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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1896.
OUR ENGLISH CO WORKER
Those who did not hear Geo. \V.
Foote of E ngland, during his
recent visit to America missed a
treat indeed. He is one of the fore­
most th in k ers and orators of out­
age. H e is not egotistical, but
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cause. H e does not b rag on Ins per-
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secutions as m any do who have
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been in jail a n d a lth o u g h he sp e n t
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a vear in Holloway jail in E ngland
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for ‘‘blasphem y,
he refrained
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from m entioning it in his lecture m
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America until requested to do so by
Judge C B. W aite lb- said it must
not be supposed m u he has for­
gotten it or th at he intends to let
th e C hristians forget it. H e said he
was charged in his indictm ent (for
which he paid) with being in stig a­
ted by the Devil and bringing the
C hristian religion into disbelief and
co n tem p t. “ Im a g in e ,
sa id
Mr.
F o o te, “ anyone bringing the m ul­
tip lic a tio n table into disbelief ami
in so m any
im portant
p a r­
ticulars, there is so much diversity
of opinion as to who were their a u ­
thors, and as to the periods of tim e
when they were w ritten,
that
they
stan d
greatly
in
need
of confirm ation. C hristian w riters
adm it that thev were not w ritten
Mil froni in ii'n C o sixty years alter
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the death ot Jesus, and some believe
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the tim e still longer, th e re is no
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proof th a t they were known to be
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in ex isten ce till well along in the
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second century.
Irena?us is th e
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first w riter who is know n to have*!
called atten tio n to them and he died
iu tHe early p a rt of the th ird cen­
tu ry . I t will be observed th a t in
none of the gospels is the a u th o r­
ship claim ed by the supposed w riter,
nor can it he shown by what a u th o r­
ity the book o f M atthew is accred­
ited to M atthew, of M ark to M ark,
and so W’i tli th e o th e rs
H. D. B urrows .
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To be able to discern th a t w hat
is true is true, an d th a t w hat is
false is false—th a t is the m ark and
ch aracter of intelligence.— R. \V.
Em erson.
contempt! The m ultiplication table
will
stand
criticism and th e
( hristian religion will not.’’
He
said if he were instigated by the
devil and laboring for him he
There is no alleviation for the
would be m uch pleased to m ake the „ufferi
m an k in d except ver.
acquaintance of his employer and in acit
f thou ht and action
and
fact w-ould ra th e r breakfast w ith the the resolute
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devil the next m orning th an with . .
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it is when the garm ent of m ake-
any m inister he ever met, as the , ,.
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believe by w hich pious h an d s have
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hidden its uglier features is stripped
verv wise and learned being wdiile
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off.— I. H. H uxley.
it is always I he fool of the fam ily
who enters th e m inistry.
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Wneu Mr. Foote entered his cell N ew ton, Iowa,
Sec.
the first object th a t m et his gaze
Mrs. E. B. Moffit,
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was an immense bible which com- Riverside, Iow a, J. Fesler,
pletely covered 1 he stan d on w hich Present, Okla. B. C. Brewstei u
it lay. “ W h at,” he thought, ‘‘you Vancouver, W ad i.,
here? I am to spend a p a rt of my
Mrs. 11. D. Burrows,
life here for knowing too much of Spokane, W ash., R. Sharpless,
you already and m w I
have W agner, Oregon,
Robt. U arsner,
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tw elv e m o n th s in which to delve
V ale, Oregou, Lillian .Johnson ‘‘
still d e e p e r into your im becility.”
Upon his release from jail at th e N orth Y am hill, Oregon,
Miss Roxie L aughlin, •*
expiration of his term , he resum ed
the publicatiou of th e F reeth in k er 1’o rtian d , Oregon, Ada Dewey ,
in which he prin ted cartoons, and as M cM innville, Oregon,
the first copy came from his p rin te r;
Mabel H opkins,
he put it into an envelope, drove to Silverton, Oregon,
the residence of the judge who sen-1
Mrs. J. D. Guiss.
tenced him , and left the paper with F irst Secular C hurch of P ortland,
his card
an d his co m p lim e n ts.' C lara Bailey, Sec.
T his is the last of blasphem y law’s F irst Secular C hurch of M cM inn-
in E n gland, and Mr. F o o te de- ville, \\ in. L am bert, Sec.
serves great cred it for his u n tirin g F irst Secular C hurch of Silverton
work in freeing the oppressed. He m eets every o ther Suuday, 7:30 p.m .
is president of the B ritish S ecular Mr« Jo h n H icks. Sec.
Society an d successor of the grand
Die Silverton S ecular Sunday
C harles Brad laugh. Let us all hope School m eets every Sunday in Lib-
tliat we m ay have the pleasure of eral H all a t 2 p. in. Toil a re e a rn -
m eeting him on A m erican soil estly invited to atten d and help
again.
P. W. G e e r . , *»» <>ur g r e a t work of advancing the
the cause of science and m o ra lity .
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