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THE TORCH
Her eyes sparkled with liquid b ril
liancy, like the splendor of wine.
They flashed with a thousand
changing expressions, for her spirit
was responsive to all the influences
of the varying hour.
‘•Listen to m e,’'sh e said, “ while I
sing you a song. I wrote it myself.
The music is an old Scottish melody
that I picked up.”
She sang:—
OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, ls97.
The S um m er's Campaign.
Oregon
S tate S ecular
Union
The Liberal University closed last
F riday with th irty nine students in
regular attendance. T his ends the
first school year of the first L iberal
U niversity.
The students have
labored to m ake it a success and to
them great credit is due. It now
rem ains the du ty of us all to bend
every effort to build the new build
ing, so th at we m ay be all ready
“ Love tosses on a d a rk n in g sea,
Where wild winds b r e a th e th e ir m elody. next fall to go ahead with our work
The rolling billows give no r e s t ;
not ham pered in any way.
Love finds th e sam e w ith in its b r e a s t;
It is the intention of the Oregon
A n d 'so it yearns for som e sw eet shore,
State Secular Union to keep from
W here • life shall blossom for everm ore.
three to five lecturers in the field
“ Love like a pilgrim roam s afar,
in the coast states for the next
And w atches every changing star,
four m onths soliciting funds and
And gathers every ra d ia n t flower,
students for the U niversity and
And sees it fade w ith su m m e r’s h o u r;
And so it y earn s for th a t deep hom e
building up the cause in every way.
W here nothing fades and n a u g h t doth O ur lecturers will be licensed by
ro am ."
the state organization which license
“ You see it doesn’t am ount to will be a guarantee th at the person
much, but I wrote it m yself; and holding it is intellectually and
it’s nobody’s business how poorly I m orally capable of expounding the
write. I enjoy the privilege all to principles of Secularism and right
myself. Do you th in k you can living.
remember them ?”
Right here it may be well to add
“ Y es,” said C harlie, “ as long as a few words in regard to our ethical
I live.”
j basis which defines the require
“ I ’ll w arrant you’ll forget them. m ents for lecturers and teachers.
Come, sing them with me, and There seems to be some m isunder
perhaps you won’t forget them standing am ong some of our
Until day after tomorrow. If you mem bers and m any of the o u t
keep then so long, I shall feel quite siders. No one can get a lecturer’s
license now who is not of good moral
honored.”
C harlie sang the song with her character and exem plary habits.
and others also; and the g o ld e n ! This insures our societies ag ain st
moments flew, and dangerous being disgraced by the actions of
moments they were to C harlie’s peace the lecturers, and it also gives the
lecturers a recom m endation as to
of m ind.
true worth. People who advocate
After a while she jum ped up.
a future life are not licensed by the
“ I said little Pete could paint.
O. S. 8. U. On account of the
Look here.” And she showed some
trouble we have had with lecturers
b rilliant landscapes full of color,
of th a t belief it was deemed
and flowers deftly painted on plates
necessary to m ake this restriction
and frames and screens. E vident
and avert all further trouble. T his
ly, she could handle the brush with
o f course excludes S piritualists and
fine skill.
it i> well th at it should for Secular-
It was all a wonder to Charlie. ists and S piritualists can only work
He drifted along th e dazzling together by working in separate or
stream of love, though he felt every ganizations. There is no occasion
moment as if he should go tum bling for hard feelings, for it is best for
over some cataract. It was utterly both parties and sensible ones on
foolish to th in k for a moment th a t both sides realize it.
such a b rillian t and fortunate
Our lecturers are ready to start
woman would ever consent to be on the road at any time now as
the wife of one who could offer her soon as dates are made. There is
scarcely an y th in g in the way of no time to be lost, so, kind reader,
wealth or position or talent. no m atter in what part Oregon,
Charlie had very little faith in his W ashington, C alifornia or Idaho
own ability. He looked upon him you live, write and tell us w hat the
self as a very o rd in ary m an, and chances are for a lecture at your
made no pretensions to excellence p la c e and neighboring com m unities.
Our lecturers m ake no regular
of any sort; and he h a d n ’t the
charges for their services, hut we
slightest idea th a t he could present expect people to furnish a hall and
anything to B lanche th at would entertainm ent for the speaker and
then do the l>est they can in a
win her to his side.
financial wav. All the lecturers
“ It seems to me you are looking
are donating their work and all the
rath er m elancholy,” said Blanche, money th at is taken in goes to the
as the hands of the old-fashioned S tate I nion a fte r paying the
clock in the corner began to creep lecturers’ actual expenses.
No m atter where you live, try
toward twelve.
and arrange forone or more lectures.
“ I am m elancholy.” said Charlie. No one will be sent to fill the *
" I t ’s alm ost tim e to go.’’
engagem ent who is not intellectual
“ No m atter about th a t
You ly and m orally capable of advanc
ing the cause of Secularism .
can call ag ain .”
PE A R L W. G EER .
(TO BE CONTINUE!».)
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S a tu rd a y Eve, Ju n e 5. 1897