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:—
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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
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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
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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
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