R e .' son .
OF
VOL. 1
S IL V E R T O N , OREGON. T H U R SD A Y , F E B R U A R Y 18, 1897
1.6.
NO EFFORT FRUITLESS.
•r la mt-problems. We shall have
Scorn not th e slig h test word or deed,
o ook to others than religious evan-
Nor deem it void of pow er;
go ists and to other m ethods th an
T h ere’s fru it in each w ind-w afted seed, theirs for instructions p erta in in g to
W aiting its natal hour.
‘‘questions of vital im portance th a t
Nojiet falls fru itle ss; none can tell
concern this life .”
B. F. U.
hand in h an d in strength and
developm ent, but th at even co n tra aid as our school is increasing con-
tinuallv.
riwise the most religious times and
Last evening students and friends
countries have produced th e great
gave the 1 resident a complete su r
est num ber of crimes an d sins
prise, the occasion being his thirty -
against the laws of m orality, and
birthday,
indeed a« J a il,,
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uay. i i’he
ne evening passed
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knows o f hi9(ory> „eari'y
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How vast its pow er m ay be;
Nor w hat results enfolded dwell
W ithin it silently.
W ork, an d d isp a ir n o t; bring th y m ite,
Nor care how sm all it be;
Peace is w ith all who serve th e rig h t,
The noble, tru e and free.
—Selected.
| of nature, of philosopy and so such horrible abom inations, m as
forth, the more, w hen he has once sacres and boundless wickedness of house was crowded, there being over
begun to m editate upon him self and every kind th a t a t the mere recol ninety present which shows th a t
the phenom ena surrounding him, lection of them the heart of a p h il the work of I reethinkers is not, as
does he feel induced to believe in anth ro p ist seems to stand still, and it was at one time, unappreciated
and solitary.
C lergy a n d P ra c tic a l Q uestions. unknow n su p ern atu ral and su p er
wc tiu n with disgust and horror
hum an influence, and to ascribe to from a m ental aberration which
I he T w entieth C entury in refer-
S e c u la r N ew s.
them everything th a t appears to could produce such deeds. If it is
ing to religious revivals says:
him m ysterious in the life of nature urged in vindication of religion
The scenery in Liberal H all is be
“ In the good old fashioned tim es
and of m an.
Hence th e more th a t it has advanced and elevated
ing treated
to a new
drop
men were tau g h t th a t the more
religious a m an is, the less does he hum an civilization, even this m erit
cu rtain which will add much to the
they suffered here the greater their
feel in him self th e necessity7 for appears very doubtful in presence
appearance of the stage.
rew ard hereafter. This doctrine
culture and knowledge; and the of the facts of history, and a t least
like th at of a belief in hell has gone
Mrs. M attie P. K rekel of K an
ancient Hebrew s therefore could as very rarely or isolatedly the case.
out of fashion, and unless some
not develop am ong them arts and In general, however, it cannot he sas City Missouri is talk in g of
thing is done to keep alive faith in
coming to Oregon to take up the
sciences in the sam e way as the denied th a t most system s of re
a reward hereafter, men m ay get
lecture work. H er m any friends
more free-thinking G n ek s, because ligions have proved rath er inim ical
ugly and w ant their reward here
will be pleased to greet her.
with them th eir God Jehovah sup than friendly to civilization. For
and now. The churches are doing
W hat j ou do for the U niversity
plied everything.
N ations com reiigion, as already stated, tolerates
a great work. They cultivate a
menced with the crudest supersti no doubt, no discussion, no co n tra should be done a t once for th e work
taste for the beautiful, the aesthetic;
tions springing from deficiency oi diction, no investigations— those will begin about April l>t, and
they fire the im agination and con
ent)’re absence of knowledge of the e:->rual pioneers of the future of what we build depends on how
trib u te considerable to the comfort
laws of n atu re, and have risen science and intellect! Even the m uch we have to build w ith. Let
and enjoym ent of life; but upon
gradually and slowly7 from this to sim ple circum stance, th a t our pres us m ake a good show ing for ‘‘n o th
questions of vital im portance th at
that knowledge which is destined en t state of cu ltu re has already ing succeeds like success.”
concern this life the churches are
A free social will he given at
hereafter to replace and render u n long since left far behind it all and
strangely silent. It is well, of
necessary every kind of religion. even th e highest intellectual ideas Liberal H all, M onday evening Feb
course, to be instructed concerning
Those who see in such an abolition established and elaborated by for ru ary 22nd, by the Silverton Secu
the great hereafter, but of more
of religion or in a replacem ent of m e r religions, m ay show how little la r S unday School. A nice pro
pressing im portance is the problem
faith by knowledge, danger to m or intellectual progress is influenced by gram has been arranged. All are
of how to sustain life a t present.
a lity and virtue and consequently religion. M ankind is perpetually invited to atten d and take p art in
If those questions were touched
to the state and to society, m ust he b«*ing throw n to and fro between the exercises in honor of W ashing
upon every church in th is city
taught th a t m orals and religion, or science and religion, but it advances to n ’s birthday.
would be crowded with eager listen
faith and virtue, have originally m ore intellectually, m orally and
O ur business m anager was called
ers. Let m inisters preach on w hat
and in principle nothing to do with physically in proportion as it tu rn s to P ortland the 8th. inst. to atten d
the people w ant to hear if they wish
each other, and have probably been aw ay from religion and to science. to the affairs of the Secular organi
to m ake the revival a success.”
com m ingled only in the course of --B u c lim r
zations there.
The church and
In dealing with the problems of
history and for reasons of external
sunday-school have suspended fo ra
how to sustain life a t present,” the
expediency. For the higher we as
tim e on account of having no lec
U n iv e rsity Notes.
clergy would have to discuss eco-
cend in the history of religion, the
tu rer to rally th eir forces. T he
and in d u strial questions,
nomic ano
more do we find th at the moral law
Sunday-school was doing very well,
questions very difficult to discuss
O ur college colors are crim son
and the priesthood w atching over
but rent being high, they decided
impartially and instructively a n d r ¿ T ;? .’" ? " .... a ,wa,,'hln« over a n d navy-blue.
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Ks m aintainance disappear from
to suspend until a lecturer cat» he
yet in a popular style, and w ithout the scene w b.l t fb ; .
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M aster George Brewer enrolled
offending eith er em ployers or aver-
j
H P,aCH1H taken
found to take charge of the church
,
p m y tr s or a \e r by dogm a and external worship or as a m em ber of our P reparatory
«ge employees. Besides, the clerirv -
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ceremonies in honor of the Deitv
M ake people happy and there
is not qualified to discuss these
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All students who wish to enroll tin prat tice of th a t which is good,
logical doctrines ra th e r th an with
as it is well-known
th a t wherever as m em
bers of the K indergarten
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tru are vhe two m ost im portaiit objects
practical conditions of life, with tolerabl
ly well-ordered political and a p a r t m e n t should report at the of philosophy.
what is Itelieved by m any but which social c<
co n d itio n s exist,
the U moral
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meetings producing
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ex- tire d, ficienev „ ?
c e m e n t, a m ental condition quite X t w R h
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m oral ch aracter a n ,1 we a city against cholera?—John \V.
• ■ \ have by no m eans gone are fo rtu n a te in getting big tim ely Chadwick.