness
which
it
religions6'' T ’ ”
a"
“ Pr°gre88ive' Ah 8 consequence
them to all persons who seek su p
subserved vanishes e n tirely from
religions.
Ih ese contained the C hristianity failed
port for the im m o rtality th at they
best thoughts of the ages in which
F urtherm ore, had C hristianity this natural world. But th e sphere in d iv id u ally have most a t h eart.__
ey were born.
But religion is been a «‘god given” in sd iu d o n why of being th a t supplied th e con [Open Court.
only aggregated public opinion, me was it not given to the world long sciousness will still be in tact; and
accum ulation of m any generations b-fore it was? If it is a perfect re- in th at more real world with which,
of trad itio n s, evolved am id s u p e r-: ligioi. it m ust be suited to all times even whilst here, it was co n tin u
Cats Knocked Out!
St,nous surroundings. So, as a n a- 1 and surely m an had need for it if’ ous, the consciousness m ay, in ways
don lost some trad itio n or added I it is a good thing. The evidence is unknown to us, continue s till.”
W atch-C ats g en erally u ndersell th e
<,reH'
. b u t sin ce I am giving my e n tire
It
is
difficult
to
see
how
this
a new one, or as its science dis- th a t it is not the perfection and
a tte n tio n to m ail o rd ers, I have facili-
prism atic and tran scen d en tal es- llm ise s Under8e11 th e b est C atalogue
proved some o.d rotten i theory,
theory, its
its i culm
culm ination
ination of
of all
all tru
tru th
th , but
but ra
rath
th e e r r lu ,
/
ce n aen tal es
the .»loi
old ¡one of
the ««send
h ill-”’ r" sed , n » chatology
7 7 can
" , be reC‘”
,ciled in a any
"i
reconciled
religion changed. So all »•>«
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taken th eir place, only in time to j like all others, m ust he swept away
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conclusion
from
it
would
share the sam e fate.
a ,id be supplanted by grander and
seem
------ to I B.ePt A m erican w atches, 18 size in 2, 3
be this, .h a t im m o rtality ¡a an at- !
I he religion of the Hebrews has nobler ideas.
trib u te of the universal ocean of
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changed till about all th a t is left of
Pierce City, M o.,
consciousnese only, and not of Iran- $5.50;] i^Jew ida J c ^ r 'T ” rn
its rites and forms are those dead October 26, E. M. 300.
Hient and perishable in d iv id u al
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teachings contained in the “ Old
stream s th a t flow from it; in a justed, 17 Jewels niikle “ A nneton
T estam en t.”
U n p re ju d ic e d h is The
Ingersoll L ectureship On word, th a t the
individual is im Tracy & Co.” -Hh.50; «-Bunn^
tory tells us th at the original wor
Im m ortality. *
W ettstein,”
m ortal only in so far as he is not U
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ship of .Jehovah had alm ost passed
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from existence when Jesus of Naz
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M ount” and his “ p arab les” to his
- t H arv ard L ii.versity
1»»3 by lion where it was o rig in ally taken R . » ± ^ 7 ' " 1 181«
sm all band of followers. To these a bequest of the late Caroline Has-1 up.
The transm ission-theory of « J e w e s s «)
' ° r « “""Special,”
were added the w ritings of his dis
ngcrsoll. Every year, Some Professor Jam es, furtherm ore “ outs *4
a,bove.
4’o,,nce Silver case,
ciples; and these teachings finally person Clergyman or lay m an , i r - i t s e l f in touch” ’with th e phe’nom e’ !
gained stren g th , co n tin u ally ch an g
respective of denom ination or pro- na now being investigated bv th e ^ e a r ¡'» » tin g case, $G.5O e x tra, or in 25
ing and m oulding them selves with fession, is appointed to give the ex- Psychical R e s e a t i g
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public opinion
till
they
became
opinion till they became pression of his persona I views re. this i„ itself is ,,o mean recom- S
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one
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find
many religion,
changes till
go,ng"«"
C
hristian
in the in M t'he
i t I IS P s’l 'n d T s lecn
m e n d a tio n to th e
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H eaven, Professor
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save
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but little in common with its first
teachings.
Its M nnasficism was
en tirely opposite to the m issionary
in stru ctio n s to the “ Seventy - And
now public opinion h as Îp iit the
church u bodv
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i inm
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Save
: T w o Supposed
Suprem e S
S pirit,
God, and
and affirm
affirm s s
' m io o n rtality
,
P' „
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bJec- !hllpre,n8
p irb , - or
r God,
tio n s \ to ‘ 1
th e E D h
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*he gO8p,;l ° f tbe P»r«™<’« n t «¡gni- '
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4 ««•»<*of ,he individual life. “ G od,”
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R o c h e lle , III
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eh u rca body into aim ost innum er-
aide divisions. Besides, the C hrist-
lan relig.on never received such a
sanction as some other religions,
nnJ , t
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tbe in te ll^ c tu a T X ld and"ldgainiug
b ut little in o th „ r a-
g
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h
dlrec,lon8-
bu ely the flood ,s sweeping in and
Hgion “
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a n ”' 8 nas
ba8 trea,<‘d
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tre a te d ,be
tlie
problem io his usual apt and de-
lightful m anner; he is alw ays
graphic and trenchent; and the
delicate tinge of em otional mys
uencate
tinge ot em otional mys-
. . .
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i t T , W!‘-Ch COi° " ' hi8 phil<’8° pbE
,e" d8
bls « P » 8' “ '’" 8 « charm
» b ich few can resist. The two ob-
jections Professor Jam es considers
The inference from physi-
epk
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P
•
are reasons why the flood
There
swept over the Jew B h ‘
swept over the Jew ish people in
i n 7 . e 7 t ^ : X w r e i X n PT ‘
°b>gy th a t since th o u g h t is a and illusory notion a «ion nf hr.
1 °?dertakin,r8’ a" h develops power of
fu n n in n of ,t
1 brain,
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k
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» ^ y notion, a sign of hu-
i* r« Ption th a tta u ^ n ^ Ic tu ;
function
the
when
[“
" » ' / h e brain, when the m an incapacity, a rem nant of the « E M *
8 l' S g S i •
brain perishes so also m ust th e lo id
n a r r o w - p a r t e d ^ ; 'r i „ « . r . « 7 '
‘h ° Ught
a "d
infer- creed.” The ¡ „ . f i i T “
iHigion. J o r ence from biology and history th
at
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a people of th eir n om adir hchitc ;
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oi m eir nom adic habits since
d if -
since countless
countless num
num bers
bers o o f f in
indif-
and barbaric custom s, som ething
comment and reply on
on
like the A rabian of a later d ay , no
’ • See 7 editorial
bt" rial.comn
C8l”“ t'ty for love th a t hie call and
need is for a literally endless ac
MflGflZIN&S
cum ulation of created lives.
He
can never faint nr grow weary, as
free
we should, under the increasing
iner™ «;««
S ecular S c ienc e and
C ommon S e n s e ” points
8upP| T- H '8 « ’«I« ¡8 in fin ite in a ll vÿ3
the w ay to the goal of
your am b ition . A m aga
things. H is sy m p ath y can n e v e r 1
zine of A dvanced Free
know satiety or g lu t ” And again- " ^ ¿ 5 Id
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