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.