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“ TRUTH BEARS THE TORCH IN THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH.” — Lucretius.
VOL. 6.
O IL ) E K IO N . OREGON
T H l'K S p A r n ΠC E M B E R l i , E. M. 302 (1902.)
A Future Thought.
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NO 49.
(2 Chron. i, 7, 12.) If Jehovah one believe th a t Zerah, the E th i­
SOCIOLOGY—
said this he was m istaken. It is opian, invaded Palestine with a
ANONYMOUS.
not true th at Solomon had fourteen million m en? (2 Chron. xiv, 9.) Tribal Society— The Patronymic Tribe.
YY/ H EX o’e r m v cold an d life le ss clay hundred chariots o f war in a'co u n try I cannot believe th at Jehoshaphat BY F. H . G ID D IN G S, PR O FE88O K O F SOCI­
’
T he p a rtin g w ords of love are without roads. It is not true th a t had a standing arm y of nine h u n ­
sa id ,
OLOGY IN COLUM BIA U N IV E R S IT Y .
A nd frie n d s a n d k in d re d m eet to pay he m ade gold and silver at J e r u ­ dred and sixty thousand men (2
T h e ir la s t fo n d tr ib u te to th e dead,
salem as plenteous as stones. T here Chron. xvii, 14-19.) I cannot be­
(F ro m “ E le m e n ts of S o cio lo g y .” )
L e t no s te rn p r ie s ts w ith so le m n d ro n e
were
several
kings
in
his
day,
and
lieve that God advertised for a liar
A fo rm a l litu rg y in to n e —
H E change from a m etrony­
W hose creed is fo reig n to m y own.
thousands since, that could have to act as his messenger (2 Chron.
mic to a patronym ic organi­
throw n away the value of Palestine xviii, 19-22.) I cannot believe th at
L e t n o t a word be w h isp ered th e re
zation seems to have occurred
In p ity fo r m y u n b e lief,
without missing the am ount. The King A m aziah did right in the sight
O r so rro w th a t I c o u ld n o t sh a re
at any stage in the evolution of tr i­
T h e views th a t gave th e ir so u ls relief. Holy Land was and is a wretched of the Lord, and th a t he broke in
bal society. There have been in ­
My fa ith to me is no less d e ar,
country. There are no m onum ents, pieces ten thousand men by casting
N o r less c o n v in c in g a n d sin c ere
stances of its occurrence in sm all
no ruins attesting former wealth them from a precipice (2 Chron.
T h an th e irs , so rig id a n d a u ste re .
hordes, in organized tribes, and
I cannot think that God again after the organization of a
L e t n o sta le w ords of C h u rc h -b o rn song, and greatness. The Jew’s had no xxv, 12.)
F lo a t o u t u p o n th e sile n t a ir
commerce, knew nothing of other smote a king with leprosy because
m etronym ic folk by confederation.
To p ro v e by im p lic a tio n w rong
nations, had no luxuries, never pro­ he tried to burn incense (2 Chron.
T h e so u l of h e r th e n ly in g th e r e —
W ife -C apture .—T he practice of
W hy sh o u ld su c h w ords be g lib ly su n g duced a painter, a sculptor, a rc h i­ xxvi, 19.)
I cannot think th at
O ’e r one w hose lively to n g u e
tect, scientist or statesm an until Pekah slew one hundred and twenty obtaining wives by capture has
S u c h e m p ty p h ra s e s n ev er ru n g ?
after the destruction of Jerusalem . thousand men in one day (2 Chron. usually been the first step in the
B u t r a th e r le t th e fa ith fu l few
transition. In m etronym ic society,
W hose h e a rts so clo se w ere k n it to As long as Jehovah attended to xxviii, 6.)
it is usual for husbands to follow
m ine
their affairs they had nothing but
T h a t th e y w ith tim e th e d e a re r grew ,
civil war, plague, pestilence and The False and the True Bible. the residence of the wives’ k in d red ;
A ssem b le a t th e d a y ’s d eclin e.
to attach them selves to the b reth ­
A nd w hile th e g o ld en s u n b e a m s fall
famine. After he abandoned, and
In floods of lig h t u p o n m y pall,
ren and uncles of the wives. The
the C hristians ceased to persecute
L e t th e m in so fte n e d to n e s rec all
O on, presbyteries and syn­ arrangem ent is well adapted to the
them , they became the most pros­
Som e te n d e r m em o ry of th e d e a d —
ods, go oni
T h ru st the perpetuation of the m etronym ic
Som e v irtu o u s a c t, som e w ord of perous of people. Since Jehovah,
heretics out of the Church
pow er
system of relationships.
W hen,
in
anger
and
disgust,
cast
them
W hich I, p e rc h an c e , have d o n e o r said,
th at is to say, throw away your however, wives are obtained by
By loved o n es tre a s u re d to th a t h o u r. away, they have produced painters,
brains— put out your eyes. The capture, they are taken to the clan
R e c o u n t th e deed s w hich I a d m ire d ,
sculptors,scientists,
statesm
en,
com
T he m o tiv es w hich m y soul in sp ire d ,
Infidels will thank you. They are and dom icile of the captors; an d ,
The h o p e s by w hich m y h e a rt was fired. posers, and philosophers. *
willing to adopt your exiles. Every being there deprived of the protec­
—[F ro m “ F re e S o c ie ty .”
F ifty - ninth . I cannot adm it deserter from your cam p is a recruit
tion of their brethren, they fall u n ­
th a t H iram , the K ing of Tyre, for the arm y of progress. Cling to
ABOUT THE HOLY B IB LE,*
der the com plete power of their
wrote a letter to Solomon, in which the ignorant dogmas of the past;
husbands.
Professor Tylor has
he adm itted that the “ God of Israel read the 109th P salm ; gloat over
Sixty-one Reasons for Doubting.
described com m unities in
which
made heaven and e a rth ” (2 Chron. the slaughter of m others and babes;
the transition from the m etronym ic
BY R O B ER T G. IN G E R 8O L É .
ii, 12.) This king was not a Jew th an k God for total depravity;
to the patronym ic system is now
D ivided in to S u n d a y B ible L esso n s fo r It seems incredible th at Solomon shower your honors upon hypo taking place under the influence of
s tu d y a n d reflectio n .
had eighty thousand men hewing crites, and silence every m inister
wife capture. In some of the M a­
E L E V E N T H SUNDAY.
timber for the tem ple, with seventy who is touched with th a t heresy
layan tribes of the Behar A rchi­
ifty - seventh . h « w did thousand bearers of burdens, and called genius.
pelago, “ the men usually follow th e
the Bible get lost? (2 Kings thirty-six hundred overseers (2
By this tim e the whole world women and live in th e ir houses;
Chron. ii, 18.)
should know th a t the real bible has and the children belong to the wife’s
xxii, 8.)
W here was the
S ix tieth . I cannot believe that not yet been w ritten, but is being fam ily.
precious P entateuch from Moses to
A man m ay m arry as
God
shuts
up
heaven
and
prevents
w
ritten,
and
th
a
t
it
will
never
be
Jo siah ? How was it possible for
m any as seven wives, who all re­
th e Jew s to get along w ithout the rain, or th at he sends locusts to de­ finished until the race begins its main in the houses of th eir kindred.
directions as to fat and caul and vour a land, or pestilence to destroy downward m arch, or ceases to exist. But sometimes wives are obtained
kidney contained in Leviticus? the people (2 Chron. vii, 13.) I
The real bible is not the work of by robbery, and* are carried off to
cannot
believe
th
at
God
told
Solo­
W ith o u t th at sacred book in his
inspired men, nor prophets, nor their husbands’ clans. The ch ild ­
mon
th
a
t
his
eyes
and
heart
possession a priest m ight take up
apostles, nor evangelists, nor of ren then follow their father and
ashes and carry them out w ithout should perpetually be in the house C hrists. E very man who finds a take the fath er’s nam e.
In the
changing his pantaloons.
Such th at Solomon had built (2 Chron. fact, adds, as it were, a word to this K isar and W etar Islan d s also, the
m istakes kindled the w rath of God. vii, 16.)
great book. I t is not attested by m aternal system prevails; but it is
S ixty - first .
I cannot believe prophecy, by miracles or signs. It passing into the paternal system by
As soon as the P entateuch was found
Jo siah began killing wizards and th a t Solomon passed all the kings makes no appeal to faith, to ignor­ capture, which brings wife and
of the earth in riches; th a t all the ance, to credulity or fear. It has
such as had fam iliar spirits.
childreu under the h u sb an d ’s con­
kings
of
the
earth
sought
his
pres
F ifty - eighth . I cannot believe
no punishm ent for unbelief, and no trol.”
th a t God talked to Solomon, th a t he ence and brought presents of silver reward for hypocrisy. T his hook
A sim ilar state of things which
and
gold,
raim
ent,
harness,
spices
visited him in the night and asked
appeals to all the surroundings of formerly existed in A rabia is fully
him w hat he should give him; I and mules— a rate year by year man. Each thing th a t exists testi­ described by Robertson Sm ith in
cannot believe th a t he told him , “ I (2 Chron. ix, 22 24.) Is it possible fies of its perfection. The earth , his work on “ K inship and M arri­
will give thee riches and wealth and th a t Shishak, a king of Egypt, in­ with its heart of fire and crowns of age in E arly A rabia.”
honor, such as none of the kings vaded Palestine w’ith seventy thou­ snow; with its forests and plains,
Sepaiation of husband and wife
have had before thee, neither shall sand horsemen and twelve hundred its rocks and seas; with its every from the kindred of the wife, if
there any after thee have the like.” chariots of war? (2 Chron. x ii,2 ,3.) wave and cloud; with its every brought about in any other way
♦T hese 61 reason* from Ingersoll are now to be I cannot believe th a t in a battle be­ leaf and bud and flower, confirms than by wife capture m ay have the
had of th e N . Y T ruth Seeker an d in V olum e 11 ! tween Jeroboam and Abijah, the
its every word, and the solemn same consequences. .Major Powell,
of the D resden E d itio n . 1 hey were w ritte n in i
th e *U b , b u t not p u blished till a fte r his death. We arm y of Abijah actually slew in one
stars,sh in in g in th ein fin ite abysses, writing of actual instances of change
w ill p r in t them in p a rts —each part reads as a
whole. We do this because u n til the people are ; day five Hundred thousand chosen
are the eternal witnesses of its from m etronym ic to patronym ic
em an cip ated from th e , a th o lic C hurch, th e P r o t­
e sta n t Bible, and the belief in “ the su p e rn a tu r-
Does any- tru th .— [Ingersoll.
a l,” th e re is no hope fo r th is w orld.—E d . I o r c h . j men (2 Chron. xiii, 17.)
kinship among American In d ian s,
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