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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1897)
0 THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1897. Adam, Where Art Thou? 57,000 years ago? And, Adam, where art thou? \\ hen the writer of this paper In C hina, where we send the for- was a very young m an and study- eign m issionary frauds, are the re- ing for the m inistry, he believed m ains of long-lost cities with sculp- im plicitlv in the story of Adam, tured walls and tum bled towers, In later years the romance began to far beneath the surface; hut the » seem a little ab surd, and, after pictured signs of the zodiac show the counselling am ong his fellow pas- equinoctial point to have been in « tots, he agreed with them th a t the trgo, and it is easy to com pute best th in g to do about the Adam th a t vast ages have past since these F and the rib business was to pretend cities lost the hum of busy feet; yet to believe it, because the whole we send m issionaries there to teach scheme of m a n ’s salvation was has- them th a t six thousand years ago ed on A dam ’s fall, an d if Adam the first m an, Adam, was made, never existed the whole plan would who had trouble with his wife “ fa ll” worse th an Adam did. As through a snake th at walked on the there seems to he considerable end of his tail and talked Hebrew, doubt am ong th e stiff-necked and and th a t his eating an apple caus- unregenerate as to w hether Adam ed sorrow to the whole hum an race, was really the first hum an being, it Oh, Adam , why did you, and where “ Keep the Torch of Reason Burning.” may be proper to inquire into this a rt thou? circum stance, which is reported to Adam, you are evidently an old have occurred about 6,000 years fraud! The evidences of geology ago. show th a t m ankind existed before * Adam seems to have been a fail- ^he glacial period, m any thousands ure from the sta rt. He m ade an , °f years before there was a garden awful mess of his first business ven- planted “ to the eastw ard in E den.” ture. If we are to believe the ac- Goodbye, m issing progenitor! Price, Ten cents. count in Genesis, the creation of ^ or s’x thousand years thou hast man w asn ’t w orth p aten tin g as a f r i g h t e d the weak minded and paying venture, and the creator has l'ysferical w ith the story of thy fall, been losing m oney on the thing ev- <>,,e °f thy descendants, I drop er since. Recent discoveries in the a tear to th y memory and thv east on the site of the ancient city m any shortcom ings. Like the fos The above shown the exact size of the little song hook we of N ippur show th a t m ankind was sil forests th a t lie buried one above have just com pleted. It contains thirtv-tw o pages. The songs civilized, and th a t m an knew’ how the other, is buried deep the m ys are set to fam iliar tunes and should he in every F reethought The m orning to express his thought»* in w riting, tery of creation. hom e and S unday school. Send us an order. Price, 10 cts. over 11,000 y ears ago; and even stars still “ sing together” as thev these w ritings tell of o ther ages did in I lie far first m orning; hut reaching through countless years from the m ighty horoscope of time beyond the knowledge of m an. O comes no answ er to the listening E. M., 297. Adam, where a rt thou? ages. P erhaps we, with the m ighty In Egypt, am ong the ruins of hosts who sleep “ where rolls the Dendera, on the banks of the Nile, Oregon and hears no sound save its are the ruins of w hat was once a own «lashing”, and those who m agnificent tem ple. W hen this walked and talke«! in ancient Nip SILVERTON, OREGON. ► was unearthed two paintings were pur, and on the deltas of the Nile discovered representing the zodiac. and M ississippi, shall arise and In each the equinoctial point is wash the last long sleep from our Enclosed fin d ..................................Dollars to assist in the drawn in Leo; hence the m ightv eyes, we m ay hear am ong the “ trees march of time is shown by the equi in the garden” the answer to the Construction of the Liberal University at Silverton, Oregon. question, “ A dam , where art th o u ?” ; [ noxes since the paintings of the Yours for Progress, zodiac on the w alls of the temple at — [H . W. C., in The F reethinker. ©ijch of- eason Song Book Ro 1. Liberal University Company, Dendera. The equinoxes have passed, at the rate of 2,140 years to e give the Torch of Reason ar d each sign, th ro u g h 10.700 years, the h reethought M agazine for one and even then m an had passed y« ar for the sm all sum of $1.50. through the savage and the stone N ow is the tim e to subscribe. age, and was building m agnificent tem ples and palaces, reading the 0- OOOOOO 0-0-0-00-0 <XXHX><><X>(XXHX) story of the stars, and knew th a t TH E--------- the world was m any ages old And the w hispering query comes across the countless centuries: “ Oh. Ad am, where a rt thou?” C u t th is o u t, o r copy It; enclose w h a t y o u can. and fo rw a rd to J. E HOSMER, President, Silverton, Oregon. LEADER.... From the rem ains taken from b low the rocks th a t have formed 1,1 the M ississippi valley, from ’he disentom bed tem ples nine- feet b -low the soil of E gypt, th e t' tnbs, p y ram id s and stuccos show Us th a t the negro and white m an existed 10,000 y ears ago in nearly the sam e type as he does today. 16»...... n yew ro o te d M »» And Good l imes for all Time. F or correct styles and lowest prices on T r im m e d H a ts , W a lk in g H a ts , S a ilo rs , Caps, The G o v ern m en t nationalized th e Postal System, whv not th e M oney System ? A plan is told by C. ELTON BLANCH also in his book e n t i t l e d ................... * ARD U N C LE S A M ’S H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E . V e ilin g s , Etc., E tc., G ive us a call, e x am in e go<xls, and get our prices. A dam , were you white or black? hich of your sons lived in ancient N How to Make — W e k n o w we c a n p le a s e y o u . - c,,r. C o r. M a in Mrs. E. 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