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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1897.
vein, and for awhile he revelled in him, I’ll take the money to the
the accumulation of wealth. Then, poor folks here,” said Charlie.
the vein was lost again. There
Fhe deacon distributed the bibles
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cisco. Before taking his departure, devils believe and tremble. The
however, he wished to do some wicked dee when no man pursueth.
missionary work, and so he passed Woe unto von generation of vipers,
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around the bibles. Bibles are al- Depart, ye cursed, into everlasting
ways handy and ready for distribu- flames. Without are sorcerers, dogs
tion. For some reason, saints take and whoremongers,” and all such
more pleasure in distributing them delectable phrases, which he was
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than bread and butter. It is for very fond of repeating.
the glory ol God, while bread and
I suppose not many tears were
butter is for the benefit of man.
shed
when the deacon left the
The deacon called a meeting, camp.
He pretended to be very
made a little speech and a long poor, but the fact is he took away
prayer. His speech was as fol- about
twenty thousand dollars,
lows:—
Although so humble in outward
OF THE DEVIL
“Fellow-travellers to eternity, we appearance, he had a vast ambition, THE EVOLUTION
By H en ry F ran k , th e in d ep e n d en t p reach er of New Y ork C ity . T he
are sojourners here for a few days He meant to be a millionaire, and
m ost learn ed , a ccu rate, scientific and philosophical an aly sis of his Sa­
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only. This is a world of shadows, build a church and endow a semi-
PRAYER
a vale of tears. We must prepare nary. With what success, we shall
Its uselessness am i unscientific a ssu m p tio n . Some one h u n d re d a u ­
for the judgment. We must sit in find out hereafter.
th o ritie s qu o ted to show th a t p ra y e r c an n o t, in th e n a tu re of th in g s,
be answ ered. By H en ry M. T a b e r................................................................... 10c
sackcloth and ashes and mourn our
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IN PLACE OF CHRISTIANITY
C hapter x v ii .
sins. I speak to you as on the
An an sw er to th e c o n stan tly repeater! q u estio n s w hich C h ristia n s ask :
Months rolled by.
verge of hell. lean hear the roar­
“ W h at are you going to give us in place of th e religion of C h ris ti­
a n ity ? ” By H e n ry M. T a b e r.’........................................................................... lOc
“I am going to pull up stakes,”
ing of the flame and the groans of
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the tormented. I can see the said Charlie. “I have had enough THE EARTH
E xposes th e fallacy of p o p u lar cosm ic th eo ries; 39 p a g es...................... 15c
wrath of God. Oh, tremble, for he is of this life, haven’t you Bill? I t’s JOHN TYNDALL MEMORIAL
a great and terrible God! Listen time for a change.”
W ith frontispiece of Professor T yndall and a rticles by H olyoake,
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to his word, I give it to you. Read
“I’m ready,” said Bill. “ We’ve
CHARLES DARWIN
and meditate and repent, and cry done pretty well.”
H is life and w hat th e world owes to h im . W ith p o r tr a it a n d illu s tra ­
tions. By B. O. Fow ler and T. B. W a k e m a n ............................................... 16<-
out for mercy.”
“That’s a fact. Golden Throne
The deacon’s prayer was too has turned out to be a ‘golden LIBER A LIZ ED CH RI SIT A NIT Y
A collection of evidence, m ostly a d m issio n s of th e clergy, th a t th ere
long to report. But there was no throne’ for a good many of us.
is a g re a t change tak in g place in ch u rch d o ctrin es. By H e n ry M. T a b e r. 10c
need of that, for everybody at We struck it rich in .Jimmy’s mine; GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION
Golden Throne knew7 it by heart, and ours hasn’t been any poor
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and sta te . By R. G . In g e rs o ll........................................................................... i()c
The deacon always prayed ex- shakes. We count up a good heap,
CHURCH AND STATE
temporaneously. He believed that We might as well stop and enjoy
The Bible in th e public schools and th e new A m erican p a rty . By
one’s petitions should come directly the world.”
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from the heart. He was down on
“Of course. It’s no use to earn COSMOLOGY AGAINST THEOLOGY
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all rituals and ceremonies. Never- this money, unless we spend it;
OF HUMANITY
theless, his prayer was alw ays the and we can’t spend it here to any THE RELIGION
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same; and, after a few times, the advantage.
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whole camp could repeat it as glib-
“ Not at present; but Golden
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ly as the deacon himself. No one, Throne is bound to be a big place, DWIGHT L. MOODY
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howaver, felt disposed to rob the Do you know there are first-class
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“Say, deacon,” said Charlie, “ I Saratoga of the West. We might
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There’s Aunt Eliza down here, she’s the doors anyw’here. I ’m bound
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needs money. Sell the Bibles and up there. If I get tired, I can THE MYTH OF THE GREAT DELUGE
give her the money.”
come back, for I shall still hang on
A com plete am i overw helm ing refu tatio n of th e Bible sto ries. By
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“I can’t do that,” said the dea­ to my claim. Do you tumble to
BIBLICAL MYTHS
con.“ The Bible is for our im- this, Bill?”
Show s plainly th e u n reaso n ab len ess a n d a b su rd ity of m ost of th e
mortal souls. The body must
“I do.”
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perish, but the soul survives.
It doesn’t take long for miners to LIFE AND CAREER OF CHARLES BRADLAUGH
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“But, while the body does live, I equip themselves to go anywhere,
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much the better. The body hasn’t,
“Good-v, Grubbing. I’m glad JEHOVAH INTERVIEWED
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