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T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON
LITTLE
T H U R SD A Y , NOVEM BER 4, 18V7.
TORCHES.
though I wrote a new co m m an d
m ent unto thee, hut th a t which we
By W. E Johneton
had from th e beginning, th a t we
O ne «»f th e -ad d est fr u its of in
dwelling sin is the universal tend- 1 love one another.” She returned
eney of all C hristians t«» differ it, pointing to the second chapter
about tru th . There is a crooked- of R uth, verse te n th —‘ Then she
ness in hum an th in k in g th a t can fell on her face, and bowed herself
he accounted for in no other wav to th e ground, and said unto h im ,1
thati by tracing it to corruption.—
‘why have I found grace in thine
C entral Presbyterian.
T h at is true. Trace it right to eyes, th at thou shouldst take know-
its sou rce in th e bible. T h e bible i
,ne, seeing th a t I am a
p or stran g er?’ ” H e returned the book,
distinctly recom m ends lying
the thirteenth verse of
proof sec I Kings X X II 90__23’ P °biting
y. j[ Thess II ID
I hird Epistle of J o h n —‘‘Hav-
Ezek.
Numbers XIV, ’ 30—34, and jere^ '»g many things t.» write unto you,
^pirch ©f J^eason
Song Book
Ro 1.
XX, 7.
How can vou exi«ot 1 would not wri,e with Pa^ r and
C hristian» to tell the tru th when ,n k ' but 1 tn ,s l
c," " e Ull,° >'ou>
and speak face to face, th a t our joy
their scriptures teach the rt
m ay he full.” From the above in
fibbing?
terview a m arriage took place the
Our E ather knows our needs, ensuing week.— Ex.
but desires us to m ake them known
Oh, w hat a blessed old book the
to him .—The U nited Presbyterian.
bible is! It just fits e v e r y case in
W hat is the use of wasting tim e
telling God som ething th a t he al- every wftlk of life, It m ust be in
ready knows? If he knows our spired!
needs, let him supply them , or
Why Not?
notify his clerical barkers to quit
W. H. Bellows, D. D., deplores
telling what a “ loving fath er” he is.
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the tendency to free th in k in g shown
A principle is alw ays a saferj by some of his brethren and says:
guide than a rule.—T he Sunday “ There is a kind of liberalism th a t
School lim es.
as readily endorses atheism as a n y
T h at is whyftp F reethinkers repu- thing else.” And why not? Mr.
diate the contradictory dogm as of Bell(,ws knowg nothi'ne of Free-
holy w rit” an d depend »pm« the i thought or he would not talk in
principles "f horse sense for ^ ,e>r 0 h a t vein. Were this the 16th cen
ideas of right and wrong.
tury he would probably he foremost
in applying thum b-screws, etc. If
Every saloon is an irrigating a man conscientiously believes he
plant to quicken into life the seeds
of crim e.—C alifornia Independent. has a right to dance on S unday,
And wine, the holy com m union he has as good a rig h t to do » so as
juice of the church, is the sam e Mr. Bellows has to preach. W hen
liquid which is used in this irrig a t C hristians a re willing to tolerate in
ing. W me is the bond which ties a right spirit the beliefs of Atheists,
together the saloon and the sanctu then will the latter probably accord
the clergy the sam e tolerance.—
ary in sacred fellowship.
K lam ath F alls Express.
H ave you noticed th a t passages
We give the Torch of Reason
in the bible w’hich say little or
nothing of a distinctively religious the F reethought M agazine for one
character—purely secular stories,
fl>r tl)g
„ gum q{
they appear on the surface— are
often rem arkably full of religious Now is the tim e to subscribe.
lessons?— The Bible Reader for O c - _________________________________
tober.
Yes, we have noticed them .
They are so abom niahly “ religious”
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The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon.
»eare's Poems
stuck in the following text: Second
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Idress,
Epistle of Jo h n , verse fifth—“ And
J O N E S ’ BOOK STO RE,
PO RTLA N D , ORE. I
now I beseech thee, lady, not as 291 A loer S t .
U N C LE S A M ’S
H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E .
T ry the Torch for Jobw ork.