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
Reii* io n -
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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 ; .
,
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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me. e. Even the extraordinary di vet s it a .
w ill not be h a lf the quarreling or a
questions.
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aM fo,i°W8; Rah! Rah! tenth p art of the wickedness there
bo» a
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habits of th in k in g lead them to
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dwell
th .lf of the earth s suffices
to
the present, an d to deal with tl.eo- ’ „ L
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The discovery of w hat is true and
logical d,„. , i . „ .
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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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course in regard to practical, social m oraPty have lv " ,
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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.