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,, , > i t t u »oim uay. i i’he ne evening passed Reii* io n - X x x : s v ,rr p ,easa,,tiy w ith T h e .™ knows o f hi9(ory> „eari'y r e g io n s is S w i^ Z n y T ^ ’ 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. . • . , . 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 ; . , 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 - , r ’ r D epartm ent this week. i * E , c j . 7. ceremonies in honor of the Deitv M ake people happy and there is not qualified to discuss these i? *i_ T he College yell adopted th is .. me. e. Even the extraordinary di vet s it a . w ill not be h a lf the quarreling or a questions. T heir studies und i. . * over WHek aM fo,i°W8; Rah! Rah! tenth p art of the wickedness there bo» a t .V , • an a of the m any religions diffused over habits of th in k in g lead them to . e zi 11 on the i fu c tu re ra th e r th an on show surface u ffic e s to Kah! Zip! Rah! Boom! Liberal Uni- is in the w orld.— Ex. dwell th .lf of the earth s suffices to the present, an d to deal with tl.eo- ’ „ L 7 C“ " '“ a n ' 1 no iversity, Give us Room! The discovery of w hat is true and logical d,„. , i . „ . t ... £ ary e,; n„ect...n with m orals, 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 ---MIIVIVVVI -----~ 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 U niversity Feb- v s » ,r-v , l O I ’rlJ J B uilding Tuesday, * u v .-u n So long as men believed in special is verifiable or dem onstrable by uo- * i n I __ l • • « 0 9 1 /A i _ 1 a > r '-ody on «his »hank a .........boa. of £ ^ 7 7 “' " T “ ’° ’ T “ “ ! ~ ~ .................. " - - ........ ... I residence there was a prem ium tin,«.” F urtherm ore, religious re- conditions are wan n " * I P A 1 * ^ “ * 8erVi<* ’ o f u n U O o r« an ,tary an d H o ciaIreg u la- vivals are “gotten up” by a series of irreg u lar confusion 7 e " ' a ''' ! ®' th e s b r ° o f . Iow a, « h o tions. W hy dig a d ra in to hinder ¡ 7 A • meetings producing e m o tio n a l ex- tire d, ficienev „ ? c e m e n t, a m ental condition quite X t w R h H i « , " '“ 7 , .a ” ' , ; v,n8 a great help m our Uni- typhus, whet, a prayer, which costs "• “ 7 T M r' ChT > r ° ™ us nothing, w ill keep it off? W hy unfavorable to appreciating a dis- controvew iblv th a t re '" i rec<’n,m e,'id t'‘1 as tf> 'a c h in g clear the streets if p ra y e r can fence course in regard to practical, social m oraPty have lv " , 'g" ’n a " d 7 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.