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THE DAILY ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, WEDNESDAY MORENO. APRIL 4. 1894 REPLY TO DR. BUSHONO. klndsst, most, honest and most Indus' r " 1 n trlous men 1 have ever met with are in- A Correspondent Ha Something to Bay fldelR l haye heftrd do2cng of pe0Jje On the Bubjoct of Infidelity. tegt(fy ,he tha, mme of the The following article will be read with best citizens, best neighbors, kindest ' interest by Christian and "unbellev- fathers and husbands have been In ' era" alike: - fldels. There is nothing In Infidelity to Astoria, Ore., April 2, 1894. make ft man bad absolutely nothing. To the Editor of The Astorlan: See- Undoubtedly there are a good many ' Ing Dr. BuBhong's announcement that free-thinkers who make a nourish of ' he -was going to answer my challenge of their Infidelity, who ridicule all thut Is ' two weeks ago in his Sunday evening dearest and moot holy to a great class sermon, I went to church, anticipating of people, put themselves up and boldly that after two weeks of hard study and declare there is no Ood, no hell, no heie ' faithful research Into the arsenals of after; who are Infidels Just to make ' theological works, he had been able to themselves notorious, us Dr.- iJushong " guther evidence to prove his assertion said. Such people are indeed fools, uml that the modern Infidels are Intellectual I have no more use for them than for pigmies, and that the best heart and narrow-minded Christians. I must say, ; brain of the age are possessed by the though, that I have not met the nmn believers In Christi. But I muBt say I yet who denied the existence of a Ood. ! was highly disappointed, for the learned I heard Dr. Bushong say once, speaking gentleman utterly failed to prove this, about hyprocrites: "There can be no Nothing was said about pigmies, not a counterfeit without the genuine." Same single Christian giant was held up for with Infidels. What Is Infidelity, any . public Inspection not one. Thus the how? Let us see how Webster defines field of argument Is as desolate as ever this word. Infidelity, he says, Is dlsbe from the standpoint of the challenge, lief in tho inspiration of scriptures, or The reverend gentleman, however, made the Divine origin of Christianity; un- a few other serious charges against in- belief. There are a good many who are fidelity, which I think were not alto- put down as Infidels who don't go as far gether fair, and which I wish to com- as this. Nearly the whole civilized world ment upon, although I am aware that 1 believes in the existence of a Ood, the will be considered a very wicked man Creator of the universe. The point In for taking up the cause of free-thought, which we differ Is, mainly: Is the bible but as I am not going to run for office, u,e revealed word of Ood to His chll- I will take my chances on this. I al- dren, and is it the guide that will lead ways was a sceptic, but still it occurs us into eternal life? On this the whole to me that this question of faith and Christian system Is founded, and dls- unbellef Is such a profound and Vital belief of the bible as the Insured word question that It should not be swept off of 0od means disbelief In the Divine by such shallow and flimsy remarks as orl(rm ot Chiltiunlty. A good deal some of those made by Dr. Bushong. iiM be said, on this subject, but space! His principal charge against Infidels is wlu not permit it that they are not sincere. Now, I al- Now t a man,'afler nard Hludy and ways was of the opinion that there nor)egt mjMQh for the trmn comeg , nAvar vol a: atnrarf Int .it iuunU un ... . .... . ,lu..th, end,,,,!,,,, thQt ,he ,i,ie cnnnol be ot th, MMhUlnrt Lull,.,, Cal- ,, woW ,, , ,h, c On Top, MARSHALL'S TWINE Is conceded by all to lc the best. It fishes better and wears better than any other twine used on the Columbia river. TRY IT AND BE CONVINCED. .If You Want Cannery and .Fishermen's Supplies, Call on- EltPHE SAflBQW & GO. THE ASTORIAN Exclusive Telegraphic vln, Zwlngley and all the other reform ers, also the Huguenots, were undoubt edly considered free-thinkers at that be no personal devil, no eternal hell, Is Lit therefore fair to put that man down njl A. fos.1 a rnr.rrtttn to n luiua ilnat iMiruf mi.. ...c, were very sincere. J n, m,M, ,,,., hi,, ,, tM.I, 1rltl , . I ' " " ni". j ...... i.uiin. .uuium was very sincere, in xplte of his alleged recantation, which, AVPtl If tlH Hon't nmua anudiln- I . ' " cusatlon Is false. No matter what ins wmiiuy. i umiK ll iook a nign UB' a candid view of life as It Is at the present date will show us that this n a man s belief Is, human passions remain gree of sincerity and courage in that I, u . r, ' , . . . . , . , ,, , """the same. People's minds nnd charac- i'iigoi-itimi Minis uiminiHOll . me ters are largely a result of their sur rounding influences. Dr. Bushong defies Infidels to show a system of principles. Had the ancient .ereh?"' 'h faCe i death' he tho Melcans entirely lack a system of wimin inn a in in un unn in nihinh cause of moral and Intellectual freedom. If Voltaire was not- sincere, his teach ings would not have bore the fruits that they did. I think Thomas Paine was wrote his "Age of Reason," in which he expresses his ideas on religion. I think his conceptions of God, as ex principles before Cortex and the Span lards came there and conquered them? Ppnirint talln nu that thn.i hn.l a LflT' T "T0"1 ' tht better astern of principles then than grandest and noblest I have ever read in the subject. I think he was very t'hey have now, and better than any ItluU 1.(1.1 1m TP.tfV.ru. ft, ,l..it tlinu rt... Z Z Z, .T ""versu.es, in Is. if peace, prosperity and good morals , . . 1 ' are a result of a system, of nrtnWplvs, " " Z 7 " BlU n'a and I think Dr. Hushong will admit that lewa to the last. He was sincere to they are such a degree as to rob; him of one of He alS(). (U(les , . , the first places In the heart nf tho . ... . .. . . , , , , . 7" " ; nospnai or a university mutt by them. miiciiaii mniiiir. r iir wins u in (lanv vnn Cotton Kope, Cotton Twine, Marshall's Twine, Trap and Seine Web, Tanbark, Acid and Salt, Strip Load, Pig Lead, Copper, Tin Plate, Tin and Zinc, In Stock. Press Report Amelcan people. For who will deny that If Thomas Paine had not been so sin cere as he was, and left religion alone, If the churches have built most of the hospitals, I am sure It Is not purely for . .. . , : ----.. iove or manxtna mat tney do so, but he would have stood alongside of .,, a k.,. ,!..,.. - Ul . naye ,he luumrynien. juu6 sucn will De the rrult of free-thought, that posterity will grant him that place. The doctor dwelled at length on tho French revolution, hold ing that up as the fruit of Infidelity. Here, he says. Infidelity appeared at Its best. I deny that. Infidelity did pot ap Iear at Us best then, any more than Chilstlanlty did during the Inquisition. Compare the inquisition with the reign of terror, and I think It Is about a stand-off, only that the former lusted for centuries, the latter only a few years, Imagine a people who for cen turies had been groaning under the tvranles of ni-lntli.wi.i n,i . dynasty! Imagine this people suddenly B,,K!a,,rt' a,e nilng alarmingly lib- Breaking their shackles, making a dos- . V ..."b m..,,.. lerate leap for freedom! Who can won- th" lnMA g n"d llve ,,y then'- der that their tide of passion stopped "r1 wl,y not f,mml a tH, for no obstacles? Who can wonder that 'he'8 ",ul ,"',u'tll'e ,helr theories?" l with the memory of centuries of op- wo"ll, be vpry k1h'1 ,0 BOe tm'm I.resslon fresh In their minds, they just 'f'0' h" my- N' ,lo,1,'t you would, gloated In the blood of their oppressors '1"0,'"'; tl,(' ai'e tfical annoyan.-e to This was only characteristic of the up- yU ,"'',u'1,,','8 H" ,n9"' "pt of .eople rising of a mob, whether brought about "t,,lrk the H,lo,,h"l'lH "f the by U.e writings and teachings of a brll- ''hu,vn' 1 am ware t the church Hunt free-thinker or by any other " Up" m,,,,'1" aH iMr "''st dnn- Kenlus who exercised an Intense Inllu- e"p,nlt," the churches ......... ivjunc nun imispcr ir all the in- iwwei' and weulth to do this, and they are exempt from taxation; ll Is therefore but natural that they should engage In Biich enterprises. I am also aware that a good many uni versities and educational Institutions are built by churches. This Is nlso very natural. It Is a great protection to the church, the same ns Is the tariff to the American Industries. Why Is the Cath olic church so anxious to get control of tho public school system? Surely not ror love to the American nation. I give nobody credit for protecting themselves. I have heard, though, that some of the treat colleges In the east, nnd nlso in ASTORIA, - OREGON. How Are You Fixed for Insurance? Fire and Marine. Wo are agents for the largest and best companies represented in Astoria. Royal Insurance Co., assets, London Assurance Corp'n .Etna Insurance Co. Western U. S. Branch, New Zealand Insurance Co., Combined Assets, 21,502,370,00 8,030,425.00 10,915,829.00 1,017,195.00 2,077,219.00 ince over his contemporaries. But by Ihelr fruits ye shall know them. What "tU''B T '' Up amI 1 W,U u" hum h..n th fn.i. .i. yu Why they don't. Simply beenuse lutlon? Today we see that (he French w Jn " "J 'uT ' 1Th,w WBH " lime nation. In spite of the blood-tapping, of . f 7 .. "!.Ve 0" Vl"'y m war. and revolutions, ha. blossomed ou lTJ l ",,Ve " ,,""rt to b the freest, the most prosperous k " . , " . v" "nrt Uvetl ..j . .........j v ' y themselves in peace and safelv. lt.it mid most cultui-ed nation on earth. This was mainly brought about by the teach ings of Voltaire and others; therefore. I consider Voltaire one of the mile stones of human progress. Ood, who lurlng the reign of terror had been de throned, Ha4 to be reinstated, says Dr. happily, thmugh the efforts of some brave and liberal-thinking men and women, It Is now xssllle to live to gether quite, amicably, regardless of creed or disbelief. If we take a view i f history f see how. stop by step th. church has be n forced into more lib- 145,403,044.00 ELMORE, SANBORN & CO. STKIKK OF WKAVKK8, Providence. It. 1., April 3. The big. gest labor war Rhode Island has ever seen is the struggle against the two looms system. All the weavers are out today. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICK. dersigped has been apimlnted. by the County Court of Clatsop County, Ore gon, administrator of the intA James Dalglty, deceased, lute of Clatsop1 county, Oregon. All oersona hnvln! "!T::.r. T nnec.,on (,hullm.lH ow M hM - . " ' aiuI ,1,,vll, m,,re llJ '"" re dlsap- have felt at this mark of attention." ,HMtrlllt fltln he pult. AnJ , , Now really. Dr. Pushong, 4on t you it the beautiful tetu-hings of Christ, the think this uprising of II,. people for Unrtrln of love and brotherhood are Jurtlce and freedom, was brought about imprrwet, on 16 humnn hem., w ty tha divine rollnra of noil Almlnht.v . ., - - w iimny uiuerenti creeds, which ... , i.i.i.. ii w .air 10 hv arisen fronj m t0 time, are .,. . na oi pn-pie uy in. h, mmt ,n fr( (lf "- """ thought and lnv,tgatlm uiii th imMon was at rever-hea.7 ject of tellglou; how the crw, . ta, yS: r . !! 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I you u not trsfttlng them In a fair and progress, I say, has beea bnaiht I ADMINK?IR.4P?:?..?AI'E OF TER Impartial wanner when you say this, by thinking, by reason, by honest ivu dcih u iiurur uouer niv ueiusuHi i search for the truth. wmi innaeia oi or reproiwies. A good deal more could be said on the .ne. .r. snon. w.urny oopmreu " subject of Dr. Bushong's sermon last ll worallty and decency, ft 4oubt you Sl)dy night, but my artb le u .i.k. ca tnt out .me Infidel. .re I too !onif. , am gm, tnKt tn,9 .m..., v. ... '-. " " came up for dlftusslrn, and I am ex- lint out to yon a whole lot of preach- (rem,, (hank.l t.. the editor for giv- ors who have bn guilty of tiie very ,,, ma he,g ,hrough his valuable tme vice. Pleas rvad "Crimes of rnper. Very rcfuny, i-recners in me i .nueo Blares ana tan-1 , MARCTHA POWELL, Executrix. SONAL PROPERTY, Notice Is hereby given that, by vir tue of an order of the honorable Coun ty Court of Clatsop County, tat o Oregon. Issued July loth. 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