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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1898)
t THE TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R 'O N . OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1-98. 3 f r e e :— t u it io n — f r e e : ¡ndgive John a pretty hard shove and every man his companion, and under water. every man his neighbor.— Exodus -Well, sir. I’m blessed if he didn’t xxxii. 27. IN T H E j u-h poor ole John right off’n a 1 hen said he [Jesus] unto them, ?tep off, and his peg leg stuck in but now he that hath a purse, let the thick mud about six foot under him take it, and likewise his scrip: water. and he that hath no sword, let him The minister stood there kind o’ sell his garment and buy one.— impatient waitin’ for John, but ole Luke xxii. 36. John, bein’stuck fast to the bottom, So John slew all that remained never showed up. The minister, he This is a R em arkable Offer! waited and waited, and John he of the house of Ahat. . . . And Some One is G oing to he B enefitted! thrashed and thrashed around try- the Lord said unto Jphn, because in- to get his self loose, but his peg thou hast done well in executing stuck in the mud like it growed | that which is right in mine eyes, and bast done unto the house of x there, and worst of all he couldn’t From F ebruary 1 to August 15, 1898, we have decided to Ahat according to all that was in get no purchase with his other foot my heart, thy children of the fourth make th is R e m a rka b le O ffe r. . Tlie Partv se‘ld in g on account o’ the mud bein’ so soft. generation shall sit on the throne us the largest n u m b er of Y early Subscribers to the T orch John opened his mouth just as he ! of R eason , at the regular subscription rate of One D ollar a of Israel. went under, ready to get off his part Year, will receive Free T u itio n and B oard tllt' Amesbury, Mass. of the service, and had took aboard Liberal U niversity, at Silverton, Oregon, for One School a good load of muddy water, so he Year. The person sending the Second Largest n u m b er of L ittle Torches. was kind o’ swamped so’s to ¡subscribers at one dollar a year, will receive fr e e speak. T u ilio n one year. The w inners of these prizes m ay BY W. E. JOHNSON. choose any course of study given in the U niversity. “Well, by and by, tire minister God is revealed both in his word R em em ber the Liberal U niversity is the O nly School of see John wasn’t goin’ to come up, he begin to get mighty scared, and and in the person of Christ, hut the kind, and an offer like this is Indeed R em arkable. there must be a personal applica droppin his book, begin feelin’ for tion of this knowledge to the indi SO M EO N E John all around under the water, vidual before God can be keown.— hollerin’ for help all the while like [Methodist Recorder. will receive free tu itio n for a •/ year and free board besides. a Comanche Injun. In other words, you must know “Them that was on the bank had God before you know God, and if been kind a took aback by John’s ' you do not know’ him before you will receive free tu itio n for a •/ year. not a showing up, they come in too know him, you will be damned. If you do n o t succeed jn w inning eith er prize, we will allow about this time and begin to. help This puts us in a mighty tight fix. you tw enty-five cents for every subscriber sent us, provided hunt, and pretty soon one of ’em ! The world has crucified him as a you send five or over. Rem it us the full am o u n t w ith each grabs John’s collar and yells: , malefactor with every indignity order, and we will retu rn the am o u n t due you at the end “ ‘I ’ve got him.’ and contempt that could have been “Well they all come around and heaped upon the lowest of crimi of the contest if you fail to win a prize. [»idled, and in a jiffy they had nals. This grieved God and cried * R U L E S OF T H E C O N T E S T * to heaven for vindication. — [Zion’s poor ole Joh n ashore. All subscriptions inust be paid in advance. Outlook. “He was pretty blue in the face, Money m u st l»e forw arded w ith th e order. But your theology teaches that but they managed to get him pump All orders m u't be mailed to us and bear the postmark at the office of mailing ed out, and he’s one of the pillars of God sent Jesus into the world for not la te r th a n M onday. A ugust 15, 1898. the very purpose of being crucified. the church down that way.’’ Why should God he “grieved” be Subscriptions m ay he sen t in a t any tim e p rio r to M onday, A ugust 15, 1898, and will keep a record of th e n u m tier sen t in by each c o n te stan t. cause his plan did not miscarry? we S tate in your le tte r th a t you wish to e n te r th e c o n test. The God ot Peace. Sam ple copies w ill be sen t for two cen ts each. He is a very hard God to satisfy. A ddress all le tters ami m ake all o rders payable to BY JOHN A. WILSON. How can a confirmed old toper reform while loafing night and day TO R C H OF R EA SO N , OREGON. The Lord is a man of war.—Ex. in a saloon? It is impossible. How SILVERTON. then can a doomed soul, like Dives, xv. 3. I repent and escape the awful con I am come to send fire on the fines of hell when forsaken by all y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y earth.—Jesus, in Luke xii. 49. good and surrounded by all evil? Think not that I am come to send The great gulf that hems him in is peace, but a sword.—Jesus, in Matt, fixed, and will remain fixed while God lives and hell burns.—[Relig x. 34. ious Telescope. Beat your plowshares into swords So your god made this hell and and your pruning hooks into spears. made it so that an inhabitant of it —Jer. xlviii. 10. cannot reform, even if he wanted Suppose ye that I am come to to, did he? M ell he certainly bears give peace on earth? I tell you • out his record as given in the Old nay, but rather division. — Luke Testament, xii. 51. The magistrate is the representa tive of God in his administration of Blessed be the Lord of my affairs among men. His power is strength, which teacbeth my hands of God. He should, therefore, in to war, and my fingers to fight.— hl3 personal life, as well as in his official administration, reflect the Psalms cxlv. 1. character of God and rule among And thou shalt consume all the men according to his law.—[United people which the Lord thy God Presbyterian. hall deliver thee; thine eye shall But the magistrate quits business have no pity upon them.—Deut. as soon as his term of oflie expires, vii. 16. god or no god. If the magistrate Thus saith the Lord God of Is really “reflected the character of rael, put every man his sword by God”, he would stone people to his side, and go in and out from death for chopping wood on Sun Silverton, .Oregon. gate to gate throughout the camp, day, just as God ordered magis -J U U lJ U U U U O J tJ U U lJ U U lJ U U lJ U c ll. and slay every man his brother, trates to do. LIBERAL...... UNIVERSITY * L IS T E N ! * R E A D !! 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