T H E TORCH
of
REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , OCTOBER 7, 1897.
N E W S AN D NOTES.
their honest thoughts. But »<» long
FIELD NOTES.
as they continue to how down and
More rock in being hauled for the
Friday night I lectured a' Rose
worship public opinion, so long will university.
burg. Rev. E. R ohs w ‘* holding
The Liberal U niversity re-opens
revival meetings and a lady h r they continue to he governed by
tured m the Baptist church, fro we the priestcraft. As F ran k lin said: W ednesday, November 3rd.
; N . J E rm a n ,
J. H . Lyons.
JERMAN & LYONS,
-P A IN T E R S .
House, sign and carriage p a in t
ing.
Paper-hanging and interior
S e c u la r S u n d a v school at L ibera! decoration a specially.
did net have euch a large audience uG(),¡ helps them th a t help them -
Charges
11
reasonable. Wo*k guaranteed.
1 m et selves,” and if we get our rights we hall next Sunday m orning at
we o th erw ise w ould-
o’clock
quit»- a num lier of L 'b o ra l-, am ong m ust dem and them.
th em Mr. B en jam in , M r. F ra te r,
Represents!ives of the Token a t S IL V E R T O N ...
T u esd ay n ig h t I le ctu red to a
Mr. C a n n o n , Mrs. F reem an an d sev
tended Oregon’s slate fair this
very
!
good
au
d
ien
ce
a
t
M
edford.
I
met
eral o th e rs. I also had a
week and ieport having a fine time.
pleasant visit with Mrs. Freem an’s m any friends oí the cause and en
Albert Mason, wife and child
little daughter Daisy. She is to he joyed conversing with them .
Mr. have moved to Silverton to reside.
one of th estu d en ts at t he U niversitv Ling, Miss Rollins and Mr. Rich
. . . A r t is t ic W o rk
Prof. Mason will teach in the Lib
this winter ami I am sure she will
ards all took a prom inent part in eral U niversity this winter.
prove a valuable addition to our
T hose who are expecting to a t When you want a....
th'* work. Tin* friends at Medford
list. Wo can assure her a warm
tend the Liberal U niversity this
Good S m o o th S h a ve
welcome. She will probably join are talking of reorganizing iheS un
day school and I earnestly hope winter should write to us immedi- < >r a First-Class.......
me on my homeward trip, frie n d s
thev will. W ednesday I came to a tely, so we can m ake arrangeinents
H a ir - C u t
in Roseburg are anxious to have
A shland— my home. Phe ’unday ¡n regard to board and rooms,
another lecture and I may stop
-(.'A L L OX-
school is holding a convention and
O ur editor has returned and we
there on my return.
Three o’clock in the m orning I I attended last evening. I he prin- are gj,,d to welcome him back again,
* * * * *
took the train l«»r G ra n t’s ¡’ass cipal of the Ashland schools made jjp p as become so wed to out-door
,|ag Ppe|,t the past week S ilv er to n ,
I>KEGON
when* I arrived at eight o’clock the a short address in which he set |jj-p t |,at
same morning. I caught a very forth “ tne great advantage to he exer(.jsing his muscle at carpenter
severe cold when I first started on gained by Using the bible in the work on ¡lie dining hall.
? h e R atie Rehm Sm ith njnnu_
my trip, and this, with the constant public schools ” He claim ed th a t
use of my voice, has rendered my all m«»ral teachings are based on n)pn^ bag been purchased, at a cost
am , wjn be placed over the
th ro at very painful and my voice the bible. Plus Irom a nineteenth- ! < f
rath e r unm usical ho I decided to century teacher and a teacher hired ^pave a| W agner Oregon, the last
postpone my lecture here until by people of all denom inations! of thi{J 1Ilollth- An effort will be
October. Not long ago I read in Secularists, there is work to b« ! made to have Miss K ate D ePeatt
Mrs. Eddy’s book on C hristian Sci done, and to free the schools m ust prepent a , , he UIIVeiRng.
efforts. In ;
.
. ,
Cor. W ater and Lew is
ence th a t a person need neve- have be one of our principal
f
At the regular m eeting of the
Streets.
a cold, hut she neglected to state a few davs I will deliver a lecture
.
, Silverton Secular church last Sun-
In the m eanw hile 1
,
....
.
how to keep from it.
I suppose at this place.
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- i day the following officers were
though by faith. Ib>w very con will spend th e tim e w ith old frie n d s 1 elected:
J. D Guiss, president;
Double Rigs and Saddle Horses always
and
acquaintances.
on
band at tbe lowest ¡»rices. A corral
venient a little faith would he n«»w
Mrs. E L. Sm ith and Mrs. J . E. connected
with tbe barn for loose stock.
K ate D e P eatt .
and lhenf
H am m ond, vice presidents; John
Information regarding any kind ol
J spent my tim e very pleasantly
stock promptly attended to, by person
L IT T L E POINTS.
Hicks, secretary; E. W olfard, treas or
letter. Horses Boarded and Fed on
visiting with relatives and friends
reasonable
terms.
The false ami pernicious dogmas urer.
and Sunday night I attended the
Phe Silverton Secular Sunday
Presbyterian church, of which Mr. of the C hristian church have kept
school will me»! a t Liberal hall
N. J. H A R D E S TY .
McLean is pastor.
lie took as his the world in ignorance.
How do we know that the bible " ext s ,ll,d a y
11 ° ’clock’
m'
subject a p art of Judges X \ I: 20:
,h a t ,h<! 8" m nn'r 18 >,a8t’ a,ld
“ And he wist not th a t the Lord is not the word of the devil? He
have had a g°od tln>e
,h e
was departed from him .”
Taking is said to be a great deceiver, and
.
,
, . „ . . „ woods, the fields, and at the sea
it all in all, it would have been a there are some devilish tough stor-
’
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.,
,
.
coast,
let
us
gather
a t our Sunday
very good sermon on m orality if les in the book.
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.
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school
once
a
week
and
do
a ll t h e
the God part were om itted.
He
Ignorance and her offspring, sup-
.
,
,
..
good
wv
can
for
ourselves
and
others, . We can furnish tbe following books
attem pted to show th a t if we erstition and fear, are great evils.
well bound in cloth ; good print, standard
abused any of the faculties God (?) and anything that attem pts to keep
Nolic«1! the a<l on another ¡»age of sizes, for tbe extremely low price of
had given us th a t he would take our youth from gaining knowledge “ U ncleSam sH om ilieson Finance, (W cents each, postage 10 cents. Don’t
fail to take advantage of this offer.
them away from us. He said that is a deadly enem y to our race.
Mr. B lanchard, the author, ha.- Origin of Species..............Chas. Darwin
after we get an education if we
F reethinkers bave too "(ten m ade DladB 08 a libaral offer- and, ,he, Descent of Man................. “
atop there and drop all study we the miHhike of try in g to m ake a big proceeds arisiag from the sale of First Principles.......... Herliert Spencer
Data of Ethics..............
soon forget everything we once -ln.w and bave à big blowout, in- the book are to go to th e Liberal Emerson’s Essays
Resartus............Thomas Carlyle
knew and God takes our memory stead of thinking bow to Itest pro- L niversity. This book shoo
e Sartor
History French Revolution “
from us. We know that one of lb'* mote the good ami put down the read bT Peo»,le on a ” 8ide8 " f th e Discourses of Epictetus
Past and Present.......... Thomas Carlyle
sim plest laws of nature is th a t if evil in the world.
m ,,ney ,ence' 11 for 110 other rea‘ Hypatia............................
Chas. Kingly
we do not give an organ or faculty
,ni
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.
.
r son, buy it to help the university. Autobiography of Benj. Franklin
1 he different denom inations of
.
Fifteen Decisive Battles of the
the exercise it calls for, it becomes
.
Ir .
...
Price 2o cents.
World........................ E. C. Creasy
C hristians in H u h C ity , M i c h i g a n , _____________ _ •
powerless. T hat m inister certainly
Tennyson’s Poems
have been indulging in a church
U n iv e rsity F und.
Shelley’s Poems
knew this and why attrib u te it to
quarrel. The result is, two churches
;
.
.
, Longfellow s Poems
any supernatural power?
People ,
.
.
,
j
.. _ ,
The am ount given in this fund Pope’s Poems
have
been
burned
and
an
attem
p
t
a o |o a ,
p« jd ¡„ regHr(ileR, of Milton’s Poems
should remember that this is the
Hood’s Poems
made to blow up an o th er with dy- wj,a ( ¡ias been prom ised:
nineteenth century.
Burns’ Poems
nam ite.
Previously acknowledged, $410.80 Robert Browning’s Poems
Monday m orning I went to Cen
1.00 Byron's Poems
Two families, one living in Ar- W. M. R ichards, Oregon,
tral Point where I lectured in the
small print
3.50
kansas and the other in South Car- C. E. Glaze,
“
Shakespeare’s
Poems
evening. We had a splendid au d i
5.00
olina, went to church last week and ’J i ut û f u ^ p r^ vem ent Society 5.00
small print
ence ami Mr. Hensley acted as
' j
Address,
chairm an. There are a good many left their children at borne. W hen
JO N ES’ BOOK STORE,
........
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25.00
Liberals there,
am ong ...................
whom are ('>'•>• returned to th eir respective A. S lam an, D akota,
PORTLAND,
Mr. Case, Mr. Hensley and others. I houses they found them burned to W. N. Jorgensen, Oregon,
1.50 291 A lder S t .
O regon .
There also they w ant another lee- the ground, and the children (elev-
m a ter ia l , etc .
in a ll) crem ated. Where is Previously „ acknowledged, $228.50
tu re and I shall deliver one Home
6.00
tim e next m onth.
the gooduens of God, who is sup- E. J. T hurm an (work)
your id e a s ; th e y m ay bring you w ealth.
10.00 P W rotect
So m any Liberals are afraid of P’»^d to watch over the children A. A. Leonard
rite JdH N WEDHEKBURN A CO.. P aten t Attor-
nevs. W ashington. D. C.. f->r their » I.» « prlxe offer
10.00 and
public opinion and dare not express while the parents go to worship?
Louie Rauch, (work)
new list o f one thousand Inventions wanted-
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