THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1898.
Scientific Wisdom.
I cannot get tim e to finish revis-
inir the “ p lan”. W riting the tracts
a!,<1 securing th eir distribution is of
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tir-t importance. Tk
J hex .. opened
the
,
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w iv for S u n d a y scien tific meetings
,„'.rP and will elsew here if the
Er. e’thinhers have c o n fid e n t
topics, “ How Souls Grow and
D«*cav,” ‘ No Future Life,” “ Anni-
hilation Pref« r a h h ’’. Send either
jo u r own opinions or quotations.
If you do not make it brief, the
editor will prohablv
.
’ out it down,
f° r We " an t " ,e
” f '’etwee"
a w e,".v a n d fiftv on one-page <>i ih,-
T ORCH. .Just state what reason
you would give if anyone attacked
you on either of those subjects
Fifty Freethinkers ought to have a
ready answer and be glad of a
chance to put it in the T ouch .
.My answ er will be in the T orch
with vours. It contains forty-three
words,
t belli se Ives and really want such
meetings i° their own homes, I
find it is not necessary to wait for
lectures nor lessons. \\ c have had
three meetings, and anybody else
can have meetings who want them
enough to put forth any «ffort.
Half the C hristians do not like the
bible well enough to read it. They
E liza M owry B l iv e n .
would rather hear som ething tha«
will teach them som ething practic­
ally beneficial. It is our own c >w-
FR EETH O U G H T
ardice, laziness or indifference,
N EW S-N O TE S.
we do not start and keep up suet» •
meetings.
Distribute some tracts, and find
The Lomhni Ere» t' ink» rs’ annual
which of your ne ihbors like them .
• linn» r took place »arlv in Jan u a ry ,
Invite those to your house for a
at d was a great success. “ In point
Sunday Scientific meeting. Hav»
of num bers,” says
* the Freethinker,
whatever music and singing you I i u
this gathering beat the world.”
can get that is free from religiou- I
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cant.
Read an article from a
A Limited Liability ('om pany i-
scientific Magazine or high-seh' Oi
to be start« (1 to carry on th e publ -
book, or on some political or reform
ealion of Secular Thought ami the
question for the main paper. Don’t
work of the C anadian Secular
select anything long or dry
Read
Union. Tite C apital is to be $5,000
a short article from a Fleet bought
in sliares of $5 each.
paper, then read a selection from a
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school physiology or a health mag-
Col. Ingersoll is going to E urope
azine for the hygienic lesson. Dis­
cussion mav follow either of these.
and
take England
Then be sure to read the morality on »he way”, in announcing which
and nature lessons in the “ Little prospective event in the F reethink­
Candle” , using the questions or er, Mr. Foote jubilan tly exclaim s,
not, as you have time. Have the “ T hat will be a golden year in our
children learn the stanzas at home hist» >rv.”
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and recite them a t the meeting.
F. H. Bond, a F reethinker Iat«‘
Select the best readers to read these
lessons and selections, and use pic of W inona, Illinois, in his will
tures, m inerals, and w hatever els»- se» a good «»xatnplc for others pos­
you can to illustrate. You will find sessed of means. He left a fund of
your neighbors have more appr« el­ $5,000. the proceed*« of which are Io
ation of what is good and willing­ be devoted either to tin* establish­
ness to learn, th an you ever gave m ent of a Liberal Library or a Lib­
them credit for. When we secure eral H all.
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the hygienic and m orality lessons'
W illiam J. Linton, th ■ veteran
and lectures, we shall be glad ot
such helps, hut there is no need ol F reethinker, poet ami artist, «lied at
putting off iIn* startin g of scientiti« New Haven, Conn., Dec. 30. He was
Sunday meetings till then. If your ttnd E nglishm an ami a C hartist in
own character is what it Ollgnt t » early life, and stood at the head of
he you can do it. Don’t be afraid his profession—th a t of wood-en­
to distribute the tracts to every­ graving. He was a noted writer
body.
Ju st asK th em to read an d a u th o r «-fa Life "t Paine.
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and tell \<>u what they think of it.
T h e M a n h a tte n
L iberal
C lu b
Be -ure to keep good na tuied no
matter what they say. You w iJ have passed r e s o lu tio n s com mend-
find more church atten d an ts th a t ing the life and character and re-
will favor and help you, th an those gretting the death of “ Henry M.
Usually called infidels. Try it.
Taber, an earnest and outspoken
I have bought P arsh all’s “ Proofs Freethinker, a w riter ofinsight and
of Evolution,” Judge Ladd’s “ Corn- ability, and a member of this club.”
tnentaries of Hebrew ami C hristian This «»tight finally to dispose of the
Mythology” , and Kersey G rave’s charge th a t Mr. Taber was a hvpo-
“Sixteen Crucified S aviors” D crite, pretending to be a Christian
secure the right m aterial for the f°r business purposes up to the
Fourth Tract. Now I hav. plenty, tim e of his death. The requests
To help me write the Fifth Tract, I tna«l»‘ in Ids will as to funeral ex-
Want everyone who is interested ercises and th«* disposal of his re­
in these tracts to send to the T orch n.ains were carried out to the letter
right away one sentence or par«»- by the club of which he was a mem-
graph on eith er of these three ¡h» r.
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