H IE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1S97
The Licensed Preacher.
BY “ OLD MORTALITY.”
C ontinued from first page.
cash out of your wallet. Then
they will he compelled to scrath
gravel or starve.
Forgive these tears for I cannot
help hut weep when I wonder
what will the harvest he when we
take to the shovel, pick and plow.
Even as old and intelligent as
many of us are, there are compar­
atively few American divines that
know which cow horn to pull when
they want a glass of buttermilk.
Take us all in all, perhaps there is
no set of men under the tin can­
opy of heaven that are so lacking
in the wags and ways of this old
world. I do not like to tell you
this, hut it sometimes takes the
cobwebs out of my throat when I
merely tell a few facts just for va­
riety—though it is not policy in
me to do so.
I cannot brag much on some of
my brother pulpiteers, who will do
and say most anything for the
glory of the Lord so long as they
get the hind leg of the chicken and
a piece of the pie.
“Now, therefore, behold the Lord
hath put a lying spirit in the mouth
of all these, the prophets (servants)
and the Lord has spoken evil con­
cerning thee.”—I Kings:22-23.
But why quote the Bible; one can
prove most anything by it. It does
not say positively that the moon is
made of green cheese, but it was
made of nothing, and
the
Lord appears to have had a large
amount of this curious commodity
on tap at the time he created this
earth.
Oh, Moses! what a cock and bull
story you told the unsophisticated.
But Moses I will not chide your
memory for the wonderful things
that you are charged with saying,
for we sky pilots are still feather­
ing our nests by the fruits of your
most' magic pen, and I for one will
assist my brother preachers in
erecting a monument to thy mem­
ory—notwithstanding I believe you
to have been the grandest liar of
your day or any other day.
My little ones, try to keep all
books, magazines and newspapers
out of the reach of your parents,
for by the ignorance of your par­
ents we thrive, and we do this in
spite of Hume, Gibbon, Volney,
Voltaire, Paine, Ingersoll and all
the other infidel writers who were
not wise enough to make a living
only by the work of their hands
and the sweat of their brow. Yet
I am sad; oh, what will the harv­
est be? Amen.
U n iv e rsity F und.
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Christ.” “Ingersoll to the Clergy,”
25 cents. This book comprises a
number of questions by ministers
Splendid program at our Y. P. S.
of various creeds and answers to
S. C. last Friday evening. Captain
the same by Colonel Ingersoll.
Allen is making a hard fight.
Now show this paper to a friend
It never rains but it pours.
and ask him if he will not sub­
Mr. B. A. Leonard presented the
scribe and help along our cause
school with another good dictionary.
and receive each week a copy of a
This makes three new dictionaries
paper that stands for morality and
in one week.
SECULAR N E W S
against superstition. If each one
The student who spends 2 hours
The drama “Jane” will be played of our subscribers will get us a
each evening in study gains in 3 at Liberal Hall by home talent th»* new subscriber it will just double
our subscription. Did you ever
months, 120 hours i. e., 20 days or last of May.
think of that?
just one month. No wonder that
It was deemed best at the last
those who study evenings and
mornings are happy and gav and convention of the Oregon State Sec­
The B oquet.
come to the recitation with a cheer­ ular Union to allow the old officers
ful smile. We can learn a good to hold over with the exception of Editor Torch of Reason:
I received a sample copy of The
lesson from this. Life is a school. the secretary, who did not care to
Torch of Reason, the other day and
when I get home to Liberal Mo.
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want it. I send you by this mail
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one copy of The Boquet, which I
hope you will appreciate. Of the
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book the name of Jesus does not
appear and I only found it con­
M r . J ohn I I ickh , T reasu rer F in an ce B uilding C om m ittee, S ilverton, Ore. :
venient to point a hit to use the
name of God but three times. The
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preachers say no one can write
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unless he is inspired by either God,
m ain ten an ce an d fu rn ish in g of th e Liberal U niversity of S ilverton, Ore.
the Holy Ghost or the boy of the
cow stable. Yours truly,
E. L. S mith , Silverton,
R obert S cott , W oodburn,
G. H. WALSER.
J ohn H ick s , T reasu rer, S ilverton,
Liberal Mo.
Deeart, Physiology B; Charles Page,
English Literature; B. B. Smith,
English Literature; Walter Dolan,
Fourth R. Elocution; Elma Smith,
Fourth* R. Elocution; George
Brewer, Fourth R. Elocution;
Robert Down, Spelling A; George
Riches, Book-keeping and Chemis­
try.
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said fund to be used solely for th e co n stru ctio n , m ain ten an ce and fu rn ish ­
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E . L. S m ith , Silverton,
Robert Scott, W oodburn,
Jo h n H icks. T reasu rer, Silverton,
C om m ittee on Finance.
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A poem from the above mentioned
book appears on the first page of
this paper. The Boquet is a
splendid book and we hope it will
meet with large sales.
M oney an d Books.
Dear Friends:
Add the inclosed $3 to your press
fund. I mail with this three rolls
of reading matter, “Our Animal
Friends,” hoping they will interest
many in your reading rooms.
Wishing you every success, I am
yours,
J. W. H.
New’ York City.
T ra c t Society.
Editor Torch of Reason:
I am highlv in favor of vour
tract society plan. Put me down
hold office any longer. Mr. E. L. as a member. Wishing you success,
Smith, of Silverton, was elected to I remain sincerely yours,
that office and will undoubtedly
B. L. HJERMSTAD. D.D.S.
prove a good man for the place.
He still retains the office of
P re ss F u n d .
treasurer.
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York: “ Essay on Miracles,” David
We give the T orch oe R eason
Hume, 10 cents. This is a splen­
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from the philosophical works of the for one year for the small sum of
author. “An Open Letter to Jesus $1.50. Now’ is the time to sub­
scribe.
Christ,” D. M. Bennett, 10 cents.
This is a splendid missionary tract
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containing a number of pertinent
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We have had sveral additions to
our museum this week. “Grand­
ma” Geer donated a very peculiar
bird’s nest, and a large petrified
shell. Mrs. Mary Starmer gave
a jar full of moss that grows in
water and is covered with minute
shell-fish which arc alive and grow­
ing. Mrs. Starmer also gave us a
joint of a whale’s back-bone that
was found near the coast.
In the late examination the
following students stood 100 ptr
cent in the branches mentioned:
Frank Forward, English Literature;
Elvin Ames, Grammar B; Walter
Smith. Spelling B; Lora Ames, U.
S. History; Leona Allen, U. S.
History and Spelling A; Harry
Wanied-An Idea