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T H E TORCH OK REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, N O V EM B ER 6, E. M. 302 (1902.)
is distinguished from the anim als
DLR MORMON ELDERS—
A BELATED THEOLOGIAN.
the birth of C hrist. Mr. G ladstone
by his use of
apes,
— - tools, since some auvO}
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was considered good au th o rity on
and perhaps other anim als, use the The> Stand By Blood Atonement—But “ The Lip of
Truth Shall Be Estab* theological questions; he said: It
tools th at are ready to hand, in the
Only For Murder?
lished.”
m ay be that we shall find C h risti­
forms of clubs and stones; but t h a t ;
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anity itself in some sort a scaffold­
man alone improves these n atu ral ^ DITOR T orch of R eason :
ing,
and th a t the final building is
E ditor T orch of R eason :
cj i_ was the
, dictum
,
pure and s h lofty
where
tools, and therefore may be called
Dear S ir:— In your issue of Oct. 9
Such
of the He- a kingdom
a l/b e Theism
delivered
up the
to
a to.d-m ak i ng anim al. W hen a l l ! ’”® sa*.v your explanation in regard
ro p h e t, A p ro m in e n t P ro i- G->d, tu a t “ G od m a y fie all in all.”
» ‘" ''n d; 7 ve" es
priu,i;
!i,e '
and wii, e ' ,"*w
s t.n . p divine
who m ade a short visit « » ¡d e -tly , M r g Y . « ^ ’ fo?go,
.ve m an, all of his m vent.ons of »«y on this point we widely differ. to the O rient, says th a t he considers ' hr at
¡» a pore Tbeie.n.
tools and processes, were communi-1 For we, the L atter D ay S aints, hold the faiths of the E ast “ fu tile to
‘.‘Do j UB,'w , love mercy an d walk
oare.1, discussed and im itated, they to the validity of the divine decree the son! peace with God, to rem ove i The L n e l,d e d V o h ‘ ”
<t* .
becam e a com
m on DossesRinn.
an d a as s s set
e t fn
rih in
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became
common
possession, and
forth
in Genesis . x, n.
6: u “ u Whoso
the weight
of gu ilt and . grief, to lay _ I >«e am en d ed V o lta iria n d ic tu m
thus a perm anent acquisition of the bheddeth m a n ’s blood, by man shall the foundation of a vigorous in d i­ “ Love the good God, he good and
do good,” is an excellent creed.
social mind.
ns blood he shed: for in the image vidual and n ational m orality and
Q uaker .
2. P rimitive J uristic I deas .— of God made he m an.” A lthough to brighten earth with the light of
Through com m unication and d is­ the following was emphasized in the a blessed im m o rtality .” Such is his Story of Creation Assailed by J ew s
cussion, habits of toleration that law of .Moses: “and he th a t killeth statem ent; and it is evident th at
(From Portland “Journal,” Nov. 1.)
had long been established became a n y man shall surely be put to this critic is not of the broad-m ind-
objects of conceptual thought, and death ,t was enunciated long he- ed cult, but of th a t narrow faith to
Rabbi Em il H irsch, at the Tem ­
were converted into the juridical «ore the code was framed, and is whom the late Prof. Drum m ond al- ple of Isreal, in Chicago, recently
tradition. As was explained in an part of the divine law, “ Ye know luded in his address when in this made use of the following language:
R elig io n , B iology and A stro n o m y
earlier chapter, the habits of tolera no m urderer hath eternal life ahid- country. H eq u o ted fro m th e a u th o r
have
each given ev id en ce th a t m ak es it
tion them selves had originated in tng in him. (Jo h n iii, 15). He of “ N atural R eligion,” th a t the av- im p o ssib
le to believe th a t th e e a rth was
those conflicts th at resulted in de­ a so eclared th at “ there is a sin erage scientific man worshiped at c re a te d in six d ay s. I t is im p o ssib le,
a so»
give se rio u s c o n s id e ra tio n to
m onstrating a substantial eq u il­ unto d e a th ,” (1 John v, 16), and present a more awful and, as it th
e e ffo rts w hich hav e been m ade to
ibrium of strength. Such habits wou d not advise the saints to pray were, a greater deity than the av- re c o n cile S cien ce a n d R eligion. . .
1 he sto ry of th e c re a tio n is sim p ly a
were converted into rules of tolera­ for one who com m itted it.
erage C hristian.
n a rr a tio n by som e Je w ish w rite r of th e
tion, and thereby into juridical
We take the ground th a t the
It was supposed th a t all progress- sto rie s to ld by th e B a b y lo n ian s, an d
w h i c h th e Jew s c a rrie d from th e ir c a p ­
facts, when they were named and only atonem ent a m urderer can 1 ive Theologians repudiated the tiv
ity , GOO y e ars before C h r is t.”
described, as a result of being con­ make or his guilt, ,« the shedding “ b a n k ru p t” traditionalism of the
W ith an irresistible force, which
ceptually thought about and dis­ of his >lood according to the divine stone age of theology and the doc- the hum an m ind can scarcely per­
cussed.
m andate: “ He that leadeth into trine of total d epravity and accept ceive, the great doctrines of the
From the first, the ideas of tolera­ captivity shall go into captivity:
ed the evolutionary views th a t the world are sweeping toward inexor ­
tion in the prim itive social mind he th a t killeth with the sword m ust
able and s c le ^ irly Theologians of able change . We cannot picture
m ust have assorted themselves into be killed with the sword.” We also
the condition which would prevail
today hold.
the two classes th at are still fu n d a­ affirm th at there are no people on
A far greater Theologian, Rev. upon earth , after the good old Bible
m ental categories of legal thought; earth to whom the shedding of hu
Dr. Lym an A bbott, in his address story had been swept away. I t is
nam ely, notions of im m unity of man blood is more abhorrent than
the foundation of our life and law.
life and notions of im m unity of to those commonly called “ Mor­ at the P arliam ent of Religions sa id :
“ The old teachers of the old relig ­ It is the great ch a rter of hum an
possession.
m ons.” M e have no fellowship for ions, they, as well as the old teachers Hope and F a ith . W ith o u t it, there
f he conception of im m unity o a m urderer, and forbid him the sac­
of the Hebrew religion, did see th at would be chaos; w ithout it there
life was at first lim ited by a narrow ram ents and privileges of ourchurch.
tru th which H erbert Spencer has would be nothing, viewed from
consciousness of kind. The p rim i­ Though believing the death penalty
put in axiom atic form in these la t­ pre3ent-day standpoints.
tive man could feel affection for an should be inflicted on the wilful
But the future will 9ee with dif­
ter days: ‘Am idst all m ysteries by
associate; he could estim ate the assassin, we leave its execution to
which we are surrounded nothing ferent eyes. The changes will come
probable danger of offending him ; the officers of the civil law.
is more certain than th a t we are in so slowly, so g rad u ally , th a t the
and could appreciate the im portance
We believe th a t th e blood of the presence of an infinite and eter­ world will be accustom ed to the won­
of his life to the band. For the C hrist cleanses from all sin on con­
nal energy from which all things derful spectacles prepared for it.
stranger, the prim itive man could ditions of faith, true repentance,
To a 20th century world, w hat
proceed.’ We do not th in k God
have no suchleelings; and no sacred- baptism by immersion in water and
would be the condition, in the ab ­
has only spoken in Palestine. We sence of the Bible— its stories, its le­
Dess could attach to a stran g er’s the reception of the Holy Ghost.
life. J he man who slew a fellow- After thus entering into covenant do not think he has been vocal in gends, its laws, its faith? W hat sys­
C hristendom and dum b everywhere tem could be form ulated th at would
m em ber of his band could expect with God, to serve him and keep
meet, in the sm allest degree, the
the wrath of his own associates. The his com m andm ents, if men stain else. No! We believe be is a speak­ needs of heart and brain and soul?
ing God in all times and all ages.”
m an who was injured by a stranger themselves wilfully with the crim e
A nything th a t we could offer now,
O
riental
countries,
where
B
ud­
the most perfect, extensive, varie­
could count on the aid of all his of m urder they will have to answ er
dhists and M oham m edans compose gated, perm eating system of theolo­
own associates in pursuing and for their guilt; and the only offer­
a large per cent of the population, gy and religion would not fill one-
avenging.
ing they can m ake to offended ju s ­ com pare favorably with E uropean tent.h Pa rt of Die sp iritu al space oc-
The idea of possession, which tice, hum an and divine, is the shed­
nations and with this R epublic, U ^ B I b h f H n ™ ? ” a " d ' aWS ° f
originated in the assertion of ow ner­ ding of their own blood at the
,
.
.
r
, m e m oie. n u m a n genius cannot
where
is
spent
one
billion
dollars
fram e a conception of th at void a „d
ship th a t is exhibited by anim als, hands of a duly-appointed officer of
became, in the prim itive social the law. And all the stories con­ in intoxicants, causing prodigious vacuum which would rem ain in the
wreckage and misery. W hen we wor{d, in the effort to replace the
m ind, the notion of property or of cocted and published to the con trary
rem em ber the atrocity of the slave- 1 h r‘stian doctrines with an y other
property right, which is a product are false, and originated in malice holders’ rebellion, of th eir worse ”t°o" ¡ ^ I m n s T " '
B ib k
of two factors; nam ely, the asser- against a people who love tru th and th an barbarian tre a tm e n t of the not fnialliblk. The old Jew ish X lb Z
tion of possession on the part of virtue,
the individual possessing, and the
If not too much trouble, we would patriotic defenders of the nation in had not m any of the conveniences of
the rebel prisons; of the arm ed
clerical world, with which to tell
toleration of his claim or acquies- like to eee this explanation in the cam ps of Europe ready for slaugh- fV8 8top r\
record has passed
cence in it on the part of the com- T orch of R eason .
ter, we can not even guess w here
u r devastatin g fires of big-
m unity. In prim itive society, prop­
Yours respectfully,
the Reverend hnds th a t “ high mor- words have been repeated in ten
erty extended to simple personal
tality of which he speaks.
thousand tongues and w rought upon
A. H. F otheringham ,
belongings, to articles of adornm ent,
A
t
the
entrance
of
a
tomb
in
by
ten thousand Interpreter^ B u la t
to trophies of the chase or of war,
C. E. T homas .
E gypt ts the following: “ On earth the end of six thousand years it win
and to tools and weapons. P rob­
Box 2, Lebauon, Ore.
I was a prudent and wise m an, and be difficult for the sch o lar’ or The
ably gift-giviug, in recognition of
bravery or capacity, was an un-
A D im e .
a™ b Z h e r 6" " t Z n o b t / ' 1
e<’ " ipppd wi,h
p o rtan t factor in the evolutiou of
the conception of property. N othing
of «»different leading father to the poor, and never scat- w orld’s learning to g n an v 'nearer
could more clearlv b a v A e e n p o ^ a H
”
“ ««»»»« « » t to any tered hatred among m en.” It is at the tru th o f The m an . r Dian , h .
erty than articles given by the con,- L r 3 ^
u T ' i Z “ .“ " ‘I l° W r ^ ^ i
Y
“ > ‘he East old Jew ish shepherds, on the Syr aT
m unlty to its favorite leaders.
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Agency did not see the above, which dates hills, seeking G o d s story ¡„ th e mid
2.» N .L ib eity St., Indianapolis, Ind. 1 back more th an 2000 years before u ig b te k y a n d o p en in g b u d so fsp G n g
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