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
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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
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ings introduced into, them
nnlv b<* aii elem ent of .discord,
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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
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Six Days Shalt Thou Labor.
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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
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B adge.
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“ 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 .”
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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 <>
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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These cards have the cel«
card at S i.5« P*r ,o°*
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x tracts
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r is t
r«u i» v carefully
<»iv lu.i.t selected
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uA anted
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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.
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tl ,e Z* Iidavesta, the Koran e tc , and vear for board and lodging anti a
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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
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g.-niu.-' - io literal nr»-: b u t a m anuel a pply. Address T orch of R eason .
compiled
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wlmt is wanted by these people who
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desire perfunctory leaning oi im
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„ • . 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. . ‘
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„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
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» to r. P - s wit- wi-l, to -Io so ’
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can’t.
will alw ays be at Id» n y to instruct *n
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