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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1897)
« T H E TORCH OF REASON, 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 30, 1897. in any position to which th»*re is a salary attached. Pilkins, however, take» the golden mean. He's in evitably on both sides of every question by natural gravitation, and so is universally popular. I believe you were unanim ously elected m ayor of Golden T hrone.” “ Yes, and a booming city we have,” said Pilkins. “ I m ake things fly, a new schoolhouse th is spring and a new courthouse in the fall. ‘Education and ju stic e’ are our hobbies.” “ Why d id n ’t Prince H al come cTown?” “ He won’t leave Golden Throne. He smokes his forty cigars per day and m editates. His philosophy is to do nothing, and he enjoys it.” “ I sometimes th in k he’s wiser than us a ll.” “ My new ship the ‘A lbatross’ is ready,” said C aptain Furgeson. “ Take a sail tomorrow?” “ T h at we will!” cried Paddie, “ over the waves of the d ark blue sea, our thoughts as boundless and our souls as free. W hat a luxury tiiere is in the great ocean! I feel like the poor woman who had lived in a country place all her life; and, when she did have a glimpse of the sea, she*said she was glad for once to see enough of som ething. We are awfully cram med in; and, if it were not for the sea, we should never have the sense of sufficiency.” “ I couldn’t live ashore,” said the captain; “ I feel all the while as if I h ad n ’t room ” “ The only trouble with a ship is th a t we can ’t go shopping,” said his wife; “ th at is all th a t reconciles me to the land.” “ You can come shopping to my store,” said Pippins. “ I have some nice cabbages and tu rn ip s and a little of everything.” “ T h a t’s what I w ant, a little of everything,” said Blanche. “ Don’t you th in k the more we have the better we are?” “ Yes,” replied the doctor, “it is right to be dissatisfied and eager for more. There has been too much self-denial and repression. We feel the necessary reaction now, and w ant more th an we can g e t ; but it is these restless, infinite desires of the heart th at have made th is earth to ‘blossom as a rose.’ If we were satisfied with the least possible we could u>*e, there would be no prog ress. It is because we w ant palaces and not huts th a t men know how to rear palaces. To st"ip m an of his w ants would strip him of his stren g th .” “ Is it not m a n ’s w ants th a t make him u n h a p p y ? ” “ Perhaps so for th - inn* l»eing, but happiness secured at the sacri fice of our w ants is a dear-bought happiness. O nly th at happiness is valuable which is secured in and through the m ultiplication and satisfaction of our w ants.” ( to be continued .) LITTLE TORCHES. T -v V- V - V V V V V V ▼ ▼ > ( X X X X X > < X K X X > < > < X X X K X > < X X X X X > <XHXXXXXXX><X)<XX><XX><>^^2^, By W . E Johnson Our present body is the seed of our future body. The one rises as n atu rally from the other as the Bower from the germ .—New York Observer, Sept 2nd. • W ho ever heard of a corpse sprouting aud raising a crop after it had been planted in a boneyard? Your m etaphors are crude— very crude. ................. E. M., ¿07 • L iberal U n iv ersity C om pany, SILVERTON, OREGON. ♦ >♦<—----- Enclosed find.................................. Dollars to assist in the Construction of the Liberal University at Silverton, Oregon. God keeps a good supply of asbes tos suits for his saints. They can, Yours for Progress, therefore, glorify God in the fires of th is world and escape the fires of the next.— Philadelphia C hristian S tanda rd. C u t th is o u t, or copy it; enclose w h a t you can, and fo rw a rd to If God doesn’t w ant his creatures { J. E HOSMER, President, to get burnt, why doesnt he p u t , out the fires of hell, instead of open Silverton, Oregon. ing a tailor shop for the m anufac ture of asbestos suits? W hat is the > 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o o o o o A o ., JL o o Jk o o o o JL. o A o A o A o A o o o o o o o o -A . o o o o o o o o o o o A o A o o o o o o ‘ use of God being guilty of arson, anyhow’? a a Jesus w’ent to prepare a place for us, and how well it will be prepared no tongue can describe nor pen pic tu re.— C hristian Conservator, Sept. 15th. All the same, C hristian scholars have always m anaged to describe this place prepared for us as a re sort of “ endless torm ent,” and ablaze w’ith “ fire and brim stone.” Really, how your god m ust love his crea tures— love to frv the fat out of them . The fact th a t we are dependent for power upon the work of God within us, does not in any way les son hum an responsibility, for every m an can receive as much or as little of the power of God as he desires, for God is alw ays ready to do his p a rt.—The C hristian Guide. If we are so to tally dependent upon God for the “ w orkings” within us, we m ust be dependent upon God for the “ desire” for this “ power.” If God made us what business had he to p lan t “ Jesireb” for evil within us? W hat business has a perfect God to do a botch job? The Christian’s Threat. “ He th at believeth not shall be dam ned,” is the spontaneous la n guage of absolute and savage ty ranny. No man who respects his neighbors could u tter it. It is the language of a savage brute who will frighten you if he can; and he would frighten you because he has no ra tional m eans of bringing you over to his side. He cannot reason, he will not try to convince you; he does not understand the* meaning of reason and con viction. He there fore resorts to brute force in its worst possible form, and sets up a perpetual Reign of Terror by way o f gaining adherent*. Such was Jesus, such are his real followers—th e m ost detestable of all th a t is hum an and all th at is legendary. The only person in the case who ought to be dam ned is the brute who utters the threat. Jos. S ymes . I The above shows the exact size of the little song book we have ju st com pleted. It contains th irty -tw o pages. The songs are set t o fam iliar tunes and should be in every F reethought hom e and S unday school. Send an order. Price, 10 cts. u m 'T h e U ittle C a n d l e A weekly paf»er for th e young people. E n tirely free from su p e rs ti tio n . Devoted to Secular Sundav-echool w ork, and co n tain in g les sons for each S u n d ay . P er year, 25 cents. TORCH OF REASON A W e e k ly S e c u la r P ap er fo r S e c u la r ists. Are you a S e c u la ris t? A re you a S ubscriber? $ 1 . 0 0 per Y ear.