THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1896.
til the close of the w ar, c a m p a ig n -:
M ay L. C ollins .
her m ind to the work th a t has en-
Notice th a t the U niversity Fund *nK in M ississippi, A labam a, Louis-
'The following sketch of the life of gaged the attention of our gifted
iana and Texas. In 1865 h ee n te red Mis» Collins appeared in The Inde- friend, and when it does occur the
is growing. Keep it rolling!
the theological s e m in a r y of Chicago, pendent P u lp it of November 1896.
event is w orthy of com m endation,
A telegram from Chicago an* where he rem ained three years.
The subject of this sketch Miss honor and resp ect Miss Collins
n o u n ce s th e d e a th of S am u el P.
After graduation he preached in the May L. Collins, is a young lady of has brought her polished
and
P u tn am and May L. Collins.
orthodox pulpit of DeKlab and tine m ental poise, rem arkable ibil- scholarly m ind, with its wealth of
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n sig n e I ity and unusual prom ise
Her thought, aw l wisdom „her accorci
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erai H all, Silverton, C hristm as Eve. his conneetion with The orthodox genius, her lnteiiectual ¡acuities piishm ents, her youth and ner
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this association at 1 oledo, Ohio, was born in M idway, K entucky, altar of F reeth o u g h t and Liberal-
A rush of work at this office m ade N orth P latte, Neb., Om aha, Neb., on the first day of May, 1876,—a ism, consecrating her life to the
it necessary to have our friends at Evansville, Ind., N orthtield, Mass., sweet May flower—yet she handles j honorable cause of em ancipation of
the Appeal office help us with the and V incennes, Ind. lie then gave the most abstruse questions and the hum an mind from bigotry and
p rin tin g th is week.
up all relations w hatsoever with theological problems with the keen- superstition.
The blackboards for our Univer- the C hristian religion fn d became ness of a practiced logician and the
E N C O U R A G IN G w o r d s .
calm ness of a philosopher.
sity will soon be completed. They an °Pe “ and avowed freethinker,
The rare insight and cool judg
w illb e g re e n , however, instead of
L u rin g the adm inistration of
The T ru th Seeker wishes the
H ayes he was appointed under m ent of Miss Collins in the con- Oregon Liberal U niversity
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black.
civil service rules to a position in | sideration of m atters of deep :m- bounded success. W'e hold, subject
We are in receipt of The London
the Custom House, N Y . , where portance are no less m arked than to revision, the view th at, since
Freethinker in which the 'I okch h e rem ained until 1887, when at
her fine argum entative powers and Liberals are taxed to support the
and our Convention at Silverton are the Cassadaga Congress, he was
felicity of expression. H er educa public schools, they ought to enjoy
m entioned. T hink of our T orch elected secretary of the American
tion was recived in C incinnati, th eir benefits; and that the special
crossing the United States and the Secular Union, and after th a t de
Ohio, and it was at the latter place work of Secularists is to secularize
great A tlan tic and shedding its voted him self entirely to the Free-
she had the privilege of re idi ng the the public institutions to the mitin-
light in English homes. Isn ’t this
th o u g h t work. After serving as thoughts of our most advanced tainance of which they are com
success?
secretary for three years, he was thinkers, H erbert Spencer ami k in pelled to contribute. Legally an d
A S E C U L A R C H R IS T M A S .
elected president of the Union in dred authors. In such a mellowed constitutionally, the teaching of
1890.
atm osphere her young mi id broad religion, the saying of prayers,
A grand free en tertain m en t will
D uring th at year he established ened, brightened and blossomed in and the reading of the Bible
be given at Liberal H all, C h rist
“ F reethought,” a Liberal journal, to the fair flower th at strengthens is prohibited in most of the states
m as Eve. Special music by the M a
at San Francisco, w ith Geo. E. and adorns the ranks of Liberalism of the Union. Secularists aim to
rine band, violin solo by Mr. Coolie;
Macdonald. He was elected pres today. T he tiny Seed was sown, bring the conduct of public schools
choruses and recitations by the
ident of the C alifornia State Liberal however, in her brain when, at the into conform ity with the C onsti
S unday school children; new’ and
Union and labored m ainly upon age of seven, she listened with de tution, with the law, ami with en
beautiful can tata, “ Catching Kriss
the Pacific Coast until 1891, when light to her father as he read from lightened ideas of civil rights and
K ringle;” short address by Nettie
the publication of “ F ree th o u g h t” “ Volnev’s R uins” and In g erso ll’s religious liberty. N evertheless the
A. Olds; subject: “ W hy Secular
was suspended. In 1892 he was published lectures. T hus was she enterprise of the Oregon Liberals
ists Celebrate C hristm as.”
elected president of the Free- early inclined to rationalism and is worthy of applause. There is no
P erhaps the most beautiful feat
thought Federation of America.
progressive ideas which have stead institution in the
world, th a t
ure will be an illum inated horse
D uring his life and labors, Mr. ily grown until she is able to grasp we know of, where Secular as dis
shoe loaded with presents for the
P utnam has visited all but four of readily the most difficult and com tinctly opposed to religious train in g
children of the S. S. S. All to con
the states and territories of the plex subjects.
can be system atically acquired.
clude w ith a grand ball. Supper
Union, and has also spoken exten-
She made her first appearance be- No attem p t has been m ade to place
served in the ball by the ladies of
sively throughout the Dominion of, fore the Liberal public in the Blue all the evidence against C h ristian
the Secular C hurch. Every body
Canada. H e has traveled o v e r ' G r i. 8 Blade, C. C. Moore, publish- ity or religion in such form th a t
come an d enjoy a pleasant evening.
100,000 miles in ad. H e is author er< vvhere her b rillian t e m tribu- they m ay be studied in the sem i
of
Prom etheus, “G ottlieb; Hi? tions elicited much atten tio n and naries. Our lecturers and advo
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Life,
Golden Ihrone,
“ W aifs com m ent, favorable or otherw ise, cates are in the m ain self-educated
We have received inform ation of and W anderings,
Ingersoll and as they were read by toe unpreju- for th eir work. The tim e they are
the death of Sam uel P . Putnam Jesus,
W hy Don t He Lend a diced reasoner or the blinded bigot. obliged to spend, first, in getting
and Miss M ay Collins, tw o active H an d ?4’ “ A dam i «and H eva,” ‘‘The
Miss Collins is a wom an suffra rid of their early religious train in g
workers in the field of Freethought- New God.” “ A Problem of the
gist. H er “ Plea for the New Worn- and after dipping into books here
We have no knowledge as to the U niverse,’ “ My Religious E x p e r
| a n , " a lecture first delivered in and th e re to acquire an education
cause of th eir death, excepting a ience
Religion a Curse, Religion C incinnati, and later, published by
in the principles and argum ents of
rum or th a t they were
. . killed
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. bv es- | a Disease, Religion a Lie,’ “ Pen The T ru th Seeker com pany of New
caping gas at a ho el .n Boston. Picture8 of the WorId>s Fllir,o and York, is a comprehensive analvsis Freethought, m ight be im m ensely
hollowing are short biographies «.Pour H undred Y ears of Free- L.f the p.,3ilion of Wlim!in a n d ’tlle reduced were the religious inform a
tion om m itted at the beginning
of their lives:
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u l t i m a t e attain m en t of her tru e and the facts of science and true
SAMVKL i • PuTN A M .
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the process knowledge substituted. I f religion
Sam uel P. P utnam was born Since then Mr. P utnam made an of reason and evolution
is a delusion, as we bold, then there
J u ly 23, 1838, at C hichester, N. H. extensive lecture tour in E ngland,
The de< p reading and the clear
is the sam e necessity for skilled r a
H is father was a Congregational and arranged with Foote
and th in k in g of this bright K entucky
tionalists to deal with it th a t there
m inister of th a t place. D uring W a tts to visit America. He came girl have not taken her out of the
childhood he lived, after five years
^ ie Pacific coast List sum m er sphere of gentle wom anliness or is for expert scientists to deal w ith
of age, at Cornish, N. H ., Worces- and delivered lectures that will closed her heart to the am enities kindred forms of m ental aberration.
ter, Mass., and Epsom, N. H.. at- l<‘" g be remembered bv the friends of s o .¡a| ,ife . g ,le js „„ acco,n . A university th a t would turn these
out, full-arm ed, would be a good
attending the common s c h o o ls . H e
D uring the last session of C o n - Pushed m usician, w ith fine execu-
thing.—T ru th Seeker.
began to fit for college at Pern- gress, in com pany w ith Francis B .' eution as * pianist. She cares little
“ M am a,” asked th e little four-year old
broke Academ y, Pem broke, N. H . , ' W oodbury am | others, he defeated tor iashionable conventionalities,
“ how do you spell ‘g in g er?’ ”
and entered D artm outh College, tlieG od-in-the-C onstitution Aniend- out finds keen enjoym ent in com
“ P u t away y o u r lx>ok, d ear. I t is tim e
H anover, N. H .,iu 1858. In 1861 m ent. L ast m onth he conducted m u n io n w ith m in d s co n g e n ia l to ’ for you to go to b e d .”
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he enlisted in the arm y as a p ri the most successful Congress of the ■
her own. She has a pleasing and
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vate. For the first two years he
“ W hat does it m ean when it sav s” —
A m erican Secular Union, and was a ttra c tiv e face, w ith all th e natur-
D idn’t you h e a r vour m o th e r? ”
was in the vallev of the Shenan- re-elected president. At the time al and ,inaffected &race of youth,
K atie th rew th e book on th e floor.
doah and about W ashington. He of his death he was - i r r i n - __
IIer a !T ea,ance uP,,n the lecture
“ I d o n ’t l»elieve th e r e ’s anybody th a t
l,1Sing
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loves m e ,” she b u rst fo rth , “ ’cept
was then prom oted to a captaincy
and transferred to the departm ent
tra in V i T tT
tl,at is cess, and she proposes making a g ran d p a and G od. G ran d p a, h e ’s in
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to r»e in trod u< ed at the next session lecture tour at an earl v day.
M ichigan, a n ’ I d o n ’t know w here God
of the Gull, w here he rem ained un- of Congress.
It is rare that one so young turn3 is ¡’’—E xch an g e.
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