FU E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, T ill RSI)AY, MARCH 24, 1898
ble }<>u to see a g ran d er life this country told hie eoi,Here to T 7 ' ' D T 7 T 7 ' )
thin you than lias yet revealed tru st in God but keep their powder
t-vlf. The germ of greatness lives. d r.v - So long as men sit in ignor
ance and despair praying to an
. t awaits an o pportunity
unseen and unknow n power to be
made different, they will m ake slow
Sym posium ,
progress. But let the world learn
th at hum an efforts along lines in
NO G O D .
affords
H e r e ’.« a purse.
I t ’s full of dol- accord with n atu ral laws
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Some one says, “ A lum p of
°ulv Mire means of bringing the
lai
,
rQPO
nut
a
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gold tills the purse, but does not race out of a state of m isery into
prove it; everybody sees only dol- one of happiness, and one of the
first steps will have been taken to-
Here’s nature. I t ’s composed of
reaching this much to be de-
ii
,
sired end.
soaring worlds, suns and system s.
r , .
All astronom ers corroborate this.
u‘ ^ 1Ilg b-v t,)e practices and the
Priests say. “God is everyw here,”
hut do not prove it; neither does
this god prove it himself. Nobody
.e s h i m . W ho is rig
t?
rig h h t?
O tto W ettstein .
Rochelle, 111.
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If God was before all things,
where was he? We only define the
whereabouts of a n y th in g by some
known object having location in our
mind. God was not on ea rth , nor
sun, nor s ta r— they were not; nor
bv an y th in g , for nothing was.
Therefore, he was nowhere. He
was not.
I saac : A. P ool .
Chicago, III.
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THE
LIBERAL......
UNIVERSITY
1 his is a I i ci n ark a ble Offer!
Some One is G oing to be Benefitted !
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From F eb ru ary 1 to A ugust 15 1898 we have decided to
j u «t j ^ 7 n H k in ^ h u m a n
R e m a rk a b le O ffe r. The p arty sending
*. y iUndn bfe* 11 us the largest n u m b er of Yearly Subscribers to th e T orch
‘ J,e,nu e( 1,1 individuals m self- (>F R eason , at the regular subscription rate of One D ollar a
_ e o l,.liv e ly both as Year, will receive F r e e T u
and ¿ Oa rd at
Pun,fibm ent and for gene ral pro Liberal U niversity, a f Silverton', G r e g ™ for~T)' e*School
tection.
But how about taking
le a t. 1 be person sending th e Second Largest n u m b er of
bfe, or suppressing it, when the oh-
subscribers at one do llar a year, w ill receive F r e e
> ct "G h e im provem ent ot the race?
T u i t i o n one year.
1 be w inners of these prizes m ay
Men improve anim als and plants
eboose any course of stu d y given in the U niversity.
by judicious selection and weeding
L e m e m b e r the Liberal I liiversity is the O nly School of
out. Has m ankind a right to use
the kind, and an otter like this is Indeed R em arkable.
the sam e methods f<»r the im prove
m ent of his own kind? The world
is burdened now, not only with
will receive free tuition for a year and free board besides.
crim inals, but by the unrestricted
production of crim inals.
On the au th o rity of the secretary
will receive free tu itio n for a year.
of the board of ag ricu ltu re of this
state there is a town in C onnecti
sut^^.d in w inning eith er prize, we will allow
cut
valley
where
in
its
earlies
In regard to the question of the
} ou tw enty-five cents tor every subscriber sent us, provided
existence of a god, 1 would adm ire
“ faniil.V «eltled th a t produced you send five or over. R em it us th e full am o u n t with each
to have some of our C h ristian hro- ° " e Or n,nre <”•'»,inals. Descend- order, and we will re tu rn the am o u n t due you at the end
thers answ er at least two questions. a n ts of th at fam ily are living there of the contest if von fail to win a prize.
According to their doctrine, God now. L ittle or no good blood has
made everything, space and tim e been introduced. Incestuous con
* R U L E S OF T H E C O N T E S T *
included, of course. Now will some nections have added idioev to in
born
crim
in
ality
.
The
family
has
All subscriptions m u st be paid in advance.
intellectual C hristian please inform
Money m u st be forw arded w ith t h e order.
me where God was when he made been a constant source of expense
to
the
com
m
unity
both
on
account
All orders m u s t l>e mail« d to us and bear th e p o stm ark at th e otliee of m ailing
space, and also his age when he
of
its
paupers
and
its
crim
inals.
A
not later th an M oixlay. August 15, 1808.
made tim e?
useful citizen has never been bred
G race E. G ruber .
S u b scrip tio n s m ay be se n t in at a n y tim e p rio r to M onday, A ugust 15, 1898, and
in
the
fam
ily,
and
under
the
exist
w e w ill k e e p a record oi th e n u m lter sen t in by each c o n te sta n t.
Brockton, Mass.
S tate in vour letter tlia t you wish to e n t e r th e c o n te s t.
ing ideas concerning the rights of
S am ple copies will be se n t for two cen ts each.
the individual there is no promise
A ddress all letters and m ake all o rders p ayable to
Material Laws Govern.
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of better conditions ahead.
TO R C H OF R E A S O N ,
Mankind as a race will never get
We ,nake laws to prevent the S IL V E R T O N .
OREGON
upon the broad road of progress P °bution of stream s of w ater pass-
leading toward th a t high state of
Birough our lands.
Popular
civilization which philosophers and ^ n tim e n t approves the movement.
philanthropists dream of as being W hat has the public to say of the
within the reasonable hope of the right of an individual, or two indi
world till they learn to rely upon vidua,iS to pollute the stream of
their own efforts. P rayers may be Iife with Poi8ons whoHe effects
well enough in their place. If they m a-v 1>e as la8t>ng as the life of the
do not interfere with real work they h um an race? Well m ay c ne ex-
uught not to he an obstruction to claim > “ W hat greater resposihility
progress. There m ay be a suprem e w«» ever imposed upon man than
heir g who answ ers prayers. But to ‘L term ine what kind of beings >0
as I gee hum an life and anim al life ,!Bha11 be Perniitted to live and in-
9 pounds Roast Coffee........................ fl.0 0
the natural laws th a t control the crease’ rtnd w h a tb e d e stro y e d !” -
Syrup, per b u ck et......................................... Go
eonditions and trossiblv th e destinv
W ‘ Chf>ever> "i New England
SO M EO N E
ANOTHER
87th Special Sale
* 2 W EEK S ONLY 2
pr m m n f m m m inns' m r
one, act with equal im p artiality
on the other.
If it is n a tu ra l for
every wild anim al to support itself
by its own etlbi ts, so also is it in
accordance with the same law of
nature th at every hum an being
'houhi by personal effort contribute
to his own support and spurn the
idea of living upon the unrequited
toil of others. Some great w arrior
once said th a t God is on the side of
the greatest battalions.
A corn-
niander in the early struggles in
r
Secularists, would you m»t like to
have some letter heads printed with
Secular sentim ent and W ettstein’s
Ereethought badge, to use in c<»r-
respondence with your friends?
We will furnish them to you with
your nam e and address printed on
them for 75 cents per hundred,
$1.50 for 250, or $2 50 for 500 post
paid. Let tin* |»e<»ple know where
you stand.
1 Silverton
1 lb. plug Q. and (¿. chew ing tobacco
35 pounds Rolled G ats................... ...
.20
1.00
20 y ard s A pron G ingham .................... 1.00
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dal B a rg a in s in S h o e s !
ADOLF W O LF & SON 5>
Oregon,