T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , OCTOBER 21, 1897. it should exist, it can have no fu rth er claim s nor justification in , , itself for continuance. The onlv u iu j LITTLE TORCHES. By W. F.. Johnson m Ot one thing we may , be sure,— n atu ra l claim s that can remain in God is not in favor of sin. He does relation to it are those which attach " Ot .W“ r>‘ ,u? sin - G" d '* o |'P "swI to sin and he wants us to be.—S u n to offspring. Pursued to this point, day Schools Times, Oct. 9th. the question then reduces itself to If God “ m ade all things,” he this: do claim s for the term ination ,nU!it have made sin. You will of an unhappy m arriage outweigh have to renovate your theology or account for G od’s m aking things the claim s of offspring for its con th a t he did not want. tinuance? ©rfch ©f l^ e a s e n Song Book “ May not parents equally or bet- A book th a t is im m oral in its x ter secure the welare of offsping by nature or teaching cannot stim u late moral feeling.—The M ethodist Re some other means m utually agreed corder. upon than the m aintenance of a T h a t’s exactly why we reject the A couple of discordant m arriage? This is one bible. I t’s nasty. of the most try in g problem s of our years ago a citizen of K ansas was age. I do not attem p t to answer. sentenced to the p en iten tiary , and properly so, for sending an obscene I only plead for science to help us verse from the bible through the find the tru th . M arriage can m ails on a postal card. occupy no m iddle ground: she m ust stand as a divine institution, and he treated in the light of su p ern a turalism , or she is a n a tu ra l in sti tution to he studied in the light of science. I believe, if these issues could be met and fought in the open field of science, they could he ju stly settled. \\ ithout speaking am iss, it can a t least be said, as re gards the legal aspect of niarrage, th a t it is but meet and proper that com pulsion should take care of its own results. So long as children are for the most part the fruits of a The first great battle which the church of Christ fought with Infi delity in the defense of tru th , was fought for the sake of the preserva tion of the sacredness of tru th . The early persecutions strove to destroy loyalty to the tru th rath e r than belief of the tru th . They were con tent if they could persuade the fol lowers of Jesus to deny him, even though the denial itself was a false hood. The fagot, the sword, and the rack were the argum ents used in the fight.—The C hristian Guide, Sept. 24th. 1. “ Keep the Torch of Reason Burning.” * I he above show** the exact size of the little song hook we have just com pleted. It contains th irty -tw o pages. The songs are set to fam iliar tunes anti should be in every Ereethought hom e and S unday school. Send us an order. Price, 10 cts. We defy you to point to a single com pulsory system , com pulsion “ Infidel persecution” of a C hristian should continue to protect them , or anybody else. You know you ................................................................ E. M., 297. ib is difficulty can only be obviated lie when you assert to the contrary. with the sam e logic and fitness E very fagot th a t was lighted in Liberal University Company urging th a t the functions of moth- th ose dark days was lighted by a hood shall be forever guarded by C hristian for some other C hristian, her Jove, and so made absolutely and you know it . free. W om an is m ost deeply con SILVERTON, OREGON. “ He (S a ta n ) requests and obtains cerned in this question, and it is permission to test the faith of right she who should • speak for herself. eous Job by a series of troubles, t If, therefore, m otherhood should be Here we get the first solution of the free, consistent with this position, m ystery of suffering, nam ely th a t suffering is sent as a test of saint- m ust not m arriage be free?” ship. Job is stripped of his m any “ In w hat sense do you ask if possessions and his sons and daugh m arriage should be free? Is not ters are slain. But Job remains every one free to m arry whom lie faithful to God, exclaim ing in the pleases, or not, as he pleases?” m idst of his calam ities, ‘the Lord “ I mean freedom in m arriage to gave and the Lord hath taken do w hat either or both deem best aw ay; blessed be the nam e of the Lord.’ A second c u n c il is held in for th eir perm anent happiness and heaven and the S atan, coming again welfare, i f i t Ge tow ard a dissolution „ ill, the sons of God, suggests for- of th e bond.” j th er afflictions to test the piety of “ W ould th is not be a dangerous J°h. J ° b ¡8 sm itten with boils.— fretd o m ?” Prof. G. R. Moulton of the Univer- “ M arriage should dem and free- "¡‘y of Chicago, in the Firsl Baptist , . C hurch, P hiladelphia, Sept. 2fith. dom as an inalienable right, irre- , . , , . ' W ill y<>u explain w hat business spective of any use to which it m ay ' , , . , , , T 1 . S atan had up in heaven, c.inspiring be applied. In this sense, m arriage . . would be safer in freedom, because God against a respectable c.t, zen, like a couple of burglars? fortified by the tru th .” ---- — Enclosed fi d ................................. Dollars to assist in the Construction of the Libral University at Silverton, Oregon. Yours for Progress, « C ut th is o u t, or copy It; enclose w h a t you can, and fo rw ard to J. E HOSMER, President, Silverton, Oregon. How to Make . Good Times for all Time. ■ * » r - 7 » • - r r - t ■ -i »« , «—«——— The G overnm ent nationalized th e Postal System , whv n o t also the Money S y s t e m ? A plan is told by C. ELTON B LA N C H A R D in his book e n t i t l e d ................................. U N C LE S A M ’S H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E . ----- — Postpaid for 25 Cents. All profits on th is Irnok will i»e given to th e Lil»eral U niversity, “ W herein fortified by the tru th , Jesse Pomeroy him self could n<>t It should be in th e h an d s of every th in k in g p erso n . A ddress all orders to unless used for the tru th ? And, if have devised a more infamous piece The JORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon, freedom were always used for the of husines- than this outrage, u ,ieh .- FT1 1^. X* — - 1 ( to be continued ) y0U say God ¡s guilty of. I r y the io re n tor Jobw ork,