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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV E R T O N , O REG O N , IH V R S D A Y , DECEM BER 30, 1897.
LITTLE TORCHES.
By W . E Johnson
He who casts a vote to give the
p >or a chance to m ake an honest
living th»es a work for the Lord.—
[New Era.
If the Lord is so good and of
omnipotent power, why does he not
himself ‘‘give the poor a chance to
make an honest living”? W hy
should poor folks work for the
Lord, who alw ays lets them starve,
so far as he is concerned?
Eternal life is a germ ; planted
in the hum an soul, as the seed in
the ground, it will grow, if the con
ditions are favorable, in its order
ami in due time to branch, blossom
and fruitage. — [M ethodist
Re
corder.
But God m ade the ‘‘conditions”
as well as the “germ ” . W hy should
God m ake “ unfavorable condi
tions” and then dam n hum anity
for the result?
The spirit of God comes to your
heart’s door and knocks. He stands
there while storm s g ath er and
break upon his u nsheltered head,
while the sun declines and night
comes on with its chill and its
heavy dews. — [ C hristian Advo
cate.
God ought to provide him self
with an um brella to ward off the
storm, or with a jim m y so th a t he
can break in w ithout waiting. If
God made the h eart, he ought to
know how to get into it.
Christ sent his disciples as sheep
among wolves; and therefore said
they should exercise great p ru
dence. They go in faith, but they
should at the sam e tim e act with
good judgm ent.— [U nited Presby
terian.
A real wise “ sheep” w ho “ acts
with good ju d g m en t” keeps away
from the “ wolves”. God first made
the wolves and then m ade the
sheep to send in am ong them , just
to see the fun. A nother evidence
that God is a savage.
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much good. The speaker lectures
and goes away.
The C hristians
have kept away ev< rvbody they
could and can “ do u p ” the speaker
at their leisure, behind his back,
and to an audience of their own
choosing. And there is “ none to
molest or to make afraid ”. The
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local Secularists are aspersed and
their lecturer m isquoted the people
are misled and are like sheep w ith
out a shepherd when “ the wolf
com eth.”
W ith a regular lecturer around,
m atters would wear another aspect
W hen the person who m isrepre
sents facts knows th at his sta te
m ents will probably be corrected
and his sophistry shown up, he will
n atu rally keep more w ithin hounds.
Then again, the Infidels have an
advocate and defender, and each
does not have the burden to carry
isolated and alone. And an organ
ization, though sm all in num ber-,
can exercise more influence than
ten times as m any persons w ithout
the strength th a t union gives.
“ W hat is ev erv
« b o d • \’s husinesis no-
B u ild in g in C ourse of C o n stru c tio n .
body’s business.” and nothing is
accom plished.
M ake it one per
son’s business and make it an ob
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ject tor th a t person to do th a t bus
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iness, and the work • moves and
progress is made. But there is no
thing in sacrificing o n e ’s se lf, o n e ’s
business and other interests for the
fun of it.
It is worth much to the children
now here and to those of the future
to he taught in these m atters, and Pupil s are Given Every O p p o rtu n ity to Learn W ithout
Being H am pered by S uperstitions and Dogmas.
not he left in . ignorance to he the I
prey of the priest. P aren ts owe it
to th eir children that while they
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are spending money, tim e, care and
labor to educate them for the b a t
tle of life, this part of their educa
tion he not neglected, so th a t in
adult life they m ay he free from
A Splendid Corps of Teachers and Good F acilities for
the wiles of the priest and life he
Teaching.
Lor inform ation, address
worth living.
LIBERAL
UNIVERSITY
T H E O N LY S C H O O L OF T H E K IN D
Free from Superstition
Strictly Non-Sectarian
L o c a tio n H e a ltlifu l
S o e ie tv G ood.
E x p e n s e s M o d e ra te .
J. E. HOSMER, Ph.D., B.S.D , President,
SILVERTON.
OREGON.
F. S. M atteson .
“ E ngland would be a beautiful
co untry,” says H erbert ( asson,
The Difference.
“ if it were not for the English. It
would be a prosperous place if it
E ditor T orch of R eason :
were not for business. It would be
The paper by K atie Kchm Sm ith a noble country if it were not for
published in a late issue of the the nobility; and a moral country
were it not for the churches.’'— Ex.
I'tRcji, “ W hat Shall Liberals do to
hr* saved?”outlines an excellent pol
icy. No m istake will he m ade in
TORCH OF REASON
following it. A person in a locality
whose business it is to work up the
matter of organization and conduct
the services, to he the exponent and
NO. I.
advocate of Secularism for its ad
herents, who d istrib u tes lite ratu re
for them, gath ers inform ation for
them, receives m isrepresentation
and abuse for them cheerfully and
industriously and who is hacked by
his state and national unions, from
which he receives his commission
•K E E P T H E TORCH OF REASON
and auth ority , can accom plish good
B U R N IN G .”
according to his ab ility and indus
try and the intelligence of the peo
New and selected secular songs set
to fa m ilia r tunes.
ple among whom bis lot is cast.
Eut a lecture now and then by
T h ir ty -tw o penes.
Price io cents.
some chance pilgrim cannot do as
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