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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1897)
4 TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1897. N a tu re Conceiving som ething of in telli by jo in in g th e New Y ork Avenue Q o-o-oooc0-0-00-000000-00oooooo< gence he can say God. H aving c h in c h . N ature, so far as we can discern, seen exhibitions of m alice, he can Tyler went to St. J o h n ’s Episco w ithout passion and w ithout in say devil. A few gleam s of h a p p i pal church. Polk to the F street tention, forms, transform s, and re- ness having fallen a th w a rt the and to the F our-and-a-half street colored w ith “ P E R F E C T IO N ” transform s forever. She neither gloom of his life, lie can say, hea Presbyterian churches. B uchanan I>ves will m ake beautiful C ar p ets and R ugs, an d , u n lik e weeps nor rejoices. She p ro ven. Bain, in its num berless forms, went to St. J o h n ’s. The tall, gaunt o th e r dyes, th e colors o b tain ed duces m an w ithout purpose, and having been experienced, he can figure of President Lincoln was seen will not wasli out or fade. obliterates him w ithout regret. She say. hell. Yet all these ideas have on S undays in a pew of th e York I hey a re s im p 'e and econom knows no distinction between the a foundation in fact, and only a A venuechuich. Johnson attended ical to use, and th e new P e r foundation. The superstructure beneficial and the hurtful. Poison fection ” C otten Dyes are espe St. Jo h n ’s. G rant made the fame cially ad ap ted tor Rugs and Rag and nutritious, pain and joy, life has been reared by exaggerating, and w ealth of the M etropolitan C arpet m aking. and death, sm iles an d tears are dim inishing, com bining, sep ara M ethodist Episcopal church by his For Sale By All alike to jie r. She is n eith er m erci ting, deform ing, beautifying, im reg u lar attendance there. ful nor cruel. She cannot be Mat proving or m ultip ly in g realities, so H ayes went to the Foundry D R UGG I S TS . tered by w orship nor m elted by th a t the edifice or fabric is but the church. Mrs. H ayes was active in G U I5 S & SON, tears. She does not know even the incongruous grouping of w hat man all church affairs. H er church life W holesale A gents. a ttitu d e of prayer. She appreciates has perceived through t h e m edium in \\ ashington was as plain and SILVERTON,................... OREGON. no difference between poison in the of the senses. It is as though we sim ple a s it was in her home out in fan g s of snakes an d m ercy in the should give to a lion the wings of Ohio. h e a rts of men. Yet religious peo an eagle, the hoofs of a bison, the Garfield attended the Verm ont ple see n o th in g b u t design every tail of a horse, the pouch of a k an Avenue C hristian church, and S IL V E R T O N where, an d personal, intelligent in garoo, and the tru n k o f an ele preached occasionally from its pul terference in everything. They in p h an t. We have in im agination pit. A rth u r went to St. J o h n ’s. B A R B E II S H O P . sist th a t the universe has been created an im possible monster. Cleveland has been a regular com created, an d th a t th e adaption of And yet the various p a rts of this m unicant a t the Four-and-a-half * * * < m eans to ends is perfectly ap parent. m onster really exist. So it is with street P resbyterian. President They point us to the sunshine, to all the gods th a t man has made. H a rrison attended th e P resbyter A R T IS T IC W O R K . th e flowers, to the A pril rain , and Beyond nature m an cannot go, even ian church of the Covenant in to all there is of beauty an d of use in th o u g h t— above n atu re he can C onnecticut avenue. New York W hen you w ant a Good Sm ooth S have O r a F irs t Class H air-cut Call On in the worbl. Did it ever occur to not rise— below n atu re he cannot Press. them th a t a cancer is as beautiful fall.— Ingersoll. E. E. T A Y L O R , in its developm ent as is th e reddest U n iv e rs ity Fund. Creeds of P residents. rose; th a t w h at they are pleased to 5 © © © © © Previously A cknow ledged............ $510 50 •call th e ad aption of m eans to ends, F oundry church, W ashington, E M B aker, Ju n c tio n C ity ............ 2 00 SILVERTON, . . . . OREGON. is as ap p aren t in the cancer as in will be the church which Mr. M< - E Van Vra n k in “ .... 2 50 “ ............ 15 00 th e April ra in ? How beautiful K inley will atten d after his in a u F ran k W ilkins Jo h n E Jo h n so n , V a le .................... 10 00 th e process of digestion! By w hat guration. : GOOD BOOKS. : H e will be the th ird G M M arch and wife. C oburg, . . . 2 00 w onderful contrivances th e entire M ethodist am ong the presidents < f W J Dean, T a le n t.............................. 5 00 © © © © © © © © Q sy stem of m an is m ade to pay the United States. P C M osier, H om er, I I I .................... 10 00 There have Force ami M atter, B uchner, cloth .$1 00 trib u te to th is d iv in e and charm ing been, besides, eight P rotestant Epis Locke on H u m an U n d erstan d in g “ . 1 40 l°tal ................................ $552 50 An Ideal R epublic, p a p e r .................. 50 .cancer. See by w hat ad m irab le in copalians, six Presbyterians, two A risto tle’s E th ics, G illies, cloth . . . . 1 40 stru m en talitie s it feeds itself from U nitarians, one C hristian, and om T he N ature C ure, Dr. C onger,(new ) S ecular Societies. c l o t h ..................................................... 2 00 the su rro u n d in g quivering, d ain ty F reethinker. Sam e as last in le a th e re tte ................ 1 0 0 Mrs. E B. Moffitt S ec........ M e tz.. Iowa. f le s h ! See how it g ra d u ally but V olnev’s R uins, c lo th , 75c p a p e r ... 50 W ashington used to go to one <>r J . B. V a n c o u rt,.......... “ Newton “ V ital Force, A. C I.evannes, “ . . . . 20 .surely ex p an d s an d grows! By another of the Episcopal churches Daisy F e s le r,..........“ ___ R iverside “ A risto tle’s Politics, E llis, c lo th ........ GO w hat m arvelous m echanism it is in P hiladelphia. Jo h n A dam s was B .C . Bre w ster, ---- “ ........ C rescent Ok la. T rials and T riu m p h s of L a lo r, Ber -Mrs. II.D . Burrow s, “ V ancouver W ash. nard!, p a p e r ...................................... 50 ¿supplied with long and slender roots the first president a t W ashington. R. S h a rp less............“ ............. S p o k a n e “ H y p n o tism , How it is Done, its th a t reach out to the m ost secret He was a U n itarian , and, as there R obert C a rs n e r,___ “ ........ W agner Ore. Uses and its D angers, Ja m e s R. Edw in J o h n s o n ,. . . . “ .................. V’ale “ Cocke, M. I)., c lo th ...................... 1 50 nerves of pain for sustenance and was not a church of his denom ina R oxie L a u g h lin ,. . . . “ N orth Y am hill “ Dialogues of Plato, tra n sla te d hv life! W hat beautiful colors it pre tion in the cap ital in those days, Ada Dewey, .......... “ ........... P o r tla n d “ Carey, clo th ....................................’ 80 Maggie D an iels,___ “ . .M cM innville “ Del M ar’s H istory of M onetary sents! Seen th ro u g h th e m icro he did not identify him self with Miss lz>ra A m e s ,.. .......... Silverton “ System s, c lo th .................................. 2 00 Florence T<»ft............ “ ___Medford “ scope it is a m iracle of order and any place of worship. R e n an ’s Life of Jesu s, p a p e r............ 50 H H G o d d a rd .......... “ .......... T a l e n t “ M olecular H ypothesis of N atu re, beauty. All the ingenuity of m an Thom as Jefferson believed with F irst Secular C hurch of P o rtln n d , C lara Lockw ood....................................... 25 ca n n o t stop its growth. T hink o f Thom as P aine th a t m an should be B ailey, .................... Sec................................. H andbook of C urrency and w ealth, F irst S ecular C hurch of M cM innville, Waldron....................................... 60 th e am ount of thought it m ust guided by his own reason rather W illiam L am liert, Sec. R a p h ea l’s Astrological A lm anac and h av e required to invent a way by th an by the reason of others; there F irst Secular C hurch cf S ilverton, m eets E p h e m e r ic ........................................ 35 every o th e r S unday, 7 :30 p. m . M r. Jo h n Language of th e S ta r s ........................ 50 which th e life of one m an m ight be fore he d id n ’t go to church. M ad H icks. Sec. W h ith e r are We D rifting as a N a T he S ilverton Secular S unday School given to produce one cancer? Is ison went to St. J o h n ’s church. tio n , W iley, p ap er ........................ 50 m eets every Sunday in Liberal* H all, at it possible to look upon it and Monroe evolved some of his famous 2 p. m . You are e arn estly invited to a t We k e e p 'u p w ith th e tim es in L ib eral, doubt th a t th ere is design in the doctrine while sittin g in the same ten d and h e lp in o u r g rea t work of ad- ' Progressive and Reform books, and ask vanning the cause of science am i m oral you for all y o u r book o rd ers; will fu rn ish universe, an d th a t the inventor of pew Madison had used. ity- J . E. H ohmkk , you any lxx»k you w an t a t th e low est In 1819 Lora A m es. S u p t. price. A ddress all o rd ers, W. E. Jo n es, th is wonderful cancer m ust be infi St. J o h n ’s set a p a rt pew No. 1 for Sec’y. 201 A lder stre e t, P o rtla n d , Oregon. nitely powerful ingeniousand good? the especial use of the president of Man has no ideas, and can have the U nited States. none, except those suggested by John Q uincy Adam s, like his 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 his surroundings. H e cannot con father, was a U n itarian . He, with ceive of an y th in g u tte rly unlike others, founded the U nitarian .................................................. 1897. w hat he h as seen or felt. He can church, whose congregation met in I ........ exaggerate, d im in ish , com bine, sep the building now used by th e police I hereby prom ise to pay.................................dollars to a ra te deform, beautify, im prove, court. Jackson went to the Pres the Oregon State Secular U nion on dem and, for the erec m ultiply an d com pare w hat he sees, byterian church on F our-and-a-half tion of a Liberal U niversity at Silverton, M arion county, w hat he feels, w hat he hears, and street, which was built in his term all of which lie takes cognizance of office, and to St. J o h n ’s church. Oregon, provided, th a t th e sum of five thousand dollars through th e m edium of the senses; Van Buren went to St. Jo h n ’s. is subscribed by good, responsible parties before said de but he can n o t create. H av in g seen W illiam H enry H arrison, whose m and is made. exhibitions, of power, he can say, grandson was also president, went Name. om nipotent. H aving lived, he can to the F street P resbyterian church, Do all you can yourself, am i get o th ers to h elp . Pay, im m o rtality . K now ing some now W illard ’s hall. The F street P lease c u t th is o u t (or copy) sign w hat you can an d re tu rn to th e T orch of th in g of tim e, he can say, eternity. congregation has lost its identity Old Rags B rasov . . . . . . . S ilv erto n , Oregon.