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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1897)
« THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1897. trine ft person can go on, and on, in in whirl-a-gig and zig-zag fashion. Rev. Myron W. Reed of Denver his evil ways, and after he has asked God to forgive his sins, he at said in a recent sermon—‘ I hope to once becomes pure and as white lie forgiven for ever taking up a and spotless as an angel’s wing. foreign missionary collection. It is Eight v-rive per cent of the inmates one of mv blunders. I did not know of our jails and penitentiaries be better at the time.” I trust the good citizens of this favored country will lieve this senseless doctrine. By teaching that God forgives forgive me for the damage I have sins you and your “ilk” work not, so oft been instrumental in bring spin not, sew not, nor do you turn ing upon them. This missionary a wheel that produces one thing scheme has wrought great evil to tl^at is of practical utility to the every American city. The Pagans world. Yet you live on the fat of appear to be satisfied with their the land and dress in fine linen religion and we should allow them and fare sumptuously while many to enjoy it in peace. “Until our of your poor uninformed dupes civilization improves it is a crime want for the necessaries of life; and to give to anyone.” When every the poorly-paid school teachers one of our poor families possess a mourn for a glory that never dawns j home of their own, and want, woe, upon them—and one of these is of and misery become a by-gone con more value to the world at large dition, then and not until then, Our Stock than ten thousand preachers—who should we force our peculiar religion Of Medium-Priced teach that God forgives those who upon a people that have enjoyed a far better religion than ours, wantonly do evil. Reverend sir, I will say in con thousands of years before Joseph clusion, that intelligent men and and Mary gave us Jesus? “Let women (bless all good women) every tub stand upon its own bot Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention have got their eyes fastened uj>on tom” is now about the idea of this Yours to Please vou sky pilots and in a few short Denver preacher. Tell your parents years you will be compelled to stop that we must “see” this party at lying about God and earn your once or, our churches and temples Silverton, Oregon bread by the sweat of your face. of worship will become the roosting Happy day for the world at large and hathcing places of swallows, when an intelligent people will bats, owls, and other fowls. And force this condition upon you. For we preachers, alas, become the many years I have attended church laughing stock of all wise people. H m u iiìio ik I I can say no more my heart is! and at no time have I heard a preacher tell his congregation to sad, very sad. Amen. quit lying, stealing, back-biting, Blue-Laws. and to pay their debts. Even now you ministers and preachers are A Sunday measure of the most begging for money to send abroad DEALER IN pronounced Blue-law type is re for the conversion of so-called ported as having passed the house heathen, while many poor people of the Connecticut legislature, April C hem icals, Drugs, M edicine, Toilet A rticles, Perfum ery of the Christian city of Denver are and Soaps, S tationary, P aten t Medicines, P aints 22d. It provides that no labor or in want of the necessaries and com and Oils, Combs and Brushes, Etc. sport shall be allowed in the state forts of life. Shame upon Colorado between sunrise and sunset on Sun-! (my adopted state), and shame days, and fixes a penalty of $50 upon you sir, and your fellow sky SILVERTON, OREGON. for violation of its provisions. One pilots that are so interested in a noticeable feature of it is that it world you kuow nothing of, while specifies that no exception shall lx? the honest poor of this earth—cry, made for persons who observe the starve, and die for want of the nec seventh day as the Sabbath. Doubt essaries of life. No wonder infidel less this latter provision most fully ity is on the increase in every part --------DEALERS IN-------- embodies the real spirit of the of this country. Yours in distress, measure. HARVEY DAGOBERT. The press report states that should the provisions of this bill be My Little Ones—Perhaps it will strictly construed, they “would stop be well for you to say to your par the electric cars and stages, and ents that if they owe Brother Da- would make it unlawful to ride out Corner Main and Water Streets gobert they would do well to pay in carriages or on bicycles or to go him at once, for a few more letters boating, fishing, or swimming.— SILVERTON, ORE. like this will work to the unpopu American Sentinel. larity of this tabernacle. Col. R. G. Ingersoll, H. Dago- Religion ignores its immense JOHN HICKS SAMUEL AMES bert, and others of like “ilk” must debt to science, and science is l>e silenced if we 113,000 divines scarcely at all conscious how much have to give them all our salary for religion owes it.—Herbert Spencer- the next two years. 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