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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1897)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , S E P T E M B E R 2, 1897. delivered tw enty-eight lectures, LITTLE POINTS. send) for his money the next day. — Ben. F ranklin. gained financial aid, scattered Free- By M. P. Gifford thought literatu re throughout the B,,v Bon,e child a All the kings of th eea rth acknow . lo n e : "M arching Through G eorgia.” country, and ntet Home o f th e best etead of .p e n d in g your money for | edge the existence of God, an d G.,d Spread the Torch of Reason, boys, people m in the In m the e i.iu- Lib- ’"bacco. j is eir a ally From mountain top to shore, mu world. »muu. m is th in eir n y ; ; a and n a the m e belief belief iu in God God AVpLeP u 8 e re rm "« ;'ight ,I'" S i'h,ne <‘ral bometi visited we noticed An ancient papyrus h as been is used as a m eans to enslave and T h at through ita light we all may know th at spirit of love and harm ony found in Egypt w hich contains rob, to govern and degrade the peo- T hat R eason’s sure ^ ______ t X d , m . which should prevail in all liotnes. some of C h rist’s sayings. pie whom they call their subjects. W hile we are m arching to freedom As one person expressed it: Ihcause there are some phenom ena — R. G. Ingersoll. C hokcs ; “ W here they d id n ’t have to bestow of the m ind that is not well under- 1 | ove the man that can sm ile in H u rra h ! H u rra h ! The Torch is shining bright ; love on Jesus they could give th a t stood, is no sign th a t there are trouble, th a t can g ath er strength H u rra h ! H u rra h ! much more Io members of th eir spirits. frora dislresSi and grow brave b I t ’s shining for the right, So we’ll sing th e F reethou^ht hym ns fa m ily , and sur ly Liberals can lie The superstitions of th e modern ! reflection. ’Tis the business of little And welcome all th a t come, proud of the effect of w orking for a C hristians are ju st as bad as the m inds Io shrink; b ut he whose W hile we are m arching to freedom . L e t’s gird on o u r arm o r Ixiys 7 fl ? superstitions of the wild In d ian s, 1 h eart is firm, and whose conscience Ami m ake a noble stan d , W e will alw ays carry with ns and very sim ilar. ¡approves his conduct, will pursue Ami say th a t we are going to try fond rem em brances of Eastern Ore- n , ,, . u: • • , . , . Ami accom plish som ething grand ; . . . „ , , If some people would put m more : bis principles unto death .— I bornas Let th is ever lie our m otto hoys, gon, and especially of the kind, gen- ,• . , • .. , ’ , , z, , . tim e studying the law’s of h e a lth , * ¿m e. “ The right shall surely w in ;’’ erous-hearted Secularists, w ithout , - . . 1 , . , W hile w eare m arching to Freedom . whose help our trip would have “ nd «7® ,‘* “ «»* * »'•« P o ach e r Get wtsdom, gel understanding: C ho . Imon foil».., I .L 11 W()Ul<’ SHVe them much pain and forget H not: neither decline from been a u failure. Long may they A llot’ ns w ithin th e ranks anxiety. the words of my m outh. Forsake Must do the best we can live to enjoy the fr uits of their labor, To establish tru th ami justice It the devil took Jesus up on the ber ,,()L a,1(^ Rhe shall preserve thee: ami when dying may they he free And to help our fellow m an, Nor spend our tim e in id len ess; from the fear of the old orthodox m ountain anti showed him the b>ve her, and she shall keep thee, T h ere ’s work th a t m ust be done, k in g d o m s of the whole earth, why Wisdom ( not faith) is the pr incipal superstition. K. I). & M. P. H. W hile we are m arching to freedom . did n ’t we know about America he- thing; therefore get wisdom: and C ho . N E W S AND N O T E S . fore 1492? • with all thy getting get uuderstand- Ix-t us join to g eth er hoys, Will you have a “sm ile?” No, »«g— Proverbs, J11 m aking a grand stroke Miss D ePeatt’s dates in southern To free ourselves forever thanks, I have use for what little j Hike the world of which he forms Oregon will he a n n o u n c e d soon. From old S u p e rstitio n ’s yoke ; brains I have left. My ancestors a Pal't, m an is governed by n a tu ra l Now throw away all prejudice h a tlie r G eer keeps his little m ules And to our sta n d ard come, “ sm iled,” and prayed more than laws, regular in th eir course, u n i W hile we are m arching to freedom . b u sy h a u lin g lu m b e r, stone, h ay , was good for me, an d I ’ve <<sworn form in their effects, im m utable in C ho . etc., etc. off.” their essence; and those laws,— the 1 hanks is due from this office to W ouldn’t it he nice if God had common source of good and evil,— F IE L D N O TES. Mr. IL E. Klein for a nice lot of so loved the world as to have a l are not w ritten am ong the d istan t fine tom atoes. We took the train Tuesday after lowed his son to have stayed with stars, nor hidden in the codes of T h e O. S. S. U. hoard m eeting us and taught us, instead of letting m ystery.— C. F. Volney. noon for H untington, where we were hilled fora lecture in the even next Sunday at ten o’clock, a. m., the other Jews kill him, and leav \ ears ago Cowper, who died at Liberal Hall. ing. On account of a m isunder ing his work in the hands of the w ithout the illum inating vision of Norris and Roscoe Ames, two of the higher criticism , sang: standing the bills were not posted preachers? until that m orning, and it gave our students, brought us some fine “ W hen Jo n a h sunk beneath the wave, If the prophets communed with H e th o u g h t to rise no m o re; very little tim e for advertising In pbm is and cabbages this week, God, why d id n ’t they find out about But God p repared a fish to save consequence we were greeted by a U«st Sunday the faculty took som ething useful to man, instead of And bear him to th e s h o re .” sm all audience— the sm allest we another trip to the W aldo hills, th e foolish trash that is recorded? If he had been composing verses have had. There are very few They had a picnic and brought If a Secularist could talk awhile today, however, the m elancholy hard Liberals in H untington, Dr. Leon- back a loa J of fruit. with the old gent, we’ll wager “ two of Olney m ight have felt constrained ard being the only one we met. The geological specim ens we men- hits ’ that he’d get some valuable to say: W ednesday afternoon we went on tinned last week were donated by inform ation. “ Jo n ah has sunk beneath the wave to North Powder and were met by Mrs. Eliza Sorenson, superintendent Of m odern le a rn in g ’s restless sea; Quack preachers and quack doc- And God prepares no fish to save Mr. and Mrs. Jack Plummer, who of the Council, Secular Sunday The m an th e critics say c a n ’t, be !” Jors work together to rob the people. are ever ready to welcome the ¡school. —New York O bserver. Trust in prayer, study your bible wearv e ir nleas- ti i • •• , .* Secular ... pilgrim F , to th '"«irpieHs The hop fucking and , th , rash in g a d pay the preacher; this will keep U n iversity Fund. ant home. We took a good night’s ., e r a 1 had 1 . time for Mr uigm s season • is ra th you from knowing much about rest and were . ready •’ * for uur our work work S e» te • in e rs > lectures 1 . The am ount given in this fund at Silverton, so yourself and you will soon he sick. v 7 'eX, h T 7 g' 7 ,r n o ld a " « h o P - i l ’lv C.,n should come, I hen call the quark doctor and is actual cash paid in. regardless of saying th a t after the dou.la come Rem em ber the date. Septem ber 4lh he’ll think so hard you can hear Previously acknowledged, $311 25 , • p r o v e n u u e and 5th, next S atu rd ay and Sun- his brain purr, of course you’re in E. O. Decker, A laska, 3.75 m this place, for we were greeted day evenings, J. R. Allen, Ohio, 10.00 h ad sh a p e—-$50or so. Let us pray! with a beautiful boquet, a present an D. Buckingham Calif., 20.00 from Mrs. Plum m er, and a tine 1 he m asons have stopped work E. Stevens, Idaho, 5.00 SECU LA R FLA SH ES. « large audience, although N(lrtl, " 'o h a s e r n e ,,. for a f-w days, on 0 . Sorenson, 3 00 « < M. P. Gifford, Powder is said to he an orthodox a“ ,,u n ' " " he la,’k am s to keep 2.50 It is in m isfortune that the c h a r John Hancock o 2.00 com m unity. But th e re are m an y 4 " ’'" I ’! ' 1''1 wiilt rock. There acter of the upright man shines Byron Camp, 1.00 plenty of < ieains in a few who are Liberals in spirit, and they will lie P '^H y or d forth with the greatest lustre, and M. W inkler, L00 intend to organize a Sunday school ‘ however, *’“* work will then «« when all else fails he takes a stand l\ L. H unt, 1.00 where their children may lie taught g° ahead " ,ore ™Pid b ’- « 1.00 upon his integrity and courage.— J. W inkler, o G. A. W inkler, the religion of hum anity. L ittle ' * *'e tacu ' ly °f the University E. 0 . H aven. 1.00 u M. I). Chaffee, 1.00 Robert Ingersoll Plum m er enter- <H‘c‘*P,‘‘d a kind invitation to attend « • The great m ovem ents of the ( has. Osborn, 1.00 tabled us with his bright sayings, an ice cream sociable at Mr. and world have generally commenced A. A. Leonard, Oregon. 5.00 . and bids fair to liecome w orthy of Mrs. L. Ames, in honor of the re- J. Plum m er & wf., “ 3.00 turn ..f o u r lecturers. We enjoyed ',""‘7 " 7 " T a p >’ar,‘,’"-T II. Kelley, « his n am e. Mrs. Haines joined our 5.00 a very pleasant afternoon, and the 1 16 HaSt caIcuIatetl to advance J. C. Welcome, u 3.00 I uion, and she and her husband <( cream was par excellence. them ; among those who were weak I. S. G *er & Co., 3.00 ami Mrs. Plum m er accom panied us c r ,4 in power and influence.—Seaver. R. E. Reed, 2 50 ,.. the train F riday and hh » us safe- ,nr ¿ '" A '>.kinB th»u^ht (( Geo. Hayes, .80 i. . , , . * , for th e m orrow a n d puttin g up fruit I he sound of your ham m er at (t ly Mar. for h,...... where we arnved for next winter. ............ . five i„ the ,nor,dug o r n i n e a , „ ¡ e h , S. Ames, 19.00 sate and sound S atu rd ay about pears prunes, plum s, apnleg „ i , , , . ’ one. o’clock P r o f I t . . . ....... • .......... : . . . a n d a n r .l e ,. , o , „ . , o . . J e o . „ ’ h ia rd a c r ,'d l " ’''- m a k e s I...... Torch of Reason. a o’clock, Prof. Hosmer meeting a" d aPP<"> f o m a t ^ n . ’ £ ! £ £ ma TERI.,L(’7 “ 7 and berries, etc., etc. \\ e don’t in- ' ' . | , | i ° ,Y P H us with a team at W oodburn. ( n a „ we were absent about two ... ” ‘ Z ' ’. , OUr Z ? In all we were absent about two „L'.'a "»■’ <uir .... . ....................... x. - - .i stu d en ts as long as fruit is as plen- vour voice at a tavern, when vou months; visited twenty-one places i ' eLv i u home. 1 . , , , he at work, . he sends ’ • 1 ’ • tifni U a ‘ o L 1,1 tflls l" shouhl (should I Previously acknowledged, ^Ia ^ n Klein, (wor^) M artln KJeir p « < -.v u B B. Sm ith, Oscar Ca vender, u ’ $208 50 5.00 4.00