T IIE TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , O R EG O N , T H U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y 28, 1897. I Am The Lord, I Change Not. many disadvantages, and u n til the \\ hen . 7 . last teH or fifteen years alm ost un- The Old testam ent contains , , , . . . , . . , . , , noticed by the kind of people who num erous accounts which do not ... . , . . r 1 . . . . will now, th a t his fame is estab- sieein io me to bem strict accordance .• . „ . . . . .. , lished, vie w th one an o th er m with the above text. If we take . . ,, , speaking his praises. Merelv liter- n trn m * :r - .« .... . ... ■ •# ” 1 •“’V. d *♦- - ». a r y m en in c a p a b le ot deep thought ience for ev idence we are led to be and sm all philosophers who have lieve th at God, instead of being u n had little a priori system s of their changeable, is in m any cases decid own to defend ami u tte rly unable edly the opposite. to appreciate the m ethod, the re It is evident th at the Lord de- I vv, I* search or the philosophic grasp of signed th at A dam ’s wife should be . .. , k . , . , , , Hie great E nglish thinker, have found am ong th e anim als, and th a t . , . , , , , ’ tried to belittle Spencers s work, tic- f.ilure to find one there neces- , t , . - , , , . . . have of course, exposed Ins a l^ u rd - sita.ed the surgical operation, ... , , , , , , , 5 , HH-s and com pletely dem olished which was an after-thought, thus , • . , . , ,. . « . , , . , him again and again, but while in d icatin g th a t the Lord d e v ia te d ',. ... , , . these critics have l»cen or are fast from his first intentions. . . - , ,, , . . . . . . . • being forgotten, H erbert spencer Then we re a d ,‘ And it repented . . . •, . . , ’ , / has steadily grown in reputation the Lord, th at he bad m ade man , • , . , and influence un til now he is th e on the e a rth .’ (Gen. vi-b.) l e t we . , , , , ,, . , ... nest known ami the most com m and- r e d in v N u ii . x x m -i9 .)t .at he never jllg thi))ker (>(. (h(j repents. Pherefore if he repented yearg ago W hen vou come to Silverton You and t - lo. .« - »•- of a W ant Books and S tationery call on B arber G uiss & Son call on E. E. Taylor SILVERTON, OREGON. V isiting Cards We will p rin t your nam e on a beautiful visiting card at $1.50 per 100. These cards have the cel ebrated O tto W e tts te in h lie m u d have changed his mind, • . , V . . , , . . . said th a t tepencer s s ta r was alread y for hecaused the Hood in order to „ ,v , • touching the W e s b ri pine . Mr. «•hange f.,r the brU er the dw elling Co»k was evidently turned around place of m an. and perhaps m istook the E a st for In 2nd, Kinjps xx-17, he told the \\ est. H is M onday lectures Hezekiah to put His house in order, which hundreds of clergym en a p th a t he should die and not live. plauded in Trem ont tem ple are no But the Lord changed his m ind longer quoted or renum bered ami added 15 years unto his days, but Spencer’s works are now being notw ithstanding his assertion, “ I read and appreciated as they n e v r am the Lord I change not.” In were before. They are an im per 1 hose da vs, Gideon with the aid of ishable m onum ent to his m agnifi- a sheep skin was able to get a _... , • , . ., , , , F . 6 cent achievem ent 111 th e world of great deal of inform ation from the ,, ,, , , ,,,, , , ... . 7 , T , , , thought. 1 he great agnostic will he Lord, in those days the Lord „ A , . , . . , . , remembered as the philosopher of would perform m iracles for the , .1 , T. the 19th century. D arw in was th e most ignorant barbarian. If a . . , 6 ... , . scientific expounder of organic 19th century philosopher should evolution. Spencer is tbe pliilo- ask for a m iracle to be performed. (sophie expounder of universal would the Lord do it r If la lm a g e ,, .. mt , , , , ® evolution. The fame of both is were lost in a desert would the secure B. F. U nderwood . Lord send food to him by a raven, like he did E lija h ? S e c u la r P la s h e s . And the Lord said unto A braham ‘‘Take now thy son Isaac, whom To the m ass of people nothing is thou Invest, and get thee into the so costly as th o u g h t.—Spencer. la n d of Moriah, and offer him there ~ , .. ' . t Only by varied iteration can O tor a b u rn t offering u p o n t»nu <»f . . . . , ,, alien conceptions he forced on re- th e m o u n ta in s ot w hich I will tell . . . , o .. „ .... luctant m inds.—Sper.cer. t th h e a o o .” iG p n x x xii-2.) x n — '2. 1 (Gen. “ I he tender words and loving If the Lord should ask for a s :m- ilar sacrifice to he m ade now, <^ee<ls which we scatter for the where is the person who is not a fit fiear,s which arc nearest to us, are subject for the insane asylum or the im m ortal seed, that will spring up p en iten tiary th a t would do w hat ’u ev er'a8ting beauty, not only in A braham did? Yet th a t request our ° " n lives, Hut in the lives of is liable to he m ade if the text ‘T 1 hose horn after u -.” Spurgeon, Badge Design neatly lithographed In colors a t th e left of your nam e. c a n ’t. They will talk to your friends when you O T T O W E T T S T E IN ’S P o p u l a r F r e e tlio r ijg h t am the true. Lord I change not,” E. L. D avidson . is H e r b - r t S p e n ce r. hta “ E ighty noblemen and g e n tle -' htdp him . If he do good, go thou men em inent in literatu re, science I an<‘ likewise.— Chas. Linton. and a r t ” have addressed a letter to H erbert Spencer, asking his per- B a d jg e . “ A pin whose torch and golden sheen, W ould grace th e b reast of S h e b a ’s queen ; And will lend grace (now and) in coining tim e To queens of lieaiitv m ore su b lim e .” Should he worn by every m an and woman favoring the cause of F reethought and reform . in heading of this paper. See design Now is the tim e to buy. •r tto W e tts te in , The Liberal jew eler and w riter, Designer of the O tto W ettstein W atch , the C o l . I ngersoll S ouvenir S poon , and the beautiful F reethought B adge . tablished in Rochelle, Illinois, in 1857. Es Send for price-lists of goods and work. If thy brother he ever so highly developed, do not w orship him; if ” L ib e ra l U n iv e r s ity p ° P u la r S u b s c rip tio n « .1897. P a in e ’ s M e m o r ia l S e rv ic e . I hereby prom ise to p ay ............................... dollars to mission for th e o p e n in g of a fund At U nity church, Salem , memor- th e Oregon State Secular Union on dem and for the erec for the purpose Of p ainting his por- ial servi«, in honor of Thom as tio n of a Liberal U niversity at Silverton, M arion county, distinguished philosopher philosopher has has given distinguished gi _. . . . his consent. This honor is shown on th e com pletion of his great sys tem of synthetic philosophy. Such recognition is gratifying to the adm irers of Mr. Spencer, es- pecially so when they consider th a t he has worked half a century under Rev. W. E. 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