an egg in útero, just as a dog or cat the mysteries of nature. Neither does weaving their courses far across the
or monkey does, the facts arc before any other god explain them, and if heavens and the world was lit up by
us und can be scrutinized in detail. the gods do not, then, where do the them. White in the face and trem­
We may ask of those who refuse thousands of revelations that now bling with excitement he went up to
WHO MADE THE BIIII.E?
to admit the gradual and natural de- light up the world come from? Your the keeper of the restaurant and said,
was as ignorant of the world he "Who would have thought they would
The Council of Nice Invented the ve'opmcnt of man’s consciousness In
Bllile by selecting and making changes i the ancestral series passing from ape. was credited with making as a Hot- make such a fuss about a little piece
und additions in the multitude of tra­ like forms into indubitable man, tentott savage was two hundred of bacon?"
That 'ere sun up
ditional writings that were being used "How do you propose to divide the years ago, and as brutal, in the hal­ there, Brother Phelps, was no more
AND OUR
by priests und bishops. Those writ­ series presented by every individual cyon days of yore when he talked to put there to furnish you » breakfast
ings were very unlike, anil their fol­ mun In his growth from the egg?” the Jews. As "God always got his than the storm was sent to scare the
lowers quarreled much, each church At what particular phase In the em­ foot in his mouth when he did talk Jew, and this in turn reminds me
claiming its version was the correct bryonic series is the soul with its about the world, and as he has kept that last year I had a running argu­
consciousness implanted T Is it in the still for 1900 years, I would like to ment by letter with a young mun who
scriptures.
Emperor Constantine convened the egg? In the foetus of this month or know how Mr. Phelps knows that believes in all this folderol about a
Council of 318 bishops in 326. After thut? In the newborn Infant? Or at "back of that point i> God,” that is, Holy Ghost, an immaculate coticep-
FOR A FREE PRESS
20 years of strifes, selectings and five years of age? This, it is noto­ back of the rock and gravity.
tion and God’s only son dying to
If thia ’ere God is so interested in save men. In reply I spokj of the
altcrings they decreed what the Holy rious, Is a point upon which the
Bilile should contain. Disagreements church was never able to agree; and us as to make the mountains and the vastness of the universe, the millions
continued and other Councils were it is equally notorious that the un­ forests, etc., for us, why does he not of suns, planets and moons, ani »he
We have been browbeaten, maligned, assault­
held to further change the Bible, be­ broken series exists, that the egg be­ come around now and then and show utter insignificance of our own little
ed, boycotted, denied our rights in Court, im­
sides the muny alterations made by comes the foetus, the foetus the child himself, like as he did to half civil­ earth, a mere speck in the stupendous
ised people of other days? No, in­ panorama, and then told him it was
scribes who copied the book. When and the child the man.
prisoned and robbed of the privilege of editing
On the other hand we have the deed, Brother Phelps, there is not a as unreasonable for one of the cre­
printing was invented in 1420, of
our
paper while in jail, all for trying to make the
course, tho Bible had to bocome a historical series — the series the ex­ particle of evidence to show that ators of all this to sacrifice himself
world
better by publishing the truth. This only
istence of which is Inferred by Dar­ "back of the rock and gravity is for men as it would be for his mother
fixture.
makes
us stronger in the fight! But, as we have
• 1 never claimed thut the Council win and his adherents. This is a God." It is like saying, "Over in that to die for a parcel of bedbugs. The
betn robbed through boycott, of the where-with-
of Nice made God, us Guy Phelps series leading from simple egg-like ravine in the woods is the ghost." It human microbes, in comparison,
says I did. Gods were invented way organism to ape-like creatures, and is true that back of the rock and would be more out of proportion
all to continue our work, we are forced to change
back in pre-historic times among the from these to man. Will those who gravity are some things that have than the bedbugs. Our Christian
our plans, and this advertisement is to let the
savages, whose ignorance imagined cannot answer our previous inquiries, not been fully explained, but this friends would reject the story of a
lovers of liberty, justice and truth know that they
there were supernatural beings that undertake to assert dogmatically in does not come within a billion of woman who gave up her life to save
are
hereby given the privilege to help in our Cam­
the
present
case,
at
what
point
in
the
miles,
as
it
were,
of
proving
the
ex
­
cuused all the evils in nuture; und the
bedbugs, but they will accept tnat of
paign. Are you in favor of our continuing in this
Gods might bo passified by prayers historical series, there is a break or istence of a God. If we were allowed a God dying to save men.
and gifts, to protect them and sup­ division. At what step are we to be to prove the truth of a statement by
work? Here are our objects:
The young man did not answer as
asked to suppose that the order of pleading our ignorance, and that is to this credibility, but he did come
ply their needs.
In order to make the world better for our hav­
There are historical proofs that the nature was stopped and a non-natural exactly what it means to plead a back at me and claimed that 1 did
God,
why
then
our
ancestors
could
soul
introduced?
ing
lived, and with malice toward none and charity
Jews had no written language till
not read my Bible aright; that I
There must be many who will likewise have explained the construc­ should always take God with me, just
the time of King Duvid. So Moses,
for all, we wish to make public:
Abraham, Job and the other Jewish gladly accept the conclusion that the tion and the appearance of the snow­ as he did, etc. I wanted to know
1. The doings of individuals who are posing
patriarchs never wrote a word of the marvelous qualities and activities of flake by saying that a species of six how he could tell that God cams to
as
good
citizens, but who are continually commit­
Bible. The Old Testament so closely living things and that inscrutable winged birds up at the northpole him and helped him to read and lis­
ting
crime
secretly.
Avonder,
the
mind
of
man,
are
out
­
made
them.
Three
hundred
years
ago
resembles the mythology of older
tened to him and instructed him,
Asiatic religions, it is sufficient evi­ comes of the orderly process of na­ it would have been just as reasonable and then I again spoke of the vast­
2. The grafting schemes and self protecting
dence that Ezra copied from them ture, no less than are the miracles for Christians to say that the snow ness of nature, and assured him that
sycophancy
of our public officials.
during the Jewish captivity in Per­ which we call a butter cup, a rock flakes were made by these birds ns it he could get Emperor Bill, the Czar
3. The hypocritical and absurd pretentions and
sia, but changed places and names crystal, a glacier, the noon day sun! is now to say that back of that rock of Russia or King George of Eng­
to fit with Jewish history, myths and We can trace by observation and in­ and gravity is God. Just back of land to come over and listen to him
confidence games of all humbug religious fakers.
traditions. But Ezra’s Bible was miss­ ference the orderly growth and devel­ some things today is our ignorance, read, a thousand times sooner than
4. The effort to destroy our public schools,
opment of these things; we can dis­ just as back of the rainbow two hun­
ing after Jerusalem was taken.
the creator, or even the son of the
our
other American institutions of civil and rel­
cover
continuity
and
common
prop­
dred
years
ago
was
ignorance,
The historians of the first century
creator of the illimitable universe. I
igious liberties, free thought, free speech and free
mention no such person as Jesus erties determining their diverse ex- and not a God. People finally ex­ ¿aid that Bill would come in a min­
Christ. But learned Greek and Essene istance. But we find no explanation plored the rainbow and chased our old ute as compared to the God. The
press, by the foreign power known as the Roman
philosophers had traveled and taught of them; we cannot account for the friend into the background.
Hierarchy, and its treasonable efforts to destroy
truth is if some fellow would say
We found that rainbows were pro­
everywhere, morals and religion sim­ ^existence of anything — whether it
that Emperor Bill came over and
the
American government and prevent our prog­
ilar to those in the New Testament. be a drop of water or human thought duced without thought of any kind, helped him to read a book every
ress
in perfecting “a more perfect union.”
and thought must necessarily be the
In all the ancient nations there and consciousness.
night even Christians would reject
There are no special and excep­ constituent part of a God, for with­
5. The cause of poverty and crime and the
were plenty of priests to invent Gods
the story, and, yet, that story would
und miracles and Saviors.
They tional "incomprehensibles’’ requiring out that he would not be above the be easy as compared to the other.
remedy by the destruction of political trickery and
journeyed to the great library and us to assume that special "prin­ status of an idiot. Every time science
false hero worship and how to establish universal
As a reply to what I said about
school at Alexandria to learn from ciples” or "spirits’” are concerned discovers how a thing is done, and drunkards being reformed in the Mur­
knowledge of the true principles of government
each other; then they went home and with them, while the rest are to be not one of the objects and phenomena phy and Washingtonian movements
on
the basis of equality of opportunity and the
reconstructed their nations’ religion. accounted for and explained in • in nature has been found to be the
"without giving their hearts to God,”
more
general
way.
production of thought, God gives up
inalienable right of every citizen to an equal
So their sacred books are somewhat
Mr. Phelps comes back and pays glow­
a trench, as it were and retreats
Selected by F. E. Harris.
similar.
chance
to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap­
ing tributes to the Godly character
from the last stand.» Not knowing
The Hebrew priests selected from
piness.
of Murphy and John B. Gough, which
a thing about God, never having tast­
them to invent their gospels for
is as much in point, so it seems to
6. The awful effects of the use of stimulants
ed one, felt one, heard one, seen one
Christianity and the Council of Nice
me, as if he had said that they were
or smelt one, Brother Phelps ambles
and
narcotics on the human race and the best
selected from those with whatever
good lawyers, doctors or school
By Olin J. Roas
gaily to the front and says that
changes they decided would work best
methods
of emancipation from their destructive
teachers. I would like to take up his
to increase the priests* power.
In The Silverton Journal of recent “God works by law in all his king­ boasted up'ift claims for Christianity,
slavery.
Beforo printing was invented, for date Mr. Phelps, among other things, doms,” and that everybody knows
but space forbids.
Olin J. Ross.
7. The principles of the universal (genuine
a thousand years there were no says, gravely, that "materialism ex­ this.
Columbus,
Ohio,
Feb.
13th.
Catholic) religion of righteousness, and a true,
Well, law implies intelligence. Ants
newspapers nor schools, am^the mas­ plains nothing. A rock falls to the
ses were ignorant and superstitious. beach by gravity. There was a time have certain rules or laws. Birds
progressive and modern Protestant faith of de­
So the Inquisition tortures, terrors, — Mr. R -83 will admit that — when have also, as well as insects, fowls
stroying
ancient errors, which have held us in
SOUTHERN PACIFIC DAY
dungeons, execution of all unbelievers, there was no rock and no gravity. and animals up to man. In all these
bondage;
and that the salvation of our race de­
holy wars, witch-burnings and fear of Back of that point is God. God works laws there is some sort of intelli­
When
the
project
of
the
Panama-
pends
on
the solid rock of "the brotherhood of
an awful hell, made Christianity by law in all his kingdom, all recog­ gence. Take thought, intelligence out
Pacific
International
Exposition
was
man.
”
of
a
rule,
and
how
can
it
properly
be
spread everywhere. The people sought nize that.”
launched several years ago, the
safety by doing and believing what­
With duo courtesy, I would say called a law. We may call it a law
We have faith that there are enough thinking
ever tho priests commanded. By the that here is a sample bunch of as­ in the absence of intelligence, but Southern Pacific company was among
people
in the United States to save our work from
the
first
to
offer
its
moral
and
finan
­
that
does
not
make
it
a
law,
as
a
confessional, the priests could make sertions. Those who do not analyze
the destroyer’s hands, and we are using this space,
everyone confess their own doings things would say on the spot, prob­ matter of fact. Here is where con­ cial support. In view of this fact,
and report what all others did or said, ably, that these assertions arc an fusion enters the mind, and often­ the officials of the exposition have set
formerly occupied by advertising which made it
and all had to pay whatever the answer, but if they are, they are an times >nisleads the reasoning facul­ aside March 10th as the day on which
possible
to publish our paper, to call on all who are
An apple falls to the ground. to pay public tribute to the railroad
priests charged for forgiveness of unswer without reason.
Notwith­ ties.
interested
to join us in the work. Do you believe
company for its efforts contributing
sins and safety.
standing Mr. Phelps, there are a lot What made it do so? Intelligence?
in
a
free
press?
Do you believe in our objects?
The way the Bible was invented of people who think that materialism No. The apple did not think about to the success of the fair.
If
so,
help
us
establish
On that day, which is to be known
proves that no God had a hand in it. does explain things. In fact, it is the falling; neither did the ground think
Every change made in it, the dis- only thing that does. Spiritism ex­ about it, and, neither did the whole as “Southern Pacific Day,” every em­
ploye of the largest corporation in the
aentions, persecutions, wars and tyr­ plains nothing. What in other years, earth, nor a star think about it.
anny, are proofs that there was no explained the movement of the stars
So, I think that it is clear that West that can be spared from duty
God, to prevent them, nor to protect and planets? Spirits? I should say no intelligence ever laid awake at will attend the exposition. At the
and
the unfortunate people.
not. What exp'ains, now, the grow­ night and cogitated over the problem same time, the Southern Pacific build­
Millions yet worship the Bible God. ing of an apple, the unfolding of a of getting an apple from the tree to ing on Palm avenue will be thrown
Their reasons for believing in a fu- rosebud, the lighting up of an eye, the ground, outside of human intelli­ open to the public.
tnre life and a God are all drawn the storing up in the memory things gence. What brought the apple to
An interesting feature of Southern
from that Bible. Their divisions into that are gone? Spirits, or material the gorund was blind force, much the Pacific Day will be the attendance at
Do all you can and get others to help!
creeds were founded on bible-state­ things? It is a fact that everything same kind of force that drives the the exposition of the veteran corps
Send
us facts that should be published!
ments which conflict; and the hun- we know about, think about or be­ wheels of a locomotive, and this force of the railroad — the retired and
That
we
are alive and willing to work is
dreds of creeds denounce and hate lieve about comes out of matter, even that runs the locomotive was in the pensioned employes who helped to
%ur
opportunity.
Do not wait!
each other.
to the de'usions f the human mind universe long before any human in­ make early California and Nevada
When all Christians learn that as to things religious, for as Sir telligence operated upon it, and if history by building under the direc­
their miracles, precepts, stories of Hiram Maxim says, "Take matter there is a God that thinks, this mat­ tion of the "Big Four” — Mark Hop­
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kind of a God.
else.” I am quoting from memory, Tell me that before you go to insist­
Ceremonies will begin early in the
Then theyjyill learn from nature but the above is the idea.
ing that "back of the rock and gra­ morning, when President C. C. Moore
and its forces and believe in evolution,
Evo'ution comes along and ex- vity” is God. Why, my dear sir, you and other officials of the exposition
materialism and practical morality; plains how nature produces many might as well talk about a carpenter will meet the Southern Pacific dele­
for we arc all dependent on the gen­ things, even the etheral things, like and stone mason making the capitol gation at the Fillmore street en­
eral welfare and the right doings of love and affection, at least far more at Washington out of nothing as to trance. With the exposition band,
each and all, not on miracle-answers so than a supposed spirit. I heard talk of another intelligence, called both delegations will march to Fes­
of a God to prayers.
Dr. Carl Patton preach the first of God, or what not, making the illimit­ tival Hall, where addresses will be
Guy Phelps’ statement “that there four sermons on evolution a couple able universe out of nothing. The made and where a bronze plaque will
is no right or wrong if there is no of Sundays ago. He occupies the truth is, that no opium smoker ever be presented to the company in mem­ mnnttntttntn:n»HHn»:»nn»Knnm«m»MBn»»»t»t»««»»»» i :n iii n i nmmtt
God,” is a falsehood, to be considered pulpit of Dr. Washington Gladden, had wilder dreams than these Chris­ ory of its participation. They will
next week.
Eliza Mowry Bliven,
one of the two or three most famous tian friends of ours have had about then proceed to the Southern Pacific
Brooklyn, Conn. pulpits in America. Dr. Gladden be­ God and what he has done for us.
building, which will be dedicated and
Mr. Phelps says that "in order that opened to the public. This structure
ing too old to preach regularly, and
• « •
he said, among a lot of other things I might have a biscuit for breakfast houses the company’s main exhibit,
SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR about evolution, that it was the great­ God put the sun where it is, arranged a reproduction in miniature of the
for MAX BURGHOLZER’S new book of 32 pages
est production of the 19th century in the other worlds in proper relation,” wonder spots of California and other
By Sir Ray Lankester
the world of thought, and that it etc., but he has no evidence to sus­ Pacific Coast and Southern States.
A certain number of persons sheds more light on how things came tain the statement, except the flim­ Within, there is also the Sunset The­
admit the development of man’s to pass than any other one thing siest hearsay, the babblings of peo­ ater, rest rooms for men and for
body by natural processes from ape­ that has ever been discovered. Dr. ple over whom hung the night of women, a first-aid-to-the-injured room
To be brief, his dic­ and the information and other bu­
like ancestry, but believe in non­ Gladden believes the same way, he superstition.
natural intervention of a creator at having been present last Sunday night tum is supported by evidence no more reaus established for the convenience
a certain definite stage in that devel­ to hear Dr.Patton on "Evolution and strong — and his biscuit reminds of the public, everything, of course,
opment, in order to introduce the the Bible.” Dr. Patton said that the me of the case — than was the be­ being free of charge.
animal which was at that moment Bible did not teach evolution and that lief of the Jew, Colonel Inger»oll
a man-like ape, something called “a the account of creation in the book speaks about, who went into a res­
Watch the date after the name on
conscious soul,” in virtue of which he was directly against the teachings taurant, got a whiff of fried bacon
It’s a good one to read and pass to a neighbor.
and was tempted to eat. In the the little green label and If you want
became an ape-like man. No one of science.
Your God, Mr. Phelps, neither in meantime a storm arose and when the Silverton Journal another year re­
ventures to deny at the present day,
that every human being grows from the Bible, nor anywhere else, explains he came out the lightnings were new your subscription promptly.
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