T H E T O R C H of R E A S O N , S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y IS, 1S97. . t rv tl th e story thath< W ere 1 God. ..... .,11-wive h v was all whm dj T he Scottish m in iste r oi th e good old o o o o o o c o o o o o o t * * £ <Jid not aiway, ol*erve h b conjre; ° gation falling asleep w ithout a word of ô ( ) M M xr-xtiilation. “ Jeem s Robson, ex- $> V 7 1 U c o n s id e r a b h (C o n tin u e d fr o m d th . frigid zones some, so as to them more adapted to the I don’t th in k I would e j •reated re ta ie u . a w ve iiiiX’A made o any - creatures have I ' v*—- of - r p r e . y > , a t least such as kill for them selves. W henever was com m anded.) there sleeper forbye me. The m in iste r looked ont m r - . a n .l saw th a t his own wife was actu ally W OU|J have no such a ------ tiling h en vvuuiu n » w been i«.v........- ------— c ai.j aH]eep. “ T __ - , , Je e m s .” h e c rie d , “ when dealh BlU th a t argum ent ap- ye see .ny th e „ vour h an d . Before m any minuve» m e I m ig h t h a v e se e n fit to m o d ify pears nonsensical to m e. W ith n o },and was held u p ; th e good lady was some other features also. But j e a th w hat would have b e c o m e nodding again. Im m ed iately h er hus- .. u band called upon h er to stan d up and when I had come to m aking m an- ()f a u t he people and other creatures re(<eive h js public censure, w hich was kind, I th in k I should have left m ultiplied upon the earth? M ulti- B « 0 ^ 0 .« ! , them alone as I had m ade them at plicat,ion would have to stop alter j nae ^x,a u tv ; yer frie n ’s th a t I the first tria l (See Gen. 1.25-30.) aw hiie f„r s h eer lack of room. How a « » « * » » '- ;a n d ¡ 0 ; ^ » and not have made them over again. W(H, | j the carnivorous creatures \ypat pastor would make such a speech, My C hristian friends claim th a t the },ave m anaged? W ould they have w hat wife en d u re it to d ay ?—A gnostic Lord God who, the sto ry te lls us, (jevo„ red their prey alive? And Journal-______________ _____________ m ade the second pair of people, was the same person as the first party who is called sim ply by his sir- nam e God, and if I don’t accept th a t they call me an unbelieving sinner and teach Sunday school children th a t I wi 11 go to hell for it- But he was called Lord God when he made the second Adam and the sergical rib-operation to get m aterial to m ake Eve out of. (A dam was m ade of dry earth.) God also did WOU i j ft have still been alive after |,ejpg chew edand swallowed? 1 he lheo|ogues may say th a t th is death business d id n ’t extend to other Cyeatnres th an m an -k in d ’, hut I j 0l,ft see w hat au th o rity they would have for saying so. If there was n o such th in g as death why was the tree of life put in the garden? W hat was the use of it anyw ay? If I had been God 1 would have stuck to m v agreem ent with the first colored w ith “ P E R F E C T IO N " Dyes will m ake beautiful C a r pets an d Rugs, an d , u n lik e o th e r dyes, th e colors o b tain ed will not wash o u t or fade. They are sim ple and econom ical to use, and th e new “ P e r fectio n ” C otten Dyes are esp e cially ad ap ted for Rugs and Rag C arp et m aking. For Sale By All D R U G G IS T S . G L ISS & SON, W holesale A gents. S IL V E R T O N ......................OREGON. P re ss F und. Previously A cknow ledged.............. (82 00 Jo h n h ia ;nond>Coburg 1 00 J 1 00 Jo h n E Jo h n so n , V ale, 1 00 50 j S O degard, C rescent C ity, Cal. .. S IL V E R T O N BARBER SHOP. T o ta l.............................................. <85 60 * L'niv e r s ity F u n d * * * a r t is t ic w o r k Previously A cknow ledged............ $510 50 E M B aker, Ju n c tio n C ity ............ 2 50 “ 2 50 E Van V ran kin “ ............ 10 00 W hen you w an t a Good Sm ooth Shave j,^ n \?Jo h n nson, so i V a le .................... 10 (M3 Or a F irst Class H air-cu t Call On 2 00 not had so m uch o M M arch and wife, ( o b u r g .. the garden business, and p u t the pair I m ade and “ exception clause” on the fruit trouble afterw ards. T o ta l .................................................. $537 50 trees. (Gen. I I and I I I .) He then The first people m ade bad no S ecu lar Societies. allowed the snake to iuterve ne the tem ptations put in th eir way and woman and get her to induce Adam fo,. a a gbt we know would have done Iowa. to partake of the forbidden fruit so ; n icely if left alone. B ut C hristians Mrs. y an c o ^ tt as to get an excuse to drive them will say th a t to have done so w ould |>aisy F e s le r,..........“ ....R iv e r s id e u out. not have been according to God’» v k m -S X " Wa»K No com m and not to eat of the plan< Then I th in k his plan was a p> S h a rp less............ “ .............Spokane “ fruit of the tree of knowledge was poOr one. K i»h! j S S m " " ' . ' . T v L l e * ^ ' ever given to the woman. She knew If I had been God I think I would Roxie L a u g h lin ,_____ “ North Y am hill “ e — 1 - • - “ << . . . P o r tla n d “ only what Adam had told her. He },ave m ade Abel a girl, and then ? eY S i ei8',’' u M cM innville “ i * . . . . S ilverton “ was the oldest and she supposed he no| had Cain kill her. 11 God had Lora A m e s,.. F irst Secular C hurch of P o rtln n d , C lara knew. B ut the serpent told her worked it right lie would not have Seetdar C h u r Bailey, ................ See. th a t god was only fooling; and th a t j,a(l t he trouble of a m urder o n FirHt‘ ’se c u la r C h u rch of M cM innville, the threat to k ill them was all rot. j his hands, and would not have been : church of Silverton, meets So sh e ate som e, a n d P flO ’S E. E. T A Y L O R , 6 6 0 6 6 OREQON. SILVERTON, : Q G O D BOOK. w Ö ö W W Force and M atter, B uchner, cloth $1 00 Locke on H u m an U n d e rstan d in g “ . 1 40 An Ideal R epublic, p a p e r .................. 50 A risto tle’s E th ics, G illies, c lo th ---- 1 40 The N atu re C ure, I)r. C onger,(new ) c l o t h ..................................................... 2 00 Sam e as last in le a th e r e tte ................ 1 00 V olnev’s R uins, clo th , 75c p a p e r ... 50 V ital Force, A. C hevannes, “ ----- 20 A risto tle’s Politics, E llis, c lo th ........ W T rials and T riu m p h s of L abor, B er got A dam to u n d e r th e n ecessity of c u rsin g poor every other Sunday, 7 ;30 p. m. Mr. John n a r d i. n a n e r eat also. If Adam had been a little sharper and had eaten of the fruit of the vanning the cause ot science am i m oral Del M ar’s H istory of M onetary tree of life before God got there, he 12.) J . E . H osmer , S ystem s, c lo th .................................. 2 00 would have had the b e s t of God, and B ut it appears from the story ll'|’jOra \ mes. S u p t. R e n a n ’s Life of Jesu s, p a p e r ........... 50 See’y. been all safe. U nfortunately for us th a t the land of Nod, was a good M olecular H ypothesis of N atu re, L o c k w o o d .......................................... 25 he did not. S till I d o n ’t blam e deai ftke Silverton, as Cain went -------:-------------- ------- - - H andbook of C urrency and w ealth, him m uch, as he was new to the out from the presence of the lord We give the T orch of R eason > vaiuruil W a ld ro n ........................................ .............................................. 50 ways Of things, but I always th o u g h t when he went there. And ¡ta p - " nd Th,‘ Rapheal’s A.trological Almanac »nd J , . , . 7 . , . L l 1 u 1 l- .......... , „ a- 7 i __ for one for sm all ~ sum 01 , E p p i h i v e i n m v e i .................................... n c ........................................ « . , i , l , l I U i i r year y v n i » v i the m v -------- it sm alt of him to lay the blam e on pear8 th a t the lord was not entirely $ , - 5 y ()W is t he tim e to sub- L Language Stars anguage of th e S ta r s ........................ 50 W h ith e r are W e D rifting as a N a the woman. om nipresent, not being on the east bCrii,e. tio n , W iley, pap er ........................ 50 But suppose Adam had obeyed of Eden. , We keep u p w ith th e tim es in L ib eral, Progressive and Reform books, am i ask an d refused to p artak e of the fruit And it appears th a t Cain found lA J o n tP rl— îfiP A of^Sme «impie you for all y o u r book o rd e rs; will fu rn ish ur h ™ : L . 7 “ , n ^ 5 i uÄ you any hook yon wan. .» th e loweat Eve offered to him, w hat would the a wife there. But how she came -------------- urn ft co., Patent Attor- A ddress all o orders, rd ers, W Eve there, and where she sprang from, j J hm weddbrbürm a co.. Patent Attor- j,rice. ' Address W. . E. Jo J n e s, L ord G jlod have done then? 91 A lder stre e t, P o rtlam l, Oregon. would have been wise and Adam ¡g left to conjecture. We m ay infer and’nJwîï>t o?oni Siouiand inventions wanted. not. I fancy th e whole plan would th a t she was a daughter of the first have been upset, and the Lord God which we are told in (Gen. I 27.) 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 in a dilem a. No com m and not th a t God created, and whom he to eat had been given to Eve. If the ¿ ¡¿ n ’t put into Eden, and who .1897. L ord God had killed her, he would appears to have got along nicely £ •# ■ have had to make another, and to a n d m ade no trouble, th a t is the I hereby promise to pav............................. dollars to have driven her out would have o,fty way I can see th a t Cane got been as bad. And to have left h er bis wife. Adam was a hundred the Oregon State Secular Union on demand, for the erec there with A dam , she having and th irty years old when Seth was tion of a Liberal University at Silverton, Marion county, all the knowledge and him born, and h a d n o daughters yet. Oregon, provided, that the sum of five thousand dollars none, would have put the men in a be th at as it m ay, the God or is subscribed by good, responsible parties before said de- bad fix. T heir progeny would have the Lord God w hichever you choose, mand is made. been only one half witted. l a m made them and gave them long Name. .................................... glad he ate it. lives and it appears th a t they were Of course an all-wise Lord God not slow to im prove their oppor- Do all you can yourself, an d get o th ers to help. could have fixed th e m atter up in tunities. Please cu t th is o u t (or copy) sign w hat you can and re tu rn to th e T orch o r . . . - - S ilverton, Oregon. s jine way but it doesn’t appear from M. R ight . R eason . a • An