T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , FEB R U A R Y 4, 1897,
I its m erits or dem erits as th a t book
of superstition called the hi hit
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teaches it
But
the g rad
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Mr. H. C. Page i-» the issue of ishing of superstition and the con-
s c ie n c e
the21st w ants some one to answ er tinual advancem ent of
,
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to d ev elo i p in
e h u m a n m in d a n d
the
questions,
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souls m
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Dr. A. Slaiuan, Lennox S. D.
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orden or d - God keep «hem in eetabBsh.ngthe iorch o f
BefonT asking such
«here .n, .1 w,u e«fctwufr bnng E.L. r.
„ question
n a tio n we
must
we m
ust first
fir; ascertain
w hether such a th in g as a soul does
in reality exist.
As for’ myself I am unable to
conceive such to be the case, as I
have never heard or re a d of th e
question being discoursed by any
,,„e who
„1,0 was
w as able
ab le to
to state
state at w hat
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S IL V E R T O N
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m an to su ch » high sta te o t develop- A K Olds, McMnnvill
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n.ent, th a t th e ,-ondenng and ex- Mrs. .XL
Rodgers,
1. (Mi \A*hen you w ant a Go<xl Sm ooth Shave
pounding of the question of our
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souls hereafter will no more be
necessary, a» d men will no more
S e c u la r Societies.
‘<>rture one an o th er for opinions
Io w a .
sake, hut will practice hum anity, M rs. E B. M offitt S e c ........ Metz
J. B. Van c o u r t,.......... “ Newton
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and th is will establish heaven on Daisy F e sle r,........... “ ___ R iverside “
B .C . B rew ster, . .“ .......C rescentO kla.
time or stage of life the soul really earth, and hell will vanish for M rs. II.D . B urrow s, “ V ancouver W ash.
OREGON.
S IL V E R T O N ,
does enter the body, w hether it ever, and I he soul theory he dis- R. S h a rp le s s ,............“ ............ Spokane “
nosed of forever, and th e trad e of R obert C a r s n e r , . W agner Ore.
enters as a full grown soul or 1 ,
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he ruined R o x ie L a u g h lin ,. . “ N orth Y am hill “
so
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a
living
develops with the body, or even
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A«ta Dewey,
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forever
more.
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w hat the soul is or may be. Now
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cM innville “
Maggie D aniels,.
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Miss
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my conception of it is sim ply this,
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F irst Secular C hurch of P o riln n d , Clara
th a t there is no such a thing as a
To the question of B rother H. C. Bailey, .................... Sec................. ..
soul as conceived in general, hut Page, ‘‘Are souls m ade as w anted, F irst S e c u 'ar C h u rch of M cM innville.
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W illiam L am b ert, Sec.
w hat is called a soul, 1 sim ply call or does God keep them in sto c k ? ” I F irst Secular C hurch f Silverton, m eets
every o th er Sunday, 7 :30 p. in. M r. Jo h n
intelligence.
G U I55 & SON.
answ er th a t they m ust he kept in 11 ¡ek s. Sec
For instance, if I am m arried stock all ready, hecaust* it is claim ed
T oe Silverton S ecular Sunday School
eets everv Sunday in L iberal H all, at
and raise children, as ri con. (quern t piat souls are im m ortal, living for- 2 m p.
m. You are e arn estly invited to at- W hen You W ant Books and S ta tio n a ry .
fo re v er is alw ays; ; see?
m y own and m y wife’s m te ligei.ee
tend and h elp in o u r g reat work ot ad- 0 ay at O ur Store, .And We are Sure Y ou
see?
vanning the cause of science and m oral-
would sim p ly be tr a n s m itte d to the
Will Not Go Away D issapointed.
T hen there m ust ht a certain lty.
J . E. H osmer ,
children acc»»rdingly, even before the num ber on hand, and when they
Supt.
Lora A m es.
Sec’y.
child is born, as I am inclined to are returned to God, he sends them
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believe in the doctrine of prenatal around again as they are needed.
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influence, which fact is sim ply If he kept m aking tlew ones all the
called or understood as heredity. tim e the stock would outgrow space
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S IL V E R T O N , - - O R E G O N .
All through my life with my ch ild after awhile, and
w hat would Force and M atter, B uchner, cloth $1 00
ren m y advises, my exam ples to become of them if there was no Locke on H um an U n d e rstan d in g “ . 1 40
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Ideal R ep u b lic, p a p e r ..................
W e give the T orch cf R eason
them , is the gradual developm ent room in hell and heaven becomes An
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A ris to tle ’s E th ic s , G illie s , cloth
a n d Ì he Freeth»»ught M agazine
and transm ission of my intelligence overcrowded?
The N ature C u re, Dr. Conger,(new )
c o i n ............................ .............. 2(H) for one year lor th e sm a ll sum ot
to them .
Again: God had about all he Sam e as last in le a th e re tte ................ 1 00
But if I d ie childless, m ariied or could do to m anage things awav V olnev’s R uins, c o th . 75c p a p e r ... 50 $1.75. Now is the tim e to s u b
single, it is not to he understood hack in A braham ’s tim e; even more V ital Force, A. C l.evannes, “ . . . . 20 scribe.
A risto tle’s Politics. Ellis, c lo th ........
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from th is th a t my intelligence, or so th an lie c«>uld attend to, and had T rials and friu m p h s of L abor, Ber-
nardi, pa{>er.............. ........................ 50
W ho can think
called soul dies out with m e, hut to to begin to employ m an-angels to
o f som e sim ple
H y p n o tism , How it is Done, its
th in g to patent?
the co ntrary, all my exam ples and help him (there were no lady a n g e ls
Uses and its D angers, Ja m e s R.
w ea lth .
Protect v o u r Ideas ; th « y m ay bring
bri _ you
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neys. W ashington. D. C.. fo r their >1,800 prize offer
practices, mV good ones and had em ployed as y e t.) Now w ith all
Dialogues of P ato, tran sla te d by
and n ew list o f one thousand Inventions ■wanted.
ones m ust have a t one tim e or th e increase of population, prayers,
Carey, cloth ....................................
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other through all my life m ade an and wickedness, God is not only Del M ar’s H istory of M onetary
System s, c lo th .................................. 2 00
im pression on someone of my fellow- perpetually busy, Sundays and all R e n an ’s Life of Jesu s, p a p e r............ 50
M olecular H y p o th esis of N ature.
m en or women, and th u s my soul
himself, hut has to empl«»v “ legions
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or intelligence has been transm itted,
of angels” to help him. He sent Handbook of C u rren cy and w ealth,
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and not lost. For we all tak e our
h is “ so n ,” t<> “ die for m an,” h u t it R ap h eal’s A strological A lm anac and
knowledge from our predecessors
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d id n ’t appear to do any g >od and
and Trade-M arks obtained and all P at
Language
of
th
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tars
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and only improve upon it according
¡ent business conducted for M o d e r a t e F e e s .
now with the increase of Free- W h ittier are We D riftin g as a N a
i O ur O f f ic e is O p p o s it e U. S . P a t e n t O ffic e
to our abilities. For I believe with
tion, W iley, p ap er . — ..........
50 'and we can secure patent in less time than those
thought
secularism , etc.,
ho
¡remote from Washington.
W. IL G alvani th a t if a m an has a
We keep u p w ith th e tim es in L iberal,
Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip
m ust he at his wits ends; (judging
W e advise, if patentable or not, free of
Progressive and Reform lx>oks, am i ask tion.
soul, the anim al also has a soul,
Our fee not due till patent is secured,
him from the ch aracter given in the you for all y o u r book orders, will furnish 'charge.
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P a m p h l e t , “ How to Obtain Patents,” with
only according to the degree of
cost of same in 'th e U . S. and foreign countries
bible) what tim e has he to devote you any Itook you w ant at th e lowest ¡sent
free. Address,
developm ent intellectually, for every
price. A ddress all o rd ers, W . E. Jones,
to soul m aking?
living th in g no m atter how low in
S till the other view, viz. that 291 A lder stre e t, P o rtla n d , Oregon.
O pr . P a t e n t O f f ic e , W a s h in g t o n . D. C.
the anim al kingdom has a certain
they are m anufactu red to order a
intelligence, as everything alive
wanted, has argum ent,
and it
m ust necessarily be cognizant of its
would account for the q u ality and
existence and realizing the neces
L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity P o p u la r S u b s c rip tio n
size of a great m any souls; being
sity of food for sustaining its life,
m adehv the help of Angels probably
which is only called an anim al
an d in the h u rry and rush of busi
instinct, hut which is realy a
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ness po<»r m aterial and bad work
rudim entary intelligence tra n sm it
m anship i> the n a tu ra l result.
I hereby prom ise to p ay .................................dollars to
ted from the parent to the offspring
Pleasu allow me a question. ^jie Oregon State Secular U nion on dem and, for the erec-
hut not developed ap p aren tly as it
I)id God ever m ake a jok»*? He
tion of a L iberal U niversity at Silverton, M arion county,
is in m an; for as we develop and
was angry, swore in his w rath,
progress our intelligence or soul drowned and burned people, and Oregon, provided, th a t the sum of five thousand dollars
rises higher and higher in th e scale, was sometimes pleased in hi-* way, is subscribed by good, responsible parties before said de
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hut th a t of the anim al rem ains but did lie ever i»erpetratea joke?
Was “G,«l,” who nv.ile the earth, m a n d 18 m a d e '
statio n ary ,h u t none the less a soul,
Name.
if ours is one. W herefore I am u n the anim als and m ankind, in the
first chapter of Genesis, the same
able to conceive th e idea of a soul “ person” as the “ Lord God,” who
Do all you can yourself, and get others to help.
existing in every hum an being, did the sam e job, an«l the Garden
Please cut this out (or copy) sign what you can and return to the T orch of
leaving him at death, and be either of Eden business, in Genesis ii ?
R eason .
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Silverton, Oregon.
sent to hell or heaven according to
F. S. M.
E. E. T A Y LO R ,
S T A T IO N E R Y
W anted-Än Idea
C .A .S N O W & C O .