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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1897)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , JU N E 3, 1897. Com m on S ense vs. Moody. and Dr. B uckle), Editor of New A W illin g Helper. We give the Torch of Reason and York Advocate, who have* the the Freethought M agazine for one I see through the Com m ercial courage and honesty to come out E ditor T orch o f R kanos : \ our sam ple copy of T orch of year for th e sm all sum of $1.50. Tribune of C incinnati of March 12th before the world and tell them their R eason received. Thanks. I am Now is the tim e to subscribe. and 1 that the E vangelist Moody is ju st honest opinion about the v bible i . i ------ m uch pleased with its appearance. now holding a series of revival meet- its in fallib ility . “ Folk Lore” is My principal object in taking it is S IL V E R T O N ... ings in C incinnati and Covington, " h a t Abbott called the bible stories to contribute my m ite tow ards the and is m eeting with wonderful sue- his serm on on Sunday th e I4th com pletion and support of w hat is ctss. Thousands of th e ignorant inst. he a n n ih ilates Adam, flood, destined to be of incalculable benefit people are flocking to hear and see prophecies, and all, he denies the to F reethought and Secularism , him out of curiosity alone, not th a t w hale and Jo n a h story in toto and startles the C ongregational that is, the U niversity. For several they expect an y sp iritu al m an ifesta he .A rtistic Work years 1 have been tak in g the church and world with his criticism . tions th a t will doubly repay them liu th se ek er and other Freethought for th eir trouble. They wish to see Pile C incinnati Bost savs: “ L ittle organs (all secular) and I have W hen you w ant a .... ¡j,nd hear the great revivalist, th at was left of the bible when Rev. been a S*cularist over th irty years. Good S m ooth S have is all. X But now let us out of Lym an Abbott got through with Inclosed please find money to Or a F irst-C lass........ curiousity listen for a few m inutes his serm on at P lym outh church prepay to the end of present year H a ir -C u t to some of his teachings to the yesterday March 14th. The story of at which tim e I will send a y ear’s -CALL ON- people of C incinnati. I have his Adam and the fall of m an and the subscription in advance. In the statem ents word for word and deluge were fables borrowed from E. E. T A Y L O R . the Assyria« s. Moses did not write near future I promise you I will would not m isquote him . contribute a little now and then ♦ ** w w w “ I am one” says he, ‘‘who earn est the Pe tateueh, and most of the toward the U niversity. w Of course S il v e r t o n , O regon ly believes th a t th is world i> t«> be old testam en t Books were not it cannot be very much as my purified; I do not th in k it will be w ritten by men whose nam es they wages are sm all, being a laboring destroyed,” he then th in k s that bear.” Such is the reasoning and m an but my heart is with you. after the purification th a t this will conclusions lifter reading and stu d y W ishing you and all the grand be our heaven. It was once purified ing the bible carefully of one of our and energetic pioneers of Universal by water and it will be again by greatest m inisters. Of course he M ental Liberty on the Pacific coast L IV E R Y fire, such is the logic and reasoning ca n ’t snail* w Jo n ah and the whale every success, I am, dear friend, of the great bible believer. Accord and th ' ie are hundreds of other FEED A N D Your respectfully. ing to his idea it takes a great deal stories just as unreasonable and .J ohn M c A rdle . SALE S T A B LE of purification to suit this world. silly as that. Council Blurts la. We would have th o u g h t th a t being T hen there is Rev. I)r. Buckley Cor. W ater and Lewis Pream ble of Omaha Philosophic made by an all-wise and benevolent at the head of M ethodism in the Streets. al Society. God th a t he would have got up 1 m ted States, who at a m eeting of som ething th a t would not have re M ethodist preachers held in New Believing th a t rational hum an K ig san d Saddle H orses alw ays quired so m any purifying processes, T or < Feb. lo th came right out beings are entitled to the enjoy on Double bund a t th e low est prices. A corral to keep it in running order, but let and denied th a t the bible is infal m ent of th«'ir own opinions on connected w ith th e barn for loose stock. In fo rm a tio n regarding any kind of and th a t they us see, tak in g it for gran ted th a t lible, and a direct revelation from every subject, stock tly atten d e d to, by person should have the right to properly o r lette p r. ro m H p orses Boarded an d Fed on this world was ever flooded with Go ; he says th at the English express such opinions at all su it reasonable te rm s. water, how m uch purer does, Mr. version of the bible is fallible, and able times and places,—and be Moody suppose it was after the th a t it contains errors, and th a t he lieving th a t the object of life HARDESTY & MOODY. Hood than before; then supposing it did not th in k th a t there were four should be the happiness of the hit is going to be purified with fire haw men in the room in th eir sober man race in this world—T h at mere pleasure does not constitute h ap p i much purer is it going to be after souses but would decide with ness—T hat there can he no real everything in t is burned up than him , it created the greatest excite happiness when either the mind or before? He says lie don’t believe m ent am ong the preachers and they the body is enslaved by hum an it will be destroyed, only purified, did not know w hat to do or say. laws or creed*— T hat happiness is colored w ith “ P E R F E C T IO N ” but if after ev erything in it is I hex wanted Dr. Buckley to retract the result of doing right and living Dyes will m ake lieautifui C a r according to the laws of our nature burned up, if it is not th e n pretty his words, but he was firm and physically, intellectually and m oral pets an d Rugs, an d , u n lik e well destroyed then we d o n ’t know would not tak e back a word. J u s t ly—T h at we should not live for o th e r dyes, th e colors o b tain ed will not w ash o u t o r fade. the m eaning of the term . Then in think of it, th -t good old bible th at ourselves alone hilt be of service to I hev a re sim p le an d econom our opinion it would be a nice look- B rother Moody th in k s so much of our kin and k in d —To m u tu ally as ical to use, and th e new “ P e r nig place for Heaven after being and says ought to he studied, a f a l s is t each other in finding out what fection” C itto n Dyes are espe is right and doing what is right, we burned up and while it m ight suit lible book and full of errors, hut cially a d ap ted for Rugs and Rag organize ourselves into a society Mr. Moody an d his followers, it B rother Moody swallows it all down to he known as C arpet m aking. w o u ld not do for people who take w ithout a word, “ Give us the obi For Sale B y All THE OMAHA PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY •ruth and reason for th eir guid* tra s ation of the Hihle,” he savs, W hich society we propose shall he D R U G G IS T S . In case this world is to he our t at is m .d enough for the com perpetual. It shall be the province G U ISS & SON, of this society to combat ignorance, heaven after purification, what is m on pe -ph-. W holesale A gents. be going to do with the one he H is good enough oo doubt, for all im m orality, and su p erstitio n ; to fo s te r scientific investigation, m en < hums is already m operation, is i, like ,lim who Jeave ,.eapon an(J , tal liberty and social ethics. S I L V E R T O N ........................OREGON, going to take two to fill the hill? 8en9e out of the qllestion, but for M h a t is he going to do with old men who like Abbott, Buckley In- For Sale. Who can think Enoch and E lija h and all those gersoll, E, of, W a s end hundreds of tom e simple One hundred and sixty acres of .. . „ ., thing to patent? " h o h e c la im s has already gone to of others we con Id m ention, it will Protect vour Id ea s; they may bring you wealth. tim ber land in Tillam ook county. U rl;u JOHN WEODERBURN A CO.. Patent Attor- W ashington. I). C„ for their S i.» « prise offer heaven? B rother Moony th in k s „ever do. We have a great m any One mile from N etarts Bay. House, neys. *nu new list of oue thousand Inventions wanted. the word of God needs more sensible artificial C h r is tia n s in the church 16x24. Sm all clearing. E xcellent «xplanatiou, an d less effort on the today. Mo »dy says: “ They belong water. Good bargain. In q u ire at part of m inisters to tear it to pieces. t(, the church for different ’ reasons, this office. 1 ba' is ju s t what is needed B rother they d o n ’t want to hear the hihle Moody; wc w ant more m inisters prea« In d they a r g u -th a t they must E l HER HARDESTY, like ) on, B iother 1 allonge, Sam grow i*i to religion arid don’t believe Caveats, a n d T rade-M ark» obtained an d all P, ent business conducted for MOOCRATC F ee*. • "in s and others to explain away in revivals and sudden conversions, O ur O r n c e i s O p p o s it e U , S . P a t e n t O r n e r and we cans*" ure patent in leas tame tuusc the bible, an d n<»t take it as it reads, but I will venture the assertion rem ote from W ashington. . Send model, draw ing or photo., with descrip because if you do you are lost, but th at four-fifths of the C hristians in W ill p ractice in all courts of th e sta te . 1 tion. H e advise, if patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee not d .o till patent is secured. Special a tten tio n given to collections iet me tell you w hat we are soon go- this room were converted at a A P a m r m l c t , “ How to Obtain Patents,” with cost o f same in the U . S. and foreign countries and n o tary Work. >ng to have, plenty of good sound revival m eeting.” sent free. Address, R oom 3, W o lf B lock . ^ n sib le , m inisters, who like Rev. j OKL m . berry . Eyman A b b o tt o f Plym outh church N a tio n a l M ilita ry H om e, Ohio. O s r . p a t e n t Omet, W a s h in g t o n . D. C. SILVERTON, OREGON. 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