The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-22
HON MoNoNesI COUNTY
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ne ctitnp s s4 y
is adding to the Joy Of ma ions
MIS- Phoelia Kerns has returned Il
from a visit among relatives in Dodd:
ridge county
Nh and Mrs. Oliver Miller, Of Fair ai
mont, are visiting on Big Indian lll
Creek.
John u. Jones and wife, Of near near
Harrington, are visiting In various
sections Of this county I'M
The evolutionary hypct hesis IS being
strengthened day by csg. In the days
Of Cleveland and Herbert Spencer y
was the Standard OIL Company and
nowitis the STANDARD oil Co. n
Win some Of your readers please
determine which Of the following quo.
;taHons is correct: THE hand that
rocks the cradle Is hehand that rules
the world" "The hand that holds the
grammar is the hand that rules the
boat should far away be hurled"
School teachers are now journeying
across this land Of many mountains
and more mistakes, seeking a place
to unehain. The thoroughbred the
cries that will lead youthful minds to
VISIONS uncrowded domain. Many
views that were vented in other years
are now bathing in obliyion's shoreless
sea and thousands Of ideas that nov
occupy front seats will soon go to the
rear Of the room and be dismissed,
unwept, unhonored and ansung. AS a
brilliant Englishman said: 1--WE NOR
tails spend half of our years unlearning
what we were taught during the 9th.
er half"
A Chicago society lady says the
slang that falls from the lips Of some
Of our girls of today might almost
be compared to toads and vipers. The
government should request the beef
Inspectors to take a look at the toads
We are pleased to learn that the
Methodists and Complexities Of Phar.
aoah's run are working in harmony,
Over in this county they do not pull
together much better than the Pres.
byterians and Free Thinkers. If the
churches really desire TO drive sin,
shams and Satan from earth why do
they not get together and cease
wangling over theories that connot
be solved by man? There is a sur.
plas of religion that sands the sugar
and waters the milk Look across the
West Virginia hills and you see varl.
Gus churches at various places repre-,
senting various creeds. Conflicting
views are promulgated from thousands
Of pulpits and theological controyer.
sizes are. waged by the devotees Of
countless faiths. Contending dogmas
are striving for supremacy in many
minds and many minds accept only
sections of many dogmas. Confession
Of faith are undergoing revision and
new conclusions are drawn from old
texts. New systems sprine forth,
flourish and fade, great leaders Of
Thought appear and vanish. Today's
faith may be to-morrow's fable, to.
days dream may be to.morrow's deed
We do not give it as a mere opinion,
but as an absolute fac: and challenge
contradiction by any priest, pope or
saint from Cape Cod to Kansas that
the great besetting sin of the church
is that 1t has assumed entirely too
much. 1t has claimed to possess the
absolute truth and yet it has been
compelled by educatlon's march to re.
tract and recant. 1t has consigned
without pity or chame the greatest
thinkers Of the world to eternal tor.
ment, 1t endeavored to kill Gallileo
and his doubts, but this glorious doubt,
er refused to believe as the church
told him. The church told Magellan
when he started on his journey around
the world that the earth was not a
sphere and that he would tumble OF
when he came to the edge. But Ma.
gellan said he had seen the shadow Of
the earth upon the moon and he had
more faith in a shadow than he had In
their creeds. When Theodore Parker
went to Italy for his health the young
Mems Christian Association Of Bos.
ton met daily and prayed that he might
never return. In that far off land,
far from the scenes and smile he
loved so well he cred. Then the same
association thankd God that he had
answered their prayer. And yet fheo,
dore Parker was a minister Of rare
ability, a lover Of liberty and justice,
one who shed more light on more mys.
teries than any man that ever stood
in the pulpit. Many theories AMI
creeds have been surrendered and the
same. fate awaits many more. What
will be in vogue when the children Of