T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R Hi, 1897.
and if our friends are mi-led and
the superintendent of th e N ational
H e|.e,ofl>re L
i,w alH have
have not hesitate, ju st at the outset when we
Heretofore
Liberals
. .. ... .
Indian School. We are pained to
, need help most, our w ork will he
The Only Paper of Its Kind.
le.,rn that he is a Christian a,„| lan-n able to have permanent work-
greatly ret aided.
We are very
Published Weekly by the Liberal Ini- ,j)at p|.ote»tantism is tau g h t 111 the ing- organizations because there much encouraged now f«»r a n u m
’ 7 ? o X r u c U T C ^ '.^
«fit««!- 11 ’ "e,,is to° bad ,b a t th e have been two antagonistic ele- ber of our friends here are com ing
poor
Indian boy»
and girls . . are ,nent8 that
have tried to work t >- to our aid financially; Secular iam-
r
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E. H osm er,....................... Editor taught this degrading superstition, gether. One of these elem ents can-J ¡lies are m oving into Silverton o i
W. G eer,....................... M an ag er wbicb jeave8 iheir m inds in as had not organize even it alone because ' account of the U niversity and we
condition as did their old In d ian its members are anarchistic or in- have been abb* to purchase a very
E ntered at th e jxistoffice at Silverton,
. ,
th « ,
Oregon, as second-class m ail m atte r.
tra d itio n s; a n d w hen we th in k th a t dividualistic, m any of them not tine collection "f books for the
ju st a few m iles from h ere is an - even believing in the organizations library, scientific ap p aratu s and a
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
(M, other public Indian school where we call homes. It is im possible, very essential piece of fu rn itu re for
One year, in advance...................
5t C atholicism is taught it m akes us for such to organize because they the building as soon a s it is ready,
Six m o nths in ad v an ce....................
25 sad indeed.
T hree m onths, in a d v an c e ................
'I hese In d ian s from have no definite ideas on the great \ ()W a l«»ng pull, a strong pull and
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
,
i
inadvance.......................................
75 th e d ifferen t schools m ust m eet an d questions of the day out a r e gov- a pull altogether, and this beauti-
Money should be sent hv registered ,f ih e y a r e i n t e l l i g e n t they m ust ,-rned l>\ their im m ediate caprices. , fuj, golden land ot the setting sun
le tte r or money o n lei.
J
, bft^ t ,iere is a g r e a t difference
T h is ren eg ad e e le m e n t h as alw a y s will witness the unfolding of a n
between Catholicism and Prob giant ru in e d ev ery work th a t th e S ecu other bud of our glorious W estern
Notice!
ism, and this with their n atu ral la
jarI8|
ris ts 8 jia.
have tried to do because civilization.
A pencil m ark here den o tes th a t y o u r
,
fro m c iv i l iz a t i o n .
>
h av .v e n o t u n d ersto o d
subscription will e x p ire w ith th e next
3 * ‘ .
becular istfe ....
number. You are earn estly requested m ust, and does, ruin m any of our • t wbat has been the malt*»*; hu
In d e p e n d e n c e .
p.K,r brothers anti Kisters,,he n » t i v ,! 111)w u , „ w U who h a w ide..e ¡„
per w ith o u t in te rru p tio n ,
'fiie following foolishness was
cided th a t it is best for all concerned Americans.
A m erican s,
I he worst of it is th a t common concerning the main ques-
th a t we do not send papers longer th an
clipped from the editorial page of
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. this treatm ent makes m any «»1 them ^jons involved in saving the world
T his will prevent any loss and we will hypocrites and tip n th e y are de- from the evils of ignorance, super- the Signs of the 1 imes:
know ju st w here we stan d .
“ T he feeling of independence rp, is
by the very men who help i J . SLIIHHI
gfjtion <1IIU
a pd IC<U,
fear, » begin
h
i 1 1 to
vw under-
We request you to send us th e nam es spised
.
1 . o’l-ii
I 1 - a • .i
i . u«
,
«. inherent
hum an
nature. in c
of Secularists who m ight lieeome su b m ake
them r. so. v 'rkiu
I its iutt’t
is t t a ll, it « j 8tan(| , he conditions and reasons of^
(1(,c |a in ra ti„„
of ¡„.Icpendense
Torch of Reason
... " ofbeing ,,'t",duc,'d
O u r S u c c e s s C e r t a in .
scribers and we will m ail sam ple copies.
a dow nright steal and dam nable , (,(eir ()ft. t.e|(e;, te(1 failures. “ Know- agajn8t God was m ade by Lucifer,
THURSDAY, SEPT. ¡6, E. M. 297 fraud to tax the thousands of jedge j8 power” in this work as in the courts of heaven, and next,
.... ..
..k ...
ftil. at ot his
hie instigation,
inwt io-ntion by
hv man
m an in in the
th e
nooTkle who
who do
do not
no, believe
heli-*ve in in teach-
teach- wej,
\ ... ii ag ¡n everything
------------------------------------------------------ ! people
else.
In l r , Sil-
At C h em a w a .
ing such trash to support school- v e rto n a „ d vicinity we have a large G arden of Eden, when he set about
him self equal
God, and
One ev en in g T sT week we accept- a " d W » - c h e r . to teach these old num lw r ,,f pe(,p |e who „ „ „ e rsta n d to
»» m ake biln8elf
- T “ ' to God’
thus independent of his au th o rity .
ed a k in d invitation from our L d,. [ heathenish m yths. W hat are we the gitua, io„ and thig is w|,y we The first m arked feature to m an i
ea a Kinu in v u a u o n iroin o u i u h »-
.
w
I
eral brother, Mr. F. J. Beaty, Hnd ! 8o ln 8 to d ° a ‘out 11 ‘ ' ' e are 8 ° are succeeding in spit.* of th e fest itself in the infan t is to have
m ade his locality a visit.
(ing to stop H !
whims, contentions and lies of the its own way; and unless this dispo
We found Mr. Beaty getting
a num ber of the Im tan | narrOw-minded. We hope t hat our sition is checked, it grows stronger
We found Mr. Beaty getting
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narrou-m u.ueu.
until even in early
,
.
1
-i
1
l
students
were
piesent
and
took
the
fripnds
evervw
here
will
understand
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3
1
. determ
,
•
ready to build a new house, ms v
, m en u s eveiyw nert w m uouereuii.u VQUth ,le decjare8 , his
ina-
fornier residence having burned I ° I a 'lES w. . 1 tri »uU < a n wt- »e th a t this kind ot organized Free- tion to have
regard-
have his own way, reg
ard
.
,
1 lieve that the seed thus sown will thought work is a new departure less of what anybody else m ay say
down about four years ago, com-
.
r .
, f
f
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pelling him to live in a sm all build- I l,r’" g forth good frU,L
A tler he and th a t in this constructive work or th in k .”
The feeling of independence is,
ing th a t was spared by the flames. Iecture was over and the offering
win be ohiige(j to m eet the usual
and of neces-
After being treated to some de- for the cause taken we shook hands OppUSi,jon th a t is alw ays fo rth -. by
uy right ought to be, ...................
. .
licious fruit and a good, hearty with a nu m b ero f new-found friends C()ming from those, who, like the sity m ust be, inheren t in all Intel
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.1.. nothing ligent beings
k , . o i th
i r a t t T survive
i v i . fnr
on.
o i.d with
w ith m
n tn anv
n v g«»od
(T ikh I wishes
w is h e s t turned
u r n e d dog
1
• .1
. . the
. . hop yard . . be-
' and
in
the m
anger, ...:n
will do
for any
supper we went . to
• r
.
1 lo n g in
. g . to u M rs. B t > e a ty
. ’s > fa
f th
.1 e r, xi Mr. O u r faces toward Silverton, ’ the them selves nor let others, if they great length of time
Me do h ate
T
,
,
,
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.
1
home
of
many
Secularists
and
hut
can help it. We ask all F reethink- to call a brother editor a liar, and
Pugh, where we were advertised
J
f,„ a lecture ami c u .-e rt.
After f"w fa,,i,lics- The tide w as.lelight- ers to he sure and remember th at we are not going to, but we wish to
l.uikling a bonfire Miss | , ePt.alti I fttl for it was a lovely e v e m n g a n d our work is now in such shape that ask our intelligent readers what is
Mrs. II osmer, Mr. Geer and the with the feeling th a t we had m ade ¡t cannot be defeated even if some the most appropriate nam e to give
w riter asc-nded the thron.*, a large another successful battle against of ()Ur boj(je8t. eneinieS are willing a m a n w h o s a y s ,“ th e f ir s tu e c la r a -
and fear we t<) v c n ri,n
inate themselves in order to tion of independence agaist God
farm w agon, w hich had been fixed ignoranee, superstiiion
‘
iii» n « w >
......A ,in »1...
„ „ . defeat
- -
.
to he was m ade by Lucifer in the courts
f.,r the p ttn a w , ami for at. tit two « iided u holne
th *’ '>""’ldif:ht OJ
si"g-
w . hat they
m u st know
k
fo u rs Lave aL eotertaionm nl
¡'>g " “ f »««'d a ' -
' ,l“ d3’l " ? 1‘lie r i„ h t
of heaven, etc., etc.?” We are will
lio u rs gav» an t ill. rianim m
1 b e a „ tlfu | 8 ;a rs a n d w o n d erin g how* g '
.
i-r
»
songs, recitations, g u itar m usic,etc., men can s.ill gr..pc about in the
Som e of th e que««ions a Secular- ing to wager our life th a t the w riter
and expounded our ideas of Secu- d a rk cav es of old religi-ns when a ist should ask him self when growled of those foolish words don’t know
larisrn to [» a a prom
prom iscuous
iscuous auaienee
audience 1 l'ttce thought and investigation
a t by wnv
one « of
- --r,—
>1 these selfish, good-for- th a t there is a God, a Lucifer, a
court of heaven, or a G arden of
.ickers. Some were much [
'¡n.n8 .'be'n
the I10thi„g> tear-.luwi.-e v .-r y-t h i „ g I cr
(if hop-pick
.
. . .
.
! I m a u tifu l, in s p irin g lig h t of m o d ern ,
.
,
and •' yet he says, ju
dogs-in-t
lie -m an g V
W hat 1
1 Eden,
E
pleased and a p p la u d e d , o th e rs w ere
ci
-’ er, » a re .
• st as
has this growler done for the cause, though he knew* all about it, th at
sad and some seemed to have the
ami w hat is he now doing?
Are “ the first declaration of inde -
V a lu a b le A d d itio n .
xdd 17'h-century sp irit of p ersecu
thi re any selfish or vindictive mo pendence against god was made
tio n afojused. One sister made th e .
T h is week has been an eventful
W hat ought we to
ark w
hile th
e lecture wW
was
r r m
m»rK
wmm
cm-
()1H. ¡„ the his,„ rv ,.f our U rivcrs- fives
l,v e" fo- his grow ling? . Is
" this
■ — by lucifer .” .........
progress th a t th»‘ Pl*e«l<«‘r ' ‘ought d y f.,r we have been a ‘ le to secure grow ler’s mod»* of livii g in opposi- call a m an who w ill m ake sucn
to be knocked off the wagon.** We sotne very tine additions to our tion to the E thical Basis of the idiotic statem ents as th e se ?
But just the mere statem ent is
w. re inform ed afterw ard th a t the p arap h ern alia. F irst, we have se- O. S. S. U? H ave those whom In
Ja.ly is an Adven-ist ami it is s une- c " red what goo<l /•»‘horities
claim growls about as good a standing in not the greatest evil of this species
e
to he the best sk eleto n in th e s t a ’e &
. . . . . .
. . . .
-.what surprising to h e a r s u c h an ex-
7*
"*
.1 Kt"|<.l1 " ",
1
the com m unity in which they Have of tw addle,
which m ay be
found in
Passion of intolvrai ce from oite perience in th is work can estim ate lived as he? Is w hat he is grow l- all C hristian papers.
th e gi at
•wh"R<* sect is liearing su< h persecu- th e v a lu e of a good skeleton in ing the tru th or is it a lie?
in ju ry that is done is the teaching
tion, even i m prison me »1 and erim- teaching anatom y, physiology and
We have w ritten this because we th a t independence of thought and
,inal servitude. We arc Mti.re that {,13?ene* I hen wc have securedl a du not wish our friends t<> be misled action should he crushed out of the
,we u tte re d n o t a w ord th a t we are . * ‘{¡,¡^«4 of m edkal VneychJpedia "»to th in k in g that the evil reports children, and the reason th a t the
pot thf^roughly <*»mvinced is true,
and even now after her expression
of assault upon our person, we have
rn n v il feelings toward the sister
th at would lead us ,0 wish to in-
and about th irty other volumes of which two or three growlers are C h ris tia n leaders want to m ake de
valuable Ixioks for the library. Add trying to circulate arc tru e am i we pendent idiots out of the peoph
to this an elegant secretary for the hope th a t everyone interested
will originates in the desire to use them
president’s office, a fine magneto- b.arn t he facts and help us to cor- for building up their unreasonable
ni,K n,H ! a
t» tios(op»
these falsehoods as far as we churches and schools of “ faith .” As
and
a
num
ber
nt
n
atu
ral
history
«>■« re
><• h»*r or d ’Btroy Vi..»
1 1.... ex M >p cim
• ens and « it
•. seems th
. « at our can; for ♦ the
Ixrx aiumndu
x/ mm
T/Aflz de- ! no , fill
111 an
QF being has any knowledge
success / of
our IX
work
hum
ju
her teligion
j ends very largely upon our friends« of a God, “ independence of G od” is
cept l»v the us»* of reason. \\ ’<* h <d ( woik is inde»*d progressing.