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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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