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Ho» Tim e W as C o u n ted Before The <liiie’-fk»,ri the tim e of C t.ri-t is
thd Tim e of Christ.
not sure, since the exact tim e of hi?
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Birth is , unknow n,
and < m any
There was a long, long period scholars are doubtful of the real
v r n there was no counting, or ac- existence of such a being. Sim itar
counting of or for time. In the histories and traditions ate found
i -tory of the world, days and in old religions. A nutnlter of
niuhts came and went, toe sun rose radical thinkers object to using the
ai d set, the beautiful moon shed date of the C hristian era, and have
ofTT/ie -a riii, tor gfan ---- i - o -iL iH c -'a ,. ;,,.- E ra ot
one in their clear brilliancy, m e n ,, 'D n , m aking the 'd a te fro m -ih e
.T h is i* d R em arkable Offer!
women, and children lived and Dine ol p ’o r d a n o ' B r u n o , the dis-
borne (hie. is G oing to be Beneti-tted
died. and took no note of the pass- tinguished Italian scientist, horn at
ing moments.
Nola, near Naples, about the mid-
As intellect became active, some die of the sixteenth dentury, and
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hiain quicker than others, probably burned at th e stake in Rome on thé
From February». 1 t<> A ugust lo. 1898, we have decided to
'noticed th at the rising and the set- U th of l ehruary, 1600, on aocc
tocount make tins Rem ahkable O ffe r.
The 1 tarty sending
ting sun m arked a point, a day, as of his opinions, which have since us the largest n u m b er of Yearly S ubscribers to the T orch
we call it.’ This was a beginning. been dem onstrated to he true. A of R eason , at the regular suhseription rate of One D ollar a
Bv and by, those who watched the beautiful m onum ent now m arks the ?.\ar- Y1
,1! ';eee|ve Free T u itio n and B oard at tllc
Ties saw th a t the moon appeared sPot where he was burned alive.
Liberal I liiversity, at 8ilverton, Oregon, for (hie School
I he year 1600 is a good time to
and disappeared at regular in ter­
ear. Ihe person sending the Second Largest n u m b er of
date
from,
ami
would
make
this
vals.
Here was an o th er point
ubseribers at one dollar a year, will receive F " re e
the
year
298,
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of
M
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gained. The sluggish brain became
T u itio n one year. I h e w inners of these prizes may
a little more active. It was m il­ [S. II. W, in Freethinker.
choose any course of study given in |h e U niversity?
LIBERAL......
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lions of years before m an learned
Rem em ber the Liberal U niversity is the..Only School of
Col.
Ingersoll
to
Dr.
A
bbott
to count, and then, probably he
the kind, and an offer like this is Indeed R em arkable.
used his fingers. He noted the
I)r. Abbott is exceedingly kind to
round or" the seasons. No d o u b le 8(, m it th a t Ihe ||01|egt lnan may
he thought he was very wise w h e n '
; b|y ge, ,() ,leaven _ th a t a l, will receive tree tuition for a year and free board besides.
he found out th a t there was a full h(,nesl m an ffi„
fcternal]v
moon twelve tim es during the f o u r ia Hraned because he is an Agnostic
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seasons. The most ancient w rit­ — that is, one who does not know.
will receive free tuition for a year.
ings show th a t old kings counted
Let me ask the revereml gentle­
from the tim e they began to rule.
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m an, who does know? Does Dr.
Then there was counting from the
All subscriptions m ust be p:yd in advance.
Abbott know? W hen did he make
time of some great battle. The
Money ni'i'-t
w i t h t in -
the acquaintance of God? Who
Romans dated tim e from the and what is God?
All Orders must be n iu iltd to us and bear the pustiiiiirk at th e ollice of m ailing
Does his god
foundation of Rome, hut, it was cause cyclones and earthquakes? not later th an Monday. August lb. 1808.
more than seven years after its
Does his god send the pestilence
S ubscriptions m ay be sen t in at a n y tim e prior to M onday, A ugust 15, 18118, and
founding th at they began to count and famine? Did his god fill the we will keep a record oi tb e n u m b er sent in by each .contestant.
S tate in y o u r le tte r th a t you wish to e n te r th e co n test.
time in this wav. Once in four water and air with the enemies of
Sam ple copies will be sen t for tw o cents e ach ..
years the Greeks made a great fes­ life?
A<ldress all letters and m ake all orders payable to
Did his god create cancer
tival of the Olym pic games. They i and ch olera germs?
Did his god
TO R C H OF R E A S O N ,
called the festival “ The O lym piad,” allow his enemies
OREQO
to burn his SILVERTON,
and dated from th a t, it being of friends?
national interest. This was b e fo re
Did his god so frame the earth
Christ. The first one on record is th a t life should feed on life? Did
that of Coraebus, who was a great
his god so order the affairs of this
victor in the games, and this is
world th a t every flower should be a
said to have taken place about 776 Golgotha, th a t under every piece of
b . c.
bark life should lie in wait for life,
Different nations have had differ­ and th a t in every drop of water
ent dates to count from. The .Jews there should be pursuit and cap­
date from w hat they call the crea­
ture? Did his god m ake m urder
tion of the world, which they think,
, universal?
I hope I)r. Abbott will
took
place
somewhere
about
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have the kindness
to give
Ihe
before Christ. The R ussians think W orld all the inform ation he has
the world was created about 5508
concerning his god.
before the time of C hrist, and they
If there be a god, only an ignor­
count from th a t period. The H in ­ ant savage believes that an honest
doos count time from aw ay back, man is to he torm ented forever.
and the Chinese and .Japanese
The tru th is, that every intelli-
reach back in counting y ears to a gent hun)an ,H.illg ¡„ a „ Agnoglic
far-away period
The intelligent m an who says that
I here have been m any changes he kl)ows there ¡8 a g,„l, 11)Ust know
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■n calendars as nations have pro- th a t ,ie dlM.s not know.
R espectfully in v ite you to visit
gressed in knowledge.
S tudies
Al t l,e sam e time, I congratulate
th e ir estab lish m en t and con­
nave been m ade, and much learned Dr Abb„ tt on (he ¡mpri)V(.„)en, h e
vince yourself th at they are
iron, inscriptions on old mono-
m akjng „„ , he C hristian g o d .-
show ing the greatest line of
ments, obelisks an d pyram ids, coins [R G Ingcr80H( ¡„ New York
G eneral M erchandise in M arion
aiid papyri wrapped around Egvp- \y ol.]d
county at popular pricek.
tian mummies. Inscriptions found
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“Say, m am m a, is heaven beauti-
Mail orders given prom pt atten tio n .
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Babylonian nations are hard to fuller than A unt May’s parlor?
Yours to Please
read, because the language is dead.
“ Oh, ever so m uch, Jo h n n ie.”
It is not possible to date from
th en ’ 1 d° n ’‘ WaDt ‘° g°
so m eo n e
ANOTHER
f
A. W olf & Son
A. WOL F & SON
the beginning of the world, for no “ W hat! W hy not?”
oue knows when or how it began,
“ ’Cause everything’ll be too good
° r whether it ever had a beginning, to ait on.”
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