THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1897.
What a delightful summer resid-
U n iv e rs ity Fund,
ence, no mosquitoes and plenty of
fish at your very door!”
^he amount given in this fund
Charlie did not look at it with *8 actual cash paid in. regardless of
such scientific enthusiasm. To him w^*al has Ik-en promised:
James Down,Silverton,Or , $ 50.00
(TO BE CO NTINUED.)
J. Wolfard A Co. “
25.00
M.
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M rs . H osmer and M iss D e P eatt . John Porter
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5.00 j
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Jour new song book of Secular^ Hora A. Burtis,
5.00:
J songs set to familiar tunes. This®
J°hn8ton,
Canada,
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cholds good for one month only.? ^ r* Pritchard, Calif.,
2.50
{ Please speak to your friends?
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la bout this offer.
“ Keep th e Torch of Reason B u rn in g .”
A. Wolf A Son, (lu m b er) $100.00
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ENROLLMENT OF PROM OTERS OF SCIENTIFIC W ISDOM.
People need Scientific Wisdom to promote morality, health, happi
ness, industry, prosperity, patriotism, justice, philanthropy, and other
lig h t physical, mental and moral developments.
Phis would evolve
the highest type of citizen, active in promoting the “general welfare”
and whatever is beneficial, and reduce all kinds of evil.
Our object is the evolution and propagation of this Scientific Wis
dom.
Promoters of wisdom should study out the scientific solution of all
questions which perplex the people, and whatever they need to learn
should be taught everywhere by means of lectures, discussions and
lessons, in Scientific Sunday schools and meetings, and by tracts broad
cast, and newspaper articles. Teach the causes of diseases, miseries and
evils, to make people moral, healthy an J wise.
A leaflet tract of 500 words can contain enough condensed informa
tion to produce concentrated thought and conviction, if the reasoning is
sound, and each argument is brief, clear, and strong.
Our first work is to obtain, print and distribute broadcast every
where, twelve leaflets, to open the way for Scientific Sunday schools and
meetings by leading the people to doubt the hihle, future fife, God, and
prayer, and convince them that sciemific wisdom is right, is needed, and
will he more beneficial than religion. All who will help write these,
send your most convincing arguments to me. The best must be selected
and condensed into brief, clear wording, as each tract must contain not
over 500 words. Each tract should prove some fallacy of Christianity,
and value of science.
We tear down to build better. The twelve subjects are:
I. ( haracter of God and hihle immorality. How religion pro
motes licentiousness, dishonesty, and wars. Scientific knowledge of sins
and punishments promotes morality.
false claims of ( hristanity. Science promotes civilization.
3. Bible contradictions. Science is reliable.
4. Similarities between gods and religions. Their evolutions and
scientific evolution.
5. How souls grow and decay. No future life. Annihilation
preferable.
b. No god creator. Nature always was. Evolution.
i. Prayer does nothing; nature, thought talk, work, and hygenic
living, does it all.
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3. ( hristiauitv, or Scientific Temperance instruction, to conquer
Price, Ten ce n ts.
The above shows the exact size of the little song book we
have ju st com pleted. It contains th irty -tw o pages. T he songs
are set to fam iliar tunes and should be in every E reethought
home and S u n d ay school. Send us an order. Price, 10 cts.
The
Liberal
University
The Only School of the Kind
In the World
STRICTLY
NON-SECTARIAN
S ilv erto n , Oregon.
the drink curse?
9. Christianity responsible for political corruption, drunkenness,
poverty, crime. Science promotes morality, industry, peace, happiness,
prosperity, justice, wisdom.
Id. ( hristianity enslaves women, breeds the social evil, is a cause
divorce. Science will over throw these and Free-love, and establish
For terms and particulars address
J. E. HOSMER, President, S ilverton, Ore.
Announcements will lie out the first of August.
m utually beneficial m arriage.
II. Necessity of overthrowing religion, to establish scientific
meetings,
12 Kinds of instruction needed for developing ideal citizens pro
vided by promoters of Scientific Wisdom.
for broadcasting these, we want one Tract Distributor in each
” vn, large village, ami city-ward. One in each state should start the
'"rollment; then each Tract Distributor secure from one to ten others,
we cover the country.
Each Tract Distributor will pay the publisher one dollar when the
',lr t tract is printed and receive 50 copies of each, so as to distribute one
kiml each month for a year.
I will be enrollment secretary until a secretary is secured in each
'tate. Send your adress to
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Box 76,
Brooklyn Conn.
E liza M owry B liven .
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f h e T o rc h o f R e a so n
Issued every week. The only Secular paper published on the Pa
cific Coast. A fearless advocate of Constructive, Educational, Moral
Secularism. Subscription price, $1.00 per year.
f h e L i t t l e C a n d le
A weekly paper for the young people. Entirely free from supersti
tion. Devoted to Secular Sunday-school work, and containing les
sons for each Snnday. Per year, 25 cents.