* T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON , TH U R SD A Y , JU N E 3 1897. Liberal Hypocrites. by this vile vender of “ wine, which cheereth God and m an” (Judges 9:13), but what about their neighbors one mile awav who m av o-o-o-oooo-oooo-f'o-o OKXXXXXXXKXXXX) be pestered to any ex ten t th a t said < x x x x > o < x x x > o o o o o o ^ 6 S 3 3 ^ S 3 ^ ^ vender may choose? Of course all this must be in ful fillm ent o f some prophesy. W hich one is it? It may be, “ The lam b and the lion shall lie down together,” or it may be in contradiction of th scripture which says th at whatso ever a m an soeth th a t shall he a 1st Liberal Books How would it do for us to give the hypocrites th a t are found in the Christian churches a rest and traiu our guns on the hypocritical Liber als (?) who h av en ’t self-sacrifice enough to help build up now th a t we have a chance. I t ’s a m ighty easy thing to find fault and tear down others’ work, but when it comes to building up it takes som ething besides jaw-bone. It takes th o u g h t, energy, money reap. •and hard work. Secularists, let us It is h ard to to tell w hether these not daspise the hypocrisy of the good people love their neighbors as C hristians an d then be worse o u r them selves or not, but they have selves. had th eir say anyhow and ini pressed the public with the grea We May Be Delayed. T H E EVOLUTION OF T H E D EV IL th o u g h t of G od’s power. By H enry I ran k , th e in d ep en d en t p reach er of New York C ity. The All come to prayer m eeting the m ost learned, accurate, scientific an d philosophical analysis of his Sa On account of some of our com tan ic m ajesty ev er before p u b lis h e d ; 66 paires " m ittee not being quite satisfied Lord is on our side! PR A Y E R ................................................ with the legal papers, and on ac The Its uselessness an d unscientific assu m p tio n . Some one h u n d red a u Future of Orthodox th o rities quoted to show th a t p ray e r c an n o t, in th e n a tu re of th in g s, count of other prelim inaries, the Theology. be answ ered. Bv H enry M. T a b e r.. g 10c work on th e U niversity may be de IN PLACE OF C H R IS T IA N IT Y Rev. Thom as Dixon, of New layed a few days. We are bound An an sw er to th e co n stan tly repeated qu estio n s which C h ristia n s ask : to have everything all rig h t before York, recently took the ground anity? ’ ‘ V i Z l T a u T ” ‘he reHgiOn ChriB‘i’ . „ starting. I t is better to w ait th an th at “ the orthodox church has lost its hold on the public m ind,” and T H E E A R T H NOT C R E A T E D to make a mistake. Exposes th e fallacy of p o p u lar cosm ic th eo ries: 39 nai/es if... “ th a t men, as a rule, do not go to Meanwhile, let everybody come JOHN TY N D A LL M EM O RIA L ................. church, and th a t women arc the m nh °* ,,rofe?8,)r T yndall and articles by Holyoake forward an d say what he or she is Mills, W atts, U nderw ood, W ak em an , H uxley and o th ers 16c people who hold fast to t h e ortho going to do to help along the work. C H A R LES DARW IN If you have already done all you dox o rganization.” Mr. Dixon a s H is life and w h at th e world owes to h im . W ith p o rtra it and illu s tra tions. By B. O. fo w le r and I1. B. W akem an 15c can, talk with vour friends and cribes the fact he m entions to de tell th»*m all about our plans and cline in the intellectual statu s of L IB E R A L IZ E D C H R IS T IA N IT Y A collection of evidence, m ostly ad m issio n s of the clergy, th a t th ere perhaps they m ay become interest the clergy and to a lack of inde is a g rea t change taking place in ch u rch d o ctrin es. By H en ry M T ab er 10c ed and help build the first U niver pendent thought aixl expression in GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION Ingersoll s best arg u m en t in behalf of th e e n tire separation of church sity th a t is free from supersti the m inistry. and sta te . By R. G . In g e rso ll............................ , (k. Of the falling off* in church a t tion. tendance there is no doubt. Says C H U R C H AND STA TE tB® Pu bli<! schools and th e new A m erican p arty . By the Chicago Tribun'*: “ It is cer Jefferson ................ ........................................................................ r Slow. Iftc tain th a t in western European n a COSMOLOGY AGAINST TH EO LO G Y Bv “ V in d e x ” .................... .n Some people who have talked tions and in the United States the Liberalism for th e last twenty m ass of organized laborites have TH E R E L IG IO N OE H U M A N IT Y By J . Leon Benwell.............................................. ... years are as slow in backing up practically ceased to go to church, RELIGION AND SCIENCE their word, now they have a They leave th a t d u ty to their wives ‘•R econciliation” refuted By “ C o rv in u s” ................................................ 26c chance, as the orthodox God is in an<^ ‘laughters. They themselves D W IG H T L. MOODY An interview . By Susan II. W ixon his plan of salvation. appear a t church on stated occa- 6c SECU LA R SUNDAY SCHOOL Q U A R T E R L Y We have concluded th at no such such as m arriages, baptism s, A neat little book on science and m o rality w ith lessons for 13 weeks a god exists, for p rayers are never Hn<l funerals, and on certain fcsti- for p rim ary , in te rm e d iate and ad u lt classes. By J . E. and M. P. Hos- m er answered, and we will begin to v a ^ ^ a y p» H,td not generally even 10c W O RLD ’S PA R LIA M EN T OF R ELIG IO N think th at these so-called Liberals then. They are no longer regular A laughable burlesque rep o rt of the noted p a rlia m e n t. D. K . T e n m e y .. 10c are not Liberals a t all, but are ju st m em bers of any church. In coun W H A T W OULD FOLLOW ON T H E E F F A C E M E N T OF being wicked (?) aw hile as a prep- ’rH S *’ke France and Belgium half C H R IS T IA N IT Y T his is a splendid m issionary Ixxik and an eye-op un r f o r orthodox aration for graduation into the ,,,c 1 he m en are n o n-attendants of people. By George Jaco b H o lv o a k e ............ joc Salvation A rm y. divine worship. How the m atter T H E MYTH OE T H E G R E A T D ELU G E - -------------- J —. stan d s in the cities of this country A com plete an d overw helm ing .efu tai ..n of th e Bible stories By FOR SALE A t th e T o rc h of R easo n ” O ffice. Jam es M. M cCann.................... Methodists Save a Saloon-keeper. a“.' one can ascertain by looking ---------- We u n derstand that a peculiar C hristian perform ance occured in the little Oregon town of M arquam . It seems th a t a saloon keeper who has been Ixithered very much by C hristians who, some say, vote one way and pray another, has at last, after ab out a dozen charges, been convicted and fined $250, and costsor was to lie m prisoned. The law m ust he satisfisd, but wail! He plays the baby act and his former enemies are touched and on his prom ising not to start an o th er saloon w ithin one mile of the town the good M ethodist leaders get up a petition and the law will he cheat- ed out of its victim and the tax payers out of about $100. I he C h ristians have had their way and will n o t be bothered any more ....................... 9 16c into the P rotestant churches on B IB LIC A L M YTHS Shows plainly t 1»* unreasonableness and ab su rd ity of m ost of th e ^ ’m day an d then looking into the B ible stories. By Professor Daniel T. Ames. 10c cars, t h e . parks, the pleasure LIK E AND C A R E E R OE C H A R L E S BRADLAUG H By Genrye Jacob Holvoake................................... .«g Ma rdens, the theaters, the base a g ro u n d s, a n d th e salo o n s. It will PRO G RESS OF EV O LU TIO N A RY T H O U G H T A ddress before th e Congress of E v o lu tio n ists held in Chicago Seo- not ta k e long to find out th a t th e tem b er, 1893. By B. F. U nderw ood . . . . a tte n d a n t* in th e one case are JE H O V A H IN T E R V IE W E D hir^ely women, and in the other 1 h»*ir husbands, sons, and brothers.” Now as to the cause, or causes, of this absenteeism . The clergy, ^ I** Bixon included, fail to see or are unw illing to acknowledge the m ain cause of decreasing interest ,n l^ e church. This cause is th e <*ecBn‘‘ of belief in the theology for " b ic h the churches stand. \\ here ^lith was once strong, skepticism a n ^ ‘bsbelief now prevail, and they are stenilily increasing. This in- ,e Bectual condition is largely the ( continued on sixth page ) . O r O rthodoxy from H ead q u arters. Good for dyspeptics w h o d e sire to laugh and grow h e a l t h y .................................. W H A T C O N STITU TES A F R E E T H IN K E R By H . L. G reen .............. ? .................. STA N D IN G UP EOR .JESUS O r w hat th e editor of the F reeth o u g h t M agazine th in k s of Jesu s 6c BRUNO M ONUM ENT IN ROME For fram ing. A »«eautiful o rn a m e n t for a F re e th in k e r’s hom e in place of su p e rstitio u s o rn a m e n ts .......................... jo _ BIBLE AND CHURCH DEGRADE WOMAN A most conclusive refutation of the claim th a t woman owes h er a d v ancem ent to the Bible or th e ch u rch . By E lizab eth Cady S tan to n 10c W H Y AN E X P U R G A T E D B IB L E 1 he w riter, a m in iste r of th e gospel, h ere endeavors to prove th a t the Bible teaches w hat is false, w hat is im m oral, and w hat is obscene Bv R ev. E. 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