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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1896)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. THCRSDAY, I their children in the Bible and in their interpretation of it, at home. A W om an’s C hristian Associa- The public school« are for all »ion in Chicago is trying to induce children those of Pagan« Jew«, ,he ach.M.1 board to accept a co llec F reetlunkera as well a . fo. , ion of ex tracts ftom the Bible for those of Chrtattana and any DECEMBER 2-1, 1S96. Bible Reading In Schools. a read in g h<X)k m m e p u t,...... ........ of th e citv. The attem pt meets <ii m e j with considerable o p p o sitio n from a few F reethinkers and m any lib eral C hristians. Says Rabbi Emil G . H irsch, “ for many reasons, both pedagogical ami other, the very ends of m oral education require the exclusion of the Bible and a Biblical m anual, hodgepodge of quotations as it is, from the schools supported by public taxation and intended for the training of all children alike, regardless of the re ligious or social statu s of their ‘ ' ings introduced into, them nnlv b<* aii elem ent of .discord, . - B. F. UNDERWOOD. You W an t a neat X m as p re se n t call at*CHj‘ P h a rm a c y . You find an up-to-date • Six Days Shalt Thou Labor. - ■» I E x tracts from the. Story of the Sam oan Disaster toldAiby an eye witness in the Cosm opolitan: A novel and very unwelcome prise aw aited us h ere., According to our reckoning the ¿lay,,was ...Sun day, M arch 10th, h u U ™ entering the harbor we found the rest of the squadron, which h a d , already a r rived, engaged in paig4y)g,„etc. * homes.” * * W hen in answ er tp. a signal The pious women in their zeal to from the adm iral dcijiapding an secure the prestige of distinguished explanation * * were in nam es in favor of this “ hodge formed th a t this was , not (|S unday, podge of puotntions from the Bible’ hut M onday, March Ut|i» we were for reading in schools have adopted dum founded for a mqniqpt, hut a m ethods which, says Rabbi Hirsch, further investigation .^l^QW.ed th at, are an illustration ot the fact that owing to the proxim ityj/f. these is “ some women need, and that most lands to A ustralia, tim ^ is reckoned sorely, instruction in m orals.” 1 he here according to th ^ 4,A ustralian women give a long list of endorse stan d ard , which is a day later th an m ents among which tigme the western time. In otjrq;r words, in nam es of men who are not in favoi coining from the east it becomes of any such reading I.... k> t< necessary to drop a day alter.- pass schools. Rabbi H irsch in his pa ing tiie 180th m eridian, and the per, the Reform Advocate, says Sam oans prefer to keep their time th a t he was asked “ to serve on I In by the A ustralian »standard, so com in it tee formed to clothe w ith re th at we had to lose „vur .Sunday, spectability this rag-baby of quilted Biblical selections,” and he refused greatly to our disgust. >> <> Guiss & Son O T T O W E T T S T E I N ’S P o p u la r F re e tH o u g h t • • > /* B adge. * “ A pin whose to rch and golden sh een , W ould grace th e b je a st of S h e b a ’s queen ; And will lend grace (now and) in coining tim e To queens of beauty m ore su b lim e .” , 4 J Should t e wot;n by.every m an ami woman favoring . the cause of Freethoflght and reform. in heading of th is paper. Sec design Now is th e tim e to buy. O tto W e tts te in , The Liberal jeweler an d w rite r, D esig n er of th e < > tt <> ’ W ettstein W atch , th e C ol . I ngersoll S ovvemk S poon , and th e b eautiful F keetiiovgiit B adge . Es Send f< ir tablished in Rochelle, Illinois, in 1*57. ,price-lists of goods and work 1 I»“ • . Do all you can yourself, an d get o th ers to help. to act in th a t capacity. He wrote Search The Scriptures. D J * Vil I . > • the women stating his reason And M oscs tu rued’<und went L iberal U n iversity P o pu lar S u b scrip tio n for opposing the scheme, though he added, “ iu our love for the book down from the mount;, qnd th e two we yield to none.” lh is sentence ta b les of the testim onyjvere i n his is quoted. Rabbi H irsch says, hand.-— Exodus, 32:1 ->.L » •- 11 lSlH i. And Moses rose up early in the If this is not a case of “suppres- '•'1 hereby prom ise to pay.............*.................. dollars t o sio veri” and suggestio faisi, i. e., m orning, and went up unto Mount one of the many varieties ot me Sinai, and took in his-ha-nd the two th e O re g .m ^ ta te S ecular'U nion on dem and, for the erec thodical lying, w hat is? and yet tables of stone.— Ex. 34gW; Moses cam e dow n-.from M ount tion of a L ib e ra l‘U niversity at Silverton, Marion county. these women appear as the cham Sinai with the two tables, .of testa- pions of better m orals.'’ Oregon, provided, th a t the sum of five thousand dollars The Bible as ancient literatu re m ony in Moses’ liandry -Hth vs. The size of the table« of stone is subscribed hv good, responsible parties before said de- will alw ays be valued; b u t while it continues to be accepted by m illions was 6 ells long, 6 ells broad and 3 as a divinely inspired revelation ells thiek.-T alm udic oeeount, Cob inandfcs made. and as an au th o rity in religion and 8, Vol. 38. An ell equals 18 inches; thus we m orals, and is regarded by other m illions as m erely a collection of find th a t the m easurem ent of ’these aucieat writings, all hum an and tables of stone was each V-feet long.- some of them very fallible, our 19 feet broad, 4 | teet thick, and public schools are no place lor t h e ; stone weighed as m uch then as now, l«H.k nor for any such biblical the total weight was 2 8 sto n s. bo m anual .» these fanatical Chris- m uch for the veracity of th e w riter Wc will print vour nam e <>n a bcautilul visiting tian women are trying to introduce, jof Exodus. H. B o ’ RRows. I 4 These cards have the cel« card at S i.5« P*r ,o°* E .xi x tracts W .— A g o o d ' 'S . e c u la r is t r«u i» v carefully <»iv lu.i.t selected ---- from tin uA anted 5rr.ii.— ......... C Prated Otto W ettstein B lib!»* might l»e given in a volume conipOSitor who is williYig to sacri-^ for t |)e caUse by w orking'one* w ith » xiriicts from the Rig Veda. .1 I tl ,e Z* Iidavesta, the Koran e tc , and vear for board and lodging anti a .aO if > ......... .... • * '•> w, , j-a-- ‘ges__J’roin .>hakespeare. ¡¡^tle pocket m oney riok ¿n d then. I ~ (in.-the, E m erson am i o th e r g re a t j one wj(b bad lia b its need L g.-niu.-' - io literal nr»-: b u t a m anuel a pply. Address T orch of R eason . compiled il » O .u* l.i« ..1,ll> .............. E r' rt* R ’ll wlmt is wanted by these people who «« “ • ' . ,. , , ,,r ,|„ and the T ru th Seeker.for one year < j h + desire perfunctory leaning oi im i i „ • . to new subserd>ers, 4»»r <3. 1 he neatly lithographed in color.- it tiie left of your Bible as one ot the school exeri i>< s. . ‘ " i l l „1.1 be kei.1 see- T orch of R eason and D ee 1 bought name. They will talk to your friends when you O ur schools should ’»« m j » i . << to new ( » to r. P - s wit- wi-l, to -Io so ’ J " ' can’t. will alw ays be at Id» n y to instruct *n 11 ” 1 « Visiting Cards r Badile Design - •