THE TORCH O F REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1897.
nation, care to the extent of dying
Though in to th e g ra n d a rm y as
for the whole.
a «society none of the boys in
On no other dav it, the year is gray a r e a ,In ,,, ted, yet the partition
wails between the great arm ies are
the lesson ol loyalty to the Hag go ,hr()Wn (|own aH „„.y
Oregon
S tate S ecular
Union
O rganized i S nq __
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impressively taught as on Memorial were on picket duty ami Jo h n n y
day. Then again the people are ami Yank fraternized. Americans
rem inded of ihe most momentous both are we now and the whilom
epoch in the history of the United com federate would spring as quick-
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. . . then are seen those who
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ly to . the defence
Slates,
, , of an imperilled
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1country as would the old Union
preserved the Union, 'These s ta r s ¡ marK 'There are some, who still
ami stripes mean something: they regret the lost cause, perhaps m an\
UNIVERSAL MENTAL LIBERTY
mean freedom* they mean justice; " b o took no part io the bloody
they mean equal rights; they tell of
. of war which has m ade <‘»f
1 battles,
.*.1 of sacrifices m any, of priva °ld soldiers on both sides free com-
fades; hut most arc well content
tions numerous; prolonged suffering, with the final result. Our duty,
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and they tell of victories, physical on both sides is, Io teach the
ami spiritual. The Hag is no more younger men that more valuable
a pi ecc of bunting it is a symbol o f than any political theory, or social
all which is < lea rest to Am ericans: change or religious dogma is the
whole nation, and place above
freedom to worship a God alter the loyalty to any church, loyalty io
dictates of one’s own conscience, tin* Hag. Among mv brothers in
k : School of the Kind
The O nly
In the W orld
free speech, free press, free school, arms were men of widely differing
and free th o u g h t, equally before faiths and with equal loyalty we
the law regardless of birth, station defended t he same Hag; no questions
were asked as to what church
STRICTLY
or wealth, fraternity which re- claimed our mem bership a- we
<•■ gnizes l i c i t her race, color, sex or toiled side by side on the wt ary
NON-SECTARIAN
religion, all these things are ex nia'-eh or shoulder to shoulder
pressed by these stars and stripes, resisted a charge of the enemy.
it means our native land, our home. And so w«* should say im pressively
in these exercises, above your
Not only patriotism , hut brother church you must place your coun
hood is em phasized on this day. No try, over all floats the same stars
W hatever he v o u r
other body of men are more closely and stripes.
united than com rades who have theories about the future, of those
marched together, tented side by who differ from you on religious
questions, so far as our Hag and our
side, fought shoulder to shoulder; country is concerned we are one.
as iron is welded to iron in the
frien d s, one lesson we ought to
For term s and p articu la rs a d d rrss
tierce heat and under the heavy remember, and th at is the im port- '
blows, so is soldier welded to soldier ance of trying to understand the
J. E. HOSMER, President, Silverton, Ore.
side. " ,‘I>
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P u t y o u rself in ' 11
h 1 is
in a c o m ra d i e t sh - ip w hich
, e r „ siue.
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A nnouncem ents will be out th e first of A ugust.
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p ’Hce” is worthy a position among
an d endures both tunc an J change, thecom m ands of God. Could the
We arc nearer to one another com South anil the North had thorough-
rades, than Io any other save our ly understood one another, we
could have avoided all the misery
own families.
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and expense of the great war. And
In no other way can the lesson !differences over various questions
Issued every week T he only Secular p ap er published on th e P a
c ific
oast. A tearless advocate of C onstructive, E ducational Moral
of equality, one of the corner stones j of church and state, which separate
Secularism . S ubscription price, $1.00 per year.
Hl,onab Moral
of our Republic he so well learned would vanish did each trv to un-
as in a w ir. All distinctions of
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wealth and «Teed arc leveled and
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only manhood tells. Side by side
Head?
A weekly p ap er for th e young people. E n tirely free from su o ersti
marched Catholic and Protestant
w
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tion.
Devoted to Secular Sunday-school work. Per year, 25 V ents.
1 .m m ,
\ \ e are some what pessimistic.
the man from the brown stone front Perhaps it is on account of a slight
and from the tenem ent house, a tta c t of indigestion; hut now
Advantage of birt h was of no value. *“ )n«stly don’t \ on think that things
Frequently the lowly born proved a l ’’ *n a
when
who chum to he liberal, and there
I l i l c l V v ^ C l l O O l ( ) t 1 r 1 f t 6 *f I \7
the most effective soldier. Those are m illions of them , can ’t find —
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"f us who served in the Civil war tim e to write a few lines for the
A carefully e lite .!, neat p am p h let, co n tain in g moral and scientific
have learned, so th a t we can never P orch nor do anything to help
lessons for eaeh S unday. Price, 10 cen ts each or 40 cen ts ,w r v e '^
f u-get,
the les-on of equality, build the U niversity?
The c h ristim s say that infidels
and <ni Memorial dav the lesson is
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are dead in their sins and we hetrin
repeated for the benefit of all,young
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think Uian some of them are
ami old; side by side march old
Look here! If you don’t wake
soldiers, now occupying very dif- Up and stand by this work it will
ferent stations in life, broadcloth
I here is no necessity for it to
and jeans walk together
And
^O1 H ^ ttle front tach one will
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, , accomplish wonders.
e q u a lity IS a lesson still needed,
if Vul. nnn,f .
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L o c a l T a le n t o f S ilv e rto n
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AT -v o” can t ‘,o an y th in g more,
because it has been neglected since for the love of good write us a letter;
W ill re n d e r
the great war. The people of the 't »cay encourage someone else.
South looked upon the people of
woe unto those who are able
the North as m udsills and on the
h<l'p, and selfishly cling to their
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filth y lucre! C an’t vou see th e
New
> < ’ man as an anim al, they great good th at will be left undone
r hree
earned by hard knocks th at both unless you help these voting people
C om edy
A cts.
• he mudsill and the negro were who are w aiting for us to give them
men. We are form ing nmvdays a an education free from the orthodox
false stan d ard of manhood. The very blight?
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rid , deein themelves and are regard-
Come, let your highest and beat
■< >v others as m ade of a little m ental forces controle you, and
i • ' e ay than others, hut it is the r«-aeh <>ut a helping hand to these
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same d a y only gilded; this needs boys and girls who are soon to take * * * L i b e r a l
H a l l ,
S i l v e r t o n
fo I,.- luirressed on everyone, else our places in the great struggle he-
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again w, II disaster com-. A mm,>. tween science and ignorance, be
a m ,,,, f.„ a that and a th at, says Iween tru th and falsehood, be.
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m i,-.
iween priestcraft and secularism.
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The
Liberal
U niversity
S ilv erto n , Oregon.
J 'U e P o r c h o f R e a s o n
f b e U ittle C a n d le
I lie S e c u l a r
I d ra m a tic a l
E n te rta in m e n t.
JANE
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S atu rd ay Eve, June 12, 1897