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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1898)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1S98. An Argument. TO M R . W IL S O N . I cannot do, does not prove that men My Dear Brother John; — I can are superior, only along special arc indebted to our friend h-ir.llv 1.«» your com m unication lines. The mechanical ami artistic n.iruiv let By special arra n g em e n t w ith th e p u b lish ers, we a re able to (»tier th e public worker, Eliza Mowry Bliven, pass without a short rejoinder. productions of beasts are often m ar th e following paper-l»ound books a t ten , . (he following excellent letters; on c a n n o t possibly wish to be vels of ingenuity, tin- equal of which '•cuts p e ic o p y , postpaid. O rder one and \" u will be su rp rised to find th is good understood as saying that b\ aooi- j man has never been able to j 10- ed TO MR. TIBBETTS. itio n so cheap. M ention T ourist hi'ation of pt r.-n m iln v \o u place duce. P o r e is no evidence that ijn r a r y . r,, lam es L. iib n e tts:— ... , , * I I.e W bite C om pany, by Conan Doyle. , , yourself on a level with the beast these superior endowm ents m 1 b e D e e l l i S t e i , b y H . d l C ain e. p is a pleasure to have such a . , . . . . ’ 1 th a t perishes. Man made in the either case are for specific purposes V » n i uce ol 1 wo W m Ids, b y wC orrelli. gentlemanly and good uatured cor- leasu re Island, by R oliert Stevenson. image of God and co-w’orker with or that there exists a superior per 1 I be Sign of th e Four, by Conan Doyle. ,t..pendent as yoa are, therefore I him, in raising that endless varieta son to confer them. The trouble K id n a| pcd. by Robert I,. Stevenson, take delight in answering your of vegetables, ami the wonderful with you, B rother Jam es, is that flie B ondm an, by Hall Caine. Micah Clarke, by A. Conan Doyle, questions. skill in i'8 arrangem ent,called forth you have fallen into the common sp o rt Royal, by A n th o n y Hope. I a-sure you Brother Jam es, th at the adm iration and praise of the I lie Man in Black, by S tanley W evm an. error of believing that you are im ti* yond th e C ity, by A. Conan Dovle. tln n was nothing rem arkable about whole county of Essex« H ave vou m ortal because \<>u desire im m or I t i d e T om ’s C abin, by Mrs. Stowe. tTie inscription on th at pyram id. a hog in the sty, or a horse in the tality. Why not take life as we find W eb t e r ’s Pronouncing D ictionary. Cosm opolis, by Paid Bourget. The vegetables were indeed grown barn, or a cow in the stall th at can it, instead of continually trying to People's Reference Book, bv me. W ebster says that the do these things? If not, then John make it appear what it is not? Be t round th e W orld in E ighty D ays,V erne In D arkest E ngland, b v G e n . Booth. verb grow m eans to cause to iu \\ ilson has been endowed with fac cause we must all peris'n shall we Ships th a t Pass in the N ight, H a rrad e n . erease, raise or cultivate. All these ulties su p e rio r to the brute, ami for he any the less ready to help? Nance, a K entucky Belle, by G reene. Mark Iw aiu , IIis Life and W ork, bv things I did. The vegetables as what, ami by whom? Will M. ( ’lem ens. Such a condition should make us exhibited would never have existe< I'oni B row n’s School Days, by H ughes. Now, B rother John, if I had no more helpful. One scientific fact A H oliday in Bed, by ,1. M. Barrie. if I had not caused them to increase other evidence of im m ortality Imt to prove im m ortality would be bet l>\ R ight, Not Law, by R. H . S h ep ard . by cultivation. I will say also, the wonderful st rides of man in ed ter than a dozen pages of scripture. Iln- C hild of the Law, by De Alarcon. A ddress, that thev were grown “ with all his ucation, science, arts, astronom y, Quoting bible to su b stan tiate a he J O N E S ’ BOOK S T O R E , secularism,” for the “ power” which ami last but not least, agriculture lief is a dangtrotiH thing to do, for 291 A lder S t . PO R TL A N D , O R E . was hack of my effort was wholly in growing vegetables, and the vast it cuts like a two-edged sword; for secular—n atu ra l. Indeed I cannot possibilities th at lie before him, I instance, “ For that which hefalleth comprehend an y th in g which is not should have to acknowledge a pow the sons of men hefalleth the beasts, natural, To me n ature is the sui. er higher than I, to which I am even one thing bei'alleth them ; as total of all things, and sufficient accountable. Our hope to enjoy the one dieth, s> dieth the other; unto itself. N ature is a m ystery, I personality and meet the dear ones yea, they have all one breath; so admit, hut it is made more so by gone before has a good illustration that man hath no pre-eminence introducing a supernatural factor in the following quotations; above a beast * * * All go unto one to account for it. place.” (Eel. 3: 19, 20) Of course I Blessed is lie who has not fallen from CASH PAID FOR A LL K IN D S OF FAT STOCK. I am glad, Jam es, th at you have recognize this tru th even though it H ID E S . PELTS, ETC. doubts. Doubt is the beginning of his hope in the L ord.—fEccles, xiv. 2. be in had com pany. Y<»u adm it A forlorn hope. wisdom. Doubt leads to investiga that the Bible contains m any im Hopeless, d e stitu re or w ithout hope. tion, and investigation reveals H er last com panion in a d earth perfections and errors hut still 'I KATS SOLD AT REASONABLE Ol love, upon a hopeless e a rth . truth, and a knowledge of tru th is think it a most wonderful hook, j W oodw orth. RATES. wisdom. The great doubters ami fail to gee in it an y th in g wonderful. investigators have discovered Finally, B rother John, vou may could forget all the bloodshed nothing but m atter, in motion. lave but little respect for the it has caused I ghould say it was D ra ke & W ebb, From data secured by scientific church, and less for the bible, hut I laughable. It certainly isn't won study the Seculai ists believe th a t tell you, with all the bible’s iin|»er derful that it should he full of e r S ilverton Oregon matter is eternal; th at it did not ections and errors, and 1 believe it rors for »he priests who wrote it “come by chance,” for it had no contains them , it still rem ains the were very ignorant. T heir ideas of where to come from ; th a t it was most wonderful hook that man the universe, which every intelligent always where it is now, everywhere »ossesses today. Commencing with man now repudiates, are no plainer an indication of th eir ignorance filling endless space. He believe a barbarous people, every page is than are their ideas of a (Tal, and AND that it was never created and can all advance, keeping abreast of the it is indeed surprising how a man never he destroyed; hut th at w hat civiliz tion of the times in which it of your intelligence will cling to S ilv e r to n , O r e . ever happens to it. it alw ays ex was w ritten. Don’t fight against that barbarous God idea, the father M a i n S t r e e t ists in some form, hut he sees no it, for p *ra Iventure vou might he of all superstition. For the sake of CARRY A COM PLETE STOCK OF politeness I would like to accept natural basis for a belief in the fighting against God. your advise, but I cannot on ac eternity of the individual, while the J. E. T ibbetts . count of principle, therefore I m ust, S chool to the e x te n t of my limited ability m atter of which those vegetables fight against the church ami the were composed continues to exist, TO M R . T IB B E T T S . S u p p lie s , bible for I believe they stand in the tie individual specimens are gone Dear B rother .James: — It would way of intellectual and m aterial B o o k s and f'Tcver, and next year the sam e not he right to leave you at this progress. D on’t worry fo r fear th at matter may appear in the form of point with a m isunderstanding of in so doing I shall fight against S ta tio n e r y . birds or Bowers. So it is with us. rny position, therefore J write this God, for creatures of the im agina W " may hope to see our m others ¡to assure you that I do wish to b( tion can neither help nor harm a n y one. I have long since ceased to Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables “it' i death but there was never a understood as saying that I do, so have any fear of phantom s. more gay deceiver th an hope. Men far as my physical existence is con and ( Tinfectionery. J o h n A. W ilson . f,ften hope for happiness and life cerned, place m yself on a level with b'd find only misery and death. the beasts th at perish: and I chal brother Jam es now th a t we are lenge the world to produce a fact to ---- — ___ How to Make men let us put aw ay childish prove th at my position is incorrect ‘"us and indulge in no h o p e; The principles of conception, life "lii- h j8 no^ founded UpOn reason, and death are practically the sam e T-.» I 1 take away a m an’s religion i with beasts and men. If in some * The Government nationalized the Postal System, why not also the Money System? A plan is told by C. ELTON BLANCHARD " "1 put a knowledge of the respects man is superior to f in his lws»k en titled "bixeise in its place, and advise the beasts, it is because he is 10 CENT BOOKS ' W a te r Street... M arket KINNEY PORTER ¡Good Times for all Time U N C L E S A M ’S H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E . adjust his habits to the more highly developed. 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