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
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4iold nothing back.
W hat you
teach I will believe; and, if need be,
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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
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the Bureau of (so-called)R eform s,
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with headquarters at the national
capital. Its object
is to control
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their ideas of religion by civil law.
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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.
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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.”
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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
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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!
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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
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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.
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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,