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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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