* T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , AUGUST 12, 1891 There was a com parative lull. Then, the wind seemed to take the vessel, as if in grim sport, and bear it right tow ard the prom ontory’s point, beyond which there was a sufficient calm to perm it the boats to be launched. ( to be continued .) No Evidence. E ditor T orch of R eason : The place and tim e to lx? happy and make happiness is here and now, and man must bear the con E. M., 297. sequences of his own actions. Some people assert th a t the be- : lief in at least one of these Gods is necessary for the welfare of the h u -j m an race, as our laws, the duties of SILVERTON, OREGON. m an towards m an, were founded upon this belief. This is a m istake; <»ur laws arise from necessity and Enclosed find Dollars to a ssist in the ; H are of hum an origin, therefore it is im portant for m an to know him self ,0 Construction of the Liberal U n iversity at Silverton, Oregon. ’ and the position he occupies, so Yours for Progress, th a t he m ay judge what is right and wrong for him to do. Ohio. R udolph S chneider . Liberal U niversity C om pany, Was there ever a beginning and will there ever be an end of this universe, and what was the cause of all being? These are questions th at have a t all ages puzzled the investigating m ind of m an. As it C u t th is o u t, o r copy it; enclose Don’t Let the Work Stop. is impossible for us to conceive of u h a t you can, and f o r u a r d to the sm allest particle of m atter to J. E HOSMER, President, We are afraid th a t wc cannot be changed into nothing, so it is impossible for us to conceive of a commence our school till very late, time when nothing existed, and unless we get more help to buy the (X X X X X > (X X X K X > < X X X X X )< X K X K > < )< > O < X X K ) th a t all we now see should at any lum ber. Now that the work on time have been m ad eo u to f nothing, the basement and dining-hall is therefore som ething m ust have ex nicely under way, the lum ber f<>r isted from eternity and alw ays will exist. Phis great cause of all being the U niversity should he hauled at C an’t we raise $500 this m ust he unlim ited and unbounded. onee. It m ust be both cau<-e and effect coming week? itself. M an’s total ignorance gave rise to the belief in superior beings, U n iversity Fund. such as Gods, Goddesses, and good The am ount given in this fund and evil spirits. This belief we find is actual cash paid irf, regardless of with the m ajority of people of all what has been prom ised: nations, am ong the civilized as well Previously acknowledge«I, $399 50 as the most savage and barbarous. A. Vanderpool, W isconsin, 5.00 10.00' These beings are supposed to be John Leitch, W isconsin, Oregon, 50.00 ! alm ighty, all wise and om nipresent. E. Stew art, 25.00 They are believed to have created Mrs. E. Sm ith, J. L. B arnhouse, 10 00 Í. this universe out of nothing at E. R. Laughlin, tfc 5.00 44 some certain time, and are now E. Straube, 5.(X) ruling it and the affairs of man A. Officer. 5.00 W. Carsner, 5 00 after th eir own free will. It is also 44 believed th a t a person’s soul or S. Ames 40.00 • 4 Mrs. Barnhouse, 5.00 ! spirit can be separated from his “ Keep th e Torch of Reason B urning.” u W. N. Jorgensen, 1.75 ' body when dead, and th a t these MATERIAL, ETC. beings have somewhere prepared a place for these souls to live for Previously acknowh dged, $14850' I . I). Allen, (rebate on land) 50.00 ever, while the body decays. Some C usiter <fe D avenport,(labor) 4.50 * people even believe th a t there are M artin K lein, (work) 11.00 two different places for the souls; Hard« sty&M oody, u 5.50 * the one to be a place <»f happiness W here Our Lecturers Are. and rew ard for those who have Price, Ten cents. pleased these superior beings by M bs . H osmer and M iss D e P eatt . th eir ways of living h e r e on earth, EASTERN OREGON. and the o th er a place of everlasting E m m ett, Idaho, August 10 1 4 4 44 pain, sorrow and punishm ent for Payette, 11 44 t h o s e who have failed to do so. Council, 14 44 Therefore men sacrifice and pray, H u n tin g to n , Oregon, 17 The above shows the exact size of the little song book we 4» by which they im agine to please North Powder, •* 19 have just com pleted. It contains thirty -tw o p a g e s * The songs these beings and gain their favor. | are set to fam iliar tunes and should be in every Freethought But of all the m illions of men who home and Sunday school. Send us an order. Price, 10 cts. We give the Torch of Reason arid believe th«se stories there is not the F reethought M agazine for one one th a t has ever seen one of these year for the small sum of $1.50. beings, or th a t has any other evi dence of th eir existence whatever. Now is the tim e to subscribe. Nor has anybody ever seen the soul A weekly paper for th e young people. E n tirely free from s u p e rsti Notice our ad for our New Song tio n . Devoted to Secular Sunday-school work, and c o n tain in g les or spirit o f a , erson separated fo m sons for each S unday. Per y ear, 26 ren ts. Book. These little hooks have cost the b«»dy and continue to live after uh much labor and we want to sell death. These stories are produced by them . Send for one and writ« to hum an im agination and merely be \o u r friends about it. lieved and carried over from gener * ation to generation, and man has no evidence w hatever of their tru th . Our work w i Î un piove as weM We therefore have no cause to fear Mget a larger num ber of suhscrib-H t<ers. ( je t up a club of 5 for $3.75, $3.75^ j A W eekly S e c u la r P ap er fo r S e c u la r- any pain or punishm ent in any LJers. «»et thu» ..■ » k -*1.25 a,.d i..-i|H ¡ s t g Are you a S e cu laris t? A re you future life, nor can we expect any Hand he cause. El enjoym ent or happiness after death. El' $ 1 .0 0 per Y ear. . A. A-A. -A . 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