TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , OCTOBER FIELD NOTES. men, and one of the best things th at can be said of any man is th at he never had any trouble with his men. The large funeral procession, composed of friends from Wood burn, Silverton, and neighboring place“, *hat in spite of the in d en t- ency of the weather followed his remains to their last resting place in the Scott’s M ills cemetery, was proof of the great esteem in which he was held. Thus closes the life work of one whose life has proven that the true aim of all should he the elevation of hum anity, physically, m entally, and m orally. Those who knew him best loved him most, and every Secularist should cherish his mem ory and endeavor to iive as he did —a noble, virtuous life. LITTLE POINTS. 14, 1897. A young mau in Mi-si-si¿.pi writes th a t he hopes to he abb' to attend our U niversity this year, In a -ho»’> tune we will have stu- dents from all over the world. Robert H. Scott, a life m em ber <»f People who do not live up to Sunday night I attended the what they think is right are in hell, Presbyterian church and listened C hristianity keeps hacking at to a —well, a talk, I should call it. the branches of evil, forgetting that The m inister chose as his text that th e O regon S ta te S » u la r I nioii, portion of the nineteenth chapter itself is the principal root.— Ex. of Matthew’ in which the people Right opinions crushed by relig- a n d a fa ith fu l w orker in th e ca u se are told that a rich man can hardly ¡OUH dogmas, are right opinions of M ental Liberty, died at Ids homo enter tin- kingdom of heaven. They in W oodburn last M ooda.'. Md ll._ E x . were trying to pay for some new’ ! S()|1)(, 1|)(.n p M ,.lld to )ove Miss D eP eatt’s sister, Miss Ja n e song hooks, so it seemed to me th at their enemies don’t know enough D ePeatt, is talking of com ing to the m inister had an eye to the eter to treat th eir friends decent. Silverton. We hope she w ill,-a s nal fitness of things. How the bible God iK love, but lie seems to be we understand she is a good inusi- and the old Grecian oracles resem like some foolish people who h ate ««>>, and a lypesetter as well as a ble each o th e r! everyone th a t does not believe ju st S00' 1 d»-esmake. •i. The more busy Last night I lectured to a good workers that come the better. as they do. audience in the opera house. Miss Notice the ad on another page of Every honest m an who lives and Lottie P racht rendered a selection dies w ithout belief in the su p ersti “ Uncle S am ’s H om ilieson Finance.’’ on the piano very creditably, ami tions of orthodoxy proves the C hris Mr. B lanchard, the author, has Miss Mollie High recited “ Why m ade us a liberal ofter, and the tian religion a fraud. Don’t He Lend a H an d ?” with r, , . , ... proceeds arising from the sale of Ladies Do Good Work. good effect. Miss High also favored I he plain tru th seems like an *. , . . . . .. . . i .i th e book are to go to th e Liberal the audience with m andolin music awful thing to some people; they U niversity. This hook should he E ditor T orch of R eason : and was warm ly applauded. I met would ra th e r f»*ed on m eaningless . , , ,, . , „ . read by people on all sides <»f the Inclosed please lind another dol many of the old-tim e Liberals, and theones. I hev have a perverted . TC .. - m oney fence. It tor no other rea- everything considered, we had a lar to assist a little in your noble appetite. son, buy it to help the university. good meeting. C hristians are fast work— the Secular U niversity. I The b arb arian ’s m ind can only p r| ee 25 cents becoming more liberal in their am very deeply interested in th a t encompass things near a t hand, but ---------- _------- views and the religion of hum anity institution, and although I have no the civilized m an or woman th in k s W onderful W ord of God. will soon be the acknowledged re children to be educated, and the and works for the whole hum an involved in such a long,,. The Rev. Dawson Burns, D. D., ligion. Many are Secularists al expense . . , 1 fam ily. writes in the Daily News on the Re ready if they but knew it. Let us trip m ay even prevent me from thei Man would feed India if he could. vised Version. He says: “ Consid keep up the good light and success pleasure of visiting your city to see God (if all powerful) could feed I n the university when it is fully com ering its incom parable superiority is sure. K ate D e P eatt . dia if he would. W hich is the pleted and in operation, yet I am over the Authorized Version, I am Ashland, Ore., Oct. 13th. more cruel, the one who cannot, or determ ined to render ail the assist surprised that so m any 111 n of edu the one who can and will n o t?— O b itu ary . ance in my power. After a little cation, m inisters of tin- Church of Ex. while I will send you some hooks E ngland and Nonconf »rniist de On the 11th inst., in the seventy- The Y. M C. A.’s have raised for the U niversity lib ra ry —Free* nom inations, should he content to first year o f his age, Robert H. thought and scientific works from $30,000 to build them a hall in m ake only occasional and incidental Scott, a life m em ber and vice presi W ashington, D. C. They ask the such men as Col. Ingersoll, H erbert use o f the Revised Version. W bv, dent of the Oregon S tale Secular Spencer, Prof. T yndall, L u d w ig people of W ashington to contribute too, is so little done to extend, its Union, and a staunch worker in the $125,000 more, in order to pay for use in bible classes, Sunday schools, Teuerhach, and others. cause of Mental Liberty, died at I like the P orch , and would not their iot and furnish th e building. etc ?” The reason is patent. To his home in W oodburn, Oregon. say so if I d id n ’t. The lady lecturers, Liberals, “ w here are we a t? ” let young or ignorant and credulous Mr. Scott was burn in Raoxburgh- “ K. I), and M. P. H .,” did splendid people know th at the word of God NEWS AND NOTES. shire, Scotland, October 22, 1826. work during their tour. I adm ired needed revision m ight lead to in W hen a young man, tw enty-three their ability, as well as their pluck, The Liberal U 'iversity re-opens quiry, leading to disproof of its be years of age, he em igrated to C an energy and endurance. T ncir de W ednesday, November 3rd. ing the word of God at all. So the ada, and engaged in the m illing scriptions of people, towns, and S hingling b a rn —About 30 bar Bible Society goes on m ultiplying business. Six years later he was scenery in their “ Field Notes” were m yriads of copie# of the A uthorized rels of lime slacked for basement — m arried to Miss Ann W est,‘laughter well w ritten, and one never tired of Version, although, as Dr. Burns Masons a t work. of the late C aptain Jo hn West of reading them They reminded me says, “ one of two things is ce rtain — W estport, Oregon. Io 1856 he in many respects of the “ News and Send 11s word at once if you w ant either the Authorized Version is free moved to Oregon and engaged in Notes” of tin* lam ented P utnam , so one or more lots in our U niversity from the faults which were thought the sawmill business. He moved fam iliar to readers of the T ruth- addition to Silverton. to render a Revised Version neces to w hat is now Scott’s Mills in seeker. Miss K ate DePeatt. in her M any kind, encouraging letters sary, or the com m ittee of the Bible present lecture tour, is, I am glad 1866, put in a grist mill and became to see, stirrin g up the towns she came thin week. It helps us to S »ciety are p*rsisting, w ithout con owner of a large tract of land where visits and spreading consternation know we have so m any friends. sulting its members, to give to the people a version chargeable with the th riving little town of Scott’s amongst the enemies of Secularism. We would be pleased to publish 'serious faults, when they m ight is- Mill’s now stands. This tract of How I wi.-li there were a few ladies short article« from the students who -ue a version more accurate and land he sold to the Oregon Land here like her. There are a great attended the U niversity last year, faithful.” —F reethinker. - , ■ Company in 1892, and moved to many bright thinkers, both men and women, here, bin only a few are C a n ’t you w rite one now ? ... .. ~ University Fund. W oodburn, where he was engaged outspoken; and I don’t believe there Miss Lillian M. Johnson of M al in the gristm ill business until his are fifteen in this city of 140,000 1 he am ount given in this fund death. He* and Ids most excellent who subscribe for a Freethought heur county, Oregon, writes th a t she will be here in about two weeks is,ac' " !l1 <7ish Paid regardless of wife, who shared with deep interest journal, and not half a dozen who , ... , . t • • what has been promised: his every joy and sorrow for so contribute an y th in g toward the to attend the Liberal University Previously acknowledged, $410.80 funds of the American Secular Un- „ , .. B. A. Leonard of the Waldo Hills VV. M. Richard«, Oregon, 1.00 m any years, were blessed with ten i<»n and Freeth<»ught Federation.! r F r , ® ’ “ 3.50 , > childen, all of whom, excepting one, Phis seems strange in a city where >, nt UH a ^ne lot of Vegeta >les ami t * J. E. .Johnson, •• “ 5:00 live to mourn their great loss, with I know there are several hundred several sacks of flour th is week. M utual Im provem ent Society 5.00 their m other and many sy m p a th i F reethinkers, hut some how or Mr. Leonard never misses a chance W. E. Page, Oregon, l;50 other they seem to he inactive. to do us a kindness. zing friends. A. S lam an, Dakota, There are too many Freethinkers The life and death of this honest d'dng business who never express 1 he Silverton Secular »Sunday W. N. Jorgensen, Oregon, McArdle, Iowa, m an is a psalm th at will inepire their h'niest opinions, for fear of school m et last Sunday, after a va- thousands to live honorable, useful loosing orthodox cation 01 of m three onths. The ’ material , etc . ■voBiug an mi tuutiuA riickle. iiivmo. ' W 1» ith mi canon ree m ourns. in e at- I’’™ " acknowledged, $228:50 lives, and teach with ever widening kind regards for th e T orch and te„ (| a nce was very good, and both Previously wishing the U niversity success, I , , 1 1 1 . . , v 1 r 6.00 influence the beauties of his Secular H k o .. children.and adults seemnd to rake •• Thurm an (w ork) am. yours I,„ for M ental Liberty, 10.00 A. A. Leonard religion of doing good. During his hold of the work- with renewed J ohn M c A rdle lOiOO Louie Rauch, (work) busy life, he employed m any work- Council Blutls, Iowa. energy. i