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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.
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One hundred and sixty ».ere* of
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F«H cr for s«»ciety, lietter f«»r the (¡„ ,1 ^ |.,n(l in T i„ a|n|>ok countv
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visite«! th e orthodox Sunday school the H om o race. It would l»e better
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• 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-
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children he tau g h t scientific facts, Reardon
Aug. 2, 3, 4
instead of superstitious hum bug? D avenport
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6, 7, 8
I hat instead of being taught a blind
dbur,
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9, 10
“ 11, 12,13
and unreasoning faith in the un-
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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
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thing which the eye Hre " ,ak' n?
can sec, which the car can hear, and
which it does enter into the hearts
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•minds) of men, ami wom«*n, too, to
know and
u n d erstan d ?
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should be taught to ac«*ept facts as
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Steiner at Silverton, care “ T orch
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women of Jaibout this offer,
the future is infinitely •r for the better?
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