T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , JU L Y 29, 1897. the m illions would congregate about TORCHES. hi? throne. So, with sad intensity, Jo h n so n he re a l the Scripture*, and Hung . . . , Rev. John Ja*|*er of R ichm ond, over the scene the weird fascination v « , L o f * “ T S1 h^ < nn I I , \i, ' . . £ ■.> ! • fM,,,e’ of the ancient faith. celebrated his eightv-fifth b irth d ay “ In the nam e of the F ath er, the on last S unday, Ju ly 4th. He Son, and the Holy Spirit, we com- doubt less draw s a larger congrega- rnit this bodv to the sea. In the ti<>" of «Gangers, w hite as well as . x * a " ..;* „ i „ ii i • colored, than any Negro preacher ¡»at great day ,t shall n se again: h) , he His reputation for for the sea shall give up its dead, ignorance is helpful to h im .—S ou’h- and there shall he no more sea, for j western C hristian Advocate, J u ly 8. God shall reign forever and ever, The Bible s a y s ‘-the sun do move.” Amen.” Jasp er believes it and you twit him 1 hen the body was gently taken of ignorance because he believes it and lowered over the side of the We have alw ays held th a t anyone - ship, and with a prayer from th e who believes the Bible is an ignora- heart of even the roughest sailor it n]Us, a ,,d ,IOW we are gia(f to tlnq was dropped into the bosom of the this position sustained by such high calm im m ensity, ami sank from ecclesiastical a u th o rity as the South- view; and, in a few m om ents, the western C hristian Advocate. glassy azure shone over the path of! . , a . . . . . 1 he greatest failure in life is a h erd ep artu re with scarcely a ripple. failllr„ „ 1He,.k th „ L„ r , |. _ B ll| , i.„„re “Gone!” said W ill, as he bent C hristian Advocate, Ju ly 14. over the sh ip ’s side. “ I wonder if W hy, is th e Lord lo st? Ila* he our angels are there to save her to been kidnapped? B -tt-r notify a nobler heaven than was ever the police to keep an eye open for dream ed of by the ancient saints,- him . S p re a d th e a irm a n d have the heaven of hum an love.” his picture printed in the news- They were there,— two calm, de- papers. W hen you catch him, put term ined men; and as the enshroud- a bell on him, so he can be found ed body floated down, th eir strong more easily. arm s were placed about it, and a , , z,, , . . . . , , , — ' . 1 Adam C larke, the com m entator, rubber cuvering folded over her ,,as a curioua il()tion that th(, head and breast. Then they began pent in the G arden ot Eden stood to bear their precious burden upright, and walked, and could through the rolling caverns of the clim b a tree. New \ ork* C hristian deep, while every faculty was alert ''h o * .in», .Juh 15. Very likely. T he snake probably t<> guard against injury. An enor­ rode a bicycle, also. It is no won­ mous fish, with g littering scales, as der th a t the au th o r of “ C larke’s if each were an electric battery, C om m entaries” saw snakes. It is dashed ath w art th eir pathw ay enough to breed snakes in one’s brain to read them . ( to be continued .) S te in e r ’s L ectu re D ates. Mr. F ran k lin Steiner is on his . , ir . 4 wav to the coast. His dates are as follows: Spokane, W ashington Ju ly 31, Aug- ust 1. << Reardon, Aug. 2, 3, 4 u 6, 7, 8 Davenport, u W ilbur, 9, 10 u Sherm an, 11,12,13 W aterville, 15, IB “ I say th at the Bible is G od’s word, m eaning thereby th a t every v' <>,d HI?d syllable in th e Bible, as first w ritten, from beginning to end, . ’/■ • asserted 7 , and comes f from God i as is claim ed in the e x tiacts from it which I read you, ami, therefore, is ! absolutely true; and th at the office of reason is not to sit in judgm ent upon w hat is found there, hut solely to seek to learn w hat is the t r u e 1 m eaning of every p a rt.”—Jam es Woodrow’, President of South Caro- ate I For S ale. E l HER HARDESTY, One hundred and sixty acre* of M jlg & w . tinil»er land in Tillam ook countv. Gne mile from N etarts Bav. House . , , ’ Will practice in all courts of th e Htate. 1^x24. Sm all clearing. Excellent Special a tte n tio n given to collections and n o tary work. water. Good bargain. Inquire at R oom this office. 3, W oi . f B lock . SILV ER TO N , OREGON, ÏTÉ*5 SH0É CO. Our S to ck Of f le d iu m -P riced Shoes Mail O rders Given P rom pt A ttention. Y ours to P lea se A. W OLF & SON S ilv e r to n , O regon. C u w ite r ¿c I ) a v e n p o r t DEALERS IN- .. .GENERAL yy^ERCHANDISE C orner H ain and W a ter S tr e e ts Cottage Grove, and North Powder are m aking arran g em ents for lec­ tures. It is to he hoped th at o th ­ er places will do so. W rite to Mr. Steiner at Silverton, care “ T orch of R eason .” Notice our ad for our New Song Book. These little hooks have cost 11» much lalwir and we w ant to »ell them . Send for one and write to your friends about it. M e give the Torch of Reason and the Ereethought M agazine for one year for the sm all sum of $1.50. Now is the tim e to subscribe. M ybod\ t n v- foul, obscene things contained in the Bible he would be in jail before night, and properly so, too. If God bad a spark of m anhood about him, he would b‘*at your brain* out for accusing him of w riting such inde- cent things. .Vk , '♦ hen the load gets heavy on o u r' „hnulders or on on. heart»,' we m,t- urally a*k ask God to »o remove it. and are sometimes disappointed to find that he does not seem to answer our p ra y er-.— N ashville C hri-tian Ad vocafe, Ju ly 15. If .VnUr g°d ’» om niscient, he knows what is wanted w ithout \<>u telling him ; if he is om nipotent and ju st, he can am i will