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
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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.
B arb er
Shop
S ilverton . . .
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V anted—An Idea
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