3 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. / 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 , . „ , . „ T< .. i 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 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- ------------ 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. LIBERAL...... UNIVERSITY L IS T E N ! * R E A D !! SO M EON E ANOTHER pr >° rnrn rn rn w Y H y n rn W HO M A K ES OUR SHOES? ADOLF WOLF & SON §>