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 », * ¿I .I,, l ... i. teaches it But the g rad u al van- 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 , ..o oX»; to d ev elo i p in e h u m a n m in d a n d the questions, “ Are Minila souls m m -iilf ade to s g th ................ B ro th er P ag e’s Q uestions A nsw ered. P re ss F und. 10 00 1 00 4 00 Br»w; Scappoose O re............ 2 00 jj™ ; L aughlin N orth Y am h ill, 1 00 25 H .C . (list, 25 50 Dr. A. Slaiuan, Lennox S. D. w., 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 oii£ S IL V E R T O N Previously A cknow ledged .......... , ,r„........ rto n ............ 1 00 BARBER * * SHOP. * * ■MIMSIY, A R T IS T IC W O R K m an to su ch » high sta te o t develop- A K Olds, McMnnvill il le .................... 20 00 50 n.ent, th a t th e ,-ondenng and ex- Mrs. .XL Rodgers, 1. (Mi \A*hen you w ant a Gorture 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 * w W W Í» 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 , . , ... , . , | Edw in J o h n s o n ,___“ ................. \ ale he ruined R o x ie L a u g h lin ,. . “ N orth Y am hill “ so u lsa v in g tor a living develops with the body, or even u . . . . P o rtlan d “ A«ta Dewey, I I . F ricker . forever more. M w hat the soul is or may be. Now M cM innville “ Maggie D aniels,. ( 4 ........Silverton “ Pori laud, Ore. Miss Lora A m es,. my conception of it is sim ply this, X * * * * * * 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. AT 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 > < < believe in the doctrine of prenatal around again as they are needed. GOOD BOOKS 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 O Ô tt 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 50 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 1 40 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 ........ 00 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 _ JURN & CO., P aten t Attor- W rite j 6 H N WEDDERBtJRN A ttor­ Cocke, M. I)., c lo th ...................... 1 50 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 .................................... 80 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 L o c k w o o d ........................................... 25 or intelligence has been transm itted, of angels” to help him. He sent Handbook of C u rren cy and w ealth, W aldron........................................... 50 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 E phe m e r i c ......................................... 35 d id n ’t appear to do any g >od and and Trade-M arks obtained and all P at Language of th e S tars ...................... 50 'Caveats, 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. i A 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 .................................................. 1897. 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 i 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 . - 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 .