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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1897)
* THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, IS.,7. Moulding the Minds of Children. Better for the individual, le tte r for the family, letter for the cotntnun- For Sale. E One hundred and sixty ».ere* of l HER HARDESTY, E ditor or «- h ot- eason : F«H cr for s«»ciety, lietter f«»r the (¡„ ,1 ^ |.,n(l in T i„ a|n|>ok countv (1 \ esterday your correspondent $»ate, the nation, and »he whole of o j, ~ CyS visite«! th e orthodox Sunday school the H om o race. It would l»e better * a rt • H o u s e , w ,u practice in all court« of the state picnic held here, and listened to the even for the orthodox. W hat a 16x24 Sm all clearing. Excellent Special a tte n tio n given to collection« and n o tary work. address of welcome. blessing it would he to « very su p er- Good bargain. In q u ire at R oom 3, W h o B lock . I he speaker was secular part of stition-lxiund “ so t:!” w ithin the this office. SILVERTON, OREGON. the time (unconsciously, n o d o u b t) “ pale of the visible ch u rch ” if e v e r y _________ and eulogized education and the church house in the land c< hi Id he public school incidentally, and Sun- changed from a pag.»da of supersO- day schools especially, claim ing tion into a tem ple of true know- that th e la tte r is one of the greatest ledge, with every priest a teacher powers of the day, m oulding the of facts, and learned in the know- minds of children for action d u rin g ledge of the useful, the beautiful, theft future lives. H e said th a t and the true. the Sunday school has great influ- To he sure, there would he a lot enee; th at it is in stru m en tal in of preachers loose soft jobs, hut modifying governm ental institi! even they would he benefited hv tions, laws, etc. W hat the children forcing them into more suitable, if are made today will he the men less congenial, occupations. And and women of to m o rro w . All of even if th a t were not the case, they which is hard to controvert, even if should he sacrificed for the hem -fit one was disposed to do so, and so of others, on the sam e grounds that far I accepted the speaker's position we ju stify the surgeon or the natur- cheerfully. And when he advo- alist in sacrificing other anim als for cated the teaching of facts to chil- the advancem ent of hum an know- dren, I was at perfect oneness with ledge and the benefit of m ankind, him. Therefor«*, let S ecularists take But when he talked of the tru th s courage and hold their grip. H alf of inspiration, of God’s holy scrip- as much sacrifice as is made hv lures, the truth* of C hristianity and C hristians will suffice for Secular Our .Stock its Jesus, etc., I got farth er away work. “ W ith m alice tow ard none Of fledium-Priced from him. These pious hum bugs and ch arity for all,” we shall in must be instilled into the m inds due tim e “ reap if we faint not. n (Christians say the hearts) of peo F ratern a 11V von rs, ple w h e n they a re young or not at all. F. S M atteson . The evangelist who preached here T urner, Oregon. Mail Orders Given Prom pt A ttention awhile ago said th a t about the age Yours to Please of fifteen was the m ost susceptible A Good Offer. age, and argued th at if a child was piously raised— i. e., kept from E ditor T orch of B eason : Silverton, Oregon learning otherw ise— until that age Enclosed find d raft on Chicago it m ight he expect«*«! to bring forth for $10, which pleas«* apply on the fruit for righteousness (join the College fund, and if you need to church) if a prop«*r am ount of pres have it repeated, in order to get the sun* was used. Colleg«* completed, I may come t<> After th a t soft age, the heart the rescu«* for I would c e rta in h re (m ind ' g rad u ally hardened (m a- gret to have you fail. R esp’ct., D EA LER S IN- tured) u n til at about ihe age of Illinois. R. C. M osier . forty-five it would he so tough and Steiner’s Lecture Dates. unreachable th a t the subject m ust he given over to the «levil, and be Mr. F ran k lin Steiner is on his come a lost and ruined s o u l—i. e., lost for the preacher’s use, and way to the coast. His «lates are as Corner Hain and Water Streets follows: ruined as a p illar of the church. A. WOLF & SON C u ts ite r & D a v e n p o r t M e r c h a n d is e Is il not infinitely better that Spokane, Washington July 31, A ug- J lis t SILV ER TO N , O RE. 1 children he tau g h t scientific facts, Reardon Aug. 2, 3, 4 instead of superstitious hum bug? D avenport “ 6, 7, 8 I hat instead of being taught a blind dbur, “ 9, 10 “ 11, 12,13 and unreasoning faith in the un- “ 15, 16 seen and unknow able, th at which ^ a te rv N h , Mr. Steiner will arrive in Oregon eye h ath not seen, car hath not heard, neither has it entere«! into about Sept. 1. The Liberals of Sil- v*-i ton, McM innville, Wamic, Rufus, the heart (m ind) of man to know, that they he tanglo to think, to ex- Wa*co, Dayville, H ighland, Canby JO H N H IC K S Hicks <& Ames DEALERS IN H ardw are, Tinw are, Stoves, amine, to inveg.iga.e, to aspire ta Cottage Grove, an,I North Powde, know those things »w I»« thing which the eye Hre " ,ak' n? can sec, which the car can hear, and which it does enter into the hearts . , •minds) of men, ami wom«*n, too, to know and u n d erstan d ? Th»*y should be taught to ac«*ept facts as Umv them Hi d <1 wherein they ’ I”'.v find find th e m , , hc o ir-bt - 11<i ,«-i) • i i o . i G i :o T.;,, :, •h«.n honesty, ami . mi hyp cri.*y. r , is • to , , he hoped . i that ♦ o u th lur«s. 1« er places -• . will «Io s«>. Writ«* to Mr. Steiner at Silverton, care “ T orch 0F B eason ” A G R IC U L T U R A L € i $1 00 and receive th e J Send us $100 j ."'"'U 1....k *•»' »H to fa m ilia r turn*«. T h is ’ women of Jaibout this offer, the future is infinitely •r for the better? a * IM P L E M E N T S Guns, Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Sporting Goods, Etc., Etc. 1 * SILVERTON, OREGON. ********** Who will deny I i.a o u d .tr ,u hiug ¡ i 7 eaM.K'7 p c a C o y'<m7 of I he com ing men a i d SA M U EL AMES I f t II jf t I | I I w l l B I I | HI f e l l ' 3 P I flLw w SB f t P f t W l f l IB I1 L I I | T 1 U f l v f t 11 >| V M l I l . A W e e k ly S e c u la r P a p e r f o r S e c u la r - ; is ts . A re you a S e c u la ris t? 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