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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1897)
THE The Licensed Preacher. TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , MAY 27, 1897. gether. He who breaks the laws of right b* ha vi«»r invites d is ti action. BY “ OLD M ORTALITY.” Therefore, the wise man will prac Mv little ones, as variety is the tice pure behavior.” “ Follow right doctrine and be salt, pepper and m ustard of life, I will read for your instructiou a few kind to all th a t live. Know when select passages from the B uddhist to ea t, and th e right m easure; so bible. Buddhism was founded by with th e rules of clothing and m ed G autam a, a H indoo sage, in the icine.” “ Wisdom is the bridge th a t sp an s eleveuth century B. C. The teach ings of G au tam a are asthetic, m oral, the ru n n in g stream o f ignorance. instructive and in teresting beyond Now guard yourselves a rig h t.” any teachings of the sixteen s o -, My little ones, study the Bible called Saviours. G au tam a wrote of In d ia ; it may prove of great with much p u rity of expression. practical benefit to you and your There is no word in the bible of I n pared ts. dia th at would shock th e most re K E E P AN EY E ON YOUR PARENTS. fined. W ould th a t I could say as much for the w ritings of the Jews, Is m y advice to you my littte who, it appears to me, vied w’ith ones— for I have found by years of one an other in telling frightful study th a t there are com paratively ghost and hobgoblin stories. Then few children th a t know how to bring after they had lied u n til they could up th eir fathers and m others in the lie no more, these w onderful old way they should go, so th a t when liars employed an o th er old liar by old age fastens his heavy hand the name of Jo sephus to write a upon th'-m they m ay look back book in which he states th a t his w ard and say— “ My children have brother liar told the tru th . But I been a blessing to me. They will say of Josephus th a t his work raised me on good old fashioned is far superior to the works he es horse sense and I nave not d e p a rt sayed to sustain. And this congre ed from the paths of wisdom.” gation would do well to place the L ittle ones, perhaps your father works of F lavins Josephus in th e ir is in the h ab it of spending bis library, as it is the best history of small cash for wine, should this be the Jews ever w ritten. After Jo the case, (I hope it is not) j u s t sephus had been gathered unto his clim b upon his knee and whisper fathers, the early religionists were into his best ear the following sug sore perplexed because he had not gestive words:— known of Jesus, so they inserted a “ W ine is a mocker and strong falsehood in Book 18, Chap. 3. drink is raging and whosoever is Thus they m ake Josephus lie anew deceived thereby is not wise.” w hilst he lay in his tomb. These perhaps are the verv best “ Lie still, brave old worrior, words the bible contains could you I will run thy falsifiers up a pear prevail upon your good parents to tree.” read and study all the 27 different Do not, I beg you, th in k th a t I bibles and so-called sacred books? do not reverence the H oly Bible You can rest from your lab<>r of for I now say th a t I respect and love, for by th e tim e your parents hold it in much esteem for the good have learned the good things these it contains. I read this book as I strange but interesting old voluums do any book or new spaper— for the contain they will no doubt be much inform ation I m ay derive from it. wiser and better prepared to face America is called a C hristian n a this old world and take it for what tion, notw ithstanding the bible is it m ay be worth to them in true very little read or understood by the happiness. m ajority of our people. L ittle girls, keep a sh arp eye on Some of the in tellig en t ladies of your father, straighten him out England and America bad qu ite; when he goes crooked— some fathers recently published w hat they call are queer folks and are far from “The W om an’s Bible.” This new being angles. departure set a few of the wise L ittle boys, keep close to your churchm en of th e eastern states to m other, and should you hear her thinking, so they have com bined I sing th at “Sister H ighjinks is no and will soon put in circulation “ An I better th an she should be.” Hold Expurgated E dition of the Holy up your little hand and say "M other Bible.” I will now read from the it is wicked for you to H atter your Bible of India. neighbors.” “To solve a doubt is only reason In this m anner and ten thousand able; who could forbid a m an to other ways you can be of advantage seek its ex p lan atio n ?” to your m other. You will fierhaps ‘‘A hollow com pliance arid a pro discover th a t your m other is more testing h eart—such m ethod is not easily m anaged than your father. for me.” F ath ers in the m ain are very head “ W alking in the path of tru e strong, proud and egotistical, they wisdom, letting go troth extrem es, get th is notion from the Turks. In we then reach u ltim ate perfection. conclusion I will say I am glad “ W hat is reverenced should be th a t you have learned so many known and seen Reverence is due patrio tic songs of different nations to righteous conduct.” — t h e s e songs m ay perhaps be of “Sorrow and jov cannot agree to much pleasure and satisfaction to y o u should you visit foreign coun tries. A WONDERFUL DECLARATION. We give the Torch of Reason and the F rcethought M agazine for one year for the sm all sum of $1.50. Now is the tim e to subscribe. A late Denver paper has publish S IL V E R T O N ... ed the following declaration: Foes To Progress. 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