T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , O REG O N , T H U R SD A Y , N O V EM BER 18, 1897.
LITTLE TORCHES.
our statem ent, 2 3am .
xvi. 20— 22.
By W. E Johnson
Those who would use
Q. W hat are the benefits where- in the schools are of
of we are p artak ers thereby? A. ignorant people who do
of our souls by the body and blood
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xii. 8— 12;
the Bible
two sorts,
not know
B,ble c,’" ,aln8; “ u<1
of C hrist, as our bodies are by the u n I’r inc'p 'e(i fellows, clergy and
bread an d wine.— [C hurch Cate- others, who wish to push the re-
chism.
ligion-trade, no m a tte r what im -
There you are, teaching little m orality and crim e m ay result
children to d rink grog. No won- from their action
Religion has
der there are sixty thousand men never been m oral; it is more de-
wrecked every year by liquor,w hen stru ctiv e to m orality than any-
there is a church at every cross- thing else. The C hristian “ G ods,”
roads and C h ristains teaching liq- F a th e r, Son, G host, are absolutely
uor-drinking in th eir catechism s.
irresponsible: they have no duties,
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but all “ rig h ts;” they are ui der no
The difference between a good degree of obligation to anyone,
man and a ( Kristian is, th a t one 1 heir subjects have no rights but
model» after m an, the o th er after a „ d u lie, ; lhe niusl
ag t ,
a ,.e
the savior.—[Gospel Echo.
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told or he dam ned, lh e so-called i
if m an is a hopeless sin n er of
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m o rality of the Bible is th a t of the
himself, as you sav, how can one . , t t
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,, absolute ty ra n t on the one h an d ,
be good who “ models after m an ” ? ,
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most absolute slave on th e
If a C hristian is “ different” from a
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other. Any whipped and ill-used
“good m an ” , as you say, then he
cu rr is as m oral as the Bible ever
m ust be a bad m an. Keep on trv-
; m ade any one, <»r ever can. B ri-
mg, and you m ay strike the tru th , I k
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’ m ry and in tim id atio n , cajolery
after a L
la n d terro r, arc th e sole m otives
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offered by the bible to m ake people
The same kind fa th e r who has !.»n°ral; and the only part of m an it
put his arm s about us in the years appeals to is his fear and bis greed,
th a t are past will hold us up in the his dread of hell, and his hope of
years to come. No em ergency can Hn endless supply of lollypop in
possibly arise in which he will not j heaven.—[L iberator,
continue to care for ns. Dismal
forebodings, therefore, are out of
Sabbath Desecration.
place. We wrong god in supposing
th at he will ever fail to he our sun-
J u s t now the people are being
port and our protection.—[N ash-
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ville C hristian Advocate.
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If your god is so potent to -‘sot,- a t W asbin8»on. The C hristian po-
p o rt” an d “ protect” his c h ild re n ,!
8 a r« arrestin g
will you tell os why he sits hack eV" V b° y uaugl,t “ de8”c ra tin g ”
and p erm its hundreds of thousands the S abbath b>' selll,,8 » « "sp ap ers
of his children in In d ia to starve,
tb e
T b '’ “e n isad e” has
^ p iic h ©f J ^ e a s e n
ong
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“ Keep the Torch of Reason Burning. »»
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Price, Ten cents.
The above shows the exact size of lhe little song book we
have ju st com pleted. It contains th irty -tw o pages.
The songs
are set to fam iliar tunes and should be in every F reeth o u g h t
hom e and S unday school. Send us an order. Price, 10 cts.
for instance? Here is a chance for
e" gO,ng "" f" r so," e WP,'k!' and
your god to do some good. W hy "eV,eral u rc' " ns have beH" H,re8,« i
doesn’t he do it?
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The « o tld to day needs the help
of g«’d far more than ever before.—
[C hiislian Intelligencer.
If I was an om nipotent god, as
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well as om niscient, I would make a
world th a t did not need help and
fixing all the time. W hat business
bus a perfect god to make a botch
job.
Bok
Liberal U niversity
a " ‘ h “ ed- . 1 b*' 1,,,le c b a Ps would
SILVERTON, OREGON.
at ill be in jail, very lik ely , had not
8° m e U ifidels come along and paid
theii tines, much to the disgust of
the C h ristian s a n J th eir doleful
Enclosed fin d .................................. Dollars to assist in the
gocb who want to make everybody
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Construction of the Liberal University at Silverton, Oregon.
as m iserable as possible on S u n ­
days.
W hile the C n ristian s of
Yours for Progress,
W ashington are c a rry in g on this
holy w ar ag ain st the newsboys,
there are four hundred C hristian
•-•loons under their very noses, li­ ► y C u t th ,s o u t, or copy it; enclose
w h a t you can, and fo rw a rd to
lhe Bible and florality.
cense«! by C hristians, most of them
J. E HOSMER, President,
violating the laws every day in the
Pbe Bible e n d s are constantly
year.
There are also m ore than
Silverton, Oregon.
«•tacking up their Bible as th e
• me hundred houses of sham e doing
f-ource of m orality. They would
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business with the C h ristian s night
«>•'e q u a lly h o n est it th e y p ro c la im -
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.. la n d dav in th a t city.
Nearly all
c«l 'h e nastiest of mud to be the
o f t h e s e foul dives sell whiskey to
S 'nice ol all cleanliness. If they
the Cbristiani* at all hours o f day
have lead the Bible they m ust be
How to Make —
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night w ithout even paying a
aware of th a t. Io give an ex- .
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a». ple.
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n wives license
fee of
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‘ God 1» gave h ¿3 a u l’s
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lh e C hristains claim that the lit-
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1 "o D avids bosoin, abhouglt David , je boys “ m ake too m uch noise” in
y
T b' G o v ern m en t nationalized th e Postal S ystem , w hy not also
ha«i wives before, and was even calling out th -ir papers. At the
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th e M o ney S y s te m ?
A plan is told by C. ELTO N BLANCH A R D
h au l’s own son-in-law . T h a t is a ^ ‘»nt time they ring th eir noisy
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food r-pecimen of Bible m orality church bells till tbe sick in the h<>8-
And do not forg.-t th a t it is ascr.b- pi,i la
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But what is the use of trying to
“‘1 ’<» God, the pret. tided foti.t- m ake a C hristian sec the idiocy of
t ‘in of all m orality. W orse still, all this? Selling papers on Sun-
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and still more disgustingly sh«xjs- day is a gin, and th a t settles it in
,. t .
All profits on this book will be given to th e L iberal U niversity
ing, “G od” took D.tvid’s wive» b y . ; th e ir minds.
You m ight as well It should be in th e hands of every th in k in g p erso n . A ddress all o rders to
and hv an a gave
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♦ to Absal»»m,
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ann-oy
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, induce a pug dog to take the ____ ________ The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon
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’ kinks out of his tail bv reasoning
David s own
relielliou»
and
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W. E
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New York City, Nov. 5.
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