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. J. Adams “ 25.00 W here O ur L e c tu re rs Are. L. Adams “ “ M rs . H osmer and M iss D e P eatt . John Porter Peter Rauch “ EASTERN OREGON. Mitchell, Ore............... July 16-17 Eisenhart Caleb,.................................. . 18-19 ¿ ull,,s,Fllsll‘'r Waterman,.................................. 20 ®a“ uel Alne8 Dayville,.................................22-23 , . j ? / 8 r u. n«„ ok J. H. Porter jlorfch of T reaso n S o n g Book Canyon C i t y ,.................................... 26 £ Fr.'e” <1 . Ro 1. P.airie City,..................................27 {? JVoIlfBrd I ■ B u r n .,'.....................................Aug. 1 £ A. Leonard Kate DePeatt “ 5.001 „ **»»**** *-<^.*<^.-«3***.***»*#. A. L Eisenhart < J J . McArdle, Council Bluffs, la., 1.00 J Send us $1.00 and receive the® 5.00 j • T orch oe R eason one year and J R. C. Burtis, Michigan, Jour new song book of Secular^ Hora A. Burtis, 5.00: J songs set to familiar tunes. This® J°hn8ton, Canada, 10.001 cholds good for one month only.? ^ r* Pritchard, Calif., 2.50 { Please speak to your friends? material . 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 ** *******-*<b-*'<a--*» ** * » * * * » J. W olfard A Co., (shingles) 25.00 * 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. ' 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 r > Box 76, Brooklyn Conn. E liza M owry B liven . z-r a f h e T o rc h o f R e a so n Issued every week. 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