T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , F E B R U A R Y 10, 1898.
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B. L. Iijerm stad , Ohio:— I like
with your pata-r I est of »11, and Grace
fif,y ,lollare e«ch wil1 build and Gruber’s p<>lllB Hle geroB.
I think
TRACTS
OF
Scientific
W isdom .
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th e
L ib eral
C n iv e rsily . Mr8
p )a n £ a verv g(>od
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ELIZ'X MOWRY BLIVEN
Remember Mr. Mosier’s words: suc,.eBS i( de8rrveB.
C o n tain in g condensed a rg u m en ts in i ,.
v u of '.!•♦•••.I S ecu larism and Right
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Living, and ag ain st S u p e rsti
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Geo. N. Hili, M iss:— “ By nil
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M 'M ILLAN & PITTMAN
S ecularist:— “ I hope the ‘Old
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Doctor’ will continue to hold his
‘Bohemian Evenings’ and send r e
N E W 5 A N D NOTES.
S c ie n tific W is d o m
ports of them to the T orch of
R eason for publication. I have
CO N TIN U ED FROM H U T U PA G E.
-All kinds of choice-
been greatly interested in them.
Texas at L iberal H all 8 a tu rd a v
The Little Torches, by W. E. J o h n
evening.
There ¡s no future life; when we
...F R E S H M E A T ..
son, are fine. L et us have more of
Death sim ply
Did you read tin* offer on tin die, that is all.
Always on h an d and sold at
them .
means
a
dream
less
sle
e
p
,
from
th ird page?
,
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. . i which we never wake. Our bodies
S ta n d a rd * P rice s
I he electric hell is a g reat help! ,
,
,
,
,
P a in e ’s B ir t h d a y in Io w a .
i ,
| decay and go to m ake up the ele
in our school work.
We pay th e highest price
m ents which compose thi* earth.
the
final
A class of ten passed
E ditor T orch oe R eason :
L eona A llen .
C esh f o r F a t S to ck,
exam ination in physiology last
About thirty-five Liberals g ath er
Belief or disbelief in a thing does
-----G iv e U s a C a l l . . . .
week.
not prove or disprove its existence. ed at the home of Mr. E. B. Moffitt,
The new song hooks arrived this j We know th a t we now exist and on the evening of Ja n . 29, to cel
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week and the members of the sing- th a t we shall, in course of time, ebrate the anniversary of Thom as
ing class are happy.
cease to exist as m ortal beinas on Paine’s birth. Mr. Steiner, of Des
Moines, delivered the oration in a
C aptain W olfard’s side in the this earth, and there our knowledge
o 0 A W EEKLY PA PE R 0 0
If there be a life beyond, m asterly style. He reviewed the
Y. P. 8. 8. C. gives the fust pro ends.
life
of
Paine,
his
services
to
the
FO R C H IL D R E N .••••• ° °
gram in the contest this term, no traveller thereto has ever re
States,
E ngland, and
T he L ittle C andle co n tain s m oral an<
turned, th at we know of, to prove United
F rid a y even in g .
hygie
lie stories and lessons, letters iron
France,
and
proved
beyond
a
doubt
its existence. The negative of this
young
folks ami lessons for Secular Sun
The great historical drum », Texas lqueBlion haB , h „ best ((f lhe
th at, let his enemies say w hat they dav Schools. It c o n ta in s n o th in g super
will he given at Liberal H all S at-j ment
yy p j,
will, t h e “ A uthor H ero” is entitled stilio u s, ami is ju st th e th in g for chil
d ren , no m a tte r of w hat belief. If yot
urdav evening in behalf of the
to much credit for the influence he have no Secular S unday school th a t yoi
Progress, civilization, reason, all
Silverton M arine Band.
Don’t
wielded against George I I I and can a tte n d , su b scrib e for th e L ittle Can
die and have a S unday school in youi
oppose the idea of a future life.
miss it.
contem poraneous ty ran ts. He re own hom e.
This m yth was horn of ignorance
viewed the “ Age of Reason”, and
T ract No. 4. of Scientific Wisdom
and fear, an d will d ie w here know l-
THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY COMPANY,
although Paine differed in m any
is now readv
for distribution.
, a
edge and wisdom live. There is as
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OREGON
respects from the Liberals of today,
Send h i your order for what you
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much proof th a t we will clim b a
want, and d istribute them am ong 1.
1
the argum ents he produced against
ILVERTON
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bean
stalk
after
death
as
th
a
t
we
your friends and neighbors.
the bible are su bstantially the same
i will ascend, descend or transcend
as those advanced by higher critics
I lie mock trial at the V. P. S. S. to a placeof bliss or misery.
of this age.
W hether Paine was
C. last T hu rsd ay evening was quite
j p H osmi r
AND
intem perate or not, does not affect
interesting and instructive besides'
of his writings.
The
affording m uch am usem ent.
It
U hristianity offers eternal m isery the logic
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was highly enjoyed by all present. on tl,e one hand and H ernal bliss farm and burial place of Paine was
on the other as the only conditions graphically described by the speak-
s t n rt a pi nci mark at ro. s tin ()j fu ^nre
Sym pathy revolts at er> udu) has visited th a t m em orable
....lice on the editorial page of your 8uch conditil)ns
ri.a ^ „
GEORGE SE C R EST, PROPRIETOR
spot at New Rochelle,
I orch this issue? If so we hone
r
, ,
R their im possibility.
I would n< t
The remainder of the program
you will write to us tlmt you want
willingly accept joy at the band of consisted of music, recitations, and
the paper to continue com ing to
a m onster who would t«*ar from me reviews. The meeting was enjoyed
your address so th a t you will ,|Ot and dam n to eternal pain those I by all, and m any signified their de All kinds of L aun d ry
V Work
neatly done.
miss any numbers.
sire to meet on sim ilar occasions in
love. Give me an n ih ilatio n .
O rders from a distance givet
Now is the opportunity for two
the future.
T im R ating .
J. II. M orris .
bright young people to earn their
prom pt atten tio n .
H appiness and misery are com
way t" the Liberal U niversity. Do
John Linn, a nurse in an insane
parative
terms.
If
death
ends
all
you want to he one of them ? If so
asylum in O akland, Cal., killed his
read the offer on the th ird page,
90 n,U9t >t end all happiness, wife the other day, and claim s the
a n , 1 t h ....................
J conse<l uen" y
there can be no
and
then go to work and see how
act was according to God’s order.
Heaven
nor
Hell.
There
is
nothing
many subscriliers you can get for
An apostate is more adm irable
terrible in the thought th at death
us.
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LJ T C H E R S -
LAUNDRY
BATH
ROOMS
•n«ta »11; it mmiM eodlns peace than a «aim, for he lc more willing
The editor of Current Thought and rest.
offers to send his paper for one
year
free of charge,
J
B ’ to all who will
write to him tor it anti enclose the
nam es and addresses of ten Liberal
aod Tnde-itark, obtained and .it fm
That Is
an nihilation. to ,e9‘ ,h e «ceuracy of his con-
th a t death does not ' ic tio u s.-[S y d n e y Holmes.
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Are we sure
«ive to
a l l ih n r* » ia
rf
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> . Send rnodet, drawing or photo., With descrip*
6lve
lu US
us an
im re is ot woith » to
It
the time men and women have
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We advise, if patentable or not, free of
life? If we were cond,
to live spent reading the bible had been
forever love m ight vanish from the devoted to H udving science there ESS S T A S t * & “ 4
peopleand two Scent stam ps to de- e a r t h - w e cannot tell.
fray the cost o f postage. I t is sup-1
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