T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , OCTOBER 21, 1897.
NEW S AND NOTES.
church**«, but if they wish to know
an y th in g let them ask their hu«-
The Liberal University re-opens
Wednesday, T hursday and Fri- band« at home.” But history has
W ednesday, November 3rd.
day I attended the Jackson county proved:
Mrs. Hosmer is drilling the stu
teachers’ institute, held at Ashland.
“ W estw ard the sta r of em pire tak es its
wav
dents for another entertainm ent.
The session was a very interesing
The first four acts already passed,
We contracted to sell tw o jots in
The fifth, shall close the d ram a of th e
one. some of (he most prom inent
day.
the U niversity Addition right away.
educators being pr» sent. T h e lead
T im e’s noblest offspring is th e last.
Wlm will he the next?
ing question« were discussed, l>ene-
K ate D e P eatt
We are im patient to have the
fiiting all present. President Haw
LITTLE POINTS.
work advance more rapidly. Can
ley of the W illam ette Univ« rsity
you tell us how to do it?
delivered two very interesting lec
The cannibal who lives on the
tures on the N icaragua canal and
One corner of the basement of
hum an flesh is no worse than he
the Cuban question. The teachers
who lives by destroying the m inds the new university building is up
gained much practical knowledge
as far as it is to go. It is six feet
of the innocent.
from the session and visitors were
above the ground.
Mrs. God so loved lur»a that she
well entertained.
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Longfellow says that we should
Sunday m orning I drove to Tai-
her only daughter, th a t what-
ent, four mile» d iatan t, to atten d
1“ '*»“ « believed in h e r “ 1Kht “ learn to labor and to w ait.” We
have learned the labor part, hut
the Sunday school and lecture in not perl-h, hut have everlasting
waiting “ m akes us tired.”
the evening, Mr. Peil, one of A sh-p*,n jam». Lunatic.
We would be pleased to publish
C hanute, who is doing so much
lan d ’s Secularists, kindly offering
short articles from the students who
uu the use of his horse am i buggy. to solve the flying m achine problem
attended the U niversity last year.
Mr. Peil expects to go to Klondike is worth more to the world th an
C an’t you write one now ?
this coming spring and promises I lie whole arm y of ‘‘sky pilots” who
After school commences we ex
th a t if fortune favors him he will take their flights “ in their m inds.”
m ake the university a donation of
Knowledge, honesty, tem perance, pect to have meetings every S unday
some of the yellow m etal. It is energy, or any of the good things evening. A good ch o ir a n d o rc h e s
needless to say th a t Mr. Peil has th a t go to make a happy, useful tra will help us m ake these m eet
our heartfelt wishes for his success. life, have nothing to do with super ing- en tertain ii g and instructive.
FIELD
NOTES.
The Liberals at Talent are very n atu ra l religions. Let us cleave to
enthusiastic, and I am greatly en th a t which is good.
couraged by their work.
They
Read the Secular poem on the
have ju st moved their hall to a b*-t- first page of this issue and then ask
ter locaity, and are now’ bending yourself which isy o u r ideal h»*aven,
every effort to make the surround the one th at is possible here on
ings useful as well as ornam ental earth or the silly, im aginary one
The Sunday school is still in a on old A braham ’s brisket.
flourishing condition, under the
“ And Elijah went up by a w hirl
able m anagem ent of W. J. Dean.
wind into heaven.”— (Il Kings)
M r Dean and his wife are a regi
“ No man lias ascended up t«» heaven
m ent in themselves.
He is the
but he th a t came down from heav
au th o r of th a t able pam phlet on
en, even the son of m an.” — ( J o h n ,
Bible Prophecies, and every S ecu
111:13.) You must believe both or
larist should make a point of read
be dam ned.
Some people are
ing it. I meet many of their active
workers and feel much elated over dam ned in trying to believe.
H um anity is selling out her old
the success of their work. We en
The superstition in the
joy the hospitality of Mr. D ean’s stock!
pleasant home and fully appreciate C hristian churches, the saloon sys
their fluent conversation. By half tem with its atten d an t evils, the
past seven a large audience aw aits tobacco, m orphine ami cocaine hab
us in the U. M. L. H all. The P eter its. frneloveism ami libertinage,
son fam ily of m usicians are present spiritualism and theosophy— all
and give the audience sum* splendid these m ust lie sold. Going cheapl
music. They are staunch Liberals, W hat will you give for the whole
and are more th an glad of the lot?
And the Lord was with Ju d a h ,
opportunity to aid in the cause.
They favor the audience with some and lie drove out the in h ab itan ts
more music at the close, and we all I of the m ountains, hut could not
go our different ways with happy drive out the inhabitants of the
hearts.
valley, because they had chariots
The next m orning, after bidding of iron. (Judges 1-19.) The.Lord
goodbye to our T alent friends, we is having a hard light with the
tu rn the horse’s head toward home people of our day. Our iron horses
and arrive a t “ Peachblow Paradise” and chariots are helping to destroy
about nine o’clock. At half past all the old myths. Science is the
five I bid goodbye to home and Savior of the world.
friends and take the train for Cen
tra l Point, where I lecture t<> a good
'' e give the lo rc h o f Reason and
audience the same evening. The the F reethought Magazine for one
audieuce, however, consisted alm ost year for the sm all sum of $1.50.
wholly of men, fot quit a while
| | le
(O subscribe,
there being only one lady pr« sent. ’
Three more finally came in. The
Notice our ad for our New Song
M ethodists were having some kind Book These little books have cost
of an entertainm ent, and as is usu-
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, , u» much lalnir and we want to sell
a lly th e case, th e w om en a tte n d e d
th a t, although 8t. Paul said, ••»„(-
Se" d for ,,ne * "d '’ H f ‘o
fer no’ the women to speak in the 1 ' our Iriendt a 6« nit it
now also enjoys m ental liberty.
Mr. W olfard subscribed for our
paper, and they all gave us m any
words o f cheer and kind wishes for
our Hiiecess.
We have received another v alu
able hook for the library
Tin* title
is “ A St<»ry of H eredity,” ami ihe
donor is Mrs. Ruth B rettell of D a
kota. Mrs. B reitell knows how to
help build a university.
In the T orch of Septemlter 9th
we published a letter from our
friend F. S. Matteson of fu rn e r
wherein lie offered to donate to
wards paving for our printing press
the price of one pair of Belgian
hairs. We have sold the hares for
one dollar and Mr. M atteson writes
that they have been shipped. He
has also offered lor the U niversity
fund, one pair of Chinese p h eatan ts
to be sold for $3.00.
This is an
opportunity to help the U niversity
and at the same tim e get good
value for your money, if y<m d«>
not want the pheasants, he will
give you the choice of different
stuffed ami mounted birds am o u n t
ing to $2.50 to $5 00. Mr. M atte
We receive so m any m arks of son deserves great credit for his
kindness from our friends, in the untiring labor for our cause.
way of vegetables, fruits, etc., that
O b itu a ry .
we do not always have space to
acknowledge them , but we wish to
The sudden death of Capt. Chas.
assure all that we fully appreciate M. Thom as of N antucket, Mass.,
their help, and will do everything will be sad news to the m any Lib
erals who knew him. H onor, lib
in our power to prove it.
erality, and equality were bis sen
It is a fact we hate to m ention, tim ents; yet w hat a consolation to
hut in order for <»ur work t<> suc F reethinkers to kimw’ th at it is in
ceed, we m ust, in some way, raise their ranks such a man h as m arch
ed and bravely and fearlessly ex
quite a sum <>f money d in in g
pressed his honest thoughts and
the next few m onths. We lhank convictions, regardless of all else
those who have so nobly stood bv except the desire to speak and act
us, and we earnestly invite all to tru th fu lly and he true to himself
especially interest themselves in our and his fellowman.
G race E. G ruber .
work now. W rite to us.
Better Than Bread.
We have printed some fine schol-
orship blanks and are verv anxious E ditor T orch of R eason :
to fill them out. for wTe need th<-
Enclosed find d raft for $1.60 for
help th at the monev will give n-, yearly subscription an d extra papers
and we need the students. Every sent me sometime ago. Your valu
student who comes and is faithful able paper reaches me regularly
in the work will help our school and is considered by me ami fam ily
the best little visitor th a t crosses
more th an we can tell. We can weekly over our threshold. My
give more than value received. Do wife would rath er he w ithout
bread and b utter than the paper,
you w ant one?
let the good labor go on and
N«»tic«* the ad on another page of
time together with the good work
“ U n cleS am ’s H om ilieson Finance.” will m ake the world better.
Mr. B lanchard, the author, has
T ru ly yours, D r . L. 8. S toi . l .
m ade us a liberal offer, and the
A tonem ent for 5in.
proceeds arising from the sale of
the book are t<> go to the Liberal
The doctrine of the atonem ent is
U niversity. This book should he of heathen origin, and is predicated
read by people on all sides of the upon the assum ption th a t no sin
money fence. If for no other rea can he fully expiated w ithout the
son, buy it to help the university shedding of blood. Li the langu
age of Paul, “ W ithout the shedding
Price 25 cents.
of blood there can be no remission
Mr. and Mr«. D. W olfard and th eir of sin .”
barbarous and bloody
son of Colfax, W ashington, old-tim e doctrine tru ly ! But this doctrine
residents of Silverton and thorough was alm ost universally prevalent
am ongst the orentials long before
going Secularists, m ade us a pleas
P aul’s tim e.— Bell’s H and Book.
a n t call Tuesday. Mr. W olfard was
raised a Catholic, but instead of be
Card of T hanks
com ing a priest, as his parents
We take this method to extend
wished, he liecamn convinced th at
our most hearty th an k s to the many
the old religion of hi* fathers is a friends, for their kind services ren d
hum bug.
Mrs. W olfard was a ered during our sad bereavem ent.
M ethodist when m arried, hut she
M rs . A nn S cott and family .