Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-11-10
q . 49, $500
SPECTRA.

In estimating the argument for imnor-
tality as it now stands, this must be fullv
considered that hope is not vagrant wish
OF the soul, but distant power hint of
prophesy, faculty, that if wisely cultured.
becomes prophetic. 1t is literally the SUI
stance OF things denied, the positive ev,
dence Of things not seen. 1t is seldom
that the plan of hope is at all fairly con-
ceived 1t is the DETECTED sunbeam that
reaches us before the orb rises.-PoveH.
I'm proof against that word failure.
I've seen behind it. The only failure a
man ought to fear is in cleaving to the
/ purpose he sees to be best AS to just the
amount of result he may see from his par
ticular work-that's tremendous un-
certainty; the universe has not been ar
ranged for the qualification Of his feelings.
AS long as man sees and believes in
some great good, he'll prefer working for
that in the way he's best fit for, come
what may. [ put effects at their mini
mum, but I'd rather have the minimum of
effect, if it's the sort / care for, than the
maximum of effect I don't care fora lot
Of fine things that are not to my taste
and if they were, the conditions of hold
ing them while the world is what it
are such as would jar on me like gratin,,
metal George Eliot.
! A youngster being required to write a
composition upon some portion of the hui
man hody selected that which unites the
head 10 the body, and expounded as fol-
/ lows: "a throat is convenient to have,
especially in roosters and ministers. The
/ former eats corn and crows with it; the
latter breaches through his'n and then ties
it up. This is pretty much all can think
| of about necks"
where there is eternal light, in the
world where the sun is placed, in that i'm
mortal iinperishable world place me, O
Soma!
Where king Vaivasvata reigns, where
the secret place of heaven is, where these
mighty waters are, there make me i'm
mortal!
Where life is free, in the third heaven
os heavens, where the worlds are radiant,
there make me immortal!
! Where wishes and desires are, where
the bowl of the bright Soma is, where
there is food and rejoicing, there make me
immortal!
Where there is happiness and delight,
where JOY and pleasure reside, where the
desires of our desire are attained, there
make me imrnortal"-Teda.
PERSIAN cATECHISM
Question. Whom do we, of the Ear
thositi community, believe in?
Answer We believe in only one God,
and dc not believe in any besides Him.
| @. Who is that one God?
| A. The G cd who created the heavens,
the earth, the angels, the stars, the
sun, the moon, the fire, the water, Or
all the four elements, and all things of the
two worlds; that God we believe in. Him
we worship, him we invoke, him we adore.
@. Dove not believe in any other God?
A. Whoever believes in any other
God but this, is an in6del, and shall suffer
the punishment of hell.
@. What is the form of our God?
A. Our God has neither face nor form,
color nor shape, nor fixed place. There
is no other like him. Heis himself sing
ly such glory that we cannot praise or
describe him; nor our mind comprehend
him.
@. What is our religion?
A. Our religion is "Worship of Cod"
@. Whence did we receive cur relig-
/ ion?
A. Gods true prophet-the true Zrr-
thost (Zoroaster) Asphantaman Anoshir-
wan--brought the religion to us from
God.
@. What religion has our prophet
brought us from God?
| a. The disciples of our prophet have
! recorded in several books that religion.
Many of these books were destroyed dur
] ing Alexander's conquest; the remainder
of the books were preserved with great
care and respect by the Sassanian kings.
! Of these again, the greater portion were
destroyed at the Mohammedan conquest
! by Khalif Omar, SO that we have now
very few books remaining; namely, the
! Vendidad, the Yazashne, the Vispered,
the Khordeh Avesta, the Vistasp Musk,
and few Pehleyi books. Resting our
faith upon these few books, we now re-
main devoted to our good Mazdiashna
| religion. We consider these books as
| heavenly books, because God sent the
| tidings of these books 70 us through the
holy Zurthost.
@. Whose descendants we are!
nf GayOmarS RY his PROGENY