Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-06-22


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wsmen To stand upon between the
Oh harsh, crude doctrines of the
church on the one side and blank
seheism on the other. Take the
&C. of this very fireman. The old
dAnrch creed SAYS ne is damned in
tAn flames Of bell. The infdel says
b is lost in the oblivion OF the grave.
Istsnd here and say that neither of
tbsss views satisfies u fair moral
ssnse. stand here and say that
the religion of humanity, of which
Colonel Insersoll proclaims himself
the apostle religion of humani-
81 would send that fireman to world
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lpvereuce that name he has learned
= curse here, and mount up for
ternal ages from. that one grand
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ask you as men of common sense
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,Dan nature, whether out of that same
bnse of justice you too will not say
4 this doctrine, it is a doctrine
ich meets the needs of the human
Std. So, too, with all the other
great doctrines of religion. To give
~ the bad features, it does not fol-
low that we are to give up the good.
The logic of a bad government
S1osp't imply no government at all,
ent . change to good government.
his 10 the logic Of . bad religion.
styeen superstition on the one
|hna aud atheism on tho other; be-
eee4s sthe bitteS Atlantic Of the old
sU(U1lSU4sst4f and the Pacific
of doubt and denial on the west,
there is q whcle continent of solid
ground all filled with broad valleys,
winding rivers, tall forests, fair gar
dens Of flowers, waving fields Of
golden grain, sloping hill-sides and
grand mountains that are reared
with the rocks of eternal truth; a
broad continent for our human faith
to rest on, and for our human hearts
to found opportunities for love,
peace, and growth. And friends, it
is upon this broad continent of faith
dashed against by the waves Of the
old theologies on the one side, and
washed ON the other with the end
less tides OF atheism-it is upon this
solid continent of faith that our lib
eral Christianity means to stand. It
is at once the religion Of humanity
and the religion of Jesus Christ. It
offers q refuge from the dreariness
of the old superstitions and from the
darker dreariness of utter unbelief.
It is walled in by no gloomy church
dom; is bowed down by no harsh
creeds; is burdened by no forms and
ceremonies, but is open to progress
and the teachings Of science, and to
each new way Of truth, whether God
or man sends it. To you that are
here, whether young or old. to you
that have hearts and minds, and
want to hold on TO your faith yet
don't want TO lose your hold Of res-
son and common sense-you that
recoil from sthsism-it il 70 this
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