1HE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 1,
1897.
they have no use for prayer; they may be given to those who have no
The business of m an on earth is N . J e rm a n ,
J . H . Lyons.
being deadly
enemies, cannot worth.
to be a m an betimes. In yearning
both occupy the same space at the
It will not do to build on some to be an angel in heaven’ he be­
JERMAK & LYONS,
«ame time, consequently the more church, for who will guarantee the come» a m isanthrope in his own
home.
P A IN T E R S .
you m ay have of the one the lcs- ch urch’s integrity?
Our country is a republic.
It
you will need or require of the i It will not do to build on a cun-
was so m ade because our fathers
House, sign and carriage p ain t­
other. Is e e th a t B rother M acdonald ni ugly-devised creed, for w hat has defied despotism ; it is so kept be
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p i u n u p i i g «mu
n te rio r
ing.
P a aperhanging
and i interior
of the T ruth Seeker gives you a assent to m ystical phrases to do cause the sons love liberty more decoration a specialty.
Charges
nice send off in your grand Liberal | with m aking character?
than they esteem em pire.
reasonable. W ork guaranteed ’ °
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Ha ving seetded from the King­
enterprise movement.
Wishing
It will not do to build upon a
doms
of earth , win should we be
you all the success th a t is possible. book tor who shall be the voucher
am bitious for allegiance to a king- S IL V E R T O N ...
Believe me yours truly.
for the book’s au th en ticity ?
Not doin of heaven?
H aving repudi­
J oel M. B e r r y .
ated the ihrone in politics, lei us
one known only in the book.
T a k e no authorities for tru th , not perpetuate it in religion.
The True Gospel.
Those who regard not traditions
for tru th alone is authority.
add m ythologies may respect some
It is unsafe to im plicitly trust of those who do for r heir h u m an ity ’s
..... A rtistic Work
"I cherish these words of the
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M a rty r' President as a message another s knowledge and inten­ sake, esteeming their hearts as!
better than their heads; also, let
from the dead. They are to me an tions. It is nn»st ."hallow to p red i­ those
who believe w hat they own " hen you want a“ "
au th o rity equal to aud beyond the cate your own wisdom on a n o th e r’s they c a n ’t prove, not despise those
G ood S m o o th S h a v e
ignorance.
It
is
stupidity
to
try
to
testim ony of prophet, priest or po­
who are skeptical o f incom patible Or a F irst-C lass.......
defend
your
own
proposition
by
doctrines; for. being therein true to
tentate, for they carry their own
H a ir - C u t
your
antagonist’s
ignorance.
He
themselves, they are less likely to
proof on their face— plain as axioms
-C A L L ON-
th a t says he cannot answ er the he false to others.
of geometry:
It is not altogether on his belief
“ During the tw enty years th a t I other fellow’s objections, hut neither in trad itio n s and testam ents, nor
E. E. T A Y L O R .
have been in public life, alm ost can the other fellow answer him , !,y his faith in C hrists and creeds,
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eighteen of it in the congress of the unw ittingly gives his own can
th at the religionist shapes his life; S il v e r t o n ,
O regon
away.
if it were, the earth m ight ho more
United States, I have tried to do
I do not propose to live on the a vale of tears than the saints used
one thing. W h ether I was m is­
to sing of. When there was more
taken or otherwise, it has been the tailings of professors of religion, religion and less science in the
plan of my life to follow my con­ lh ere is abundance of such fodder, world than there is to-dav, there
victions, at w hatever personal cost hut the q u ality is detestable. And was also much more misery.
L IV E R Y
The temples th at the true thinker
to myself.
I have represented for professors of religion who presum e
many years a d istrict in congress to fatten on the errors of ttie secu­ would build a re homes for the |>eo j
FEED AN D
pie, m ills for the m anufacture of
lar
people
will
find
no
lack
of
vile
w h o se approbation I greatly de­
their comforts, and schools for in- i
SALE S T A B LE
soup
ready
served
for
a
vicious
sired; but though it may seem, per­
stru ctin g th eir minds.
Cor. W ater and Lewis
But it won’t assim ilate
There are two things, at least,'
haps, a little egotistical to say it, I taste.
S treets.
yet desired still more the approba­ with healthy flesh. To cry, “ thou that we m ay know and not m istake
1st, negatively, a Suprem e A rch­
tion of one person, and his name was fool.” is not evidence, and to re­
itect
of the I in v e r s e does not stand
Garfield. He is the only m an tort, “ if I ’m a fool,you are an o th er,” in need of our building him a she­
Double Rigs and Saddle H orses alw ays
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not
argum
ent.
on
band a t th e low est prices. A corral
th a t I am compelled to sleep with,
bang; 2nd, positively, intoxicating connected
wish ti e barn for loose stock.
N o a m o u n t o f m ystery will ever liquor is a bane to m ankind.
and eat with, and live with, and
In fo rm a tio n regarding anv kind of
Let us then devote ourselves, not stock p ro m p tly atten d e d to,' by j»erson
die with, and if I could not have ledeem m an from folly.
r lette r. H orses B oarded and Fed on
Let o reasonable
h a t tue world wants is com­ to divinity, hut to hum anity.
hie approbation, I should have bad
term s.
us build for the welfare of our
mon
sense
and
th
a
t
Jived
up
to.
com panionship.”
.
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fellow
iv u i.n citizens r rath
a u i e er r
m
than
an
1
he
Mmplvr
you
»ay
a
tru
ll.,
the
<he
worship
o
f
foreign
conceit?,
J ames A. G a r f ie l d .
HARDESTY & MOODY.
readier
it
will
be
grasped.
“
My
conscience
is
m
y
crow
n,
J he m ortal man who voiced this
C ontented th o u g h ts mv r e s t ;
The m achinery of theology has
sentim ent spoke out of the fullness
My h eart is happy in itself;
My bliss is in my’ b r e a s t.”
of his m ind a m eaning as noble as ground more m inds into chaos
than
there
are
stars
in
the
sky.
J o h n P rescott G u il d .
could be inspired by V irtu e’s self,
Ih e expected approval of the
were she a veritable individual.
»r
i
g°ds is not the most exalted reason
He who respects not him self is flir any peI.forn,ance.
colored w ith “ P E R F E C T IO N ”
no. qualified Io respect others. He
He w h o sta n q s reail
aj
Dyes will m ake beau til ul C ar­
who has no convictions of his own
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(F n @ @ s
pets and R u g s, an d , unlike
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assured th a t he is righi, ’’cuardlcs**
is unfit to select from the co n v ic-1
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Other .lyes, th e colors o b ta in e d
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consequences to himself, in this
w ill not wash out o r fade.
tions of anyone. He who denies ... i i
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i w oild or any other, is suoerior to
They a re sim p ie and econom ­
his own reason and suff> rs himself i
We can furnish th e follow ing books
ical
to use, aud th e i.ew “ P e r­
to he led 1 i
a
. I 1 le 6, rv Le subjects of the m ightiest w ell bound in cloth ; good p rin t, sta n d a rd
to he Jed by legends co n trary to his m onarchy.
fection vz >tt » i Dyes are espe-
r.
sizes, for th e ex trem ely low price of
«•¡ally a d ap ted for Rugs and Rag
experience, deserves the disappoint-
He w ho
j-ents each, ¡xrstage lb cents.
D o n ’t
mei.tg in reserve for idiots
He who knows the tru th , is by fad h» tak e ad v an tag e of this offer.
C arpet m aking.
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Hie tru th made free.
H e bows be- <>rigin of S p ecies................ Chas. Darwin
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W hatever one m „v accept of fore no scepter, and need kneel t o !
Sne^r
hers’ teachings, he ought first to no throne. H is m ind his kingdom l^a^ f'E th
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( ause they
are the
fashionable
food, i—
World
E. C. Creasv
is to betray your own palate and
m an m ust be on the most inti- Tennyson’* Poems
harr?
stomach
m ate I. rms with him self.
His re- S h elley ’s Poems
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com m endation of any M ilto n ’s Prx-ms
. e o goo< m aterial, hut to raise lord in the universe; hi© conscious* H o o d ’s Poems
f <»n a foundation th at we know is m*ss of his own m erit is a .-b e d ¡i,,rns’ Poems
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know who will not lie, or who can- l,ow Hiat w ear«, and not forget <>ur
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hot be fooled.
n atu re and circum stances in tr\in g
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U. S. and foreign ron m .^ ,
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