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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y 20, 1898.
TR A C TS
OF
LITTLE POINTS.
C aptain Ames’ side in the Y. P.
To Raise Five Thousand Dollars
S S. C. is w inner hy 191 points and
for the U niversity.
Did Jesus do right when he tu rn
as a result, C aptain W hitlock and
ed w ater into a mocker?
Secularist s,
her corps of workers will have to
P. C. M'’hier.will give. $50 serve the supper for D«e cluh.
When Jesus was a hoy, was he
E D IT E D BV
Lou Arnes will give........ 50 F riday evening has been set for the 1'ke other hoys who have never
ELIZA MOWRY BLIVEN
A Friend will give........ 50 time when the good things will he Oeen to school?
C o n tain in g condensed arg u m en ts in f;i.
D Buckingham wili g iv e .............. 50 se rved.
voi of Moral S ecularism and Right
Secularism does away with the
Living, and ag ain st S u p e rsti
provided th a t
fallacies of a future life and m akes
tio n , Im m o rality and
Miss Kate D ePeatt, who is Sec
S
more men (nr women)
In tem p era n ce .
give the sam e retarv of the State Secular U nion our heaven here.
JU S T T H E T H IN G
am ount.
W here are and teacher in the Liberal U nivers-
Secularists should he much wiser
to hand to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. I’ut,.
the ninety-seven?
itv at Silverton, Marion (o u n tv , ae- th an serpents and much less of a
lished m onthly a t $1.00 per y e a r (5o
trac ts each m o n th ), bv
rived home yesterday. Miss I)e- nuisance th an doves.
N E W S AND NOTES.
P eatt’s health has been very poor
THE LIBERAL U N IVER SITY CO.,
U nless S<cularists become better
and she will rem ain until fully re
Silverton
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Oregon
Monday was the beginning of a covered.— [A shland Valley Record. than the C hristians, they can in no
case m ake a heaven here.
new term at the Liberal U niversity.
M 'M ILLA N & PITTM AN
“ Can Sins Re Forgiven'’ is the
If there is an y th in g the m atter
D annie D in‘-more entered the
title of the first num ber of the with thy right eye, do not pluck it
p rim ary d ep artm en t of the U nivers
Scientific Wisdom Series of Leaflets | out> hut' g(/ tn a ' speeialist.
ity this week.
published by the Liberal U niversity
One of the greatest hindrances to
Do not forget tin* lecture and en C om pany of Silverton, Oregon. It
tertain m en t at Liberal H all next is a splendid leaflet, and should he true Secularism has h-en the lack
-All k in d s of choice-
Sunday evening. Free.
circulated bv the million conies. of a definite moral stan d ard .
The horrizontal bur presented to Send $1 for 500 copies and circu-
There are m any good sayings in ...F R E S H
M E A T ...
ihe U niversity, by Mr. L Am es,af- late them in your town.— [Free the bible, in the k«»ran, in Catholic
Always on h an d and sold at
f «rds the stu d en ts a good chance thought Magazine.
hym n hooks and in Poor R ichard’s
for exercise.
We w ill send the T orch ok R eas - alm anac, hut one is no more divine S ta n d a rd *
Prices.
We have a few more copies of on one vear to five new subscribers th an another.
Scientific
W isdm
4
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UTCHERS—
Uncle Sam ’s Hom ilies on Finance
th a t we would like to dispose of at
25 cents each.
The regular Sunday night meet-
ings at Liberal H all still continue.
A very interesting program is be
ing prepared for next Sunday.
«m—
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for $3.75. and the p arty getting up
the cluh will receive fifty visiting
' cards for his trouble. These cards
are j ’ls^ ^ e th in g for Secularists to
use, as they have an engraving of
the famous W ettstein badge b ea u ti
fully lithographed at the left of
the nam e.
The C hristians’ hearts (m inds)
are waxed gross, and their ears are
«lull of hearing, and th eir eyes they
j-av ,. closed; least at any tim e they
should gee with their eyes, hear
with their ears, and should un d er
stand with their hearts (m inds)
and should lean , the tru th .
It was necessary to seat another
A very interesting m eeting was
room in the U niversity this week,
the other rooms being too crowded. held at Liberal H all, S unday even SILVETON
O for a good, new school building. ing, a large crowd being present to
witness the program which, besides
A C alifornia m an this week adds
the lecture by Mr. Geer, was as fol
AND
his nam e to the list of <»ne hundred
lows: Chorus by the choir; Chorus
people who are to give $50 each to
hy the children; R ecitation, Flo-
the Liberal U niversity. Who will
rence Fisher; Duet and chorus by
he the next?
the choir; R ecitation, E lm a Fisher;
Those of our readers who would Recitation, Arnie Forw ard; C horus
like to have the ‘‘Bohemian Even hy the choir ami an exercise, “The GEORGE SI CREST, PROPRIETOR.
ings” continued in the T orch , Doll Show ,” by the children.
please write to the editor or to the
The I. O. 0 . F. Lodge held a
“ Old Doctor” , 802 Ansel Ave.
public installation and social at
kinds of L aundry W ork
Cleveland, Ohio.
neatly done.
their hall in Silverton, last S a tu r
T ract No. 3 of Scientific W isdom day, which was well attended. The
is ready for distribution and will program was very good, and was O rders from a distance given
prom pt atten tio n .
be m ailed to the regular Mlbscrib- we)| re„d,.reH. A long snake story
era. I f yon are not a subscriberI a b „ u t the galdp|1 (lf E(le„ was re.
send us one dollar am i receive fifty lated by a visiting m em ber winch
tracts each m onth for a year, or added to the am nrem ent of the Sec-
send ten cents for fifty.
u ,ariglg pre8el|() w hj,e u „ W(,d t)|e
We pay th e h ig h est price
| Cash fo r F a t S to c k .
— Give U s a C a ll....
..T H E ..
loOTTfi
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C hristians. The bountiful repast
after the program was purely Sec-
l*lar but was enjoyed hy all, and
those present declared th at the
Odd Fellows are good entertainers,
If Jesus were hi re, would he tell
us to beware of the leaven of the
The W oodmen of the W orld gave sp iritu alists and theosophists?
a social a t th eir hall in Silverton
last week which was a great suc
U n iversity Fund.
cess, and well attended. The crowd
was treated to a splendid music and
«mount given in this fund
literary program which was follow- is .«dual cash paid in. regardless of
ed hy a log sawing contest hy six " Lai has luen prom ised:
men and a nail driving contest by l*“ ‘'L ni^lv acknowlcdge<l,
2.25
.he lad.es, after winch the large Gract, E G r„, ’
audience was treated to a splendid
1
M A T E R IA L , ETC.
H,,l’Per*
J Previously acknowledged,
livrent
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s iw uè*»"»<«**»**
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T h e o n ly jo u rn a l w hich presents fa ll a c
cou n ts o f th e p rogress o f th e c o lo n i
zation m ovem ent a lo n g th e lin e s o f ;
co -o p era tio n .
T he o n ly jo u rn a l that g iv es fu ll ex p la n a
tio n o f all th e various th eo ries for
social im p ro v em en t.
The o n ly jo u rn a l that offers free d isc u s- j
sio n s o f so cia l and re lig io u s subjects.
E ach issua con tain s fu ll report o f best
current th o u g h t in all th e lea d in g
E n g lish and A m erican p eriod icals.
CURRENT THOUOHT is an op en cou rt. ;
It offers the best th o u g h t o f the
b rig h test th in k ers o f all sch ools.
R egu lar su bscription price 11.00 per T e a r, ;
p ost-p aid to any part o f the w orld.
S p ecial O ffe r :
until further n otice n ew subscribers w ill
be received f o r o n e y e a r a t 5 0 C T S .
each, p rovided th ey send ten nam es
and addresses o f liberal and p ro g ress
ive m inded p eop le. A d d ress,
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day Schools. It c o n ta in s n o th in g super
stitio u s, and is ju s t th e th in g for ch il
d ren , no m a tte r of w hat belief. If you
have no Secular S unday school th a t you
can a tte n d , su b scrib e for th e L ittle C an
dle am i have a S unday school in your
own hom e.
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To any of our subscribers, who
send us a list of nam es and address-
es of 25 of th eir Secular friends,
we will send, free of charge, a Torch
of Reason Song Book No. 1. It
will only take a few m inutes work
and you will be well paid for your
trouble.
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