THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1897.
The money is placed in th e hank
as soon as received and now th at
we have started to collect let every
T h e O nly S ecclak P a pek P u b l ish e d on
the P acific C oast .
one respond without fuith* r notice
Published W eekly by the Lilieral Uni- go th at the work may go right
versity Com pany.
head
Torch of Reason
this
parasitic,
religious leech fidence until they are afraid to
which is sapping the very life blood help. Our words may have sound-
of our civilization. Instead of priests ed h arsh hut we wish to assure our
of m yths give us teachers of science; readers th a t we do not wish any to
instead of looking to C hrist and him be offended and especially those
crucified, let us look at H um anity who are not cowards, traito rs or
J. E. HOSMER
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E dito r
The building sight 1» « beautiful ami it mystified; instead of sustain slaves. If there are a n y free
P. w . G E E R ....................... M anager place with fine drainage and good ing churches of a living (?) God let thinkers to whom these bad nam es
water. The land is level and we us sustain Universities of a living apply, it m ay set them to th in k in g
E n te r e d at th e postotficc a t Silverton, w jjj }ia v e a fine bicycle and running and progressive people.
and make them better men and
track to work off some of the sur-
women.
s u b s c r ip tio n r a t e s .
plus energy of our hoys and girls
If we should allow this work of
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building the Liberal U niversity to
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have
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school
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fail w ithout doing all in our power
In clubs of five or m ore, one year
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Two of the licensed lecturers of fearless of contradiction th a t the c, , warda and „.aitors ouw e,
Money should l»e sent by registered
letter or m oney order.
the (). S. S. U. start out to day ami m ightiest cham pion of C hristianity but Our work can n o t fail for we
hai.o already
ui-u<ui„ had a num ber
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will help us all they can in hudd- today
. . . . . is the throne of E n g lan d .” ; have
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W e hope
th a t \\ e . wish so m , eo , n e would whisper
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subscription will ex p ire with the next th e y will be assisted in th eir work to the reverend doctor th a t a H
number. You are earnestly reqne»te.l by freethinkers wherever they go, can he a cham pion of C h ristian ity L
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to renew so th a t you m ay receive th e p a - 1 J
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per w ithout in te rru p tio n . We have de- u8 a l i t t l e encouragen ent m a y b e ami yet be cruel, superstitious, and gk o w .
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cjded th a t it is best tor all concerned necessary for their future success and narrow.
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l a m very well pleased with the
th a t we do not send papers longer th a n .
It would have
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th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. If th e y
s u c c e f d o th e r s w ill
he
, been a better thing 6 school. It
been
a grand 1 success,
T his will p revent any loss on th e p a rt o t ) jnd uced to take up the work.
if fie could have tru th fu lly said r „„„ „ 1 1
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I never learned as much in nine
th e u n io n ami we will know ju st where i
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Queen \ .c t o r ,a ie. a great m onths before, ag j have |ean jed
we sta n d . We request you to send us
“ N o th in g s u c c e e d s lik e s u c c e s s ” a n d
tbe name» of Secularist» who m ig h t l.e- although we m a y m a k e m istakes cham p,..,, of liberty, tru th , justice, d uring the |a8t th re„ moQths
come subscribers and we will m ail sain- .
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p -
a
pie copies.
in our work we hope th a t the lovers m orality, the home, hum an rights,
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of H u m an ity will kindly overlook virim-, progress or any of these
T h at the Liberal U niversity has
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them , ami all Secularists help us to gram! p r.n c p le s which mean so been a succe95>
succeed by doing w hat they can to
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will have to confess; and if we
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l ei haps some enthusiastic chris-
place our Liberal U niversity in a
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succeed this coming year the re-
tia n w ill say th a t C hristianity in- . . .
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beautiful new home.
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will
shake
with fear,
d u d es ail these but does it include
At last our work of building th e '
any, or is it a fact th a t these are
®MITH*
U niversity has settled down to a
The Catholics.
being secured in spite of C hristian-
think th at the school has been
solid basis; the work is progressing
ity?
excellent considering the dis-
finely and those who have Higned
The oldest C hristian church, the
We feel sorry th a t our old friend a d v a n ta 8e the teachers have had to
subscription blanks and others who
M other of all C hristian denom ina across the w ater believes in the old WOrk un d er- 1 ani very well satisfi-
wish to see us in the new building
tions, would be expected to h e more fahles and folk-lore of the Jews, hut ed for
parL H oPin g th a t it
this fall should forward their dona
nearly like original C hristianity
we do not despair for we can see a will continue m any years, I am
tions to us at once.
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1 than the others, and so it is. The
F. B. F orw ard .
fre e th in k e rs do not pass the h at L ,
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1 host of young cham pionscom ingclad yours tru ly .
„ , « „ , „ 1 . . b n . m J . f ........... ..I, c »'hohcB 0bey those in au th o rity
I have learned very m uch, and
every Sunday, but now th a t we all
in the arm or of science and wield-
w ithout question; they tell th a t ing the sword of tru th , who will
am P^eawed to have the op-
have a chance, let every one put in
which is false if it is for the benefit in au g u rate a higher and better P()rtu n ity to a t t e n d next term . I
all th a t he or she can and our build
of the church; they keep th e layity civilization—a civilization th a t will j am ^ our friend-
ing will soon he completed.
in ignorance, th a t they m ay he bet
H arry ’ D esart .
The first work will he to build
not perm it such atrocities as are
ter Christians; their priests perform
I am well pleased with the m an
a dining hall so as to ac
now being enacted even in sight of
miracles; they believe or claim to
commodate all students who come
the great God houses of our aged ner in which our school has been
lielieve in spirits, and witches; the
from off. Now, friends this is a
queen and reverend sky pilot— a conducted during the past th ree
priests have power to cast out dev- civilization th a t will not encourage m o n t^ s- It i® g °in g to be a grand
grand work and every one should
help at once, for you know th at the p“;
|," e8,S H1? ,Je8US and or know wars such as are now be- 8Ucces8,
L eona A l l e n .
start is alw ays the hardest part of P aul d ° not " ta rry (bad ex a m p le,, | ing waged and abetted by C hris-
think our school has been a
an enterprise because many wil, ¡a " d
thousands of ways theC ath- tian ru lers—a civilization th a t re- dec*ded ®ucce88 and I am m uch
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olics prove th a t thev are th e real cognizes true worth as the highest P^eaRed w^th it; it is just w hat we
wait to see w hat others are going to n . . . .
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C hristian church,
tvoe
anri ii/xf
0.1 ¡need. I hope we will soon have
do and it it really is going to he a
tyi>e nf
of character and
not an
Any one who has gone through
success. Please do not wait hut do
ignorant belief in th e cleansing the U niversity building.
Mt. Angel and seen the poor nun-
L ora A mes .
what you can at once and then others
blood of a god-m an.
tau g h t children who in all prob
The Liberal U niversity is O. K.
who hav en ’t th o u g h t anything
ab
ility
will
never
be
free
from
I shall never regret the three
about it yet will chip in and the , J, , ,
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° e Iree Iro,n
grand work will go on.
' ,e, ° 'd deV1‘ ° f 8Ul,er8" ‘1<>"- and
Already a Success.
m onths I have passed here for I
We have been doing a little col-
Up° n tbe old Pri3,>"-|ik«
have learned things th a t will be
lecting this week in order to get our BUh° °
8Pook-lll‘e church which
People have often helped free- useful to me in all my future life.
foundation s started
ta rte d
and
t h o u . on He* ms to i.m a . a i k , h eav y , stag- thought enterprises and found to
G eorge R ic h e s .
foundation
and
those
nant appearance can not help cry th eir sorrow th a t they were victim s
These little testim onials taken
whom we have called have respond
ing oufc,“ 0 , Liberty, Liberty, when of m isplaced confidence, and so from m any other sim ilar ones,
ed in a way which makes us happy.
wilt thou save our people from the Ihey a r e a little backw ard about seem to us the very best evidences
The following have responded
priests’ mad greed for power!”
helping sometimes, and we do not possible th a t our work is alread y a
with the am ounts opposite their
protes- blame them , although we find th a t grand success; and with th e de-
nam es ju st to get the work started, . The
t lesser . 1 priests
81 * i. * e., the protes'
and most of «hem »re to pay more
Preac',t r9- are Batl’ficd
our work suffers more from this term ination th a t nothing will stop
when called upon:
le!‘8 pow" but the P""ciple ia the cause th an all others put together, us from pushing the grand work
Jam es Down, Hop grower, ♦ 50.00 “" ' " L ’i ’V ' 8 n° m ° re God ,neu In one of our editorials a short tim e forw ard to future victories, we press
J. W olfard &
M erchants,
25.00 ,uy ,rlMnda> th a n
° r I- They since we spoke of those who were onw ard,
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” J. • Adams,
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25.00 kuow nothing about a future life; able to help and who would not, as
M.
Banker,
L. Adams, Lawyer,
5.00 they have no proof of a holy book; cowards, traito rs and slaves; but
The very best legal authorities
John Porter, Farm er,
>0.0o they are eith er conscious or un- per laps in our enthusiasm to show are being consulted and the L iberal
Peter Rauch, Farm er,
45 00 consciou9 deceivers, and although
how foolish it is for people to hoard U niversity work will be m ade per-
H. L. E isenhart, Miller,
20
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°f
le8s
Power’
°f
the
sam
e
nature
as
Ju liu s Fisher, Farm er,
money and loose the happiness th a t petual. T he present m anagem ent
25.00 the Pneflt.
Samuel Ames, H ardw are
comes from doing good, we offend- do not propose to allow th eir work
L. Ames, M ater Works,
25.00
Let
us awake, liberty-loving ed some who really would help hut to go in the sam e way a s th e G ria rd
J. H. Porter, Farm er,
10.00 Am erican Citizens, and shake off, have been victims of m isplaced con- College did