•,HE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1898.
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id, a, (I.... (be will I» » before w . will to w the end gone a«ee for tto “l.asie dot -
m ta, m an mv
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. . . in
. . the state.
trines of the C hristian religion.”
T o rch Ot K cdS O Il al)i(ve. l(llt tbe young p..ople an d largest school
From such a dark and gloomy
’R a h ! ’R a h ! ’R ah!
T h e O n ly P a p e r of I t s K in d .
h eir parents should rem em ber th a t
conception, it is no wonder this
Zip, ’Rah, Boom !
money getting ami position getting
L ite ra l U n iv ersity —
strange m an ’s mind revolted. If
Published W erklv by th e L ite ra l U ni are not the best incentives for our
(liv e us room !
evervhodv shared his view of reli-
versity C om pany, in the In terests of
life
work.
C onstructive, Moral Secularism .
gion, the churches would speedily
Money is, at this stage of the
T h e T ro u b le w ith T a b o r .
be em ptied, by persons, let us hope,
J. E. H osm er..................... • L d ,to r plav. a very useful thing, and posi-
r who would have the courage to de
P. W . G e e r,....................... a n a g e r t joj| {.tien glVHH one opportunities
U nder this brail the editor of
clare their convictions while alive.
for doing good that he would not The Oregonian has tbe following
E n tered a t th e pofitotfiee at SilvertOD,
Put the most im p o rtan t lesson
have otherw ise, but the main thing
Oregon, as seeond-clafiH mail m atter.
Cnrisi
ian
the
“ soft soap” to offer
of this ram atk ah le will would he
—the thing we shonld impress up
lost altogether if it fails to warn
churches:
SUBSCRIPTION RA TES.
on the youth of this generation— is
The rem arkable will of H«’nrv those teachers who still clings to
$1 (MJ th at to prepare them selves to do
One year, in a d v an c e ....................
öt
Six m onths in a d v an c e ....................
25 good comes first. If they have Morehouse Tabor, of New York, an exploded notions. No doubt I abers
Three months, in advance..............
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
__ this for th eir incentive for study extract from which was printed a are in process of form ation in every
in a d v an c e ..........................................
day or two ago, m ay b e regarded as com m unity, because in terp reters of
Money should la; sen t by registered and work, they will he prepared to
certain to cieate a stir in the religi- S cripture and those in religious
le tte r or m oney order.
meet the money and position
question w ithout any difficulties; ous world. The value of the les- au th o rity carry on their work too
sous it teaches, for it has im p o rtan t much on the lines so graphically
Notice!
while if money and position are
lessons, is gravely im paired by the ami despairingly set out in this re-
A pencil m ark here denotes th a t your made the m ain incentives, the idea
subscription will ex p ire w ith th e next of doing good will he lost sight ol, cowardly nature of its prom ulga- m arkable will. N either m aterial
n u m b er. You are earn estly requested
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tion. If Mr. Tabor could no longer science n<»r historical criticism can
to renew ho th a t you may receive th e pa- an<l b fe w ill he a m is e r a b le f a ilu r e .
per w ithout in te rru p tio n . W e have de Those who spent much of the best co-operate with the religious organ- be ignored, upset or explained
cided th a t it is best for all concerned
izations, with which he was con- away. To attem pt lo do so is
th a t we do not send papers longer th an part of youth in struggling and
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. working w ithout knowing the real, neeted, why did be not w ithdraw merely to be “ blind to the light
T his will prevent any loss ami we will
true incentive, will never be able from them like a m an?. If religion, that came into tbe w orld’ ,
know ju st w here we stan d .
We request you to send us tbe nam es to da w hat they m ight have done as be understood it, could no longer
T H E T R O U B L E W IT H IIA R V Y SCOTT.
of Secularists who m ight become su b
be
espoused
and
observed
by
him
scribers and we will m ail sam ple copies. had they been started right, but
It is very easy for a coward io
r- ««
e ! they can help the young people to without bringing the sin of false
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rjg b t track an(, eI)joy hood upon his soul, why did he not call a brave m an a cow ard, and
seeing them begin the work th at absolve him self from its vows as from the best au th o rity we can oh-
T h e F o u rth P s a lm
the late H enry Morehouse
will surely lead to most glorious re soon as they hecem m eaningless
and unholy to him , instead of keep-
h,.a w . conip„ red
H ear uh , th in k e rs, when we c a ll!—
sults.
ine no the sham and w riting out a
t
Tbe th in k e r’sm in d , th e source of light,
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Mr.
Seott.
From
the
quota-
Source of science, savior all,
racantation to he m ade public only
Oh, help us in thy m ight.
T h e O u tlo o k
after ids d eath ?
a,1“ os' H" y HnB can Hee
How long m ust tru th t e a r all th e s h a m e ?
T aber’s m istakes are m any. If th at .Mr. S. is cow ardly enough to
How long m u st fear control?
There
1 here never was in
m the
me history
\
How long must wisdom cry in vain?
of our Liberal U niversity, a bright- the only things th at C hristian cater to the C lirl8tiaus w hlJe he is
And igtoranee claim th e goal?
er prospect. New students are teaching im parted t o him a it
ig an
ftnd out Infidel. He m ust
B ut know that, th in k e rs answ er prayer»
com ing in co n tin u ally ; friends a t norance, selfishness, narrow -m ind-
“ u tterly b lin d ”
W hile gods are deaf and dum b.
O h, stan d in a w e ! I»e still! bew are!
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home and - in d ista n t states are edness, acrim ontousness, ' ' ^ X h e ........ talks of C h ristia n ity ’s
False gods are overcom e.
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sending us help and cheering words; auce, wrong and m ental slavery, “ a d a p ta b ility to the changing
needs
For tru th and right we’ll sacrifice.
we have now learned how to avoid be h a d o n ly to lo o k a b o u t him to
In reason put our tr u s t;
hand exam p es ot of tbe tim e,” “ C hristian evolution
And freedom ’s sons will keep th e try s t m any of the petty annoyances thar ! see on every
W hen we are tu rn e d to d u st.
at first hindered us, and everything those m whom the oppositeo t is t ism ” and “ the historical view of
A lthough th ere m ay be some who say,
is settlin g down to steady, even, j q ^ i t i e s exist in connection with the bible. W hy does not th is de-
Ah, who will show us good?”
profitable school work. Very much | Piety and rexeieive. And when cejver and tbe cow ardjy preachers
If we hut work—th e way to p ray —
These foes will he w ithstood.
of th is is owing to the excellent j he accusess thet churches o «Gaud-
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G ladness th at comes to him who toils
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Will come to us in tim e,
And t e tte r far th a n priestly spoils,
Or D avid’s corn and wine.
Ami when we go to ete rn al rest
W e’ll lay our burden dow n,
A nd know w e’ve tried to do our te n t;
We w ant no b rig h ter crow n.
.ccordin« io our
according k to our
and furnishes us the very best ad- m any observers who are already just what they m ean. We know
veriising m edium we could possih- protesting a t the m ultiform ,, de- very well th a t these false teachers
ly have. These young p h ilo s j velopm ent of
“ethical cu ltu re” in do nol believe in t he tru th of Chris-
ophers know better th an a n y o n e ' all denom inations.
tian ity , but they will wait for it to
else w hether the school is doing j But these are m inor m atters. evo||lte tow ard the tru th ju st be-
honest, faithful work or not, and Mr. T aber’s fundam ental error is
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Do N o t H e s it a t e , B o ys.
th eir associates outside of the school in ignorance of the progress of cause t ere is more in 1
Boys sometimes hesitate about and their correspondents are sure C h ristia n ity —its adaptability
to In substance this m isguide man
going
to school and spending to know all about it. Some of these the changing needs of the time. says th a t C h ristian ity is a hum bug,
money and tim e to prepare them - students have friends, quite a little | He shows himself u tterly blind to but c a j|s \ j r Taber hard nam es be-
selves for a future calling, thin k in g school of them , who are working and unaw are of the most profound
pubHghed lbe tru tb to t he
th at, when prepared, they will not with all their m ight in order to m ovem ents in the world of religious
If Mr. Scott believes that
he able to com m and wages by come next year.
H urrah for our thought: One of these m ovem ents
g wf|g <he gon of
d if be
which the monev invested can be side! Let the heathen rage, if they is C hristian evolutionism , ami the
recovered again.’ But no industri- w ant to; we will work and win. o ther the historical view of the believes in the m iracles; if he ic
ons boy need fear about his future. No one can know as we know, what Bible.
He is ignorant enough lieves in the su p ern a tu ral p art of
There are alw ays places for in- a good class of students we have, to conceive th e n atu ral develop- (;bl.jsn rtnity a t all, he keeps mighty
dustrious, com petent hoys, who are There is not a school in th e world m ent of the species, including m an,
W e have heftrd
not afraid of work. The in com- where a more m o rd , intelligent, as hostile to religion, and evidently
illfidelg
fh a t
.g gn
petent, doubtful, careless, lazy boys earnest set of workers can be found. knows nothing ot the acceptance ol
l)ablv the
ood
are the ones who
fail to get and There are some who predict th a t, evolution by practically all of en-
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hold positions
where they can if we get our new building erected lightened C hristendom today. He ( h ristian s a t in
e is a
ri
m ake money and
rise. D uring the next sum m er, we will have two is equally a t fault in supposing tian , at least th a t lie leans that
next fffty years the men and women hundred students at th e opening of th at the n arrativ es of the Old Iesta- Wfty ¡f be ¡Hn»t careful some
one
of the world, who are not educated the fall term .
We place the num - m ent, or its poems, or its d ram as,
migtftke bim for a hypocrite,
and well equipped will have a h ard her somewhat lower, hut we are are viewed
by tbe intelligent
W e do not ^ lieve tb a t Mr. T aber
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i i m * if p v p t v
struggle
get up in the race for u sure,
if every Sppnbirist
Secularist does
does all
all he
he thought of tbe churches as oracular
utterances of the Deity. He mis- through any deception on his part,
success.—A griculturist-
or she is able to do, there will he a
(C ontinued on 9th j > hrp )
There never was anything tru er, great increase ami not m anv years , takes the m isconceptions of past
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