the TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1897.
The H ighest Types.
may be complete. There are people
those noisy Christians know that
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who have that degree of trust in
he don’t approve of their talking
The words Liberal, Freethinker,
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to him right out in public when his Infidel and Secularist are used each other that noth.ng but abeo-
The Only Paper of Its Kind.
boy, that is fully as old as his father, many times as synonyms, but this lute proof would cause even the
Published W eekly by the Liberal U n i told them to go into their closets is erroneous for there is a great least shadow of distrust. I his state
versity Conipany, in the In terests of
when they had any business to difference in their meaning. There of honor and trust should exist he-
C onstructive, Moral Secularism .
transact with his masculine parent. are many good Freethinkers, hut tween all men. It is possible for
J. E. Hosmer,
Editor
We can’t help thinking that God the fact that a man has “no string» it to exist and it is not ae far away
P. W. Geer,.....................Manager made a mistake, however, for he on his thoughts” does not neces- as some suppose, for when the grand
seems to have overlooked the fact sarily make him a good man. His work of Secularism gets fully under
E ntered at th e postoffice at Silverton,
that thousands and thousands of thoughts may be free but far from way it is going to accomplish some-
Oregon, as secom l-class mail m atter.
dollars worth of hops would be being true, beautiful or good. This thing better than the miracles of
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spoiled by hie foolish notion of is also true of an Infidel. Disbe- “holy writ.”
One year, in a d v an c e .......................... $1 00
Six m onths in a d v a n c e ....................
6C , punishing a few’ fanatical Chris lief in the Christian religion does
A few people are beginning to
T hree m onths, in a d v a n c e ................
25 , tians for not obeying his only be
not necessarily make one good nor catch the thought that the religion
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
gotten
Jewish
offspring.
What
bad. Some of the meanest men— “to do good” means something, and
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Money should be sen t by registered difference could it possibly make men who have the very lowest, as soon as a few people get in dead
letter or m o n e y order.
with the hoy, now’ that he has gone meanest thoughts possible, are In- earnest about this matter it will he-
to his home in the sky and is hav fidelsand hate the Christian ehurch come contagious and grow rapidly,
Notice!
ing a good time with the angels, more for the good there is in it The very first thing one should do
A pencil m ark here denotes th a t your whether they prayed in their closets
than for its evil, superstitious teach- is to eliminate all deception from
subscription will ex p ire w ith th e next
n u m b er. You a c earn estly requested or not? And just think of the fine ings; hut there are people who are his or her character, for when the
to renew so th a t you m ay receive th e pa lager beer that “cheereth the heart
Freethinkers, Infidels and Liberals average person is deceived a few
per w ithout in te rru p tio n . We have de
cided th a t it is l>est for all concerned of the dutchman,” that will he cut who are honest, kind, and interest- times by those pretending to be
th a t we do not send papers longer th an
But ed in theirfellowmen as individuals Secularists, they loose confidence,
tiie tim e paid for unless so ordered. off if the hops are not saved.
T his will p rev en t any loss and we will then again, perhaps the governor and as a race. These are Secular- a'«1 c»nnot do the grand work they
know ju st w here we stan d .
might have Jone; and as we said
We request you to semi us the nam es of the skies happened to think .
of Secularists who m ight become suh- that one of his old-time friends said 18 A true Secularist is willing that '«tore, there are so many ways of
scrilxTs ami we will m ail sam ple copies.
something about strong drink being all should think as they choose being deceived that one must be
T H U R S D A Y , S E P T . 9 , E . M . 297 raging, and concluded that the hop without persecution but he is not continually on his guard. If we
lice he had sent wasn’t quite suffi litierai to that extent that he is «re thrown into the society of a per-
Prayer.
cient to spoil the Willamette crop willing that hie friends (all men con it is natural that an interchange
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” take place. Now if
will
The most ignorant performance and so let it pour. It is clearing are included in his friendehip) of ' ideas
wc have heard of in some time is up now, which again complicates,
think evil or remain one is deceptive he withholds some
the union prayermeeting which was the matter and with feelings of i in 1OU darkness to their own and of his ideas until he learns what
held in Oaksdale, Washington, a meekness (this may help us to in the world’s detriment. Although the other’s ideas are and then
few days ago. There was much herit the earth) we gi ve it up and con liberal, a Secularist will never be shapes his deceptive medicine to
grain down in that locality and clude that we’ll let God run his own heard to say, “if people will let me suit the patient. Suppose, for in
God didn’t seem to realize that the business. We’ll take what comes, alone, they may believe as they stance, that one was radically
water that was below the firma let it be rain or hail, good crops or choose.” Secularists do not believe opposed to the freelove doctrine,
ment was wet and coming down, poor crops, the lies of our enemies, in letting things alone that are evil and the other finding this out,
thus spoiling thousand» of bushels or a liberal donation to our Secular and preventing the happiness that although a radical freelover, very
. may he enjoved by the useof reason ™ely avoids the issue ami deee.ves
of wheat that was up to 98 cents University.
and still on the raise; so the good
and taking thought for the morrow. ''is friend by saying tl.at he believes
Look in T h e G la s s .
Christians concluded to jog the old
In fact, the genuine Secularist is a
as Ingersoll does on the sub-
fellow’s memory by a good old-
A,though one may be perfect in re[0rl0er of reformers and we hope ject. Now this may be true, but it
fashioned prayermeeting.
The wanting to do just right, yet n o ' and beUeve that the words Liberal- is not the whole truth, for although
words of the father’s eldest son one is perfect; hut if we wish to at- ism, Freethought and Infidelity the deceiver believes just as Inger-
that they should go into the closet tain to the highest degree of per- may be U8ed more properly, and so11 doe8> he believes and practices
wasn’t heeded this time. You see, fection that we are capable of as tbat we Inay have more occasion to things that Ingersoll scorns. So
the dear old Santa Claus fellow is Dr. Franklin tried, it might be a U8e the word which includes all of our work demands much thought
getting so feeble that he can’t see good plan to not only examine our tbege and mucb Inore. if we can to be able to detect mere selfish de-
into closets as he used to and it is thoughts with our mind’s eve become Secuiari8ts we will receive ceivers from those who honestly
lo o k the reward that always goes with have the cause of Secularism at
necessary to talk right out loud in occasionally hut also to look
meeting. Great times these! The at ourselves in a good mirror every upward step on nature’s great heart, and are frank and open ad
women of Oaksdale didn’t “keep once in awhile. Look at your fore ladder of evolution and that is the vocates of the true principles of
silent in the Churches,” as Saint head. Is it broad or narrow? Is ability to organize and stay or progress.
We believe in freethought and
Paul thought was the proper thing it very low and sloping? What do ganized.
Liberal, Freethinker,
for “old ribs” to do but they also the best authorities on this subject Jnfidel—-these are too hetrogeneous hold that everyone should be given
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hut
we do not y believe
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used all their influence with Jehov say • in regard 1 to your
kind 1 of a - I to do good - work,
hut take
from
ah to save the 98-cent wheat from forehead? What does your exper- tbe8e their highest types and the deception, and our work now de
the wet water that wa» coming ience with yourself say? Look at extractions are homogeneous and mands that the old blocks be re
from below the firmament.
your nose. Is it wide and flat and of the best possible material out of moved from the wheels of our char
But the important question is are your lips thick and protruding? which to form the advance guard iot of progress. “ Knowledge is
power,” let us have a knowledge of
whether the rain celled or not. Of Have you anything to guard against of the human race.
each other and the mistakes of the
course it would stop sooner or later in regard to what scientists say
about
the
nose
and
lips?
Have
past will be avoided. With preju
as it always does. But did God you a large, heavy jaw? Are you
D e c e p tio n .
dice toward none and charity for
turn the stopcock as soon as he was stubborn?
What do your eyes
I here are so many different ways aj^ we pray you to help in the grand
notified of the trouble.
No, and sav? How is your temper? Self-
W()rjc 01 securing ior
for me
the woria
world 1 the
perhaps the reason is that a good examination may be made a very of deceiving people that oik almost wont
man up in the mountains of Oregon profitable investment of the time 1 looses confidence in everybody and priceieB8 jewel of simple honesty,
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needed water to run his sawmill. used, provided we have the power everything; but one extreme evil
should not drive us to another ex-
Friends of Secularism, yon must
The small stream on which the t«> apply the know ledge t l ^
mill is located was almost drv •r and teachers m a^ be Io the children if fem e th lt mav become “ «reat an ren.en.Iwr that we have been very
this good man wanted to get out a they will take a little thought of evil. The right thing to do in bold in advocating what we believe
little more lumber for the Liberal their future and study their capabil- selecting the objects of our oon6- Secularism means and therefore we
ities and natural weaknesses. The dence is to be careful and prove
enemies who would >e our
University and as God loves peo
Qiivtliintr altnnf u
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, , friends had we been willing to go
then, after being thoroughly 1 t tbe <<goft
„ business We
ple who mind their own business onlyangelR we know any thing about h
he just concluded he’d send rain to help ourselves and the hoys and satisfied, we should throw away all need the help and encouragement of
enough to raise the creek and let girls to become messengers of good, suspicion, that the companionship^ ever\ true Secularist.
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