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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1897)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , JU L Y 1, 1897. Field Notes. a n d g irls w ho a re su b sc rib ers to the P lease let us know at once w hat fashionable superstition. L iit l e C a nd le . you can do for us. Over the door of nearly W e left P o rtla n d on th e 2 5th foi jn Hn h o u r we w ill s ta r t People out side of the Citv our trip through Eastern Oregon. We spent one night in I o rtla in l and had the pleasure of meeting several of our Secular friends who are very much interested in the- U niversity. Among these were M tn . Bailey ami iuim iy and .Mrs. Dewev and daughters. They kind- Jy accom panied us to the depot and their kind words and earnest wishes for our success gave us m uch encouragem ent. At 2:45 the train p u lled o u t a n d we felt th a t w e w ere jo|. J£eppner where we lecture to- n jgjjj. A ltogether we feel th a t our fjrst effort was a success. “ W her- ever there’s a will there’s a w a y ;” an(j we will succeed. Courage! jj & M P H ______ _______ Notice our ad for our New Song Book. These little books have cost Us much lalior and we w ant to sell them . Send for one and write to your friends about it. who wish to help on the building should let iis know when they can commence so we can arrange for b o ard etc. \Ye have a fine lot of sione ready to be h a u le d . team s. C om e on w ith y o u r We should have at least tw enty five loads ol lum ber on the ground next week. It is being sawed and will be reaily next M o n d ay Come on with the team s. C ertain C hristians have boasted th a t the U niversity will not he built. W e say it will. All m u st lift or th e work will drag however and we should have the building all enclosed by th e tim e the fall rains begin. 1 he fact th at Liberal U niversity boys are first to donote work is a good sign. It shows th a t they are anxious to have the work go on. Some of the young men will work out a y e a r’s tuition on the U niver sity building. This is ju st what we want. Are there any more who wish to do the sam e. P erhaps we can m ake arrangem ents to board those who wish to come from off. W rite to us. B. B. S m ith , o n e of our U nivers ity boys commenced hauling rock for us last Tuesday. every public school house in the land should be placed a sign reading; ‘‘O nly hypocrites wanted as teach ers. No honest F reeth in k ers need ap p ly .” And yet, F reeth in k ers who love their children, give them their fondest care and toil for them early and late and their affections go out to them in u n u tterab le yearnings, and they strive earnestly and u n tiringly for the welfare of their idolized off-spring; yet they re fuse to organize in defense of them selves and th eir children. Surely, parents owe to their children as much of a d u ty in pro tecting them from th e degrading influences of this superstition called the Christian religion, as they do in protecting them from other evils. W hat sort of civilization is it where every teacher of the young m ust begin by being a hypocrite? T urner, Ore. F. S. M. Little Points. really on our journey. The scenery along the Columbia is very beau tiful and interesting. The Som eone said th at God- told them M ultanom ah F alls is worthy of to write a book. Is it wise to be special m ention. The sparkling lieve this? Is it right to try to be w ater dashing down a precipice a lieve it? hundred feet tells more th an words Phe C hristians of different n a tio n s can express of the beauties and Beem to be very active in try in g to gran d eu r of this earth . How can establish national oreeJs, and the people prefer gates of gold to the United States is not last in the beauties of nature? The conductor procession. was quite sociable and asked us tin- I hink of the salaried chaplains purpose of our trip. We told him U n iversity Fund. of the U nited States, in the arm y, who we were and to our great joy navy, prisons etc. and then if you he said he fully sym pathized with The am ount given in this fund are a Secularist, ask yourself if you us. But alas! h e d id n ’t understand is actual cash paid in, regardless of are free. Is this religious liberty? the word secular for with the next what has been prom ised: ‘‘The Scottish S abbath A lliance breath he rem arked th at he d id n ’t Jam es D ow n,S ilverton,O r., $ 50.00 J . W o lfa rd & Co. (< know w hat the world would do has come .to the conclusion th a t 25.00 u m ilking cows on Sunday is sin. A M. J. Adams 25.00 w ithout Christianity. Im agine the L. Adams 5.00 sudden change of feeling! We series of experim ents has dem on u John P orter 50.00 were taken for Christian evangelists, strated that if the cows he not fed (I Peter Rauch 40.00 (( perhaps Salvation Army ladies. on Saturday they will not need II. L. E isenhart 5.00 to be milked on Sunday. The next u Christian M anipulation of The Ju liu s Fisher We d id n ’t stop to enquire. 20.00 u step will be to use gags whi°h will Samuel Arnes 25.00 Public Schools. About eight o’clock the train <( L. Arnes prevent an y m ooing.”—The New 25.00 arrived at Heppner Junction where I, J. H. P orter York Press. 10.00 we were to change cars for Lexing u A Friend 10.00 Did you ever see one who bated E ditor T orch of R eason : (< ton. Here we procured our supper E. W olfard 10.00 (( A case of Christian m anipulation B. A. Leonard and the agent cam ly inform ed us long with perfect hatred ^Psalm s 5.00 th a t our train would not sta rt for cx xxix:25) try to affect his flock of public school m atters occurred Jo h n McArdle, Council Bluffs, 1.00 In a country seven hours. Seven hours a t a with an angelic smile? Isn ’t it near here lately. sickening? school district, two ofthe hoard are station 1 We resolved to m ake the S ecu lar N ew s. C hronic kickers and anything- pious, and have few children. The best of our time and managed to Don’t forget the business m eeting while away the hours faking short arians are both nonentities in other one is pious, has more child of the Silverton S ecular C hurch ren, and is more contentious. naps and in arguing with a Chris building up a great cause. A lady teacher applied for the next S unday at 10 a. m. tian m inister who was no more How would it do for Christians O rder one or more of the Torch fortunate than we. Instead of to use cold water in th eir com school, and the pious director ob seven, we waited eight hours but m union exercises? It would look jected that she was too young and of Reason Song Books. 10 cents. F ran k lin S teiner will be in Ore the train finally pulled out and better and w ater comes ju s t as near inexperienced. (She was not a “ pro fessor” of C hristianity.) The non- gon about Sep. 1st. arrived a t L exington about six being blood as wine does. Miss K ate De P eatt delivers the o’clock where our friends had a r Some claim th at C hrist has three pions directors gave way, and they ranged for us. Despite the storm y offices viz., prophet, priest and king. finally em ployed, at the instance Fourth of J u ly oration a t W agner, weather the ha!I was full and m any Prophets are not, and never have of the pious one, a m ere child, a Sunday, .July 4th. If you d o n ’t w rite to B. F. U nder stood up all the evening. been of m uch profit; every m an girl of sixteen years, w ith no ex wood at 265,3 E vanston Ave. C hica You never saw a more intelligent, ehould be his own priest and kings perience in teaching whatever. The girl afterw ards gave away go, he will think you d o n ’t want atten tiv e audience. They stayed are out of date in America. It seems to us th a t it would have the whole m atter to the other ap him to come west on a lecturing after the lecture was out and we Make arrangem ents and had to sing several songs before been more just to the ladies to have plicant. Church friends of hers tour. had God exist in five persons in had brought about her em ploy write to him a t once. they would let us off. Rev. Copeland of Salem will de D uring the lecture we had the steady of three. They ( o r it) m ight m ent, against th e wishes of the two hardest th u n d er storm I ever saw have been God the father, God the non-pions directors, who preferred liver an address at Liberal H all, S unday J u ly 4th a t 8 O’clock. Sub in this country. You see God (?) m other, God ti e son, God the the older applicant. And so it appear* to go all ject: Independence, Civil an d Re was angry at us but he couldn’t d au g h ter and God the H oly Ghost. around. ligious. Miss H elen C opeland will keep the people from coming, w ith (G host m eans wind.) The interests of the school, the favor the audience with vocal music. T hink of the energy th at has been out doing som ething worse th an wasted trying to prove ancient lies children, the public money, are all Admission free. sending a th u n d er storm. In addition to the com m unication to be divine truths. subordinated to th e c h u rc b interests. The people here have been very It is the same in T urner; “ kiss from Susan H. W ixon, which a p u nfortunate as grasshoppers have pears in this issue, we received a U N IV E R S IT Y N O T E S . ing goes by favor,” and education destroyed mogt of th eir crops. This very kind letter from this noted and intelligence are set aside for freethought worker, approving our with the general business depression The first load of lum ber for our ignorance and superstition, the work. Miss \\ ixon is th© au th o r m akes things rath e r hard to bear. dining hall was hauled last Monday of a num ber of excellent works, but parents of piety. The qualifica But courage! The world is still from Rosses’ m ill. tions of school teachers cut but a we w’ish especially to recommend m oving onward. W e hope to have several team s at very sm all figure beside a hypocrit her work entitled R ight Living. It W e met m any bright little boys I work next week hauling rock. should he in every home and school ical pretense of acceptance of the- lib rarv in our land.