s 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 • • • 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 QO 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— .Ilf 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 o 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 U bouqbt s iw uè*»"»<«**»** V 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. 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