THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JU N E 16, 1898. Reflections A fter R ecreation. ¡Concluded from 2d page.) are upon the face of the ea rth .— I Deut. vii. 6. 3 f r e e :— tu itio n — f r e e : IN T H E I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau. ance ’’ E d u c a tio n is th e m eans by — Mai. i. 2-3. which character is m ade. It com­ Therefore hath he mercy upon bines the vigor of ,, both body and whom he will have mercy, and It holds all parts of the bn- whoin he « ¡11 he hardeneth.-R om . H1 system com plete, and able t o ; ¡x> 17-is. compete with the world. The great jn i of m ankind, through all the . 1 pray ior theiU: 1 Pra Y nw* f°r perplexities of life, should he to dis­ the world, but lor them which thou T his is a R em arkable Offer! hast given me.—John xvii. 9. cover the right and to do it. Cicero Some One is G oing to be Benefitted! Then thou shalt lake an awl and once said, “ The universal, im m uta­ ble and eternal law of all in telli­ th ru st it through his ear unlo the gent beings is to prom ote the h ap ­ door, and he shall be thy servant From F ebruary 1 to August 15, 1 8 9 8 , we have decided to piness of one a n o th er”. To do right forever.— Deut. xv. 17. l'he party sending is the supreme reality of a m oral , If the above extracts reveal the m ake th is R e m a rka b le O ffe r. life. There is one rule th a t will will of the bible god concerning us the largest n u m b er of Y early Subscribers to the T orch hold good “forever. I t is this: “ Do slavery at one time, they reveal his of R eason , at the regular subscription rate of One D ollar a unto others as you would have will on the subject now, for he y e a r, will receive Free T u itio n and B oard at tlie them do unto you.” Then strive says, “ I am the Lord; I change not Liberal I niversity, at Silverton, Oregon, for One School 'S ear. 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Moreover, of the children of strangers th at do The sciences are not sectarian. sojourn am ong yon, of them shall People do not persecute each other ve buy, and of the fam ilies th a t are on account of disagreem ents in with von, which they begat in your* m athem atics. Fam ilb are not land; and th ey shall be your pos- divided about botany, and astrono­ scsGon. And ye shall take them my does not even tend to make a as nn inheritance f<»r your children m an h ate his father and mother. after you, to inherit them as a pos- It is w hat people do not know that '•s-ion; they shall he your bond- they persecute each other about. men forever.— Lev. xxv. 44-46. Science will bring, not a sword, hut I >ea ce.— [Ingersoll. I will Si ll y o u r sons an 1 d au g h ­ ters into the hands of the children t "f Ju d ah , and they »hall fell them I , I o ,1 "g J*“ '1''6 «hnuld early pr m • w n n f T ry ry im n r r m r n W HO M A K ES OUR SHOES? 4 to the Sabeans, to a people afar ofl; « , . . f(ir ,, T i i i i T i wish to reach. J his gives p u rp o se1 Hr the Lord h ath spoken it.—JoeL . . .. , , ,, , c to their lives, and they will he Hl. o, . . . , . li’owing, not drifting. Perhaps the \n’ ‘25 " f "'h er people; and the elder shall 5 "Ur Liberal f.¡ends and aequam t- xervelhe vnu tiger.— G en . xxv. 23. a >‘Cea, we will m ake you a present | of a copy of the Torch of Reason The Lord, th y god, h ath chosen g ong ij^ .k j. 'I'his will only , dice to bp a special people unto cost von a few m inutes’ work and a himself, above all the people th a t 2 cent stam p. of the best factories . . in America ADOLF WOLF & SON Silverton, Oregon. JU U U U L 8