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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1898.
Let Us Organize.
f r e e :— t u it io n — f r e e :
of the Lord, thy god, in vain; for
the Lord will not hold him guilt- ;
E ditor T orch of R eason :
IN THE
less that taketh his name in vain.’’ I
It seems that the greatest diffi People should not waste words
cult v in promoting Freethought at either praying or swearing, for both
the present time is to bring the are vain.
people to a clear understanding of ‘ Remember the sabbath day to
the situation. The question has keep it holy. For in six days the
bev”. neglected too long.
Not j;oru made heaven and earth.” !
enough interest and enthusiasm is p eople should rest because they
awakened to make it what it should need recreation, and not because
This is a R em arkable Offer!
be. W hat I want to do is to point tj,e Lord has rested from the sixth
Sollte One is G oing to be B enefitted!
out a few things to show all lovers day to the pre8ent tjme
,,f universal liberty how necessary' »Honor thy father and thy mo- *
it is to unite and form strong or-
that thy days may belong
ganizations to overcome the oppos- UpO1, the land which the Lord, thy
From February 1 to A ugust 15, 1898, we have decided to
er of liberty- the church.
god, giveth thee.” A child should make th is R e m a rka b le O ffe r. .
Pa rty sending
1 he question is oftimes asked me, ]ove his father and mother because, us the largest nu m b er of Y early Subscribers to the T orch
•\\ hv do jou attack the Christian ag a ruie> they are his best friends. of R eason , at the regular subscription rate of One D ollar a
religion so fiercely? Haven’t we “And lead us not into tempta
Year, w ill receive Free T u itio n and B oard
tllc
as much right to our belief as you tion, but deliver us from evil, for Liberal U niversity, at Silverton, Oregon, for One School
have to yours?” In the first place thine is the kingdom and the pow Year. The person sending the Second Largest n u m b er of
let me say I have no objection to er and the glory forever.” Remov subscribers at one do llar a year, will receive Free
any one believing in the Christian ing temptation removes crime, and T u itio n Olie year.
The w inners of these prizes may
religion. 1 think Christians have leading people into temptation choose any course of study given in th e U niversity.
the same right to believe in a future causes crime, and is therefore
R em em ber th e L iberal U niversity is the O nly School of
life that I have to disbelieve in it. wrong whether or not God has any the kind, and an offer like this is Indeed R em arkable.
But, in the second place, ( hiistian- kjngdom> power or glory.—[Inde
ity is not content with having the j,endent pulpit,
right to worship a god according to
will receive free tu itio n for a < year
and free board besides.
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the dictates of their own conscience,
hut it seems they are determined Love Your Enemy, and Pray
for Him.
that all mankind shall bow and ac
will receive free tu itio n for a •/ year.
knowledge their narrow, bigoted
In Mrs. Oliphant’s posthumous
views to be paramount. Through
If you do not succeed jn w inning eith er prize, we will allow
book
about
the
Blackwoods
occurs
all ages and at all times Christian
vou tw enty-five cents for every subscriber sent us, provided
a
letter
of
Hogg’s,
which
contains
ity has placed a stumbling block in
vou send five or over. R em it us th e full a m o u n t w ith each
the pathway of progress and liber the following specimen of the grim orJ er> an J we will retu rn the am o u n t due you at th e en 1
ty. At no time has she made con Calvinistic humor of the time:
of the contest if you fail to win a prize.
cessions to freedom, only as she has
“Laidlaw and Cow Wat went to
* R U L E S OF T H E C O N T E S T *
been forced to.
loggerheads about free will. The
All subscriptions m u st b e ¡»aid in advance.
Did it ever occur to you that dispute was carried on with such
Money must tie forwarded with the order.
there is about $1,000,000,000 worth acrimony that Wat had several
of untaxed church property in the times heaved his cudgel and threat All orders must be m a ile d to u s am i bear th e p o stm ark at th e office of m ailin ''
United States at the present time? ened to knock his opponent down. not la ter th an M onday. A ugust 15, 1898.
Think of this vast amount of Laidlaw, perceiving that the tailor S ubscriptions m ay be sen t in a t an y tim e p rio r to M onday, A ugust 15, 1898, a
church property untaxed while so and I were convulsed with laugh we w ill keep a record of th e n u m b er sent in by each c o n te sta n t.
S tate in your le tte r th a t you wish to e n te r th e c o n te st.
many homes are being sold for tax ter, joined us for some tune with all Sam ple copies will be sent for tw o cen ts each.
es! Justice and equality demand his heart, but all at once he began A ddress all letters and n>ake all orders payable to
that this church property must be to look grave and a tear stood in
TO R C H OF R E A S O N ,
SILVERTON,
OREGOi',
taxed.
.
. , his eye. ‘Aye, ve may laugh; ye
Another thing to consider is the ; ; have
,
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m air need to pray. I m real-
amount of money J that congress ap-
, sorry for
. „ the
,, puir scoondrei,
. • ano i
r ly
propriates every year to these beg troth I think we should join and
ging institutions. It is unjust and pray for him. For my part I sal
unfair that we are taxed to support lend my mite.’ The prayer was sol
the Christian church; but as long cutting that Wat rose up, foaming1
as we sit idly by and do nothing with rage, heaved his stick, and j
hut find fault, that long will we be ! caied, ‘I tell ve. gie ower, Jamie;
subjected to tyrannical Christian-: Laidlaw. j w'inna
prayed f()r
tty. What we must do is organize, ,hat
„ th,.re were severa,
if we ever expect to secure our he,|9 ,le prayed tba, Wat niight be |
rights. Organized, we stand every, (erred ,0 tbe eaiiegL <We cou,d.
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show to win; ’ unorganized,
we
stand
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na expect nae better a place tor sic j
no show at all.
a man, and indeed we would he
P. G ifford . ashamed to ask it. But on the ith-
©f the best
Council, Idaho.
er hand, if the object of our peti- j
tions’—perpetrated such and such >
specified iniquities—‘really we have1
faGtoifies . .
Wrong Reasons,
not the face to ask any mitigation ;
Religion seldom gives the right for him at a'.’
in Am erica
reason for doing right, as the fol-
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lowing passages from the bible will
Remember if you send us the
show: “Thou shalt not bow down nan,es and addresses of 25 of
thyself to them (idols), nor serve your Liberal friends and acquaint-
them ; for I, the Lord, thy god, am aIlCep> we wjB make you a present
a jealous god.” People ought not of a COpy of the Torch of Reason
to waste time worshipping idols, gong ROok No. 1. This will only
Silvert» n, Oregon.
even if God were not a jealous god. cost you a few minutes’ work ami a
“Thou shalt not take the name, two-cent stamp.
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