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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,
Call for the Congress of 1897.
Tried and Found Wanting.
N. J e rm a n ,
J , H , Lyons. I
JERMAN & LYONS,
Silverton . . .
C hristian A tonem ent has been
S ecularists and F ree ­
From
thinkers of the U nited S tates : tried and found w anting.
P A IN T E R S .
L IV E R Y
You are hereby requested to meet C onstantine to the fall of the By­
FEED AND
in eonverition at Ilard m a n H all, in zantine Em pire, C hristianity had
House, sign and carriage p a in t­
the city of New York, on F riday,
ing.
P aper-hanging and interior
S A LE S T A B L E
S atu rd ay an J S unday, the 19th, suprem e control, and its fruits were decoration a specialty
Charges
20th and 21st of November.
Cor. Water and Lew is
the Dark Ages, ignorance, supersti­ reasonable. W o'k guaranteed.
Streets.
Friends, we shall meet in this tion, and crim e. It has opposed
Congress under favorable condi­ science and progress and hum an S IL V E R T O N ...
tions. The tim es are auspicious.
Double Rigs and Saddle H orses alw ays
liberty at every step. It propa­
Heresy is becoming popular, even
on hand at th e low est prices. A eorral
connected w ith the barn for loose stoek.
in m inisterial circles. The spirit gated its tenets with the aid of the
In fo rm atio n regarding an y kind of
of Secularism is pervading our dungeons and fagot, thnmh-screw
stock p rom ptly a tten d e d to, by person
or lette r. H o r s e s Boarded anil Fed on
ecclesiastical institutions, our liter- and to rtu rin g rack; inventing and
...A rtistic Werk reasonable term s.
lure, our whole social life. Reli­ using no less th an thirty-five of the
gion, giving wa) before continual most cruel in stru m en ts of torture,
W hen you w ant a ....
N. J. HARDESTY.
bom bardm ents and repeated as­
for heretics, that the m inds of
Good Sm ooth Shave
saults, has abandoned the strong­
holds of dogm atic theology, and is C hristian m onsters could c«»nceive. < )r a F irst-C lass........
Hair-Cut
seeking refuge in the fields of It has sacrifice«! more lives, shed
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h u m an itarian isn i. It m ay be that more innocent blood, th an any
it is in this way th a t it is gradually other system of error th a t has ever
E. E. T A Y L O R .
to d isap p ear—by becoming absorbed cursed the world. Judaism slayed
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C h ristian ity has
in broader phases of thought and i’s thousands
We can fu rn ish th e follow ing lxxiEs
slain, »w ording to good authorities, S ilverton ,
O regon well bound in cloth ; good p rin t, sta n d a rd
action.
sizes, for th e ex trem ely low price of
In the m eantim e we m ust con­ th irty m illions. W hatever m ay he
60 cen ts each, postage 10 cen ts.
D on’t
fail to tak e ad v an tag e of th is offer.
tinue the work before us. It is said in defense of some of C h rist’s
Origin of S p ecies................ C has. D arw in
im portant th a t F reethinkers should teachings, the best of which were
D escent of M a n .................... “
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com bine. W ith so m any exam ples uttered before his day, the bloody
F irst P rin c ip le s............ IIerl»ert Spencer
Data of E th ic s ................
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around us illu stratin g the power of atonem ent dogma is vicious and
E m erso n ’s Essays
organization and of combined effort, degrading, a product of ignor­
S arto r R e s a rtu s .............. T hom as C arlyle
Salem,
Oregon.
H istory F ren ch R evolution “
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it would be the height of folly in us ance and barbarism . E very drop
Discourses of E p ictetu s
LEA DIN G N E W S P A P E R , D A IL Y A N D
not to have the benefits of such of blood th at has been shed for so-
Past and P re s e n t............ T hom as C arly le
H
y p a tia .................................. C h as. K ingly
called
atonem
ents,
or
to
support
W
L Y , OE W E S T E R N OREGON.
methods.
There are im portant
A utobiography of Benj. F ran k lin
questions dem anding our atten tio n . ! religious dogmas, was a crim e
Fifteen Decisive B attles of th e
Its «laily consists of e ig h t pages
W o rld ............................ E . C. C reasy
against
h
u
m
an
ity
,
justice
and
tru
th
.
and its weekly of tw elve. The
T heG od-in-the-constitution am en d ­
T
en
n
y
so n ’s Poems
weekly is recognized as the leading
The expanding intelligence of
m ent was again introduced in con­
Shelley’s
Poems
farm pap er of its section. The
Longfellow
's Poems
hum
anity
now
dem
ands
som
ething
daily plays second fiddle to no
gress at the last session. Our Na­
Pope’s
Poem
s
papei in the U nite I S tates p rin ted
tional Association, with its allies, more rational and »levuting than
M
ilton’s
Poem
s
in a city of S alem ’s size.
H
ood’s
Poem
s
creeds
of
savagery,
the
voice
of
ven­
fought this am endm ent before the
Its circulation is grow ing con­
B u rn s’ Poem s
sta
n tly .
congressional com m ittees, and fo r' g e a n c e , or the barbarous echoes
R obert B row ning’s Poem s
It is read and valued highly by
B
yron’s Poem s
fr<»m
C
alv
ary
’s
bloody
brow.
Man
th e tim e being defeated it. I'h e ,
a w idespread co n stitu en cy .
sm all p rin t
am endm ent has been reinstated, has atoned or suffere«! for his mis­
It has a b attery of linotypes and
Shakes{>eare’H Poems
o perates a photo-engraving p lan t.
sm all p rin t
backed up by a petition which is takes and ignorance in all the
Its ad v ertisem en ts are regularly
claim ed to have attached to it the bloody past. Paid the debt him ­
A ddress,
read by th e m asses, tiecause th ey
self;
all
the
«lebt
he
owed.
Man
is
read the S tatesm an for th e news
names of m illions of signers. We
JONES’ BOOK ¿TORE,
it co n tain s, and th e accu rate and
a
product
of
conditions,
a
creature
must m eet tin* conspirators again
In terestin g m an n er of its telling.
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this coming w inter. The people of environm ents. All rational hope
O regon .
C. B. IR V IN E , M anager
of
happiness,
all
im
provem
ent
and
m ust he aroused to the im pending
danger and educated in the princi­ elevation of h u m an ity , must come
ples of liberty and justice. The S ab­ of necessity, not from blood atone­
bath question and th a t of the bible m ents of hulls, and g«»ats, and my­
A weekly paper for th e young people. E n tirely free from s u p e rs ti­
in the public schools also require thic C hrists, but from more intelli­
tio n . Devoted to Secular Sunday-school w ork, and co n tain in g les­
consideration. Tlie efforts of bigotry gence, better environm ents, im prov­
sons for each S u n d ay . P er year, 25 cents.
'd
conditions
here
and
now’.
We
and intolerance m ust he thw arted
don’t nee«l blood atonem ent for our
w herever possible.
In our discussions tln-re should souls. W hat the toiling and op­
How to Make
he the broadest latitu d e in the ex­ pressed masses need and dem and is
pression of opinion. There m ust brea«l-and-hutter salvation for the«r
he absolute freed'»in, subject only bodb s. Take good care of the body
T he G o v ern m en t nationalized th e Postal System , w hy not also
to such regulations as m ay he nec­ and tin* soul will take care of itself.
th e M oney S ystem ? A plan is told by C. ELTON B L A N C H A R D
essary in conducting th»* Congress If one-half the talen t and wealth
in his hook e n title d
in an orderly m anner, and with now wasted to perpetuate this b ar­
U N C L E S A M ’S
due regard to the rights of all the barous and degrading superstition,
members. Let us meet and consult were expended to em ancipate the
H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E .
in a sp irit of friendship, of concilia­ industrial slave, it would chase
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tion, and of cordial co operation.
away
th«*
wolf
of
w
ant,
bring
relief
If we do this we shall have a grand
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a>
d
joy
to
the
lank
and
pleading
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sh
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u
ld
la*
in
th
e h an d s of every th in k in g person. A ddress all orders to
and glorious Congress, from which
we shall retire refreshed in spirit, horde of unrequited toilers, paint
The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon.
confirmed in our convictions, and ath w art the storm clouds of strikes,
stim ulated to more effective action injunctions, and industrial unrest, J
and to greater achievem ent «luring
that threaten the stability «»f our
the year to »»me.
C B. \\ aite ,
Acti'g President. free in stitu tio n s, the seven-hued
how of prom ised relief. It would
E E. R eichwald . Secretary.
O tto W ettstein , Treasurer. reveal to our anxious and inquiring '
T. B W akeman , New York,
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