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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1897)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, THURSDAY’, JU N E 10, 1897. thought you would be a candidate for this; and here you are in flesh and blood.” ‘‘I fought it out a* long :»s I could. I’d got so fitted to theolgy th a t 1 didn’t see how I could live without T , . . T . » . c it. I thought I must have a sort of . , , • . . . . , rir .-tial m achinery, but th a t answ er , ii i i i i . . of Ingersoll knocked it clean out of . , r . i , ,. . , mv head. I co u ldn’t get round it. . i m : ightily. i *:i i» * convic- • I T squirmed But , j i t • ii i tion tussled with me, and I yielded. ... r I said to common sense: I give my- ... ... , ' r self up to you w ithout reserve. I , , , ... , , . 4iold nothing back. W hat you teach I will believe; and, if need be, T ... , H i f ,i mi. I will leave all arid follow von. 1 he moment I said th at, I was happy, I could see things straig h t. I was free from all the universe,and it did geetn as if everything had a new color. Like a child, I began again, and reason has led me into smooth and pleasant paths. I don’t know much, but w hat I do know’ I find very useful. Ju st look at my farm and stock barns. I get enjoym ent out of these every day th at beats theology all hollow ” Bobbins did look happy, and no m istake,—a bluff, hearty fellow, browned with toil, strong, and healthful. A ctive E nem ies of L iberty. “ But outside of businea.« or trade circles, the tru st, properly styled ‘federation,’ has become a veritable slogan. 1'he one which, perhaps more than all others, is endeavoring . * to include everything in s ig h t, is . „ . / 6 * ’ the Bureau of (so-called)R eform s, . with headquarters at the national capital. Its object is to control J Congress,ar.d, by m eans of plausible . . . F m easures with innocent exteriors, A ,, to eventually com m it the govern- . * m ent into the hands of th a t class . . . . . , their ideas of religion by civil law. r • > , , Ib is bureau, or ® religious lobby, adopting political m eans, is the outgrow th of a federation of in- terests on the | art of various as sociations whose idea of n ational ! i eform in general is religious legislation.” The above clipped from an ad ventist paper tells us what we be lieve to be true, th a t the enemies <>f M ental Liberty are active in the work of gaining control of this governm» nt. These fanatics are very aggressive. They know no defeat and will as surely fasten the chains of religious slavery around the limbs of the American people as get “t he power*......................... f h e only way to prevent this calam ity from falling upon us is “You have been wonderfully pro- throuSb ‘“''«cation and by education spered, said Paddie. You were a poor devil, when w saw you he- fore. Now you are rich. Your own toil is not the secret of all “ T ru th , I s’pose, and courage.” “ Yes, and besides a lot of m ining stock certificates tucked away in k „ ow|edge of books. In order to resist the on com ing hosts of re- ligions intolerance, active \oung bien and women m ust he educated to work in organizations; they m ust •>e trained to be faithful to their principles; they m ust learn to sink self,stand shoulder to shoulder and njeet the enemy with the same determ ined, resistless energy th at the superstitious w arriors exhibit. P atriots of this great secular republic shall we allow theenem iesof L iberty to chain her to to the stake a ,,d repeat the religious crim es of the past? Never; lo arms! We m ust or- ganize and drill, for the enem ie’s w,1h drilled soldiery is upon us. ^ ur he our Secular the honk, th e property of my uncle. I, being his heir, they fell to me. I d id n 't know w hether they were worth a n y th in g ; but, when I took them to m arket, I found ’em boom- g (In,lay Kch„ „ |Si .„,(J ’ L ibera| U niversities. There is no time to b-- lost! The cap ital of this nation ’s surrounded. I he enemy has establighe<l forte and arsenals in “ No. It's a m iracle, partly. The very moment I became an infidel 1 had good luck An uncle of m ine was som ewhat sceptical, and left some hooks thai I never dared to read. W hen I threw the Bible aside. I overhauled them , and lead Paine the first thing; and what do you think I found th ere?” mg. I sold a. a high prtce and bought tins farm : and all because I read Pom Paine just in th e nick of tim e.” OD 4 * J IV ,11 n -4 ‘ Put th a t down. W e’ll call it a , Tx „„ mn-aele. Do you grow in grace?” “ I reckon I do, in th e right sort, I can’t describe the perfect wonder with which I have read Paine. He , IS such a m arvellous w riter, «> weighty and keen. His sentences ring through me like a trunqiet. He’s so p at, not a word wasted; and w ithal there’s such a moral force, such elevation of sentim ent! Tr . _ . , . How infinitely he transcends the m iserable crowd of m inisters that hay at him and try to cover him with the filth of their im agination! He is like a m ountain of snow , , ... touching the heavens, while they “ re like th e craw ling serpents.” ( to be continued .) J . K. H a m m o n d D R U G G IS T DEALER IN Chem icals, Drugs, M edicine, Toilet A rticles, Perfum ery and Soaps, S tationary, P aten t Medicines, P aints and Oils, Combs and Brushes, Etc. SILVERTON, OREGON. C u s ite r & D a v e n p o r t ■DEALERS IN- arp ¡n9o|e n t and tyrannical and are beguiling the children, weak men and em otional women into following them , by claim ing to he the chosen agents of a god. ? Corner flain and Water Streets I he peoples’ great defense against ignorancP( thc public .choo* has been captured and the very SILVERTON, ORE. "cap o n s (school hooks) th at are fin is h e d the young are loaded with religious poison th a t finally k ill8 every noble, and free thought, JO H N H IC K S a n ,l fits the victim for the enemie’s SAMUEL AMES service. “ A single individual cannot ac- com plish great physical deeds, hut a bod.v " f men J'««”«' together with DEALERS IN one purpose can perform wonders. The Romish branch of the Christian church is probably the strongest religious and political power on earth today. Il is the result A G R IC U L T U R A L IM P L E M E N T S of “ thorough and effective or- ganization. W hether for good or r tbe reguIt j(j , be Ha„ 1(, < inns, Pishing Tackle, Cutlery, Sporting Goods, Etc., Etc. „„¡on there is stren g th .’” SILVERTON, OREGON. Secularists, let us unite! ...GENERAL M ER C H A N D ISE Hicks & Ames. H^rdw are^T inw are. Stoves,