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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JU N E 16, 1898.
a brewery. Of course one is to o 1 discovered the circulation of the
mar v. and, if we w ereb ra\een o u g h blood, appeared to be prom pted on­
to speak our honest thought, we ly by the m eaner passions of his
w ,uid sav th at we ought to do all contem poraries. No other motive
in our power to reduce the num ber, is obvious; for it is difficult to see
Not because we have an y spite or in what way “ the craft” was endan-
dislike for the proprietors of the gered. In this case, however, as in
Silverton saloon, nor because they m any others, it alm ost appears
fail to support educational enter-1 as if men had some strong personal
prises hut because we honestly interest in keeping back the tru th ,
think th at the business is a d etri­ so eagerly did they exert them ­
ment to society. It is a very bad selves to resist it.
school for any city, and especially
Bacon said th at there is no peace
a city where paren ts wish their fo ra th in k in g m an or a suffering
children to grow up to be thinkers. one hut in silence or the common
In our last issue we challenged a resource—hypocrisy. W hat shall
representative of one, if not the we Secularists, who like to consider
greatest, of the evils of our land, ourselves thin k in g
people, do?
the superstition known as C hris­ Shall we keep still, he hypocrites,
tianity, to public debate, and in or shall we express our opinions
order to show th a t we are not and he persecuted in every way it Pupils are (riven E very O p p o rtu n ity to Learn W ithout
‘‘narrow”, and hoping to do good, is possible for the m odern rabble to
Being H am pered by S u p erstitio n s and Dogmas.
we hereby challenge an y sober ad ­ persecute? If we are true men and
vocate of the saloon system to p u b ­ women we will take the persecution
lic debate, through the colum ns of for the good we m ay be able to do.
the Torch of Reason or from the If we are not willing to stand by
rostrum, on any question calcu lat­ our principles we are not true Sec­
ed to bring us nearer the tru th re­ ularists. Come, let us do and dare
specting the benefits or the evil for the sake of tru th and progress.
effects of the saloon in our m arch
A Splendid Corps of Teachers and (rood F acilities for
toward a higher civilization.
Advantage of Sleep.
Teaching.
For inform ation, address
And whereas the p arty we ch al­
In reply to the question, “ Is it
J. E. HOSM ER , Ph.D ., B.S.D ., President.
lenged to debate the religious ques­
S ILV E R T O N .
OREGON.
tion in our last issue, viz., the M eth­ wise for a man to deny himself and
odist m inister of this city, lias not get along with a few hours’ sleep
responded, but lias endeavored to a day, in order to do more work?”
show from his p u lp it th a t such as Tesla, the great electrician, is said
we are beneath his notice, we here­ to have replied:
D E A L E R S IN-
“T hat is a great m istake, I am
by beg of him , in the nam e of h u ­
A m an has just so
manity and the good th a t we may convinced.
do, to assist us in the debate m any hours to he awake, and the
against the defenders of the saloon fewer of these b e rises up each day,
system, or, failing to find such de­ the more days be will last; th at is,
Corner Main and W ater Streets,
I believe
fenders, fo assist us in conducting the longer he will live.
a series of scientific tem perance lec­ that a man might live two hundred
SIL V E R T O N , O R E.
tures in any hall he may choose in years if he would sleep most of the
T his is why negroes often
the city. The truth is w hat every tim e.
honest man w ants to discover, and live to an advanced age — they
It is said th a t
we ought to debate and discuss sleep so much.
these subjects th a t we may all G ladstone slept seventeen hours
Agents foi~T>
unite in establishing the tru th in ­ every day; th st is why his facul­
stead of some of us rem aining in tie s were unim paired in his great
age. The proper way to economize
error.
Marked copies of this paper will, life is to sleep every moment th at
on publication, he sent to our infi is not necessary or desirable th at
del brothers, the proprietors of the V°'J should he awake.
Silverton saloon, and also to our
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Christian brother of the M. E.
C hristians arc talking and writ-
church, and we h o p e th a t we m ay ing a lot of nonsense about the dy-
T soon learn to discuss these ing of Mr. Gladstone. He is so re-
great principles, which affect the signed, so patient, so this and so
lives of the present and future th a t and Ih eo lh er—and all because
generations for weal or for woe, he is a C hristian! One would think
without personal h ate or an i­ th a t men of other faiths, or of no;
mosity.
Come, let us reason to­ faith ot all, were in the habit of
gether, th a t we may learn to walk howling and kicking at the ap-
in the paths of peace, of tru th and proacli of death. But this is not
enough for Canon Ainger, who.
of righteousness.
having edited Charles Lamb, ought
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to know better. Preaching at the ¡M P E R IA L
$ 4 0 and $ 5 0
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fast adherence to and public chain-
hl introduce a neglected or undis- pi(>nghip (lf , be tru th in Jesus
covered tru th have been persecuted. C hrist” , and said t h a t it was hia
Christians and non-C hristians alike “ faith” th at sustain» d him in his
seem to hate change or one who
hours of suffering. . Are we to
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discovers som ething ® for their ben- ‘‘faith
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OREGON
would
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m aking an exhibition of himself;
It is said th at the persecution of on |,j8 deathbed?
We decline to
Harvy, the g ieat physician who believe it. —[Ereethink» r.
LIBERAL
U N IVER SITY
T H E O N LY S C H O O L OF T H E K IN D
F ree from S u p erstitio n
S trictly N on-Sectarian
L o c a tio n H e a lth fu l
S o c ie ty G ood.
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C u s ite r & D a v e n p o rt
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