1H E TORCH O F REASON, SILV ER ION , O R EG O N , T H U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y 13, 1>98.
An Agnostic T alk.
anybod” for not believing it.
Men will not, as a rule, buy
•z land
unless they are sure the title is
good, Imt they will invest in a
chance of obtaining a foothold in
the sweet fields of Eden on the |
other side of Jo rd an , although the
title to this "h ap p y happy lan d ” is
as cloudy as a London fog.
W ESTERN
o
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An Agnostic is one who does not
<b il in remote futures. H e does
• ,t lielieve in C h ristianity or Spir-
itn tlism, and so does not pay its
reachers or the m edium . He does
ii >t believe in M aterialism or Pan-
ism. and keeps out of them also.
I; he believes a n y th in g it is that
Agnosticism is purely scientific.
ih-- origin and destiny of m an are
unknown, perhaps unknow able,and It is founded on the fact th a t the
that all the time a man em ploys hum an m ind, like the telescope, / a there a u y th m o yon u'ant? H ave yon p ro p erty to sell?
has its lim its. \\ e can see a great
l)o yoa Irish to baa a hom e? ' Do you w ish
trying to solve these m ysteries
to go i a to bast Hess? Da you w ish
might he used to some better pur- way, l»ut not as far as we try to
see.
The
m
an
who
believes
in
God
to e xch a n g e real estate o r
p.se! Like a horse th at has tried
personal property?
several times to pull a heavy load and im m ortality is like an astro n ­
and failed, he becomes balky and om er who would look through his
telescope and tell not what he sees,
dghs whenever he contem plates the
H hends :— We have recently established a general Ex-
difficulties behind and before him. hut what he would like to see in
The Agnostic is on the fence be­ th e distance. It is im m oral from change and Inform ation business in the th riv in g city of
tween Spiritism and M aterialism . t h e Agnostic standpoint to m ake a ‘"h 1 v e rto n , and have for sale a n u m b er of town lots, vacant
He would get down on one side or life study of theology when all and im proved, some well established business enterprises
the other if he could only feel cer­ one’s time is needed to learn science. some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last b u t not least
An acquaintance with N ature is all the lots in
tain that he was getting on the side
more pleasant aad profitable in
of fact. He is too conscientious to
every way than an idle endeavor
pretend to believe th at which his
to know God and prove im m ortal-
judgm ent says is not proven. He
.
...
. . a tra c t of land ad jo in in g the Liberal U n iv ersity trrounds
would be as glad as any one to " ' i
know that there is a better tim e be­
g H itisn, ,S neither o p ttm is-, aild beautifully situated for homes. Below is a partial list
tic
nor
pessm usne. Some Agnus-; of the property we have for sale.
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yond the grave, but he is not the
kind of a man to be led into a be­ tics are more inclined to optim ism
and others to peftsjmism. Some
lief because such a belief m ight
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C ITY P R O P E R Y.
bring happiness.
As a m an can would re-live their lives had they
FARM P R O P E R T Y ,
H a l f - A c r e L o t in West S ilverton ;
not feel that he has money unless the power and others would prefer
2 3 acres, well im proved, tine house,
l>eautiiul location for residence. $200.
z-
,
. i i - i
i . t . barn anti o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile from
he has the cash on hand, so an Ag­ som ething better or nothing. The
v e i f i r n e 'r itMOt " ‘ ai
'e Ll H ra
/ ilv erto ,‘> O °00. W ill tra d e for larger
nostic cannot feel th at he has a aggregate of hum an misery may
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farm of equal value not over tw e n ty
L o ts in S e c u l a r H o m e , location m iles tiom S ilv erto n .
loving father in heaven, and an im ­ outw’eigh the aggregate of hum an
mortal soul to be lost or saved, u n ­ joy, or vice versa, or they may ju st , o s l l it, at -'25, $50 a n d $75.
balance.
Agnosticism gives no twm a o ^ rh o u s e s 1 f n i it ’ tn7.«,r,’. f? n ‘vv’ n
3 1 8 acreH ° h 8l’lendid f ru it and farm -
less he could interview this im ag in ­
hope i or produces any despair. I t , trad e for farm land
> mg land well im proved, good ru n n in g
ary person and thing.
d i / n r O; ai V \ \ <le,,eIlVe’tl
r H o u s e a n d L o t n e ar th e d e P °t * Per a,’n ‘- Can divide if n^-essa'ry to
It is wonderful how little evi­ do not tell their little children |7o0.
unit p u rch aser.
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dence it takes to convin e some ghost stories to m ake them better.
H o u se and lot in c e n te r of tow n.
1 6 0 " a c re s of fine tim b e r, n e a r a large
people th at a god analagous to o u r­ They tell their children th a t a little
child
knows
no
less
or
no
more
H
o
u
se
ami
barn wth 1^, acres of saw m ill, $1000. Logs can lie floated
selves, only more perfect, exists, about god and im m ortality than a lan< ln S,Iverton’ G50.
nearly all the way to mill.
and that there will be a day of grown person. A child tun year-
judgment on which the sheep will old can see as m any stars as a
.
o ilv e r to n is th e hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies mov-
he separated from the goats, and grown person, and it knows j u s t as
the sheep will be sent to heaven to mucb about God and hereafter as big here will have the splendid ad v antage of schooling
sing and the goats to hell to singe. a grown person. A person cannot th eir children in the only Liberal U niversity in th e world
In religion it takes credulity to otvonce io knowledge Of a subject Silverton is beautiful IV situ ated in th e g re a t W illam ette
v a l l e y in the foothills of the ( ascade m ountains.
A hue
‘‘gel there for there is no evidence to WHlk.
All hunters have seen dogs bark sp ark lin g stream affords splendid water pow er and great
worthy of the name to support this
up the wrong tree; these dogs w ere; ad vantages for drainage.
W rite to us for f u r h e r inform a-
religion.
there were squirrels or ’opoft- tion.
Yours for business,
in the courts it takes real evi­ sure
sums among the branches or in the
dence to convince, but in churches trunk, hut when the tree was c u t
'ham evidence is used en tirely, and ilowo and e x p lo n d the dogs would
INFORMATION BUREAU AND EXCHANGE,
outside of church and religion have to adm it that they were m is­
W atek stki rr.
Christians are as skeptical as other ta k e n . Now th ese people who pray
Silverton, Oregon.
to G<»d m ay some day h a v e io HJ . j
L ib e ra l H a il
people. In obtaining a jury a man
mil they were m istaken about G o d ----------------------- -
is not chosen because he is or is not being somewhere in th e s k y .
a believer in the su p ern atu ral. In ­
Agnostics do not deny th a t there
is
a
power in the world th at has
fidel- are no more ap t to clear a
'oat than C hristians. N either will created and does sustain plant and
anim al life. Rut they do not know
( Hristians convict a m an on such the nature of this force. W e see;
evidence as they use in proof of its work, much of it very beautiful,
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS
• heit religion. All the evidence we and all of it very wonderful, hut
have of the d iv in ity of Jesus would cannot g e t even a glimpse of the
To teach, ed u cate and confer degrees of sc h o larsh ip iqsm th o se who by stu d io u s-
out convict a wolf o f killing sheep worker. So little is known about ness arc e n title d to th em in A rt, Science, L ite ra tu re , Law, P hilosophy an d Theol-
our creator th a t if some one were
"VV know n th a t h u n d re d s of jieople are h ig h ly qualified in various
i" lexas. The C h tistian s would
to say, “ H e is w ater,” no one could lines of scientific research, and have become p ractical as well as theoretical schol­
1’ke to have more evidence and say knowingly “ He is not water,” ars sm ee leaving th e school room and are deserving of a degree su itab le to th e ir
i'tte i proof of their creeds, hut they or if some one were to say, “ He is callh n g . M any are w orthy and fitted, and W estern U niversity is fully a u th o riz ­
ed to honor such w ith a su ita b le degree. O th ers, not u n ite read v , to aid them o u r
eannot obtain a n y th in g hut fancies. the sun,” who could prove he is plan is to d irec t courses of reading and stu d y , followed bv p erio d ical e x a m in a tio n s,
not the sun?
and w hen th e c an d id ate . ’ qualified, to g ra n t a diploma tor a su itab le degree, ac­
io law the prisoner is given the
N either is an y th in g known about cording to th e sta n d ard of sch o larsh ip a tta in e d . T he degrees th a t m ay be co n fer­
i " mefit of a doubt and set at liberty hum an
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consciousness after the red are B. P., B. 8 ., L. 8 ., Ph. I)., A. M., M. 8., LL. I)., D. I).
Am
ong
th
e
patro
n
s
as
stu
d
e
n
ts,
and
g
rad
u
ates
holding
th
e
fine
L
atin
diplom as
death. In a later
u o le s s proven guilty beyond a reas- change called
o
e stern I D iversity, are teach ers, doctors, p asto rs, law yers, m erc h an ts, me­
" tia b le doubt. Now unless Chris- Iexistence we may know more, we ch an ics, a u th o rs and in v en to rs. For full p a rtic n la rs, ad d ress,
Hans can prove clearly to all th at may know less or we m ay be the
same old fools th at we have always
»eir religion is more than fancy been.—-[E . L. M errill in Independ­
’t,< y ought not to think any less of ent Pulpit.
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