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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1898)
TH E TORCH OF REASON, SlIA EL IO N , ORE< ON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1898. 3 » Eat -ublim e sentim ent, “ 1 he he red am ong i e »me h u ndred d<» | 1 A IJ3 t î a good life is rest. H um an- nort* to this m* > worthy ohi* e*. • jtv is saved. , P u t me down for $50. —-------- IN T H E Secularists, do you realize that Liberals ought to take h'»kl of e is still plodding °n and that this m atter tight along, tor I believe n,..:nents lost are forever wasted? institutions of this kind would help When Evolution lay wounded an d the Freeth'm ght cause more than », , ding at the feet of S uperstition, anything yet suggest« d. h men ami fearless women has Yours truly, tened to the rescue and gave their R. C. B vrtis . lives that Science m ight live. Can T his is a R em arkable Offer! we not at least take our stan d in In h erited T endencies. Some (hie is G oing to he Beiiefitted! the ranks of Freedom ? Progress mU't be, and let us graciously sub- J he Methodist protracted meet- mit to the inevitable am i lend a iiig which has been dragging its helping hand. Let us organize and uninteresting length along here for From F ebruary 1 to A ugust 15, 1898, we have decided to leave to posterity the richest of all a m onth, came to a close Sunday • ...... . niake this R e m a rka b le O ffe r. The p arty sending legacies— a world of freedom , sci night. W hile the local preacher us the largest n u m b er of Y early Subscribers to the T orch ence and rig h t—a paradise here. and his conferees w e e pounding OE R eason , at the regular subscription rate of One D ollar a K ate D e P ea tt . away at the e.tadei of sm , it ap- Year, will receive fr e e T u itio n and B oard a t th e pears th at the said preaem r s son, Liberal U niversity, at Silverton, Oregon, for One School ?- a lad Of fifteen (gentle spring-tim e), Year. The person sending the Second Largest n u m b er of £ CORRESPONDENCE. and his conterees were serru p ti- subscribers a t one d o llar a year, will receive F r e e tm u s ly p r. -curing the chickens of a T u itio n one year. The w inners of these prizes m ay ‘•pillar of his lath er’s church, ami choose any course of study given in the U niversity. S lam an M eans B u sin ess roasting them by tires m ade io the R em em ber the Liberal U niversity is the O nly School of woo Is. Ph*, boy’s love for roasted the kind, and an offer like tais is Indeed R em arkable. E ditor T orch of R eason : pullet was in h e rit'd and therefore Enclosed please find d raft for n a tu ra l, and may he he grew im $3.75 for which send the paper to patient at the long draw n out boin- will receive free tu itio n for a year and free board besides. the five names enclosed. I hold , bardm ent of sinners, and became subject to your order $o0, which I . ,. , 4l . , • 7 . ’ fearful th a t there w ouldn’t he will turn over ju st as soon as you chickens enough to go around. raise $2,000 more from any o t h e r will receive free tu itio n for it year. However that, in; y he they were source, for the U niversity fund, p ro ¡caught last S unday,’ am i—sensa * R U L E S »O F «TH E - C O N TEST * viding you do so w ithin three tion! All subscriptions 'mist, b e p aid in advance. months. This is not a high mark The preacher’s son and one com- Money m ust he forw arded w ith th e ord er. to shoot at, and if other Liberals panion attem pted to h o a rd the i All orders m ust tie m ailed to us ami bear th e p ostm ark at th e office of m ailing intend to do an y th in g for our cause later than Au«„s. is, lws. they should see lhe above am ount Vrai.itlmtnigl.ib.il were eteppe.1, and the R everend’s offspring was secured. T ruly \<>urs, n e x t d a v c o n s ig n e d lo th e r e f o r m ' >n,?®c[ iP,ion8 m ay be se n t in a t an y tim e p rio r to M onday, A ugust 15, 1898, and* we of th A. S i . aman , M. I). /• Q « will , . « keep ■ • a . l record a a e n u m b • er I sen t in hv *a each contestant,. K school There are four or liv» S tate in vour le tte r th a t you wish to e n te r th e co n test. Sam ple copies will lie sen t for tw o cen ts each. The doctor is undoubtedly right. oUiers probably as d< serving of the A ddress all le tters ami m ake all orders payable to “ Now is the accepted t i m e ” reform atory as the R everend’s son, TO R C H OF R EASO N , Spring will soon be here and we a,,<l niay he sent up yet. But now SILVER TO N , OREGO must lo < no time in getting our the leader is put aw ay, maybe the others will reform by them building under way so as to he sure selves. Com m ent is unnecessary. and have it ready for the fall term Let us puss the hat for the African of 98. Our greatest need r ig h t, mission fund, after which the Rev- now is the new building where every erend will pray for I he conversion thing will be more convenient and of T urner sinners generally ami where we can better accom odate our especially, for th a t old incorrigible, F. S. M atteson . increasing num bers. Two thousand dollars is not much if we all do F re e th o u g h t S a y in g s. what we can and it will help us T U IT IO N LIBERAL...... UNIVERSITY L IS T E N ! * R E A D !! SO M EO N E ANOTHER wonderfully. W ith th a t am ount If you do good, you are good. we can enclose our building, and Lots of people are pious Itecanse by that time Mr. M osier’s plan will they do not know any better, b 'in g in th e other three thousand If prayers were answ ered God '¡"liars, m aking the five thousand 'lollars in all, which will put our A 'k right on its feet. W ho 11 b e th e n e x t lo follow Slam an? _____________ would never get an o th er opportun- b y to rest. The world could get along with- out God better than it could with- out nails. I his Time from flic h ig a n . If nothing is impossible with God we wish he would send us his pho tograph. L ditor T orch of R e a s o n : I see in the P orch of .January 6, blend M osier’«* proposition for rais- big a fund of $5000, to be m ade up by one hundred contrib u to rs giving $ >0 each, to be paid when the one hundred donors are obtained, for ' !,p purpose of erecting a building 1 ' Liberal U niversity at Sil- v ' ’on, Oregon. In this I h eartily ,,,f,ur, and now wish to be nutn- The m inister who cares more for tru th than for C hristianity will not get a big s a la ry D r p reac h in g . There is only one thing th a t the real orthodox C hristian coritem- plates with more satisfaction than his own salvation, and that is the dam nation of those who do not be- lieve as be does.— [Investigator.