TH E TORCH OF REASON, SlIA EL IO N , ORE< ON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1898.
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» Eat -ublim e sentim ent, “ 1 he he red am ong i e »me h u ndred d<» |
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î a good life is rest. H um an- nort* to this m* > worthy ohi* e*.
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, P u t me down for $50.
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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
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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
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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 .
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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).
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, . « 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 !
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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?
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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
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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.