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-
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Ami accom plish som ething grand ;
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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- ,•
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tim e studying the law’s of h e a lth , * ¿m e.
“ The right shall surely w in ;’’
erous-hearted Secularists, w ithout
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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
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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
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, .* 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.
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large audience, although N(lrtl,
" 'o h a s e r n e ,,. for a f-w days, on
0 . Sorenson,
3 00
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<
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
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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
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M.
I).
Chaffee,
1.00
Robert Ingersoll Plum m er enter- <H‘c‘*P,‘‘d a kind invitation to attend
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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,
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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
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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
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Torch of Reason.
a o’clock, Prof. Hosmer meeting a" d aPP<"> f o m a t ^ n . ’ £ ! £ £
ma TERI.,L(’7
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and berries, etc., etc. \\ e don’t in-
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us with a team at W oodburn.
( n a „ we were absent about two
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In all we were absent about two „L'.'a
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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.
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. he sends
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Previously acknowledged,
^Ia ^ n Klein, (wor^)
M artln KJeir
p « < -.v
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B. Sm
ith,
Oscar
Ca vender,
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$208 50
5.00
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