TIIE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1897.
Correspondence.
hallucinations of the bigoted.
Respectfully yours,
schools in a dozen towns, hut the all difficulties, which are but trifles
Liberal University established at in reality, and arrangements are
S oldiers H ome , D ayton , Onio.
A ddison R. J rrrs.
8 i 1 \ » rton, January *"•,
is demon* made for two lectures on my return
Jan. 28, 1897.—To thu Editor:
stiatiHg that it is not bee ’use of Mr. Crawford is a geologist and of
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Gods—who and what are thev?
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then does man insist upon there the January 21 issue
lour of the state, speaking first at wonders and beauties
being one? We all know there is a
■'y eousin Mr. E. L. Davidson, X()rth Yamhill, Saturday evening,
Sunday evening I 'am welcome,I
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h-’e Laughlin, at whose home I was tian brother is holding a revival,
the story about Moses, Aaron,
W e a!«, wish the new Frcethought entertained, will be remember, d as
the audience increases fully one-
Ahab, ami seventy of the elders university all possible success, as it one of th« pioneers in freethonght
third, local liieuds furnish music
who went in to the mountains and 'a just wnat we have needed for so who is ever at his post doing all he
ami all are rejoiced. I get a n u m
saw god standing as it were upon a long-
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ber of subscribers to the T orch and
pavement of sappiale stone, also
W e send greetings to our Oregon of his patient and persistent efforts.
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promise ° of
that thev saw (Y.l and did eat and Freethonght friends who have - p ," m i I
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drink, told ,he truth when , he undertaken this noble work.
" e local so,- ety piepared a must- several students, for the Uni-
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cal program for the evening of the versitv,
all of which cheers
Respectfully,
writer never mentioned how God
lecture, an<l at the close we enjoyed the heart
and
lightens the
E lva D a vi i » son - B lack burn .
appeared? Was his hair black or
a delightful social, a prominent burdens of the Secular preacher,
red, his eyes blue, black or gray?
feature of which was the lunch There are many earnest friends at
University Notes.
Was he Idack, red or white, tall or
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short? The absence of a minute
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description of the creator of the colors and a college veil haw ena«tz-rl V om L iii
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universe is evidencesiifficie.it tin t 7 1 7 ,
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l,d8a" ua« d ' a ,,h d l a8aln dur" ’S the 8ec"»d Thete is a great demand for lectures
inverse is evidence sufficient th t the attention of stiidentsand faculty week of March. The T orch of and the lime is not far distant
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Prof. L. U. McCann, of the public in Oregon. I meet Mr. Van Ranken,
W illiam Drap, r very concisely Ranch from the Willamette Univer-
school, is a valuable exponent of Mr. Sihbets, the genial opera
dw ells upon th e p rim a ry cau ses of
liberal principles.
house manager, his noble wife, and
m an ’s religious or s supernatural
u n e rn a tn ra l nro-
man’s
pro
On Thursday evening F eb ru ary , promising daughter Minnie, Mr.
bome of the students claim that
pen si ties about as follows: We
4, I am at Independence, a promi and Mrs. Frank Wilkinson, Mr. and
will suppose the first man was our regular calisthenic exercises
nent business center in Polk Co. Mrs. Geo. Bailey and son, Miss Sadie
created ami placed up »n this earth. are causing their muscles t-» grow
We all certainly Although Secular lectures are al- Cummins, Dr. N. L. Lee and family
He had never seen
anything wonderfully.
most entirely new here, our friends at whose home I had the pleasure
ami knew nothing. He began his enjoy this part of the training.
The new pupils ale nil good
e«>*l.usiastic, and we have Ihe to dine. I shall not soon forget this
wanderings over the earth, sees his
Shadow, it moves when he moves I 8,udent8 and will be a great h e lp |° pLera ho,,8e “ ■’'f o ^ l- ly seated, genial family, nor my first game of
stops when he stops. W hat is it? a" d e''«ouragement to all of 11».
, nie' ll"K resulted in much good parlor billiards played with the
He discovers a pool of clear water;
Last week Mrs. A. C. Macdonald,
,*? \ 5 ,'' ‘ 1 tna*'aFcn“enO 'f Mr. Dr. and his son. It took the united
naturally he lays down to drink, ' ’»other of the Macdonald of the j
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W1 w . alld efforts of the son and myself to
He has never recognized his own Truthseeker, sent us three tine books aU^ ‘ er a so
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assisted, match the Dr. but we were fortunate
face, he sees the reflection of him- 0,1 geometry and this week Mrs. M \ UHC )" ‘ls iscouisec
»y Prof, enough to win the game, even at
self approach the surface of the J. Olds, motherof Mis« Nettie Olds,
S (^ b^ r a to the credit of the close margin of two points. I
water ami rec- de as he approaches sends us several fine works for our
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am a great lover of home sports,
and reced s. Wha. is that thing Kbrary.
aud‘; 7 - The Professor ,« a broad- and hold to the opinion that if a
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appreciation
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and with
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beautiflil
truths, greater effort was made to make
feel it. Io him ,t grew into a In different parts of the state, for I met also Dr. S A. Mulkey, Joseph home pleasnt, fewer young people
sp r , t
A sap-rna.ural beyond our University, sends encouraging Hershhurg and other warm friends would be forced to public halls for
amusement. Mr. and Mrs. Milliaru,
n,mdel1-
! reports in regard to student. She <>f the cau<e
Master
He sees the tre s waving to and says we may count on many stud-
A,»id hearty good will I leave daughter Gertrude and
fro, he heats and feels the wind dents next summer and several eu- p ri<l«iir «
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b u te a n n o ts e e itf w h a .is it? From tire families will undoubtedly move me ,
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He sees the firmament shrouded
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F. H yland and h,s good wife. I
eralism. They will be valuable
also
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afternoon
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with darkness. He sees lightning
leaders in the local Sunday school
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the
home
of
Mrs.
Henkle-Bennett,
flash
and hears
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he Pro,,,,nent social position formerly vice-nresident of th e O q Q which we trust is soon to be organi
lie sees mighty tree shivered to which Seculurism is coming to oc- it m /. ,,
« ent of the 0 .8 . &. zed-
N ettie A. O lds .
atoms; his nature is overcome will, cupy in the Western states is ce -
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terror. W h a tis it? To him it as- tain I v gratifying to those who have
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9eVere ph>'8i’
sumed and grew into an Almighty labor'd am i sacrificed for the 7 in ,'h
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based exclusively upon heltef
Man has created and worshipped
hundreds of gods, ami what is so
entertaining is the ridiculous fact
f iat to man, the god he worships
is better and superior to all olher
g als. He respects no other m an’s
or creedist’s god. I hope this may
have a tendency to remove the
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permeated with libera) thought; a |ife and°dem h tha’t ’ bring "conifort
large percentage of .he orthodox and peace in the fading twilight of
congregations are favorable to the ¡„dividual existence
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principles of Secularism, and noth-
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like th . Oregon system of l7 a l or-
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ganization. Although this system 8pln “al (r,end8’ Me88r8' Crawf,,rd
has been in vogue but two 'vears 7
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the result is not alone thriving 7 '^ famllle8' rhpy are 80me-
Secular churches and Sundiv
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