* 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 9, 1897. Rabbits and Pheasants, and put m an in God’s place. But if Jesus was in reality the rem ark- ' able person th at he is represented E ditor T orch of R eason : The in stitu te m ust be made a to be, if he came of his own acc<> rd success. Reforms never go back or was sent on a mission in which ward. A forward step is being the future destiny of all m ankind taken in hu m an progress and will was at stake, why did he not go no more “dow n” than the ghost ot about it in a gentlem anly and re M acbeth. Churches of h u m an ity spectable way, and give us an ac and Secular schools have come to count <>f his own w riting, or have stay; delays m ay occur, but not some one to do it for him under failure. The Silverton people are his instruction, so as noi to leave on the rig h t road. Remember the even the shadow of a doubt in the 'tortoise. m inds of the most unbelieving, of I c a n ’t help m uch, but Christ the tru th and m agnitude of his accepted the “ widow’s m ite,” so 1 m ission; but what do we lind? He guess the Secularists will accept comes and goes on this im portant mine. And I m ay say here, th a t if m ission and he d o n ’t leave us a everyone who is interested in this word of his own w riting, neither progressive m ovem ent, whose chil does he authorize anyone else to dren and ch ild ren ’s children are give us a record. But in th e course to be benefitted thereby throughout of time, four men calling them selves all com ing generations, will do as apostles of Jesus undertake to give much according to th eir ability as us a history of him and his mission I do there will be no delay». For the press fund I offer a pair here on earth, but they m ake the of young Belgian hares, worth $1. worst bungling, m ixed-up, c o n tra For the u n iv ersity fund I offer a dictory mess of it of an y th in g I p air of young Chinese pheasants, ever read in my lite. Two of them (the ring-neck variety) the famous m ay agree on some certain point, game bird of Oregon, worth $3. hut the other two .will contradict These will be crated and delivered them , word for word. Three of f. o. b. here, ready for shipm ent to them may agree but the fourth will any p a rt of the U nited States, p u r contradict them positively. They chasers to send th e price to the m ight all agree in w hat they say, proper fund a t Silverton, and the but th a t would not prove th eir hares or pheasants to be shipped statem ents true, because the parts on order from there. Directions m ight all agree, and the whole he a for m anagem ent sent with goods fabrication. But their disagree when desired. I will offer also a m ent in w hat they say proves false choice of one big horned owi, stuffed hood positively. H ad the w riters and m ounted, $3; a Chinese pheas of these four hooks gone into a a n t cock, stuffed ami m ounted, court of justice to prove an alibi, $2.50; or a goshawk, stuffed and and given the sam e m ixed-up, con m ounted, $5; packed, f. o. b , same tradictory “ mess of stuff” that we as above. F. S. M atteson . find here, there is not the least Oregon. doubt th a t they would have Some C om m ents on th e New been arrested for perjury, and they would have ju stly deserved it, yet T estam ent. this is the kind of C hristian evi Is it not strange th a t in a book dence imposed upon the world to .J oel M. B erry . claim ing to lie a revelation direct day. from God, th a t the a u th o r should give no account of himself, his birth, parentage or a n y th in g else? Not one line is of his own th a t to other nevertheless of the new testam ent w riting. He has left people entirely. It, is called a revelation from God to m an, but it has never been revealed to me. All th a t I know’ about it is w hat some one else has said. Revelation can only be applied to som ething which God reveals of his own will to m an, and then it is only revelation to the person to whom it is made. It is ignorance or im position to apply the term revelation in cases in which m an has been the actor, yet th e bible is represented to us as be ing all revelation. W hen it is re vealed to me I will believe it. It isn ’t rig h t th a t I should tak e the word of a m an as the word of God, S tatesm an. A. Wolf & Son R espectfully invite you to visit their establishm ent and con vince vourself that they are showing the greatest line of General Merchandise in Marion county at popular prices. Mail orders giv.en prompt attention. Yours to Please A. 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Its ad v ertisem en ts are regularly read by th e m asses, because they read th e S tatesm an for th e news it c o n tain s, and th e accurate and In tere stin g m an n er of its telling. C. B. IRVINE. Manager. SEND US YOUR JOBWORK We W ill Do It For You Neatly, Quickly, and For Less Money Than You Can Get It E lsew here. We P rint A nything