Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903, September 16, 1897, Image 7

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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , SE PT E M B E R 16, 1897.
Be Not H ypocrites.
If there could be a book opened
and the Pharisees prayed in the
synagogues and at the corners of
Organic Evolution.
In a different sense of the word
N. JBrman,
J, H. Lyons.
JERMAN & LYONS,
P A IN T E R S .
the street, ‘‘th at they * m ay
• I k 1 seen
‘‘evolution” is applied io the the «rv
and heard.” Thev know full well
us w ithout the shadow of a doubt
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1 1 t h e origin of organs and 01
th a t t hrist condemned all th is , a m i i
I lo u s e , s ig n a n d c a r r i a g e ja m m ­
th at the theories whi°h the Liberals
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1 1 . 1 . species hv divergeive and *»y de- in g .
l a p r - n a u g i n g «nel i i t e i i o r
vet they * stan d or kneel and do th at
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are advocating are correct, you
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velopmeut.
This theory '«aches decor 11 ion a s, e« iai V
which God has com m anded them
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would hear thousands, perhaps m il­
that all forms «if life n w existing,
n<»t to ilo. A sincere desire of the
lions, exclaim , ‘‘yes, I alw ays did
or which have e x ist'd , "ii th -earl
heart is an irresistahle th in g , hut it
believe it, but was afraid to say so would be unnecessary io speak it have »Pn , "g f»om common st<kk, S IL V E R T O N ...
because it was u n p o p u lar.” Not
out i" so m any words, even if there which has ui d«-rgom- changes in a
long since I heard a most excellent
were a personal god to h* ar and m ultitude of ways ami uml> r v a : i <1
woman say: ‘ I never in all my
answ er prayers, for ‘‘we are not conditions, the lo rc o and the iutfu
life had any desire to join a ch u rch .”
enees producing such change being
heard for our much speaking.’
...A r tis tic W o rk
Now, th is th in k in g much and
T hat w*‘ may all he guided by the known as the ‘ factors ol orga ic
saving little is retarding the pro­
I our h o r R e a s o n , i s t h e wis'i of a evolution.”
All cha acn rs and
gress of F r e e r h o u g h t —keeping
attrib u tes of s p e c ie s a n d of g r o u p - \ l,e” •vou wa,lt *••••
sincere friend. Mas. R. A. B e l l
•‘T ru th ” in the dark. The sam e
Good S m o o th S h a v e
have developed w it'' changing c > -i
I ex as
spirit brought on the late war.
ditions of lite.
ft»e homologies < >r a F irst-C lass........
There were enough true-hearted
The Age of the Earth and Life.
H air-C u t
am ong animal-« ar«* ilu* re.- di «»,'
Union m e n in th e South to have
common d« scent. The differenc« s
-C A L I. ON-
averted the terrible consequences
Professor Thom son, Lord K elvin, are due to various iufiuem- s, chi f
<>f secession, if they had not been has lectured lately on the Age of am ong these being compet ion in
E. E. T A Y L O R .
afraid to express themselves.
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tn e E a ith .
We follow the report the struggle lor exist«•lie«* h« tw«« n
“ IIow I ad m ire th e m an who speaks in tin« L tnhn, Daily Mail, Ju n e 3d. •individuals ami between sp« c:ep, S ilverton ,
OREGON
his m ind,
And panders to no p a rty , schem e or The C hristians should gam er abun- whereb\ th o s e b st adapted to their
s e c t;
d a n t com foit from h is views, a* no surroundings lived ami reprodtved
W ho u nto all is generous and kind,
‘‘You dare to their kind.
Yet fraud am t erro r ever doth reject. doubt they will.
W ho holds no false, deceptive views say, the Gudly may exclaim , th at
This theory is now the ,‘entral
of life,
Nor preaches w hat in practice he the earth has been peopled with life axig ()f a ,j |)i(,logica | ¡„ VeHIigation
L IV E R Y
fo rg e ts;
for 1,000,000 or 1,000,000,000 > e a rs ! ¡n a j|
branches, from ethics to
W ho would no t wage a w ar of p etty
H ere is Lord K elvin telling us th a t ¡(jst.>lOgy, fr.„„ am hropnlogy p.
FEED A N D
strife,
Nor yet express u n m ean in g , vain the earth has not been the ab >de of baet< rioh-gy.
In the light oi this
SALE S T A B LE
regrets.
W ho is too proud to act a servile p a rt, life for moie than th irty m illions «>f ib«orv every peculiarity " f struc-
Cor W ater and L ew is
Or lend him self a tool in o th e r’s years!
I here, now!
1 h a t’s .just ( ture, every character or «¡uul’tv of
h ands;
S treets.
W e learn ¡»dividual or of species, has a tnea n-
Who fears no fe a r; no deep, design­ w hat t h e bible teaches.
ing a rt,
from God’s m ost holy word th a t ¡„g and a cause. It is the work of
But by him self alone u n d a u n te d
the first life was created not quite the investigator to find this mean-
s ta n d s ;
D oid'le Rigs ami Saiblle H orses alw ays
W ho sh u n s deceit as he would ¡»esti- 6,000 years ago; and there i-n ’t any ju g a s w ell a s to record t h e fac t on ham! a t th e lowest prices. A corral
lence,
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’ «ioiinected w ith th e barn f«»r l«»ose stock,
And th riv e s and triu m p h s by his j great ditterence between 30,000,00 > “ One of the noblest lessons left t«> j Information regarding any kind of
good se n se .”
and 6,000, especially if you reckon
w orld” hv Darwin is this Mr 8t<x’k p ro m p tly atten d ed to, by person
I am well pleased with the way the time as the Loid him self does on - p ra nk C ram er tells u s,---- “ th is , reasonable term s.
Liberals are expressing them selves, «lay as a thousand years and vve which to him am ounted to a pro-
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so far as I have read lately. I t is versa.’ No doubt this argum ent found, alm ost religious, conviction,
N. J. HARDESTY.
so in accordance with my views. I will lie used by t h e ( b r i s t i a n s . It th a t every nature, no m atter how
am so opposed to m ud-slinging. I is no more absurd th an the r« si of insignificant, every stripe of color,
th in k it so m uch better to show their arguing,
every tin t of flowers, the length of
people w hat is right, than to be a l­
Lord Kelvin rath**r spoils the a n orchid’s nectary, unusual height
ways showing them their errors in comfort he afforded the C iristian j|( a p |a nt, ail the infinite variety
a sarcastic way, which alw ays en­ by m aking the ungodly am i un of ap p aren tly insignificant things,
courages a b itter feeling and is con­ scriptural statem ent th a t the earth ¡8 fu H of significance. For him it
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ducive to bad results The C hristians was in a m ouiten state fot a \«-ry was an historical record, t he revela- well Isjund in cloth ; good p rin t, sta n d a rd
would be more likelv to read Free- long period before it was cool enough tion of a cause, the lurking-place of hiws , for th e ex trem ely low price of
thought literatu re if our ideas were to solidify.
I t m m a pity 1.« a principle.’’
fail to tak e m i n t a g e of th is offer,
expressed in as refined language as could n o , tell the Victoria In stitu te
According to the theory of evo- Origin of .Specie«................C has. Darwin
the tru th will perm it. T ru th com- people th a t science exactly ecluied jution every stru ctu re of today
pels m e to adm it th at we want less , the first two ch a p te r- of Genesis, finds its m eaning in some condition Data of E th ic s .. . . . . . . .
faith and more of w hat I call true Never m ind! The C hristian advo- (,f |h e pas«.
pas, Tbe
i p .- ¡„aide
i.o M u e u of i a an
n ani-
a m - S arto r R c s n r t u s ............T Th„n,
hom as Carlyle
religion, in th is world. We w ant cate can easily m ake it appear , ha' m al tells w hat it really is; for it H istory French Revolution “
“
to practice th a t which will m ake us the lecturer really did confirm b e a i s t h e i c c o id ot her»*«lity. 1 h e Pa8t an(j p r e s e n t.......... T hom as C arlyle
“ Moses” in every partieul ir. Tliere o u t s i d e o f a n a n im a l te lls w h e re its H y p a tia ........................ ...... C has. Kingly
better men and women.
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A utobiography of Beni. F ra n k lin
is
It is n >t tnv will th at 1 do . not
,
, , nothing a fa n a 'ic ca u o t <1 > t ” ....... .
......"I " ' r 11 >»»™ Fift...... Deciaive Battlea o( the
adhere to the p o p u lar side of the bulkier up his creed am i holy windy record o f conce-r-ioiis Io environ-
W o rld ............................ E .C . C rease
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T en n y so n ’s Poem s
quei-tion; I love popularity, hut whims; as for honesty— well, the ment. S im ilarity
in essential struc- shellev’g Poems
«•anno, sacrifice my honest con- ( hristian advocate and evidence-
js known as homology. 4ly the Longfellow's Poems
victions for w hat it is worth. | m onger is much like th • Y m k e- th , ory of evolution, homology, M iS to n i^ X s
I g o to
i«» church w'nictim
•metimes,
es, and I politician, who told
t«>ld his • oidicnc'-,
idienc--, wherever it is found, is proof o of f Hood’s
H<iod’8 Poems
love t ” hear the m inisters sing the “ I a in ’t much for eddicatiou, I bl«H,d relatio n sh ip — David S la rr
Browning’s Poems
p ra is e s «>f ev««r.i thing which s noble know; but for honesty I heat the J o rd a n , in the Arena.
B yron’s Poems
sm all p rin t
and pure, hut do not like to hear very devil, I do.”
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S h ak esp eare's Poems
There is one excuse for Christian
them try to change the m ind of
sm all p rin t
E
i -HER HARDESTY,
wan,
of
candor
and
common
hon
their god, when they pray for the
A ddress,
reinission of sins, fo r, he “ president esty, anti that D, his case is so lias
[jg & W .
JONES’ BOOK STORE,
of the United States and all others less and bad th a t he would sp «¡1 it
291 A lder S t .
PORTLAND,
in a u th o rity ” They know as well com pletely if he were honest an«l Wj„ practice in «fi courts of the state,
O regon .
Special a tte n tio n given to collections
as I do th a t the bible says we are candid about it. There is no truth
W ho can think
and n o tary work.
•onie sim ple
not beard for our mt,cl, speaking, to lie urged in favor of the Christian
thing to patent?
R oom 3, W ole B lock .
P rotect y o u r M csr : th e y »nny bring you w ealth.
for our heavenly father knoweth ! religion; if there was, no doubt it
W r i t e JOHN
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t « O . Patent Attor
OR FO O V
” ey». W ashington. 1». «’.. for their >1.9«) p rise offer
wha, we need before we ask him ; would be produced.—The Liberator. S IL V E R T O N ,
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• and n ew list <>f one thousand Invention« w anted.
or a voice spoken th a t could assure
Barber
Silverton . . .
GOOD BOOKS
Wanted-fln idea
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