T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , JU L Y 8, The Licensed Preacher. keep you out o f his pyrotechnical OLD works. I have also understood th a t the m ajor portion of you w ant My U tile Ones:—I am glad to me to intercede with St. Peter and know th at you are greatly in terest have him present you with a Jew ’s ed in religious history. Your con harp, and wire a set of rooster’s stan t attendance at the tabernacle wings to your shoulder biades, gives me great encouragem ent to w hether you are worthy of them or furnish you with such inform ation not, but 1 will not do so. I want as may be of the greatest benefit to to earn the m unificent salary your you in this life. parents allow me h u t I cannot lie. As there are 1000 religions, by I shall stick to this earth for the the tim e 1 tell you about them sim ple reason it is the only earth and the m illions of men, women I know of. And if any of you and children th at have been mur know an y th in g about other earth s dered to foster them upon an ignor you can now m ake the usual sign an t and superstitious world, you f . ... .. . J , of the order, and we will listen to w .y possibly exclaim, “Great God. otherw ise, go still like,and I why d id you ever allow these cruel wj|| do the theological k n ittin g evils to he perpetrated in thv i t .i • 1 1 ? work of this mosque, and by the <<r . . . c u e . tim e I finish my labor of love I Is not . a single spoonfu l of hors« u ,.. ... .. . ” » : flatter myself th a t some of vou will sense far more acceptable u n to 'i . , , ...1 ,, i •, i , have absorbed a considerable more thee than all the wild and cruel re- i . , . . , , ... ai_ . . , g°°d, sound horse knowledge than ligions th a t have ever been con- . • . , cocted by the foul b rain of m an for , , , , . . . .. . r . , z. ! Luough: I read the following the ostensible purpose of th y glorifi- • 4 , catio n ?” J in an eastern paper of late date: “ There are said to be no bibles in A FEARFUL RELIGION. L. * ™ v m rp, ... . , ) b a rite r e , New M exico, and the th e re is a religious sect in R us C hristian E ndeavorers are about to sia th a t cal 11hemsel ves “ M orelstchi- , • „ ,,,, . x i- i i open a depository for them there, k . . ’ 1 his sect digs a. large, d e e p |Thill (>f ’ stale of affairs m ight he pit hi t h e earth which they fill thought to indicate th a t S ante Fe i with straw , h ay and other com is a city of unbelievers, but such is - bustibles, which they set on fire, not the case. and when the blaze is the highest “ A h its nam e indicates, it is the and the fire the fiercest, from fifty city of the “ H oly F a ith ” and its to one hundred of these poor, population is overwhelm ing! v frenzied creatures will leap into the C h ristian .” flames and sacrifice them selves I will say unto our brethren of w’hilst their friends stand about S ante Fe, th a t if they wish to re the p it singing in wild and dem on m ain C hristians and believers in iacal strains. T hus these poor the bible they had better not study creatures m ake them selves w illing it, for ju st as sure as they do study victims to one of the most horrible it, the m ajority of them will be religious rites th a t was ever invent ed by the foul brain of devilish come skeptics and disbelievers in its divine origin. m an. < »wing to our present intellig en t A brave m an, a kind-hearted mode of education, it is as difficult wom an, a tender and merciful child, would ask why does the God for an up-to-date m an or woman of this universe allow’ Huch things! to accept the bible as a divinely- to be enacted in this world? I inspired book as it is for B rother o BY MORTALITY. n guess God is too m uch engaged in “ Ik to pass counting th e h airs of our bead, the eye o f a bodkin, and noting the fall of sparrow s and . ' b” ' r " " " ul- >e i num bering the sands of the sea h" " e8t’ an d noble, and you shore to tak e cognizance of all the I f ! ‘ '"*Ve d ° " e ' ? Ur d ',t7 ‘° VOUr in fern al scoundrels and conniving \ h. " ,o r,a ls- 1 hls 13 religion scam ps th a t have from tim e to time ° l" " n a n ity. I his is .h e religion set up religions on this m undane of this tabernacle. sphere for the purpose of gain. I have often said, and I now repeat of it.—“ la k e the money out 'igion and all the 1000 wild re ligions th a t now encum ber the earth w’ould go as dead ns the pro- verbial door nail.” Money, money, money is the buoy th a t keeps this and all other joss-houses afloat. Dear C hildren, I am intelligent and sm art enough to m ake a fair living out of this good obi earth w ithout lying or stealing, hence I «ell you the tru th on so-called re- ligious m atter«. Money makes the church bells ring ' . . . I have quite recently heard th a t A PRIVATE E l HER HARDESTY, One hundred and sixty acres of tim ber land in Tillam ook county. One mile from N etarts Bay. House, Will practice in all courts of th e state. 16x24. Sm all clearing. Excellent Special a tte n tio n given to collections and n o tary work. water. Good bargain. In q u ire at R oom 3, W olf B lock . this office. SILVERTON, OREGON. Unexcelled Our Stock Of fledium-Priced Shoes Mail C rders Given Prom pt A ttention. Yours to Please A. W OLF & SON Silverton, Oregon. C u s ite r & D a v e n p o rt DEALERS IN- .M erchandise Corner Hain and Water Streets SILVERTON, ORE. JO H N H IC K S SA M U EL AMES TALK. My little pets, I have talked to you this day as I would not like to talk to your parents. When you arrive home they will no doubt question you regarding thie drty ’H 8”r mon. Say t<> them *nat KaVH the Russians thunder; th *s wil1 PIease them m uch, and Pe r^iaPH m a.v raise my salary a n °th c r thousand or two. Fvery religious sect w ants the other religious sect’s th ro at cut, ^ y a «*e all w illing to pay for n ,urder- BI(>od, blood, blood f° “ 0W' ,hF " ake of a " " 'w « " » - So my little ones, I will use you as a kind of tongs to take the som«* o f you expect me to use my clwwtnutg out of the fire, influence with Old Split-foot, to ' " (C O NTINUED O S PAGE EIG H T.) I For Sale, 1897. Hicks & Ames DEALERS IN H a rdw are^T i n w are, Stoves, AGRICULTURAL IM PLEM ENTS Guns, Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Sporting Goods, Etc., Etc. SILVERTON, OREGON. TORCH OF REASON A W e e k ly S e c u la r P a p e r fo r S e c u la r is ts . A re you a S e c u la ris t? A re you a S u b s c rib e r? $ 1 .0 0 p e r Y e a r.