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T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, D E C E M B E R 6, E. M. 300 (1900.)
bland Celestial says th a t C hina
wants our science, and w ants to
trade with us, but doesn’t w ant our
m issionaries. W h at is more, she
won’t have them . And th a t is all
there is in it.— [F reeth inker.
and to express his thought.
An A theist is a F reeth in k er who rai<H(j toward h T
co n l*nna»h sons whose cure by hum an m eans
rejects as incom prehensible
all
tl
, *** eave "-
m ust have cost them th e price of a
conceptions of God h ith erto formu- i rowinV^and 7 ° ^
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8 vw lt; in cooperation with
lated,
and wno
who therefore excludes of view
g’ edifvin
* r° m
.atvu, »no
• h Fe .lgl° US
h 's Pr ‘F«l« he has given offspring to
such conceflions ,rom bis schen.e
be cX d 7
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hei*lwi ^ e n n .a -
of life.
In the crowd a n , person w ,tb in- tu rn , directed search for gold and
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nets other than those of a wild counted the h airs upon the heads
F a ith fu l to All P ro m ises.
An Agnostic is a F reethinker
beast he m ust have felt like rush- of all the children of men
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who affirms th a t the finite and rel-
mg to the rescue of the women, riag e, are m ade in his residence
There is one side of M ark T w ain’s ative m ind of man cannot now, and
join”
«"<1 wife toge.h-
ch aracter th a t m erits the adm ira- never will, understand the n atu re own life"8 c " e, ‘hr eby '<WlhiB a,,d
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m ay Say " • H *‘ 8 've9 to one anim al the
tion of everyone, relates the S a tu r- a °d origin of the infinite universe, t h \ t .t
had there been present one means of seizing its prey thu s nro-
day Evening Post.
It has been
A Secularist is a F reeth in k er
splendidly shown in his determ ina- who, while not denying the exis- possessing the power, w ithout risk tenting it from starv atio n an d to
to himself, of snatching these mod- the prey he gives the m eans of es-
tion to pay the liab ility incurred in tence of spiritual or future worlds,
H is
the failure of a publishing house claim s th at the present world is em virgins from the grasp of the cape, so saving it from death
incarnate dem ons and wreaking care over his creatures is, in fact
an d in the success of his five y ears’ the only one we can at present u n
condign punishm ent on their out- so com plete th a t not a
work. B ut it does not stop there, j derstand, and it therefore dem ands
sparrow
ragers, he would not have hesitated
falls
to
the
ground
w
ithout
his n o t
H e is faith fu l to the last degree to °« r whole attention and service,
for an in stan t before interfering. ice, and of how much more worth
every prom ise he mskes.
Some '
Bositivist is a Freethinker who
But no such one was there.
are two m issionaries, both virgins,
y ears ago he was elected a member exc^udes theology and m etaphysics
And yet if the religion which than one sparrow !
of a prom inent G rand A rm y Post ' ^rom
scheme o f life, makes all
these women went to C hina to
An event like th a t we have des
in M aryland, and he prom ised to I Sciences subordinate to sociology,
propagate is true w’e are wrong in cribed raises one of the most p er
be present a t the an n u a l meeting J C0nstan tly bears in m ind his in- that last statem ent.
One was plexing problem s in theology.
In
and m ake an address. I t was an j Uehtedness to the labors of his fore-
th ere—the One whom these women Paterson, New Jersey, a few d ay s
o p p o rtu n ity for the people of Balti- ; father6, and regards the Service of
worshiped and to whom their p ray ago, he perm itted a young girl
more to deluge him w ith hospitali- j ^ an as the best of all religions,
er and
praise were addressed.
ty, and a com m ittee was formed to |
E th icist is a F reeth in k er W ithin the im m ediate sound of whom he had created to he drugged
into insensibility and violated by
take charge of him for a big recep- w^ ° regards m orality as the chief
their voices—else were prayer and four male beings whom he had
tion as soon as he was through ! characteristic of m an, and disasso-
praise a mockery and a useless agi
with his speech a t the banquet, i c’ate8
from theological sanctions. tation oft he a ir— resided their God, formed, and then to die from the
effects of the drug and violence.
T his speech was one of th e best he ! A R ationalist is a F reeth in k er
the God to whose watchful care Here, it would seem, any God not
ever delivered and it put the crowd ! w^ ° ’ in “ atters of religious and over his children, so the m inisters
in roars of lau g h ter.
j philosophical interest, will accept tell us, the cure of an earth ly p ar made of wood whence all the sap
had departed would show his pow
But he did not atten d the re c e p -!
affirm ation op mere au th o rity
ent is not for a m om ent to be com er; hut perhaps the girl was not a
tion.
The ex planation he gave al- i (academ ic or priestly), but applies pared.
( Kristian, and hence not under his
most brought tears to the eyes of ! the best critical tests of which he
The deity present when the wom special care.
those who received it. H is daugh- !is capable
en were outraged and slain was the
But when the victims are m is
ter was critically ill in H artford.
God with whose special providences sionaries of his word, women who
H e would not break his engage- ^ a s He on a J o u rn e y o r A sleep? all C hristian narrative and history
have forsaken hom e and n ativ e
rnent with the G rand A rm y post,
are filled.
This is the God who land, renouncing all social joys an d
but the reason he did not accept
with much fought beside his chosen people in
A I | The daily ” “ papers,
» ■ give,
»
the reception also was th a t within j painfulness of detail, an account of Palestine— with an account of presenting themselves as unspotted
a few m inutes after he had con- the killing by the Chinese of two which instance of his protecting offerings upon his alter, his b ru tal
eluded bis address he was taking ! female m issionaries, to whom, in care the women, doubtless, had indifference stam ps him the most
the first train home.
I generous headlines, the crown of often inform ed their slayers; he apathetic and insensible of all im
aginable objects. Compared with
A nother story illu strates his fi- true m artyrdom is accorded.
was with the Israelites and m ade
him a rock in the desert would be
delity to his friends. In a certain
B appears th a t all the other in- nothing
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such m iracles as upeu-
open
city he was visiting a mau who had h ab itan ts of this p articu lar mission I ing seas th a t they m ight escape esteemed active and interested, and
a tiger couched on its sum m it the
become prom inent in literatu re, al- were sum m arily put to the sword, | thereby from their pursuers; he
picture of benignity.
though poor in th e goods of this while these women were reserved was with Daniel in the den of lions,
It is true enough th a t these
world. The leaders in society had for great refinem ents of torture. | with the Hebrew .children in the
invited M ark Twain to a reception H aving been forced to witness the ' fiery furnace; and from th a t time women have won the crown of m a r
tyrdom .
They are m arty rs to
and he had about concluded to go j m urder and outrage of th eir com-1 to the day when in answ er to the
th eir faith in God which a m illion
when he asked if his friend would panions, they were stripped of their p ray er of Dwight L. Moody
he
m artyrdom s like th eir own declare
also be present.
T he reply was ;> clothing and paraded before crowds 1 brought into port the steam er ¡to he a fivment
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to
he
a
figment
of
the
im
agination.
th a t he had not been invited. In - being carried through the streets 1 Spree— which, we are told m ust \VP „ % t • 1 e lma8lnal,on-
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etan tly Mr. Clemens said th at, in a ttitu d e s the m ost shocking to otherw ise infallibly have been lost ¡faith, but we can w ithdraw ‘ onr
un d er no circum stances, would be th eir feelings of m odesty.
U nder - b e has m anifested the livliest in- ! sunnort from a
J
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atten d the function, and when an conditions indescribably revolting terest in the safety of those who and ecclesiastic!»™
u- ^ ,crarcb -v
ex p lan atio n was pressed for he said they became victim s of the inflam ed believed in him .
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which fatten s
a few th in g s th a t m ade the snobs ' soldiery, no san ctu ary of th eir per- j Not only has he to each of these T h e i / b l o o d i
a°f
fee! ra th e r hum ,H ated.
sons being spared, and each being a t some tim e or other, if we m ay priests a ”d m inisters f I
h
In an o th er ease he assisted in a
reading, and, finding th at the other
m an was in need of money, refused
to accept a penney for his services.
All the proceeds went to the poor
er m an.
Some F a m ilia r T e rm s D efined.
In the L iterary Guide of L on
don, Mr. F. J . Gould furnishes
some definitions of term s of differ
ent m eanings, but often used in ter
changeably:
A F ree th in k er is one who does
not hesitate to th in k independently
on religious and kindred questions,
compelled to particip ate in the credit th eir word, vouchsafed a
degradation of th e other.
A fter- providential escape from danger
ward the h a ir of th eir head was and death, but he h as brought sure
tied to the ends of poles and they and swift retribution upon the
were pushed along th e streets to a wicked.
He has been in s ta n t to
place of execution, where having drown thoughtless yout for fishing-
had their breasts cut off, they were or swim m ing upou the holy day set
d
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decapitated.
a p a rt by his church fcr
WOr-
A nd so their to rtu re was ended ship; he has paralyzed the toneue
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M eanwhile what was the behavior or petrified j the
m uscular system of
of the women?
It becomes a p p a r blasphem ers; he has raised up
ent from the account, th a t they C hristian rulers to hear rule in his
had m ade up their m inds to be nam e;
he has at tim es given
m arty rs for C h rist’s sake, and they C hristian arm ies victory
over
bore themselves as such, through heathen, and even, so m ysterious
ou^’
They sang hym ns, they are his way?, victory over each oth
praised God, an d th eir eyes a n d |e r ; he has restored to health per
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