| Show editorials da tor I 1 A LS CELIBACY AND MONASTIC IS M THIRTY S six I 1 X yo young ung ladies ladles so we learn from the new york herald were invested with the babit habit df atiq sisters sister prof 0 f notre damo dame dament damont I 1 at baltimore 9 en n the dinst tle the ce fremody ceremony lasted four hours during which the tho hair halry af f each of f the postulants Y as shorn the white veil was PI app ape lupori them an and d a crucifix and rosary idere given to io each also the new names by which they were to be called balled in the coave convent at this no novitiate vitiate lasts fb for two years when a second vow will be taken to be observed ved seven seve n years after which perpetual perpetu a vows wili iio ilo unless these thesa sisters bisters determine i the monastic system system ov of the I 1 rom ish church is founded upon mistaken notions of what is pleasing to the almighty and erroneous somo BOMB lof thesal ings ingson of the early apostles it is supposed that god ap probates the voluntary suffering of ats crea creature ture tuie 1 and that celibacy is an apo apostolic stolle doctrine and practice it is singular that intelligent men and women can upon so slender and shadowy a foundation of apparent truth build upa huge hugo errors and inconsistencies it is not what god has revealed that brings sorrow and feed infidelity itis that which zealous or designing men add to and mix in with it fasting was taught and practiced practised by ancient inspired teach ers era and mip mlp judging misjudging the reason for this abstinence foolish misguided persons have argued that the deity delights in the self inflicted torture of believers hence the penances and und privations which have become dogmas of the catholic church and which free reject as diabolical rather than divine and hence frequent disbelief in religion altogether there never was a divine general commandment given which was not inot actually beneficial to mankind ihan rhan kind the fasting of the became a natural physiological pr preparation ep of the body for the reception of spiritual influences and while it was an evidence to the higher powers of the greater desire of the ab abata ner for heavenly than earthly pleasures fasting was in no sense that kind of offering to the deity which is implied in the penances and sufferings of the catholic creed the he fast was inculcated not to propitiate GA but to benefit mn mitti m n physic physics atly Aily ly and spiritually spi api ritually paul the Aps apostle tle tie advised the corinthians under c cartain cpr tain circum i not to tn marry arry but a careful perusal of the whole epistle will tho the conditions were exceptional and also that the advice was only an opinion and not a commandment nor an authoritative injunction either from heaven or the church and indeed when writing to timothy this ihme bra isa me phul pad denounced forbidden I 1 lo to in marry marrs bryll aa a a doctrine of il the unnatural system of monas could lot bemore bie lie inore lnore aptly eola condemned than ihan by the apostles Apost les lea designation the first great commandment man dment increase and multiply and aud replenish the earth has never been revoked it is in consonance with the natural laws which govern the sexes shutting men pen nien or women up in mona monastery or convent walls isa is a violation of natural and divine principles pies ples and leads to crime and diabolism I 1 it t is iq beau beautiful ti fu I 1 to see mn m n afla afia aila VM women devoted to the ice of their creator and the elfare welfare oft of ort heir their fellow creatures ere cre aures the abile abnegation kation tation of self if tempered by wis wisdom dord is praiseworthy worthy and hili hlll 9 minded but whether to worship the lord or benefit man there as is no purpose served in immuring im gods image or R timna glory within the gloomy walls and celis celia and dungeons erect PI ell by fanaticism torturing the fl awn s n designed as a medium for the heaven born sahit through which to partake of the joys of earth and 14 kaiding vadim with ith the adoration of heaven the goon gloom and ad L pains palus and horrors that emanate from hell bell the benefi clent creator never designed that his fair fah qa daughters hould should be lie separated from contact with either sex shut abut out from the 1 b and Ia innocent pleasures Iea lea sules suied of the earth w which bleh bieh he has bas a adorned orn ed and brightened with its own productions duct ions ioris tand and the refulgence of other worlds ida barred the 0 opportunity of enjoying the crowni crowt ing ing lug gift of his pio providence to woo manh ami add blissful rn ma tern ity tibt let tto would bd wie wise wi e of this this ibis meddlesome age who are so anxious about the poor deluded women bf utah who are BO so foolish as fer being married to the man whom thy desire above a i bode all others of for their heir f guide gulde and companion for time lime and tern itara ther thain than ie remain single or aa tied hone wone to one with whom they cannot fully mate male that they consent to share their theli lot with other wives turn their attention from nary evils evila in utah to thel the crying abuses close around their own domiciles domiciled domi ciles and if they must tamper with religious religions which do not coincide with wilh their ideas of the tho of things let them think of the poor enthusiasts who have become so enslaved by we the influence of their priestly ad hd d as tb tbt crucify nature naturel rend ties of family and kin hin aad and d take vows of perpetual call bacy in violation of the laws of their hwn own bodies aud bud and abd the nao nat of the eternal THE UNBELIEF UN OF THE TH AGE 0 B ia IS one of the divines of the modern school and a i nh of the independent or alib liberal 0 order he ere is numbered no robe d aad among ng the theological celebrities of 0 f ne now new w york and his servi services cesare are largely attended by those who call themselves freethinkers free th A shori short time since the leverend gentleman delivered a discourse in the masonic Alason le hall on the unbelief of theace the age in which he alluded to the extent intelligence and spread of skepticism and while deploring defended infidels and explained that some of their unbelief originated from science leuce ec some from intellectual doubts and some again from ignorance idle ness and indifference we attribute a great deal of the skepticism of thea the age geto to the unauthorized thorf zed utterances of self ted led representative of deity their conflicting opinions as to divine truth their contradictory tlona tiona of sagred sacred scripture and their clashing contending organizations each claiming to be the church af pf of christ lin and doach deach each denying g many of the doci doctrines rines and ordinances incorporated d in the Church established by the savior and hi hia apostles have the effect of creating more doubt than faith and of daiv driving ing I 1 people to the conclusion that a as there is no evidence of gods power corpre or presence ence in those religious institutions there is no church of god god at all and au d that religion altogether is humbug and delusion A i i andio and aud to the class of preachers of which mr is example may be traced the of a good ideal deal of that unbelief which he deplores for in titan stance e in the oe very discourse with title he be denies donies the truth of I 1 genesis declares there there never was such a vessel as noaha ark the account ael acl of theaD the angels geils gells visit to abraham and intimates thit that much acl of the bible is mere mereau superstition and its religion nothing but poetry ry i B the thO fanatics who insist upon the hp verbal inspiration of every e V word of the bible and the clerical infidels in the disguise of 1 I who turnips turn its ibi history story and facts unto metaphor its ita brines trines unto benti sentiment ment anu andelt ita nances bances into nan essential customs the anxious quien in falls fails to the ground p total unbelief and becomes a couer of all that pretends to ba divine J between true science and true religion there cm w be bo no conflict all truth emana emanates ep from the tho same source the light that reveals t a fact in iii pluncy aple ace nce is 8 from the tho same bambe t oin oln which unfolds tb of religion its communications roust necessarily bein be in hari harmony mony bu bue but the speculations au aud theo rips of scientists ought not to be taken for science neither i should tite tiie opinions and aad fancies fa ricie riele ius lea of religious g lous ious teral terai it bo ba i tor lor nt the tha truthful lof of ret re ie i e t ligion aud id jthn rules which kaich gow gov leri lerr eri erf 1 spiritual thing s ard arb arri just juso as i pa I 1 vu aa As the facets of science and ta the laws lawa which control the gal al universe True theology la Is as U I 1 as p I 1 ia exact a science as chemistry and cause and effect are as sure in one agthe as the other put klut the necessary conditions condit lohs must be cod coi complied lied with in tiie the practice of either elther or the desired sired results will pot foiw faith repentance and baptism properly ad ministered and received recel tedi are as sure to bring remission of sinda sins as the combination of cert certain airl airi subs s in nixed fixed to produce certain chemical change e and ghost is IR as sure to be imparted by the laying on of the hands of authorized servant sl of df god if the f foregoing requirements precede it 11 as the prod production of electricity is follow the lation lalon of the correct process gs so much in illustration of dob doc doctrine trine and audit it will be found that when d god reveals anything iii id relation to the method or order of creat creation log lop or br lui iri regard to the earth the starry world or any principle that per eains fains to their organization ion lon progress ori 61 destiny it will be in perfect harmony with everything which ia i developed by b 17 the U experience of ages discovered through patient investigation or flashed upon ther mind by the natural inspiration that is open to all m mankind accord ing to their powers of re fr eption and arid their thein eaurls to receive 1 1 1 1 I 1 but religious men add their lio iio notions tlona tiona to goda r revelations ve and coyer cover up the divine lruth truth by their humadi imagining ardd arid scientific kieh jih their 0 own wn deductions dudt duct ions lons and the wert weft of nethal actual demonstration P L a and ad thus thy in both hoth instances ane of the general multitude etude become blinde dand confused skepticism js the e and himself I 1 h doubted and and denied while the evidences of his being Bein gand and the marks of his wisdom power love iove 1 and fatherhood are aprea spread d all ali I around the pathway of honi bond humanity a ni Y J glittering in the firmament 0 an ab nb high i h and pressing ng close to the thi soul boul of every b breathing rea thing mortal th the e unbelief of the age is great and aud deplorable but so are aro its sins faith and licentiousness do ru 4 together dishonesty and dav divina divine ine k inspiration are not companions lying and prayer pryer doubt harmonize an age ake of fraud is sure to be an age of infidelity A and aud ud an evil and adulterous generation may seek reek for signs but they do biot appear I 1 because eyes filled with lust cachot discern discerni spiritual things g j v 0 I 1 RELIGION AD BUSINESS A jk presher fresher r ia fl a a hiis llis course delivered on the luab said tr le what w we e most need la Is more religion ig and bu iness the rew new y york rh highly commends ta tie tze ce mark mari J i it au kut ought t to be endorsed by everybody who it betit Bu tit 1 IL 1 tl U lj tik til t lk ii l L n ilot 0 t 1 s strange t r am AW that l L this ihla M axy bof of sjon spiritual liuasi and id 8 secular ecby r af faira his ils one on a of the strong objections urged urged against what is it 6 called klied moemon on ism the religion bk day affif saints bouchea every eveny act get of f ther ilive il 1 y r or at atlease least it I 1 influence 0 ALI nce nee all ail that theyo wh whether laher ftc is actu allya ailsa eon bon constant stant guide gold and preceptor t or is am atter atten to it 0 be determined debt er mined by bi each individual but the ry is to this effect A and rid it 1 la the of thi the g t that 14 I 1 1 opposed b by t tue the ai e enemies Q jhc hurch church the popular idea ae entirely separated from the evry byry day dat aadil of ilfe life ife tawit tha t it isa mat A ter of sentiment good nor for sunday D i contemplation aud and intended or sanctuary and the soui soul bu butt nothing tod to do 17 w lah dollars and cents biffi trade and 1 with the bady and ana the daily of badi I 1 nary life 1 M J if but mormonism eilberg enters nto the them whole being nature thoughts a nd abts abo ol 01 of ltd adherents it does 1 sa 16 their read claim to thoutle the litle litie title of libatter day saint if they do ot oi say adyth anything wrong jr W violate vl tha lie jie teachings of their faith 1 l it has been said taid that stich uch and aud such a Mor mormon moil was a good man and ther therefore eforo better than his ills creed d but this is B ba a yit ift ibis itis lf A utterly impossible for any person to lor ba be petter hetter than the religion yul a gary gaily galiy called mormonism 1 it ii I 1 m ili 1 cU cul cui cates leates the highest virtues it cond condemns erring eiring all nil manner mannet of k elvil W spirit encourages andl alid I 1 pro promotes motes motea all L 1 1 that Is elevating and ami a admirable and it finds no excy jorfor sin bin in any of stavar 1 ad jt follows its veryl meryi yer ver yi day of th h e D imp yak kw ava lapi ng tulili tb liLi thee the way iwa in it nt ness iii ilk orin or in the light upon ithe the land laud br or be bo bea sea in every calling and condition of ilfe if it la present with them to restrain rutn eyll evil and urge on to and truth and eliy wb y should this not be so if it the father of reveals a religion for their observance why duld ihnot it liot ilot be ise applicable to earthly U thill gi asly why should it oce why sia sla should ouid it not be for the bodgas vell well astle as the apithi why nol not direct a ri nian in social political mercantile andall andali and all ail other matte matters rs as ell eli val eil asin phy ion lon theory sl singing aging preaching and sprayer if it 41 iside is he signed ned for this life at ati all why not enter into all the walks and conditions af life influencing men inen and bomento women to do all things well weil for the g glory 0 r y of their creator and the i benefit 0 of f their tz the world ds want more ion lon in mixed 1 aed up its business ver meau mean true elig ibn that ewh alch will III men meir to be bon eat aud and faltin fair in i ma all ail friedr dealings with each other stamp P tho ri alati es 6 of after afler hite fite upon I 1 their 8 bails in that degree that they will 1 un up ild ird arstad dr na stad a li cen certainty of reaping tue the 46 consequences df bf theira own deeds deeda T that thab vil it will ivill re tuie wulf dr de ivil minded mino mind pd with the re I 1 p a deal but by uy b y ali vic tic Tb that atwill will help th the e hi hugher g nature to comprehend the beauty of doing good for its own sake that will open up V the pathway of communication between man and his hid ma ker and break the tife barriers bat present the free flow of bf the spirit of ilfe lite and light to his bis inward nature the author of his hia baw being K and 1 prompting romp tinn tink hind hied to imitate RN his perfections as fayas far as ab possible bible sible in a body born of if the low lower iowen elb eib elements ments A Te ligion that falls short bf of j this Is ot of men not of 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