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,
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proceeds arising from the sale of
Ladies Do Good Work.
good effect. Miss High also favored
I he plain tru th seems like an *. , .
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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
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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
.
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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
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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
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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.
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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 ?
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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
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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-
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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.!
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3.50
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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,
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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-
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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,
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v
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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.
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