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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1898.
t u it io n — f r e e :
I exist, else I assume, with to devour the weak and helpless.
p t , that nothing can think. But He did not mention the fact that -*■ -LV-Cj-Ci.
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wh making an assumption proves all the progress that man has made
xi-tence, it does not prove the has been in resisting this divine
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tr'.th of what I assume. I might energy and, as far as he could, ad- >
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4_ ; ne, with Prof. Oken, the object- justing it to his own ideas of what
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ive existence of nothing, and that it ought to be.
whole universe originated
He seems never to have thought
in nothing; and that, after all, is! of the comfort there may be
the '
a:= good an assumption as the discovery that the processes of na-
theological fiction that God made ture are neither moral nor immoral.
This is a R em arkable Offer!
the universe with nothing hut noth- That while from the standpoint of
Some One is G oing to be Benefitted!
ii, as the raw material from which purpose and design they are merci-
to make it.
I ie88 aH famine, as fiendish as a tiger *
Mv assumption that God exists —fitter to be purposed by a devil
kproves my own existence; now if it than a god; yet from the stand-
From F ebruary 1 to A ugust 15, 1898, we have decided to
can be ascertained that God as- point of philosophy, based on sci- m ak e tills R g fYl 2 rkcl b i © O f f e r .
Tile p arty sending
sumes that I exist, it will prove his ence, they are inevitable. There us the largest num ber of Y early Subscribers to the T orch
existence. I can prove my own being no future for the individual of R eason , at tbe regular subscription rate of One D ollar a
existence in an indefinite number man, philosophy has only tbe in- Year, will receive p fC O " F u ifiO fl 2 n d EBoSTCl
tbe
of ways. I can pinch myself, for congruities of this life to account Liberal U niversity, at Silverton, Oregon, for One School
in-tauce. My ability to analyze for, and there being no god, nobody Year. Tbe person sending tbe Second Largest n u m b er of
the preacher’s discourse and prove is to blame.
subscribers at one do llar a year, will receive f r e e
that he has not proved anything
The preacher insists that t h e . T u i t i o n one year.
Tbe w inners of these prizes m ay
about God proves that I exist.
universe is entirely distinct from choose any course of stu d y given ill tb e I niversity.
R em em ber tbe Liberal U niversity «/ is tbe O nly
If the preacher cannot prove his God. If that is so, all the essential
•/ School of
own existence, he has no right to properties and powers of things ex­ tbe kind, and an offer like th is is Indeed R em arkable.
collect his salary. If he cannot ist of themselves. Then he asks
prove the existence of God he has what would be the result if God
no right to talk for God or collect should withdraw from the universe, will receive free tu itio n for a V
year and free board besides.
money for him. If the existence of The result would he nothing. The
the preacher and the existence of universe, being distinct from God,
God are alike obscure, why did not would all be here. He says if God
will receive free tu itio n for a year.
the preacher deliver a preliminary — the source of all energy -should
If you do not succeed jn w inning eith er prize, we will allow
discourse to establish his own ex- withdraw, we would all crumble
istence? I fancv I see him wax- into dust. We do all disintegrate you tw enty-live cents for every subscriber sent us, provided
iug eloquent over the question, as it is, and that is also a manifes- you send live or over. Rem it us tbe full am o u n t w ith each
“Where am I at?” it would not be } tation of energy. I f all energy is order, and we will retu rn tbe am o u n t due you at th e end
God, aud
of
contest if you fail to will a prize.
so bad. Io an old book of fables, ’ of
then
js as
a? God
mU(.h is in everywhere,
a a rottjng
then God
God is
much
rotting
which I recollect reading when caLLage as in a budding rose,
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quite young, there is a story about
Lastly, 'he preacher said there
Alksubscriptions must he paid in advance.
God hunting for the first man he was no reason why God should kill
Wonev m ust l>e forw arded w ith th e o rd er.
had made, who was hid away in
devil. He said that God was
going to treat the devil justly, and
All orders m ust he m ailed to us and bear th e p ostm ark at th e office of m ailing
the brush. According to that ....
story, in the end the devil would get his not la te r th a n M onday. A u g u s t 15, 1898.
God found bis man. but millions (jue, an(] p )at those who were im-
of people have been hunting for patient for God to kill the devil S ubscriptions m ay lie sen t in at any tim e p rio r to M onday, A ugust 15, 1898, and
God through long, weary ages and wer. <> «
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S ta te in your le tte r th a t you wish to enter the contest.
they have never found him, though, course, there is no reason why one Sam ple copies w ill he se n t for tw o cen ts each.
A ddress all letters ami m ake all orders payable to
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, . assumption or
or spook should kill
as Paul says, “Peradventurn he 1» anothe'ri and th(Tre is „„ reaaon
not far from each one of us.”
why any sensible person should
T O R C H OF R E A S O N ,
SILVERTON.
OREGON.
The preacher said that “science take sides in a fight between spooks
teaches that all energy originates and ghosts. As the Hibernian said,
“Let ’em fight it out betune the
in will, and all will power is of
> n ,
God.” Then, of course, the infer-
Kut g0(j antj devil are alike the
ence is that all things are just as creations of priests and preachers
God wants to have them, else he and are alike useful to them in ply-
u let
, * some of c i-•
„ ♦ be- incr their
trade. Thev - . could not ,
has
his energy get
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,
. spare the devil, for it is in and
yond 1.16 control. Then he went ¿ rough llim that they liw> move
on to elaborate the design theory. a„d have theirheing. When it is
He told what God intended by this authoritatively announced that the
and that. He told how he provid- devil is dead there will be sad
come to
ed for all his creatures, even for the mourning when
1 birds
1 of f the
x. air
• and i .i
. ol r preach
his funeral.
the i beasts
r
the field. But be did not say a ‘
du“
ld ^ n * tf e '
word about how that provision is Y our black coats will m ake a m ost ex-
cellent pall
made. He did not tell how God To cover
vour friend who is dead.
provides for the hawk by giving
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k , .
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u- “ Ave, low er him m ournfully into his
him a lark or a sparrow for his
g ra v e ;
breakfast; how he provides for the Let show ers of tear-drops be shed ;
Y our business is gone — there are no
wolf by giving him a lamb for his
souls to s a v e :
dinner; how he provides for the T heir tem p ter, th e devil, is dead.
alligator by giving him a tender lit­ “ Woe comes upon woe; it is dreadful to
th in k
tle darkey for his supper; how he H ell’s
gone, and th e dem ons have fled;
provides for kings and lords and T},e damned souls have broken th e ir
s’ every lin k —
monopolists by giving them “the T heir c h te a in
m p te r, th e devil, iad ead .
He
earth and the fulness thereof”.
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r
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a
“ C am pm eetings henceforth will beneed-
did not tell hew throughout th e
ed no m ore;
long geological ages God has dis- Revivals are knocked on the h e « I;
Silverton, Oregon.
played his divine energy in proviu-
s h o re —
j u u u u m
a juuuuul juui s u m
ing the strong with fangs a n d c la w s , T heir cap tain , the d e \il, is dead.
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